The death of Golden Lion once again set off a small-scale storm on the sea.
After all, he was a great pirate in the old era. In this era, pirates pay more attention to the great pirates such as Kaido and Whitebeard who are fiercely competing for the emperor of the sea.
What's more, Empire is doing so many big things now that the whole world is starting to feel a little numb.
Dark King Rayleigh stayed at the Empire headquarters for a while, and Yu did not embarrass him. Instead, he let him go back to Sabaody Archipelago after he understood all the worlds Poneglyph.
Presumably after experiencing these things, he would not dare to cause trouble at the Empire again.
Time flies so fast, winter turns to spring, and three years have passed since Empire came into this world.
In the past three years, Empire has not expanded rapidly, but has gradually expanded its power in a steady manner.
Almost every time a territory is expanded, Empire will develop it for a period of time, and then start the next expansion after it is stable.
Today's Empire actually occupies two large sea areas: West Blue and North Blue, as well as almost all the islands in the first half of Grand Line. Empire's power is approaching, and now Wano Country is New World's.
This made Beast Pirates, who still occupied Wano Country, very uneasy.
What's more, Empire has continued to squeeze the living space of pirates over the years, which has led to the feeling that pirates now have no successors.
There are fewer and fewer Supernovass available, and one generation is simply inferior to the other.
On the contrary, the adventure group established by the Empire is now popular throughout the sea. Countless men who yearn for freedom have entered Adventurers' Guild, registered as adventurers, and established adventure groups that are resounding throughout the sea.
This made the increasingly withered pirates even more furious.
The pirates that used to be all over the sea can no longer be seen. Only adventurers under various banners travel across the entire sea.
Moreover, pirates like them have become the target of extermination by these adventurers. Today, pirates have completely become a despised profession.
The name of freedom they originally used is no longer useful, because they want freedom and big adventures. These words are the slogans of outstanding adventurers who are like stars.
This feeling of being beaten up by everyone made the pirates very uncomfortable, although their reputation was not necessarily very good before.
But the name of a pirate can still make people fearful. It can also inspire young people who yearn for freedom. They have a bit of pride on their faces when they say they are pirates.
But now, the pride is gone, and they have become the targets of adventurers' hunting. There are even many adventurers who are specifically watching them, hoping to use their names to build the reputation of their own adventure group and improve their adventure level.
Simply abominable.
Nowadays, the pirates in the entire sea have been squeezed into the second half of Grand Line. The competition is quite fierce, and there is also Empire watching eagerly from the side.
Fortunately, Four Emperors has become more and more clear on the sea, with the sudden emergence of Red-Haired Shanks, Beast Pirates Kaido, and Whole Cake Island's Charlotte Linlin, and World's Strongest Man Whitebeard Edward·Newgate.
Each of these strong men gave the pirates hope of resisting Empire.
However, it is just hope. After all, Empire is now in full swing. The Navy and Adventurer's Guild, which are often against them, are not the two Empire affiliated organizations that Four Emperors alone can fight against.
Not to mention Empire and Special Operations Office, as well as the ten Second Division Commander who surpassed Empire. There is also the emperor who is like a god.
Facing Empire, all the pirates just felt that it was an insurmountable mountain. If they were not used to freedom, they would not want to go against this behemoth Empire.
New World.
On the sparkling sea, a large ship with white sails is sailing on the sea. A flag embroidered with gold Nine-Tailed Fox is floating on the top of the sail.
The sea was calm and the sunshine was infinitely beautiful. The originally empty sea suddenly had many cherry blossoms floating in from nowhere.
"It's so beautiful!" Sakura stood on the boat and looked at the sea covered with cherry blossoms, and couldn't help but fantasize in his mind.
It would be great if it were just her and Sasuke at this moment.
Thinking of this, Sakura couldn't help but look back sadly, and saw Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and Ino pig, as well as Shikamaru, Choji, and Neji, sitting together playing poker.
If she didn't want to maintain a good student persona, she would also want to join.
However, the group quickly put down the cards in their hands and stood up to stare blankly at this dreamlike scene.
"I didn't expect this to be New World! Naruto, it's really beautiful!"
Naruto nodded blankly. This time they took advantage of their break from school to form an adventure group to experience the scenery of New World.
After all, they are now approaching the age of graduation, and they may never have this kind of leisure time again.
So Naruto took Sasuke together, gathered the classmates they had known over the years, and decided to have a grand adventure before graduation.
Sasuke stretched out a hand to catch a fallen cherry blossom, and suddenly frowned slightly, "Naruto, there is something wrong with these cherry blossoms!"
After saying that, Sasuke started his Sharingan and looked along where the cherry blossoms were floating.
I saw an island full of cherry blossom trees appearing in the distance.
Hinata heard Sasuke's reminder and immediately opened Byakugan, and a repulsive force suddenly bounced the cherry blossoms away.
When everyone came to their senses, they found that large areas of red rash appeared on their bodies where the cherry blossoms had just drifted.
"Damn it, what kind of cherry blossom is this? It's actually poisonous!"
Choji couldn't help but curse, and after he cursed, he felt weak all over.
Seeing this, Naruto on the side quickly took out an antidote pill and gave it to Choji to take. At this time, other people also had the same symptoms, but fortunately they came out well prepared this time.
There were quite a few detoxification pills on everyone's body, and it took Choji a while to wake up.
"This world is full of weird situations like this, so everyone should pay more attention to them!" Naruto said solemnly.
Everyone nodded in agreement when they heard Naruto's words. They have witnessed many miracles during this period.
Reverse Mountain swimming upstream, Golden Country floating in the air, and now the poisonous cherry blossoms entering New World, all these things opened their eyes.
Sasuke and Hinata, who were suddenly observing the situation, both had their expressions condensed.
"Naruto There is a ship heading in our direction quickly!"
Hinata reminded him.
"Are they other adventurers?" Naruto asked curiously.
"No! It's a pirate!" Sasuke responded in a cold tone.
At the same time, dozens of miles away on the sea, a large sailboat flying a pirate flag was sailing on the sea at full speed.
On the deck, there were many pirates wearing strange masks and covered in pitch-black cloaks, completely isolated from the cherry blossoms in the outside world. They were walking back and forth on the deck with buckets in hand, washing away the cherry blossoms that fell on the deck of the ship.
"Captain John, we have arrived near the Deadly Sakura Sea! It should not be far from Sakura Country!"
"Keep the speed and keep moving forward!" John, standing at the front of the deck, ordered as he looked into the distance.
"Yes! Captain!"
Many pirates responded in unison, looking at the figure standing in front of them with awe in their eyes.
Their captain is one of the legends on the sea. The original World Government bounty was more than 210,000. Beli was once a member of Rocks Pirates. Whitebeard, Kaido, Golden Lion and others once served under Rocks.
Although Rocks Pirates is now falling apart, none of the crew members who were on that ship are now famous and can intimidate the sea.
Just as the pirate ship accelerated, the pirate standing on the watchtower suddenly shouted down.
"Captain! At two o'clock, there is a large ship flying the adventurer's flag, passing through our channel."
After hearing the report from his subordinates, John picked up the telescope hanging on his chest and looked over, then quickly put it down.
"Haha, this is that adventurer thing created by the Empire! They don't know that New World doesn't have room for their adventurers to survive now. If that's the case, then just deal with it before going to see Whitebeard!"
"Catch up! Steal everything on their ship!"
John gave the order without hesitation. Faced with the current pressure from the Empire, the pirates had to unite with each other. According to the information sent back by his subordinates, Whitebeard might be on Sakura Island.
He wants to achieve closer cooperation with Whitebeard, his former companion.