"Excellent! Excellent wine! This wine is unlike anything I've ever tasted! In my entire life, I've traveled the Four Blues, sailed the Grand Line, and drunk countless fine wines, but this is the first time I've ever tasted anything like it! Vic! Thank you for the treat, come on! Another bowl!"
Shanks downed the wine in his bowl and said "good" three times. He truly loved this wine; even the fine wine from his hometown in the West Blue couldn't compare!
The wine in the bowl reminded him of his hometown and the happy days he spent playing with his friend Buggy on the Oro Jackson. The wine held his youth and memories!
After finishing the first jar of wine, Shanks waved goodbye, carrying the two jars Vic had given him. He was still heading to Elbaf!
Vic intends to remain near Wano Country; his target is Blackbeard, and he won't leave easily until he obtains further information about Blackbeard.
Vic had a vague idea of Blackbeard's purpose in coming to Wano Country, so he knew that Blackbeard wouldn't just disappear like that. He steered his small boat to cruise in the waters near Wano Country, waiting for Luffy and his crew to Wano Country!
" Vic! Is Blackbeard really going to show up? Why don't we just go to Wano Country, find an inn, and wait there? And didn't you say Luffy is in Wano Country too? Let's go see him!"
Seeing that Vic had accepted her, but so many days had passed without any further action, Hancock began to get anxious. However, the ship was too small, and there were three of them together, making it difficult to carry out the long-awaited exchange. A ready-made excuse had just appeared.
"So you're thinking of finding a hotel to wait for news? You've really figured things out, you're despicable!"
As someone with experience, Olvia immediately saw through Hancock's little scheme and cursed inwardly. Originally, it was just her and Vic who came out this time, enjoying a wonderful time together. But because of her, now Vic won't touch her. Sure enough, three people can't have anything to drink!
"No rush! We'll wait nearby."
There are hardly any islands near Wano Country, and besides, Vic has already pretty much guessed Blackbeard's purpose, so naturally he can't leave.
Blackbeard remained hidden within the Whitebeard Pirates until the Dark-Dark Fruit appeared, revealing his true colors. His ambition was immense!
In this world, there are only two goals that can support his ambition: one is to obtain the ultimate One Piece of the Grand Line and become the Pirate King!
The other is to overthrow the World Government and the Celestial Dragons ' rule, and become the new King of the World!
Regardless of Blackbeard's target, obtaining One Piece is indispensable, as One Piece involves three incredibly powerful Ancient Weapon, potentially a vast amount of treasure, and a scandal involving the World Government!
After Roger returned from Laugh Tale Whitebeard and told him everything about the One Piece Whitebeard. It's hard to say that Blackbeard didn't use some means to overhear something!
Even if he didn't learn anything from Roger, given his consistent scheming, he definitely knows a lot of information about the One Piece!
Therefore, Blackbeard's visit to Wano Country this time is most likely to seize the readily available Road Poneglyph, because he already knew that Wano Country had such things. Vic even suspects that this guy also has the ability to Voice of All Things!
This area used to be Kaido of the Beasts's territory, so he didn't dare to act rashly. But now that someone has obtained the Poneglyph for him, he just needs to wait on the way from Wano Country to the next island and seize them.
However, there are three magnetic islands corresponding to Wano Country, and Vic doesn't know where Blackbeard will be waiting. So, if he follows the three captains who set off from Wano Country, he will most likely encounter Blackbeard!
Vic refused Hancock's request, and Hancock had no other choice. After all, he was the only one in her heart, so she could only suppress her restless heart!
Although the boat was small, it was fully equipped. With Vic's Dimensional Space, food and fresh water were plentiful, so Vic had nothing to fear from waiting. He could use this time to ponder how the illusion and reality were connected.
Three more days passed, Vic finally saw three pirate ships leaping off the Wano Country waterfall, one of which was the Little Lion Thousand Sunny.
There's also a yellow one, completely covered in sheet metal; that's Law's submarine. The last ship's prow is made of a sea monster's skull; that must be Kid's pirate ship—presumably, quite wild.
As the three pirate ships plunged rapidly off the waterfall, a cacophony of screams from various voices finally reached us.
Vic heard Nami and Chopper's screams from inside. Nami's scream was the most piercing and carried the furthest. Vic already guessed who was on the ship and could also imagine Luffy's fate. How dare you frighten the navigator like that? Even if you're one of the Four Emperors, you'll still get a beating!
The news of the Wano Country war was published this morning. Vic has a copy of the newspaper. Kaido and Big Mom, the Four Emperors Four Emperors, have been defeated, and the World Government has stripped them of their titles Emperor of the Sea!
They were replaced by Straw Hat Boy Luffy and Buggy the Clown. Straw Hat Boy already had the title of Five Emperors, and after defeating Kaido, he was immediately promoted to Emperor by the World Government, which is well-deserved!
Luffy's current bounty is 3 billion Beli, which is still some distance from the bounties of the veteran Four Emperors, but he's young!
At 19 years old, he's probably the youngest Four Emperors in history, a feat unprecedented. Whether he'll ever be one is uncertain, and perhaps the term "pirate" will soon disappear altogether Four Emperors, let alone the Four Emperors!
Buggy was formerly Shichibukai, but that title has now been abolished. He has gained two new subordinates, Admiral Dracule Mihawk and Crocodile, and together they have formed the Cross Guild, which has set up a reverse bounty on the Marines. Their momentum is second only to Vic!
Buggy was also an apprentice on the Pirate King Roger's ship, just like Red-Haired Shanks of the Four Emperors. So, people who don't know the inside story still believe in Buggy's strength and are quite convinced that he subdued two Shichibukai and became one of the Four Emperors!
However, at the headquarters of the Cross Guild, the Four Emperors, Buggy, was receiving a warm greeting from his two royal fathers—so warmly that only his head remained!
It should have been Mihawk, one of the King's fathers, who cut the peach himself. Crocodile proposed and facilitated the Cross Guild, provided the money, and contacted Mihawk. But the peach ended up being picked by Buggy, the mascot!
Crocodile was almost furious. Even when Mihawk became one of the Four Emperors, he wasn't this angry. After all, Mihawk's bounty was a whopping 3.59 billion Beli, and that's how much the World Government and the Navy recognized him!
But you, Buggy, who just got lucky, dare to covet the title of Four Emperors? You're simply courting death.
In the end, Mihawk persuaded him, saying that it wouldn't be bad to let Buggy take the lead, Crocodile finally gave face and let the Four Emperors Buggy go!
Law's performance this time was not as good as in the original work. He was just Yamato's assistant. Although his bounty has increased a lot, it still cannot reach the 3 billion Beli that Luffy, one of the Four Emperors, had in the original work. This time, his bounty only reached 2.135 billion Beli.
Kid's bounty is even lower; he's practically a nobody, with only 1.379 billion Beli. And that's only because he teamed up with Law to make Big Mom suffer a loss!
The bounty saved from dealing with them was distributed to Yamato. After Yamato battle with Big Mom, Yamato's bounty reached 2.956 billion Beli, making her the highest bounty in the Thunder God Pirates besides Vic. Of course, with her strength, she is indeed worth that price!