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088 The Ambitious Lox, the Reno Crisis!

The year is 1478 in the Haiyuan calendar!

Locus's lair, Hatchinos!

As is customary, whenever Rocks recruits a powerful member, he holds a grand banquet.

It took Rocks five whole years to capture the Golden Lion.

This banquet can be described as the grandest banquet in recent years.

Inside Skull Island.

The banquet had begun, and the pirates set up the grill, with various meats sizzling and dripping oil as they roasted over the flames.

The aroma of spices fills the air, and paired with a chilled glass of rum, it's simply delightful!

A large group of pirates, bowls in their left hands and skewers in their right, danced an unknown dance around a roaring campfire.

The atmosphere on the field was completely ignited!

Looking around, there were tens of thousands of pirates, representing many different races.

The largest race is humans, while less common races include the Mink Tribe, Long-Armed Tribe, Fish-Man Tribe, Long-Legged Tribe, Giant Tribe, and pirates.

Tens of thousands of pirates, divided into small groups, drank and chatted while engaging in various entertainment activities.

Fishman pirates perform acrobatics, long-armed pirates breathe fire, and giant pirates wrestle with each other...

When the performance reached its most exciting part, it would draw cheers from the other pirates.

In such a lively atmosphere, the pirates forget all their troubles and completely immerse themselves in the fun.

Below, at the table closest to Lox.

The golden lion held up a wine bowl, forcing a smile.

"Kurorokurorokuro... Golden Lion, do you still remember what you said to me back then?!"

Whitebeard downed the rum in his bowl in one gulp and looked at Golden Lion with a mocking expression.

In the East Blue, Golden Lion mocked him for abandoning his pride and spinelessly joining the Rocks Pirates.

And now?

Golden Lion is drinking here with him, calling each other brothers.

Do you have a temper?!

The golden lion, whose sore spot had been hit, looked grim and resentful.

But there was nothing they could do; Rocks was just too terrifying!

There was absolutely nothing he could do to resist!

His ambitions have not yet been realized, he cannot die, he can only submit for now!

"Since you're here, make the best of it and don't overthink it!"

John, noticing the awkward atmosphere, stepped in to smooth things over.

"Hahahahahaha..."

Just then, a wild laugh suddenly rang out, echoing throughout the entire Hachinos!

"Everyone!!"

Rocks on the throne suddenly stood up and spread his arms as if to embrace!

He glanced at the tens of thousands of pirates below, grinned, and laughed wildly:

"Hahahaha... Monsters, let's welcome Shiki, the Flying Pirate, Second Division Commander of the Rocks Pirates!!"

"Oh!!!"

"Captain Golden Lion!!"

"Flying Pirates!!"

"Flying Pirates!!!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, the pirates stopped all their movements, raised their wine glasses and bowls, and all looked at Golden Lion, shouting loudly!

Then he drank the wine in one gulp!

No one was dissatisfied with why Shiki became the second division commander so soon after joining the Rocks Pirates, a position second only to Captain Rocks and the first division commander Whitebeard!

Not to mention that the Golden Lion's strength of 37172 is undeniable!

Rocks held absolute authority within the entire Rocks Pirates!

When he makes a decision, even if that decision is wrong, it is still right!

This is the ironclad rule of the Rocks Pirates!

There are only two voices in the Rocks Pirates!

The first voice is that of Rocks, and the second voice is that of Rocks in agreement!

Without exception!

Looking at the explosive atmosphere below, Rocks nodded in satisfaction.

In the New World today, the pirate landscape has been largely established.

One of them is the Rocks Pirates, led by him!

First Division Captain Edward Newgate (Whitebeard)!

Second Division Captain, Flying Pirate Golden Lion!

Third Division Captain John!

Fourth Division Captain Wang Zhi!

Fifth Division Captain Silver Axe!

In addition, during the five years of pursuing Golden Lion, he recruited all the famous and influential pirates from six regions, including the Four Seas and the New World, into the Rocks Pirates.

Most of the recruitment process went smoothly.

As for the small number of graves that didn't go well, the grass on their graves is already almost half a meter high.

To date, in addition to the five division commanders, there are more than thirty pirates in the Rocks Pirates with a strength exceeding 100 million.

Each of them is renowned in the New World and reigns supreme in the four seas.

But right now, they are just one of the five squads!

The second is the Roger Pirates, led by Roger.

First mate Silvers Rayleigh, known as the King of the Underworld!

A crew member with strength comparable to a Navy Admiral, Scoba Jabba!

In addition, the Roger Pirates had many members with bounties exceeding 100 million!

Thirdly, there's the Reno Pirates, led by Reno himself. (I won't list the members.)

In the New World today, all the famous pirates have gathered in these three pirate crews.

There is no longer a lone wolf of formidable strength on the high seas. (Barrett is only one year old.)

After several rounds of drinks, the banquet gradually came to an end.

The pirates, having had their fill of fun, gradually left and returned to their resting places.

The enormous Skull Hall soon had less than one-fifth of its original population remaining.

However, many pirates were still not satisfied and formed new groups to start a new round of banquets.

Wang Zhi, who had drunk almost enough, looked up at Lockes, but hesitated to speak.

"Just say what's on your mind!"

A slightly authoritative voice, reminiscent of a novel's QQ group, slowly rang out, and Yi Qi (29) Wang Yiyi mustered her courage and spoke.

"Boss, in the New World today, most of the pirates have already been recruited into your pirate crew, so there are no suitable targets left."

"Are we going to have to fight the Navy and the World Government next?!"

Upon hearing this, Whitebeard and the others, who were drinking, paused in their actions and all looked towards Rocks on the throne.

Everyone knows about Rocks' ambitions!

That is to overthrow the world government and then become the master of the world!

Now that there are no more pirates on the high seas for him to recruit, so what's next...?

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha......"

Rocks laughed wildly, shook his head and said, "No rush. Now is not the time to start a war with the World Government. Although you are strong, you can become even stronger!"

"I will find you some powerful Devil Fruits to enhance your strength, so that even if we go to war with the World Government in the future, we will have a better chance of winning!"

Upon hearing Lockes' decision, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn't the joy of about obtaining a Devil Fruit, but the relief of not going to war with the World Government for the time being!

As powerful pirates, they are all insane.

But compared to Rocks's madness, they were nothing!

If we were to start a war with the World Government at this time, we would be completely out of our minds!

Let's delay as long as we can!

Just as everyone was about to celebrate and drink heartily again, Rocks' voice suddenly turned somber.

"But before that, I need to see Renault!"

Renault?!

Upon hearing this familiar name, Wang Zhi frowned.

He went to Caster to recruit Renault on Lox's orders, but not only did he fail, he was also beaten up by Halding.

He still holds a grudge to this day!

Later, during their pursuit of the Golden Lion, they learned about the series of things Renault had done through the newspapers.

They also learned about the strength of the Reno Pirates.

Although the Reno Pirates are small in number, they are all elites.

Of the people they know, including Reno, Linlin, Jess, Hajrudin, and Flame Flower are all at the level of a Marine Admiral, and their battle records are verifiable! (They don't yet know the strength of the Red Earl, which will be explained later.)

Their high-caliber lineup is already on par with both the Roger Pirates and the Roger Pirates.

Of course, Lox is above the high-end!

"Boss, do you want to take over the Reno Pirates?!"

"That's right!!"

John had guessed his thoughts, and Lox suddenly stood up, his eyes dark and menacing.

"No one in this world can refuse me, Lox!"

"Hehehehe... Perhaps Renault thinks that defeating the Navy gives him the confidence to refuse me!"

"How ridiculous!!"

"Once we absorb the Reno Pirates and find you a few powerful Devil Fruits, replacing the World Government will be just around the corner!"

"Hahahaha... Only I, Rocks, am the true ruler of the world!!"

An extremely arrogant laugh echoed throughout the hall and resounded throughout the entire island.

"Lord of the World!!"

"Lord of the World!!!"

"......"

The pirates below raised their glasses and responded in unison.