Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

The two weaved through the streets of Nine Serpents City under the cover of night, dodging wave after wave of female warriors searching for them.

Perona floated in the air, unable to resist facepalming and complaining:

"Why is it that ever since I started following you, I'm either not running, or on the road to running?!"

“Perona, I have a lot to say about this,”

Luffy replied earnestly, "From a medical perspective, life is about movement. Running around is good for your health!"

"You're a pirate! How come you've suddenly become a scholar?!"

Perona stared in shock, her eyes widening, and she nearly fell from the sky.

"Robin, the archaeologist on our ship, is a top scholar!"

Luffy chuckled and said with considerable pride, "Don't let my appearance fool you, I've learned a thing or two from her, and I'm knowledgeable in various fields."

Seeing his smug look, Perona couldn't help but ask curiously, "So what else can you do? Can you tell me everything? So I can be mentally prepared."

"I know a little bit of everything my fellow crew members on board know."

These are all necessary courses.

You have to learn everything, and you have to know a little bit of everything.

This seems to imply that the crew needs to know something.

"Perona, I've suddenly remembered something important,"

Luffy suddenly stopped, turned around, and placed his hand on Perona's shoulder with a serious expression. "What can you do?"

This question completely stumped Perona.

What can she do?

To scare people?

Creating ghosts?

Negative ghosts, mini ghosts...

She pondered for a long time, then her gaze darted away, avoiding Luffy's eyes, staring at the vines on the wall beside her, her voice growing softer and softer: "Does scaring count?"

She regretted it as soon as she said it; what kind of skill is that!

"Fine, fine."

Luffy wanted to laugh but desperately held it back; his lips twitched. "Actually, it's a pretty good ability too."

Perona's face flushed red instantly, this time from anger!

"Scaring people is an art! You think scaring people is simple? You have to seize the opportunity, create the atmosphere, and target psychological weaknesses!"

Seeing her pouty expression, Luffy quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, that's amazing! I need to learn from you!"

But to Perona, that tone sounded utterly dismissive.

She was so angry she wanted to summon a ghost and give him a negative treatment!

At this moment, the two finally ran to a relatively secluded and quiet corner, next to a pavilion in a small garden.

Grandma Niu was sitting on a chair in the pavilion, leisurely flipping through a stack of newspapers by the light of the lantern.

"Oh, Grandma Bean!"

Luffy greeted them energetically and walked over.

Show some respect!

Perona couldn't resist floating over and patting Luffy on the head, whispering a reminder.

This seemingly short old woman is able to argue with someone like Hancock, so she must be someone special. And they're still on someone else's turf!

Perona suddenly felt so tired.

Could this feeling be because I changed into the slightly more revealing clothes from Amazon Lily and removed the corset from my previous gothic dress, making my chest feel heavy?

No.

Perona firmly believes that it's definitely Luffy's fault!

"It's alright."

Grandma New waved her hand dismissively, her eyes still glued to the newspaper. "Someone like you can be called whatever you want."

"Grandma, do you really enjoy reading the newspaper? I saw you flipping through one article several times."

Luffy leaned closer, curiously looking at the newspaper in her hand that she seemed to have been reading for a long time, turning it over and over again.

Grandma New looked up, adjusted her reading glasses, sighed, and said, "Communication pigeons won't fly to places like the Calm Belt on their own. The newspapers that Snake Princess brings back from outside are very precious and need to be studied carefully."

Moreover, the original newspaper article about the Sabaody Archipelago incident that I obtained through special means contains a lot of information that wasn't filtered out by the World Government. Every detail needs to be carefully analyzed to understand the underlying context.

"Besides our rampage in the Sabaody Archipelago, has anything else major happened recently?"

Luffy sat down on the stone bench next to him and asked casually.

Granny New put down her newspaper, her expression turning somewhat serious. She looked at Luffy and asked, "I've wanted to ask you about this before."

The Ace you mentioned earlier, you must be Portgas D. Ace, the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, right?

"Yes, that's him."

Luffy nodded and said, "I wanted to use those Celestial Dragons trash to make a deal with the World Government in exchange for him. At first, that monkey admiral named Kizaru said he would go back and ask his superiors for instructions, but when he came back, he immediately started the war."

Isn't it said that the Celestial Dragons are very important?

Why couldn't three Celestial Dragons exchange for Ace?

To be honest, this is something Luffy has always been wondering about.

"That makes sense."

Granny New nodded, a knowing glint in her cloudy old eyes: "The reason why the Marine Headquarters rejected your deal without hesitation, even at the cost of sacrificing the Celestial Dragons, is for a more important reason."

They are already preparing for an unprecedented war against Edward Newgate, one of the Four Emperors.

Even the Seven Warlords of the Sea, like Boa Hancock, have received mandatory conscription orders. The naval warships sent to pick her up are currently anchored in the open sea…”

Wait, a massive war?

Luffy subconsciously looked at Granny New.

"Why is the Navy Headquarters going to war with the Four Emperors?"

Luffy suddenly stood up from the stone bench.

After this period of systematic learning, Luffy is no longer someone who only knows how to think about meat when he first set sail.

He now has a considerable understanding of the global landscape.

He was well aware of the delicate balance maintained between the Navy, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Four Emperors.

This is why Garp said that being called the Fifth Emperor would disrupt the existing order of events.

"You didn't see the more detailed information later, did you?"

Granny New pushed the unfolded newspaper in front of Luffy, pointing to a striking headline: "The Navy Headquarters' strategy is to use the public execution of Portgas D. Ace, the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, as bait to force the Whitebeard Pirates to come to their rescue, thereby triggering a full-scale war."

A major war that will change the world order is coming.

Just as Roger ushered in the Age of Exploration before his death, this time the navy has taken the initiative.

Luffy's expression changed drastically, and he grabbed the newspaper.

He had only seen the news about his group causing trouble in the Sabaody Archipelago before he got hungry and didn't have time to read the rest of the story.

Little did they know there was more big news to come.

This means that, at least in Morgans' eyes, the Straw Hat crew's rampage in the Sabaody Archipelago and killing of the Celestial Dragons had a greater impact than the war between the Marine Headquarters and the Whitebeard Pirates.

Because the Straw Hat crew is shaking the very foundations of this world's rule!

The Celestial Dragons' supreme authority has been shattered.

However, for Luffy, the news that Ace was to be publicly executed was a significant shock.

To understand the operational structure of Impel Down, the only person publicly executed since its inception is Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King.

He thought Ace was at least temporarily safe.

Now they're actually going to publicly execute him.

Luffy clenched his fist, an overwhelming surge of anger and anxiety welling up inside him. His Conqueror's Haki began to emanate uncontrollably, causing the surrounding air to seem to freeze. Even Granny New couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.

Are all young people these days monsters?

She had also been a member of the legendary Rocks Pirates when she was young, a crew full of exceptionally talented individuals. But the aura that Luffy was unintentionally exuding at this moment made her feel as if she were seeing the shadows of those giants who were capable of stirring up the world back then!

If you ask Granny New to find a point of reference, she thinks that Luffy's current benchmark might be the captain of the Rocks Pirates!

"Will this war definitely break out?" Luffy asked in a low voice.

"There is no clear news yet about a large-scale mobilization of the Whitebeard Pirates." Granny New shook her head.

"But the execution will come as scheduled."

Her expression was grave: "And based on what I know of Newgate, he's absolutely not the kind of man who would abandon his family. He'll definitely come!"

Chapter 334 Luffy, the renowned doctor, has verifiable battle records!

In that final battle that led to the collapse of the Rocks Pirates, Whitebeard was one of the few outliers.

His choice surprised many people at the time.

Luffy raised his hand and pressed down hard on his straw hat, the shadow cast by the brim obscuring his eyes.

"In that case, I don't have any more time to waste here."

Luffy said, "We must start now."

The original plan was completely disrupted.