Chapter 70 - Golden Lion

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The crew was silent for a thousand words.

".... Why are you guys silent?"

Lepus frowned slightly and asked.

The crew then responded.

"Danna-sama.... That Shiki is.... Who?"

Brisa looked confused and did not understand.

"Bahahaha! Never heard!"

Boris laughed.

"Is he great?"

Max wondered.

The rest of the crew also looked confused and wondering.

Seeing their response, Lepus was quite dumbfounded and asked them.

"…. Are you kidding me? You don't know who Shiki the Golden Lion is?"

"""""Nope."""""

The crew answered in unison and shook their heads.

"Huh? Seriously?"

"""""Un."""""

The crew nodded.

Seeing this, Lepus fell silent even more dumbfounded and held his head as if dizzy from his crew's response.

"...."

Then, Nojiko representing everyone asked.

"Then, who is that Shiki?"

Hearing this question, Lepus immediately sighed as if to give up.

"Hah~.... Alright, I'll explain.... Shiki the Golden Lion is an old generation pirate. He used to be one of Gol D. Roger's arch rival. Long ago, he was also included in one group and one ship with few other famous people which three of them are 3 of the 4 Emperor right now. They used to be part of the Rocks Pirates.... 22 years ago, Shiki was arrested and imprisoned in Impel Down, but he managed to escape 2 years later. Since then, Shiki has prepared a big long-term plan to destroy East Blue! He has a grudge and wants to destroy East Blue because He couldn't accept that his arch-rival was executed in the weakest ocean. And for the past 20 years, he's been hiding on the island that floats up in the sky with his power. That's why I said our Great Mission is to 'take down' Shiki."

After hearing Lepus' statement and explanation, the crew was very surprised and dumbfounded.

"What...."

"Roger's rival...."

"A group with Yonkou...."

"Escape from Impel Down...."

"Destroying East Blue...."

Lepus just smiled wryly but wasn't surprised that now his crew was dumbfounded.

Then Lepus spoke again.

"The mission to take down Shiki is still later. Before that, we will recruit several other members who will play an important role in the fight later."

""""Recruiting members?""""

The crew asked confused.

Lepus then explained.

"Yeah. I already have several candidates. Their ability is very suitable for crowd control. Because Shiki is a pirate who is famous for having a fleet of subordinates of up to thousands of people."

Then Lepus smirked.

"Besides that, before we start the attack on Shiki, we will secretly rob them first! Hehahahaha!

""""....Hah?""""

"Shiki is a great pirate of the old generation and has a large fleet of subordinates. So, I'm sure they have a lot of valuable loot or tributes in their storage. For example devil fruit or high grade weapons. So we'll take and use them to take him down later on! Hehahahaha!"

After hearing Lepus' statement, the crew was stunned as if in disbelief.

"Th-That's...."

"You sly...."

"You're so cunning...."

"I feel sorry for your enemies, Captain...."

Lepus smirked at their reaction.

"Hey, I'm a pirate, so I have to be cunning! Otherwise I'll be the one who get schemed by others. Hehahahaha!"

Then, Lepus spoke in conclusion.

"Alright. I've explained about our Grand Plan and our Grand Mission.... Discussion over!"

The Ouroboros Pirates Captain ended the discussion.

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