Warship Island

"It's actually this island!?"

Since this voyage had relied entirely on Ayala's Devil Fruit ability, Tiger had no idea where everyone's destination was. However, the moment he saw the island before them, billowing with enormous plumes of black smoke, he immediately realized it.

"No wonder even the Whitebeard Pirates and Silver Axe Pirates came here."

Tiger's words aroused everyone's curiosity.

Seeing this, Tiger pointed toward the distant island shrouded in black smoke, where all kinds of enormous smokestacks towered into the sky.

"This island is called Warship Island. It was one of the three bases the World Government once used to build warships in the New World. Although the Marines took many things with them when they withdrew from the New World, quite a few valuable things should still have been left behind. Forget the craftsmen—even these shipyards are priceless treasures. Besides, this island is said to contain vast mineral deposits. I imagine the Whitebeard Pirates and Silver Axe Pirates came here because they have their eyes on these things."

Everyone immediately understood.

Not far away, on the open sea, the Whitebeard Pirates and Silver Axe Pirates were still bombarding each other fiercely.

Ever since the Marines had announced their withdrawal from the New World, the already-fragile cooperation agreements between the pirates had been torn apart in an instant.

With the Marines and World Government no longer standing in their way, these great pirates began recklessly seizing territory from one another across the sea.

As the kings of their respective crews and their captains, neither Whitebeard nor Silver Axe could act rashly. Naturally, the ones sent out were the senior officers of each crew.

For example, aboard the Whitebeard Pirates' ship, because of Warship Island's importance, Whitebeard had directly sent out the three sons he valued most.

They were the