Wolfish Ambition

With Luffy's husky-like personality, he might actually be able to hear the Voice of All Things.

After losing to Blackbeard, Shanks had joined Cross Guild to protect himself.

Even he and Luffy together had been unable to defeat Blackbeard. Now that Luffy was gone, if he did not find a solution, his territory would sooner or later be swallowed up by the ambitious Blackbeard.

With Shanks joining, this hastily assembled refuge organization had suddenly become the strongest force in the New World.

It alone had four Emperor-level fighters, not to mention countless other top-tier combatants.

At first, Cross Guild and the Marines had placed bounties on each other. Now, bizarrely enough, Cross Guild's strength was truly no weaker than the Marines led by Akainu...

"Damn it! I'm obviously the founder of Cross Guild, so why can even that loser Shanks, who just joined, bully me?!"

Inside Cross Guild, Buggy, the nominal chairman, had been chopped into pieces by Hawk Eyes. His bruised and swollen head was pinned beneath Golden Lion's foot.

Alvida, Mr. 3, Mochi, Riki, Kajibi, and the rest of Buggy's old subordinates could not bear to watch and turned their eyes away.

Unlike those brainless fanatics Buggy had rescued from Impel Down, they knew exactly how much water there was in this "Four Emperor" Buggy.

He was full of nothing but water, without a shred of substance.

When Buggy was getting beaten up, their best choice was to pretend they had seen nothing. Otherwise, they would get beaten up too.

"Shut up, you clown! Shanks doesn't need your permission to join. We settle things by strength here."

"If you can beat this old man, you can put this old man under your foot whenever you like." Golden Lion lifted Buggy's head and mocked him.

"Damn it! How dare