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

Chapter 188 Fated Rivals

Haiyuan calendar year 1466.

No major events have occurred in the new year yet, but the past year can definitely be called the most shocking year in eight hundred years.

The World Government, which has stood for eight hundred years, was actually defeated by a mere pirate and forced to cede territory and pay reparations!

Of course.

In the eyes of the World Government's top brass, the barren New World was no big deal, since they had never had much control over it anyway.

But ordinary people don't think that way.

Prestige takes countless years to build, but its collapse can happen in an instant.

Many member states have begun to doubt whether the World Government can truly protect them from pirates, and whether the Navy, whose Fleet Admiral has been captured, can still dominate the seas as it once did.

Countless people, unable to afford the "heavenly gold" due to the oppression of the state, began to consider going to sea.

There have even been rumors circulating.

The New World is a true paradise, where there is no exploitation or oppression.

True freedom is there!
"White King Munger!"

On the small pirate ship, a young man wearing a straw hat grinned.

"I wonder if he ever went to the ends of the earth."

"Isn't that nonsense?"

Beside the young man in the straw hat, a blond young man in a plaid shirt lay on the deck, pursing his lips.

"He's the strongest pirate in history!"

"Haha, that's not necessarily true!"

The young man in the straw hat looked intently at her: "Isn't history meant to be broken?"

"That has nothing to do with small-time pirates like us."

Rayleigh took a bite of the apple in his hand. They had been at sea for less than a year, and because the powerful navy had been mobilized to the New World, they had not encountered any opponents in the past year.

With no rivals, there were naturally no bounties, so Rayleigh wasn't wrong to call them small-time pirates.

"Haha, don't say that."

Roger put his arm around Rayleigh's shoulder and said with a grin, "That Monger took decades to achieve what he has now. We've only been at sea for a year, so don't be in such a hurry."

"That's true."

For the new generation of pirates, Monger is undoubtedly a legend.

For the first fifty years, they remained unknown.

Finally, just as he was getting old and about to retire, he suddenly made a comeback.

If it doesn't make a sound, it's a blockbuster.

So much so that now pirates say that the East, West, South, North Seas and the first half of the Grand Line belong to the World Government, but in the New World, there is only one name.

That's the White King, Munger!
Therefore, some young pirates often use Monger to motivate themselves.

Look at Munger, he was almost eighty years old when he conquered the new world. I'm only twenty. I'm still young. Munger wasn't as good as me when he was young.

Great talents mature late.

That's referring to Monger now.

However, Roger dared not imagine that he would still be fighting and struggling when he was in his seventies or eighties.

Unlike Munger and Lox.

Roger didn't have much ambition; his dream was to travel the world, turn the world upside down, and make everyone remember his name.

As for being the king of the world...

Roger wasn't interested.

However, Roger also knew that the world was now divided in two, with Mungo occupying the latter half of the Grand Line and becoming the ruler of the New World.

So, at the end of his journey, he might just run into Monger.

"whee."

Roger pulled his straw hat over his face, a bright smile spreading across his face.

"That's interesting!"

However, before meeting Monger, he had already encountered this destined rival in his life.

"Hey, look at that flag, isn't it a pirate flag?"

"Where did you come from?"

"Judging from the shipbuilding technology, it seems to have originated from the East China Sea."

"What!?"

A robust young man who had been dozing off heard what the others were saying and quickly got up from the ground.

"Where is where?"

"Here."

A navy officer pointed to a small boat in the distance, and Garp, who had been looking annoyed, immediately lay back down.

"Tch, just a bunch of small-time pirates. You can deal with them yourselves."

He thought some powerful pirate had appeared in his hometown.

"Ka! Pu!"

Upon hearing Garp's words, the warship's commander, a colonel, kicked Garp in the butt.

"Who's the colonel, you or me? I'm ordering you to take your men and wipe out this little pirate crew!"

"Eh~"

Upon hearing the colonel's words, Lieutenant Garp sighed.

After witnessing the great pirates of the New World, Garp believed that the strength of a pirate was quite related to the size of his pirate ship.

A pirate crew with a large pirate ship isn't necessarily powerful, but a pirate crew without even a decent pirate ship can't be very strong.

Last year's battle resulted in a rise of at least twenty percent in the number of pirates in the four seas and the first half of the Grand Line over the next few months.

It is foreseeable that this number will continue to rise in the future.

So this time, Garp's mission is...

It was during the first half of the Grand Line cruises that they accompanied warships, nipping some new pirates in the bud.

This kind of work was not difficult for Garp, who had experienced the battle of Akroppolis and had fully mastered the Six Styles of the Navy.

Of course, it wasn't exactly easy either.

The battle at Acropolis Port was still fresh in Garp's mind. The navy's crushing defeat had a huge impact on him, even causing him to change his usual carefree attitude.

The reason he was lying down was because he had just been in a battle.

I'm resting now.

However, having been specifically assigned by the Air Force to keep an eye on Garp, the Colonel wouldn't give Garp a chance to rest.

After the Battle of Acropolis, the number of the Navy's top elites dropped to its lowest point in history. As the new Fleet Admiral, Ortega needed to be stationed at Marine Headquarters, while Hines Oran needed to be responsible for the protection of Mary Geoise.

The only one who could actually take action was Admiral Sora!
You have to understand this from six years ago.

The navy has as many as three admirals who are capable of moving freely!
However, one died in battle, and the other betrayed his country.

Even with replacements later, the departures of Elephant Hill and Portman Nissen left the hole so large that it couldn't be filled in a short time.

Therefore, Kong can only place its hopes on the new generation.

Both Garp and Sengoku are people Sora currently has high hopes for. However, to Sora's relief...

The departure of Elephant Hill and Portman Nissen did not leave him with only a mess.

There are also two hidden legacies.

Those are Zephyr and Tsuru, two spies who have successfully infiltrated the White Wolf Pirates!

The facts have proven the wisdom of this chief of staff.

White King Monger was no longer an enemy that their navy could defeat. The defeat in the war caused the two old men, Elephant Mountain and Portman Nissen, to breathe their last.

When Sora saw Elephant Mountain again, the former admiral no longer had his former majesty and seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.

Only Chief of Staff Portman Nissen has not yet fully admitted his defeat.

"White Wolf Mongo's strength has exceeded all of our imagination. Even the five strong members of the God's Knights and the CP organization could not stop him, so there will be no hope in the future."

Neither the navy nor anyone else knew Im's identity; they simply believed he was a hidden powerhouse of the Knights of God.

Therefore, in Portman Nissen's view, the Knights of God and the CP organization were five top-tier powerhouses who besieged Monger, but Monger still managed to escape.

If the Knights of God couldn't keep Mungo, then the Navy certainly couldn't.

"But King White Mongols made a mistake!"

Although Monger had the title of White King in the past, most of the high-ranking naval officers did not actually recognize this title and were more accustomed to calling Monger "White Wolf".

However, after the battle at Acropolis, even Portman Nissen had to admit that Monger had earned the title of "King".

"Neither Crane nor Zephyr participated in the battle at Akroppolis Port, but that doesn't mean Monger doesn't trust them. Based on my speculation, it was probably to protect them."

In the battle at Acropolis Port, only the old crew members of the White Wolf Pirates and the current regular crew members actually participated.

Although Stusi participated in the war, she was only a logistics worker.

The navy only received the news later.

The veteran and regular crew members of the White Wolf Pirates participated in the battle at Acrosspolis Port, while the apprentice crew members participated in the battle at the Land of Steel.

That's right.

At the same time that the war broke out at Acropolis Port, the newly formed "Seven Warlords of the Sea" by the World Government also invaded the Steel Country, Gordon Stein.

The intensity there wasn't as intense as in Acropolis.

It was also a battle between top-tier pirates.

Unfortunately, he was just one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, a powerful pirate, but he ran into Rona, who had the strength of an Admiral. If the seven top pirates joined forces, even if Rona had the strength of an Admiral, she would have to back down.

However, the Seven Warlords of the Sea were not united, which gave Lorna the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

The battle at Acropolis was crucial.

As the future logistical base for the White Wolf Pirates, the safety of the Steel Eleven Kingdoms is equally important, and it can also be seen as Monger's care for Rona.

Protecting civilians from pirate invasions is better than letting Rona and her marines fight against their former comrades, isn't it?
then.

The World Government had only established the Seven Warlords of the Sea less than a year ago.

He was defeated by former Admiral Rona.

Some of the Seven Warlords of the Sea died, some fled, and others became prisoners.

After this battle, the Seven Warlords of the Sea existed in name only.

Even if the World Government wants to continue forming the Seven Warlords of the Sea, it has to see if there are still enough top-tier pirates willing to risk their lives for it on this sea.

But this is not necessarily a bad thing for the navy.

The Navy had always opposed the formation of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

"Zeff and Tsuru participated in the operation against the Seven Warlords of the Sea, using the lives of those pirates to gain the trust of King Mongo. There is nothing more worthwhile than this."

"Despite being on the verge of retirement due to age, and even disbanding the White Wolf Pirates at one point, they have risen again for unknown reasons."

"If Zephyr and Tsuru can find the secret that Monger is hiding, then we might be able to truly defeat Monger!"

Whether it's the pure gold that Monger is currently displaying or the so-called youth potion, they are merely treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

Even if you possess these things, they won't help you improve your strength in any way.

Therefore, Monger's greatness was certainly not due to these reasons.

"If all else fails, let the crane go."

As Kong was about to leave, Portman Nissen hesitated for a long time before finally revealing the only solution.

"Based on the intelligence gathered in the past, Munger treats his women very well. If Crane can attract Munger, she might have a chance to uncover his secrets."

Crew members are just crew members after all. Even if Tsuru and Zephyr become core members of the White Wolf Pirates in the future, they may not be able to discover Monger's secret.

But becoming someone's bedmate is different.

Although it's a cruel thing, Portman Nissen may have had this in mind when he first started casting.

"Does the pursuit of justice justify resorting to any means necessary?"

Sora still remembers the words he yelled at Portman Nissen before he left.

But think about those naval spies.

Consider the benefits a successful spy could bring to the Navy.

Even think about what he did at the Sphinx before.

Kong desperately realized that this might be the only hope if he wanted to defeat Monger.

"Sorry, Garp, Sengoku!"

Sora knows Tsuru, and knows that Tsuru is a recruit from the same class as Garp and Sengoku.

They also knew that the three of them had a good relationship in the past.

If Garp and Sengoku knew that he had actually made Tsuru do such a thing, he probably wouldn't be qualified to be their teacher.

On the sea.

Garp's warship finally collided with Roger's pirate crew.

When these two fated enemies collide.

Their strength will continue to increase, even far surpassing that of ordinary general-level powerhouses.

But Kong cannot see this future.

Port of Akropoulos.

Because of the previous war, less than one-tenth of the island is now habitable, and many places are in danger of collapsing at any time.

Therefore, the White Wolf Pirates simply transported another island from elsewhere and used the original island base of Akrobolis Port as support.

In any case, Monger doesn't expect to be able to stop the World Government from entering and leaving with just one island. If that were the case, the entire Sphinx would have to be moved here, and Monger would have to be stationed there permanently.

What's the difference between this and blasting a weapon right in front of the world government?
To know.

Mary Geoise is right across from Acropolis Port!
Therefore, the people Monger left here are at most only to monitor the World Government's actions and be able to detect any major moves immediately.

And those in charge of all this were naturally the interns led by Shiki.

Shiki, who possesses the Float-Float Fruit, can be considered the sacred body of earth and wood in the pirate world.

of course.

In front of Shiki, Monger said he would give Shiki a chance to train his Devil Fruit ability and let Shiki, Zephyr and Tsuru rebuild an island.

What is this if not exercise?
Thanks to Shiki's powerful Devil Fruit ability, the three of them renovated the entire island in less than a month.

Just as the group finished their work and were preparing to return to the White Wolf Pirates...

The crane received a message from the sky.

(End of this chapter)