One day, a News Coo, as if it had seen a ghost, shrieked and dived down from the sky. It dropped a stack of the latest newspapers and a few brand-new bounty posters on the deck, and then fled at a speed three times faster than it had arrived, as if staying for another second would get it crushed into a meat paste by the terrifying auras on the ship.
"Oh? New bounty posters?" Gatz curiously picked them up. When he saw the contents, his eyes widened like bronze bells. "Oh my god!"
Everyone gathered around. When they saw the somewhat blurry, hastily printed, yet still domineering portraits, the deck erupted in sky-shaking laughter and gasps of amazement. The bounties of Rocks, Newgate, Linlin, and the others had once again seen an explosive increase after the G-5 Branch incident.
[Rocks D. Xebec: 2,000,000,000 Beli]
["Whitebeard" Edward Newgate: 1,800,000,000 Beli]
["Big Mom" Charlotte Linlin: 1,600,000,000 Beli]
The bounties of these three had far surpassed most of the famous great pirates on the sea, directly ranking them among the top tier, making them the most dangerous threats in the eyes of the World Government.
And what shocked the world even more were two brand-new bounty posters. The first was a photo of Wang Zhi. In the photo, he was drunkenly leaning against a wine gourd, his eyes hazy, looking harmless.
["Drunken Fist" Wang Zhi: 1,500,000,000 Beli]
[Crime: Former major figure on the seas, whereabouts unknown for many years, now confirmed to have joined the Rocks Pirates. Extremely dangerous!]
The second was Gloriosa. In the photo, she was valiant and heroic, her eyes cold, with the palace of Amazon Lily in the background.
["Fire Flower" Gloriosa: 1,300,000,000 Beli]
[Crime: Former Empress of Amazon Lily from three generations prior, terrifyingly powerful, suspected of mastering advanced Conqueror's Haki, now confirmed to have joined the Rocks Pirates!]
The moment these two bounty posters were released, the entire sea was in an uproar. Wang Zhi and Gloriosa, these two names had appeared on Rocks's ship at the same time! For a time, Marine Headquarters, the World Government, and the Holy Land of Mary Geoise were all plunged into unprecedented shock and panic. One Rocks was already enough of a headache for them. Now, he had gathered Whitebeard, Big Mom, Wang Zhi, Gloriosa... This was no longer a simple pirate crew; this was a monster alliance composed of a group of future hegemons of the seas, powerful enough to shake the foundations of the world!
"Wahahaha! One and a half billion! Looks like this old face of mine is worth quite a bit!" Wang Zhi looked at his bounty poster and took a satisfied swig of wine.
Gloriosa just glanced at hers and lost interest. To her, these empty titles were far less important than what Ren was making for the next meal.
Rocks collected everyone's bounty posters. He stood at the bow, facing the sea breeze, looking at his group of unruly yet incredibly powerful comrades, a world-scorning smile on his face. "Alright, boys!" His voice was as loud as a bell, echoing through the sky. "The World Government has sent us the best congratulatory gift! But for us, this is just the beginning!"
He extended his hand, pointing toward the boundless, magnificent distance. "Let those marines and Celestial Dragons continue to tremble in fear! Our advance will not be stopped for anyone!"
"Our journey is the sea of stars!"
"OOOH!"
Amid the sky-shaking cheers, the Behemoth let out a low rumble. Like an ancient beast that had broken all its chains, it carried a group of future hegemons of the seas and sailed resolutely toward the New World!
The Behemoth, the steel beast forged by the World Government's top technology, had now become the cradle for a group of future hegemons of the seas. Its voyage was so stable it was less like a ship and more like a moving island gliding across the sea. Even the unpredictable storms of the first half of the Grand Line couldn't make it sway in the slightest.
Daily life on the ship, after the initial novelty wore off, gradually evolved into a series of high-intensity, teeth-grinding internal competitions. That afternoon, the regular program was staged again on the deck—Wang Zhi and Newgate's drinking contest. The two of them, each holding one of the largest oak barrels seized from the G-5 Branch, sat cross-legged opposite each other. Seven or eight empty barrels were already rolling at their feet. The sun beat down on the deck. The air was thick with the rich aroma of rum and two faint, almost tangible auras of Haki.
"Hic... Whitebeard, you can't hold your liquor. You're drinking slower than me," Wang Zhi said, his eyes hazy with drink, his cheeks flushed, his tongue a little clumsy, but the barrel in his hand didn't stop for a moment.
"Gurararara... you brat, you're probably just pouring all the wine into that broken gourd of yours, aren't you?" Although Newgate was also red in the face, his eyes were still clear, and his voice was as loud as a bell.
On the other side, Linlin and Gloriosa's training was also in full swing. The cause was the dessert Ren had made after the meal: a cloud-like soufflé made with sky-island honey and strange spices from the South Blue, drizzled with a seven-colored syrup. The two of them had argued over whose piece was bigger, which eventually evolved into a contest of strength.
"Emperor Sword: Blade of Havoc!" Linlin gripped Prometheus, and the giant flame blade, carrying a world-burning heatwave, chopped down at Gloriosa. Gloriosa's eyes were cold. She didn't dodge. Her seemingly slender arm was covered in a layer of ink-black Armament Haki, and she actually met the attack with a hand-blade. BOOM! The collision of flame and Haki created a dull roar. The scorching heatwave slightly blackened the surrounding deck. After one blow, they both retreated, leaving two dents of different depths on the alloy deck.
"Good strength, but your technique is too crude," Gloriosa commented coldly.
"Hmph! Your Haki is pretty hard, but you're too small. Not enough for me to hit!" Linlin retorted, not to be outdone.
In a corner, Gatz was being pinned to the ground by Silver with his spear shaft. He wanted to learn Silver's phantom-like footwork, but was told that "your weight would make your stealthy steps sound like thunder," and was thus subjected to a brutal agility training session.
And the source of all this chaos pointed to the man crouching by the ship's rail, holding a small notebook, a look of utter despair on his face—the shipwright, Dolum.
"The mainmast's energy resonance index exceeded the limit three times this morning, and five times this afternoon... if this continues, it's going to learn how to generate its own lightning..."
"There's metal fatigue on the port side alloy armor, a crack 0.3 millimeters long, caused by the aftershock of Miss Linlin and Lady Gloriosa's punch clash... this is the seventeenth crack this week..."
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