One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 266 The storm is coming

Grand Route, Panaro Island.

"Tsk, I got cheated."

Ace threw the pirate away and spat in dissatisfaction.

When he noticed Blackbeard Teach and his group leaving on Jaya Island, he didn't even bother to talk to Luffy or reminisce about the past, and hurriedly chased after them. Who knew that it was actually someone else in disguise.

"That guy Tiqi is so cunning!"

Ace murmured quietly, then thought in his mind about the possible direction the other party might have fled.

Teach is an ambitious guy who wants to do something big. He ran all the way from the New World to the "Paradise", so he must have some plan.

"No matter what, I must catch him!"

Thinking of his good friend, Captain Thatch of the Fourth Division, who had died tragically at the hands of Teach, Ace clenched his fists.
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On the other side, in a certain sea area, on the Merry.

"Thief, hahahaha, I caught you!"

Blackbeard Teach and his crew sat on the bow of the ship with a Luffy in his hand.

"Damn it!"

Luffy was angry, but he was powerless. The strong suction emanating from Blackbeard's palm made it impossible for him to exert any strength at all.

"Straw Hat Luffy, White Horse Cavendish, Black Foot Sanji."

Blackbeard looked at his trophy with satisfaction.

“The first step of the plan went well.”

Next to Blackbeard, Lafayette swung his cane into a flower shape, and a smile appeared on his pale face.

According to the latest bounty order, these three people are all pirates with bounties exceeding 100 million. They can be said to be the strongest group of people in the first half of this Grand Line.

Moreover, they have not been at sea for very long and can be said to be supernovas among pirates.

Using these three people as bargaining chips should be enough to exchange the position of Shichibukai from the World Government.

Once they obtain the status of Shichibukai, they can carry out their next plan.

Everything is under control!
"What about these three people?"

Badgers pointed at the weak trio of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Usopp, Nami, and Chopper hugged each other and trembled.

They were originally sailing on the sea, when these guys in front of them suddenly caught up with them in a tattered raft. After boarding the raft, they displayed crushing power and defeated them in an instant.

"This raccoon cat seems to have some connection with that man. Now is not the time to conflict with him, so let him go."

Blackbeard glanced at Chopper, remembered the friendly attitude of the [Ghost Sword] towards him before, and decided to let him go.

"As for this woman..."

Blackbeard looked at the curvy Nami, a malicious smile flashed across his face, and he slowly walked over and stretched out his evil hand.

"Hey hey hey~~"

"Nami!"

"Asshole, what are you going to do to Miss Nami!?"

Luffy and Sanji's expressions changed drastically and they scolded Blackbeard, but they were unable to slow down his actions for a moment.

"Wait, I'm the woman of [Hegemony]!"

Nami's mind raced, and she immediately raised Rhodes's banner.

"Oh?"

Sure enough, Rhodes' name still had some deterrent effect, and Blackbeard paused slightly.

"What a cunning woman! You are just rookies who just entered the Grand Line from the East China Sea. How can you be related to hegemony?"

After a brief pause, Blackbeard's eyes rolled.

"Hegemony came to the East China Sea before, and that's when we met!"

Nami's mind was working rapidly, using all the information she had to put together some half-true and half-false news.

"At that time, he was in the East China Sea and defeated the Golden Lion."

This was the story Nami had heard from Luffy's brother, Ace [Fire Fist]. She had just learned that the East China Sea had once faced such a huge danger.

Blackbeard looked at the expression on Nami's face and was unable to make sense of it for a moment.

Speaking of which, hegemony has indeed been to the East China Sea.

The most important thing is that this woman looks too confident to be pretending.

"Hehe~ Since you are a hegemonic woman, I will let you go."

Blackbeard retracted his outstretched claws. She was just a woman and not worth any risk.

The most important thing now is to sell these three supernovas at a good price so as to carry out his next plan.

"Let's go, boys!"

The Blackbeard Pirates captured the three main forces of the Straw Hat Pirates and the wealth they had worked so hard to collect, and jumped back to their own raft pirate ship. They also captured Usopp and put him together with the other three, leaving the pirate ship to Nami and Chopper.

"Nami..."

On the Merry, Chopper looked at Nami with tears in his eyes.

"Chopper!"

Nami hugged Chopper, wiped her tears hard, and gritted her teeth to cheer herself up.

Although they had experienced many difficulties and faced various enemies along the way, this was the first time they were completely wiped out like this.

The real world of pirates is so cruel!

But now is not the time to cry!
Luffy, Usopp, Sanji, and Xiaoka. They have all fallen into the hands of the enemy. Now the only one who can save them is you!

"Set sail and return to Gaya Island!"

Nami put Chopper down and walked to the helm with a determined look in her eyes.

"Ok!"

Although Chopper was still panicking and had tears in his eyes, after hearing Nami's command, he nodded vigorously, turned into a strong man, and was busy operating the sail by himself.

The remnants of the Straw Hat Pirates, who had suffered a terrible blow, drove the Merry alone towards Jaya Island.

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New World, Silver Frame City.

The portal opened, and Zoro carried Kidd and Killer out of the portal.

"This is···!"

In Zoro's hand, Kidd stared at the magnificent building in front of him with wide eyes.

Obviously, this is not Gaya Island, the architectural style is completely different!
"Welcome to the new world, rookie!"

A voice came from the side. Kidd's face changed. He turned his head and looked. Then a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"You are, [Strange Monk] Urouge!?"

He was a monk with wings on his back and a burly figure. He was a rookie pirate who had set sail at about the same time as him. Kidd had some impression of him and had read about him in the newspaper.

Not only that, the other party's bounty is not low. He is a pirate who is called a supernova in the newspapers.

"Kid, and Killer, it looks like your entire pirate group has been defeated."

Urouge looked at the two people held in Zoro's hands.

"Let's talk about old times later."

Another man with wings on his back stepped out from the shadows.

"Take them to the second squad first."

Several figures appeared and took Kidd and Kira over.

'that's all?'

Kidd's eyes were filled with disbelief.

He is a devil fruit user, a super rookie, and a pirate supernova.

No need for any precautions? Just arrange a few people to take me away?
'You asked for this!'

A trace of ferocity flashed across Kidd's face.

"You let me into your base without taking any precautions. Now let me cause chaos for you!"

Kidd clenched his fists, magnetism flashing in his palms.

Bang!
The man holding Kidd had a flash of red light in his eyes, as if he had noticed something. A layer of dark domineering aura wrapped around his fist, and he punched Kidd's head hard, interrupting his spell.

On the other side, the man holding Kira seemed to be a little slow to react, until Kira's sickle popped out from his arm and swung down at him fiercely, then he reacted and wrapped his domineering aura around his arm.

The extremely sharp sickle chopped on the opponent's arm, but broke immediately, turning into pieces of crystal blades and scattered all over the ground.

"You two are very dishonest."

The people carrying Kidd and Kira looked at each other.

'How can it be!!!'

Without paying attention to the enemy's words, Kidd and Killer looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

The people who were responsible for taking the two of them away were not important cadres at all.

Is everyone here so strong! ?

Kidd and Kira fell into deep suspicion.

Are they both too weak, or is the other party too strong?

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"Feel it? The storm is coming."

In the room at the top of the tallest building in Silver Frame Castle, Rod stood by the window. His sight passed through the distant distance and he saw Zoro who had just returned, as well as the uneasy Kidd and Killer.

"Are you finally ready to act?"

Luo looked at Rhodes.

"I said the storm is coming, not that I'm going to do anything."

"But whether or not there is a storm in this world is still up to you to decide."

Rhodes did not refute, but just stood by the window and looked at the city below.

This city was built rapidly in just over a year with the combined efforts of everyone.

After more than a year of accumulation, his strength has become even stronger!
Whether it is personal strength or the power of a pirate group.

The current Lodo Pirates have thirteen divisions under their command, and the fourteenth division is being formed, with Katakuri as the captain, Zoro as the vice-captain, and Urouge as the third.

In these fourteen squadrons, in addition to the captain and deputy captain, each squadron has seven chief officers, and each chief officer has the strength comparable to that of a naval general.

Although most of them relied on Rhodes' ability to forcibly increase their strength after being endowed with souls, this did not affect their strength.

In addition to these core forces, each squad also has a large number of ordinary team members. In total, each squad has about 500 people, and the 8000 directly affiliated squads have a total of about people.

In addition to the fourteen directly affiliated squadrons, the Rod Pirates also have some affiliated pirate groups under their command, but those people are merely tools for the Rod Pirates to expand their influence and are not considered their own people at all.

The only ones who can be considered as our own are probably the many security companies around the world.

The members of the security company have always been the cradle of talent for the Rod Pirates. Currently, there are more than 100,000 ordinary members in the security company branches around the world.

However, due to the tacit understanding between the World Government and the security companies, except for those in the New World, the security companies did not expand extensively in the first half of the Grand Line and the Four Seas, and their influence was not that great.

Even so, the power wielded by the Rod Pirates is terrifying.

During this year or so, although there were no major conflicts between the Lodo Pirates and the World Government, the game between the two sides never stopped for a moment. There were always some frictions from time to time, but both sides were forbearing and waiting for the right opportunity.

And now, the time seems to have come!
"Straw Hat Luffy was captured by Blackbeard Teach and handed over to the World Government in exchange for a seat in the Shichibukai."

"The World Government used Straw Hat Luffy as bait to try to lure out Fire Fist Ace and capture him."

"【Fire Fist】Ace fell into a trap and fought against Admiral Kizaru. Although he failed to save Straw Hat Boy Luffy, he escaped unscathed."

"The World Government has imprisoned Straw Hat Luffy and his crew in Impel Down."

"The World Government has announced that Straw Hat Boy Luffy will be publicly executed in two weeks!"

Recently, pieces of news have been coming in one after another, some of which are public news, and some are internal secrets obtained through special channels.

However, all of these news reveal a feeling that a storm is about to come.

"Straw Hat Boy Luffy doesn't seem to have done anything extraordinary. Given his status, he is not worthy of public execution by the World Government."

"But his father is the Revolutionary Army Dragon, who is designated by the World Government as the most dangerous man in the world."

"It is possible that the World Government intends to use him as bait to lure out the Revolutionary Army."

"Besides, Ace is his brother. If Straw Hat Luffy is going to be executed, Ace will go to rescue him no matter what."

"Now that Whitebeard is getting old and gradually giving up his power, with Whitebeard's own choice, the Whitebeard Pirates have already regarded him as the next captain. If he were to rescue the Straw Hat Kid, it might turn into a major event involving the entire Whitebeard Pirates!"

“Also, the sniper of the Straw Hat Pirates may look inconspicuous, but he is the son of Jesus Bu.

The most important thing is that the straw hat of the Straw Hat Boy was passed down to him by Red Hair, and he is also a person recognized by Red Hair.

Will the Red Hair Society watch someone it approves of being publicly executed by the World Government?"

A mere Straw Hat Luffy was actually involved with the Revolutionary Army and two pirate emperors.

Of course, if you really want to make a connection, he can also be related to the Rod Pirates.

The chef of the pirate group is the third son of the Vinsmoke family, and the Vinsmoke family now serves the Rod Pirates.

The ship's doctor was an old friend of Rhodes and his crew.

Boom! ! !

Outside the window, there were lightning, thunder, and dark clouds, just like the current situation in the world.

Rhodes stretched out his hand, feeling the violent weather outside. His eyes became brighter and brighter, and his soul was stirred.

"It's coming, a huge war that will sweep the world!"

The sword inserted in the waist turned into a pink baby dragon and climbed along Rhodes' body. It seemed to sense Rhodes' excitement and raised its head to let out a dragon roar.

(End of this chapter)