One Piece: Starting with the enslavement of Wano Country!

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Its massive body flicked its forked tongue, looking down at the people below.

Lei Luo's lips curled up; he had almost forgotten that this guy still had quite a bit of gold inside him.

"Jin, kill it!"

“No problem, Mr. Lei Luo!” Jin drew his sword, spread his wings, and charged toward the Lord of the Sky.

The Sky Lord's so-called defense was utterly ineffective against Jhin, who sliced ​​it in two with a single strike.

Gold kept falling from the severed body, staining it red with blood. Stussy's eyes gleamed with gold, and he immediately wanted to pick it up and put it into the Doorway World.

Lei Luo shook his head speechlessly; this woman was truly insatiable.

"Stop picking it up."

Turning to Englararic and Matitau, he instructed, "Take the gold and wash it. Afterward, put it on the 'Azure Dragon.'"

"Yes, First Mate." The two siblings responded in unison, and immediately went up to take the gold to be cleaned.

Kaido then approached Leylo and raised an eyebrow: "Leylo, can we start the banquet now?"

Lei Luo smiled and said, "Of course."

A dragon's roar that shattered the clouds arose, and Kaido dragged King away to find prey.

There was indeed plenty of food on the "Azure Dragon," but nothing tasted as good as fresh meat.

Quinn built a campfire.

Before long, the Englararic siblings returned after cleaning the gold, loaded it onto the "Azure Dragon," and then carried down fine wine and tableware.

At this moment, the god of the Sky Island, Gan Fall, looked at the giant dragon soaring in the sky and chose to turn a blind eye.

He discovered this group when they came last time; their power was terrifying, and he thought the Sky Island was about to fall.

As it turned out, they only went to the Golden Country and then left.

Let them be; after all, these uninvited guests didn't kill or set fires.

Take all that gold if you want; it's just a pile of rotten metal.

Kaido and King returned laden with spoils; the animals of Skypiea were doomed to encounter them.

Lei Luo resumed his agonizing barbecue.

Kaido and King were already quite good at eating, and now Queen and Engelaric have joined in as well.

He miscalculated; he should have looked for some cooks in Water Seven.

Kaido ate the meat with gusto, occasionally raising his cup to drink with the others.

Kaido stuffed all the meat in his hand into his mouth and chewed with relish: "Rello, the meat you grill is still the best. The dry rations we've eaten along the way and the meat at the last banquet are not as good as what you make."

"Alright, that's enough." With that, he tossed the grilled meat in his hand to Kaido.

Kaido chuckled as he took the meat and began to eat. Indeed, the meat cooked by the first mate was delicious.

Jin also removed all his disguise; here he didn't need to be on guard at all.

The banquet was indeed conducive to fostering relationships, especially with the funny fat guy Quinn there to lighten the mood.

Before long, Englararik and Mattitau, the siblings, overcame their initial timidity and joined in.

They ate meat and drank wine with smiles on their faces.

As I laughed, tears began to fall uncontrollably to the ground.

It's so great to have met them!

Kaido frowned. "Cheer up, this is a banquet."

"Yes, yes, I'm happy." The two siblings quickly wiped away their tears, but they couldn't stop them.

Lei Luo raised his glass to the two siblings, gesturing for them to pick up their glasses, and smiled:

"It's all in the past. From now on, you're part of the Beasts Pirates. With us here, you won't be bullied anymore."

"Yes!" The two siblings nodded emphatically, then drank the wine in their glasses in one gulp.

Lei Luo smiled, drank his wine, and went back to grilling meat.

In the second half, everyone had almost finished eating, and Lei Luo was pulled away by them to drink.

Lei Luo didn't want to just drink with them; it was too boring. So he turned around and went back to the "Azure Dragon" to get the dice.

Stusi and Matitau weren't as fond of drinking as the men. As the only two women on the ship, they chatted together.

Despite her greed, this woman is quite clever; she's adept at reading people and situations.

He easily built a close relationship with Mattitau. He didn't know what they talked about, but Mattitau's eyes lit up and she looked at Stussy with admiration.

While Raylo might not be the best drinker, when it comes to rolling dice, without using Observation Haki, all of them combined can't beat Raylo.

They were all quickly shaken to the ground, and Lei Luo smiled as he looked around at everyone.

Time to go to the new world!

Chapter 23 A Remarkable Era

The first half of the Grand Line.

The sun was shining brightly, and a sea breeze was blowing.

A massive pirate ship, flying the skull and crossbones flag, was slowly moving forward on the sea.

On the deck, three deck chairs were lined up in a row.

Kaido, Raelo, and Stussy were lounging on beach chairs, basking in the sun and occasionally sipping juice.

Jhin stayed at the lookout tower, monitoring every move on the sea; Quinn was conducting experiments; and Englararic was navigating the ship.

Mattitau ate the Encouragement Fruit given to her by Leilo and is getting used to its power; her brother, Old En, is her test subject.

With Mattitau waving his flag, Old En's steering became even more imposing.

As for Kaido and his two companions, the captain, first mate, and first mate's secretary/treasurer did not have to do any work.

Having Stussy as treasurer feels like having a monkey guarding a peach orchard – it's absurd. But they have plenty of money and aren't afraid of Stussy spending it.

Kaido took a sip of his juice and casually asked, "Rello, shall we go to Fishman Island for the coating next?"

Although he was the captain, he habitually asked Lei Luo for advice. Thinking wasn't his forte, so he left it to the first mate.

Lei Luo stretched and shook his head slightly: "It's too troublesome. Our ship is so big, just coating it will take a long time."

At this point, Kaido realized, "Are we going to tow the ship across the Red Line like we came, just like before?"

Lei Luo smiled and said, "Yes."

Waiting for the coating process is too passive; why choose a complicated method when there's an easier one?

Lei Luo had a complete plan: first, he would go to the New World to recruit soldiers.

The money, now we have it.

Weapons? Money buys weapons, especially with Quinn researching them.

In terms of combat power, although Kaido did not reach his peak, Oden did not reach his peak either.

Everything is ready now, all that's left is to recruit people.

With so much money, hiring people is a simple matter. In this era of fierce competition, how many people can't even afford to eat?

After recruiting and training for another year or two, with the encouragement fruit to aid their training, their effort level will be almost two hundred times that of the hard-working king.

During this period, the strength of himself, Kaido, and King needs to be improved as soon as possible.

With Kaido as their top-notch mentor, there's not much to worry about in terms of improving their strength.

A sly glint flashed in Kaido's eyes: "Then you'll take him over this time. I was the one who took him over last time."

So it turns out people really do laugh when they're speechless.

What kind of captain is so petty?!

At that moment, Jin spread his wings and flew down from the watchtower, handing the newspaper in his hand to Lei Luo.

This was something Raylo specifically instructed Jin to do; he had to buy the newspaper every day to better understand the situation at sea at that time.

Lei Luo took the newspaper from his hand and began to read it.

"The great pirate Roger destroyed the army of the ××× country. Marine hero Garp led his army in pursuit, cornering Roger and driving him into a desperate situation, but Roger managed to escape!"

"The great pirate Whitebeard defeated the great pirate XXX, and the island where the battle took place was devastated."

"The Flying Great Pirate Shiki the Golden Lion has become increasingly rampant, plundering the Celestial Gold from multiple member states. The World Government has issued a strong condemnation."

As I read through the messages, they were almost all about the three major pirate crews.

Occasionally, there are also news about Charlotte Lingling, Wang Zhi, World Destroyer Bondi Wald, Eight Treasures Water Army Green Pepper, and other people.

"We've truly entered a remarkable era..." Lei Luo closed the newspaper with slightly complicated feelings.

With heroes rising up everywhere, the world's heroes are as numerous as carp crossing a river!

No wonder they are called the three legendary pirate crews; all other pirates are completely overshadowed by the brilliance of these three pirate crews.

In other words, it was the madman Bundy Wald who managed to carve out a little bit of presence from the chaos through his unbridled destruction.

Kaido leaned closer, looked at the closed newspaper, and arrogantly raised the corners of his mouth: "One day, our Beasts Pirates will also be famous throughout the seas!"

Seeing Kaido's confident demeanor, Lei Luo laughed along: "Of course, the name of our Beasts Pirates will resound throughout the entire sea sooner or later!"

He intends to push Kaido to the throne of Pirate King, or even King of the World.

For now, we need to proceed step by step. First, we need to find a springboard to expand our power before invading Wano Country.

Lei Luo pondered in his mind which countries or islands had not yet been adorned with the skull and crossbones flag by these great pirates.

He's not going to the New World to fight these legendary pirates; he needs time to develop steadily.

Soon, Leilo thought of an excellent place: Baltimore.

That's the place where Franky was later blasted away; it's Vegapunk's birthplace, and the island still preserves the research institute of this world's most powerful mind.

Although Quinn worked with Vegapunk, he was far inferior to him.

Franky spent two years there, learning from Vegapunk, and still managed to grow to that level. Quinn happened to be there, studying his technology.

Moreover, the area is covered in snow all year round and the climate is extremely cold. As the saying goes, "bad people come from poor mountains and bad waters," so the selected crew members would not be bad in combat.

King from the lookout tower flew down again and reported, "Mr. Kaido, Mr. Leylo, a pirate ship has been spotted ahead. It's the Blood Blade Pirates, and the captain's bounty is 180 million."

See? That's what professionalism is!

You don't need to ask what kind of pirate crew King belongs to, or how much the captain's bounty is; he reports it all at once.

"Just a piece of trash," Kaido said, getting up and opening his dragon mouth, ready to unleash a burst of dragon breath.

Lei Luo picked up the juice from the table and shoved it directly into Kaido's mouth, extinguishing the flames that had just begun to ignite within him.

"Rello, what are you doing?" Kaido swallowed his juice, looking puzzled.

Lei Luo lay back on the deck chair and said lazily, "You're the captain, don't always think about doing everything yourself, okay?"

Kaido pondered, "That seems to make sense."

Lei Luo smiled and said, "Let Jin handle this kind of minor character."

Kaido agreed and lay back down: "Indeed, King, it's up to you."

"Okay, Mr. Kaido."

Just as Jin's wings unfurled, he was restrained by Lei Luo, who then shouted towards Old En, who was at the helm:

“Englalaric, bring the ship closer, you two siblings, come with Jhin.”

Calm waters cannot breed excellent sailors. If even he and Kaido have to take action at this level, what's the point of having these crew members? Besides, fighting is the best training!

"Yes, First Mate!" Old En replied loudly to Lei Luo, then steered the "Azure Dragon" to approach quickly.

The "Azure Dragon" wanted to get closer, but the opposing pirate crew had other ideas. Their cannons spat out flames, and a barrage of cannonballs came crashing down on them.

With its wings outstretched and flames rising behind it, Jin unleashed a fiery dragon that lunged at the cannonball with bared fangs and claws.

The shells hit the fire dragon and exploded in mid-air, sending sparks flying and shrapnel flying everywhere.