Winds of Change

"The Reinforcement Energy is too low."

Xia Qiu ate the corpses of Wapol, two of his men, and seven or eight guards, then shook his head in dissatisfaction.

The Reinforcement Energy provided by these people was less than half that of any one of Blackbeard's four henchmen.

It wasn't a small amount compared to ordinary pirates, but it was no longer enough to satisfy him.

As Xia Qiu slowly strolled back from the port, a figure approached Xia Qiu as soon as she entered the courtyard. "President, Zala has ascended the throne."

"I already know."

Xia Qiu received the information from Mr. Christmas, but she wasn't too happy. After all, there had been signs of it long ago, and it was rather pointless anyway.

Let Zala hide in that country. Without Wapol, he can come back for Mr. Christmas to carry out some covert missions.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing."

Xia Qiu had someone bring Kalifa in and looked at her, saying, "Starting tomorrow, I want you to begin teaching me Tekkai."

"Tekkai?"

Kalifa paused for a moment, then asked, "But our agreement is that we can only teach you the next move after you've mastered the shave."

"I've mastered shaving," Xia Qiu said with a smile.

"That's impossible."

Upon hearing this news, Kalifa looked at Xia Qiu in disbelief and asked, "You..."

"He has indeed mastered the shave technique," Lucci suddenly said from not far away.

"How is that possible?"

Kalifa stared, mouth agape, still somewhat incredulous, then looked at Lucci and asked, "So, what's next?"

Lucci heard this, he hesitated, as things were not quite what he had expected.

Once you can learn to shave, you can learn the other Six Powers. Geppo and Paper Arts might be a bit difficult, but they shouldn't be an obstacle.

Then, a deeper level of Life Return may not be impossible to achieve.

Thus, their delaying tactics turned into helping the enemy increase their strength.

Furthermore, with over two months having passed and no CP0 arriving, the optimal time for investigation has already passed.

Therefore, Lucci was somewhat unsure whether to continue waiting and let him learn more of the Six Powers.

But Lucci still held onto a sliver of hope, intending to Life Return as the final limit to create more time for himself to survive.

After all, the news that a Giant Beast capable of Haki and Six Powers arts dreams of conquering the world is too shocking and must be spread as soon as possible.

"All right."

Kalifa sighed and said, "I'll teach you how to use Tekkai."

Xia Qiu and Heckle listened to her story together.

Xia Qiu's second choice of the Six Powers was Tekkai. He originally intended to choose Geppo, but Geppo was more difficult than Shave.

Shave is mostly done on both feet, while Geppo is mostly done on one foot, and involves stepping on the air, requiring a higher frequency and strength.

My weight is too great, and with my current physical condition, I cannot support myself walking in the sky.

Therefore, Xia Qiu plans to choose the others first, putting Paper Arts after Geppo, and then Tekkai, Shigan and Tempest Kick, learning them step by step.

The Tekkai wasn't of much use to me, since my defenses were already extremely strong after multiple enhancements.

Its own scales are tougher than tungsten steel, and its muscles are as defensive as iron.

The Tekkai is formed by channeling power into the body to achieve iron-like defense.

Xia Qiu was curious about how strong his body would be if he infused it with power.

That's pretty much it.

Nami stood in front of Whitebeard, looked at him, and said softly, "Now Ace has become that Giant Beast's subordinate."

"Gula la la, how interesting."

Whitebeard laughed and said, "A Giant Beast actually took Ace under its command."

Marco asked with some surprise, "A talking Giant Beast that even created a powerful organization, are you sure there's only one?"

Marco wasn't surprised by the talking Giant Beast; he'd seen various half-human races, such as the Mink Tribe, Fish-Man Race, and Giant Race. He'd also seen non-human races speak—the president of the World Economy News Paper was a giant seagull.

But they are a vast race, and it takes more than one person to create a powerful force.

It seems unbelievable that a Giant Beast could do this.

"I only saw a Giant Beast."

Nami said, "He is extremely strong. Even Blackbeard's abilities are ineffective against him, and he easily killed Blackbeard."

"Yeah?"

Whitebeard raised an eyebrow and then said, "Blackbeard's national advisor ability couldn't hurt him? This Giant Beast is interesting."

"Dad."

Nami looked at Whitebeard and said, "Captain Ace will have to stay under the Giant Beast's command for the next four years."

"It's only been four years."

Whitebeard smiled and said, "Four years is enough to repay the debt of four lives. Moreover, he also upheld the dignity of our Whitebeard Pirates."

"All right."

Nami nodded, then said, "Then you should try to persuade Jinbe. There's a powerful group on Fish-Man Island plotting a rebellion, and we informed him. But he said he couldn't find any evidence to convict them, let alone take direct action. He only said he'd talk to him. Father, Fish-Man Island is your territory, isn't it? Aren't you going to talk to them?"

"Nami, you know that Fish-Man Island is my territory."

Whitebeard laughed and said, "Don't worry, no one will dare to make a move there."

"But..."

Nami was about to say something when Whitebeard waved his hand and said, "There are some things we cannot easily interfere with."

"Then I'll head back, Father." Nami nodded and asked for permission.

"Okay, go ahead."

Whitebeard waved his hand.

Marco watched Nami leave, then smiled and said, "He dared to make Ace his subordinate; he has quite the ambition."

"So I had a feeling."

The Whitebeard said with a smile, "It won't be long before I see him."

"Robin's Giant Beast has appeared too?"

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku frowned as he looked at the paper in front of him.

"That's right, someone saw Robin's Giant Beast appear," the green-haired man in front of him replied seriously.

Ten days ago, Ace and Blackbeard fought a great battle in Mock Town on Jaya Island, turning the entire island to ashes and killing many people.

Those people were pirates; their deaths are no big deal.

But what was the outcome of the battle? Who emerged victorious, Ace or Blackbeard?

When it comes to the Whitebeard Pirates, Sengoku dares not relax his guard in the slightest.

Furthermore, the latest investigation reports that someone has seen Robin's Giant Beast form.

What did Robin do in this whole affair?

"Continue the investigation. Notify the government intelligence department to focus the investigation on Robin and the Giant Beast, centering the investigation on Alabasta and Jaya Island," Sengoku ordered.

Two years and a half years later, the Giant Beast appeared in Alabasta. Four months ago, it killed a Vice Admiral and has now returned to Jaya Island.

The habitat of the Giant Beast and Robin must be in this vicinity.

Moreover, CP9's Lucci also went missing along this route.

Crocodile's death, and the duel between Ace and Blackbeard.

What exactly happened on this route, and why were there such big changes?

Sengoku that there must be a big conspiracy going on here.

"I'll do it right away."

The green-haired man immediately left to relay the order.

However, at Marine Headquarters, a tall figure was reviewing intelligence reports and said, "She appeared on Jaya Island and returned to the fourth route. If nothing unexpected happens, this route should be her base. Robin, what are you doing? I let you go back then, but I never expected you to cause so much damage to the Marines. I have no choice but to take action myself to make up for my mistake."

Aokiji stood up, stepped out of the room, and felt the sunlight rushing towards him.

"Why."

Aokiji said with some distress, "I'm going to have to do some more troublesome things."