The World Government's affiliated nations conference and the Shichibukai meeting would be held at the same time. No matter how one looked at it... everyone understood that the World Government was preparing to make a major move.
Especially after the World Government uncovered two spies planted by the Land of Grass, and news spread that the King of the Land of Grass's stepson had been arrested, every force across the seas immediately understood... the World Government was ready to declare war on the Land of Grass!
As the World Government's actions became increasingly frequent, the atmosphere across the entire sea grew tense. Even the Four Emperors' struggle for supremacy seemed to have come to a halt. The Great Pirates stopped their campaigns, intending to first see what changes would occur in the balance of the seas.
On an island in the New World.
After the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates fell one after another, the Shichibukai Blackbeard Pirates joined this struggle for supremacy.
However.
Because his original plan had failed, Blackbeard still had not obtained the Devil Fruit he wanted. Even amid the seas of the Great Age of Chaos, he could not gain an absolute advantage, dominate the seas, and swiftly become a new emperor of the sea.
Of course~
As a Shichibukai force, the Blackbeard Pirates were not to be underestimated.
"Zehahahaha~, a clash between the two top forces on the sea?" Blackbeard—Marshall D. Teach—stuffed the cherry pie in his hand directly into his mouth and let out an excited yet strange laugh. "This is truly too interesting~, is the Great Age of Chaos really about to arrive? I wonder who will win?"
"Blackbeard, should we attend the Shichibukai meeting? That Land of Grass doesn't look so simple~," Lafitte said from the side. "And I