In the northern part of the New World's middle stretch, the Grand Line circled the world, so each region carved from it was a long strip.
Divide it into five strips lengthwise,
and Kronos Kingdom controlled two. The Big Mom Pirates held one to the west, while the Flying Pirates held two to the east.
Unlike the Pluton Pirates, whose territory covered nearly two hundred islands, the Flying Pirates had swollen to more than six hundred and were still expanding.
With the rise of Charlotte Linlin's eldest son, Typhon, and Linlin's relentless creation of Homies, the Big Mom Pirates kept expanding too.
Their territory had overtaken the Pluton Pirates' and now covered more than three hundred islands.
Few pirates were willing to submit to Charlotte Linlin herself.
But her eldest son, Typhon, was different. As the child of Titan the Taotie and Charlotte Linlin the Weather Queen, he possessed terrifying potential among the greatest in the world.
And he had already displayed monstrous strength.
As he expanded his reach, pirates flocked to his banner. Typhon now commanded five thousand of them.
As for Linlin?
She had her hands full with a problem she was happy to have: she was holed up at home, having child after child.
At the Battle of God Valley and the First Pirate Expo held afterward on Hachinosu, she had gathered members of many rare and seldom-seen races.
In the New World stood an ordinary island called Aska.
"Teach, why don't we go to Paros Island? You won't find that Devil Fruit you want by waiting around here."
"We might as well take the initiative. We can train and grow stronger on Paros Island, and when we hear where that Devil Fruit is, we'll have the strength to seize it."
In the dense jungle, a boy