After entrusting the management of Gran Tesoro to Doflamingo, Yami just needed to sit back and collect the money.
Thus, Yami bestowed the Paramecia-type Goru Goru no Mi on a Kuja warrior, had Sandersonia and Marigold lead the Kuja Pirates to assist that warrior in controlling the entire Golden City, and then continued sailing the New World with Carina and the girls.
The Kuja warrior who ate the Goru Goru no Mi was Marguerite, who in the original story helped Luffy and deeply admired Hancock.
Marguerite, who was only thirteen this year, was a Guardian Warrior of Amazon Lily.
What does that concept mean?
Unless you have connections, the condition to join the Kuja Pirates and follow the Empress on expeditions is to master two types of Haki.
The condition to become a Guardian Warrior is to master at least one type of Haki.
That's right, the thirteen-year-old Marguerite had mastered Armament Haki. It was simply too absurd.
This was the foundation of a powerful nation with an incredibly complete Haki system, living in the Calm Belt!
Growing up eating Sea King meat and receiving warrior training since childhood, Amazon Lily had many geniuses like Marguerite.
But compared to Hancock, Marguerite was still slightly inferior.
In the original story, Hancock went to sea with the Kuja Pirates at the age of twelve, meaning she had awakened Haki at twelve.
If she hadn't been naive and abducted by slavers, she wouldn't have become a slave.
Mastering Armament Haki at thirteen, Marguerite was outstanding and worth nurturing by Yami.
With Sandersonia and Marigold assisting, and the Donquixote Family managing operations, Yami was very much at ease.
Thus, Yami, along with Carina and the girls, piloted the Pegasus and continued to sail aimlessly in the New World.
"Master, is this my new sister?"
On the deck, Carina looked at the reserved Baccarat and couldn't help but ask Yami.
"No, she's my captive for now."
Yami smiled slightly and said something that made Baccarat sigh in relief: "If your luck plays its part and helps me find that thing, then you will be a new sister."
"Thing? A Devil Fruit?" Nami asked subconsciously.
"Are we looking for the Mythical Zoan, Vampire model?"
Carina also thought so. After all, along the way, Yami was either looking for Devil Fruits or hunting ability users.
However, Yami's answer caused Carina, Nami, Robin and the other girls who were busy with their own things nearby, and even Baccarat, the captive, to have their expressions change drastically.
Yami just shook his head and said: "Not a Devil Fruit. It's 'Pure Gold', which can extend my life and let me live for several hundred more years."
"Pure Gold?!"
"Pure Gold? A type of metal? In this world, is there something other than Devil Fruits that can grant long life?"
"The legendary Pure Gold, which is said to be able to buy the whole world, actually exists?!"
Carina and the girls reacted differently.
Aside from Robin, who knew about Pure Gold, Hancock and the other girls were all marveling that such an item of longevity existed in this world.
Looking at the shocked girls, Yami nodded: "Pure Gold is real. The reason it became a legend is because the island where it was born was eaten by a super-giant anglerfish."
After speaking, Yami looked at Baccarat, whose worldview had just been shattered, and continued: "Next, I will take you to places with many people, let you absorb their luck, and then use your fruit ability to pray that we can encounter a Sea King that looks like an anglerfish."
"As long as you help me find that anglerfish, I will give you two choices. One, become my maid, I will treat you as family, and you will have a share of the Pure Gold; two, be restored to freedom, and I will give you a large sum of money."
"...I choose the first one."
Baccarat immediately raised her hand, her expression serious: "Lord Yami, I will use my luck to help you find the anglerfish."
Anyone not a fool would know which to choose.
Who in the world didn't know that Yami's maids had a status equivalent to the top commanders and regular officers under the other Pirate Emperors?
Even the World's Most Beautiful Woman was Yami's maid.
Yami was now not only the Fifth Emperor of the Sea, but also the new world's richest man, the wealthiest pirate in the world.
By becoming Yami's maid, not only would she gain the protection of a Pirate Emperor, but she would also never be short on money.
"Good. I hope your ability can bring me a surprise." Yami nodded in satisfaction.
Thus, amid the excited and expectant discussions of Hancock and the girls, the Pegasus continued to sail aimlessly in the New World, while Yami used his Clairvoyance to find the nearest, most populated islands.
Before long, Yami found a small town under the protection of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Because the Whitebeard Pirates' flag was flying above it, this small town had no armed forces of its own, nor was it protected by any of Whitebeard's affiliated crews, yet still, no one dared to make a move on it.
Because even if you conquered this town, you couldn't hold it for long. You would be annihilated by one of the Whitebeard Pirates' commanders or an affiliated crew.
Even if you just burned, killed, and looted the town, as long as one person survived, or if you left even a small trace on the island, the Whitebeard Pirates could probably find out your identity.
As long as they found out your identity, even if you fled the New World, the enraged Whitebeard Pirates might send people to chase you into Paradise and the Four Seas, until they captured you or executed you on the spot.
The deterrence of the World's Strongest Pirate Crew, the deterrence of a Pirate Emperor.
In the New World, being under the protection of a Four Emperor crew was in no way inferior to being under the protection of the World Government.
Yami now had the same level of deterrence, and his flag was also something countless factions wanted.
Boom—
After Yami found this island, he didn't sail the Pegasus there. He teleported there with Baccarat, directly released his Conqueror's Haki, knocked out all the civilians in the small town, and then had Baccarat absorb their luck.
One island wasn't enough. Yami continued to find similar towns, teleported there with Baccarat, used his Conqueror's Haki to clear the field, and then stole their luck.
Only after Baccarat was "full" did Yami bring her back to the Pegasus, letting her begin to pray that on the vast seas, she would be able to encounter that giant anglerfish.
To attract the anglerfish, Yami specifically teleported back to God's Island, Upper Yard, brought back the Golden Bell from the Giant Jack, and rang the pleasant bell chimes across the sea..
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