The Whitebeard Pirates Caught in the Tide of History
No one expected that the star power of the son of the Pirate King, the strongest rookie king, and the World's Strongest Man would allow the Whitebeard Pirates to dominate and siphon off so many free pirate crews.
This has severely disrupted the balance of the New World.
Other New World pirate crews, seeing the Whitebeard Pirates' growing power, became even more tempted to join and become affiliated pirate Whitebeard Pirates of the second Pirate King.
This alarming trend has made the situation extremely serious for the World Government and the Marine Headquarters.
If this continues, the Whitebeard Pirates will truly grow into the absolute overlord of the New World.
Just like the Rocks Pirates back in the day.
The World Government's carefully crafted Four Emperors system is about to be completely unbalanced, posing a risk of unification.
The reason they 'bestowed' the titles of the Four Emperors upon these great pirates was to prevent them from uniting, causing them to fight independently and become a disorganized mess.
They don't want to see a unified New World.
This would pose a huge threat to World Government.
In fact, no one, not even the World Government or the Marine Headquarters, nor even the Red Hair Pirates or the remnants of the Roger Pirates, expected the Whitebeard Pirates to develop in this way.
Even Wang Shi didn't expect things to develop this way.
Red-Haired Shanks was a little confused; this was completely contrary to the future predicted in the prophecy.
The new 'chosen one' Straw Hat Luffy, has not yet set sail.
As a result, Captain Roger's son possessed the potential to become the Pirate King.
What exactly happened?
Did Fire Fist Ace defy fate himself?
If that's the case, then Ace truly deserves to be Roger's son.
Perhaps Ace should have eaten that fruit back then.
Red-Haired Shanks felt increasingly ashamed that he hadn't been optimistic about that Devil Fruit back then.
After all, Roger had said that his son would become the protagonist of the next era.
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The World Government and the Marine Headquarters are trying to find ways to curb the Whitebeard Pirates' expansionist trend.
The other three Four Emperors also didn't want to see the Whitebeard Pirates continue to expand.
Big Mom and Beast Kaido will never allow Whitebeard to trample on their heads, Red-Haired Shanks doesn't want to see the New World become unbalanced.
Like the World Government, they are also trying to curb Whitebeard's arrogance.
An invisible alliance spontaneously formed by the World Government, the Marine Headquarters, and the Three Emperors.
Big Mom personally went to the Beast Kaido Alliance to suppress Whitebeard's expansion.
Meanwhile, the World Government and the Marine Headquarters are actively preparing for war, aiming to completely halt the Whitebeard Pirates' expansion.
The Five Elders even contacted Red-Haired Shanks to work together to 'maintain the balance of the New World '.
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On the Moby Dick
This inexplicable expansion seems to be beyond even Whitebeard's control.
He knew that if this expansion continued, problems would inevitably arise sooner or later.
This will make them the target of public criticism and subject them to attacks from all sides.
But these sons happily accepted these powerful pirate crews and became their new subordinate captains.
Once you join the Whitebeard Pirates, they're family.
Fight for everyone's dreams.
Even though Whitebeard explicitly stated that he did not want to become the Pirate King, these pirates pinned their hopes on Fire Fist Ace, the super rookie king and son of the Pirate King.
With the help of the Whitebeard Pirates, Fire Fist Ace will eventually grow stronger and become the Pirate King.
Fire Fist Ace was both annoyed and excited. He was annoyed that Roger could actually bring him benefits.
What's exciting is that more and more powerful individuals are joining, making the Whitebeard Pirates stronger and stronger, which makes it easier for him to push his Pops to the position of Pirate King.
Perhaps they can seize the opportunity to defeat the Beasts Pirates, save Wano Country, avenge Kozuki Oden, and allow Otama and Yamato to live a better life.
"Whitebeard's Pops... When are we going to start the Pirate King war, defeat the other Four Emperors, find ONE PIECE, and become the Pirate King?!"
A large number of newly joined captains are eager to elevate Whitebeard or Fire Fist Ace to the position of Pirate King and unify the New World.
Then they can also get a share of the profits and live more freely and unrestrainedly in the New World.
They even threatened World Government and sought to dominate the entire world.
Looking at these 'new sons' who are single-mindedly focused on conquering the other Four Emperors and finding ONE PIECE.
Whitebeard was also very distressed.
I should have known better than to accept so many pirate crews.
He didn't care that there were only a dozen or so pirate crews to begin with.
After all, he already had more than forty affiliated pirate crews.
As a result, the number of pirate crews has now expanded to seventy or eighty, nearly doubling.
With too many people, it becomes difficult to manage.
"Quiet!"
Whitebeard's Conqueror's Haki filled the air, instantly stunning the noisy new captains and ambitious men.
Marco the Phoenix looked at Whitebeard with concern. The recent influx of so many pirate crews had seriously affected his Pops's rest time.
This made matters worse for my Pops's already weak physical and mental state.
Originally, these squad leaders felt that recruiting more powerful individuals was to make Ace safer.
The result, however, made Pops even more tired and depressed.
The group's boastful declarations of war left Whitebeard feeling rather helpless.
He only wants everyone to be safe and sound, not to fight for some empty title of Pirate King.
This does not align with his family's beliefs.
Blackbeard Teach looked at so many subordinate captains and felt a pang of envy.
If only I possessed great strength and influence.
Then he will definitely be able to lead everyone to seize the title of Pirate King.
Seeing his Pops being 'coerced' by the will of the crowd, Teach's expression was uncertain.
Is it possible that Pops will really be pushed into the position of Pirate King?
And then there's Ace, a candidate for Pirate King.
Teach felt that his dream was about to end before it even began.
My Dark-Dark Fruit, where are you?!
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"I'm not interested in the title of Pirate King. Wait until Ace gets stronger, then you can follow him and try to become the Pirate King."
Seeing the expectant looks in everyone's eyes, Whitebeard thought for a moment and could only give this answer.
In any case, he wouldn't easily start a war with the other Four Emperors while he's alive.
He didn't want to see anyone die.
Most importantly, with his current physical condition, he really isn't confident he can defeat Kaido and Shanks.
He could no longer sustain large-scale battles.
Upon hearing Whitebeard's words, everyone turned their attention to Fire Fist Ace.
Whitebeard officially confirmed Fire Fist Ace's position as successor.
Marco, Jozu, and Vista, the other veteran members, did not object.
With his Three-Color Haki and limitless potential, the young Ace was indeed more suitable to be the next captain of the Whitebeard Pirates.
"Pops..."
Fire Fist Ace wanted to push Whitebeard to the position of Pirate King, surpassing that bastard Roger, but now everyone wants to push him to the top.
He felt a little uncomfortable.
He also remembered his silly younger brother who always talked about becoming the Pirate King.
After thinking it over, Ace decided that in order not to disappoint everyone's expectations and not to disappoint his own heart, he would make his Pops the second Pirate King, then he would be the third, Luffy the fourth.
This will perfectly solve all the problems!
With this in mind, Ace's gaze became even more resolute.
He wanted the name of the Whitebeard Pirates to live on forever.
The Whitebeard Pirates' shouts and cheers stretched for dozens of miles.
This will make the World Government determined to wipe out this arrogant pirate crew.
Want to become king?
Let me show you the immense power of the World Government, which has stood for eight hundred years.