The Situation

With such a large-scale operation by the Night Pirates, how could it be kept secret from other forces? Moreover, Pagila Island is a melting pot of people, and it's quite normal for other forces to have spies there.

Soon, most factions received intelligence that the Night Pirates were about to expand and launch another war.

As one of the World's Strongest, the Night Pirates' every move attracts attention. The Whitebeard Pirates and the Demon Pirates, whose territories border the Night Pirates, have begun to mobilize their forces, knowing that war is inevitable.

The Night Pirates' renewed expansion was not unexpected for other forces; in fact, they had been preparing for it for some time.

For example, the Whitebeard Pirates have two divisions and five affiliated pirate crews stationed there, constantly on guard against the Night Pirates.

Conversely, they were somewhat surprised, not expecting the Night Pirates to be so patient, remaining silent for a year before taking action.

The Night Pirates machine was in operation, with officers being dispatched one by one to lead the Night Pirates' army.

The Night Pirates now number a staggering 60,000 pirates, and that's just the number of the Night Pirates members.

In the New World, many pirates come every day drawn by its reputation to join the Night Pirates. As long as they pass a test, they can naturally join.

Combined with the overall atmosphere of the Night Sea Domain, these members are quite powerful.

The expansion of the Night Pirates is necessary.

Unlike the Whitebeard Pirates, Teach did not interfere in the affairs of the islands within his territory, but merely dispatched members to patrol the seas or handed them over to his affiliated pirate crews for rule. This indirect management method was foolish and could not maximize benefits.

This is why, after Whitebeard's death and the defeat of the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates' territory was easily taken over by the Blackbeard Pirates. The forces within the territory, seeing that the Whitebeard Pirates were a thing of the past, easily switched sides, like weather vanes.

This is human nature; submitting to the strong is also the mainstream in the New World.

This also shows that Whitebeard's rule was not actually stable; it was only superficially strong and based on Whitebeard's powerful strength.

Aside from Whitebeard, the Whitebeard Pirates' power was simply insufficient to rule over the vast seas.

What he wanted was complete control over the territory. If the entire Night Sea Domain was Teach's empire, Teach was the emperor of the Night Sea Domain, then the Night Pirates were the empire's army.

How can an empire be ruled without a powerful army?

Should they adopt a system of local self-governance like the Whitebeard Pirates?

It's out of the question.

Being a member of the Night Pirates is not just an identity; they are also a combination of multiple identities, including sheriff, police officer, soldier, guard, and law enforcer.

As time goes by, the entire Night Sea Domain will coalesce into a single entity.

A purely pirate mindset is inadequate for adapting to the environment of the Night Pirates, or to their current and future situation.

Therefore, quite a few people were purged, punished, or expelled from the Night Pirates.

Teach doesn't need pirates who run rampant with the backing of the Night Pirates.

Just like Whitebeard's son, Squard, a member of his pirate crew, a foolish guy who easily believed the enemy's divisive tactics during the Paramount War and betrayed Whitebeard.

He himself was a wicked pirate who committed all sorts of evil deeds.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have provoked the Roger Pirates, and the entire crew except for him was wiped out.

After that, with the Whitebeard Pirates as his backer and his status as Whitebeard's son, he stirred up trouble.

Teach looked down on him and didn't need such a subordinate. Whitebeard valued family ties, but Teach found it foolish to indulge his son so much; it wasn't a sustainable approach.

If you really want to build a large family, it's better to have your sons give birth to grandchildren for you sooner, thus expanding the family size and strengthening ties through blood ties.

The internal purge of the Night Pirates was necessary. This not only made the Night Pirates cleaner but also greatly increased their prestige in the Night Pirates Night Sea Domain.

At the same time, Teach is also training new members, like training an army.

Compared to recruited members, those trained in-house are undoubtedly more likely to maintain loyalty. Moreover, with large-scale training, everyone starts on a level playing field, and talented individuals will clearly stand out.

Throughout the Night Sea Domain, a large number of orphans were gathered and trained using near-military management methods to enhance their strength.

The older crew members, after a few years of training, can completely rebuild themselves and become ordinary members of the Night Pirates. From then on, if they want to become stronger, they will have to rely entirely on themselves.

Younger children are more malleable and can be trained for a longer period of time.

Neither the Marine Six Styles nor the training methods for Two types of Haki are secrets within the Night Pirates.

Despite the arduous training, they had no complaints about the Night Pirates. The Night Pirates provided them with ample food, a way to become stronger, and even a belief.

As for the useless ones, those who lack willpower will be eliminated early on.

The Night Pirates don't need useless people.

This world has no shortage of orphans. In the chaotic sea, how many families have been torn apart and people have died? The Night Pirates, on the contrary, gave them hope for life, so that they would no longer have to live a life of aimlessness.

Although this world has abundant resources, it is still difficult to survive if you lack strength; you may be bullied by others or trafficked by human traffickers.

Living alone, even fishing, can be dangerous; there are wild beasts in the mountains.

The training takes place on several special islands in the Night Sea Domain: Gravity Island, Extreme Cold Island, and Beast Island.

Gravity Island, as the name suggests, is an island with strong gravity. This island has a special magnetic field and contains strong gravity. The gravity is stronger the further you go to the center of the island, reaching up to twelve times the normal gravity.

The Extreme Cold Island is like an Ice Island, with extremely low temperatures and biting winds. Training on the island can temper one's will.

Finally, there's Beast Island, home to many ferocious beasts, though not as terrifying as those on the Beast Island in the Calm Belt.

The orphans' training basically started on the Extreme Cold Island, then moved to the Gravity Island, and finally to the Beast Island.

Those who emerge from this are all quite capable.

Many members of the Night Pirates also enjoy training on Gravity Island, where they find it to be more effective.

The stronger ones are either on Beast Island or Thunder God Island.

Today, Thunder God Island, which Teach once visited, is now the territory of the Night Pirates, or rather, within the Night Sea Domain.

One after another, the dragon-headed pirate ships belonging exclusively to the Night Pirates gathered together, rolling towards the edge of the Night Pirates' territory like a torrent.

The single-headed dragon pirate ship, the double-headed dragon pirate ship, and the three-headed bone flag flying high all look very spectacular.

In an instant, the Dark Kaguya Night Pirates' executives, including "Snake King" Mobius, "Iron" Wallace, "Bone Demon" Kaguya, and "Emperor Crocodile" Slada, led their Night Pirates members, marching towards conquest with battle songs in hand.

In an instant, a whirlwind of events swept through the southern part of the New World, creating a tense atmosphere due to the actions of the Night Pirates.

With such a massive lineup, it's impossible to hide the Night Pirates' intentions. Everyone understands that they're not joking; the Night Pirates are undoubtedly serious.

This made the already chaotic New World even more chaotic, and also put enormous pressure on major forces such as the Whitebeard Pirates and the Demon Pirates.

The Whitebeard Pirates knew that with the forces they had deployed on the borders of the Night Pirates, it would be difficult to stop the Night Pirates' expansion.

The war in the Chaos Sea has reached a critical moment, with all the major powers having entered the fray. Whitebeard and Golden Lion have joined the fray early on, vying for territory in the Chaos Sea.

Key territories, resource-rich islands brimming with huge profits, are their primary targets for contention.

At this critical moment, Whitebeard cannot leave until the Chaos Sea stabilizes. If he leaves, the territories he occupies in these Chaos Sea will be like a toothless tiger, swallowed up and divided by other forces.

It will take a lot of effort to retake it. We can't just give up territory that we've worked so hard to occupy so easily.

All I can say is that the Night Pirates seized the opportunity at the perfect time; it was a completely open and aboveboard scheme.

However, it is impossible for the Chaos Sea to stabilize in a short period of time. It will take several years to achieve this. Many territories will still be fiercely contested. Moreover, stabilizing the seas would mean truly annexing these occupied islands and dividing up spheres of influence.

Unless the Whitebeard Pirates can reach an agreement with other forces to divide up the Chaos Sea.

But that's even less likely. Many forces are dissatisfied with their current territories and would be happy to Whitebeard Pirates they're down.

In fact, some forces have already begun to take action, deploying troops close to the islands occupied by the Whitebeard Pirates, preparing to seize these islands.

The Night Pirates are destined to tie down a significant portion of the Whitebeard Pirates' forces, which in turn will weaken the Whitebeard Pirates' power in the Chaos Sea, presenting them with an opportunity.

This was clearly not good news for the Whitebeard Pirates, greatly increasing their pressure. While increasing their forces against the Night Pirates, they also became more vigilant in the Chaos Sea, secretly guarding against attacks from other forces.

This is a protracted war. Teach is stationed on Pagila Island and Saint Louis Island. Ostensibly, Rediat is also heading to the battlefield with the departing fleet to prevent any unforeseen events. However, he rarely takes action unless he encounters a very powerful enemy.

Ares was interested in fighting, but he was unwilling to sit in the middle of such childish battles until a truly powerful opponent appeared. He would rather use that time to find an opponent to fight properly or to train and improve his strength.

If there's a real need, Teach will let him know.

Besides the Chaos Sea, the situation in the New World also changed somewhat during this year.

After a long period of silence, "Moonlight" Moria has undergone a great transformation in strength. Since his rebirth, he has swept across dozens of surrounding islands, forcefully defeated many Great Pirate, and established his illustrious reputation.

Moria's current strength is not considered weak among the overlords.

More importantly, Moria's three subordinates, the three "resurrected" veteran overlords, John, Silver Axe, and Ochoku, although their strength has weakened, have indeed been resurrected and still possess their own thoughts.

This is shocking. Besides these three veteran overlords, there are other Great Pirate who should have died, but they have also been resurrected.

At this moment, everyone remembered the tomb raiders who had never caught the murderer. Now it was clear that the murderer was Moria.

Why is this happening? It's clearly the effect of Moria's Devil Fruit power.

However, it wasn't that overpowered. In a short time, it investigated the situation of the three deceased veteran overlords, finding that their strength was less than one-tenth of what it used to be, and their Three Types of Haki had also declined significantly.

They pose no threat whatsoever to the Four Emperors.

However, the following top-tier pirate crews pose a much greater threat. Even though their strength is reduced to less than one-tenth, these three veteran overlords still possess overlord-level power.

It's unclear how Moria managed to halt or slow down the decline of these three overlords' bodies, but that was already the limit.

With such abilities, Moria is not to be underestimated. Now, with the guidance of three veteran overlords, his strength has greatly increased, and the overall power of the Moonlight Pirates has also been greatly enhanced.

Then there's the newly crowned overlord, "Acid King" Chris, Acid-Acid Fruit user with terrifying destructive power. He also occupies a large territory, owning more than thirty islands.

Finally, there were the apprentice pirates of Roger Pirates, Shanks, who founded the Red-Haired Pirates, and Buggy, the Clown Pirates, who stormed into the New World three months after the end of the Kendo Tournament.

While attracting countless eyes, they faced enormous challenges in the New World, decisively defeating many Great Pirate and establishing a firm foothold New World.

Even Whitebeard praised Shanks for possessing the demeanor of Pluto Rayleigh in his youth, and Shanks was indeed trained by Rayleigh.

As for "The Clown" Buggy, no one dares to treat him like a clown. The terrifying power of the Split Fruit, this top-tier Paramecia Devil Fruit, is no weaker than the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Without a doubt, Buggy has the potential to become the next Whitebeard.

With a single punch, Buggy shattered the sea, the land, and even the air into square blocks.

It can even easily make a warship disappear into thin air.

Whether it's macroscopic or microscopic splitting, Buggy is already very skilled at developing the Split Fruit.

It possesses immense destructive power, capable of wiping out an entire pirate crew with a single punch.

The two pirate crews separated after entering the New World, each occupying a decent territory. Both crews had strategists capable of planning their journeys.

Besides the captain's great strength, the crew also includes powerful officers, such as Beckman, who serves as the first mate, and Carlos also has a great reputation.

Two young, Great Pirate are already showing signs of becoming overlords and are rising rapidly.