Chapter 386 Final Preparations
In 1520 of the Haiyuan calendar, May 5th.
East China Sea, Windmill Village.
Monkey D. Luffy walked to the seaside with a wooden bucket full of water, and put the wooden bucket on a small wooden boat.
"Well, it's ready!"
He smiled a little excitedly, and there was an exclamation behind him: "Ready? What have you prepared? A boat and a bucket of water?!"
Luffy turned around: "Ah, that's enough!"
"What is enough?! Are you going to go out to sea like this? You didn't even bring any food! You are still a landlubber, with such a small boat, a big wave..."
The villagers of Fengche Village who gathered around to see off Luffy were worried all over the place, and when they saw Luffy picking his nose with his little finger absent-mindedly, all of them showed helpless expressions.
"Ace is like this too?"
I don't know, can you have Ace to worry about?
The villagers, who had already expected it, took out bags of food. Luffy let out a hey, and his hands danced like hot wheels. In an instant, all the food disappeared, and his stomach swelled to five times the size of a ball. Luffy was satisfied. Hiccupped.
"Thank you everyone! I'm full!"
The quiet atmosphere spread, and there seemed to be invisible crows cawing and flying away above everyone's heads.
The next moment, the bird did come.
The arrival of the news bird brought the speechless villagers back to their senses. The old village chief Upp Srab, who was wearing a striped cap, glasses and leaning on a cane, waved and bought a newspaper.
His eyes casually glanced at the headlines of the newspaper, and his eyes suddenly widened, as if they flew out of their sockets and stuck to his glasses!
When the villagers around saw the headlines in the newspaper, they were all shocked and shocked.
Actually... such a thing happened? !
This...should be considered a good thing?
But why such a coincidence?
No, I can't let Luffy see this newspaper! That kid... Whoosh
As soon as he thought of this, the elongated rubber arm brought out a gust of wind and snatched the newspaper away, and the village chief and villagers were all petrified in an instant.
"What?" Luffy stared at him.
"The Great Pirate Era Ends? One Piece's treasure One Piece has been found! "
"Huh?!" Luffy was stunned.
He pressed his face close to the newspaper, carefully reading the contents behind, without raising his head for a long time.
The villagers expressed concern.
This kid has been yelling since he was a child that he wants to become the One Piece and find One Piece, but on the same day he set sail, the newspaper came and said that One Piece had been found? What a hit!
Is he still sailing?
Garp should be happy.
But……
"Lu Fei, are you okay?" Seeing that Lu Fei didn't look up for a long time, the village head asked worriedly.
"I...it's okay." Luffy flattened his mouth into a parabola, looked up and replied, "it's okay...if you find it, let's find it, pirate...the important thing is adventure and freedom, not...not treasure..."
Then don't cry.
"That... I'm sailing." Luffy stepped into the boat and untied the rope: "Everyone, goodbye!"
This state is really not reassuring. The villagers looked at each other with a headache as they watched the boat leave the coast and head for the sea.
At this moment, Dadan, the fat bandit aunt who raised Luffy and said she would never send him away, suddenly rushed out from the corner of the street and shouted to the sea.
"Smelly brat! Cheer up and give me some fame! Don't embarrass me! Also, happy 17th birthday, Luffy!!"
Luffy raised his head in a daze, and after a few seconds of indolence, he raised his right arm high. The newspaper was blown away by the sea breeze, and vitality and a smile reappeared on his face.
"of course!!!"
...
"The World's Strongest Ending? "
Coco Yaxi, Nami was holding the newspaper with both hands to read, her face was slightly pale, and her arms were trembling.
Get the treasure of One Piece...
Defeated the top three generals of the navy with his own power, let General Sakaski die in the line of duty, and became the most vicious criminal in the world...
Died in the strike of the world government...
"Dead, dead?"
The figure that destroyed the nightmare of Coco Yaxi is still vivid in my memory. She has been working hard to improve her navigation skills for three years. She hopes that one day she will be able to meet again on a long voyage and say thank you in person.
It turns out... no, it won't.
"There is no confirmed news yet... that is the strongest in the world, how could he die so easily?"
...
"The New Pirate Emperor? "
On a certain island, Sauron finished reading the newspaper, and took out the reward order that came with the newspaper.
The eagle-like eyes of the man with the crossed black knife seemed to be shot at him through the reward order, and the amount under the photo was even more astronomical.
3.288 billion!
Because he went to Ralph Drew with Hollow, Mihawk, the former king of Wuwuhai Hawkeye, was wanted again, and he was directly placed with a reward amount second only to Whitebeard, Blasphemer, and Red Hair!
As a pirate hunter, Sauron, who usually catches a few million pirates at most, knew the significance of this amount, and his eyes shone with excitement.
There are also some regrets.
The world's number one swordsman Holo has not had time to challenge, has the title of the number one swordsman changed back to Hawkeye because of force majeure?
It doesn't matter, but...
"Damn it, how far is the tidal island of the great route? I haven't found it after three years of voyage!"
Sauron looked up to observe the surrounding environment.
"Why does it seem like I've been here before..."
...
When the remote islands in the East China Sea have received newspapers, it means that these things on the great route have basically been spread.
Every time Holo, the world's most powerful man, made a move, it would definitely bring big news, and all the forces at sea were basically used to it.
But this time the news was extraordinarily large and numerous.
The end of the One Piece competition, the defeat of the three admirals of the navy and even the sacrifice of Akainu, the death of the world's most powerful Holo...
Countless people were shocked by the shocking news. The rest of the Four Martial Seas, the kings of the countries that joined the world governments, and the hermit powerhouses of the previous era all had various reactions.
Among them, the focus is three.
What exactly is One Piece?
Is Holo really dead?
Even the three admirals of the navy were defeated, how did the world government deal with Holo?
In comparison, even the news of Admiral Akainu's sacrifice and the birth of the new Pirate Emperor Hawkeye are not that important.
Only the outrage of the Warring States Period, in just half a month, he went to the Holy Land Marie Gioia three times to reprimand the Five Elder Stars, but obviously, there was no result, which made him gradually disheartened.
'The admiral who was captured by the enemy was already sacrificed, and it was helpless to execute Hollow while affecting it. '
Is such an explanation worthy of the navy?
Coupled with the shaken morale of the navy, Sengoku felt haggard and resigned.
And Wu Laoxing replied: "Stay for a while, Warring States. In order to make up for the loss of the navy's combat power, the world government is preparing to conduct a world-wide conscription, recruiting strong and outstanding people from the entire sea, and they can even be directly promoted to generals." !
When the conscription is over, if you want to retire as a marshal for retirement, we will not refuse. "
Is this to make up for the lack of combat power, or is there no longer trust in the navy? Warring States sighed when they left the Holy Land, Holo, are you really dead?
Is Holo really dead? This is what the five old stars are most concerned about and even worried about recently.
Although it is said that no one should be able to survive under the blow of the national treasure, it should not have happened if the national treasure was damaged!
A blow to one of the foundations of Draconian world domination is a nightmare.
Sometimes you have to hide it, and sometimes you have to make it public. The reason why the news that Huo Luo independently defeated the three generals and was obliterated by the world government was spread everywhere is because they confirmed that the king of heaven can't repair it in a short time, at least it is difficult to emit the power to destroy the island and the country again!
Let many people guess that the world government is in control of the king of heaven, so that it can continue to deter the sea and deter the chaotic parties headed by blasphemers.
But only if... Holo is actually dead.
"He is not a person with abilities. As long as he is a body of flesh and blood, even if he does not die under that kind of blow, he will definitely be seriously injured and his strength will no longer..."
"What does Redhead say? Didn't Redhead hear from Hawkeye?"
"That guy doesn't recognize his identity, and we are not of the same mind..."
"The noble blood in his body cannot be replaced! Continue to contact him, even if you don't get an accurate answer, you must at least see something!"
...
The red-haired Shanks is a Celestial Dragon, and is the top bloodline and direct descendant of the Celestial Dragon.
If Lockes hadn't killed his parents in the Battle of the Valley of the Gods 36 years ago, and he was adopted by the Pirate King Roger, then he is probably the head of the Heavenly Dragon family in the Holy Land Mariejoa who is higher than the five old stars one.
Because of this status, his face is also very useful to the World Government. Even during the Wano Country War, one of the World Government's orders to the navy was to try to save Hongfa's life if he was defeated.
Of course, the redhead didn't have much recognition for this identity, so he sent away the CP0 who secretly contacted him. He squatted on the shore, looking at the reflection in the sea and thinking for a while.
Lagilu called him behind him.
"Boss! Why did you come here! Go back to the base, Uta's concert is about to start, we have to be the first to hear the new song!"
"Oh? Really?" The redhead smiled, and followed Lagilu back quickly.
Giving Ben Beckman a reassuring look, he rubbed the head of Uta who was coming up to him, and said, "This concert seems to be the largest one, are you nervous? Uta."
"No." Uta chuckled, "As long as I sing, I will never be nervous."
What's more, father and you are by your side.
Two months ago, Ji Xing, who had returned from Ralph Drew, went to find his adopted daughter Uta together with Hongfa as promised, and helped the father and daughter untie their knots.
Seeing her daughter energetically boarding the stage set up by the red-haired pirates, and her companions cheering with light sticks, red-haired calmed down.
Here, is my family.
Holo, I won't hinder you, but I won't help you either. Do what you want!
...
"Is it the King of Heaven that Roger said?"
On the Mobidi, Whitebeard immediately thought of what Roger had said when he saw the news, and analyzed: "But that mighty brat...will never die so easily!"
During this time, he has also been paying attention to the progress of the matter and the situation of all parties. But before Ji Xing's news, an accident came.
"Father! No, it's not good! Tiki, Tiki... he's gone!"
"Huh?" White Beard snorted, looked at Yamato who was panting a little while running in front of him, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Tichi? Why didn't you disappear?"
"Just last night, I saw him last night! Everything was normal, but after one night, he suddenly disappeared this morning! He disappeared from the boat inexplicably!" Yamato's language was a little anxious and messy: "No one I know what's going on, Tiqi's room is very tidy, everyone went to the sea to check, and didn't find any traces!"
"Did you suddenly disappear from the boat..." White Beard's expression became serious: "Marco, you and Yamato investigate in the past, and don't miss any traces!"
Is it okay to lose a son for no reason? The entire Whitebeard Pirates are in motion!
...
In the deep sea, in a certain submarine.
The future black beard Tiki Dahei had a simple and honest smile on his face, panicking in his heart.
He was caught.
The reason why there were no traces in the room was because the captor made him completely unable to resist.
Is it reasonable for you, the strongest in the world who has died in recent rumors, to suddenly attack me as an unknown pawn at my father? !
It was still caught in this kind of submarine.
He felt that there was a big ghost and a big secret, but being thrown in a small cabin, he didn't dare to take any action at all, and could only wait for what happened.
At this time, the door of the cabin was opened, and a vicious-looking young man with a grass-green cockscomb hair and a nose ring walked in and threw him a needle.
"Draw a tube of blood yourself, hurry up."
Tiqi raised his head, and his simple and honest smile became more obvious: "Well, what about Lord Hollow..."
"Master Huo Luo told me not to have any additional communication with you. If you still take the initiative to speak after the warning, I can punch you a few times!" The young man held his head high and said unkindly.
Tiqi was silent for a few seconds, drawing blood obediently.
Bartolomeo took the needle, curled his lips proudly, turned and walked out—what about the white-bearded crew? Now I'm messing with the legendary world's strongest!
The past month or so has been a dream for him. He never thought that a little Xiami would get the most attention in the world, and he even said that his ability was valued.
He is grateful to Dade and follows faithfully.
The first task is very important.
He was there on the day when Punk Hazard was attacked by the king of heaven, and his barrier fruit ability was said to be absolutely indestructible, but he was almost hit hard.
Heavenly King's terrifying attack almost shattered his barrier after fighting against the strongest in the world, but fortunately, he saved some lives and helped Boss Hollow!
Holding the needle tube of Tiqi's blood, he strode towards the main cabin. When he passed by a small dark room, he tiptoed to look inside, met a pair of fierce eyes, and shrank back in fright.
"Cut...what's the air? You're just a 'dead' admiral. If I hadn't saved you that day, you would have really died a long time ago!"
With a slander, he walked into the main cabin, seeing all kinds of incomprehensible instruments in his eyes, and the bandaged Boss Hollow and Vegapunk in front of him also communicated things he could not understand.
"That... Boss Hollow, this is the blood of that Tiqi, I watched him draw it with my own eyes!"
Ji Xing turned around, nodded and smiled: "Well done, Bartolomeo."
"If there is anything else, just tell me!" Bartolomeo immediately stood at attention excitedly.
Ji Xing said, "Go to the kitchen and help."
"Yes!" Bartolomeo was very energetic.
His arrival even made Abbe feel a great sense of crisis. The communication between the two in recent days was very interesting.
When he left, Ji Xing shook Tiqi's blood, turned around and said to Vega Punk.
"Let's test this, I believe it will open our eyes."
"The strange physiques in the sea really emerge in endlessly." Vegapunk said with emotion: "The skeleton you gave me before is also the same. The cells that have been dead for many years still have a certain activity, and each cell will secrete a unique digestive energy.
This guy who was just captured also has multiple hearts? Even under the command of the world government, such special existences are rare. "
He took over the blood operation, and asked casually: "When will the other instruments arrive? When will we officially start researching the devil fruit manufacturing machine?"
"It's already in place. We are heading to the new research institute site. We can't stay at the bottom of the sea forever." Ji Xing said: "Eagle Eye informed me this morning that the devil's triangle sea area has been cleared and occupied by him."
"There? Isn't that the territory of Qiwuhai Moonlight Moria?" Vegapunk looked sideways.
Ji Xing smiled: "It's ours now, and the natural and superior environment there allows us to conduct research for a period of time with peace of mind."
He took a look at his wrist, and the fifth star was already lit by 63%.
Next, let the world think I'm dead first, so as to avoid unnecessary interference.
It's time to make some final preparations for going to the holy land of Mary Gioia and sprinting for five stars!