Pirates: Building High Walls Starting from the East Blue

Moke roared loudly, then took the large wine bowl handed to him by his underling. After seeing that everyone else had taken one, he nodded subtly with satisfaction, and raised the wine bowl in his hand again, "This is the specialty orange wine of Cocoa West Town. It has a rich fruity aroma, a mellow taste, a smooth mouthfeel, and a long aftertaste. It was obtained by my Moke Pirates at a great cost."

"Let us drink this wine together at this very moment. Please, everyone, drink up!"

As Moke finished speaking, and after the appearance of the Krieg Pirates' fleet and Moke's own debut, all the pirates showed great respect to this new overlord of the East Blue.

They all raised their golden, orange-scented bottles of wine with serious expressions.

Although they had never heard of the so-called famous wine of Cocoa in the East China Sea, since even the overlord of the East China Sea said so, it must be because they were ignorant.

Everyone held their wine bowls with both hands, looking at Moke with equally serious expressions.

"please!"

With one voice in unison.

The word "please" resounded throughout the entire sea.

At the same time, a rich, light orange scent spread out.

The uninvited pirates all looked up at the fragrant orange wine, which shimmered faintly in the sunlight and the sea.

"Damn it, why don't we have it? That's a fine wine that even the overlord of the East Sea praised!"

I want to try it too!

"What kind of class do you think you are, wanting to drink the same wine as our captain? You should know that only the most notorious pirates in the East China Sea can be invited to drink by the overlord of the East China Sea."

"What a magnificent event!"

Cheers, shouts, and jeering echoed across the entire sea.

"Bang~"

Finally, after Moke smashed the wine bowl without hesitation, all the pirates fell silent again, realizing that it was time to get to the main point.

Massacre at the 16th Naval Division!

"set off!"

As Moke shouted "Depart!", all the pirates gathered at sea started their ships and, following Captain Moke's instructions, slowly sailed towards the Cornomi Islands.

The grand climax of the event is about to begin!

……

And the other side.

A warship is slowly sailing towards the waters of the Konom Islands.

"Colonel Smoker, the interrogation is complete. It was a group of pirates without bounties who just left a pirate gathering organized by the Moke Pirates. They don't seem to want to participate in this pirate operation." Tashigi walked over, a hint of worry on her face. "But I heard that the Moke Pirates have gathered nearly ten thousand pirates, and even the former East Blue rulers, the Krieg Pirates, have set off. They will launch an attack on the Cornish Islands from four directions. What should we do now?"

"Tens of thousands of pirates?" Upon hearing Tashigi's words, Smoker frowned, took the cigar from his lips, and asked gravely, "What exactly does that guy want?"

Tens of thousands of pirates—even for a Devil Fruit user like him, dealing with them would be extremely troublesome.

Does the 16th Naval Division have that many naval personnel?

How did the Moke Pirates manage to gather so many pirates?

Could it be...

"Playing with fire will only lead to getting burned."

Did the Moke Pirates betray us?

Thinking of this, Smoker's eyes narrowed and turned cold. "Foolish bastard!"

then.

Turning to Tashigi beside him, he said, "You lead a squad of Marines to the Cornish Islands to provide support. Make sure you stop all the pirates. I'm going to the 16th Marine Branch to stop the East Blue Overlord, and while I'm at it, I'll also..." A cold smile appeared on his lips, "and give that idiot a good slap!"

Chapter 20, were they part of the same group?

"Achoo!" Xia Che rubbed his nose and frowned. "I feel like someone is cursing at me!"

"Of course I'd curse you! If I were one of those pirates, I'd curse you too. Who would have thought you were so despicable?" Nami stood to the side, arms crossed, looking at him with disdain. "As a righteous Marine and the commander of the 16th Branch, you actually colluded with pirates and tricked so many pirates in the East Blue."

"Aren't you from the 16th Division of the Navy?"

"Of course, Colonel Shacher, hee hee hee~" Upon hearing Shacher's words, Nami winked playfully and a sinister smile appeared on her face, but she glanced around.

Especially the countless pirate ships all around...

That's right, they're no longer on Mok's pirate ship.

Instead, they followed the slightly wealthier pirate fleet to the Konom Islands.

"Hey, hey, hey, what do we do next? There are so many pirates." Nami said with some worry, "Let's hope nothing goes wrong. Nojiko and the others are still on the island. Is it really too dangerous?"

Although she is greedy, Nami doesn't want her family to be in danger.

"Don't worry, I guarantee there won't be any problems." Xia Che waved his hand and said, "You have to trust me!"

He was the naval genius captain, Dante Shacher.

After all these years, if you can't even handle a bunch of ordinary pirates, do you even deserve to stay in the business?

It would be better to just commit insurance fraud and go home!

"Did you notify Nokigo?"

"We've already notified them, and A-Jian is ready too. But are all these pirates going to stay?" Nami frowned, still somewhat worried. "We don't want it to cause chaos on the island."

"We'll just separate them a bit further away, and I'll send some navy personnel over to have the security team and navy keep watch over them together!" Xia Che said after a moment of thought, then looked up at the familiar silhouettes in the distance.

The Konom Islands...

Xia Che stood up, stretched, and revealed his naval uniform, a symbol of justice.

"Are we almost there? Come on, we need to get to work! The sooner we finish, the sooner we can get back; things are going to be very busy!"

……

"The Konom Islands are just ahead!"

now.

The pirates on the surrounding pirate ships also noticed it, and their eyes immediately lit up with greed when they saw the newly built luxurious dock in Cocoyasi Town.

"As Captain Mok was right, Cocosia Town is a wealthy town. It seems we can make a fortune."

"Captain Moke and the captain have held off the navy for us, so no one will stop us now."

"Don't let Captain Moke's good intentions go to waste!"

"Captain Moke is such a good man! Everyone, charge! Charge to the Cornomi Islands, grab the beauties, grab the pewter, grab the wine!"

The pirates' eyes gleamed with greed as they roared at the helm to speed up; they couldn't wait any longer.

On Alvida's pirate ship...

The boy with a round face was pacing anxiously back and forth, staring at the approaching Konomiya Islands, muttering to himself, "Oh no! Oh no! So many pirates, what should we do now?"

If so many pirates were to charge up there, the Konom Islands would definitely become hell.

but……

There is nothing he can do!

There was no way to stop it all.

"We must notify the navy stationed on the island!"

"Coby, what are you doing pacing back and forth like that?" A senior pirate on the ship said with displeasure as he looked at Coby walking around on the deck. "Are you trying to run away? Miss Alvida told you to behave yourself and hurry up and clean the deck."

"I... am!" Hearing the reprimand, a flustered Koby could only lower his head and say, "I'll clean the deck..."

however.

The words are not finished yet.

"There's someone ahead, someone in front of us, and those clothes look like...naval uniforms?"

"Has the navy arrived? Didn't Captain Moke say they would stop them?"

"How many people are there? Should we run away?"

Upon hearing that the navy was present, this ragtag group immediately tensed up, and the first thing that came to their minds was to escape.

just.

"It seems like there are only two people."

"What? Only two? That really scared me."

"It's probably the navy patrolling the island. Everyone, charge! Don't let Captain Moke's good intentions go to waste!"

"Let's teach those sailors a lesson!"

Upon hearing someone say there were only two people, the pirates sprang to attention again, all raising their hands in a roar.

Meanwhile, Koby, who had also heard that there were only two marines, was initially overjoyed, thinking they were saved, but his face immediately fell. However, seeing the ship getting closer and closer, he finally gritted his teeth, rushed to the bow, took a deep breath, and shouted, "Run! There's something here..."

……

the other side.

"You...you...you really have a way?" Although Nami was happy to see so many pirate ships, she was still a little nervous about facing so many pirates, so many of them, and she held tightly to Shache's hand. "They're coming soon."

"Don't worry, it will be resolved quickly."

"Soon? How do you plan to handle so many people?"

"that's all……"

Before Nami, who was looking puzzled, could ask anything, Shache suddenly stared ahead with wide eyes.

Immediately afterwards...

It seemed as if a sharp gust of wind had passed by.

then.

Xia Che clapped his hands and said, "Done!"

That's right, he can use Conqueror's Haki.