Seizing Pluton Battleship, Establishment of Luo Ji Pirates

"I'll remember you, an interesting fellow who can see destiny!"

Fire Fist Ace was also very happy to meet someone with special abilities like Luo Ji.

If there were any major crises in the future, maybe he could have Luo Ji, the fortune-telling master, "tell his fortune" to escape disasters.

Amidst their carefree farewells, Fire Fist Ace left with a dashing laugh and a heroic figure, steering his small flaming boat to leave the inland sea of Wano Country.

Next, he was going to rendezvous with the crew of the Spade Pirates and continue their journey of challenges.

His next targets were Red-Haired Shanks and Whitebeard Newgate.

Meanwhile, Luo Ji and Yamato returned once more to Tokikage Port at Udon Seastone Mine.

This time, Luo Ji used a Medium Storage Scroll to collect several pirate ships belonging to the Beasts Pirates, keeping them as backup pirate ships for going out to sea.

Before truly leaving, however, Luo Ji still wanted to go beneath the inland sea to see how Pluton was doing.

"Luo Ji! You're actually not afraid of the sea! How is this possible! How did you do that?!"

Yamato stared at Luo Ji swimming by the shore, her eyes filled with envy.

Years ago, because she was hungry, she mistakenly ate the Mythical Zoan, Okuchi no Makami fruit treasured by Kaido, which turned her into a landlubber.

This deeply annoyed Yamato, who desperately wanted to go out to sea on adventures.

If she could, she would rather give up this Devil Fruit ability than lose the ability to swim.

Now, seeing Luo Ji swimming in the sea, she thought Luo Ji had mastered some method that allowed Devil Fruit users to overcome the curse of the sea.

"This is a gift from the gods; I can't explain it clearly either."

"Alright, you and Tama wait here for me; I'm going to explore the seabed!"

Luo Ji handed Tama, along with the two pets Komachiyo and Onimaru, over to Yamato to look after.

With Yamato patting her chest in assurance, Luo Ji dove headfirst into the inland sea of Wano Country, heading deeper and deeper toward the Country-Protecting Wall.

According to Kozuki Sukiyaki's honest confession, the hidden location of Pluton was biased toward the Kuri side.

This was also one of the reasons Sukiyaki lived in seclusion in Amigasa Village.

This old man had once thought that if Momonosuke's time travel failed and the Nine Red Scabbards could not return.

Before his last breath, he would find a way to activate Pluton Battleship, kill Beast Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi, and take revenge for the Kozuki Family.

Yet, by himself alone, he simply could not manage Pluton Battleship.

Even Beast Kaido and his crew found it tricky and fraught with difficulties right now.

To release Pluton Battleship, the only way was to make Wano Country undergo the Opening of the Borders—not in terms of a national policy opening Wano Country.

Instead, it meant completely shattering the Country-Protecting Wall of Wano Country, destroying the natural hazard of the waterfall, draining the seawater of the inland sea of Wano Country, and achieving the [Opening of the Borders] in the true sense of the word.

Actually, the higher-ups of the Beasts Pirates had long known about the existence of Pluton Battleship.

Yet their current strength still had a huge gap compared to fighting the World Government.

Thus, Beast Kaido had constantly been expanding his forces, running weapon factories to make money, and even sparing no effort to sell strategic resources like Seastone to the outside world.

He simply needed massive amounts of wealth to purchase Zoan Devil Fruits and assemble his army of ability users.

In the future, the Artificial Devil Fruits created by Doflamingo and Caesar would fit Kaido's wishes precisely.

This trade allowed Doflamingo to successfully reach large-scale cooperation with Beast Kaido, and he also monopolized most of the Seastone intermediary business, making the Donquixote Family rake in money hand over fist.

Come to think of it, it was also this year that a massive explosion occurred at Punk Hazard, forcing Dr. Vegapunk to lead the World Government Science Team to move to Egghead in the latter half of the New World.

Caesar, the main culprit, was thrown into prison.

In the end, that fellow Caesar successfully broke out of prison with some mysterious help.

He quickly hooked up with Doflamingo and began the production of Artificial Devil Fruits.

It was also this year that, in order to cure Bonney's terminal illness, Tyrant Kuma found Vegapunk under Dragon's information.

Saint Saturn secretly installed a large number of Eavesdropping Den Den Mushis on Egghead to monitor Vegapunk.

Upon eavesdropping on Kuma's landing on Egghead, just as Fire Fist Ace defeated Shichibukai Hanafuda.

Saint Saturn used this as a threat to make Kuma join the Shichibukai and become Vegapunk's Cyborg Experimental Subject.

To cure Bonney, Kuma could only agree to all of Saint Saturn's conditions.

This year was destined to be a momentous one.

With a surge of excitement in his heart, Luo Ji searched the seabed for the whereabouts of Pluton Battleship.

In less than half a day, he found this legendary Ancient Weapon.

Now, most parts of this battleship of destruction were covered in silt, and seaweed had even grown all over it.

Luo Ji spent several days figuring out the entire layout of Pluton Battleship and exploring its approximate size.

During this period, he returned to the shore multiple times to rest, recover his stamina, and hunt and eat meals together with Yamato and Tama.

Meanwhile, during these few days, Kozuki Hiyori took full control of Wano Country and began making preparations for the return of the Beasts Pirates.

They even organized a large army to attack Onigashima, and a fierce battle was raging right now.

Out on the open sea, the great battle between the Beasts Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates also drew to a close.

The commanders on both sides sustained quite a few injuries, but neither side could do anything to the other.

As more and more marines and major pirates who wanted to watch the spectacle and reap the benefits gathered, both Red-Haired Shanks and Beast Kaido chose to end the war.

The Red Hair Pirates retreated to their own territory to recuperate, while the Beasts Pirates rushed back to Wano Country in a blazing fury to wipe out those hateful rebel forces of the Kozuki Family.

They also wanted revenge on those two arrogant brats, Fire Fist Ace and Luo Ji.

Especially Luo Ji, who had coaxed Yamato away.

Beast Kaido was dead set on butchering this bastard of a brat!

Through numerous attempts, on the fifth day, Luo Ji exerted every ounce of his strength and finally crammed Pluton Battleship, along with a massive amount of seawater and silt, into his Extra-Large Storage Scroll.

If he encountered any huge dangers in the future, Luo Ji might just toss Pluton Battleship out to crush people.

Throwing Pluton Battleship in a fight—just ask if you're scared!

This retrieval also left Luo Ji's stamina nearly exhausted.

After he swam back to the shore with great difficulty, under the care of Yamato and Tama, he rested for a full several days before recovering most of his stamina.

Under Yamato's constant urging, Luo Ji could only draw a Giant Crane, carrying the two women as they flew out of Wano Country.

As a pirate ship of the Beasts Pirates appeared on the sea surface, Yamato nimbly took down the flag of the Beasts Pirates.

She hoisted up the newest flag of the Luo Ji Pirates.

A skull flag crossed with the Death Pen and Hell Scroll.

"I declare, the Luo Ji Pirates are officially established!"

Under the excited gazes of Yamato and Tama, Luo Ji stepped one foot onto a wine barrel and loudly announced the establishment of the pirate group!

"Long live the Luo Ji Pirates! We will definitely become a great pirate group just like the Roger Pirates!"

Yamato bounced up and down in excitement; she had finally successfully gone out to sea, and all kinds of adventures on the vast ocean were waiting for her.

"I will definitely become the beast-taming empress under Brother Luo Ji!"

Tama also voiced her dream, while Komachiyo and Onimaru both excitedly prostrated themselves beside Tama, loyally looking at their master.

"My dream is to stand at the peak of this world and knock down the Three Admirals, the Four Emperors, the Five Elders, and the King of the World, one and all!"

Luo Ji laughed boldly, officially announcing his arrival to this world!