Night.

  After finishing their training and enjoying a delicious dinner with the members of Dream House, El, while resting, called over Streusen.

  "El-sama, did you need something?" Streusen asked curiously, gng at El, who was leaning against a tree.

  "You’ve spent many years in the New World. You must be familiar with the underground bck markets and au houses there, right?" El asked, getting straight to the point.

  Though they had already caught the Navy’s attention, the Fallen Angel Pirates were still in their phase of quietly accumuting strength. El wasn’t yet ready to openly challenge for trol of the seas. However, he could begin ying the groundwork for future pns.

  "Of course! I’m familiar with many bck markets and au houses on different isnds, and I still have Vivre Cards for some of them!" Streusen responded fidently, patting his chest.

  "You’re already aware of my Mythical Zoan ability, the Quetzalcoatl form..."

  "In the few years, we’re not going to fly the Fallen Angel fg and recklessly rob or take over territories to establish a pirate nation," El said as he looked at Streusen. "For now, our priority is building strength. You uand that, right?"

  "Absolutely!" Streusen nodded in agreement.

  He knew El had grand ambitions, a keen mind, and remarkable wisdom. El was unlike any ordinary pirate, aainly not someoo be treated like a mere child. Right now, what the Fallen Angel Pirates needed most was to accumute power and wait for El to fully grow into his potential. Everything else was sedary.

  "That’s ohing," El tinued, nodding in satisfa, "but we ’t just focus solely on training without doing anything else. Some groundwork and preparatioill necessary."

  "What do you have in mind, El-sama?" Streusen’s eyes sparkled with excitement as he eagerly awaited El’s pn.

  "Pilging isn’t a sustainable approach, and it’s mostly a oime deal."

  El crossed his arms and said, "The initial pn is to find some uninhabited isnds in the Calm Belt and devele pntations. We’ll cultivate crops, valuable herbs, and other eic products. Then, we’ll establish a trading pany to mahe sales."

  "In the shortest time possible, we’ll aim to monopolize the food arade in the New World, expanding our influence while accumuting the wealth and resourecessary for future pns—like recruiting soldiers, queriories, aablishing a nation."

  inally, El hadn’t po move into erce so soon, but Gerd’s mastery of the Soul-Soul Fruit had groidly. She could now easily harvest souls and create various Homies. With enough souls, she might even be able to create a Sea King Homie army. sidering this, El felt that speeding up his pns was a viable option.

  Not only could they domihe food and herb business, but if they successfully built a Sea King Homie army, they could also sider entering the maritime transport industry. However, El wasn’t rushing things—he would proceed step by step, knowing that moving too quickly could lead to problems.

  "Tomorrow, take Oars and some treasure, go to the bck market, and buy sves and crop seeds," El said, patting Streusen’s shoulder. "If you ’t find seeds, buy live pnts or branches, as long as they’re still alive and not pletely dried out or dead. Is that clear?"

  With the pnt-maniputing abilities of his Quetzalcoatl form, El could quickly rejuvehose pnts, making them bloom, bear fruit, and even reproduce rapidly. Seeds weren’t strictly necessary.

  "Uood! Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it perfectly!" Streusen responded enthusiastically, excited by El’s trust in him.

  "And when it es to sves, we’ll need not only strong borers but also skilled managers. Older ones are fine, as long as they have experience."

  To set up the trading pany, it o be separate from the Fallen Angel Pirates, at least until El was ready to fully reveal his pns aablish a pirate nation. For now, the e betweewo would remain hidden. Additionally, they would need a substantial number of outside persoo act as guards and representatives, handling the pany’s affairs.

  Buying a batch of sves was essential. Having experienced despair, these sves would be easy to trol and turn into loyal workers with some basidness. Of course, some people might prove ungrateful or harbor ill iions, but with El’s advanced Observation Haki, it would be easy to identify and elimihose who weren’t truly loyal.

  "Oh, and if you find any promising young talent, bring them back as well!" El added, thinking of something else. "If there’s a Devil Fruit for sale, buy it no matter the cost!"

  For the crew, treasure was a sedary . The primary goals were recruiting capable individuals and colleg Devil Fruits tthen the members of Dream House.

  In summary, over the few years, the Fallen Angel Pirates wouldn’t make any major moves, allowing the trading pany tradually. However, their influence should spread throughout the New World aually reach the first half of the Grand Line and even the Four Blues.

  "Uood…" Streusen asked excitedly, "What should we he trading pany, El-sama?"

  "Call it the Hell Trading pany… You’re talented is, so I’ll leave the design of the logo to you," El said with a shrug as he stood up to leave.

  As a first-css chef, Streusen’s artistic talents were well-refined, evident in his ability to design intricate dishes and pastries. El had full fiden him and didn’t feel the o worry about these details.

  "No problem, leave it to me! Hohoho…"

  Bleam