One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 248 Conspiracy, conspiracy

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The long legs wrapped in domineering aura collided fiercely with the naginata, causing a loud sound of metal clashing.

Hancock's expression changed slightly. This guy who looks stupid actually has strong strength!
but···
"What a rude man!"

In front of such a stupid person, even the beauty of the most beautiful woman in the world could not shake him in the slightest.

Faced with the beauty of the empress, Weevil did not react at all. Even if the pair of long legs were stretched out in front of him, he only wanted to cut them off.

"Go to hell!"

Weibul roared and swung the naginata in his hand with all his might.

Bang!
Hancock turned her body, flew into the air, and kicked Weevil's naginata hard.

As her foot hit the naginata, the blade suddenly turned to stone and then broke violently.

"My naginata!"

Weeble looked at the weapon in his hand that turned into stone and broke, and his movements suddenly stopped. A pitiful expression appeared on his face, as if he was about to cry in the next moment.

"That's enough! If you're already here, get in now and stop creating chaos here, you bastards!"

A voice suddenly came, followed by several figures walking over.

Hancock, who was about to continue the attack, stopped, raised her head high, looked down at the people in front of her with her nose, walked into the room first, found a seat and sat down.

“Hahahahahaha, it’s the commander-in-chief himself who’s here. Looks like he has something important to announce this time.”

Moria looked at the figure walking in front and narrowed his eyes slightly.

That is the former Admiral of the Navy and current Commander-in-Chief of the World Government, Sora!

In the past, the World Government had issued a call to recruit the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but those were meetings chaired by the Navy Marshal Sengoku. This was the first time that the Marshal had appeared.

As they were talking, several Shichibukai all walked into the room. Hawkeye saw that there was no hope in fighting, so he suppressed his will to fight, put the black sword back on his back, and walked into the room.

Rhodes returned the Kinpila to Gion. Although he had only held the Kinpila for a short period of time, with Rhodes' current attainments in swordsmanship, he had already mastered most of Gion's swordsmanship.

Gion retracted his sword, and a hint of regret flashed in his eyes.

Vice Admiral Tsuru, who was following behind Kong, glanced at Gion, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.

As a navy officer, especially a candidate for admiral, Gion should stop the restlessness of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and make them behave themselves.

Unexpectedly, this guy actually handed over his sword just to see the swordsmanship of both sides. This is not something a naval general should do.

"Well, let's start the meeting!"

In the conference room, Sora sat in the main seat, and next to him sat Vice Admiral Tsuru and Gion. There were also two navy soldiers standing behind them, holding some meeting materials in their hands.

On both sides of the long table, the Seven Warlords of the Sea sat down in order, with Hawkeye, Moriah, Weevil, and Katakuri sitting on the right.

On the left were Jinbei, Hancock, and Rhodes. Rhodes even pulled over two chairs and let Minina and Nia sit next to him.

Sora glanced around the conference room, his gaze lingering on Rhodes for a moment.

It was clearly a meeting of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but there were nine people sitting at the table. Oh, no, we have to count Miss Bakin who was sitting on Wilbur's shoulder.

Marshal Kong originally wanted to ask irrelevant people to leave the meeting room, but when he met Rhodes' eyes, his heart suddenly jumped. He took back the words that were about to come out of his mouth, skipped the topic, and got straight to business.

"The balance that the World Government has maintained for a long time has suffered a major impact in the past six months!"

"There are only three pirate emperors left in the New World. Although things have been a little calm recently, I don't know how many people are secretly plotting something. A major event that could explode the entire world could happen at any time!"

Having said that, everyone in the conference room turned their attention to Rhodes.

The current situation was caused by the man in front of me!
The news that the other party killed the former Four Emperors Big Mom was known to everyone in the entire ocean, and some people even witnessed it with their own eyes.

Rhodes leaned back in his chair, ignoring everyone's gazes and focusing more on his blood.

In his perception, the blood that had been integrated with fragments of his soul had now left the vicinity of the Red Earth Continent and was moving towards a certain direction of the New World.

"Not only that, the membership of the Seven Warlords of the Sea has also changed several times, and even caused some pirates to lose their fear of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, which seriously affected the effectiveness of the Seven Warlords of the Sea policy!"

The gaze that had originally left Rhodes fell on him again.

It started two years ago when this man went out to sea.

Crocodile, one of the veteran Shichibukai, has been stripped of his title and is now causing quite a stir in the New World.

Doflamingo was killed directly, and the entire Don Quixote family was uprooted, making the waves in the New World even more turbulent.

As for that Fire Fist Ace, it was said that he had a conflict with him before. I wonder if Ace's joining the Whitebeard Pirates had anything to do with Rod.

"Now, all of you are outstanding figures carefully selected by the World Government. I hope you will not be easily killed again, which will reduce the deterrent power of the Seven Warlords and affect the implementation of the entire Seven Warlords policy."

"Recently, a large number of pirates have poured into the Grand Line, far more than in previous years, which has had a significant impact on the countries and islands along the Grand Line. I hope that you, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, can fully play your role and intensify the crackdown on the pirates in the first half of the Grand Line!"

Speaking of this, Kong couldn't help but glance at Rhodes.

It is precisely because of the "Fist Security Company" led by Tyrant Rod that it has been expanding in the four seas recently, causing many pirates in the four seas to have to enter the Grand Line. Even some gangster forces and some small thugs have to set sail and break into the Grand Line because of the attack of the "Fist Security Company".

Although the four seas have indeed become more peaceful and stable due to the entry of security companies, correspondingly, the Grand Line has become more chaotic than before!
The commander-in-chief briefly explained the important things, and then started talking nonsense about various policies, requirements and the like.

This is the exchange of interests with the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

After all, although the Seven Warlords of the Sea are nominally a force under the World Government, they are essentially a group of pirates. For pirates, only interests are the most important. If the World Government wants to drive the Seven Warlords of the Sea to do things, it must pay something in exchange.

However, apart from Jinbe, who has the burden of Fishman Island, and Miss Bakin, who loves money, the other Seven Warlords of the Sea are all not interested.

Even the Pirate Queen Hancock, who is the king, doesn't have much interest.

After all, her country is in the doldrums, which is not the nest of sea kings. Even if the navy wants to enter, it is not an easy task.

She was not very interested in the various exchange conditions proposed by the World Government.

As the long and boring meeting came to an end, the Shichibukai left the meeting room and walked towards the edge of the Red Earth Continent, ready to take the elevator down.

"How about a sparring match?"

Hawkeye approached Rhodes again and proposed the idea of ​​a competition. "Why not go to Greenbit?"

Rhodes looked at Hawkeye.

It would be nice to use the world's greatest swordsman to measure my own strength after I become stronger again.

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At the same time that Rhodes and Hawkeye agreed to compete, in another room in Mary Geoise, Commander-in-Chief Kong was facing the Five Elders.

"Baquan Rhodes, it's too dangerous!"

As the commander-in-chief of the World Government, Sora can hold his head high even when facing the Five Elders.

"I felt a strong threat from him!"

Kong recalled the strong sense of oppression he had felt when he and Rhodes looked into each other's eyes.

"Not only that, his security company is expanding rapidly, and his other companies are also expanding. He has tentacles all over the world, which makes his influence too strong."

"If he is not restricted, he may become a more dangerous person than Roger!"

"You're being a bit alarmist, Sora!"

The God of Finance, Nasu Shouro Sheng, raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the commander-in-chief, Kong.

The security company under Baquan Rod was allowed to expand into the four seas after comprehensive consideration.

If it is this decision that has increased Tyrant Rhodes' influence and even affected the direction of the world, then doesn't it mean that he was wrong and made a wrong decision?

Moreover, it is just a security company. How can it be compared with the Pirate King Roger?

After all, the other party is the man who opened the Great Pirate Era. Even the legendary Rocks did not have as great an impact on the world as Roger.

"I'm not exaggerating!"

"According to the news I got from the navy, with the expansion of Riot Security Company, the number of criminals and pirates in the four seas has been greatly reduced. It is obvious that the sea has become calmer."

"Doesn't this just prove that Tyrant Fist Rod is reliable?"

"However, according to secret investigations, a large number of people in the four seas already trust Riot Security Company more than the Navy or the World Government!"

"That is to say, Tyrant Rod's security company has, to a certain extent, replaced the role that the World Government should play!"

After hearing what Kong said, the Five Elders' expressions finally changed slightly.

"Revolutionary Army?"

Such an action seemed like an attempt to overthrow the rule of the World Government, so they immediately thought of the Revolutionary Army.

"No, there is no connection between him and the Revolutionary Army."

Another of the Five Elders spoke up and rejected this possibility.

CP0 has carefully investigated the intelligence about Rhodes again and confirmed that there is no connection between him and the Revolutionary Army.

Not only that, the other party is not even [D]!
Thinking of this, the Five Elders relaxed a little.

Only [D] is their natural enemy!
Tyrant Rod is not even [D], at best he is just a pirate who poses a threat.

"Moreover, according to our investigation, the reason why the four seas have become peaceful is that those unstable and powerful guys have all been absorbed into the Rod Pirates by the security company taking advantage of the expansion opportunity."

“No one knows how many powerful guys the Rod Pirates have recruited as the security company has expanded rapidly and occupied most of the four seas. And what kind of power will be unleashed once they are fully mobilized!”

As Kong's voice fell, the conference room suddenly fell into silence, and the Five Elders silently thought about what Kong had said.

Logically speaking, Rhode was not [D] and was not worthy of their attention.

However, what Kong said was not wrong. With the help of his identity as a Seven Warlords of the Sea, Tyrant Rod did so many things!

Not only did it encroach on the power that should have belonged to the World Government, but it also took this opportunity to recruit too many members.

"Perhaps, he should be wiped out!"

The God of Justice, Saint Vochuli, suddenly spoke, his eyes calm.

"The Seven Warlords of the Sea were originally used to balance the power between the navy and the pirates."

"We also know that the Seven Warlords of the Sea are a group of people who only care about their own interests. Although they are pirates, they are also recognized by the World Government and stand on the Navy's side, but they can switch between the two camps at any time."

"Pirates are certainly hateful and are an unstable factor in this world. They need to be captured and dealt with. But the same goes for the navy!"

"The World Government does not need an overly powerful navy!"

"The existence of Tyrant Rod has destabilized the dynamic balance between the Navy, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Pirates!"

"He is not only a Seven Warlords of the Sea, but also one of the Four Emperors in the pirate world!"

"According to the information we have, the power he can control is probably the strongest among the Four Emperors! The fragile balance he still maintains now is entirely because he still insists on his identity as a Shichibukai, and can be regarded as standing on the side of the navy."

"However, once he gains enough benefits from the World Government and changes his camp to the side of the pirates, this balance will be broken in an instant."

After imagining the consequences of Tyrant Rod throwing all his strength into the pirate camp, the Five Elders all frowned slightly.

"He must be restricted!"

"However, we need to plan carefully. After all, we need to make adequate preparations to kill the Four Emperors."

"That's right, we can let CP0 plan it carefully."

"Also, we need to take over his security company. Establishing such a presence between the World Government and the member states will be beneficial to our rule over the world."

"That's right, let CP0 handle it together."

"Maybe we can start with the captains under his command!"

"They are both in the same squad, and like Whitebeard, Tyrant Rod is a man who values ​​his companions. It is a good plan to use the squad leader he defeated as a breakthrough point."

As the Five Elders discuss, a conspiracy about Rhodes is brewing.

(End of this chapter)