Time Flies, Seven Days of Development

Confucius said, "Time flows on like this river, never ceasing day or night!"

—From the Analects

Confucius said: People who come seeking death are like a flowing river, never ceasing day or night.

Cough cough... I made a mistake.

It should be...

Confucius stood by the river and sighed, "Time flows by like the river, day and night without ceasing."

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In reality, time is just as Elder Kong said: time flows like water and passes in the blink of an eye.

Including the day they arrived in this world, Wu Tong and his group have been in the One Piece World for about a week now.

Although a week doesn't sound like a long time, a lot happens in that short period.

Ever since that day, when I helped Nami and her sister reunite with Bellemere.

After resting for a day, Wu Tong and his group embarked on their journey through the One Piece World once again.

Meanwhile, since Nami has become one of their own, Nojiko and Bellemere have also joined the trip.

Of course, there were also the shameless group of Garp and his crew who followed Wu Tong's ship in their naval warships, claiming they wanted to be Wu Tong's guides.

That's what they say, but Garp's true intentions are impossible to hide. Everyone knows what he's really thinking: he just wants to follow Wu Tong first and see if he can win him over.

Although Garp had his own ulterior motives, Wu Tong didn't care, since he also wanted to recruit the Navy's members.

If Navy Hero like Garp could act as a bridge to connect them, that would be ideal.

Furthermore, with Garp around, Wu Tong wouldn't need to personally deal with pirates or similar threats.

This is pure bliss for a lazy bum like me!

Therefore, Wu Tong tacitly approved of Garp and the others following him.

Seven days is not a long time.

Wu Tong and his group did not go very far.

In total, we only visited places like Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, and Whiskey Peak; the rest of the time was spent drifting at sea.

It has to be said that life on the sea is really boring. If it weren't for the occasional scatterbrained pirates coming to relieve their boredom, the women might have gotten sick from boredom.

However, this monotonous life was just right for Wu Tong; he even wished it could be like this every day.

After all, every day is just eating, sleeping, chatting, and sunbathing...

It's fair to say that the life Wu Tong has been living these past few days has been the perfect laid-back, carefree life he's always dreamed of.

Of course, seven days is not a short time.

During this period, Wu Tong and his group encountered several characters from the original storyline:

The world's Great Swordsman, Hawkeye Dracule Mihawk

Fleet Marshal Sengoku the Sengoku the Buddha

Princess of the Alabasta Kingdom, Miss Wednesday of Baroque Works, Nefit D. Vivi

Ohara Survivor, Devil Child, Miss. all Sunday, Nicole Robin

And Fujitora Issho, the future Admiral who has not yet joined the Navy.

With Garp's guidance, Sengoku, though arriving later, was the first to meet Wu Tong.

While in Loguetown, Sengoku had already arrived and met Wu Tong.

After their encounter, Sengoku also tried to recruit Wu Tong into the navy.

However, thanks to Wu Tong's excellent eloquence, he was persuaded to surrender after only a few words.

As for how they persuaded him to surrender?

Wu Tong stated that this mainly relies on information asymmetry:

First, he took Sengoku to space, casually destroyed a planet, and demonstrated his power to lay the foundation for cooperation; then he gave Sengoku a copy of the videos of peace and stability in various worlds; a promise to help deal with the World Government; a promise to help fight pirates; and a "pie" of an infinite future with Infinite dimensions and Infinite worlds...

After a series of combined attacks, Sengoku was completely overwhelmed by Wu Tong's sweet talk. Subsequently, under the instigation of Garp, the mole, he accepted the subsystem of the Soul Net System and completely joined Wu Tong's camp.

That's right, it was Garp, the mole.

As for when Garp joined?

Isn't that simpler?

After all, compared to Sengoku, who relies on intelligence, Garp, who is brainless, is much easier to fool. On the third day of Garp's arrival on the ship, Wu Tong had already convinced Garp to be one of his own.

Even after becoming one of their own, Sengoku didn't stay long, as the duties of a naval Marshal were simply too numerous.

In addition, he wanted to test the opinions of the naval commanders regarding the World Government, intending to clear away obstacles before the start of the war.

So, after joining Wu Tong's camp, he said goodbye and left after only a few words.

As for Fujitora Issho and Hawkeye Mihawk, Wu Tong also met them in Loguetown.

Fujitora Issho is a wanderer who travels around and gambles. His appearance in the East Blue this time is just a coincidence.

Hawkeye, on the other hand, came to the East Blue specifically to challenge the mysterious Swordsman (Wu Tong).

Their presence in Loguetown was merely to collect supplies from their sea voyage.

After all, the time he spent adrift at sea had exhausted all the supplies on his ship.

Although he could obtain supplies by hunting pirates, the world is so big, how could Hawkeye possibly encounter pirates every day? Therefore, with income not enough to cover expenses, he could only come to Loguetown to replenish his supplies.

Wu Tong was startled when he saw the two people.

However, after regaining his senses, he had the idea of recruiting them.

After all, Hawkeye is a pure swordsman and Issho is a future admiral, and neither of them has any issues with their character.

He has impeccable character and is also very capable.

If I don't try to recruit him, Wu Tong probably won't let me off the hook (he's a collector).

So, after giving Fujitora a "Sengoku Combo", Wu Tong won Fujitora over.

After engaging in a Sword Dao sparring session with Hawkeye, satisfying Hawkeye's desire for a duel.

Wu Tong also used the dazzling Sword Dao of the Myriad Realms as bait to lure Hawkeye onto his pirate ship.

Thus, Sengoku, Garp, Hawkeye, and Issho—four of the top combatants in the One Piece World —were brought under Wu Tong's control.

As for Vivi and Robin, they were prisoners captured by Wu Tong after he killed the group of bounty hunters at Whiskey Peak, and they now work as maids on the ship.

Its main responsibility is to provide various services (legitimate services) for Wu Tong and his group.

The victor is king, the loser is villain!

Vivi and Robin had no objections and obediently took on the duties of maids.

(Vivi and Robin: It's not that we don't want to resist, it's that we simply can't resist!)

A group of people of unknown strength, plus three Admiral-Yonko Level combatants (Hawkeye, Garp, and Issho), tell me, how are we two weak women supposed to resist such a group?

There's nothing we can do but accept it!

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