Seeing Doflamingo struggling to get up and about to attack him again, Kai frowned, his expression turning unpleasant as he spoke coldly:
"Doflamingo, I haven't finished speaking yet. If you dare interrupt me again, I'll... kill you directly!"
Kai's voice was sinister, his words overflowing with murderous intent!
Hearing Kai's words, Doflamingo's entire body froze, his body instinctively stopping all movement. His intuition told him that if he dared make the slightest move, he would definitely die horribly!
Seeing Doflamingo like this, Kai nodded with satisfaction and spoke: "Good, now let's discuss the purpose of summoning you all here!"
Hearing Kai's words, everyone focused their attention on him.
After all, when Doflamingo and the others agreed to become Seven Warlords, there was a stipulation that the Seven Warlords couldn't be summoned unless an incident reached a certain level of severity.
Otherwise, if they were summoned for trivial matters like eliminating a pirate crew in the East Blue, forget seven warlords—even seventy warlords would be worked to death.
Moreover, everyone was completely clueless about Kai's intentions in summoning them to Marine Headquarters. Recently, aside from the commotion Kai himself had caused on the seas, no other major events had occurred.
Kai didn't beat around the bush, speaking directly: "Well... I feel the name 'Seven Warlords of the Sea' sounds awful. How about changing it to 'Seven Marine Warlords'? What do you think?"
Kai finally revealed his purpose—he was setting his sights on the Seven Warlords!
Don't underestimate this change of just two words—the actual meaning was vastly different!
"Seven Warlords of the Sea," as the name implied, meant they were only under the World Government, an armed organization on equal footing with the Marines. They were only placed under Marine jurisdiction because the Seven Warlords' activities were all at sea.
But changing it to "Seven Marine Warlords" would be much more subtle—it would directly demote the Seven Warlords by one level!
"Since Kai-kun has spoken, then... then I naturally agree." Hancock was the first to respond, showing no principles whatsoever.
But aside from Hancock, the others didn't think the same way!
Every one of the Seven Warlords was no pushover. If they didn't each have their own purposes, they wouldn't care about being "Seven Warlords of the Sea" at all!
Now Kai's meaning was to directly place them under Marine jurisdiction!
Making pirates subject to Marine control!?
You've got to be kidding!
How could they possibly agree to that!?
Even Hawkeye frowned slightly as he looked at Kai, his eyes clearly showing displeasure, let alone Crocodile and Doflamingo—people who were naturally brutal and rebellious.
However, they were facing the fourth Marine Admiral, the super-strong individual who had defeated Whitebeard!
So even if they were extremely displeased, no one wanted to be the first to provoke trouble!
Finally, it was Doflamingo who bit the bullet and spoke: "Fufufufufufu... White Dragon Admiral, it's not that we won't agree, but the 'Seven Warlords of the Sea' is an organization under the World Government. If White Dragon Admiral handles this so arbitrarily, wouldn't it be difficult to explain to the World Government?"
Of course, Doflamingo didn't want to be the one sticking his neck out, but he had no choice—among them all, he was the one who relied most heavily on his Seven Warlord status!
However, Doflamingo clearly wasn't an idiot either. Between the lines, he didn't indicate that he personally was unwilling to agree, but instead pushed all responsibility onto the World Government.
In Doflamingo's view, no matter how strong Kai was, as a member of the Marines, he surely couldn't oppose the World Government.
Looking at Doflamingo, Kai let out a mocking laugh, his gaze full of contempt.
No wonder, despite possessing "Conqueror's Haki," Doflamingo's strength still fell far short compared to the likes of Garp, Shanks, Kaido...
Because Doflamingo's inner scope was simply too small. No matter how much he claimed to hate Celestial Dragons and the World Government, in reality, Doflamingo's heart was still full of fear toward the World Government.
Seeing the mocking, contemptuous expression on Kai's face, Doflamingo's face flushed red with anger!
Kai completely ignored this, speaking flatly: "I'll naturally handle the World Government myself. You don't need to worry about these matters."
Kai's tone carried an indescribable magical quality that made it impossible to doubt him, as if the World Government that had existed for over 800 years was nothing before Kai.
"If the World Government can agree, then this old man has no objections."
Jinbe was the first to speak up. For him, joining the Seven Warlords was only to better protect Fish-Man Island. As for who managed the Seven Warlords, it made little difference.
"Agreed."
Bartholomew Kuma spoke coldly. When Kai had revealed his Revolutionary Army identity, he no longer had any other choice.
"No... no objections."
Crocodile also didn't dare voice any opposition. After all, Kai had just subdued him instantly without even lifting a hand—such a bizarre scene was burned into his memory.
"I agree too, as long as you can convince the World Government."
Moria spoke up. Ever since being defeated by Kaido, Moria had lost the mentality a strong person should have. Seeing that everyone else had agreed, he also stated his position.
Finally, only Doflamingo and Mihawk remained without giving Kai an answer. Kai's gaze turned to these two, asking:
"Well? What are your decisions?"
Hearing Kai's question, Doflamingo gave an awkward laugh without speaking, instead looking toward Mihawk nearby. As the person with the highest bounty among the Seven Warlords, Mihawk was also the strongest among them.
"I can agree, however..."
Before Mihawk could finish his words, he suddenly drew the black blade from his back, pointing the blade directly at Kai. He didn't continue speaking, but his meaning was already crystal clear.
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