One Piece: Lord of Disaster.

Chapter 163 Bounty! Evolution! Water Seven!
"It's foggy everywhere?"

The snail fleet rumbled along in a strange sea.

On a platform atop the snail's back, Becky looked around in amazement, but no matter which direction she looked, all she could see was thick fog.

"Is this the legendary Magic Triangle?"

Teach stood beside him, stroking his chin. "I've read about it in a book. It's a very peculiar sea area, shrouded in fog all year round, and the currents are very turbulent. It's said that many ships disappear here every year."

Becky glanced at the guy with some surprise.

Surprisingly, he's very knowledgeable.
Little did he know that Teach, who appeared rough and uncouth, was actually more cultured than 90% of the people on the high seas.

He had not only read the Devil Fruit encyclopedia, but also had a long-standing interest in archaeology.

"What a nasty place!"

Doflamingo, who had just finished training, said somewhat irritably, "I can't see anything, and it's making me feel worse."

"Dislike it? Hehehe, I actually quite like it here!"

Another person suddenly interrupted; it was Moria, who was running in circles while holding a huge iron ingot.

"Ok?"

Doflamingo turned around, his eyes behind his sunglasses revealing utter astonishment.

Moria is quite unconventional in the company.

Although he was also an intern, he was forced to obey Roya in order to save his partners, so among the already disloyal executives of the Disaster Company, he was the furthest away from everyone else.

Why did this guy suddenly interrupt?
"Hahaha! Is this place really that good?"

Teach had long been aware of the situation within the Disaster Company, but that didn't stop him from wanting to build good relationships with the company's executives.

Moria's initiative—this is an opportunity!

"This is a place that's perfect for me!"

Moria looked somewhat melancholy.

The year-round fog ensures that sunlight cannot reach the sea directly.

This means that those whose shadows he stole can live peacefully in this sea area, since those without shadows will instantly vanish upon contact with sunlight.

If I hadn't been forced by that bastard Roya, this place would have been a perfect spot to become his hideout!

He too could dominate this sea area and reign supreme—just like Roya and his crew did in the New World!
It's all because of that guy, Roya!!

Moria's face instantly turned ugly. He gritted his teeth, stopped wasting words with Teach and the other two, and continued to train while carrying the huge iron ingot.

Roya is undoubtedly one of the most terrifying monsters in the world!

Defeating him and reclaiming our companions and freedom from him is an almost impossible task!

But should we not do it just because it's difficult?
Moria absolutely could not allow himself to relax even slightly!
In any case, it's never wrong to try your best to become stronger!
Just you wait, Roya!

"What's this guy up to?"

Doflamingo watched Moria's hurried departure, his annoyance mixed with a hint of bewilderment.

He came over to chat on his own, then ran away halfway through his sentence.

"Get busy with your training, Moria is quite diligent."

Teach chuckled and turned to look at a corner of the platform. "Let's not just sit around. If we don't work harder, we might really fall behind those guys!"

On the other side of the platform, Dylan was personally instructing the Five Colors team on how to use Haki.

Although the five androids lack human emotions and are destined not to achieve great mastery of Haki, it's still better than nothing.

So the three of them began their usual rigorous training.

In the Germa Kingdom, where there are almost no entertainment activities, the boys spend most of their time training every day.

After all, they all knew one thing very well: they absolutely could not let Roya down.

If they can't become strong enough to satisfy that guy, then they're doomed.

Meanwhile, inside the palace, Roya was flipping through a stack of documents with great interest.

There was simply too much material brought back from the Navy's archives.

Luo Ya has already started reading it as an extracurricular book, and it does indeed contain a lot of interesting things.

For example, the life stories of those great pirates who were famous throughout the seas over the past few hundred years are just like reading a thrilling novel.

In comparison, the Navy's secrets seem rather boring.

Of course, Luo Ya still obtained a lot of key information from these materials.

For example, where are the various research bases of the naval science force located, and what are they researching?

For example, where are the three islands that Zephyr planned to blow up in the original work, which are connected to the magma at the bottom of the New World?

For example, the special mineral explosive that Zefa was preparing to use to destroy those three islands was urgently moved to another location.

However, what Roya was more interested in than these things was the Navy's dirty laundry. It should be said that the Navy has done quite a few shady things for the world.

Haha, that's really funny!

Ok?
Luo Ya, who was enjoying the view, suddenly looked up.

Is someone saying something?

Why does it suddenly sound like I can hear someone talking?
It was far away and very large, but the specific content was unclear.

Wait a minute, the original work clearly states that monsters lurk in the sea area of ​​the Magical Triangle, right?

Those unknown monsters are the culprits behind the frequent disappearances of ships in this sea area.

Could it be those guys talking?
Roya walked out of the palace, his Observation Haki expanding as much as possible.

Today, the range of his Observation Haki has long since exceeded that of a small island. Although it is not as wide as that of Red-Haired Fujitora, it is by no means narrow either.

But still, nothing was gained.

Aside from discovering many large sea monsters beneath the surface, nothing else was found.

Do we need to go to an even farther place?
Unfortunately, the Magic Triangle is just too vast.

If we can't find it, then let's just forget about it.

The world is full of mysteries; we'll talk about them another time.

However, those voices—

Roya recalled that when he left Fishman Island, he seemed to have heard some kind of sound.

Could it be that, like Roger and Luffy, I also possess the talent to hear the voice of all things?

interesting.

A few days later, the snail fleet successfully sailed out of the Magic Triangle Sea.

Roya was a little disappointed that he didn't meet Brooke, otherwise his good friend Ryder would have been quite happy.

As they departed, several enormous black shadows slowly emerged from the thick fog.

Pairs of eyes, gleaming with an eerie light, silently watched as the snail fleet gradually disappeared into the sea.

The fleet had barely left this area when the newsbirds brought the latest newspapers.

"Oh! They haven't given up on this tactic after all?"

Luo Ya flipped through the newspaper, his smile barely concealed.

The world government has won again!
The newspapers said that the furious navy officers blocked the pirates returning from Paradise in a certain sea area of ​​the New World.

After another fierce battle, they finally repelled the pirates once again.

Both reports were accompanied by photographic evidence and were extensively covered by the most authoritative newspapers on the high seas.

"At this point, would anyone still believe this kind of news?"

Abel said with a hint of amusement.

"Boss, should we publish an article in the newspaper to expose this lie?"

Dylan said seriously.

"no need."

Luo Ya smiled and waved his hand, "The World Government controls the mainstream public opinion. No matter how they speak out, people will still believe them more."

"But it doesn't matter,"

He said casually, "Battle reports can be deceiving, but the front lines can't."

"Everyone should have already started taking action by now. I'm quite curious how the World Government will cover up its lies next."

As Roa advanced toward Water 7, Roa's allies had indeed begun to take action.

The Golden Lion's mobility was far superior to Roja's snail fleet, and the monsters had already returned to their lair.

then.

An island in the latter part of the New World.

"Then, what is that!"

The people on the island looked up at the sky, trembling.

Because at that moment, an island was slowly descending from the sky.

"Hahahaha! Let us rule the seas from the sky, starting now!"

Beehive Island. "My men!"

Wang Zhi stood atop the Skull Tower, looking down at the pirates gathering below. Among them were his subordinates and pirates who simply lived on the island.
"Go ahead and plunder! Go and take everything from this sea for me!"

"Oh!!"

The country of peace.

Qiangang is the only port in this closed-off country that can connect with the outside world.

One after another, groups of samurai and pirates lined up to board the ship.

Everyone's face was filled with an indescribable excitement.

For the pirates, their mission is to help their boss Kaido conquer this sea!

For the samurai, this was also the first time they had ever stepped out of the country!
A sea area in the middle of the New World.

"Charge! My men!"

A fleet of pirate ships rampaged across the sea. Silver Axe stood at the bow, brandishing his massive axe, his laughter echoing like thunder.
"Come with me and conquer this ocean!"

In all nations.

"Mommy, Mommy! All troops, attack!!"

One after another, pirate ships set sail with laughter.

On the decks of these pirate ships, the Charlotte family's executives were equally spirited.

Dressrosa.

"You, who are you!"

King Riku stared palely at the man who had suddenly appeared in his palace window.

The man was sitting on the windowsill with his back to him, drinking a bottle of wine.

"Hiccup~"

Hiccuping from the alcohol, the man turned around and said, "You should understand what's going on when you see what I'm saying, right?"

Just as the man had said, King Riku's body trembled violently the moment he saw his face.

His upper and lower teeth were chattering violently, and his voice trembled involuntarily.
"Joe, Captain John!!"

coming!

The Pirate Alliance has arrived!

As expected, the World Government was lying; they didn't achieve victory at all!

Pirates are now brazenly coming to steal Dressrosa!
"Very good, it seems you have understood."

Captain John nodded slightly. "Then from today onwards, this country belongs to me."

"..."

King Riku was pale-faced and didn't know what to say.

What else can I say now?

The world government and navy have now abandoned this country and the entire new world.

There will be no reinforcements, no helpers.

How can we fight against such a monster?

“You should feel fortunate,”

John took another sip of his drink, his voice tinged with drunkenness, "It was I who chose this sea area, not Roya."

"Don't worry, unlike Roya who simply enjoys suffering, I prefer order."

A section of the sea in the amusement park.

Today, the snail fleet continues its relentless surge forward.

Roya was reading the newspaper again. There had been no reports about the New World in the newspapers these past few days, even though the monsters of the New World were already expanding their territory.

However, Roya was not surprised at all, as Morgans had already informed him.

The World Government is directly preparing to block information about the New World.

At least a temporary lockdown.

Surprisingly, in a world where communication is extremely difficult and all news relies on newspapers, this tactic is quite effective.

The isolation of the New World goes without saying; very few people in the world could travel to and from that sea area smoothly.

This story, which has been passed down by word of mouth, is completely untrue.

If the World Government simply supervises the major newspapers on the high seas, 90% of the people on the high seas will not know what is happening in the New World.

Even if there are many media outlets with rebellious tendencies, the government can use its power of public opinion to portray them as clowns who are just trying to attract attention.

If it weren't for the fact that Roya's destruction of Marin was broadcast live and covered a wide area, with many media outlets rebroadcasting it, the incident might have been suppressed.

However, how long can such a lockdown last?
If there are only battle reports but no actual results, it's only a matter of time before the public becomes suspicious.

Let's wait and see.

Furthermore, although there was no news about the New World in the newspapers, it was not without valuable information.

Luo Ya picked up a stack of arrest warrants tucked inside the newspaper.

After such a huge disturbance, the bounties of everyone in the pirate alliance skyrocketed.

"Four billion already."

Roya picked up the wanted poster that belonged to him.

It must be a screenshot taken directly from his live stream; the unbridled joy in the boy's eyes is vividly portrayed.

Very handsome.

Being handsome is of course the most important thing, but equally crucial is the significant change in the bounty amount.

The bounty increased by another billion, reaching four billion, directly surpassing Roger's.

Now, Roya is the man with the highest bounty on this planet, and no living person can surpass him.

And what's interesting is—

"The Golden Lion's bounty is 3.9 billion?"

Barrett, who was also flipping through the wanted posters, frowned. He looked up at Roya, "Boss? This number..."

"Is this a deliberate attempt to sow discord between me and Uncle Shiki?"

Roya chuckled. "Really, was it necessary to be so obvious?"

However, it might actually be useful.

After all, the Golden Lion had long regarded himself as an opponent.

After he realized he couldn't win him over.

"It doesn't matter, isn't it fine—hmm?"

Luo Ya suddenly looked up in surprise.

"Boss?"

Barrett was somewhat surprised.

Did Boss see something he couldn't see this time?

Luo Ya looked up, his eyes showing some surprise.

He saw faint black smoke drifting in the sky.

It's so faint that you might not even notice it if you don't look closely.

This is definitely not the black mist from the Germa Kingdom.

After all, the black aura emitted by the citizens working in the country's sweatshops and the clone soldiers with only ten years to live, filled with bitterness, is of much, much higher quality than this!

Luo Ya gazed into the distance, where the faint black mist stretched all the way to the horizon.

In other words, the entire sky was filled with black mist.

Is the world changing?
Is black energy proliferating all over the world?

At that moment, a strange feeling suddenly arose in Roya's heart.

He could clearly sense that if the world continued to change, his abilities would be upgraded when the concentration of black energy worldwide reached a certain level!
There's a saying that goes something like that, isn't there?
Shallow waters cannot support dragons.

When shallow waters turn into the ocean, it is also the moment when dragons emerge from the abyss!
If the previous process of absorbing dark energy to become stronger was similar to a Pokémon leveling up, then this leveling up is probably equivalent to a Pokémon evolving!
Evolution from immaturity to a more complete state!

"This is interesting!"

Luo Ya couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth into a smile.

Am I, Luo, still in my childhood?
No wonder I was so thirsty!

In that case, world, well, I'm really sorry.

We can't just stand by and watch a child malnourished and stunted, can we?
However, two days later, a pointed island appeared in front of the snail fleet.

We've arrived in the City of Water.

(End of this chapter)