"Doesn't that Luffy will have one more competitor?"
Hancock and Luffy are friends, so she'll definitely side with Luffy. If Vic has ambitions to become the Pirate King, then she'll definitely side with Vic.
However, since Vic is indifferent to the One Piece, she will choose to side with Luffy. Although Vic did not directly mention Shanks ' choice, she has already shown her inclination and will most likely compete for it!
"Don't worry, Shanks won't become Luffy's rival. If he really chooses this path, it's probably to give Luffy a push and send Luffy to greater heights. Shanks and Luffy are friends!"
Shanks and Luffy's relationship has never been revealed to the public; they've never even met. Who would have thought that this kid from Foosha Village would become friends with Four Emperors before even setting sail?
Only a few people close to Luffy knew about this. Even the villagers of Foosha Village wouldn't believe that Shanks, now one of the Four Emperors, would be friends with that kid from back then!
When Shanks was stationed in Foosha Village, only a few people, such as Luffy, the old village chief, and Makino, had a good relationship with them. The other villagers kept their distance from pirates.
When Shanks finally left Foosha Village, the reason so many villagers came to see him off wasn't because they were close, but because the pirates who had been keeping them on edge were leaving, and they were genuinely happy!
So it's normal that Hancock and Olvia didn't know about their relationship; Vic hadn't mentioned it before!
"Ah!"*2
"They're friends? You're all friends! The three Emperor of the Sea are actually friends? If the World Government knew this, they'd be in for a huge headache. Luckily, Buggy the Clown isn't your friend, otherwise the Navy and the World Government would be in real trouble!"
Having followed Vic for so many years, Olvia knows the World Government's attitude towards pirates: they allow you to become emperors in the New World, but they don't allow you to form factions, otherwise the Navy won't be able to defeat you.
But now, three of the four Emperor of the Sea are actually secretly friends. If they were to unite, it would be enough to give the World Government a headache. The Navy might not even dare to go to the New World anymore; they could wipe out any number of them. However, none of these three are indiscriminate killers, as long as they are not pushed too far!
Knowing this connection, Olvia wasn't too worried about Vic's previous invasion of Mary Geoise. Vic could ally with the two Four Emperors at any time, so the World Government had to think twice!
"Heh! If you knew the relationship between Buggy and Shanks, and Luffy and Buggy, you wouldn't think that way. The four of us could team up at any time, and that would definitely give Akainu a big surprise. However, I'm not too impressed with their current strength; we still need to develop!"
Vic chuckled inwardly. The previous four Emperor of the Sea had all ruled their own territories, and three of them came from the Rocks Pirates.
Whitebeard has never had any contact with Kaido or Big Mom, seemingly severing all ties with them from their time on Rocks' ship, and even feeling ashamed of that relationship!
Kaido and Big Mom don't get along either; they start fighting as soon as they meet. If it weren't for the kindness of Big Mom giving him the Fish-Fish Fruit, Vic suspects Kaido would have killed Big Mom!
Something unpleasant definitely happened between these two. Vic guesses that Big Mom probably wanted to borrow Kaido's child, but Kaido firmly disagreed, or Kaido didn't agree to his child being raised by Big Mom, and then Big Mom used some underhanded means to anger Kaido!
After all, Kaido is also a rare race, and Big Mom is unlikely to let him go, so the possibility of them becoming enemies is very high. Therefore, these three Emperor of the Sea are showing a competitive relationship!
Shanks, who came from the Pirate King Roger's ship, is even less likely to form an alliance with the other three. The World Government is quite at ease with such a four-way power structure.
As for the current Four Emperors, the World Government isn't entirely clear about their private relationships. If they were to unite one day, the Five Elders and Akainu would certainly not be happy!
"Just know who the next enemy is, and be mentally prepared. There will definitely be a big battle ahead. You all rest well and be ready for battle at any time. I'm going to cultivate; you guys watch the ship!"
Ignoring the subtle flirtatious glances from Olvia, Vic casually tossed a corpse into the sea, then entered the cabin without looking back!
The corpse that Vic threw out was naturally Van Augur's. Van Augur's teleportation ability was also reborn in Vic's Dimensional Space. They were about to arrive at Future Island. Vic needed to have the ability of the Warp-Warp Fruit before landing in Egghead, so it would be very beneficial for him to familiarize himself with the ability in advance!
Seeing that Vic ignored her hints, Olvia gritted her teeth. After letting go of her worries about Vic, she had another thought. Although the boat was small and there was a big third wheel next to her, she knew that with Vic's abilities, he could completely block Hancock's senses. It wouldn't matter if she hummed and moaned to her heart's content!
But Vic was unwilling, so there was nothing she could do. Mining alone was indeed a bit lacking, and it was also easy for Hancock to see it and thus look down on her position in Vic's heart, which was not what she wanted to see. She didn't want to lose to this newcomer!
Vic looked at the Devil Fruit in his hand with its mysterious patterns, as if he could see through its essence. Devil Fruit are all fruit-like in form, and there are all kinds of them. Guide to Law attached to a fruit, it will form a corresponding Devil Fruit!
However, the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia defines the appearance of Devil Fruit in a fixed way, and Blackbeard confirmed that it was the Dark-Dark Fruit based on the information in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.
Since the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia has been popular for so long without any errors, it means that when the Guide to Law attaches itself to a fruit, it will transform the fruit into a specific shape!
Alternatively, the Guide to Law Devil Fruit's appearance remains unchanged even after passing through several owners!
Although there are two possibilities, the second one is clearly more likely. A banana won't turn into a pineapple just because it's attached to the Guide to Law. It might look a little different, but its overall shape won't change fundamentally!
Therefore, when it came time to extract the Devil Fruit abilities from the user, Vic prepared a variety of fruits beforehand, just in case the teleportation ability couldn't find the fruit it wanted to attach to.
This is something Vic only understood after breaking through to the God Realm. The reason he was able to obtain Devil Fruit by doing this before was just pure luck!
If Vic hadn't prepared the specific fruit the first time, he might have missed out on the Float-Float Fruit, and he might have drawn the wrong conclusion that the space inside the Dimensional Ring couldn't contain the fruit's power from escaping!
From then on, Vic probably would never try again, and the Devil Fruit abilities within Rebecca, Wendy, and Olvia would truly be missed!
So when Vic saw the Devil Fruit in his hand, Vic was really glad. He was glad that when he first did this experiment, in order to be more rigorous, he placed all kinds of fruits that he could find in the Dimensional Space, otherwise none of the subsequent harvest would have existed!