Chapter 132: Seventy Percent? Seventy Percent Belongs to Them!
Intuition is something hard to describe, but sometimes it is exceptionally accurate.
Back on the battlefield, this intuition had even saved Kaido's own life. Therefore, Kaido still believed in this kind of intuition.
But this time, this vague feeling of having lost something was very difficult for him to describe.
"Divination on Fish-man Island is essentially passed down to women, not men. The excellent diviners are all women. I just dabbled in it slightly back when I was researching probability.
Judging from the feedback of the crystal ball... this isn't a bad thing. Where there is loss, there will also be gain."
Kaido didn't say anything; he was just asking casually. At this moment, he was more curious about why this guy engaged in scientific research would carry a full set of divination equipment with him.
This seemed quite different from the "slight dabbling" Wobigong claimed.
"What's wrong? Although I do research, sometimes I get confused and don't know what to do next. Is there a problem with using divination to see?"
"No, I just didn't expect that Nereus sent you here back then, and even Buckin stayed here for a while..."
Kaido himself indeed didn't understand research, but he was clear on two other things.
Nereus wouldn't make meaningless arrangements, and Buckin had an insatiable thirst for money.
In other words, the things on this ship were either helpful for increasing strength or could make money.
In the end, Kaido didn't cause any trouble for MADS; he just freeloaded a meal and left. However, before leaving, Kaido chatted with Caesar (later Queen) about some things.
The reason was simple: Kaido didn't understand technology, so he figured these people's skills should be roughly the same. And among this group, Caesar's aura made Kaido feel he was the most capable fighter.
While Kaido was contacting his future "Queen", Hermes was already flying above the clouds carrying Nereus and the others.
Big Pan's size wasn't an issue for Hermes; he, Zeus, and other Homies were all capable of carrying Giants in flight.
For them, the hardest part of heading to Wano Country was actually the coordinate issue.
Wano Country had been in a state of isolation for hundreds of years. The few exchanges that occurred were the ruling figures of Wano Country secretly smuggling and selling materials like Seastone to the outside world.
Aside from those who violated the ban and went out to sea from Wano Country, it was not easy to find an Eternal Pose pointing to Wano Country.
Even knowing that Kawamatsu's location was roughly somewhere in Wano Country, Nereus still needed to find a Pose pointing to Wano Country first. He didn't have the time to slowly hop from island to island, waiting for a Log Pose to slowly record the information.
The number of people possessing an Eternal Pose for Wano Country was small. Besides the World Government, it was only some underground merchants who had conducted black market trades with Wano Country.
If they wanted to transport goods, they had to go to the sea area near Wano Country. And this type of person was exactly someone Nereus was very familiar with.
On a famous port island in the New World, Umit, known as the "Shipping King," was directing his subordinates to clean the entire building, looking as if he was preparing to welcome some distinguished guest.
"Lord Umit? What's wrong? Is there a need to be this nervous?"
The secretary beside him felt it was very strange seeing Umit looking so restless. In her perception, Umit was already an incredible big shot, capable of summoning wind and rain in the underworld.
Whether it was pirates, underworld merchants, or even some officials of the World Government, he had a say with all of them.
After all, these gray industries of the underworld inherently had inextricably linked connections with the World Government; some of the people involved were even dispatched by the World Government.
As an ordinary person on the island who relied on a bit of beauty to get close to Umit, she found it hard to imagine why Umit would be so nervous.
Even when negotiating with people from the World Government last time, Umit hadn't displayed this kind of demeanor.
"You don't understand... I'm giving you the day off today. Go home first; you can't help with the remaining matters. Tell Wendell to get the item ready and bring it over. There absolutely cannot be any mistakes."
The secretary didn't understand but chose to obey. Umit himself was no saint; to be his secretary, she had long ago learned to control her curiosity.
She wouldn't pry into matters she wasn't supposed to know.
A short while later, a gaunt man called Wendell brought an Eternal Pose to Umit.
"Lord Umit, this Eternal Pose was taken from another merchant caravan. Doing this might delay this particular transaction."
"It doesn't matter. The one who wants this Pose is that Lord. Since he needs it, losing one business deal is nothing.
Outsiders call me the 'Deep Ocean Current', the 'Shipping King', but no matter how impressive shipping is, it can't be separated from the ocean..."
As a merchant, he naturally wanted to save money fundamentally. But Umit knew very well that Nereus might not be able to decide who the next Shipping King would be...
But Nereus had absolute certainty in making sure he could no longer be the Shipping King.
Fish-man Island's checkpoint-like location firmly grasped the throat of all underworld merchants.
Ever since receiving the message that Nereus requested an Eternal Pose for Wano Country, Umit didn't hesitate at all and immediately started preparing this item.
In terms of developing the shipping business, Umit mainly relied on himself. Nereus provided him with a certain level of protection, giving his merchant ships near-absolute security guarantees when passing by Fish-man Island.
Rather than saying Umit was borrowing passage through Nereus's territory, it was more accurate to say that he had achieved his current status precisely because he was affiliated under Nereus's command. It was just that most outsiders weren't aware of this fact.
"Lord Umit, He has arrived."
As the notification came through the Transponder Snail, Umit braced himself and led his trusted aides out the main gate to welcome the other party.
"Your Majesty Nereus, welcome to my territory. This is the Eternal Pose you need; I have prepared it. Additionally, this is this year's ledger, please review it."
Besides the Eternal Pose, Umit also handed over a thick ledger. He had to pay protection money to Nereus regularly, otherwise, Nereus wouldn't look out for him.
Nereus didn't flip through the ledger himself but handed it to Nanamo. Her sensitivity to numbers was much higher than Nereus's.
"Don't be so nervous. You know my character well. As long as you don't touch my bottom line, no one can shake your position as the Shipping King, guaranteeing you'll make fortunes."
Even though Nereus said this, Umit still appeared very tense. Back when he was just a small fry, he had seen Nereus on a killing spree and knew that this seemingly gentle person was actually a god of slaughter.
That incident made him decide to submit to Nereus, and it also kept him constantly in awe of him.
"Old man, the ledger looks fine."
Hearing these words, Umit breathed a sigh of relief, but then immediately became tense again.
"This shipping business seems quite profitable."
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