Unfortunately, Wang Shi's Toki Toki no Mi ability couldn't interfere with the effects of abilities activated by its previous user.
Otherwise, Wang Shi would have caused a little trouble.
He could have released Momonosuke and the others early and let Beast Kaido have some fun with them.
However, although Kozuki Toki was dead, the ability she had used on Momonosuke and the other four could still continue.
It was like people turned to stone by the Pirate Empress. Even if she died, the petrification effect would remain.
That was the terrifying nature of advanced Devil Fruit abilities.
Clearly, the Toki Toki no Mi's power belonged to this category of advanced Devil Fruit abilities.
Wang Shi stroked Queen Sally's golden hair.
He toyed with a gold pen, casually banishing it into the Void Stasis Space.
Ten seconds later, the gold pen appeared out of thin air and fell into Wang Shi's hand.
By now, Wang Shi had developed quite a few techniques.
[Divine Might of Time]: Leave behind a space-time afterimage while the real body is always in the next instant, creating a pseudo-Logia effect to evade attacks.
Its weakness was that he couldn't move and could easily be ambushed.
However, the afterimage could be dispelled. Leaving one behind was just for show and to confuse his opponents.
[Domain: Banishment]: Spread out a space similar to ROOM and banish every enemy within it to a different point in time. Wang Shi could prepare thoroughly, then kill the enemies one by one when they reappeared.
[Banishment Enhanced]: If you wanted to travel through time, what year in the future would you go to?
Banish an enemy for a long time, and it was like imprisoning them in a fixed-term sentence.
He could use it as skillfully as Kuma.
This was also the technique Wang Shi most wanted to strengthen, so he could banish anyone he wanted with tyrannical ease.
[Time Reversion]: Confiscate bullets, cannonballs, slashes, and energy waves, delaying them in time until the right moment to release them.
The catch was that an enemy had to appear at that location. It was rather situational.
[Time Trap]: This was an active offensive technique, like a bomb or a sword wave... Hide it by banishing it, lure an enemy into its range, then give them a big surprise.
[Time Storage]: Put an item into the banished space where time flowed differently, so it would appear at a set time, allowing it to be stored and kept safe.
For example, he could store a warship in a time space and have it reappear hours or days later, protecting it in the meantime.
It was also useful for temporarily protecting people.
But the drawback remained that he couldn't change its spatial location.
Perhaps this technique could let Wang Shi steal some of Storage King Giberson's warehousing and storage business.
But Wang Shi didn't need the money, and he had no time to become a warehouse owner.
The Space-Space Fruit and the Time-Time Fruit each displayed their powers along the axes of space and time.
But as long as the reference point and the target were different,
the resulting effects of time and space could be difficult to distinguish.
When it came to the "instant movement" caused by spatial differences and the "instant movement" caused by temporal differences, was it space that moved, or time?
"Wang, how dare the Konomi Kingdom humiliate us like this!"
Queen Sally took the gold pen from Wang Shi, flipped to the pages about Garp in her little notebook, and began jotting things down furiously, like a petty, spoiled princess.
She was all talk and no skill, but loved to play.
"What is it?"
"The Konomi Kingdom's King Daomei IV only sent a hundred thousand in congratulatory money and ten thousand jin of oranges!"
"100,000 Berries?"
"That's right! 100,000 Berries wouldn't even cover one imperial banquet, and they dared to insult us like this!"
Queen Sally could hardly wait to go pick a fight with the Konomi Kingdom.
This was a matter of face!
In the East Blue, which kingdom would dare show such disrespect to the Goa Kingdom?
The Goa Kingdom was the most beautiful kingdom in the East Blue, a place the Celestial Dragons loved to visit. It also had a Marine hero like Fist Garp.
"Don't be angry. I was just thinking of taking a tour of the East Blue. I'll help you get even."
Wang Shi pinched Queen Sally's cheek. Now that the situation in the Goa Kingdom had stabilized, he wanted to strengthen its power by recruiting strong fighters and forming his elite security force.
Come to think of it, those two future Admirals, Issho and Aramaki, had both come from kingdom security forces.
If his security force had a few Admiral-level powerhouses,
then making the East Blue the strongest empire would be a piece of cake.
Perhaps Wang Shi would even follow the example of the Germa Kingdom in the North Blue and launch a war to unify the East Blue.
He could become the leader of the Affiliated Nations at the Reverie in one fell swoop.
Then the Five Elders and Marine Headquarters would have to listen carefully to the esteemed opinions of Wang Shi, emperor of the empire.
"Wonderful! Wang, you're the best."
Queen Sally didn't object this time. She wrapped her arms around Wang Shi and kissed him.
She didn't want to provoke Fist Garp, but that didn't mean she was afraid to cause trouble for the Konomi Kingdom.
She had taken Wang Shi's plan for the Goa Empire to heart.
Unifying the East Blue might be difficult.
But she was tempted by the idea of annexing a few nearby kingdoms and building an empire.
"Looks like our path to the Goa Empire starts with the Konomi Kingdom!"
Wang Shi looked at the ten thousand jin of oranges among the congratulatory gifts, perplexed.
Damn, what kind of lousy kingdom gave oranges as a gift for his wedding and coronation?
After he pulled out a sea chart of the Konomi Kingdom,
Wang Shi made the call right away: they were taking down the Konomi Kingdom.
Damn it!
Marine 16th Branch?
Cocoyasi Village? Gosa Village?
No wonder King Daomei IV of the Konomi Kingdom was so poor.
That was Captain Nezumi and Arlong's territory.
Still, although Daomei IV was pitiful, bullied by both the Marines and the pirates, he had dared to "humiliate" the Goa Kingdom.
So Wang Shi would plant the flag of the Goa Kingdom in the Konomi Kingdom and begin the Goa Kingdom's path to empire.
The Konomi Kingdom was truly unfortunate. After all, not every Affiliated Nation had the right to establish a Marine branch.
Marine branches were originally established to protect the Affiliated Nations.
But Captain Nezumi of Marine Branch 16 had joined forces with Arlong and even used his position to suppress news of the pirates, leaving the Konomi Kingdom in chaos.
All the money had gone into Arlong and Captain Nezumi's pockets.
Now they couldn't even come up with a decent congratulatory gift. It was downright miserly.
Daomei IV had probably been intimidated by Captain Nezumi and Arlong.
He might even have been under their control.
In that case, the Konomi Kingdom could become territory under the Goa Empire and be liberated.
If Daomei IV knew what was good for him, perhaps Wang Shi could even let him keep the empty title of Duke Nezumi.
That would give him a chance to show his gratitude.
It would also set a good example for other kingdoms willing to surrender.
Otherwise, if he didn't know what was good for him and showed no respect, Wang Shi would deal with him even if he were the king of an Affiliated Nation.
The World Government wouldn't interfere in wars between Affiliated Nations anyway.
As long as they paid the full Heavenly Tribute, that was all that mattered.
But if a non-member nation or pirates invaded an Affiliated Nation, the World Government and Marines would strike hard.
Those were the laws and rules laid down by the World Government.
They drove non-member nations to yearn to become Affiliated Nations, while Affiliated Nations would do anything to preserve their status.
With his tour of the East Blue planned, Wang Shi began carefully studying its sea charts and looking into the situation of its various kingdoms.
"The Four-Leaf Kingdom, the Organ Kingdom, the Moonlight Kingdom, the Konomi Kingdom..."
The names of these kingdoms were unfamiliar to Wang Shi.
But the names of some Marine branches and towns in those kingdoms immediately told him where they were.
For instance, in the Four-Leaf Kingdom's waters was a place called Shells Town, where Marine Branch 153 was stationed. It was the territory of Captain Morgan, the "Axe Emperor."
And among the islands of the Polaris Kingdom was Loguetown...