Little Goku's Great Adventure Starting from One Piece

Chapter 272 Three Months of Cultivation, Changes in the World Situation

On a deserted island in the Calm Belt, a few outsiders arrived and settled down.

These outsiders were none other than Goku, Nami, Sanji, Robin, and Pupu.

Oh, and there's one more person, Rayleigh.

They built several simple wooden houses on the island. Every day, they would get up at the crack of dawn and fall asleep as dusk deepened and night fell.

They did this for no other reason than one thing—

Spiritual practice.

On this day, the sky was clear and the breeze was gentle.

On the coastline of the small island, three figures were running along the edge of the island.

Two seagulls flew in from the sea, curiously looking down, wondering why three rocks could move on their own.

The sea breeze, carrying a salty, damp scent, swept across the coastline. Wukong, shirtless with sweat rolling down his forehead, strode steadily and powerfully, leaving footprints on the rocky ground covered with a thin layer of gravel.

He carried a huge rock on his back, far exceeding his own size, and raced forward at a rhythmic pace, not particularly fast, as the sea breeze pounded against him.

Ten meters behind him, Sanji had already taken off his suit jacket, wearing only a shirt with the collar open, his neck covered in fine beads of sweat that slid down his body, gradually wetting the shirt.

Sanji was also carrying a huge rock on his back, his arms gripping the edge of the rock, his long legs moving steadily and nimbly.

But judging from his slightly furrowed brow and rather noticeable panting, this kind of training was clearly not easy for him.

About ten meters behind him, Pupu, like the other two, was also carrying a large rock on his back.

Unlike the other two, Pupu can only move by jumping with its tail. Each jump and landing puts a great strain on it, so Pupu is covered in sweat and looks like the most tired and most likely to give up.

Despite this, the fighting spirit in Pupu's eyes seemed to spit fire. Its super strong willpower made it almost ignore the pain in its body, and it just stubbornly followed the two in front of it. It seemed that as long as Goku and Sanji did not stop, it would continue to follow.

In the center of the island, in a clearing surrounded by dense forest, Robin and Nami, blindfolded and earless, were tense and would suddenly dart away from something every now and then.

That is indeed the case.

Not far from the two, Rayleigh held two stones in his hand, a faint smile on his face, watching Nami and Robin dodge around in the open space like headless flies.

When he saw that the two had just completed an ineffective dodge, he suddenly flicked his hand, and two stones flew out one after the other, heading towards Nami and Robin from the left and right.

As expected, both stones hit the bullseye, striking Nami and Robin in the stomach before falling to the ground with two thuds.

Nami and Robin groaned and clutched their stomachs, backing away.

Fortunately, the stone was wrapped in thick cotton cloth, and Rayleigh carefully controlled his strength, so the two of them only felt a little pain and were fine afterward.

Ignoring their reactions, Rayleigh walked over, picked up the two stones, and then continued repeating his previous actions.

His purpose in doing this was definitely not to torment Nami and Robin, but to help them develop Observation Haki.

To be honest, the reason he stayed on the island with Goku and the others was initially just to help Goku improve his strength.

But when he was about to help Wukong improve his strength, he was shocked to find that Wukong's strength had already far surpassed his own.

That was fine, he also had some skills he could teach the other party, but he didn't expect that in just half a day, no, to be precise, less than half an hour, Wukong had learned all the skills he taught him and mastered them.

At that moment, Rayleigh fell silent.

Even though he was used to grand occasions and had seen many geniuses, he was still so shocked by Wukong's performance that his lips twitched, and he felt as if he had really become too old to keep up with the times.

He looked at Wukong with the eyes of someone looking at a monster, unaware that he himself had once been looked at like a monster. It can only be said that Wukong was a monster among monsters, so much so that even monsters had to treat him as an ordinary person.

Getting back to the main point, after realizing there was nothing more he could teach, Rayleigh had originally planned to return to the Sabaody Archipelago, go to Shakky's tavern for a couple of drinks, and try to ease his complicated feelings.

But Nami, Sanji, and the others felt that he was a very good teacher, and they were eager to improve their strength, so they asked Rayleigh to teach them.

Goku thought so too. Although he could teach Nami and Sanji, it would take up his training time, so he would be happy if Rayleigh could help teach them.

Rayleigh had originally intended to refuse, as he had no intention of teaching anyone other than Goku, but after Goku spoke up, he agreed without much thought.

Not for any other reason than to repay Wukong for rescuing Roger's orphan.

And so, Goku led Sanji and Pupu in training their physical strength every day, while Rayleigh was responsible for teaching Nami and Robin how to use Observation Haki.

Time flies when you're focused on your practice.

In the blink of an eye, they had been on the island for three months.

For the past three months, everything has been peaceful here, nothing has happened, and every day has been nothing but tedious and monotonous cultivation.

Occasionally, Hancock would arrive with a ship full of supplies, but apart from that, no one else ever set foot on the island.

Meanwhile, outside the world, after the epic battle between the Navy and the Whitebeard Pirates, unrest was rampant.

Boom boom boom!!!

Boom boom boom!!!

On a certain stretch of the Grand Line, the air was filled with the sounds of gunfire. Five naval warships were launching a saturation attack on two pirate ships, with countless shells tracing graceful arcs through the sky as they bombarded the pirate ships relentlessly.

In just two breaths, the two pirate ships turned into two raging fireballs and sank into the sea as they were consumed by flames.

Some surviving pirates floated on the sea in terror, unable to believe that their pirate careers had come to an end.

On a naval warship, a rear admiral stared expressionlessly at the pirates floating on the sea and coldly issued the order: "Kill these pirates on the spot, leave no one alive!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The silence of the cannons resumed, this time targeting not the pirate ships, but the pirates adrift at sea, powerless to resist.

"No!!! I surrender!!! I surrender!!!"

"Help!! I don't want to die!!"

These pirates thought they would be captured and imprisoned by the navy, but they didn't expect to be greeted by cannonballs instead.

They screamed at the top of their lungs, desperately trying to escape the shells' impact point, but how could they outrun the speed of the shells? In the blink of an eye, the shells exploded above or beside them.

Soon after, not a single survivor could be seen on the sea.

The major general who issued the order withdrew his gaze, his eyes chillingly cold.

Ever since that epic battle ended, many pirates who heard that the Marines had defeated the Marines at Marine Headquarters and kidnapped prisoners were extremely excited, boasting that the Marines were useless and that the world should belong to them, the pirates.

Many of the already high-profile pirates became increasingly reckless, committing arson, murder, and looting in every new place they visited, causing great harm to the local residents.

Some pirates who were not originally arrogant have also become restless and have gradually begun to lower their standards.

These actions have put immense pressure on the Navy.

But that's not all that's causing headaches for the Navy.

What troubled them most was that they had intended to suppress the arrogance of pirates and curb their numbers through public executions, but the failure of the public executions made many people, especially idle thugs or some criminals, yearn for pirates and join their ranks.

In a short period of time, the number of pirates in the world almost doubled, and pirates were causing trouble everywhere.

Therefore, the Navy decided to launch a heavy attack. Apart from the forces remaining in each branch to deal with emergencies, all other forces were deployed to severely suppress the pirates' rampant arrogance.

And it certainly has an effect.

In the Battle of Marineford, the total number of Navy casualties did not exceed one hundred. Almost all of the elite forces were preserved intact. Although some people who lost their faith left the Navy, the Navy still retained the vast majority of its strength.

Under the heavy blows of the majority of the navy's forces, many reckless pirates were quickly eliminated by ruthless and forceful methods, while those fledgling pirates were either captured or killed.

At the same time, the Navy also launched a global recruitment drive, absorbing elite forces from all over the world, demonstrating with a firm attitude that they would continue to suppress pirates with even more powerful means.

After employing both methods simultaneously, the number of pirates was curbed and finally began to decline.

"Marshal Sengoku, this is the number of pirates killed in various places last week. Please take a look."

In Marineford, in the Master's office, a major respectfully handed a document to the table.

"I understand, you may leave." Sengoku waved his hand.

If Wukong were here, he would be surprised to find that Sengoku, whose hair was originally jet black, now had a lot of white hair and looked much older.

After signaling his subordinates to leave, Sengoku picked up the documents and carefully reviewed them before putting them down and letting out a rare sigh.

"That's all I can do. I can't see where the world will go now."

After Marineford's failed public execution, he was undoubtedly the one who bore the most blame.

Because of his past achievements and his high reputation in the navy, he was not punished.

Even so, his time as Fleet Admiral is up, and the World Government will not allow him to continue leading the Navy after such a major defeat.

Fortunately, he had considered retiring before, so he was not opposed to stepping down.

However, he hoped that his retirement would be a dignified one. He did not want to leave when pirates were rampant. He wanted to clean up the mess he had made in the last period of his term, both to do his last bit of effort and to leave behind a decent reputation.

"Kuzan is clearly the most suitable candidate for the Marshal position, but the Five Elders insist on supporting Sakazuki. Sigh, I wonder when this position will be confirmed."

The Warring States period sighed about another matter.

Once it was decided that a new admiral would be chosen, the three admirals were undoubtedly the most suitable candidates.

After Kizaru announced his withdrawal from the race, only Sakazuki and Kuzan remained as contenders for the position of Grand Master.

The appointment of a new Fleet Admiral requires a joint decision from both the Navy's top leadership and the World Government's top leadership. After several previous resolutions, most people on the Navy side supported Kuzan, while the World Government side supported Sakazuki more.

Logically speaking, the World Government has the highest decision-making power. If the majority of the World Government agrees that Sakazuki will be elected as the new Fleet Admiral, then it's basically a done deal.

However, the Navy has an overwhelming number of supporters for Kuzan. If the World Government chooses a hardline stance and elects Sakazuki as Fleet Admiral, a huge rift could form within the Navy, which would be a significant problem for both the World Government and Sakazuki.

So why did the Navy overwhelmingly support Kuzan? The reason goes back to the battle at Marineford. In that battle, Sakazuki targeted many innocent Navy soldiers in order to defeat Goku. All the Navy witnessed this. His tough style was exactly like Sakazuki's. Needless to say, those Navy members who were originally neutral all developed a sense of disgust towards Sakazuki after witnessing this ruthless scene.

The new marshal has a significant impact. If they could only choose between Sakazuki and Kuzan, why would they choose Sakazuki, who disregards the lives of his subordinates, instead of Kuzan, who is more gentle and humane?

Furthermore, despite employing such ruthless methods that day, Sakazuki ultimately achieved nothing. Instead, he was severely injured by Goku's punch and spent a full week in the hospital before being discharged. Of course, this was Sakazuki's own insistence on being discharged, as his pride wouldn't allow him to stay in the hospital for so long.

Therefore, based on these two points, the majority of those in the Navy who could vote chose Kuzan, resulting in an overwhelming majority of supporters for Kuzan.

From this perspective, Sakazuki's attack that day was a classic case of shooting himself in the foot. If he had known that his attack would lead to this situation, it's hard to say whether he would have attacked so decisively and resolutely.

Back to the topic.

Because of this complex situation, the selection of a new marshal has been discussed for nearly two months, but no decision has been made yet.

Furthermore, there is another problem: whether Sakazuki or Kuzan succeeds as Fleet Admiral, there will be a vacancy in the position of Admiral, and the Navy currently cannot find a suitable person to fill this vacancy, so they must find a suitable candidate for Admiral.

A few days ago, someone suggested that a general could be selected through a global military recruitment drive, but this suggestion was rejected by many people, so the general is still undecided.

It can be foreseen that the Warring States period will likely have to serve as marshal for some time longer.

"Sun Wukong..."

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Sengoku gazed wistfully out the window, muttering about the key figure who had brought about the current situation.

He was very puzzled. Where had this guy, who had soared to the top in the battle of Marineford and whose bounty reached four billion, rivaling the Four Emperors of the New World, gone? Why had he not been seen for three months?

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