For the next month or so.
The Sky Empire and the Totto Land quickly completed the handover of their territories.
From the actions of the Sky Empire and the Totto Land, all the various factions have also figured out the general situation.
Cracker, leading a large number of Biscuit Soldiers and Homies ships, along with some smaller pirate crews affiliated with Big Mom Pirates, quickly took control of the waters around Hachinosu.
Meanwhile, Shiki also salvaged the previously sunken Hachinosu from the seabed and relocated it to the original island base.
On the Sky Empire's side...
Apart from the Blizzard Legion, which is still recruiting soldiers, the other four Legions have initially completed their recruitment.
Each legion has a strength of 30,000 men.
Currently, the Flying Legion is stationed in the Sky Province, with Wyper as the Legion Commander and Mantis as the Deputy Legion Commander (who consumed the Barrier-Barrier Fruit ).
The Sharp Blade Legion is stationed in Fusang Province, with Daz as its commander and the Apostle Foz Foz as its deputy commander.
The Blazing Sun Legion is stationed in the southern Torrent Sea (near the Whitebeard Pirates ), with the Legion Commander being the Apostle Blazing Sun and the Vice-Commander being Seki.
The Beast Legion is stationed in the Aili Sea (near the Big Mom Pirates ), which was recently exchanged with the Big Mom Big Mom Pirates. The legion commander is Apostle Will ( Velociraptor Fruit ), and the vice-commander is Apostle Brian ( Leopard Cat Fruit ).
The Blizzard Legion plans to be stationed in the Gale Sea north of Fusang Province (near the Elbaf Kingdom of the Giant Tribe ), with Monet as the Legion Commander and Nola ( Sky Island Serpent, Human-Human Fruit Onyudo Form ) as the Deputy Legion Commander.
In addition, the Sky Empire has four core departments: the Department of Internal Affairs, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Military Affairs, and the Anbu.
The head of the Department of Internal Affairs is Black Maria, the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs is Hermit, the Department of Military Affairs is directly under Shiki's command, and the head of the Anbu is Robin.
To make management easier, Shiki and Robin discussed and decided to adjust the islands in various sea areas and divide them into administrative districts.
The Blazing Sun Legion is stationed in the Torrent Sea, which is planned to become the Torrent Province.
The Aili Sea, where the Beast Legion is stationed, is planned to become the Rainbow Province.
The Blizzard Legion's Gale Sea is planned to become the Gale Province.
After completing the initial planning, Shiki and Vic, who secretly came to help, began the island relocation project.
The islands will be concentrated within the planning areas of five provinces.
To prevent the island from being affected by earthquakes and tsunamis, not only was the island's altitude increased, but also the seabed plates surrounding the island were reshaped with the help of Vic's Rock-Rock Fruit.
These islands generally have an elevation of 300 to 600 meters, forming natural island fortresses.
Moreover, to avoid being wiped out in one fell swoop, although the islands of each province are concentrated in one sea area, each island is at least 50 kilometers apart.
As for transportation, that's not a problem at all for the Noah Family.
The Department of Scientific Research quickly developed several monkey-themed spacecraft that could use the Sun for passenger and cargo transport.
At the same time, in order to strengthen defenses, the Cumuloregalis Cloud was used to set up aerial war fortresses in the skies above various border sea areas. Combined with the island chain shipping routes on the sea, this ensured that ordinary pirate crews could hardly invade the Sky Empire.
The so-called island chain route is because Shiki moved all the islands in the outer sea areas, artificially creating large areas of island-less sea.
If one does not enter the Sky Empire via the island chain route, one will face at least thousands of kilometers of island-less sea.
However, the Sky Empire's army is stationed along the island chain shipping route.
Currently, there are four island chain routes within the entire Sky Empire: the Southern Torrent Route, the Eastern Rainbow Route, the Northern Gale Route, and the Western Heaven Route.
The point where these air routes intersect is Fusang Province.
Of course, at this time, the Fusang Province not only included the original Wano Country, but also the more than 800,000 people who had been migrated from the Hachinosu area were settled on nearby islands and became part of the Fusang Province.
All the factions in the New World were practically numb with shock as they watched Shiki's island-moving project unfold.
Especially the World Government.
Mary Geoise, Room of Authority.
The Five Elders' expressions turned somewhat grim after reading the Cipher Pol's report.
"This lion seems to know something," Jupiter Saint Shepherd Ju Peter said coldly.
Saint Mars stroked his beard. "300 meters above sea level? Is he worried about future sea level rise? Where did he get this information?"
" The Kozuki Clan of Wano Country should know about what happened eight hundred years ago." Venus Saint Nusjuro squinted. His family came from Wano Country, so naturally they knew some of the hidden information.
"Should we consult that lord?" asked Saturn Saint Saturn somewhat uncertainly.
The other Five Elders also fell into thought.
After a while, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter spoke first, "No rush. Vegapunk's Mother Flame hasn't been successfully developed yet, and the National Treasure's energy is almost depleted. We must preserve enough energy to prepare for the day of prophecy."
"Is it really possible for that fruit to Awakening? That despicable traitor..." Mars Saint Mars was somewhat embarrassed and angry.
Saint Saturn's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness. "Can you find out where Shanks took that fruit?"
"According to the latest news from CP, Shanks still has that fruit with him, but he probably hasn't eaten it yet." Saint Shepherd Ju Peter took out a photo, which was a picture of Shanks carrying a small treasure chest from the ship's cabin when he landed in the Sabaody Archipelago.
"What exactly is he trying to do?" Saint Saturn felt an involuntary surge of anger.
Saint Nusjuro shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Don't forget, he's not a D. Even if he ate this fruit, he wouldn't be able to Awakening it. If he keeps this fruit, it will actually reduce the chances of the D. Clan obtaining it."
"Um."
Saint Saturn then remembered something else. "However, Golden Lion should have found the Op-Op Fruit. Is there any way to find the Devil Fruit User? Even if we can't capture them, we should kill them and let the Op-Op Fruit be reborn."
"CP is trying to infiltrate the Sky Empire," Saint Shepherd Ju Peter gave an uncertain reply.
Saint Saturn said with a headache, "Furthermore, the Navy is also reporting that their current stockpile of Seastone is insufficient. After Wano Country was taken over by Golden Lion, the supply channels for Seastone have been almost completely cut off."
"Tell them to be patient. Golden Lion isn't Kaido, especially after his personality changed so drastically, he's even more unpredictable. Let CP infiltrate and test the waters first." Saint Nusjuro clearly somewhat wary of Shiki's Float-Float Fruit.
If the Uranus' energy reserves are insufficient, and Mary Geoise is attacked by Shiki, even if the Five Elders survive, the ordinary Celestial Dragons in the Holy Land will certainly suffer heavy casualties.
Therefore, the Five Elders do not intend to openly confront the Sky Empire.
This is the power of the Float-Float Fruit and Shiki's intimidation.
While Shiki was busy transforming the Sky Empire...
The Red Hair Pirates have also begun to establish a foothold in the New World, temporarily controlling a small island in the northwest of the Dressrosa Kingdom.
Meanwhile, the Donquixote Family, who had been frequently active in the vicinity, were also in a sorry state due to the Red Hair Pirates. Doflamingo even had one of his arms cut off by Shanks. Fortunately, Doflamingo knew medicine and was a first-rate tailor, otherwise he would have ended up with a one-armed arm like Shanks.
The Donquixote Family, having suffered a crushing defeat, had no choice but to withdraw from the Dressrosa Kingdom and flee back to the North Blue in disgrace.