The situation was treacherous, and time was passing by quietly. One month passed in a flash.
During this month, various disturbances continued at sea, but no fierce conflicts broke out for the time being.
But more and more people on the Grand Line began to worry and have trouble sleeping, because this was not a sign of peace, but the calm before the storm.
For example, if a dam stores water, the longer it accumulates, the greater the momentum it may eventually erupt.
Doflamingo, for example, has been getting very angry recently.
In the morning, the Pirate Empress called him and asked him to prepare a large amount of arms and supplies, assemble an army, and be ready to join Kuja's expedition fleet at any time.
In the afternoon, Kaido contacted him and asked him to assemble his troops, prepare arms, money and food, and come to Rubble Island to assemble...
Both sides are constantly putting pressure on him, using various threats and inducements to ask him to take sides.
This made Brother Ming anxious. He didn't think about food or tea, and the smile gradually disappeared from his face.
Usually the Don Quixote family likes to have both sides, but now the result is that misfortunes never come singly. They are caught between the two and may fall apart at any time.
It may be a bit ridiculous to say that if Kaido or the Empress weren't afraid of pushing him to the edge and making him jump over the wall and completely fall to the other side, they would have asked the Don Quixote family to openly take sides...
But if you don't solve the problem, dragging it out won't help.
As the imperial war approaches, the patience of both sides is getting less and less, and their words and attitudes are becoming more tough and irritable.
Tianyaksha sat in the main hall, thinking hard, and realized that he was already trapped in the quagmire of the war between the two emperors, and the only way to break the situation was to find a backer.
After thinking for a long time, he had no choice but to call Diamanti over and said:
"Prepare the boat and go to Red Leaf Island."
He had no choice but to ask for help from the Demon King, whom he hated but had to fawn over. After all, there were not many people who could help him at this stage.
But in this case, the Don Quixote family may be severely extorted again.
Alas, the world is tough, so we should just lose money and avoid disaster.
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Hello everyone, my name is x Drake.
It was 35 days ago that I joined the Lionheart Pirates, and I have been working as an undercover agent for a while.
In the past month or so, I have witnessed the Lionheart Pirates rise to power at a miraculous speed and quickly dominate the new world.
Currently, the number of pirates in the pirate group has reached 24,000. This is the result of extensive screening. It does not include the number of people secretly included in the espionage and secret service agencies. Only the members of the surface team are counted.
At the same time, through continuous battles, the Lionheart Pirates have controlled a total of 31 islands, large and small, accounting for more than 60% of the area controlled by the original Whitebeard Pirates.
This is already quite a large area, and it can be considered as the dominant one on the sea.
The base of the Big Mom of the Four Emperors, the Sea of All Nations and the Kingdom of Totland, only has 35 islands in total (with Cake Island as the main body, there are 34 islands dotted around it).
The Whitebeard Pirates were originally the largest and most powerful pirate group in the New World. The members of the Lionheart Pirates were also extremely powerful. After successfully occupying more than 60% of the White Group's territory, they actually had The basis for becoming emperor.
In fact, a week later, my eldest brother Wenxi, who serves as the pirate group's propaganda director, plans to hold a press conference to announce that the Lionheart Pirates have become the new kings of the sea.
As a marine, I feel very uncomfortable to witness an arrogant and evil pirate group becoming the "Five Emperors" and dominating the sea.
Fortunately, I have successfully penetrated into the enemy.
Although my undercover life these days has been quite miserable and I have no access to important secrets for the time being, I have at least passed on the most basic information so that the Navy will not be blinded by the situation here.
But I don’t know why, but I always feel a little frightened when I’m on Hongye Island.
It's a bit weird, as if... there are some eyes in the dark silently watching my every move, controlling and controlling my actions.
This makes me a little uneasy, but I have no clue.
Alas, the world is tough, and being undercover is not easy either.
At the same time, I regretted for the 13th time that I didn't stick to my guns and go undercover in the Beast Pirates.
………
New World, Navy G1 branch.
As we all know, the second half of the Grand Line is mostly illegal territory and is the territory of pirates. The navy's power here is relatively weak.
Standing tall despite being short, the G1 branch is already the largest, most powerful, and best-located naval branch in the New World.
The sky is blue and the sea breeze is warm. At this time, there are many famous architects and soldiers wearing blue and gray work uniforms busy on the island.
A layer of scaffolding has been set up outside the naval fortress, which is made of masonry and painted with light blue paint. On the construction site, workers and masons are moving bricks, mixing lime and silt, and applying cement to build walls... ...very busy.
Everyone is renovating, expanding, and strengthening this naval fortress.
Two female marines with fair skin, beautiful appearance and graceful figures stood on the high ground nearby, watching the workers who were busy.
"It can be completed within two months, right?"
Artoria's hair was fluttering in the breeze, her bright autumn eyes looked at the fortress under construction, and her voice was clear and sweet.
Next to him, Major General Hina, wearing a rose-red suit, crossed his arms with his hands on his chest, a cigarette in his mouth, and his red lips parted lightly as he said:
"About that. The renovation and expansion project here should be completed a little later than the Chambord Islands, but it will still be much faster than the Judiciary Island, which has been reduced to ruins and needs to be rebuilt from scratch. At least it will not be delayed until half a year.
I just don’t know where the new naval headquarters will be located in the end. "
During this period, the Lionheart Pirates were developing rapidly, but their old enemy, the Navy, was also busy with construction.
Judiciary Island, Chambord Islands, and G1 Branch, these three candidate locations for the new naval headquarters, are all under construction.
And this is not nonsense, Malinfando has sunk into the sea. Judiciary Island is also one of the three important places connected by the "Gate of Justice" and will replace Malinfando.
Even if Judiciary Island is not selected as the new headquarters, there is still a need to rebuild it as an important branch.
Needless to say, the Chambord Islands are an important transportation hub that connects the front and back halves of the Grand Line and are very close to the Holy Land of Mariejoia. It would not be wrong to expand them.
As the most likely location for the new headquarters, the g1 branch naturally needs to be constructed in advance.
"It's just that, to carry out large-scale construction in three places at the same time, does the navy's budget have enough?" Arturia asked, holding her flowing hair lightly with her bare hands.
The navy had just fought a fierce battle and sunk an island, causing heavy casualties and economic losses.
"Um...it doesn't seem like it's enough."
Hina shook his head and added, "The government said it would allocate funds, but with the behavior of senior officials, the money will definitely be counted on each participating country. As expected, the sky gold will rise again this year... It just so happens A world conference must be convened in advance.”
Artoria: "..."
(?_?)
Extra gold from heaven?
"Then I guess many people will be unlucky." Artoria sighed in her heart, her fair face expressionless.
The so-called heavenly gold is already very heavy, and even poorer countries cannot get it together (such as the Sphinx, the hometown of Whitebeard).
Now that the charges are going to be increased, those kings and ministers will definitely not be willing to take out their treasures. It is estimated that they will intensify their search for people's wealth and wealth...
Hina held Artoria's hand, shook her head slightly, and said:
"Forget it, don't think about these unhappy things. There are many things that the military can't control at all."
Artoria said nothing, a little distracted.
In fact, to complete the system's mission, she does not necessarily have to compromise with the world government.
For example, overthrowing the world government, establishing a new government, integrating the naval organization, and ordering the naval marshal to publicly award her the rank of general and the title of hero...does this count as completing the mission?
In fact, it counts.
The system boss doesn't care what method you use to complete the mission, even if you use the ridiculous method of first becoming the king of the world and then appointing yourself as an admiral, as long as you meet the standards.
Unfortunately, Artoria didn't have time to do this.
She herself can only stay in the op world for a year or two at most, so how can she have the time and energy to do so many things.
Not to mention anything else, after overthrowing the world government, the order of the OP world will inevitably collapse and it will be in chaos, and a world war will inevitably happen again.
If the handling and finishing work is not done well, the whole world will be turned into a sea of fire, and countless civilians around the world will die tragically in the war...
The consequences are too serious.
It was too irresponsible to just slap your butt and leave after you had done something yourself, but you didn't have time to finish it off. So Artoria thought about it and still didn't fall out with the five old stars.
The same reason why Ren didn't kill the Straw Hat Kid and became the Pirate King himself.
First, there is no time and energy.
Second, even if you do this, there is almost no benefit except being busy.
Once you become the world king of the op world, you won't be able to stay. You will have to pack up and get out immediately. You will work hard and the system will not give you any extra rewards. In the end, you will be advantaged by the revolutionary army or other careerists.
This kind of effort is thankless, and the gain outweighs the loss. In the end, it is just a wedding dress for others. Will Ren do it?
of course not.
Arturia won't either. Of course, she's not afraid of getting tired, but she's afraid that she has good intentions but does bad things and implicates too many innocent people.
'My stupid sister, the transformation of this world should be left to the children of destiny. The young lady's heart and sense of justice are overflowing. After all, we are not the savior, and we will not stay here for long. '
This is what he advised her to mind her own business.
"Let's go to the conference room."
Artoria looked helpless, feeling that her bratty brother was not talking nonsense or being irresponsible. She suppressed her dissatisfaction with the government and the Celestial Dragons, and took Hina to a nearby small building.
At ten o'clock in the morning, senior navy officials arrived in the conference room on the third floor one after another.
Marshal Sengoku stayed in Marigioa, and Lieutenant General He, who had arrived from the Holy Land a few days ago, presided over the meeting.
The legendary female navy with white hair and wrinkles on her face had a serious expression on her face. She looked around and handed out the information.
"Everyone, this is the information from our secret source. Take a look."
At this time, many naval generals have gathered in the g1 branch.
In addition to the general candidates Hakuryu and Major General Hina, there are also many powerful people such as the general Kizaru, the general candidate Momou, the navy hero Garp, the captain of the scientific force Zhan Momomaru and so on.
"Tsk, how scary it is. The Lionheart Pirates have only arrived in the new world for more than two months, and they are already preparing to claim the throne."
Kizaru flipped through the information sent by an undercover agent, smiling, but his tone was still so flat.
However, his words were somewhat surprising.
The Lionheart Pirates have a total of 9 large divisions and 20 affiliated small pirate groups with a total number of more than 24,000. They control 31 islands including Red Leaf Island, Jarbaro Island, Steel Island and Note Island.
The Lions have also established quite complete intelligence, propaganda and logistics departments.
Some people in these departments are hidden in secret and are not counted in the total number of people.
In addition, the Lionheart Pirates have also established contacts or friendly relations with many forces, including:
The Red Haired Pirates, the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, the Don Quixote family (joker, arms dealer), the World Economic News Agency (Morgans, the emperor of the underground world), the Revolutionary Army (Dragon), the Big Mom Pirates, Shipping King Umit (tycoon of the underworld)...
Moreover, it seems that members of the Vinsmoke family in the Jerma Kingdom have also been in contact with the Lion Group recently.
Even Kizaru, who was accustomed to big winds and waves, was quite moved when he saw such a huge legion and power network.
This is really true, with full wings, just waiting to become emperor.
"Has that guy come this far?"
Taotu clenched the stack of information tightly with her jade fingers, biting her sexy red lips, with a complicated look in her eyes.
The first team of the Lionheart Pirates, the personal guard, has a total number of 500. The captain and deputy captain is "Fire Dragon" Nana. Her latest bounty value: 1.68 billion Baileys.
The second division of the Lion Regiment, an offensive force, numbered 1,000, and its captain is Douglas Barrett, the "Descendant of the Devil". His latest bounty value is: 1.36 billion Baileys.
The third division of the Lion Regiment is a guerrilla and support force with a strength of 1,000. The captain is the "Dark Swordsman" Ame no Shiru. The latest bounty value is: 1.115 billion Baileys.
Note: He is identified as a user with natural-type Dark Fruit abilities. He has recently killed dozens of Devil Fruit users, putting everyone in the new world in danger...
Lions Division 4, attack team 2, 1,000 people, captain Rob Lucci, latest bounty value: 350 million Baileys.
Note: His strength has improved rapidly, and he once killed an old pirate with a bounty of 300 million beli in one blow.
…
The Seventh Division of the Lion Regiment, a mopping up force, numbering 500, captain and propaganda minister Wen Xi, latest bounty: 400 million Baileys.
Note: Superman is a person with Momo fruit ability.
…
The ninth division of the Lion Regiment, supervising team, 500 people, captain Kaku, latest bounty: 205 million Baileys.
Affiliated pirate group, captain list:
"Ice Witch" Waidibe, the number of pirates is 986...Rumba...Eruwan...Werewolf Gabra...
In addition, the former "Queen of Happy Street" Stussi and the former cp9 member Khalifa are the heads of the intelligence department, captain's secretary, and maid... Stusi has a bounty of 900 million beli, and Khalifa has a bounty of 120 million. Van Bailey.
…
There is a lot of information, and all of it shows how powerful the Lionheart Pirates are.
There are no weak points except for the middle backbone which will take some time to grow.
Taotu clenched his silver teeth as he looked at it, but he was helpless.
She was almost killed by Ren in the Shampoo Islands. As a proud strong woman, she actually always wanted to take revenge and go back.
But now it seems that she is getting further and further away from him.
There is no need to do it personally, Ren can send one of his men to deal with her.
After all, the last step has not been taken yet, and Momotu is not even sure of defeating Yuzhiru, who became extremely ferocious after eating the natural-type Dark Fruit, let alone Barrett and Fire Dragon Nana.
"It's really scary. We've only been in the new world for more than two months, and it's been less than three months since the war on top." Zhan Taomaru muttered.
"Indeed, I feel a little hairy after seeing this." Kizaru shrugged.
"The tail is too big to fall off."
"Yes, it's already the era of the Demon King."
In the conference room, many senior navy officials shook their heads with worry in their eyes.
Seeing the pirate force that sank Marinefando and defeated the admiral develop so fast and live so comfortably, everyone felt a little uncomfortable.
Playing with the Queen of Happy Street and the cold and charming female killer, with a bunch of brave generals and younger brothers, chatting and laughing with the other four emperors and the bosses of the underground world...
After the Demon King offended the Navy, not only did he not suffer retribution, but he also managed to get along too well.
"Okay, don't let other people's ambitions destroy your own prestige."
The highly respected Lieutenant General He patted the table, and everyone fell silent. She took a deep breath, her eyes a little tired and a little worried, and said:
"Next week, the Lionheart Pirates will officially proclaim themselves emperor... The navy cannot do anything without any response. Tell me, what should we do and respond?"
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