I'm a big pirate, and you said I just went out to sea?

Chapter 168 Before the Storm

Chapter 168 Before the Storm
Domineering aura can be stored.

This can actually be seen from many aspects.

The most obvious sign is the use of ranged weapons by users of Haki, who can imbue their bullets with their Haki to attack enemies.

But this is only temporary.

There is also the black sword, a symbol permanently imbued with domineering aura.

Regardless of the material of the item.

If you are exposed to domineering aura for a long time, you will acquire its characteristics.

Finally, it turned into a completely imposing color.

However, to achieve this, one must possess an extremely high level of domineering aura, capable of forging a black blade single-handedly.

Every single one of them is a top-tier expert.

But that alone was not enough for Meng Ge to take Shimotsuki Ryoma seriously.

What truly excites him is...

It was the faint yet terrifying aura that remained in Shimotsuki Ryoma's sword, Autumn Water!
no doubt.

This level of domineering aura is slightly higher than the domineering aura that Monger currently possesses, and it is almost reaching the level that Im, the strongest domineering aura user that Monger has ever seen, has reached.

Of course, Monger wasn't sure if Im's Haki was the strongest in the world.

There was a powerful figure from eight hundred years ago who may have reached even greater heights, but without guidance, Monger could only learn by trial and error. Every sufficiently powerful user of Haki could become his teacher.

Even if that teacher wanted him dead!
The capital of flowers.

Watching Mungo hold and play with the national treasure of Wano Country, Shusui, the shogun, Kozuki Sukiyaki felt incredibly aggrieved.

Whatever Monger says goes.

From childhood to adulthood, when has he ever suffered such injustice?
But Monger's strength is undeniable.

If you anger Munger, then it won't just be a question of whether or not to open the country.

His head might roll on the ground!

So even though Monger had said he wouldn't do anything to him.

Even Kozuki Sukiyaki wouldn't dare to offend Monger.

Looking at the Shusui in Monger's hand, Kozuki Sukiyaki desperately hoped that the legendary swordsman, the dragon-slaying samurai Shimotsuki Ryoma, could be resurrected and teach Monger a lesson.

But that's ultimately impossible.

"Wow~"

The sound of a baby crying could be heard from inside the general's mansion.

Kozuki Sukiyaki was startled. She glanced at Munger and wondered if Munger would be angry over a baby.

He looked apologetic.

Then he left the cubicle, looked at the servants, and his expression was somewhat annoyed.

"Why did you bring Oden here? Can't you see I'm entertaining guests?"

"I'm sorry, General."

The servant responsible for looking after the baby, Kozuki Oden, said with a look of fear, "I don't know why, but young master Oden kept wanting to go this way, and we couldn't stop him no matter what we tried!"

The people taking care of the baby were just a few ordinary people.

Kozuki Sukiyaki's son, Kozuki Oden, was a monster of immense strength who could throw his wet nurse out of the room right after he was born.

Although he is only six months old, Kozuki Sukiyaki is already looking forward to his future glory.

After all, he was born weak and sickly.

Despite undergoing treatment, he now possesses the strength of an ordinary samurai.

However, compared to top-tier swordsmen...

The gap is still too large.

Especially after meeting Monger, a samurai who had suppressed their entire Wano Country, Kozuki Sukiyaki felt a surge of resentment stuck in his chest.

Seeing the potential that Kozuki Oden displayed, I wished he would grow up immediately.

Avenge him, the father!

Of course, this thought could not be revealed to Munger.

Kozuki Sukiyaki felt aggrieved.

In reality, during the six months he spent in Wano Country, Mongo did not harass ordinary people and mostly stayed at home, only sending his crew members to challenge samurai in various places.

He doesn't seem like a vicious pirate at all.

If it weren't for what happened six months ago, he might not have minded making friends with Monger.

But then again.

If Monger hadn't displayed overwhelming strength, he probably wouldn't have allowed the White Wolf Pirates to remain in Wano Country.

However, Kozuki Sukiyaki felt that there was a reason why Monger didn't disturb the residents.

After all, the female crew members under his command are pretty enough.

How could ordinary, common women possibly be interested in them?

In particular, the woman named Tenzuki Toki, in terms of her clothing and appearance, perfectly matched the aesthetic standards of Wano Country; she was simply their ideal woman.

But this very woman was taken advantage of by a thief.

How can this not make people sad and sigh?

"Young Master O-Oden!"

Kozuki Sukiyaki was only stunned for a moment when he heard the servants' panicked voices and then saw his beloved son rushing towards the room where Monger was.

This gave him quite a fright.

Then when they went inside, they found that Kozuki Oden, who had just been crying and making a fuss, was blinking his eyes, not crying or making a fuss, and reaching out his hands, as if he wanted a hug.

The target was none other than Tenzuki, who was standing next to Mung.

Kozuki Sukiyaki's heart leaped into her throat, but then she remembered that Kozuki Oden was just an infant, and Monger probably wouldn't harm a baby.
"Young Master Oden has been thrown out of the window!"

Chaos erupted in the room. Kozuki Sukiyaki never expected that Monger would bully a child.

"Oden!!!"

Kozuki Sukiyaki's eyes widened, then she gripped the knife tightly, her blood rushing to her head.

"I am going to kill you!!!"

As a result, Kozuki Sukiyaki was stunned by Monger's Conqueror's Haki before she could even reach him.

Monger stared speechlessly at the unconscious Kozuki Sukiyaki lying on the ground.

"This is the first floor, not the eighteenth floor. How could that little brat possibly fall to his death?"

In other words, Munger didn't want to lay a hand on a baby.

Otherwise, just look at the lecherous expression on Kozuki Oden's face just now.

Monger could kill him.

"This baby seems so strange."

When Tianyue sat next to Mengge, he felt extremely uncomfortable.

How to describe the expression on that baby's face just now?

That's so disgusting.

So much so that she almost instinctively wanted to throw the baby out.

"Monger, are all babies like this?"

Amatsuki said with concern, because recently an old man had been whispering to her, like a grandfather who wanted to hold his great-grandson, which made Amatsuki feel a little hopeful.

But when she saw Kozuki Oden, Toki felt all her beautiful fantasies about children were shattered.

How could there be such a strange baby?

"This guy should be an exception!"

Monger's face also darkened. Although Kozuki Oden was a top-tier expert at sea, Monger had no intention of recruiting him.

Without him.

I'm afraid of being infected by someone with intellectual disabilities.

And if he's already looking for women at such a young age, what will he be like when he grows up?

"Come on, let's change places."

"Ah."

Whatever Monge says, Tianyue does.

Having already taken on the role of a wife, Tianyue Shi will unconditionally trust and support whatever Mengge wants to do.

And behind the two of them.

Kozuki Oden, who had just been thrown out of the window, stubbornly got up.

When she saw Tianyue, she nestled beside Mengge and left.

I was stunned for a moment.

Then he burst into tears. But his cries were destined to never reach the ears of either Mengge or Tianyue Shi.

The appearance of Munger changed the fate of many people.

Some are good.

Some are bad.

But at least the time of day and night is definitely good.

After becoming Monger's woman, Amatsuki Toki finally revealed the secret she had kept hidden in her heart, and spoke of the prophecy.

in the future.

The Land of Harmony will face a great calamity, but after that calamity arrives, a destined person will come to eliminate it.

That was the time when Wano Country was founded.

"Although I initially traveled through these hundreds of years because of a prophecy, while I was with you, Monger, I experienced many things that I had never experienced before."

"I came here to save people, but the future is too far away."

"So I decided to stop and focus on the present."

Saying this means that Tianyue Shi is no longer pursuing vague and illusory prophecies.

Instead, she chose to stay by Monge's side.

"However, when you said you wanted to open Wano Country to the public, I was quite surprised."

"Haha, what, am I the one who's afraid of plunging Wano Country into disaster?"

"of course not!"

Tengetsu shook his head.

“I believe you, Monger, are definitely not someone who indiscriminately kills innocent people.”

If Mongo had truly wanted to force Wano Country to open its borders through violence, he could have easily done so with his strength. However, in the end, Mongo only managed to beat up the samurai of Wano Country, at most causing a group of samurai to suffer from frostbite and catch a cold for a few days.

“I’m not as kind as you think, but if I use violence to oppress others, then I’ll become the kind of person I hate the most.”

Monger shook his head.

Although there are other ways to enter Wano Country, defeating those samurai is obviously the simplest method.

Moreover, Monger did not force the samurai to do anything. Samurai were originally a group of warriors who did not engage in productive activities. Letting the crew challenge them was a way to give these samurai something to do.

Even Kozuki Sukiyaki didn't expect that.

Since the White Wolf Pirates arrived in Wano Country, the country's security has actually improved.

However, Kozuki Sukiyaki would never admit to this.

And after six months of training.

The crew under Monger's command also made significant progress.

First up is Lipriy.

Monger did not expect that Lipriy's first major breakthrough would not be in her Armament Haki, but in her Observation Haki.

It's clearly the kind of domineering aura that he's not good at.

However, in the process of challenging the samurai, she actually developed a special intuition. Although it wasn't exactly seeing the future, combined with her Devil Fruit ability, it was no less effective than ordinary future foresight in terms of defense.

This can actually be seen from the very beginning of the island landing, when they challenged Shimotsuki Fuya.

Lipley can use her Devil Fruit ability to shrink parts of her body, causing enemies to misjudge her attacks.

So much so that sometimes when I'm sleeping...

Monger's hand had just touched Lipriy's chest when he found nothing.

It was so big just now!

It's gotten so small now!
Monger was deeply saddened by this and strongly demanded that Lipley not use her abilities while sleeping.

Then Monger experienced what it was like to drive a big truck.

"If you can't let me use my own abilities."

Transformed into an eighteen-meter-tall giant, Liprit knelt on the ground, looking at the palm-sized Munger, and covered her mouth with a giggle.

"These days, even a captain would probably be hard for me to feel anything for."

The underestimated Monger immediately showed Lipriy what a top-tier physical fighter was.

But this meant that what two people enjoyed became something only one person could enjoy, and in the end, Lipley couldn't help but beg for mercy.

After all, Monger doesn't need to sacrifice anything himself; he could easily fight Liprit for ten days and ten nights!
But in terms of progress.

Lipriy didn't actually make much progress compared to her crew.

Although techniques similar to predicting the future have been developed.

Ultimately, this is just one application of the Devil Fruit's power.

Newgate made the most progress.

After Rocks left, Newgate became the undisputed leader among the crew.

At first, it was just the speed of progress.

Later, after six months of hard work, Newgate finally defeated Lipley in a direct battle, achieving what even Rocks had not accomplished.

Lipriy was quite upset about this for a while.

But with her optimistic attitude, she had long known this day would come.

After all, most of the people on the ship were monsters.

The reason she was able to suppress Rocks and the others for so long was ultimately because she had more time to train.

And when Newgate and his teammates caught up with their workout schedule.

Lipriy is not good enough.

However, what concerned Munger was that as Newgate grew older, two mustaches gradually appeared on his face.

It was very sparse at first.

However, he has been challenging samurai for the past six months and has neglected his duties.

His two mustaches had completely turned into two white mustaches.

Lipley couldn't help but laugh, which is what made Newgate lose his temper and finally challenge Lipley.

In this game, Newgate also demonstrated what he had learned in the past six months.

Tremor-Tremor Fruit + Armament Haki Internal Destruction!
This move was so powerful that not only Lipley, but even Lingling and Mongols themselves couldn't defend against it; they either had to dodge it or take the damage head-on.

Compared to the diligence of Lipley and Newgate.

Lingling was much lazier, spending almost half of her time at the restaurant in Wano Country. So much so that when Monger didn't see Lingling for half a month, Lingling not only didn't lose weight, but actually gained weight.

Enraged by Lingling's lack of ambition, Mengge pulled out Seven Wolves and beat her until she howled.

We didn't beat you when you were little because you were small!
You're already ten years old. If I don't beat you up by now, you'll have to call me Old Deng from now on.

You're taking my gold coins?

But Monger had to admit that Lingling's talent was indeed monstrous.

Even though it was neglected for quite some time.

Lingling's progress was no less than anyone else's; she was getting stronger almost every time she ate or slept.

Apart from the three main players.

Surprisingly, Shiki wasn't the first among the new crew members to master Haki.

It is Zefa.

Zephyr's ability to become a future Marine Admiral through his Armament Haki and Observation Haki demonstrates his exceptional talent in both types of Haki.

While Shiki is also a top-tier powerhouse.

However, he possesses both top-notch swordsmanship and the power of the Float-Float Fruit.

More comprehensive.

The reason why the progress of the Overpowered is slow is because Shiki has started learning swordsmanship.

As for the crane, Stussy, and Tianyue Shi.

In comparison, although their progress was slower and couldn't keep up with the monsters ahead, they had still made enough progress.

Monger had assumed that these peaceful days would continue indefinitely.

Until the day they left Wano Country.

But what is meant to come will come.

After Monger's intrusion into Mary Geoise caused a massive upheaval that couldn't even be contained, the World Government's prestige plummeted.

And in order to salvage the situation.

They must acquire greater power.