Amazon Lily, located in the Calm Belt of the first half of the Grand Line, also known as the Island of Women, had a small population of just over ten thousand.
But transferring all of them to Wano Country in the New World, the New Amazon Lily, would still take considerable effort.
After all, the largest ships at this stage could only carry about a thousand people.
To transport all those tomboys from Amazon Lily, even using the largest ships, would require more than ten vessels.
Therefore, this formation naturally attracted a lot of attention.
Fortunately, everyone in the world now knew the relationship between Tritoma, the new captain of the Kuja Pirates, and Makoto, so no one dared to cause trouble.
But people couldn't help but wonder: why were so many Kuja Pirates ships sailing together to the New World?
And it wasn't just the Kuja Pirates.
When Gloriosa, Shakky, and the others, who had been semi-retired, led this massive female army past Fish-Man Island…
They followed Makoto's advice and sent a message to Neptune and his newlywed wife, Queen Otohime, asking if they wanted to settle in Wano Country.
After all, Amazon Lily's population wasn't large... even if they all moved into Wano Country, they would barely occupy just the Flower Capital.
Leaving all that other land empty would be a waste.
Makoto suddenly remembered… hadn't the fish-men always wanted to have a territory on land?
For this reason, Queen Otohime would submit this proposal at every Reverie in the original work.
Logically, since Fish-Man Island paid so much Heavenly Tribute every year and had no Marine protection, giving them land was only reasonable.
But the World Government simply acted inhumanely.
Just as they had strung Harald along, they kept the fish-men dangling.
In the end, even after Queen Otohime died, even after the Warlord System was abolished, even as the rule of the entire World Government was crumbling…
Damn, the fish-men still hadn't gotten a piece of land on the surface.
Upon hearing this news, Neptune almost couldn't help but kneel down to Makoto.
A thought crossed his mind, 'Why not just withdraw from the World Government and fully align with Makoto-sama?'
In the end, after discussions between Neptune, Queen Otohime, and the others, they decided to leave only a small number of their people behind to guard Fish-Man Island, while the majority would relocate to Wano Country.
Oh no, the New Amazon Lily.
Those left behind were basically the extremists who hated humans, similar to future Arlong, Hody Jones, and their ilk.
With this, the size of the migrating group became even more staggering.
In addition to the Kuja Pirates, nearly a million fish-men were collectively relocating to the new Amazon Lily.
This huge formation once again captured the world's attention.
And the large pirate crews now sailing the Grand Line also heard this news.
However, whether it was Shiki's Flying Pirates Fleet or Linlin's Big Mom Pirates, they all turned a blind eye.
Having only had a few years of peace, they didn't want to provoke the freak that was Makoto.
The Whitebeard Pirates naturally learned of this matter as well.
Marco, the future commander of the First Division who was still an apprentice pirate at the time, glanced at Oden and his pregnant wife Toki in the back, then quietly said to his teammate beside him:
"The direction the Kuja Pirates and the fish-men are relocating... seems to be..."
The other Whitebeard Pirates' crew members remained silent.
They had also heard that the relocation destination of the fish-men and the Kuja Pirates was precisely Wano Country, since they had all been there.
The Whitebeard Pirates were all considering whether to tell Oden about this.
In the end, Marco and the others didn't dare to act rashly and reported the matter to their father.
Newgate, who had now earned the title [Whitebeard], was silent for a long time.
Finally, his response was… "Let him be."
In the future, Whitebeard was willing to fight the Marine Headquarters to the death for Ace.
But that depended on the situation.
Fighting the Marine Headquarters, although there was a gap in power, at least there was a chance of winning.
Fighting Makoto… do you want to die?
Furthermore, what if Makoto was just going on a trip?
Well, saying that, even Whitebeard himself didn't believe it.
But the problem was, that was all he could do.
He hadn't wanted to take in Oden, that troublesome person, in the first place. Having taken him in and made him Commander of the Second Division was already going above and beyond.
If he also had to sacrifice the entire Whitebeard Pirates for him, Whitebeard was absolutely unwilling.
And Whitebeard's men basically followed their father's wishes.
After all, some crew members were already somewhat dissatisfied with Oden… damn, everyone who joined the Whitebeard Pirates recognized Whitebeard as their father, so why should you get to call him brother?
In short, the Whitebeard Pirates' attitude was… hide it from Oden for now, and take things one step at a time.
Then, just continue singing and dancing as usual, pretending they knew nothing.
…
Another month passed.
All members of Amazon Lily and over ninety percent of the fish-men successfully landed on the new Amazon Lily.
After seeing the natural defenses of Wano Country, Neptune sighed, "This place is much safer than Fish-Man Island."
Makoto told Neptune, "The Flower Capital is for the Kuja people. Men are forbidden to enter. You fish-men can divide the rest of the areas. Is that alright?"
Neptune, not daring to complain, quickly bowed to thank Makoto.
"I understand! I understand! Thank you very much, Nishikawa-sama!"
Queen Otohime also bowed slightly to express her thanks.
At this moment, this mermaid queen's belly was slightly bulging, clearly pregnant.
This made the expressions of the girls behind Makoto somewhat strange… looking at the size difference between Neptune and Queen Otohime, they couldn't help but wonder how they did that.
Neptune suddenly remembered something and said to Makoto, "Nishikawa-sama, our fish-men recently produced a very skilled fortune-teller. She predicted that twelve years from now, my wife will give birth to a very beautiful mermaid princess. At that time, we would like to offer her to Nishikawa-sama as a mistress."
At these words, the faces of the girls behind Makoto darkened.
'Damn, another newcomer is coming, right?'
Makoto waved his hand and smiled.
"We'll talk about it then."
Under Makoto's arrangement, Wano Country was renamed the New Amazon Lily.
The capital, Flower Capital, was for the original female pirates who had lived in Amazon Lily to settle. The remaining major regions were divided equally among the hundreds of thousands of fish-men.
As for the original residents of Wano Country, Makoto didn't kill them all.
Many were transferred to Udon and Onigashima, where the Beasts Pirates had settled, to be sent there as laborers.
Afterwards, everyone lived in the New Amazon Lily for some time, having a good rest.
Then, they decided to set sail again.
Mainly because Makoto remembered something else.
Namely, there were still some Devil Fruits in this era that could be obtained.
For example, the most offensively powerful Logia-type… the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
If it weren't for Oda blatantly giving Luffy a handicap, there's no way Luffy could have beaten Enel.
Even if rubber is immune to lightning, there has to be a limit.
It's like water being able to put out fire, but can you put out a firestorm with a single basin of water?