South Blue, Pursuers, Mechanical Island

A new year has arrived. The current time is 1514 in the Sea Calendar, six years before the Straw Hat Kid set sail.

Several months have passed since the battle that took place in the Sabaody Archipelago, but the protagonist of that battle, who was later known as the fourth Pirate Emperor, Black Wolf Sirius, has disappeared without a trace, and no one knows where he went.

Logically, now that they've arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago, their next step should be to head to the New World.

After all, the emperor should return to the emperor's battlefield to fight against the real monsters.

But there was absolutely no sign of that; they never returned to the New World.

If people didn't know that the victors of the Battle of Sabaody were the Sirius Pirates, they would really suspect that the crew had already been thrown into Impel Down by the Navy.

In fact, Sirius and his group had a very happy time during those months.

The location is a sea area in the South Blue, where the dark Sirius is floating on the sea surface.

The ocean is so vast that, unless you're on a specific shipping route, the chance of encountering another ship is practically zero.

So Sirius and his group didn't deliberately stay underwater all the time; they would often come to the surface to enjoy the sea breeze and sun when the weather was nice.

Sirius and Jack Law sat on the gunwale fishing.

Yamato sat beside him, swinging her legs as she wrote in her nautical logbook. This was a habit she had developed since setting sail, and she had already filled several thick volumes with it.

Behind them, Bepo was scratching his head, playing chess with Page One. To be honest, Page One's chess skills were much higher Bepo 'Bepo. The reason why they were playing so intensely was entirely because Page One had Ulti by his side, giving him advice.

Page One despised her, but dared not say so openly, and could only watch helplessly as his beloved older sister squandered the advantages he had accumulated time and time again.

Meanwhile, Hiyori and Maria are discussing the skills of geisha, such as playing the Shamisen, singing songs, and dancing.

Sirius and his group have been traveling in the South Blue for several months and have already landed on many islands.

I have seen many beautiful landscapes and met many interesting people.

Where to go next?

Luo's eyelids drooped lazily, as if he might fall asleep at any moment.

There's no way around it, the weather is just too nice. The warm sunshine is so comforting that it's hard not to feel a relaxed drowsiness.

"Tsukimi Island".

Sirius Road.

"Tsukimi Island?"

Jack didn't even turn his head, and asked, "What place is that?"

"It's a very interesting island."

Sirius yanked the fishing rod hard, and in the next instant, waves surged on the sea, and a huge sea beast burst out, roaring as he flung it into the sky.

What do you mean by "very interesting"?

Luo released ROOM, enveloping the sea beast within it. Then, with a casual flick of his hand, several slashes flew out, slicing the sea beast into pieces that landed on the Sirius.

It means there's a very interesting man on the island.

Sirius jumped off the ship, took the fishhook from the sea monster's mouth, and continued fishing.

Jack rolled his eyes; this was just a circular argument.

"Finished writing!"

At this moment, Yamato happily closed the notebook in his hand, and the nautical log was updated to the latest version.

"Sirius! It's time to begin your training!"

She said excitedly.

"Fine, bring it on then."

Sirius completely still, calmly saying...

"Damn it! This is utterly disrespectful!"

Yamato was furious, clenched her delicate little fist, and punched at Sirius.

Sirius didn't dodge; instead, he raised his left hand during a break from fishing, wrapping it with dark Inazuma, and easily blocked Yamato's fist from a distance.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Like hitting a punching bag, Yamato's small fists pounded repeatedly on the air in front of Sirius's left palm.

"I'm going to beat Sirius into a pig's head!!"

Yamato declared loudly.

"Watch out or I'll beat you into a pig's head."

Sirius rolled his eyes.

Would you really be willing to hurt your own face? You have no sense of chivalry.

This is a training exercise involving the Conqueror's Haki Infusion.

Sirius had read the original manga, knew that Yamato also possessed the talent to master Conqueror's Haki Infusion. Although she was the weakest among those known to have mastered Haki Coating, mastering it was still mastering it, right?

This practice has been going on for several months.

Although progress is slow, Yamato is indeed getting closer and closer to Conqueror's Haki Infusion, especially with Sirius's greatsword as an auxiliary training tool.

Sirius looks forward to the day Yamato masters the Haki Coating.

Yamato is already very strong now, definitely no less than Teacher King Jin, and she deserves the 300 million bounty the government gave her a few months ago. She is definitely at the level of a top-tier emperor's second-in-command.

If she were to master the Haki Coating technique, she would possess the strength to reach the level of top-tier experts.

At the same moment, in a certain area of South Blue, an ordinary-looking merchant ship was sailing on the sea.

"Still no news from them?"

A tall, thin, elderly man with a stern face stood at the bow of the ship, his deep gaze fixed on the horizon, and he spoke calmly.

Behind them, a man lowered his head in shame. "I'm sorry, Lord Zero, there's still no news."

"Then let's keep searching."

The man known as Zero said, "Don't keep disappointing me."

The man trembled, repeatedly agreeing, and retreated.

"But teacher,"

At this moment, a young man sitting on the gunwale casually remarked, "Are those people really in the South Blue? What if we've been searching here for nothing?"

"The Black Wolf is traveling the world."

Zero didn't look back. "Since they didn't appear in the New World, they must have crossed the Grand Line and arrived in the South Blue East Blue."

"I see."

The young man laughed and said, "I don't mind. Even if I can't find it, I can treat it as a vacation."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Zero snorted coldly, "This is the Five Elders' order. Do your best to carry it out."

What difference does it make whether you try your best or not?

The young man chuckled, "Leaving that guy in Mary Geoise is basically letting him inherit your position, isn't it?"

"It's because of your appearance that the Five Elders made this choice."

Zero finally turned around, his gaze cold even as he looked at his disciple. "Besides, that kid possesses that kind of strength."

"Yes,"

The young man sighed, "It's really frustrating. Sometimes I envy that idiot Vulture, daring to dream in the face of such a monster."

He stretched and said, "Let's cheer up and go look for it. Maybe if we catch the Black Wolf, the Five Elders will change their minds?"

Sirius was unaware that the pursuers had already reached the South Blue, and that they were none other than formidable individuals.

They have just arrived at Tsukimi Island.

"That's... Tsukimi Island?"

Luo peered through the periscope at the distant island. "It really is special!"

"It's an island of machines!"