"That is to incite the pirates to fight amongst themselves, especially to make them personally confront the Pink Hat Pirates. Therefore, I decided that simultaneously with the release of this bounty, we will also announce a piece of news: from now on, the Pink Hat Pirates will become the fifth emperor Pirate Crew of the current era."
"The fifth emperor, Void Demon God, Rocks D. Luna."
As Sengoku's voice fell, all the Marines present revealed looks of utter horror, including Garp and Tsuru, and even Zephyr. These three old comrades of Sengoku were no exception.
They were astonished that this sea had completely descended into chaos, and even a fifth emperor Crew had emerged. However, upon careful consideration, whether it was their current strength or their future potential, the Pink Hat Pirates' current power already far surpassed a Four Emperor Crew. Therefore, rating them as the fifth emperor seemed truly reasonable.
Moreover, doing this was intended to attract other pirates, especially those simple-minded and irrational ones, to deal with the Pink Hat Pirates, thereby helping them collect more valuable intelligence.
Therefore, whether they genuinely agreed with this point or supported it purely out of strategic consideration, they all expressed approval. With virtually no one raising an objection, the matter was settled, and the Marines' major conference concluded.
Immediately following, strange, or perhaps interesting, things began to happen.
Garp immediately used the excuse of needing to find Hawkeye, leading his men away hastily, but in reality, the direction he was heading was Water Seven.
The rest of the Marines also immediately took action.
Sengoku quickly contacted the six existing Warlord of the Sea, asking them to immediately go serve as cannon fodder. Of course, he wouldn't say this directly. However, what surprised him was that he had originally expected it to be extremely difficult, perhaps even resulting in a firm refusal.
But unexpectedly, all six Warlord of the Sea he contacted agreed without exception. There wasn't even a hint of opposition or sarcasm; they all agreed readily and quickly.
This baffled Sengoku. But since they were so willing to serve as cannon fodder, Sengoku had no objections. However, feeling that something was amiss, Sengoku immediately ordered that the current location of the Pink Hat Pirates be found immediately and a remote coordinate be set.
But since it looked like a good thing no matter how he viewed it, he immediately contacted Garp, Tsuru, and Aokiji, who had already left, told them about the situation, and instructed them not to worry about it.
But Garp only wanted to go see his grandson Luffy now, so he immediately found an excuse—an excuse that even Sengoku had to believe this time—that he had discovered the traces of the four people who had attacked him, and he was currently chasing them. Sengoku thought it over and agreed, as this matter was also very important to the Marines.
But what he didn't expect was that Aokiji immediately separated from Tsuru, claiming he was worried about the Pink Hat Pirates' side, and intended to find Kuma and go together.
After Sengoku thought about it, he felt there was no problem, so he agreed.
But actually, he also went to Water Seven. As for the purpose, of course, it was to see Robin. Sometimes one has to wonder if he has some kind of loli-raising fetish... Time quickly flew by, and many things were developing smoothly.
First, a new day arrived, and The Girls were enjoying a hearty breakfast in the kitchen cabin.
Then, in order not to be exposed, Shiro immediately created a large ground-drilling machine. After the other girls and the Be Group worked together, they finally dug a massive pit 300 meters deep underground before noon.
It was a giant underground space measuring at least 1000 meters by 500 meters by 400 meters.
Here, Shiro and Dia, who had taken out all the materials, got busy. With the help of the Be Group and the robots continuously generated from the machines, the construction of the Pink Hat Pirates' ultimate pirate ship officially began.
At the same time, Luna finally took out the time training house, which had been gathering dust in the system space for dozens of days.
The Girls were instantly overjoyed when they heard about such a good place. After slightly teasing Shiro, who had started taking the blame for Luna again, they immediately went inside and began their training, rapidly improving all aspects of their strength.
Even Shiro, Dia, and the Be Group, after consultation and arrangement with Luna and the others, immediately made a careful time allocation with the shipbuilding schedule, ensuring that they could also train for several hours every day.
However, in the morning, or rather, before noon, Core Wolf and the others arrived, bringing Perona. Luna naturally ran out personally to greet them.
By the time Perona was delivered here, Core Wolf and the four others had already left. They now had sufficient supplies and were sailing immediately toward the New World aboard their original giant turtle.
When Luna came out, she just saw them leaving, but her focus was now more on Perona.
"Captain Luna, hello." Seeing Luna, who was clearly younger than herself but already a top figure in the world, Perona spoke with both respect and fear. She even lowered her parasol, immediately bowing and speaking very respectfully.
But the cold sweat dripping from her hair still exposed the fact that she was currently somewhat afraid. In response, Luna simply smiled gently, her face full of warmth.
"Do you know why I called you here? Or, to put it bluntly, why I captured you?"
Luna decided to tease Perona, so she immediately adopted the posture of an otherworldly expert, looking very much like that unfathomable bald female mage, the one wearing yellow robes.
She put her hands behind her back, grabbing one wrist with the other hand, turned around, and spoke.
"This... Perona doesn't know." Perona was now nervous and scared, but she still forced a calm smile. Unfortunately, the increasing amount of cold sweat flowing down her forehead, hair, and back still gave her away.
"There are three requirements for joining the main crew of our Pink Hat Pirates: one, youth; two, beauty; and three, professional ability. If you have these three points, strength can be temporarily disregarded."
Luna also emphasized the joining conditions for their Pink Hat Pirates again, especially for the main members.
"Currently, you already satisfy the first two points. Beauty, you have it, and I can tell that you definitely haven't exceeded 30 years old. So, what about professional ability?"
"Ah, I can cook. My cooking is very delicious. And I am also a Navigator; I have at least some navigating ability."
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