Pirates: Your emperor has returned!

Crocodile disliked this passive feeling.

Using his territorial senses, Rowan quickly discovered a hidden door in the basement.

To avoid unnecessary leaks of information, all irrelevant personnel withdrew, leaving only the elite forces of the Four Seas Alliance and Gan Fall himself.

"I'll drive."

Just as Dalton was about to make a move, Rowan stopped him with a gesture.

Since it involves Seastone, it's too dangerous for a Devil Fruit user to open the door casually.

A black sand warrior slowly took shape, but instead of his usual spear, he held a sharp blade coated with Armament Haki.

Swish!

In an instant, the sharp blade sliced ​​through the bricks blocking the hidden door, splitting them into countless pieces.

Beyond that was a dark, gaping passage.

There are two reasons for the "black" color.

First, because there is no light underground.

Secondly, it's because the material of that corridor itself is black.

—The black of sea stone.

……

"A corridor made of sea stone?"

Crocodile narrowed his eyes. He had never imagined that beneath that massive amount of gold, there would be such a large quantity of Seastone!

Despite using Observation Haki to penetrate deep into the corridor, it was impossible to detect its depths.

That was a road—

A dead end for Devil Fruit users!

[71. Author's Note on Launch]

Before we knew it, it was on sale.

Time flies!

To be honest, the book's success was beyond anything I had ever imagined.

I'll write it well, don't worry.

The plot is going to be very interesting—it's going to be very interesting, really interesting when you think about it. Please look forward to it.

I want to write about many, many people.

I also want to write stories, interesting stories.

Thank you everyone, thank you to every reader, thank you for being willing to read my story.

I am satisfied with this.

……

Could you explain my creative process?

I really can't force myself to write about the kind of "person" who kills one, two, three, or even one person they see.

That kind of "person" is not the "protagonist".

Or perhaps, he was just a bastard who ran rampant in the midst of an exquisite bonsai, wantonly venting his destructive desires.

I always feel like there's nothing interesting about writing it.

……

Ryan Rowan—his character is actually based on a real person.

But how should I put it? Saying it out loud now will probably reduce the sense of identification.

Can you guess?

……

Now, dear readers who wish to continue reading stories of the mortal world, please continue.

thank you.

Then--

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I'll try my best to add more chapters later... I'll try my best...

This is the daily life of a typical office worker!

[Chapter 72. Crane's Method]

Seastone – This special stone possesses the power of the sea, and can cause Devil Fruit users who touch it to fall into the sea as if they have lost all ability to resist.

It is known for its scarcity and difficulty in processing.

In this day and age, only the World Government has the capability to utilize Seastone on a large scale on the high seas!

Most of the sea stone was processed into the simplest shackles, used to arrest... (The rest of the text appears to be unrelated and refers to a website, "Biquge Full Text Update, remember the website: .cits0871".)

[Chapter 73. Naval Branch]

Marshal's office.

Looking at the two men with their mouths agape, He couldn't help but shake his head and smile. He found a place to sit down and slowly began to sip his tea.

"Hmm, not bad black tea."

"Wait, wait, wait, wait..."

Garp scratched his head, looking surprised, and asked, "Although I don't understand politics, were you serious about what you just said, Xiaohe?"

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[Chapter 74. Pirates, Very Dangerous]

The Grand Line, the first half.

On the undulating sea, a ship flying a black flag is furling its sails, dropping its anchor, and drifting silently.

The ships passing by in the distance saw them and quickly made way for them, afraid that they would be noticed.

That's a pirate ship!

The skull and crossbones symbol on the black flag is unfamiliar; it probably belongs to a pirate crew that has just entered the Grand Line.

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[Chapter 75. Seventy-Four: The Naval Villain]

At this moment, Barlow was shirtless.

On those sharply defined muscles, veins bulged out.

He gripped the oar and, with astonishing strength and speed, drew a white line across the sea, steering the small raft straight toward the two ships in the distance.

shhhhhh...

As he got closer, Barlow suddenly felt that something was not right.

Something's not right.

These two ships... seem to be sailing in reverse?

No, that's not right.

Barlow rubbed his eyes, only then realizing that the reality seemed to differ somewhat from his initial reaction.

Logically, the pirate ships should be chasing and the merchant ships should be fleeing, but the two ships in front of Balo were doing the opposite.

The pirate ship was sailing at full speed, trying its best to shake off their tails.

The merchant ship followed closely behind, relentlessly pursuing them, showing no sign of letting up!

Barlow: "..."

Ok?

what's the situation?

……

This scene not only stunned Barlow, but also left the old captain and his crew, who were following the ship, deeply perplexed.

Is this how the Four Seas Alliance is used to maintain fixed shipping routes?

A caravan chasing a group of pirates?

How fresh!

The young lookout, gazing at the experienced old captain, couldn't help but swallow hard.

"captain……"

He paused, then asked with a hint of doubt, "Are you sure they're a caravan?"

……

"Are you sure they're a caravan?!"

On the pirate ship, the pirate captain asked his first mate the same question.

The first mate was also at his wits' end. He searched through many old newspapers and finally found useful information on one of the pages.

"Captain, the place where we just stopped to rest seems to be on the Four Seas Alliance's shipping route!"

"The Four Seas Alliance?!"