One Piece meme: Starting with eight extraordinary skills

This newspaper, named Dawn, is headquartered in the Land of Flowers and edited by Bellemere. It's obvious that the Governor of the Western Sea is behind it all.

What makes Shiki the Golden Lion quite troublesome is that this excessively young West Sea Governor is so meticulous in his thinking, so ruthless in his methods, and so skillful in his tactics that he doesn't seem like a ten-year-old boy at all. Instead, he seems like a veteran who has been in the navy for decades.

Look at what Yang Ming has been doing all this time.

The campaign to eradicate the mafia in the West Sea was carried out. Any nobles associated with the mafia, regardless of their background or connections, were treated equally. At best, their homes were confiscated; at worst, their entire clans were exterminated. All the confiscated property was distributed to the local people, and no one was allowed to keep a single penny for themselves.

The nobles were terrified, while the common people were overjoyed.

If that were all, then so be it.

Yang Ming also established a news agency to actively guide public opinion in the West Sea, letting the people know why their navy came here, why they are doing this, and what benefits the sanctions against the mafia will bring them.

With this multi-pronged strategy, wherever the navy went, the local people lined the streets to welcome them, actively providing intelligence and even volunteering to lead the way, saving the navy a lot of trouble and time.

This is precisely why, despite the inconvenience of maritime transportation, the navy accomplished such a great feat in just one month, dismantling more than twenty mafia organizations and involving tens of thousands of people!

"This Governor of the Western Sea is quite something!"

Shiki the Golden Lion plopped down on the sofa, glancing down at another newspaper on the table.

This is a recent news article published by the World Economic News Agency, and the headline alone is enough to make it a major news story that will shake the world.

Seven Vice Admirals from Naval Headquarters defected simultaneously; what untold secrets lie behind this?

Shiki the Golden Lion silently took out a Den Den Mushi and contacted a spy hidden in the Navy Headquarters.

After the call connected, Shiki the Golden Lion pondered for a moment before saying:

"Heart, please give my regards to Kaido and tell him that if he wants my help to get rid of Yang Ming, I have one condition!"

"If I return to the New World, he will have to join forces with me to attack Marineford!"

On the other end of the phone, Guizhu Vergo's lips curled up slightly.

Back then, when Jack the Drought was executed live, Vergo gave Kaido of the Beasts three strategies: superior, middle, and inferior.

One of his requests was for Charlotte Snag, who was staying in Water Seven, to intervene. Unfortunately, the operation failed, and he was unable to prevent Jack the Drought from being beheaded.

After Charlotte Snag returned to Whole Cake Island, he was disgraced by Charlotte Linlin and even stripped of his title as one of the Four Sweet Commanders.

It is said that Charlotte Snag vomited blood on the spot because of this incident and is still bedridden to this day.

The common people adapted this incident into jokes and stories, calling it "Charlotte Snag's Three Angers".

Vergo's other strategy was to contact Shiki the Golden Lion for help.

If Shiki the Golden Lion had been willing at the time, the floating islands, moving at high speeds in the sky, could have made it in time by traveling day and night.

Unfortunately, Shiki the Golden Lion refused at the time.

Times have changed, and the situation is different now; it's now Shiki the Golden Lion's turn to suffer.

This legendary pirate truly understood the difficulties Kaido of the Beasts faced back then. When confronting a formidable enemy like Yang Ming, unless one could crush him with absolute strength, failure would inevitably lead to endless troubles.

"I will pass on the message to Kaido. Please wait for good news."

Shiki the Golden Lion, Vergo the Demon Bamboo, and Kaido the Beasts.

These three elements, linked by a generation of loyal followers, are beginning to connect and will inevitably have a profound impact on the course of this vast ocean.

The outside world is turbulent, with a scene resembling an impending storm.

In contrast, the Governor's Mansion was peaceful and serene.

Yang Ming finally finished his secluded cultivation, and his eyes revealed a different kind of brilliance as he opened and closed them.

From his appearance, Yang Ming hasn't changed much, but his once sharp and assertive demeanor has become more subdued, and he appears exceptionally peaceful, with a faint smile on his lips, giving him the feel of a boy next door.

The enhancement of mental strength comes from within, not from without.

Yang Ming could feel that his mind was more active than usual, and he could easily draw inferences from one instance to another when thinking about anything.

Kalifa helped Yang Ming get dressed, her slender fingers tracing the fabric, feeling the bulging muscles beneath. Her beautiful eyes inadvertently glanced at Yang Ming's perfect profile. As his personal secretary, Kalifa knew Yang Ming best and was most sensitive to the changes in him. She sighed inwardly.

"The captain has gotten even stronger!"

Unbeknownst to her, the little brat who dared to venture into Enies Lobby back then had grown into a figure she had to look up to.

The profession of personal secretary always evokes a lot of speculation.

Carly Fahrenheit's beauty and sweet voice make her even more likely to attract criticism from others.

"Secretary by day, lover by night."

Recalling the gossip of others, Kalifa's lips involuntarily curled up slightly, and she thought to herself:

"Actually, it's not impossible to wait until the captain is a little older."

Kalifa, who is usually shrewd and meticulous in her work, has never been so lost in thought.

The young and beautiful secretary was wearing a thin black tight-fitting pencil skirt and a pair of high heels. When she squatted down in front of Yang Ming and bent down to wipe his leather boots, Yang Ming could see a beautiful landscape that ordinary people could not see from his high position. Between the peaks that were within reach, there was a narrow valley, and the soft white skin made people's blood boil.

Perhaps due to her regular exercise, Kalifa has a fantastic figure. Her thin dress accentuates her mature peach-like curves, exuding amazing texture and elasticity, easily reminding one of what it's like to bounce a ball.

"Kalifa...Kalifa..."

Upon noticing that Kalifa had paused, Yang Ming called out to her softly several times before she came to her senses.

"Oh dear, what was I thinking about just now!"

Kalifa blushed deeply, wishing she could dig a hole in the ground and bury her head in it.

Yang Ming raised his hand and placed it on Kalifa's forehead, feeling a burning sensation, and asked:

"Do you have a fever? Why don't you rest for a bit?"

"No, that's not the case."

Kalifa lowered her head, her eyes fixed on the tips of her shoes.

The shrewd and capable secretary was pacing anxiously. If Yang Ming knew what she had been thinking, she would be mortified. So she changed the subject:

"I was just thinking, what kind of person is the captain? Why is he so charismatic and able to attract so many people to serve and risk their lives for him?"

To Kalifa's surprise, Yang Ming let out a long sigh:

"Actually, I'm not as wonderful as you imagine."

"My heart is like a tree. The more a tree yearns for the light above, the deeper its roots must go, down to the soil, into the depths of darkness."

"Do you understand it?"

Chapter 196 In the Western Sea, there can only be one voice!

Everyone has a Rolando Liar inside them, longing to never grow up and to remain forever innocent and romantic.

But people always have to grow up. Just like when we were very young, we knew that one day we would leave our parents' embrace and go to a wider world.

The world is so big, and life is so long, when will we finally be able to realize our dreams?

No one knows where the destination is, only that the road ahead will not be smooth sailing.

The process of growing up is itself a process of continuous transformation, shedding immaturity and moving towards maturity, shedding dependence and moving towards self-reliance.

There are many times when Yang Ming feels a moment of loneliness, as if he is walking alone in the process of changing this hopeless world.

Kalifa had been by Yang Ming's side for so long and had always taken good care of his daily life. She was already regarded as a confidante, which is why Yang Ming opened up to her.

Sensing the loneliness emanating from Yang Ming, Kalifa's heart trembled slightly.

Ordinary people can only see Yang Ming's rise from an ordinary naval soldier to the fearsome Governor of the West Sea in just four years. But how many people understand the heavy burden on Yang Ming's shoulders and how much he has sacrificed for it?

Whether it's eradicating the Mafia or confiscating the property and exterminating the clans of nobles, it's an extremely offensive task. If you make even the slightest mistake, you'll end up being condemned by everyone.

Women are emotional creatures. In a moment of impulse, Kalifa, not knowing where the courage came from, pressed her cheek against Yang Ming's abdomen, wrapped her arms tightly around his waist, and said emotionally:

"Captain, no matter what the future holds, I am willing to be the fertilizer for your towering tree, accompanying you as you grow strong!"

After the initial discomfort and astonishment of being embraced so intimately by a glamorous and beautiful woman, Yang Ming felt a warm current flowing through his heart.

Yes.

Before I knew it, a group of like-minded comrades had gathered around me!

After this heartfelt exchange, the relationship between the two became even closer, transcending the original bond between a boss and his secretary.

Afterwards, Yang Ming took some time to check the system messages he had overlooked.

"Ding!"

"Congratulations, host, for reciting a classic line from Super Beast Force. You have been awarded one chance to draw a prize. Would you like to start the prize wheel?"

A lottery wheel, invisible to ordinary people, slowly appeared, with only two categories of prizes: weapons and special moves.

Armaments: Phantom Scale Armaments, Phoenix Feather Armaments, Dragon Battle Armaments...

Ultimate moves: Fiery Cloud Technique, Illusory Heaven Technique, Frosty Shadow Technique...

【Frosty Shadow Technique】: Increases affinity with Water and Ice types.

After completing his secluded cultivation, Yang Ming officially took over the mission of eradicating the Mafia.

Militarily, Yang Ming continued the action plan previously laid down by Shiryu Ame and others.

On the one hand, they were ordered to relentlessly pursue and eliminate the Mafia in the West Sea, leaving no hidden dangers. Anyone involved in the Mafia was to be executed without mercy.

On the other hand, Yang Ming promoted Tina, Aien, Binz, Xiuzuo, and Xiuen to lead an army, using their original subordinates and the Eight Treasures Navy as their base, and incorporated the naval branch soldiers scattered throughout the West Sea into their ranks.

Before Yang Ming arrived in the West Sea, the situation in the entire West Sea was extremely chaotic. The Mafia was deeply entrenched, pirates were causing trouble everywhere, and illegal armed forces from various kingdoms were rampant, resulting in the Navy having almost no presence.

Even so, the naval branches remaining in the West Sea under the Navy Headquarters still exist. Each naval branch has anywhere from 100 to 500 people. If they are dispersed across the vast West Sea, it would only weaken the distribution of power, much like spreading out five fingers.

Now, Yang Ming, in his capacity and authority as Governor-General of the Western Sea, has broken up the organization of these naval branches and reorganized them, weeding out those who were just loafing around, morally corrupt, old, weak, sick, or disabled, and reorganizing them into a Governor-General's army of 5 men.

Don't be fooled by the seemingly large number of 5 people. If those unqualified personnel hadn't been eliminated, the number would have doubled. Scattered among various kingdoms and towns, it wouldn't have been that many.

Tina, Ain, Binz, Shuzo, and Shuen each led 10,000 men. Shuen was responsible for staying behind in the Flower Kingdom to guard the nearby seas, while the other four swept across the four directions. All the pirates, bandits, and mafia members they passed along the way became victims of the artillery fire.

The Carrera Corporation's claim that two steel warships are manufactured per month is just a rhetoric used by Yang Ming to deceive the World Government and the Five Elders.

After learning the Divine Machine Refinement technique, Franky was already able to manufacture six steel warships a month.

The surplus warships were all allocated to the governor-general under Yang Ming, forming a fearsome steel fleet with one steel warship for every 1,500 men.

Steamships far ahead of their time possessed formidable defensive and mobility capabilities, rendering the cannons of ordinary ships utterly ineffective against this steel fleet.