Actually, the relationship between Luffy's Straw Hat Pirates and the Cross Guild is very complicated. The original leader, Buggy the Clown, was an apprentice on Roger Pirates and had a close relationship with Shanks. He fought the Straw Hat Pirates to the death in the East Blue. Later, Buggy helped Luffy in Impel Down until the Paramount War!
Hawk-Eye is also Shanks ' friend. He has been watching Luffy and Zoro ever since they met in the East Blue. During the Paramount War Luffy, he went easy on Luffy. After returning to his castle, he taught Zoro, who aspired to defeat him, swordsmanship. The relationship between the two is quite complicated!
Crocodile was initially an enemy of the Straw Hat Pirates, just like Buggy, and even took in and exploited Robin. However, like Buggy, he later helped Luffy during Impel Down and the Paramount War, which made their relationship more complicated!
Not much to say about the others, they all have some connection with Luffy or the Straw Hat Pirates. As for the newly joined members of the Whitebeard Pirates, there's even less to say, they have a life-or-death friendship with Luffy. So the banquet between the two sides was very harmonious!
After the banquet, most people were drunk, but Zoro and Hawk-Eye, master and apprentice, exchanged a glance and, with perfect understanding, found a place to have a sparring match!
The outcome of the battle was not reported to the outside world, and very few people knew who won or lost. However, from then on, Zoro's only target was Vic, and he learned some truths from Hawk-Eye that had never been made public before!
When the two super powers parted ways on Lodestar Island, Luffy made a copy of one of the three Road Poneglyph he possessed and gave it to Ace.
This wasn't the first time he'd done this. The other two involved parties had disappeared long ago, their fates unknown to outsiders. Even Blackbeard, who also wanted to seize it, had been ground to dust and cast into a statue!
Ace didn't accept Luffy's copy; he wasn't that eager to become the Pirate King, nor did he really want to follow in his father's footsteps!
However, before Buggy could take back the rubbing, Buggy stepped Luffy and snatched it from Luffy's hand.
Ace wasn't angry about Buggy's actions. If Buggy wanted it, let him have it. After all, Buggy was his father's former crew member. Buggy had encouraged Ace to come to Lodestar Island. It seemed like that guy really wanted to push him to the position of Pirate King and make him follow in his father's footsteps!
Yes, Buggy already knew Ace's identity from Luffy, otherwise he wouldn't have been the first to raise his hand in support when Ace wanted to join the Cross Guild!
Afterwards, he busied himself persuading others, especially the two royal fathers. Buggy truly admired Ace, after all, he was Captain Roger's son. Buggy even suppressed his own ambition to become the Pirate King, and was determined to push Ace to the throne!
Buggy was too sick to go to Laugh Tale back then, and this time he wants to achieve that through Ace. Now that the Cross Guild is powerful and the Straw Hat Boy have delivered the Road Poneglyph, he certainly won't miss out!
Time flies, and two years have passed in a flash. During these two years, the Straw Hat Pirates once again sailed around the Grand Line. This time, their sailing pace was slow, and they searched very carefully, but they still hadn't found the whereabouts of the fourth Road Poneglyph!
Not only did they fail to find it, but Ace and Buggy also failed, as did the Red Hair Pirates. The fourth Road Poneglyph seemed to have vanished into thin air, and even Imu had stopped paying attention to the Straw Hat Pirates!
In the past two years, only Shanks ' Shamrock led an attack on the Straw Hat Pirates Holy Knights, since the God's Knights had always fled in disgrace the previous times!
However, Shamrock didn't gain much advantage in that raid. The Straw Hat Pirates grew stronger and stronger, and the World Government stopped sending people to help after that, probably because they didn't think this generation's Sun God could reach Laugh Tale!
After returning to Lodestar Island, Luffy called Vic for help. This time, even Vic was at a loss. However, he could offer advice on training-related issues.
However, Luffy has made rapid progress in the past two years and has been moving in the direction he pointed out. While Vic was delighted, he was also somewhat helpless. He was not truly omniscient and omnipotent, and he could not possibly know the location of the last road sign!
"I suggest you don't rush into your next voyage. Go to Zou for a while first, stay in the whale-shaped tree hollow in the Whale Forest. Wait until you can strongly sense the aura of that Road Poneglyph and communicate normally with Zunesha before embarking on your next voyage!"
Since Vic didn't know where the last signpost was, he could only suggest that Luffy use a clumsy method: Luffy's already Awakening Voice of All Things, which is an alternative form of Observation Haki!
Roger and Kozuki Oden also possessed this ability. They relied on this ability to perceive the Poneglyph because the Poneglyph have a very special aura that only those who can Voice of All Things can perceive!
Vic could only Luffy to improve his abilities in this area as much as possible, using his ability to Voice of All Things to sense the location of the last Road Poneglyph!
Vic guessed that Roger might have hidden the Road Poneglyph carefully because he was afraid the World Government would find and decipher them. Roger was convinced that someone who could Voice of All Things would be able to find them later!
Luffy wasn't entirely sure he possessed the ability to Voice of All Things, but he had heard Zunesha speak and the Sea Kings of the deep sea speak, so he might have guessed that he had something special about him!
Now, hearing Vic's suggestion, he knew that the Poneglyph might be related to this ability, so he trusted Vic's advice unconditionally; Vic had never lied to him before!
Although the Holy Knights haven't come looking for them recently, Luffy knows they've been under surveillance by the World Government. Their previous voyage was to find the Road Poneglyph, so he hadn't paid much attention to this surveillance!
However, if he were to be stationed permanently in Zou, it wouldn't be appropriate for the World Government to know, as he didn't want to bring disaster to Zou!
So on a certain island, Luffy had Franky secretly coat the Thousand Sunny with a protective coating, and on a dark night, the Straw Hat Pirates disappeared into the sea!
Vic's understanding of the Law of Space has also progressed rapidly in the past two years. After all, his Law of Lightning has been mastered, and his Law of Speed and Slowness is only one step away from being mastered. He has a very clear understanding of the Laws, so it is normal for him to progress quickly!
However, if Vic wants to achieve mastery and be granted the title of Space Law God, he still has a long way to go; two short years is simply not enough!
In the past two years, members of the Thunder God Pirates Awakening Conqueror's Haki 'Conqueror's Haki have grown to an extremely high level, and are no longer afraid of the infinite resurrection of immortal beings!
Vic used the illusion to hone his companions, saving them a tremendous amount of time. Two years of his training was equivalent to twenty years for others, which shows how much they grew!
Two years have passed, and even Vic's two children, who have just come of age, have made a great name for themselves on the high seas. Although Vic didn't pay much attention to them, he taught them the fastest cultivation method early on!
Although there was no illusion to aid her, there were enough Soul Fruit given to Gion. Even Gion now possessed the strength of Admiral, but she was hiding her true abilities under Vic's instructions!
Over the years, no one has doubted the relationship between Gion and her son and Vic, except for a few people who already guessed it!