Operation

Although the overall structure of the New World has not changed much, there is simply one more Sea Emperor.

However, the impact was significant, and the Dark Emperor ascended to the throne earlier than expected.

The ambitions of most maritime overlords to become emperors were thwarted, and their power was caught in the middle of various maritime emperors. How could one become emperor? The only way was to kill a Sea Emperor and then replace him.

A large portion of the southern part of the New World is home to several maritime overlords, and numerous forces have gathered there.

With the Night Pirates ceasing their eastward expansion, this territory is perfectly capable of accommodating a Sea Emperor.

However, with Wano Country present, it's impossible for Sea Emperor to emerge here. Wano Country wouldn't allow it, even though Wano Country's power on the sea isn't significant. Wano Country's waters are just a small area centered around Wano Country, with only a few islands.

However, the power of Wano Country is enough to deter most forces.

The vast areas at the front of the New World are unsuitable for the emergence of Sea Emperor. If a power base is established there, it will inevitably suffer severe blows from the navy, becoming a shield for other forces against its power.

It's only a matter of time before the navy returns to the New World.

However, no one qualified to replace the Sea Emperor has yet emerged.

With the situation gradually stabilizing, it has evolved into a situation where the Sea Emperor are high above and detached from the affairs, while the maritime overlords dominate their respective regions but constantly face challenges from newcomers who covet the position of hegemon.

These powerful rulers were taking the fall for the Sea Emperor, while the Sea Emperor was also rapidly developing, expanding its power, and increasing its influence.

The Beasts Pirates are consolidating their territory, recruiting and training members, while simultaneously seeking expansion and seizing more land.

Furthermore, it possesses Queen, a world-class scientist, and a powerful scientific research force that combines the strength of an entire kingdom and even the entire Beast Sea.

Queen has ample funds to showcase his talents and conduct the research he desires. The longer Queen researches, the more terrifying his findings become, and the greater the boost to the Beasts Pirates will be, living up to his name as a "disaster."

The Big Mom Pirates expanded in another way, constantly having children and using blood ties to increase the power of the family and even the pirate crew.

The children with great potential grew up quickly, while the remaining, more mediocre ones, who inherited Big Mom's bloodline, also had far greater potential than ordinary people. Once they grew up, they would all have the strength to be worth at least one or two hundred million Beli.

With such a large base, the combined strength is also very powerful; there is no shortage of mid-level combat power, in fact, there is plenty.

Meanwhile, the Big Mom Pirates are also expanding their influence through marriage alliances. The forces that the Big Mom Pirates can form marriage alliances with are all well-known forces in the New World, pirates, or kingdoms representing special races.

Big Mom's potential power and influence are constantly expanding, and she is actively recruiting strong individuals willing to join the Big Mom Pirates.

Unfortunately, their numbers are pitifully small. This is probably due to prejudice. Because Big Mom is a woman, most pirates are men who are unwilling to submit to a woman. And women don't like Big Mom's casual approach to having children.

Therefore, very few outsiders are willing to join the Big Mom Pirates.

This may explain why Big Mom expands her power by proliferating her family.

Even at this point, none of them wanted to fall behind.

After Whitebeard's battle with the Dark Emperor, the Night Pirates retreated continuously, giving up all their territory except for the Notting Sea Domain.

While this behavior may seem surprising, it's not hard to understand. Regardless, the Night Pirates have made a huge profit, both in the Notting Sea Domain and in terms of fame.

Seeing this, the Whitebeard Pirates took the opportunity to reclaim these territories.

It's worth mentioning that during this time, Kaido of the Beasts suddenly came to cause trouble for Whitebeard, and after fighting Whitebeard for six days and six nights, he lost his fighting ability and fled, falling into the sea and disappearing without a trace.

However, everyone knows that Kaido of the Beasts did not die. A few days later, Kaido was retrieved from a certain sea area by the Beasts Pirates and returned to his own territory.

Provoked, Kaido's path of self-destruction was far from over; instead, it escalated further. Just five days later, he left his own territory and came to the Sky Kingdom of the Flying Pirates to provoke and wreak havoc.

Having been so arrogant and destructive on the territory of the Flying Pirates, how could Golden Lion Shiki let him off so easily? With the addition of the other powerful members of the Flying Pirates, Kaido simply couldn't hold out and was unable to resist. He was defeated after only two days, exhausted and captured alive.

The Flying Pirates underestimated Kaido. Two days later, Kaido seized an opportunity to break his Seastone chains and escape in the form of a blue dragon.

This is Big News Morgans in the world, especially since Kaido provoked two Sea Emperor one after another and was ultimately defeated and fled, which still demonstrates his terrifying strength.

Meanwhile, a plan targeting the navy was also put into action.

High in the sky, a spacecraft is flying rapidly, heading from the New World to the first half of the Grand Line.

Inside was Douglas Bullet; airplanes and submarines are completely different experiences.

After seeing the Flying Pirates' flying machines, Bullet became interested and secretly stole Flying Pirates technology.

As Paramecia -type Devil Fruit User synthesize, Bullet is a super engineer. Whenever he comes across a flying machine, he can use his ability to understand the structure of the machine and how it works.

Furthermore, with its own capabilities, it can completely replicate and produce as long as it has the materials, and even synthesize and upgrade them using its existing technology.

So Bullet was very comfortable, sitting on a sofa, piloting the plane and watching the clouds constantly passing by the window.

In his hand was an Eternal Pose that pointed to an important grain-producing area for the navy, where the suitable soil and climate could produce large quantities of grain.

There were 12,000 navy personnel, or "hostages," that he wanted, 10,000 of whom were for farming, and the remaining 2,000 were for garrison duty.

"Really! Has the Navy really sunk to the level of farming?" Bullet said with some disdain, thinking about the information he had obtained from Hott.

Finally, the Eternal Pose moved; it began to shift downwards, meaning the Bullet had reached its destination.

"Have we arrived?" Bullet smiled, but there was no excitement in his eyes, as the Marine Headquarters on the island held no appeal for him. "However, let's give it a try first."

The plane made a sharp turn and then flew straight down.

As it drew closer to the naval food base, the aircraft visibly changed shape, revealing the silhouette of Bullet.

Under the influence of the Fusion-Fusion Fruit, the aircraft reverted to inorganic matter, enveloping Bullet's right arm like a silver liquid, forming a gigantic fist imbued with Armament Haki, causing the entire "fist" to expand further.

It was too fast, and without a strong person, no one could detect the Bullet; all that could be heard was the whooshing sound of the wind.

The next moment, boom!

A deafening explosion shook the earth violently, as if an earthquake had struck, and the ground even shifted.

A violent hurricane struck from the center of the island, stirring up large amounts of sand and dust that spread in all directions, which the weak marines were no match for.

Bullet's powerful punch created a huge crater in the center of the island. The terrifying force caused the entire island to shatter into pieces and collapse downwards.

The marines were completely caught off guard and had no idea what was happening; they were in a state of utter confusion.

The next moment, a terrifying, Asura-like Conqueror's Haki erupted instantly, spreading outwards from the center of the island, and a red aura visibly expanded.

Most of the navy was instantly engulfed, overwhelmed by the Conqueror's Haki, their eyes rolled back, they lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.

With this series of actions, the island was completely captured, leaving it no room for resistance.

"How boring." Bullet curled his lip. Now that he had used his ability, he controlled the entire island. The soil on the ground was churning, and the land that the Navy had worked so hard to cultivate was completely destroyed.

Under Bullet's control, unconscious marines were linked and bound by chains he created.

Bullet selected only 10,000 of the navy personnel, and he meant exactly 10,000.

The other two thousand marines were easily "captured" by Bullet, covered with large amounts of mud, and suffocated to death without resistance.

As for why he did this, it was naturally to provoke the Navy. Only in this way would the Navy send out even stronger forces to let him fight to his heart's content.

Having made prior preparations, he had no worries. The more men the navy sent, the greater the losses would be. As for being captured by the navy, that wouldn't be so easy.

Bullet could have easily escaped if she wanted to, and at that point, the Navy wouldn't have been able to stop her.

Perhaps out of a twisted sense of humor, Bullet spared the strongest figure on the island—the commander who guarded it—without killing him, but instead inflicting severe injuries that rendered him unconscious.

Bullet was counting on him to tip off the Navy! Although the Navy would find out sooner or later, Bullet hoped that Marine Headquarters would know as soon as possible.

On the island's shore, a massive submarine had already been built by Bullet, and the ten thousand marines were haphazardly piled together in a chaotic manner, stored in the submarine's Curry.

Compared to airplanes, submarines are undoubtedly better, and Bullet is more skilled in them. Moreover, with 10,000 people, whether the synthesized aircraft can even fly is still a big question.

"Haha, it's about to begin!" Bullet exclaimed excitedly, thinking about the upcoming battle. He took out a gilded card from his pocket and flicked it lightly.

The card flew out instantly and got stuck on a boulder that Bullet had deliberately created. On the island that had been leveled, it was very conspicuous and could be seen at a glance.

The buildings and warships on the island have all been turned into raw materials for Bullet to manufacture submarines.

He could already imagine the Navy's furious and grim faces, but he was unconcerned.

With a light leap, Bullet jumped directly into the submarine and opened a passage large enough to accommodate his body. Soon, the massive submarine sank into the sea, heading towards the New World.

Shortly after Bullet left, a blood-stained hand emerged from the ground.

"What... what happened?" A questioning, trembling voice asked, a blank stare fixed on the island that had been completely transformed.

As far as the eye can see, it's all flat. Where are the people? Where are the buildings? Where is the farmland? Where have they all gone?

A sense of despair and fear rose in my heart. I knelt on the ground, motionless, like a stone statue, and tears streamed down my face.

After a long while, he came to his senses, as if he had thought of something, lowered his head, and weakly took a Den Den Mushi out of his pocket.

The Den Den Mushi suddenly slipped from his hand and fell to the ground. He couldn't even hold onto the Den Den Mushi, his body trembled, and he collapsed to the ground.

Most of his bones were shattered, and his survival was due to his superhuman physique. He would need a long period of rest to fully recover.

Despite the pain, he shakily raised his arm and turned on the Den Den Mushi.

Soon, the Den Den Mushi opened its eyes. "Burp burp! This is headquarters. How can I help you?"

"I... I am Brigadier General Jon. Grain Base No. 3 is gone." Even now, he still can't believe it.

"What? What do you mean? Explain yourself." The Den Den Mushi perfectly mimicked the other person's joking manner.

"Something's happened at Grain Base No. 3! Quickly notify Fleet Admiral Sengoku!" Jon's thoughts had been in turmoil since he woke up, but he was still clear about his duty. "Send people over here immediately! The grain base is gone, and I'm the only one left on this island. We don't know where everyone else is."

Jon said angrily, his tone very forceful.

Judging from Jon's tone, he didn't seem to be joking. The importance of grain bases to the Navy is self-evident, especially the important grain bases, which are the ones with the first few numbers.

It seems something really has happened.

"Yes, please inform the Marshal immediately!"

Even if the intelligence is false, the Inspection Department will naturally take action. He only needs to do his job and promptly inform his superiors of the intelligence.

Soon, the intelligence reached Sengoku.

"What! Send people immediately!" Upon hearing this information, Sengoku had a bad feeling. The naval personnel sent to guard the grain base were all carefully selected.

But it was precisely this that made his heart tighten. Only one person? The food base was gone? What did this mean? It was unimaginable; it was an absolutely enormous loss for the navy.

"It's truly horrific!" Nearby naval forces had arrived at the island, and numerous corpses were being unearthed from the mud. They had all been seized by immense force and suffocated to death, with mud filling the mouths and noses of many marines.

The person who does this is absolutely cruel.

The Admiral "Kizaru" Borsalino, sent by Sengoku, has arrived. Looking at the scene below, he is not his usual self, but rather serious.

Although he was somewhat unreliable, he never let anyone down in crucial moments and always upheld justice in his own way.

"Looks like we're in trouble." The golden card was already in his hand; it looked like an invitation, but it was actually a challenge.

Before Borsalino's eyes appeared the figure that had disappeared from this sea many years ago.

Recalling the news of Bullet's appearance on Fist Island, I didn't expect it to be directly targeting their navy.

"Let the Marshal worry about it." With that, Borsalino transformed into a beam of light and flew swiftly towards Marine Headquarters.

Marine Headquarters hadn't expected so many important meetings to be held during this period.

However, unlike before, this time the content is entirely targeted at their navy.

"Damn Bullet! If you want a challenge, just say so! Why resort to this kind of method!" Sengoku was furious, his terrifying aura erupting uncontrollably. The food base was destroyed, all their previous efforts were lost, and they had to start all over again, not to mention the sacrifice of two thousand marines.

The other naval forces were also furious.

The full contents of the challenge letter left by Bullet have been released.

He offered 10,000 Marines as hostages in an attempt to rescue them, and Marine Vice Admiral Garp was to go to Bastola Island alone to fight him, or else he would kill them outright.

This is a threat, a blatant threat, and they have no choice but to accept it.

"It must be because they don't trust the Navy," Novoya thought to himself. "The battle is taking place in the New World. If it were in 'Paradise,' they would definitely be surrounded and wiped out by the Marine Headquarters."

In reality, they all knew they wouldn't do as Bullet demanded. For the Navy, Bullet, alone, presented a golden opportunity to capture this enormous threat.

"Calm down. Those are the lives of ten thousand marines. This matter cannot be publicized; we need to operate in secrecy," Tsuru said earnestly.

"Yes, not only must we rescue these ten thousand marines, but we must also imprison this Heir of the Devil in Impel Down."

"Then let Garp go first, and then secretly rescue those 10,000 marines while Bullet is off guard, and finally coordinate the arrest of Bullet!"

Soon, the rules and objectives for the next operation were established.

Operation 497