On the Verge of Eruption

Gran Island, an island located in the southern part of the New World, resembles a Streusen placed on the sea when viewed from above. The island's size is only considered medium to small in the New World, but its natural environment and climate are pleasant, so the islanders established a small country long ago.

Small countries like these are as numerous as stars in the New World, making them easy targets for pirate invasions and vulnerable to annihilation in the blink of an eye. In order to survive and continue their existence, they can only rely on the most powerful forces in the New World: the Four Emperors.

This island was originally under the protection of the Whitebeard Pirates, but after the Marineford War, it was quickly occupied by Blackbeard using force. Now, together with two adjacent islands that were occupied at the same time, it forms an island chain defense line against the outside world.

With the help of the Corrupt King Abarrow Pizarro, Blackbeard entrusted him with the administration of these three islands. Abarrow Pizarro did this partly to gain Blackbeard's trust, and partly because his possessiveness made him enjoy the thrill of domination.

Gran Island

"Lord Abarro!"

The guard rushed in from outside, shouting, "Something terrible has happened!"

"What's wrong!" Avalo Pizarro, his face slightly flushed, suddenly glared, and as he spoke, a smell of alcohol emanated from his mouth.

The guard, terrified, nervously gripped the hilt of his spear. "Maple Bamboo Island has been ambushed... and occupied by a pirate crew!"

"Who, who did this...?" Avalo Pizarro stood up, a chill running through him. "What exactly happened?"

"I... I don't know..." A bead of cold sweat dripped from the guard's forehead as he swallowed nervously. "... In the government office, several officials who know the details are waiting for you to attend a meeting..."

"A meeting..." Avalo Pizarro became interested. "Take me there."

He preferred the King's Game to the attack on Maple Bamboo Island.

Led by his guards, Avalo Pizarro arrived at the government office. As soon as he entered, his brow furrowed... the room was clearly empty!

"What happened?!"

Before he could ask, a gust of wind swept from behind him. He quickly dodged to the right, steadied himself, wiped a thin trail of blood from his cheek, and looked toward the door.

The guard had already stepped aside, Cabaji stood with his sword drawn. "I've been waiting for you for a long time..."

"Who are you?" Avalo Pizarro was furious at the stranger's intrusion. "How did you get here?"

He had barely finished speaking when his heart skipped a beat, and he rolled on the ground, scrambling to get away.

In an instant, an extremely sharp wind pressure came from above, piercing a hole about one meter in diameter in the ground directly below, and crushing the rocks around the hole into powder by the powerful wind pressure!

Jody Lane, her hands wrapped like giant cones and two pairs of thin wings flashing behind her, landed from the sky, her eyes blazing with a frenzied fighting spirit. "A Level 6 death row inmate... must be pretty tough, right?"

Abaro Pizarro had long since sobered up. Looking at the guard, he said, "So that's how it is... You betrayed me..."

The guard didn't dare to speak and shrank back.

"Let's talk about this later..."

Cabaji still wore a gloomy expression, but in an instant, his figure merged into the gust of wind, and his sword aura instantly transformed into a torrential downpour, heading straight for Abaro Pizarro.

Jody Lane, transformed into his Man-Eating Bee form, also sprang into action instantly, his two steady and powerful hands slamming towards Avalo Pizarro.

With Gran Island as the main island, the three islands forming the island chain defense line were as fragile as paper under the three-pronged attack of the Buggy Grand Fleet, and were all breached in less than a day.

The biggest achievement was the capture of Blackbeard Pirates executive Avalo Pizarro by Cabaji and Jody Lane.

Abaro Pizarro, known as the Corrupt King, is a politically ambitious man who has always exploited his people as an absolute ruler. He also handles affairs based on his personal whims, which is why he is unpopular during his time ruling Gran Island. His bounty is 280 million Beli.

The Blackbeard Pirates were actually quite strong, but the Blackbeard Pirates Whitebeard Pirates were keeping most of their main force occupied, while the Buggy Pirates were attacking from the sidelines, only encountering a portion of their reserves. Even with the presence of the ruthless pirate Abarrow Pizarro, who had escaped from Impel Down, it was to no avail.

After quickly dismantling the Gran Island defenses, Buggy did not continue his assault but instead stayed on Gran Island for a day.

Blackbeard, who was fighting the Whitebeard Pirates far away, quickly received the news. He was initially angry and incredulous at Buggy's rash attack, but then he finally understood why the Whitebeard Pirates, who always fought on the defensive, would choose to take the initiative at this time.

Blackbeard's ability to remain hidden within the Whitebeard Pirates for over twenty years demonstrates his unparalleled cunning and decisiveness.

Caught between rage and reason, he chose the latter, decisively abandoning vast territories, gathering the troops recruited from various islands and the pirates who came seeking his fame, and retreating with all his forces to his base on Chaston Island, determined to defeat the Whitebeard Pirates and the Buggy Pirates at all costs.

Upon learning this news, Buggy led his fleet to continue their operation, taking over the territories abandoned by Blackbeard one by one without bloodshed.

It can be said that Blackbeard's actions were entirely within his expectations.

If Buggy collapses the defenses of Gran Island and continues his relentless attack on Blackbeard's territory, then Blackbeard, seeing his weakened state, is very likely to abandon all his territories and flee to the sea with his elite troops. Such an action would only leave Buggy with endless future troubles.

On the contrary, giving Blackbeard time to think will allow him to try to gather his forces and fight back, given his personality. Although Buggy has only met Blackbeard once, he knows that a pirate who has staked all his hopes of finding the Dark-Dark Fruit on the Whitebeard Pirates must possess an immeasurable spirit of adventure.

For an adventurer, even if there's only a 20% to 30% chance of success, they will still do it.

Buggy's goal was to completely annihilate Blackbeard, rather than letting him roam the seas and constantly cause him trouble. Therefore, gathering all of Blackbeard Pirates's forces together, although it would increase the cost of war, would be a permanent solution.

A day later, Buggy saw Charles Island and the Blackbeard Pirates, who were waiting on the island, as well as the Whitebeard Pirates, who were also approaching from the side of the island. The two sides had tens of thousands of people, and they were approaching in a mighty manner like dark clouds pressing down on a city. The surrounding air seemed to become oppressive and condensed.