Following Great Demon Lord Gu Yue Fang Huo's solemn promise to find a red poneglyph and personally deliver it to the Red Line.
This made the Gorosei very satisfied with Fang Huo's performance, and their attitude became even more 'friendly.'
However, they still intended to follow Imu's instructions to continue spreading news about the cooperation between Fang Huo and the World Government.
They didn't care whether Great Demon Lord Gu Yue Fang Huo truly intended to defect to Lord Imu.
They wanted to see a rift develop between Fang Huo and Rocks, or even a split.
Of course, if Fang Huo really did defect, that would be even better!
As long as Great Demon Lord Gu Yue Fang Huo dared to step onto the Holy Land Mary Geoise, once Lord Imu gained control over him.
Then all the secrets on Fang Huo's body would belong to the World Government.
Over the transponder snail, Fang Huo continued to talk eloquently, painting a series of grand pictures while subtly and overtly asking for more Devil Fruits.
In the end, it was the Gorosei who found an excuse to hang up the call themselves.
Otherwise, Fang Huo could have kept bragging.
He acted as if he couldn't wait to pour his heart out to the World Government and offer his most steadfast loyalty.
"Wasted so much saliva, but I finally fooled them."
After closing the platinum transponder snail, a faint smile appeared on Fang Huo's face.
He could stall for a while longer.
He had made a significant contribution to the peace of this world.
The commoners of the world, as well as the Marine and the pirates, should all say thank you to him.
It was he, this Great Demon Lord, who had once again prevented an all-out war between the World Government and the Rocks Pirates.
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After the Four Elders finished the transponder snail call with Fang Huo, they immediately reported the situation to Imu.
Imu still didn't quite trust Great Demon Lord Gu Yue Fang Huo, but if Fang Huo really delivered the red poneglyph to the Holy Land.
He wouldn't mind releasing a few more Devil Fruits as bait.
This fellow Great Demon Lord Gu Yue Fang Huo was playing with fire between the World Government and the Rocks Pirates.
This guy would eventually die under his own greed.
How could Rocks, the pirate Captain, allow his Vice Captain to flirt with the World Government?
Imu and the Four Elders waited for internal conflicts to arise between Great Demon Lord Gu Yue Fang Huo and Rocks.
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Fang Huo returned to Elbaf with the kirin fruit and continued the work of rescuing the Great Hammer Corps.
These top-tier Giant craftsmen were all deeply grateful to Rocks and the others.
This made Rocks very satisfied; this giant team could finally become one of their important combat forces.
However, only Fang Huo muttered secretly in his heart: Did the Great Hammer Corps, which had already been 'wiped out' by the World Government over two hundred years ago, really possess any startling combat power?
Fang Huo looked at these top-tier Giant craftsmen and felt it was better for them to follow a construction path.
Fighting was just their side job.
Fang Huo decided that the next time he returned to the Grand Line to find Vegapunk, he would visit Water 7 again to see if he could find the pluton blueprint.
In Fang Huo's vision, besides repairing the Noah for Fish-Man Island, the Giant craftsmen of the Great Hammer Corps could also create brand-new pluto battleships!
Wano Country did have one pluto battleship.
But if Fang Huo had both the pluton blueprint and the Giant craftsmen of the Great Hammer Corps, wouldn't he be able to produce even more pluto battleships?
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In the Warrior Village, West Village of Elbaf.
The Giant Race once again held a grand victory banquet for the Rocks Pirates.
The last grand feast was when Fang Huo dispelled the curse for Prince Loki.
This time, it was to thank the Rocks Pirates for rescuing the Giant craftsmen of the Great Hammer Corps.
Especially the Artisan Village in the southeast, which brought out all the good things in the village to repay the kindness of the Rocks Pirates.
After all, most of the Giant craftsmen in the Great Hammer Corps came from the Artisan Village.
This time, Charlotte Linlin was happily staying in Elbaf to nurture her pregnancy. As Fang Huo's woman, she, the demon loathed by Elbaf, was finally truly accepted by Elbaf.
She decided to give birth to her first child in Elbaf.
Fang Huo originally wanted Charlotte Linlin to give birth in the Lost World.
But Charlotte Linlin was very firm; she wanted to give birth in Elbaf.
She considered herself, an orphan from the House of Lambs, to be half-Elbafian, and her offspring had to have a bond with Elbaf.
Fang Huo could only let her make the decision.
After all, Linlin was the Soul Queen who possessed Conqueror's Haki and was one of the future Four Emperors.
She had even prepared names for her child, both for boys and girls.
She and Fang Huo's child would also have both of their surnames added together.
She was more assertive than Stussy and Shimotsuki Furiko.
Fang Huo didn't care much about this.
As the Soul Queen with Conqueror's Haki, Charlotte Linlin's surname was worth passing down.
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At the lively banquet.
"Fang Huo! Did you really get another Mythical Zoan fruit from the World Government?"
Golden Lion Shiki was a bit envious again. He remembered that Fang Huo already had several Mythical Zoan fruits in his hands, which was truly enviable and hateful.
"Were you really invited by the World Government to be one of the Gorosei?"
"Is that King of the World out of his mind?"
Silver Axe Fierce's tone was a bit displeased. Now in the New World, various rumors about Fang Huo were spreading like wildfire.
He really couldn't believe that Fang Huo actually had a chance to become one of the supreme Gorosei in one fell swoop.
This was even harder to accept than when Fang Huo officially became the Vice Captain.
He knew Fang Huo was very valuable, but it shouldn't be to this extent.
This made them look like leftovers.
"I didn't expect the World Government to be so easy to fool. Fang Huo, work harder and trick a few more Devil Fruits back."
Whitebeard Newgate's trust in Fang Huo was even higher than his trust in Rocks.
So he wouldn't believe those rumors, let alone believe that Fang Huo would cooperate with the World Government and betray the Rocks Pirates.
"Fang Huo, the Great Hammer Corps has been rescued. It's time to give me the information on the pluto battleship."
Rocks drank heavily, his eyes completely ignoring the kirin fruit and those rumors.
He only wanted Fang Huo to fulfill what he had said before.
Hearing Rocks' shouting, Golden Lion Shiki, Fierce, and Ganzi temporarily put aside the kirin fruit and the Gorosei matter.
Each of them pricked up their ears, afraid of missing this priceless and shocking information.
"What's the rush? You might as well prepare a gift for Linlin's and my child."
Fang Huo smiled proudly. He felt that his and Charlotte Linlin's offspring would be very powerful.
He had observed his precious son with Observation Haki more than once.
That's right, it was already confirmed that the child was a boy.
And there was only one, not multiples.
Fang Huo had very high expectations for this child.
It's said that some monsters show amazing performance as soon as they are born.
Like Loki, who crawled back on his own after being dropped into the Underworld right after birth, or Kozuki Oden, who threw his wet nurse out right after birth... Katakuri could stand as soon as he was born and never fell.
Before meeting Straw Hat Luffy, he had no defeats, his back never touched the ground, and he was known as the Charlotte Family's greatest masterpiece!
Fang Huo felt that his and Linlin's first child, even if not as monstrous as Loki, would at least be stronger than Kozuki Oden and Katakuri.
Coincidentally, among the bunch of names Charlotte Linlin picked, there was the name Katakuri.
Fang Huo, who was terrible at naming, decided that his and Linlin's first son would be named Kogetsu Charlotte Katakuri!
This would be the strongest offspring with two sets of Conqueror's bloodlines!