The Grand Line, Paradise.
Marineford, Marine Headquarters.
Kong, who was about to be promoted to Fleet Admiral of the entire army, looked extremely grim.
Komei quickly reported the intelligence gathered by the navy to everyone present, "... That concludes all the intelligence regarding the Hachinosu incident."
"How terrifying..." Borsalino exclaimed in a drawn-out voice.
Although Tsuru remained expressionless, her demeanor was still very serious. "From this information, we know that Golden Lion's body has recovered, and his strength is even greater than at his peak. This crimson Conqueror's Haki is truly rare."
She continued her analysis, "On the open sea, it can heal a ship's hull piercing deep into the head, transplant legs, and restore youth. If I'm not mistaken, it's most likely that fruit."
"That legendary Op-Op Fruit Mi?" Gion clearly knew something about it.
"Yes, Golden Lion has definitely found the Op-Op Fruit, or an Op-Op Devil Fruit User." Tsuru continued her analysis, "We don't need to discuss Golden Lion's physical problems too much, but his attack on Hachinosu this time has many noteworthy aspects."
"For example, he stopped using the name of the Flying Pirates and started using the name of the Sky Empire, which clearly shows that Golden Lion no longer intends to remain among the pirate forces."
"Another point is that he didn't take Hachinosu with him, but instead sank Hachinosu into the sea. Clearly, he didn't want other forces to occupy Hachinosu, which means that the Golden Lion's Sky Empire is near Hachinosu."
"At the same time, Golden Lion did not choose to recruit the members of Ochoku Pirates, but instead slaughtered them all. This may be because he did not trust the members of other pirate crews, or perhaps he wanted to distance himself from the pirate forces."
After listening to He's analysis.
The naval high command gained a completely new understanding of the Golden Lion.
Kong asked, "He, what do you think we should do?"
" Fleet Admiral, we don't need to rush. There's no use in rushing now." Tsuru paused for a moment. "We can use the news channels to promote Golden Lion as the Four Emperors of the New World. I believe Kaido and Charlotte Linlin will definitely help us test Golden Lion's strength."
Crane picked up one of the wanted posters that had just been printed. "Moreover, this Sky Empire cadre named Blazing Sun has the Heat-Heat Fruit ability, which is Charlotte Oven's ability. We can secretly stir things up and make Charlotte Linlin suspect that Golden Lion killed Oven."
Sora immediately agreed, "Very good, I'll leave this to you, Tsuru."
The Navy did not abandon the bounty on Shiki the Golden Lion after he established the Sky Empire. On the contrary, they increased the bounty to make him surpass Whitebeard, but slightly lower than Roger's bounty.
The bounties for Blazing Sun, Hermit, Daz, and Wyper are also very high, reaching the level of over a billion Beli.
Soon Morgans ' World Economy News Paper referred to the Golden Lion as the fourth sea emperor to reign over the New World.
As for why it was so fast.
The reason is very simple: the Golden Lion's own strength and reputation are enough to make him a sea emperor.
Unlike Red-Haired Shanks, who fought for years in the New World against several other Yonko crews before finally reaching the top around 1514.
The New World.
On the flagship of the Whitebeard Pirates.
After receiving the report from below, Marco wore an incredulous expression and then went to Whitebeard.
" Pops, something terrible has happened! The Golden Lion has captured Hachinosu and defeated Ochoku."
The Whitebeard, with an IV drip already inserted, slightly opened his eyes. " Shiki? Tell me the details."
Marco quickly revealed all the information.
The Whitebeard Pirates commanders present all showed expressions of surprise.
" The Golden Lion actually massacred Hachinosu?"
"They even sank Hachinosu into the sea?"
Did he have a grudge against Ochoku?
Whitebeard also frowned. As far as he knew, there was no major grudge between Golden Lion and Ochoku.
Teach's eyes also gleamed with a strange light. Besides the Dark-Dark Fruit and Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, the Float-Float Fruit also made him drool.
However, he hasn't even obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit yet, so he only longs for the Float-Float Fruit and doesn't care much about it.
But something else Marco said stirred up a storm in Teach's heart.
One of the squad leaders suggested, " Golden Lion can actually regain his youth? Pops, should we go find Golden Lion? Your body..."
"Alright, I'm perfectly healthy! Let's have a feast!" The Whitebeard interrupted his sons' suggestion and changed the subject.
Marco frowned, but said nothing.
Whitebeard longed to regain his youth and continue protecting his sons, but he knew there was no free lunch on the sea.
Based on his understanding of Shiki, the other party would definitely use this as a condition to demand that the Whitebeard Pirates join his ranks.
Judging from Shiki's actions during the Hachinosu incident, it's clear that the local authorities intend to continue their quest for world domination, and their ambitions have even become more terrifying.
This made Whitebeard even more unwilling to cooperate with the other side; he only wanted his sons to survive and had no desire to conquer the world.
New World, Totto Land.
Whole Cake Island.
Perospero, holding the intelligence he had just received, hurried to the castle hall.
The Big Mom, who was enjoying her meal, suddenly turned grim upon seeing her eldest son. "Oh dear... my child, what happened again?"
Perospero feigned composure. "Mom, the Golden Lion defeated Ochoku and is now taking over Ochoku's territory."
"That old lion isn't dead yet?" Upon hearing this name, the Big Mom's fat face contorted into a grimace, clearly indicating that she didn't consider the crippled and aged Golden Lion a match for her.
However, having already learned of the relevant information, Perospero had no choice but to take the Golden Lion's return to the scene seriously, and he quickly began to explain:
"Mom, the Golden Lion's head ornament has been removed, its legs have been replaced with new ones, and it looks younger."
"What?!" The Big Mom's eyes widened. "That damned lion actually healed his body and regained his youth?! How despicable!"
The older Big Mom couldn't sit still any longer.
She knew Golden Lion's strength all too well. At his peak, Golden Lion could barely hold his own against Roger. If it weren't for that sudden storm, Golden Lion could have escaped unscathed, even if he couldn't defeat Roger.
Big Mom knew her own strength; if she encountered Golden Lion, she might be able to escape, but the other members of Totto Land would definitely have a hard time avoiding Golden Lion's attacks.
The island-smashing attack Float-Float Fruit would be a catastrophic threat to any faction with established territory.
Perhaps Kaido could rely on the power of the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon to be evenly matched with Golden Lion at his peak in the air.
At this moment, the Big Mom finally remembered her long-lost "good brother" and quickly took out Den Den Mushi to contact Kaido in Wano Country.
At the same time, Perospero also quickly notified other core members of the family.
Streusen, Katakuri, and others quickly arrived at the cake hall.