As soon as Skyler spoke, the others had not yet responded. Moriah, who was eating snacks, the movements of his hands and mouth stopped instantly, and a sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart!

Because Moria knows that among all the Shichibukai, he has the least effect on the world government. It can even be said that he has no effect. He is just a pirate who does not create obstacles for the world government.

Moreover, the reason why he does not cause trouble is not because he became a Shichibukai, so he does not cause trouble to the World Government, but... after his battle with Kaido more than ten years ago, he completely lost his mind to cause trouble.

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So he chose to settle down in the mysterious triangle sea area, because there were the least things to do here, and he could stay in one house for four years. Then he would go out for a meeting, and then go back to continue living there.

Such days are much more comfortable than the days of hard work before. At least you don’t have to worry about being cut down that day.

But... Moria always feels uneasy. He always feels that he gets so many things and privileges for nothing, and he is not at ease. Even if the world government requires him to pay some money every year, he feels more normal.

But the World Government did not make such a request, and instead let him continue to hang out like this. Before, Moria was only slightly uneasy. After all, there is no free lunch in the world.

Until today, when Skyler announced the list of new candidates for the Shichibukai, he became extremely panicked, because in his own opinion, he was the one most likely to be kicked out of the ranks of the Shichibukai.

After all, except for him, it is impossible for anyone else to be kicked out of the ranks of the Shichibukai, right?

Mihawk is the world's greatest swordsman alongside Skyler. Although he has not made much contribution, he goes to the Navy branch every year to "mentor" Navy swordsmen.

Xiong is the former king, and he joined the Shichibukai in order to legally and reasonably raise the Heavenly Gold. After he became the Shichibukai, the Kingdom of Sobel did not default on the Heavenly Gold anymore.

But...if Xiong is kicked out of the Shichibukai, then the Sobel Kingdom will return to the point where it has no money to pay heavenly gold. The World Government can certainly kick the Sobel Kingdom out of the ranks of the franchise countries.

What next? Send troops to attack the Sobel Kingdom, which already has no money? Then, all the World Government will get is a bare piece of land, which will also chill some of the participating countries.

This is why the Sobel Kingdom had no money to pay heavenly gold before, but the World Government tolerated it and even took the initiative to find ways for Xiong to make the kingdom rich. Therefore, Xiong will most likely not be kicked out of the Shichibukai ranks.

Boya Hancock? That's the empress of the Amazon Lily Kingdom. According to a few rumors, everyone in the Amazon Lily is domineering. The first time the empress went to sea, she received a bounty of 80 million beli. You can imagine her strength.

Moreover, Amazon Lily is located in the windless zone. Even for the navy, only the generals' ships can sail in the windless zone. It would be quite difficult to conquer Hancock by canceling the position of the Empress Shichibukai.

The most important thing is that the World Government has no reason to do this. After all, in order to show that he is not a threat to the World Government, Hancock sends Skyler to his door every year to beat him up.

It is even more impossible for Haku. After all, Haku and Jinbei are the two most critical links in maintaining the harmonious relationship between the Ryugu Kingdom and the World Government.

It is also an important benchmark for maintaining the equal relationship between mermaids, fishmen and humans. What's more, Haku has also worked hard and served the world government without complaint.

How could the World Government be willing to remove such a Shichibukai who poses no threat and is very useful at the same time? Isn't that the behavior of a prodigal?

Katakuri? That's the Yonko! The Lord of the Totland Sea! Although the World Government is far from controlling Katakuri and the Totland Sea.

But Katakuri is here, and that is an important label, that is, the label of "the Yonko is just a member of the World Government".

His existence is the key to making other pirates feel that the Four Emperors are actually not that great. Once this prediction becomes normal, the Four Emperors will no longer be scary, at least psychologically.

The last Crocodile is even more impossible. Crocodile is the veteran of the Shichibukai system and the first person to join the King's Shichibukai.

When people think of King Shichibukai, the first person to react is Crocodile.

Of course, it's not just that Crocodile joined early enough, it's that he doesn't have labels like Mihawk "the world's greatest swordsman", Boya Hancock "the empress", or Haku "the fish-man".

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But Crocodile means the establishment of the Shichibukai system. It is possible to kick out anyone, but it is impossible to kick Crocodile away, unless Crocodile himself becomes ill and attacks the World Government.

After thinking about it in this way, Moria felt that he was the only one left. He was the only one who could be replaced, and after being replaced, the World Government would not suffer losses, but would only have a net increase in people.

After all, the benefits he can produce are zero, and the damage to the world government is zero. It can be said that there is no difference between him and his absence in the Shichibukai.

He doesn't have the slightest bit of competitiveness to keep his position in the Shichibukai.

And when he was so flustered with his thoughts, Moria discovered that several Shichibukai also looked at him, but the emotions in their eyes were different.

Mihawk glanced at him, without any emotion in his eyes, as if he was just looking at him like a teacup in life, and he didn't look down on him, because the teacup was not worthy of being looked down upon.

Haku also looked at him, but there was sympathy and regret in his eyes. After all, once Moria leaves the Shichibukai, Haku will probably be the weakest person.

If there is a choice, who wants to be a poor student? Especially the poor student who ranks last? No matter how hard a poor student works and how friendly he is, he still can't get rid of the title of poor student. Haku obviously doesn't want to be a poor student.

Katakuri's eyes are very interesting, they are the eyes of a hunter when he sees his prey, because at noon, Moriah himself leaked that he had a black sword, Qiushui, as a collection, and he didn't know what to do with it.

play a role.

Katakuri is not a swordsman, and he has no intention of switching to swordsmanship at this time. Theoretically speaking, the black sword is not attractive enough to him, and it seems to have no effect at all except that it can be replaced by Bailey.

But Katakuri is not alone. He has dozens of younger brothers and sisters. Among them, there are many people who practice swordsmanship. For them, the black sword is a good thing.

For Mihawk and Skyler, they have tempered their own black knives. It is completely unnecessary to use someone else's black knife. It will even damage their own combat power. Their pride will not let them

Become interested in other black knives.

But for those who pursue the path of swordsmanship, the sword power from the original owner contained in the black sword is a rare help. If the style is similar, it would be even better.

Therefore, after Moria accidentally revealed the news that he had a black knife during lunch, Katakuri fell in love with that knife. Before that, he was thinking about how to get the black knife.

But... if Moria is no longer a Shichibukai, then... Katakuri doesn't have to worry about any rules, and can directly plunder.

The gaze cast by Katakuri made Moria feel like he felt when he faced Kaido back then. No...this feeling now is even more terrifying, because Katakuri now is more powerful than he was twenty years ago.

The former Kaido was stronger.

The bear didn't look at Moriah, even though he was sitting next to Moriah. He just closed his eyes and seemed to be sleeping, but he kept rubbing the cover of the book in his hand. It was obvious that he was just not interested.

Hancock didn't even look at Moriah. The empress was now full of thoughts on how to hurt Skyler in the challenge. All kinds of combat knowledge and imaginary scenes had filled her brain and there was no room for it.

No time to think about anything else.

Crocodile looked at Moriah with disdain in his eyes. He just looked down on Moriah and felt that Moriah was the only one who would be removed from the list of the King's Shichibukai.

Moriah felt pressure from all directions, which made him extremely panicked. He looked at Skyler and said strugglingly:

"Lieutenant General Skyler, when he joined the Shichibukai, the World Government promised that as long as he did not attack the World Government, the institutions under the World Government, and the countries that join the World Government, he would not be kicked out of the Shichibukai.

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This is what the World Government promised back then, and I have not violated it at all!"

Hearing Moriah's struggling self-defense, Skyler was stunned for a moment, and then she realized why Moriah said such a thing. This made her dumbfounded, waving her hands and saying:

"Moria, you are safe. As long as you maintain the status quo, you can always enjoy the benefits that the Shichibukai has brought to you. You can also rest assured that as long as you do not violate the original regulations, the World Government and the Navy will not treat you badly.

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Each Shichibukai has different benefits and restrictions when joining the Shichibukai. For example, Moria is a very original version and can enjoy benefits only if he is not an enemy of the World Government.

Mihawk has fewer restrictions. He can invite swordsmen in the World Government and its subordinate organizations to fight. As long as the other party agrees and no deaths occur, he can continue to enjoy the benefits of the Shichibukai.

Although Moriah did not take any proactive action, he did not violate the conditions set at the time. There was indeed no reason to remove him from the ranks of the Shichibukai, and Skyler did not think of expelling him.

When Skyler said this, Moriah breathed a sigh of relief, while others were more or less confused. After all, if they didn't attack Moriah, what did the Navy and the World Government want to do?

Even Moria feels that everyone else is irreplaceable, and it seems inappropriate to remove anyone.

Or is it that the World Government has not thought about removing anyone, but just made a candidate list to urge them to continue their efforts? But in this case, doesn't it completely treat them as subordinates?

Moria thought, and his eyes became a little strange. It seems that the world government does not want to stop at cooperation? But it wants to further control them?

It doesn't matter to him Moria, after all, he has no assets, but it's different for others, especially Hancock and Katakuri.

By taking control of Moria, the World Government would only get a giant broken ship and some truly shady people.

But if you control Katakuri or Hancock, you can gain the entire kingdom, especially Totland, which cannot be summarized by one kingdom.

The Totland sea area has another name - "Ten Thousand Kingdoms". Although it has not reached the level of a true Ten Thousand Kingdoms, it can be seen that the territory of Totland is vast.

When he thought of Katakuri's Totland, Moriah clenched his fists unconsciously, crushing the biscuits in his hands. He looked at the other Shichibukai with extremely complicated eyes.

‘You are amazing! You are noble! You were born to eat this bowl of rice! I shouldn’t belong here. I am obviously not capable enough, but I was greedy and forced myself to eat this bowl of rice.

As a result, I still didn’t have enough to eat, and now I’m even in a dilemma and in a state of embarrassment. Unlike you, who are all so proud of themselves. My fists are clenched red and my teeth are about to be broken. I’m jealous! I’m jealous!’

Moria's sudden change of mood caused everyone else to look at him, even Xiong, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but look sideways at the Shichibukai next to him.

When everyone saw it, Moriah suddenly came to his senses. How could he exude hostility towards these people? Is he risking his life?!

For a moment, Moriah felt that his blood pressure had risen a lot, so he had no choice but to look at Skyler, forcefully change the subject and ask: "Lieutenant General Skyler, can you tell me the reason for adding Shichibukai candidates?

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Skyler was also extremely curious about Moriah's emotional changes, but since he forcibly brought the topic back, Skyler couldn't get rid of it, so he continued what Moriah said:

"There are two main reasons. The first is that the World Government does not want to have the situation where it was called King Shichibukai, but it was unable to gather the Shichibukai. If there are more candidates, what will happen to you in the future? The World Government

There will be no loss.”

Skyler said jokingly, although the words were already provocative, but everyone here has been on the sea for many years, and their tolerance for such "jokes" is extremely high.

Everyone was waiting for Skyler's next words. Seeing that no one was complimenting him, Skyler felt a little bored. He shook his head and continued: "The second reason...that is the factual reason.

Although the treatment you enjoy is different and the obligations you need to fulfill are also different, one thing is certain, that is... you cannot be an enemy of the World Government!"

After Skyler finished speaking, the conference room fell silent. None of these people were real fools. They immediately knew what Skyler was implying. Even McKinsey became nervous at this time.

Crocodile subconsciously touched the cigar box in his pocket and frowned. Skyler smiled and said again: "Krocodahl, please recommend a person to take your place."

"What?!!"
Chapter completed!