To be honest...
The strength of Big Mom Pirates is indeed formidable.
However, no one here ever thought they could break into Mary Geoise, yet this incredible feat was achieved by a newly emerged pirate crew.
Even...
Their wanted orders appeared for the first time, already surpassing all the Four Emperors' Pirates at sea, each member's bounty far exceeding that of any current Four Emperors...
"Did Kaido go?"
Charlotte Lingling still clutched the newspaper tightly in her hand, her mind a bit chaotic, she even started muttering to herself: "If that brat Kaido went alone, wouldn't he suffer? He's bound to suffer, right? Wouldn't he get caught..."
"..."
Charlotte Lingling's children were a bit at a loss.
At this time...
Why is their mother still concerned about Kaido?
Moreover...
How old is Kaido anyway?
Why does their mother still call Kaido, as if he were a younger brother, that brat? Is she still imagining it's thirty or forty years ago?
But...
That lunatic Kaido...
Might really go looking for trouble with that pirate crew?
In fact.
Kaido really is a madman.
This most insane among the Four Emperors punched to death Charlotte Lingling's messenger and immediately transformed into a divine dragon heading towards the First Half of the Grand Line...
The cadres of the Hundred Beast Pirates were almost scared stiff upon receiving the news of Mary Geoise's downfall, a group of senior officials continuously tried to contact Kaido...
Now, they just hope their boss Kaido could answer the Radio Snail, don't act too impulsively, the opponent's strength might not be that simple...
Unfortunately...
The Radio Snail never got connected.
Kaido is still rushing on the road searching for the Konoha Pirates...
In comparison to these emperors of the sea...
The behavior of the Seven Warlords of the Sea seemed rather peculiar.
Windless Zone, Snake Island.
This is Amazon Lily Kingdom.
Because the Amazon Kingdom is located in the Windless Zone, it naturally has a barrier preventing invasions, making it a kingdom with few enemies.
Of course.
This does not mean the strength of the Amazon Kingdom is weak.
The Amazon Kingdom far surpasses many countries in power, as it is a nation where beauty is defined by strength, the women of the country always believe the strongest woman is the most beautiful, and only the most beautiful woman can become the Amazon Queen.
Amazon Palace.
A woman of unsurpassed beauty was trembling incessantly.
This woman is the Queen of Amazon Lily, Boa Hancock, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, known for her beauty and strength as the 'Empress.'
A newspaper lay beside this woman, with the glaring headline about the fall of the Holy Land Mary Geoise, it's this news that kept her from calming down, perhaps due to resurfacing past fears, or maybe past terrors dissipating continuously.
"I want to... join that pirate crew..."
Hancock's arm clutched the sofa armrest tightly, trembling as she made her request: "You... organize a abdication ceremony for me immediately..."
"Hancock, calm down."
An old woman leaning on a cane tapped the floor, her voice somewhat old yet earnest: "Such a powerful pirate crew can be extremely dangerous, I once joined a crew filled with powerful individuals, every member was a notable figure of this era, and that pirate crew even targeted the Celestial Dragons, but ultimately everyone fell apart due to internal strife, fighting for petty profits..."
"I understand..."
Hancock stood up, trembling.
"But..."
"I still want to go!"
Hancock clenched her fists, walking on the floor in high heels, her eyes flashed with determination and defiance: "You old geezer left the throne to join a pirate crew, I can do it too!"
"You'll regret..."
The old woman, leaning on her cane, wanted to continue persuading her.
However...
The old woman suddenly felt her body flying away!
Boa Hancock had an extremely fiery temper, directly kicking this old woman out!
Once, in her childhood, Boa Hancock had become a slave of the Celestial Dragons, always lived in fear of the events of those years, even recalling the Celestial Dragons brought fear, she never expected Celestial Dragons could be overthrown...
Longing...
An arising admiration.
In this world, there are always people who can't achieve certain things, who admire the strong who can.
Of course.
There are also those who hate these strong individuals.
For instance...
Those who happen to have enmity with the Konoha Pirates.
Former Seven Warlords of the Sea, Sand Crocodile Crocodile.
Even if the entire sea was shocked by what the Konoha Pirates had done, the Five Elders did not spare Crocodile, heaping the blame for the Alabasta Golden Palace incident on his head.
Besides that...
The Five Elders wanted to take this opportunity to kill someone, to reestablish the World Government's prestige.
If they want to establish prestige, this person's reputation must also be big enough; Crocodile's past reputation was big, his strength not too strong, yet he got involved in something his strength shouldn't have...
Of course.
Crocodile's bounty soared directly.
"3.08 billion Belly..."
Crocodile's face didn't look too good.
Am I...
really worth such a high bounty?
Though Crocodile didn't care much about the bounty, taking the blame feels truly unpleasant...
"World Government bastards..."
Crocodile, with a cigar in his mouth, sat on a small boat's deck, sneering as he read the newspaper: "To cover up the truth of history... they pinned the blame of the Golden Palace on me... hmph, you go fight it out with the showy idiots of Konoha Pirates..."
"..."
Daz Bonez hesitated for a moment, then sighed: "The World Government might not even have the power to capture that crew..."
"That crew's strength is indeed not weak..."
Crocodile nodded, finally seeing the power of the Konoha Pirates.
No, wait...
Something seems off?
Crocodile suddenly realized a problem.
How did his bounty suddenly become so high? Even surpassing the reputation of a former Shichibukai, a bounty over thirty billion almost comparable to the Four Emperors!
As a pirate with a brain, Crocodile suddenly figured something out, he definitely wasn't the mastermind behind the Golden Palace, at most he attempted to usurp the Alabasta throne, such a charge couldn't be so high...
But now...
What does the World Government need...
After Mary Geoise was breached by a pirate crew, the World Government must do something to reestablish their prestige, to let most pirates and would-be rebels understand that the World Government still has enough power to suppress the world!
That is to say...
The World Government urgently needs a chicken for the "kill a chicken to scare the monkey" tactic.
Just at this moment, the sails of five warships appeared in Crocodile's sight, one of which was the flagship of an Admiral...
"You don't have the guts to catch those bastards of Konoha Pirates..."
Crocodile quickly figured out all the ins and outs, cursing out loud: "Yet you come to me to show your might! Do you think I'm easy to bully!"