Pirate: I'm cracked, but my mutation talent is incredibly strong.

Amidst the billowing smoke of war in the capital of Cang Kingdom.

The golden warship sailed away gracefully in the sky, and Locus also took the opportunity to plunder the royal treasury of the Azure Kingdom, seizing countless treasures.

On the ruined island of the ancient kingdom of Guyue, Lockes drove all the prisoner soldiers off the ship.

Even the dozen or so young soldiers who had initially become sailors and handymen wanted to disembark and return to their hometowns.

In the end, only six orphaned soldiers with no family or support remained on the ship as sailors and handymen.

The World Government flag on the golden warship in the sky was removed and destroyed by Rocks, and a black flag bearing the name Rocks D. Giebeck was hung instead.

They named this golden warship in the sky the Sword of Gibbek.

However, due to a lack of officers and strong individuals, Rocks is not willing to raise the Rocks Pirates' skull and crossbones flag so soon.

He wants to witness the founding of the Rocks Pirates together with his future powerful subordinates!

However, the World Government has now classified Rocks as a pirate, and the most notorious pirate at that!

The bounty was issued a long time ago.

Several days later.

"Hahaha! Fang Huo, your bounty has been issued too!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, he personally executed the general and king of the allied nation of Cang. What a despicable character."

"You know, I kidnapped those five kings in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, and I didn't even kill one of them."

Rocks grinned and teased Fang Huo, but made no mention of the heinous act of killing a naval admiral.

"What a trash title!"

Fang Huo is frantically developing the abilities of these two Devil Fruits, trying to train and enhance his Soul Worm.

He only managed to glance at his wanted poster during a break.

[Gu Yue Fang Huo, the "Murderer and Arsonist," has a bounty of 8000 million Berries! Only live!]

Damn it, the fire in the capital of Cangwang Kingdom was clearly started by Lox, so how did it get blamed on him?

"Hahaha, Fang Huo, the Murderer, that's quite an infamy!"

"However, with this level of skill and bounty, you still won't be able to become one of my subordinates. You'd better work hard!"

Lox gave Fang Huo a deep look. He knew that Fang Huo, this special mutant, did indeed possess the potential to become an unparalleled powerhouse.

The thought of a future user of nine Devil Fruits is terrifying!

On Rocks's bounty poster, there was a long string of zeros.

Rocks D. Xebec, the "World's Sinner Pirate," has a bounty of 3,811,540,000 Berries.

In this era, this bounty has far exceeded that of the great pirates of the New World!

This demonstrates the importance the world government placed on Locus.

There are now famous pirates in the New World whose bounties are generally around 10 billion.

Charlotte Linlin, who set sail several years ago, had a bounty of 5000 million Berries when she was 6 years old. It took her 5 years for her bounty to rise to 5 million Berries.

Charlotte Linlin, now 12 years old, already has a great deal of fame in the New World.

At the time of the God Valley Incident, Gil Buster, a member of the Rocks Pirates, had a bounty of 970 million Berries.

Captain John, Silver Axe, and Ganzi, who are roughly in the same league as him, are probably worth around 10 billion Berries as well.

The stronger Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Big Mom should be a level above 10 billion, between 10 billion and 20 billion peles.

After all, inflation wasn't that high back then!

Once these great pirates break away and form their own crews, becoming regional overlords and entering the era of the Four Emperors in the Three Legendary Era and the Great Pirate Era, their bounties will soar to four or five billion.

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"Fang Huo, didn't you say you were going to go directly to find the strong?! Why are you still lingering in the Grand Line Paradise?!"

Rocks couldn't wait to gather his future powerful subordinates under his command and then launch an attack on the Holy Land of Mary Geoise!

"Because some people haven't grown up yet!"

"For example, this Charlotte Linlin has the Iron Balloon physique and is a Paramecia-type Soul-Soul Fruit user. She is a future Yonko powerhouse and one of your top executives."

"But she's only 12 years old!"

"Marlon, the leader of the West Sea Mafia, has grown up enough to be recruited!"

"Shiki the Black Society, a Paramecia-type Float-Float Fruit user, has already made a name for himself in the New World. We could recruit him, but he is extremely arrogant and conceited..."

"Edward Newgate, a pirate with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability, is currently a pirate combatant on someone else's ship. We must recruit him; he's very strong!"

"Ganzi, the notorious smuggling pirate, is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user with the Bomb-Bomb Fruit ability. He's already quite famous; we can forcibly subdue him!"

"Wang Zhi, the founder of the pirate cult, will betray you later. Are you still going to try and recruit him?"

"Captain John, the Paramecia-type Magnet-Magnet Fruit user, this guy will betray you too. I've got my eye on his Magnet-Magnet Fruit ability!"

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"Of course, we're still sailing through the Paradise now, mainly to seize the demon sword I've got my eye on. Is that alright?"

Fang Huo listed a long list of powerful figures for Lockes.

He had already checked the intelligence on these guys and confirmed the recent situation.

They have all obtained Devil Fruit abilities.

Therefore, Fang Huo was not worried that he would interfere with their future of obtaining Devil Fruit abilities.

However, there's been no news about Stussy, that scientific thief; he seems to have gone into hiding.

"Hahaha, just hearing about these Devil Fruit abilities tells me they're incredibly powerful."

"As for betrayal! We'll have to wait and see!"

"But Fang Huo, are you really only interested in the magnetic ability?"

"The Soul-Soul Fruit, the Float-Float Fruit, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, the Bomb-Bomb Fruit... these are all powerful abilities. Aren't you tempted?"

Upon hearing so many accurate names, Lockes grinned from ear to ear.

Finally, he suddenly licked his lips and spoke to Fang Huosen.

He didn't believe Fang Huo could bear to give up so many powerful Devil Fruit abilities.

"Whoever betrays me! I'll kill them! That's alright, isn't it, my captain!"

Fang Huo met Locke's gaze without fear, knowing that his special talent couldn't be hidden from Locke.

It would be better to just confront Rocks directly.

Rocks, a member of the D. clan, also seems to possess Observation Haki, which allows him to hear the thoughts of everything. His thoughts can directly appear in the consciousness of Roger and Garp.

"Hahaha, no problem!"

"If you're strong enough to help me defeat the King of the World, you can kill these guys as many as you want! They're not even on the ship yet anyway!"

Rocks unleashed a powerful burst of Conqueror's Haki, confident that he could subdue Fang Huo, this little monster.

"I'm not interested in the position of world king; my goal is the stars and the sea beyond this world!"

"You should stick to playing around in this world with Im and that sun god Nika!"

Fang Huo shrugged and spoke casually.

Whether Rocks believed it or not, he believed it anyway.

Locke and Fang Huo stared at each other for a long time, seemingly trying to see through Fang Huo's true thoughts.

But he chose to laugh heartily and ultimately did not refuse Fang Huo's personal request to sail the Grand Line Paradise and search for the Demon Sword.

Fortunately, he could proceed with his original plan and have some fun with the pirate crew from the Grand Line Paradise first.

Let's see if we can find someone who is different from the strong person Fang Huo mentioned.

After all, the future that Fang Huo saw was not the complete future.

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Weeks later.

The Sword of Giebeck sailed on its way, beating up every pirate crew it encountered.

Fang Huo also took action multiple times to practice and develop his moonlight and gravity abilities.

Finally, they arrived at Fang Huo's destination, Aska Island.

Fang Huo and Lockes charged through the crowd and soon found the ancient village guarding the Seven Star Sword.

Fang Huo didn't waste any time with the guardian witch; he directly opened the altar and snatched the Seven Star Demon Sword.

"Hahaha, it seems this demonic sword isn't much worse than my blade!"

When Locke saw Fang Huo unleash a powerful soul force and forcibly subdue the strange double-edged demon sword, he burst into laughter.

My little brother seems to be getting stronger and stronger!

However, only by becoming stronger can one qualify to become his subordinate.

"He actually subdued the Seven Star Demon Sword!"

The witch watched in disbelief as Fang Huo took away the Seven Star Demon Sword, showing no signs of being controlled by it.

That means their clan of priestesses' destiny to guard the Seven Star Sword has vanished.

They no longer need to worry about the Seven Star Demon Sword breaking free from its seal.

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After obtaining the Seven Star Sword, Fang Huo unleashed a terrifying slash across the sea, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

Having a monster like Rocks protecting you is just awesome.

Fang Huo will do his best to help Rocks change his fate in order to repay Rocks for protecting him.

He made a scabbard for the Seven Star Sword and suddenly looked towards the East China Sea.

He was considering whether to tell Rocks about Roger's whereabouts. With Rocks' charisma, was there a chance he could win over Roger and Rayleigh?

However, Roger and Rayleigh don't seem to have set sail yet in Loguetown, so their strength is probably not enough.

When Fang Huo was collecting wanted posters and intelligence, he did not find Roger's wanted poster.

52 years ago in the original timeline, when Brook sailed to the vicinity of the Devil's Triangle in the Grand Line Paradise, Roger was indeed a newcomer to the Grand Line.

It shouldn't take more than four years to enter the Grand Line from Loguetown. Roger should still be in Loguetown and hasn't set sail yet.

Fang Huo did manage to find out about the Rumbar Pirates, who were sailing in the West Blue. Brook had already left the Kingdom Guard and joined the crew as a pirate for music or some other reason.

Brook and Junko spent some time together during Junko's childhood.

Junko has now grown into a young girl and serves Im.

When Lox invaded the Flower Garden and met Im, Junko was also there.

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