Uchiha's personal opinion

"We have as many heavy artillery pieces as we need!"

Minato Namikaze said firmly.

"Then I'll take some more..."

Kaido was overjoyed.

"Trade it for sea-stone!"

Minato Namikaze immediately thwarted Kaido's idea of ​​getting something for free.

"asshole!"

Kaido jumped up again, his bull-like face turning red with anger.

Minato Namikaze calmly took a sip of water, completely ignoring the enraged Kaido.

The pirates have come to deeply appreciate the importance of heavy artillery and external armor after using them for a period of time.

Pirate ships that were previously easily defeated by the navy have become able to fight on par with navy warships after being modified and equipped with these new devices. This is a huge improvement!

The reason why the Four Emperors were willing to purchase these equipment from Minato Namikaze was mainly because of the combat power boost these equipment provided. If others had them but we didn't, we would definitely suffer a great loss in future battles and expansions!

"All the Beastmaster officers have gone to mine!"

Kaido said fiercely, "The production of Seastone is limited. Do you want me to go into the mine too?!"

In fact, the Beasts Pirates' officers didn't actually go down into the mines to dig. They were just sent out by Kaido to supervise or capture miners. Kaido's main purpose in saying this was to extract more benefits from Minato Namikaze.

'If only we could catch this guy…'

But given Kaido's personality, for him to say such a thing is even more painful than being slapped in the face.

"How about this..."

Minato Namikaze thought for a moment, "How about I add another hundred shells to each cannon as payment for the venue rental?"

"...Okay then!"

Kaido immediately decided to stop while he was ahead.

These monkey-style equipment from the Ninja World's military equipment foundry were transported via a sealing rune array using the Heavenly Delivery Technique. Therefore, no matter how heavily guarded the tunnels beneath the Red Line were, the Navy could not prevent these equipment from continuously flowing into the hands of pirates.

Furthermore, as a ninja, Minato Namikaze placed great importance on secrecy. Apart from Kaido himself, the other members of the Beasts Pirates all assumed that the equipment was carried over from Paradise by the 'remnants' like ants carrying grains of rice.

"If you ask me, we shouldn't have given Whitebeard and Red-Haired Boy so much equipment; they don't need it at all!"

Kaido continued to complain, intending to demand some more benefits.

Although this is not in line with Kaido's personality, there's no way around it; those heavy cannons are just too much to satisfy his warlike appetite!

"They are about to arrive at Onigashima to formally form an alliance. Perhaps Lord Kaido could make his demands to them in person."

Minato Namikaze said indifferently.

After all, all he wanted was sea stone and war.

"Never mind what I said!"

Kaido snorted coldly and got up to personally supervise the construction at the sea stone quarry in Wano Country.

……

"Here, we acknowledge each other's dignity and honor, and respect each other's decisions and choices!"

"We pledge that no matter what difficulties and challenges we face, we will confront them together and fight together. Our alliance will be as strong as steel, and we will stand united until our last breath, no matter when or where!"

On the flagship of the Whitebeard Pirates, the Moby Dick, Whitebeard Edward Newgate was carefully reading the oath of the upcoming Three Emperors meeting, nodding in agreement as he read.

"Dad!"

Mar, the first division commander and ship's doctor of the Whitebeard Pirates, known as "The Phoenix," ran over excitedly, "The latest batch of heavy artillery has arrived!"

"Is that so? Well done!"

Whitebeard never hesitated to praise his adopted sons: "You pick a batch to join your first squad!"

"No need for that. Everyone needs these heavy artillery pieces, so we can just divide them up equally later."

Marco scratched the back of his head and laughed heartily.

"very good!"

Whitebeard was naturally very pleased with this: "Seven days from now, come with me to Onigashima!"

"Are you sure you want to form an alliance?"

Marco immediately regained his usual composure.

"That's right!"

Whitebeard casually handed the oath of alliance to Marco: "Take a look and see if you want to revise it!"

……

"Today, we pledge our resolve and courage to the world. We are pirates, we are the symbol of freedom, we are the rulers of the sea!"

"Here we swear to the sky, to the sea, to our dreams, that we will always stand united, no matter when or where, no matter what difficulties or challenges we face. This is our oath, this is our alliance!"

On the Red Fox, the flagship of the Red-Haired Pirates, Shanks was also carefully proofreading the oath to be used at the upcoming alliance meeting.

This oath was written by Minato Namikaze, the representative of the mysterious 'remnants of the Great Kingdom', and the part that resonated most with Shanks was the oath's content about 'freedom' and 'unity'.

Despite being one of the Four Emperors, Shanks has the fewest subordinates.

Aside from his flagship, the Red Fox, he only had a few small, insignificant pirate crews as vassals. Compared to the Whitebeard Pirates, which had over forty subordinate pirate crews and more than 50,000 soldiers, their strength was obviously far inferior. And because of the small number of subordinates, the Red-Haired Pirates had a correspondingly lower demand for new heavy artillery.

However, Shanks agreed after receiving Kaido's request for an alliance.

He had a reason he had to go, but one he couldn't reveal.

……

Mary Geoise.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku rarely sets foot in this place, and he reports his tactical arrangements to the Five Elders in person.

"Giving up is impossible!"

Inside the Chamber of Power, the Five Elders briefly reviewed the battle plan submitted by Sengoku. As the God of Scientific Defense, Jaigolusia Satan immediately reprimanded them, saying, "Imperial City is an agency under the World Government, on par with the Navy. Giving it up lightly is absolutely out of the question!"

"If General Kuzan is not recalled, we are not confident in destroying her forces."

"Warring States" said calmly.

Although the Five Elders' attitude wasn't good, he got used to it.

"We can't abandon Impel Down!"

The Legal God of War, Topman Vochuli, shook his head: "If the World Government were to abandon such an important institution under duress from the enemy, it would have no dignity whatsoever!"

"And what about those prisoners? Will they be kept in the Holy Land or Marineford?"

"Then let's just recall General Kuzan."

Sengoku readily agreed and changed his mind, saying, "As for the reinforcement fleet and marines, they can remain in Impel Down to continue their defense and garrison duties."

"...But what about Impel Down's defenses!"

The Five Elders are still not very willing to bring Kuzan back from Impel Down.

However, judging from the war plans of the Warring States period, it was indeed impossible to do without him.

"I have faith in Director Magellan's abilities."

"Warring States Period," he said calmly.

"...Why did you choose Charlotte Linlin as your target?"

Financial God of War Izannbaron V. Nassjuro put down the battle plan in his hand and asked meaningfully, "Wouldn't Shanks be a better choice?"

"Even if Shanks' forces are eliminated, it won't change the overall situation."

Sengoku shook his head and explained his reasoning: "The greatest purpose of this battle plan is deterrence!"

"With the head of one of the Four Emperors, we will deter the other restless pirates!"

"But what about the other three?"

The God of Scientific Defense, Jaigolsia Satan, said again, "You know, Kaido and she are..."

"What we want is for Kaido to go berserk during the alliance meeting!"

A rare fierce glint appeared on Sengoku's face: "Otherwise, if the three major pirate crews were to mobilize all their forces, even if the Marines were to win, they would suffer heavy losses!"

The five elders exchanged glances, which could be considered an acceptance of this statement.

Sengoku's plan was actually not complicated. He and the three admirals of his headquarters would launch a surprise attack on Charlotte Linlin's Totto Land Kingdom during the Three Emperors' Alliance, and work together to kill this pirate queen who had a special relationship with Kaido. Afterwards, they would quickly return to the Marine branch G1 base in the New World and send someone to Onigashima to deliver the news of Charlotte Linlin's death, causing Kaido to go berserk.

At that time, Sengoku, who is on high alert, will lead the most elite forces of the Marine Headquarters to face Kaido's pirate force head-on. After all, although Whitebeard has many men under his command, he will not bring them all to the meeting place, and Shanks usually only has a dozen or so people on one ship. So, in addition to the three powerful emperors, the Marines will have to deal with Kaido's direct forces.

As for the 'government lackeys and pirate traitors' scattered throughout the country, they will maintain a 'neutral' stance under the mediation of Vice Admiral Tsuru, and will not make any rash moves before the war situation becomes clear.

The Warring States period was not a passive person, so he tried every means to gain the initiative in the war.

Moreover, the Warring States period was also a gamble.

The bet was that Kaido would go berserk after learning of Charlotte Linlin's death, and that Whitebeard and Shanks wouldn't go all out.

However, this plan also has a very crucial problem...

How can you be sure this old lady will stay in the Kingdom of Totland?

The legal warrior Topman Vochuli Saint pointed out the key to the battle plan.

"We have no choice but to gamble."

"Warring States" said without changing his expression.

The Five Elders were about to reprimand him, but seeing Sengoku's extremely calm expression and slightly narrowed eyes, they couldn't bring themselves to utter the curse that was on the tip of their tongues.

"Let's do it..."

The God of Scientific Defense, Jaigolusia Satan, tossed the battle plan back onto the table and said calmly.

"understand!"

Sengoku rose, bowed slightly, and then strode away.