Chapter 393 Big News
Be it Golden Lion, Crocodile, or any other unknown pirate, since they have chosen the path of pirates, they cannot blame others if they are caught or killed.
Now Whitebeard just wants to protect his family. He drinks tons of wine that Teach offered him, and has no idea what this honest child who has been with him for many years is planning.
This Amber Tour Group is quite interesting. I don’t know what their stance is, but as long as they keep traveling, we’ll see it one day, right?
In short, after the Whitebeard Pirates were 'promoted' the Emperor of the Sea, they did not take any special actions other than preparing to deal with the sudden increase in challengers. Whitebeard and the captains did not take this false title very seriously, it was just another reason to hold a banquet.
However, the pirates under Whitebeard were jubilant. The title of Emperor of the Sea was quite intimidating. In their eyes, as long as they could defeat the other three pirate groups of the same status, their dad would become the Pirate King, right?
The islands that accepted Whitebeard's protection were also happy. After all, the greater Whitebeard's reputation and power, the safer their situation would be. Maybe even safer than those member states that paid the sky-high gold.
Kaido in Wano Country did not take any special actions. Although he was known as the Beasts Pirates, he did not have enough animal-type ability users under his command. The most important thing now was to recruit more ability users and find devil fruits.
What bothers him most is that his child is 17 years old and still disobedient. He always shouts that he wants to become Oden or something. Kaido has no good solution and can only beat him up every now and then. Kaido and Garp might have common topics in this regard.
In addition, since Kaido attacked the Marine Headquarters a few days ago and was beaten by the Marines, he doesn't want to cause trouble now, so he basically just drinks in his own territory, waiting to beat up some overconfident challengers to vent his anger.
In comparison, the aunt's action was relatively big. After learning the news, she immediately and happily sent tea party invitations to many people.
It doesn’t matter whether he is one of the Four Emperors or not. What matters is that there is another reason to gather everyone together to have snacks happily, and there will be gifts to receive. There is nothing more joyful than a tea party.
Although she is pregnant with her 81st child recently, it doesn’t matter. No one can tell, and it doesn’t affect her eating desserts. When the baby is born, they can celebrate again. The baby’s birthday cake is also great!
Anything that gives her an excuse to have a tea party is a good thing!
Although many people who receive the invitation may not think so.
After all, you need to prepare gifts to attend the tea party. If the gifts are not prepared well enough, Big Mom will be angry. Many people feel like they have walked through the gates of hell when they attend the tea party. But they dare not not go in the first place, and now they have the title of the Emperor of the Sea, which makes them even more helpless. They can only curse the World Government in their hearts for not doing their job! Why did they have to choose her when there were so many choices!
Wang Zhi, the captain of the Five Peaks Ship, was originally a member of the Rocks Pirates, just like Kaido, Big Mom, Whitebeard and others. After the Rocks Pirates were defeated by Garp and Roger in the Valley of the Gods, Rocks died, and the other backbone members went their separate ways, while Wang Zhi occupied the Beehive Island, which was originally an important territory of the Rocks Pirates.
Wang Zhi's current strength and power may be slightly inferior to Whitebeard and his crew, but he is definitely not someone that ordinary pirates can provoke. In the original plot, even the Blackbeard Pirates defeated him only by a narrow margin a year after the Battle of Marineford, and that was when Trafalgar Law and Coby got involved and inadvertently helped Blackbeard.
Wang Zhi is also a man of strength and ambition. Having suddenly gained such a huge "benefit", he naturally wants to take advantage of this momentum to recruit troops and expand his territory. The Red Hair Pirates, which have recently emerged in the New World, naturally came into his sight.
Wang Zhi had the impression that the red-haired kid had been a trainee on Roger's ship, a good candidate. Although he had different positions in the past, as a senior now, it shouldn't be a problem for him to recruit a newcomer, right? Even if there were problems between the pirates, it shouldn't be a problem to just beat them up.
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The most shocked person at this moment was Doflamingo. He was not concerned about the Four Emperors. Although it was a bit unexpected, it was only a matter of time before the New World, which was divided up by several of the strongest pirates, would temporarily stabilize.
He was more concerned about Crocodile . Due to his identity as a "former Celestial Dragon" and the presence of undercover agents within the Navy, Doflamingo was able to obtain more specific information than the average person.
He even learned Crocodile's specific plan to seize the throne of Alabasta, which was of course a plan inferred based on the "evidence" submitted by Zhang Tatsuya and the testimony of the Baroque Works agents.
At that time, Mingge was astonished. He ruined the king's reputation, made himself a hero, and then naturally replaced him... Why did this guy get my script?
Three months had passed since he became a Shichibukai, and he had been busy recently engaging in "cordial and friendly" exchanges and cooperation with some underground forces, and the progress was very encouraging.
With the smooth implementation of the plan, his next step is to seek a stable territory for himself. The preliminary plan is different in details, but the core idea is exactly the same as Crocodile's!
Doflamingo, who originally looked down on Crocodile, now suddenly feels a sense of mutual admiration between them. It's a pity that the man is dead, otherwise there might be areas for cooperation.
"Fufufu... Is it that Amber Tour Group again? Why are they everywhere?" Doflamingo decided to work overtime to speed up the progress.
Doflamingo glanced at the green-haired little girl who was eating grapes one by one with her fingers. This was Sugar, who had just joined their family. Although she was only 11 years old, her abilities could be described as terrifying.
Her elder sister, 19-year-old Monet, is also very capable in all aspects. The two sisters will be a very important part of future plans.
"Diamante, hurry up and get rid of those guys who refuse to cooperate. We need to speed up our actions." Who knows when those annoying guys will come to the New World, and he doesn't want to become the next Crocodile.
As long as he becomes the king before they come, he will have more room for maneuver. Maybe he can make some people disappear completely? It's like they never appeared.
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"Wang Zhi?" Zhang Da also had a little impression of this name, but it was just a little impression. This person seemed to have never even shown his face in the comics and had always lived in other people's narratives.
After coming to this world, I have heard of his reputation. It is said that he is a great pirate like Whitebeard and his friends, but he doesn't seem to be as high-profile as them. I don't know much else about him.
Shark Chili said: "Is it really okay to call a pirate the emperor?"
Ye Yan said: "Since the Seven Warlords of the Sea can plunder legally, it is normal for them to wholesale a few emperor titles. Anyway, they don't have to pay any price."
"And after giving them this title, it is equivalent to setting a benchmark for the pirates in the New World. There will be a steady stream of people challenging them, and no matter who dies in the end, it will not be bad for the World Government." Zhang Da also said, "Although there will be people who admire the title of the Four Emperors and join them, there will inevitably be fights in the process, and there will always be deaths."
"In addition, the statement of 'the most promising one to become the Pirate King' is also very tempting. The World Government should also be looking forward to some fighting between the Four Emperors." Zhang Da doesn't know much about politics, strategies and other things, but in this world where power is respected, the level of other people is not very high either.
He flipped to the end of the newspaper and finally found the report on Crocodile: "Poor old Sand, his death is not even worthy of the headlines, even worse than Moria's death."
No matter how much the World Government wants to eliminate the impact of the Crocodile incident, it is still a big event after all.
The Amber Tour Group inevitably came into the sight of many people again, and as time went by, its reputation became more and more famous.
This is largely due to 'Big News' Morgans, the president of the World Economic News newspaper.
There was only a wrong name, not a wrong nickname. As a birdman who liked big news, Morgans' power and influence were not strong enough at the moment. He was forced to stuff an explosive event into a corner under pressure from the World Government, which made him very unhappy.
As the saying goes, the more you endure, the angrier you get. Morgans decided to find another way out in his depression.
Didn't you ask me not to report on Crocodile? Then I can report on the Amber Tour Group in detail, right? For the past six months, it has been "politically correct" to tout the Amber Tour Group's achievements in catching pirates.
At that time, I will briefly mention the Crocodile incident, and keep my words vague. Then there will definitely be a lot of unscrupulous tabloids that have "nothing to do" with Morgans and put forward seven or eight irresponsible speculations, letting everyone guess and argue. At that time, it may be more interesting than reporting it directly.
So that same day a reporter from a newspaper ran to the gate of the Alabasta palace and asked to meet with the Amber Travel Group and do an exclusive interview.
Zhang Daye and the others agreed out of curiosity, and it had nothing to do with the high interview fee offered by the other party.
Those who should know them have already known them, so it doesn't matter if they are more famous. Just be perfunctory when asked about their specific abilities, and don't say anything that shouldn't be said. It's not a big problem.
The only sensitive question was that the reporter mentioned that Perona's ability was very similar to that of the ghost fruit user under the former Shichibukai Moriah, and asked her if she had any relationship with Moriah.
Zhang Da also touched Perona's head and said in a friendly manner, "I don't know, I don't know. We just found a homeless little girl on the road and took her in because we felt sorry for her. What does it have to do with that hateful guy Moria?"
The reporter did not dwell on it any more, since this was not his main purpose anyway. The task the president had given him was to just take a few more photos. If he could dig something out it would be an extra bonus, but if he couldn't dig anything out it wouldn't force him.
The only trouble encountered afterwards was that Zhang Daye's hand that touched Perona's head was bitten by her.
Then Perona had a toothache for three days, and she was so angry that she didn't talk to Zhang Da for three days.
Of course the main reason was that Zhang Da shouldn't have eaten a lollipop in front of her when she had a toothache.
By the way, this lollipop was bought by Admiral Huoshaoshan. When the bearded man came to visit Wendy with a cigarette and a bunch of lollipops, Zhang Da wanted to punch him in the face.
Fortunately, Wendy stood firm. While happily eating the lollipop given by Vice Admiral Huoshaoshan, she said that she would listen to her brother Tatsuya whether she wanted to go to the Marine Headquarters to play.
Perona was curious and asked what the soldiers of the Marine Headquarters did every day. After hearing Vice Admiral Huoshaoshan report the full training schedule, Perona looked disgusted.
This little lazy guy... Zhang Da didn't know whether to be happy or worried for a moment. However, he was relieved by Huoshaoshan's ability to kidnap children.
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Three days have passed since the day of Crocodile's death.
Admiral Huoshaoshan has returned with the bodies of Crocodile and Mr. 1, as well as the surviving Miss. Two Fingers and Mr. 2.
The other million elders and billion elders who were captured were all left to work in Alabasta. The sandstorm created by Crocodile had caused a lot of damage, so it was only right for these culprits to help with the cleanup and reconstruction work to atone for their sins.
During this trip to Alabasta, Zhang Daye and his team received a bounty of more than 200 million Baileys, as well as an inheritance of more than 300 million Baileys from Baroque Works and a small amount of gold and gems.
Although the Rain Banquet was cleaned up by the King's Army at that time, Cobra believed that these were what Zhang Daye and his men deserved, and with his broad mind, he didn't care about the money at all.
In addition, dozens of banana crocodiles raised by Crocodile were also assigned to them and will be added to their menu one by one in the coming days.
Thanks to the big news Morgans's bold move, Zhang Da and his team have become household names in Alabasta, and people often greet them enthusiastically when they walk on the street. Cobra is also completely happy to see this happen.
"You should be more cautious, Your Majesty," Zhang Da said helplessly. "If we have bad intentions, we might end up being the next Crocodile."
"But you guys have bad intentions." Cobra responded with a smile, looking through the window at the little girls playing hide-and-seek in the garden.
Now it's the little girls' turn to hide, and Tom is blindfolded to catch, it's real hide-and-seek.
Zhang Da also watched silently for a while. Tom was really a cheater. He would lift the cloth strip to take a peek at everything at any time.
And even if he peeked, he still couldn't catch her unless Wendy fell flat on her face.
Bang!
"it hurts!"
“Ahaha!”
Tom grabbed Wendy.
Zhang Da also silently said sorry.
Cobra smiled and reminded, "By the way, due to my health condition, the celebration party has not been held. Now that I have finally recovered, let's hold it tonight. Remember to bring everyone along."
