Above the floating Sky Island.
In the past few days, many people have been searching for Wang Shi.
The Five Elders will summon the Wang Shi to the Holy Land Mary Geoise to settle his wages, grant him the status of Celestial Dragons, and subject him to the 'test' and 'baptism' of the Holy Knight.
Figarland Shamrock Saint continued to actively court Wang Shi to strengthen the Figarland Family's faction.
The newly appointed Figarland Shanks has contacted Wang Shi multiple times, wanting Wang Shi to release Benn Beckman and the other members of the Red Hair Pirates.
Fist Garp contacted Wang Shi through a liaison officer from the Goa Empire, saying that a great pirate wanted to negotiate with Wang Shi.
After some discussion, it turned out that Dark King Rayleigh and Gaban wanted to pay a high ransom to Golden Lion Shiki and the other prisoners...
Marco the Phoenix and Fire Fist Ace, Marco the Phoenix of Whitebeard's crew, attempted to redeem Whitebeard's remains at a high price through Jinbe the Fish-Man, acting as an intermediary.
The emperors of the Underworld all want to strengthen cooperation with the powerful Goa Empire, with Doflamingo being the most proactive.
Gecko Moria also wanted Whitebeard's corpse.
The Revolutionary Army's Dragon contacted Wang Shi to exchange information about Imu and Wang Shi upcoming 'grand plan'.
Black Arm Zephyr, the new Fleet Admiral of NEO who has officially defected from the Navy, is discussing cooperation and sponsorship with Wang Shi.
They captured a large number of pirates, hoping to use the Silver Fortress under Wang Shi's command to exchange for bounties with the World Government and continue to fleece the World Government and Marine Headquarters.
Even the upright Akainu secretly called Wang Shi to discuss military funding and the competition for the position of Fleet Admiral.
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Unbeknownst to him, Wang Shi had already established close ties with so many forces around the world.
Today, Wang Shi has become a powerful figure sought after and fawned upon by people all over the world.
Don't even mention black, white, and gray lines!!
Even the Celestial Dragons, these high and mighty 'descendants of gods,' have to adjust their attitude.
Wang Shi sat upright on the golden throne, swirling his wine glass, looking at the dozens of his personal Den Den Mushi in front of him, a slight smile playing on his lips.
So this is what it feels like to be in control of the world from behind the scenes.
Power, influence, strength, wealth, life... all intertwine to form a complex and intricate web.
Isn't this much more exciting than just simple fighting and killing?
Wang Shi now feels that his position is not much lower than that of the King of the World, Imu.
Almost all the world's powerful figures and forces are connected to Wang Shi's influence.
Even the lone Hawkeye Mihawk was successfully contacted by Crocodile, and they had initial exchanges.
Wang Shi Sand Crocodile, Oshima revealed to Hawkeye Mihawk the World Government's plan to abolish the Seven Warlords of the Sea system.
Let the World's Greatest Swordsman think about and prepare for his future choices in advance.
The Tyrant Kuma, who had previously gone to rescue the Revolutionary Army, did not stay with them.
After parting ways with Ivankov and Dragon, he followed Bonney's Vivre Card all the way to the floating Sky Island.
Kuma has now been publicly stripped of his status Shichibukai by the World Government.
The latest bounty has surged by 2 billion, reaching 2.296 billion.
He's even taller than Crocodile, the guild master of the Cross Guild.
It's clear that the Five Elders and the Holy Knight truly despise this Buccaneer slave and 'Revolutionary Army cadre'.
Kuma dared to rescue the Revolutionary Army's Army Commander right in front of the Holy Knights.
This is absolutely unforgivable!
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"Daddy Bear! Daddy Bear! You're finally back!!"
"Look, look! This is my new mount, a fire-breathing rhinoceros beetle. I've named it Heaven Tyrant!"
Bonnie excitedly introduced her new pet and majestic flying mount to the returning bear.
"Heaven Tyrant is truly majestic and imposing, so Haki!"
Kuma smiled and began to praise his beloved daughter's new pet without reservation.
"That's right, that's right, I chose it at first sight. This is our destined encounter."
Bonney tilted her little face up, put her hands on her hips, and laughed triumphantly, very satisfied with her choice.
"Billy!! Charge! 100,000 Volts!!"
Nami rode on the Thunder Duck, excitedly shouting at her pet.
The Thunder Duck emitted a crackling sound of lightning and fired a lightning bolt forward, striking an ugly crocodile-evolved beast that roared in anger.
The Thunder Duck is named Billy, after the "beep beep" sound of lightning that it makes.
Nami also used her Cloud-Cloud Fruit powers to create a cloud saddle, which isolated the electric current that Billy was constantly generating.
In fact, Nami, a Logia Cloud-Cloud Devil Fruit User, is not afraid of Billy's lightning.
The white thundercloud saddle she created can also absorb and store the electric current from Billy's body.
"A mere 100,000 volts! Before me, it's nothing but a firefly!"
"Thirty Million Volts Thunderbird!"
Enel instantly killed a berserk dinosaur evolution beast with a single move; the violent lightning nearly turned the beast into charred remains.
He glanced disdainfully at these lowly beasts that had stolen Thor's power.
Nami pouted, too lazy to pay attention to the arrogant Enel; as long as she liked Billy, that was enough.
Other girls are also taming their new mounts, like Reiju's venomous rainbow spider and Maya's katana-like monster...
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With the brute Burgess being promoted to Imperial Marquess first.
This thoroughly provoked Zoro, Capone Bege, Van Augur, Bartolomeo, and others.
They didn't consider themselves inferior to Burgess; they all began intensive training and developing their Devil Fruit abilities.
They were determined to make a name for themselves in the chaotic New World.
With the Whitebeard Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates suffering defeats at Marineford, the New World is destined to descend into chaos.
A large number of ambitious and powerful pirates emerged.
Aside from the Cross Guild, which aims for the throne of the Four Emperors.
Even Ochoku, the "Pirate Godfather" who was lying in wait on Beehive Island, the Holy Land Hachinosu, was getting restless.
He wants to emerge from seclusion, seize the title of one of the Four Emperors, and bring his old friend Whitebeard Newgate's territory under his control.
The pirates on Hachinosu had been active ever since the war ended.
They were all eager to grab a piece of the pie from this feast.
The remnants of Whitebeard's crew, who had barely escaped back to the New World, were also making every effort to gather back the escaped members of their main crew and various affiliated pirate groups.
Marco the Phoenix wanted Fire Fist Ace to become the new captain of the Whitebeard Pirates.
But now, Fire Fist Ace is filled with guilt, believing that he caused the deaths of his Pops and so many family members and friends, and he is unwilling to take over the captain's position.
He also did his best to promote Marco to the position of new captain.
However, in this chaotic situation, it is not the time for a push-and-pull approach.
Seeing Fire Fist Ace in such a dejected state, Marco felt helpless, but he still did not take over as captain, instead serving as acting captain.
He also used his position as acting captain to force Fire Fist Ace to become the vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates.
The remnants of Whitebeard's crew gathered together a dozen or so loyal affiliated pirate groups, rebuilt the Whitebeard Pirates, and raised the Whitebeard flag once more.
Faced with the invasion of the Big Mom Pirates, the Beasts Pirates, and the Ochoku Pirates, they had no choice but to shrink their territory, protect their core lands, and stabilize the chaotic situation of the Whitebeard Pirates.