Shanks had said he was going to Wano Country, but he was not in any hurry. After all, only two Emperors now stood side by side in the New World, and the chaos of the situation was far beyond what it had been before.
And in order to maintain order, the Red Hair Pirates changed their previously relaxed, easygoing way of doing things and occupied more territory, which also meant they encountered more challenges.
Most pirates did not dare directly provoke the two Emperors themselves, but the islands under their banner did not possess that kind of deterrent power.
Today one place was robbed by this group, tomorrow another by that group; there were countless times more troubles than before.
In the past, Red Hair had only had one ship roaming around, and even secretly making a trip to the East Blue had been no problem. But now, if he left without a word for a while, those subordinate islands and pirate crews he had gathered under him would probably all fall into chaos.
"What a pain, Beckman..."
After Red Hair's impassioned shout, he immediately fell into the tangle of arranging tedious affairs.
As a core figure of an Emperor crew, once Red Hair left his own territory, what if a troublesome enemy came to provoke them? What if Big Mom attacked them directly? What if the Marines seized the chance to attack?
All of these problems and more were things they needed to consider in advance.
Fortunately, they had Ben Beckman, who was said to possess wisdom no less than Dark King Rayleigh's. Otherwise, Shanks would already have been prepared to give up on his travel plans.
"So managing such a huge stretch of territory is actually this troublesome!"
He lay on the ground like a salted fish that