The IQ Tax of the Celestial Dragons

The eight branches from CP1 to CP8 are special agencies of the World Government. However, these eight agencies are in no way comparable to CP9 and CP0. Currently, Spandam is the chief of CP5, and Spandine's goal is to make him the chief of CP9.

But Spandam's strength is hopeless. Any normally trained person is more powerful than Spandam.

According to the customs of the one piece world, the chief of an agency like CP9 which is involved in violence must be a person of extraordinary combat skills. However, Spandine's influence gives him the opportunity to maneuver around this requirement.

If the chief can't fight, it's fine as long as his subordinates can. However, Spandam is not very happy at the moment because he is being looked down upon by his own people.

Rob Lucci is just 19 years old this year, but he entered CP9 at the age of 13 due to excellent performance during missions, and has now solidified his reputation as the strongest.

The World Government's brainwashing on him was very successful, and Spandine used the pretext of learning how to protect the Celestial Dragons to transfer him over. He is greatly respectful towards the Celestial Dragons because this is the World Government's command.

But Spandam is only CP5's chief. Not to mention that he is not the chief of Lucci's branch, but even if he were Lucci's immediate superior, Lucci would still choose to ignore him.

Tesoro was walking at the front of the group, leading two Celestial Dragons to their special room.

"Saint Lehman, Saint Pamela, please come this way. Your customized room is here."

For the purity of their bloodline, the Celestial Dragons have always intermarried within the nineteen families. The status of wives or husbands who are not Celestial Dragons is only nominal; essentially, they are just playthings and are not valued by the Celestial Dragons.

A male and female Celestial Dragon, who happen to be from two different families, were interested in this. Tesoro then guided them to the entrance of a glass corridor.

"This is the passage to the special VIP room. The air inside has just been transported from Mariejois, so you can take off your masks here."

Pamela from the Flanders family didn't react, but Lehman took off his helmet after entering.

"Not bad, you're much smarter than those commoners. Spending money this way is worthwhile. Pamela, why don't you give it a try? It really is the air from the Holy Land."

The same air circulates worldwide, and in the absence of special factors, there is no difference. But the arrogance of the Celestial Dragons makes them refuse to breathe the same air as ordinary people.

Among the Celestial Dragons, some even believe that it is an honor for outsiders to be their slaves as they can then qualify to breathe the air of Mariejois.

Tesoro's psychological suggestion created an illusion for them. Encouraged by her Celestial Dragon companion, the other companion also stepped into the corridor and took off her helmet.

A lot of money was spent to build this corridor, but it could solve a lot of problems. This corridor leads directly to the Celestial Dragons' exclusive area, so they won't come into contact with ordinary people by taking this route.

This was not done to protect the Celestial Dragons, but to protect ordinary people. Celestial Dragons have always been arrogant and want to take whatever catches their fancy. Most humans targeted by them do not have a good ending.

Tesoro wouldn't be able to stand watching others being taken away by the Celestial Dragons to become slaves. He couldn't change this situation for now, and directly turning them into ashes would affect the company's development. So he came up with this method.

As long as they walked through this connecting passage, the Celestial Dragons would be isolated. But things don't always go smoothly. Celestial Dragons are used to treating slaves as mounts, and at this moment, the slave under Lehman seemed to lose his balance due to fatigue and suddenly staggered.

A slight wobble was nothing, but the Celestial Dragon's expression still darkened, and he directly drew his gun and shot at the slave beneath him until the clip was emptied.

Gran Tesoro prohibits violence, but this rule obviously doesn't apply to the Celestial Dragons. The surrounding people were used to it; no one stopped the Celestial Dragon, and no one dared to interfere.

Tesoro looked at the slave on the ground with a slightly complicated expression. Judging by the marks on him, this person should have been a pirate, maybe even an extremely evil criminal. But that wasn't the reason for Tesoro's inner conflict.

He was conflicted because he didn't see fear on the corpse's face but rather an expression of relief.

Moreover, he noticed another problem. Amid the sound of the gunshots, there was an exclamation from nearby, which was particularly noticeable in this environment. Lehman looked over and saw a very beautiful girl.

The one who couldn't help but cry out in alarm was naturally Kozuki Hiyori. She had little experience and hadn't seen many dead people. Even the criminals executed in Wano Country were because they had committed serious crimes.

But she couldn't understand the reason for the killing just now.

She is a woman who could become an Oiran. Not to mention anything else, beauty is a prerequisite for being an Oiran. Even though she is only 15, she still attracted the Celestial Dragon's attention.

At this moment, Tesoro saw the person next to her and made a gesture. In the next moment, Kozuki Hiyori disappeared from where she was as if she had evaporated into thin air.

"Hmm? Wasn't there a woman there just now? I was thinking of making her my 32nd wife."

"Saint Lehman, I think you were so angry with this slave that you may have not seen things clearly. How about going to the VIP room first? There are many rare special products prepared there."

The surrounding guards said nothing. It was best for the Celestial Dragon to forget about this; there was no need to cause trouble for themselves. Besides, saying anything in front of the Celestial Dragons could also be a crime. So, saying less was the best outcome.

Under Tesoro's persuasion, the two Celestial Dragons left again, taking only a few guards with them. Most of the people were ordered to stay here.

Rob Lucci, who was left here, looked in that direction as the expression in his eyes changed. He didn't see it wrong; a blue figure had just taken the girl away. The speed was so fast that he only saw a blur.

"Alright, you guys. Celestial Dragons have left. Do whatever you want. Today's expenses are all on me!"

Spandam wanted to use this opportunity to build friendly relations with these people, so he chose the most direct approach: bribery.

But no one listened to him. Everyone turned to look towards Rob Lucci. To them, Lucci was the real commander.

"Do whatever you want. Everyone, be a bit restrained, don't bankrupt this CP5 chief."

Under Spandam's disbelieving gaze, the members of CP9 dispersed, leaving Spandam with a feeling of wasting money.

Meanwhile, Greninja brought Kozuki Hiyori to an area out of the Celestial Dragons' sight.

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