Chapter 386 Final Preparations

May 5th, 1520 in the Haiyuan calendar.

East China Sea, Windmill Village.

Monkey D. Luffy held a wooden bucket filled with water, walked to the beach with steps that he didn't recognize, and put the bucket on a small wooden boat.

"Well, that's it!"

He smiled excitedly, and there was an exclamation from behind him: "Prepare? What have you prepared? A boat and a bucket of water?!"

Luffy turned back: "Ah, that's enough!"

"What's enough?! Are you planning to go out to sea like this? You don't even bring food! You are still a landlubber, with such a small boat and a big wave..."

The villagers of Windmill Village who gathered to see Luffy off were all worried, and when they saw Luffy picking his nose with his little finger absent-mindedly, they all looked helpless.

"Ace is like this too?"

I don't know what's going on in my mind. How can I have Ace to save my worries?

The villagers, who had expected it in advance, took out bags of food. Luffy let out a sigh and danced his hands like hot wheels. In an instant, all the food disappeared. His belly swelled to five times its original size, making him like a ball. Luffy was satisfied. The ground burped.

"Thank you everyone! I'm full!"

The quiet atmosphere spread, and an invisible crow seemed to fly away above everyone's heads.

The next moment, the bird did arrive.

The arrival of the news bird slightly brought the speechless villagers back to their senses. The old village leader Up Shrab, wearing a striped hat and glasses and leaning on a cane, waved and paid for a newspaper.

His eyes casually glanced at the newspaper headlines, and his eyes suddenly widened, as if they flew out of their sockets and stuck to his glasses!

When the villagers around them saw the newspaper title, they all looked shocked and shocked.

Actually...this happened? !

This...should be considered a good thing?

But why such a coincidence?

No, we can't let Luffy see this newspaper! That child...whoosh~

As soon as he thought of this, the rubber-elongated arm brought up a gust of wind and snatched the newspaper away. In an instant, the village chief and the villagers were all petrified.

"What?" Luffy took a closer look.

"The Age of Great Pirates is Over?" One Piece, the treasure of the Pirate King, has been found! 》

"Eh?!" Luffy was shocked.

He put his face close to the newspaper and read the contents carefully, without raising his head for a long time.

The villagers looked worried.

This kid has been shouting since he was a child that he wanted to be the pirate king and find One Piece. But on the same day he set sail, the newspaper came to the newspaper saying that One Piece had been found? What a shock this must be!

Will he still sail?

Lieutenant General Garp should be happy.

But……

"Luffy, are you okay?" Seeing that Luffy didn't look up for a long time, the village chief asked worriedly.

"I...it's okay." Luffy's mouth formed a parabola, and he raised his head and replied: "It's okay...if you find it, just find it, pirate...the important thing is adventure and freedom, not...not treasure..."

Then don't cry.

"Um...I'm going sailing." Luffy stepped onto the boat and untied the rope: "Goodbye, everyone!"

This state of affairs is really uneasy. The villagers looked at each other with headaches as they watched the boat leave the coast and sail away to the sea.

At this moment, Dadan, the fat bandit aunt who raised Luffy and said she would never let him go, suddenly rushed out from the corner of the street and shouted to the sea.

"You brat! Cheer up and make a name for yourself! Don't embarrass me! Also, happy 17th birthday, Luffy!!"

Luffy, who was in a daze, looked up. He was stunned for a few seconds before raising his right arm high. The newspaper was blown away by the sea breeze, and vitality and smile returned to his face.

"of course!!!"

…

"The End of the World's Strongest?" 》

Coco Yashi, Nami was holding the newspaper with both hands and reading, her face was slightly pale and her arms were shaking a little.

Get the treasure of the Pirate King...

Single-handedly defeated the three most powerful generals in the Navy, causing General Sakaski to die in the line of duty and become the most vicious criminal in the world...

Died in a blow from the World Government...

"Dead, dead?"

The image of destroying Cocoyasi's nightmare is still vivid in her mind. She has been working hard to improve her sailing skills for the past three years, hoping that one day she can sail away to meet him again and say thank you in person.

Turns out... no, it won't.

"There is no confirmed news yet... He is the strongest in the world, how could he die so easily?"

…

"The New Pirate Emperor?" 》

On a certain island, Sauron finished reading the newspaper and took out the reward order that came with the newspaper.

The man with the cross black knife on his back seemed to have eagle-like eyes shining on him through the reward order, and the amount under the photo was astronomical.

3.288 billion!

Because he went to Ravdru with Holo, the former King Wuwukai Hawkeye Mihawk was wanted again, and the reward amount was directly placed second only to Whitebeard, Blasphemer, and Red Hair!

As a pirate hunter, Zoro usually only catches a few million pirates at most, knowing the significance of this amount, and his eyes sparkled with excitement.

There are some regrets included.

Before the world's greatest swordsman, Holo, had time to challenge him, did the name of the world's greatest swordsman change back to Hawkeye again due to force majeure?

It doesn't matter, but...

"Damn it, how far is the Tidal Island of the Grand Line? After three years of voyage, we still haven't found it!"

Zoro looked up and observed his surroundings.

"Why does it feel like I've been here before..."

…

When the remote islands of the East China Sea received newspapers, it meant that these things on the Grand Line had basically spread.

Every time the world's strongest man, Holo, made a move, it would definitely bring big news, and all forces on the sea were basically used to it.

And this time the news was particularly big and there was a lot of it.

The end of the One Piece competition, the defeat of the three admirals of the navy and even the sacrifice of Akainu, the death of the world's strongest man, Holo...

One shocking piece of news after another shocked countless people. The remaining four warlords, the kings of the member countries of the World Government, and the secluded strong men of the previous era all had various reactions.

Among them, the focus was on three.

What exactly is One Piece?

Is Holo really dead?

Even the three admirals of the navy were defeated, how did the world government deal with Holo?

In comparison, even the news of the sacrifice of Admiral Akainu and the birth of the new pirate emperor Hawkeye were not so important.

Only Zhan Guo was extremely angry. In just half a month, he went to the holy land of Mary Joa three times to scold the Five Elders, but obviously, there would be no result, which gradually made him discouraged.

‘A navy admiral captured by the enemy is already a sacrifice. It is helpless to be affected by the execution of Holo. ’

Is such an explanation worthy of the navy?

Coupled with the shaken morale of the navy, Zhan Guo was haggard and resigned.

The Five Elders replied: "Hold on for a while, Zhan Guo. In order to make up for the loss of the navy's combat power, the world government is preparing to conduct a world conscription, recruiting strong and outstanding people from the entire ocean, and even directly promoted to admiral!

When the conscription is over, if you want to retire from the position of marshal and retire, we will not refuse."

Is this to make up for the lack of combat power, or no longer trust the navy? Zhan Guo sighed when he left the holy land, Holo, are you really dead?

Is Holo really dead? This is also the most concerned and even worried thing for the Five Elders recently.

Although no one should survive the attack of the national treasure, it should not happen that the national treasure is damaged!

It is a nightmare that one of the foundations of the Celestial Dragons' rule over the world has been hit.

Sometimes you have to hide, and sometimes you have to make it public. The reason why the news that Holo defeated the three generals independently and was wiped out by the World Government was spread everywhere was because they confirmed that the King of Heaven could not be repaired in a short time, at least it would be difficult to send out the power to destroy the island and the country!

Many people guessed that the World Government controlled the King of Heaven, so that it could continue to deter this sea and the rebels headed by the blasphemer.

But the premise is... Holo is really dead.

"He is not a person with special abilities. As long as he is a flesh and blood body, even if he does not die under such a blow, he will definitely be seriously injured and his strength will no longer exist..."

"What did Red Hair say? Didn't Red Hair get the news from Hawkeye?"

"That guy does not recognize his identity and is not of the same mind as us..."

"The noble blood in his body cannot be replaced! Keep contacting him. Even if you don't get an accurate answer, you must at least find out some situations!"

...

Red-haired Shanks is a Celestial Dragon, and he is of the top bloodline and direct line of Celestial Dragons.

If Rocks had not killed his parents in the Battle of God Valley 36 years ago, and he was adopted by Pirate King Roger, then he would probably be one of the heads of the Celestial Dragon family in the Holy Land of Marijoa, whose status is higher than the Five Elders.

Because of this identity, his face is also very useful to the World Government. Even in the battle of Wano Country, one of the orders of the World Government to the Navy was that if Red Hair was defeated, he should try to save his life.

Of course, Red Hair didn't have much recognition for this identity. He sent away CP0 who had contacted him secretly. He squatted on the coast, looking at his reflection in the sea and thinking for a while.

Lakilu called him from behind.

"Boss! Why are you here? Go back to the base quickly. Uta's concert is about to start. We have to be the first to listen to the new song!"

"Oh? Really?" Red Hair smiled and walked back quickly with Lakilu.

Giving Ben Beckman a reassuring look, he rubbed Uta's head and said, "This concert seems to be the largest one. Are you nervous? Uta."

"No." Uta chuckled and said, "As long as it's singing, I will never be nervous."

Besides, you are here, father.

Two months ago, Ji Xing, who returned from Raftel, went to find his adopted daughter Uta with Red Hair as promised, helping the father and daughter to untie the knot.

Watching his daughter step onto the stage built by the Red Hair Pirates with full energy, and his companions cheering with fluorescent sticks, Red Hair calmed down.

Here are my family.

Holo, I won't hinder you, but I won't help you, just do what you want to do!

...

"Is it the king Roger mentioned?"

On the Mobidi, when Whitebeard saw the news, he immediately thought of what Roger had said, and analyzed: "But that powerful kid... will never die so easily!"

During this period, he has also been paying attention to the progress of the matter and the situation of all parties. But before waiting for Ji Xing's news, an accident came.

"Dad! No, it's bad! Teach, Teach... is gone!"

"Huh?" Whitebeard snorted, looking at Yamato who was running slightly out of breath in front of him, squinting his eyes and asked: "Teach? Why is he gone?"

"Just last night, I saw him last night! Everything was normal, but one night passed, and this morning he suddenly disappeared! He disappeared from the ship inexplicably!" Yamato's words were organized in a hurry and messy way: "No one You know what’s going on, Teach’s room is very clean, everyone went to the sea and found no trace!”

"Did you suddenly disappear from the ship..." Whitebeard's expression became serious: "Marco, you and Yamato go over and investigate, don't let go of any traces!"

What's the point of losing a son inexplicably? The entire Whitebeard Pirates are moving!

…

Deep sea, in a submarine.

The future black-bearded Tiqi Dahei had a simple and honest smile on his face, feeling very panicked.

He was caught.

The reason there were no traces in the room was because he was completely unable to resist his captors.

Is it reasonable for you, the strongest person in the world, who is rumored to be dead recently, to suddenly go to my father's place and attack me, a nobody? !

He was actually caught in a submarine like this.

He felt that there was a big ghost and a big secret, but he was thrown into a small cabin. He didn't dare to make any move at all and could only wait to be punished.

At this time, the cabin door was opened, and a ferocious-looking young man with a green comb hair and a nose ring walked in and threw a syringe to him.

"Draw a tube of blood yourself, hurry up."

Tiqi raised his head and his honest smile became more obvious: "Well, where is Mr. Holo..."

"Master Holo told me not to have any additional communication with you. If you take the initiative to speak after the warning, I can punch you a few times!" The young man said unkindly, holding his head high.

Tiqi was silent for a few seconds and drew blood obediently.

Bartolomeo took the syringe, curled his lips proudly, turned around and walked out - what about Whitebeard's crew? I am now the strongest in the legendary world!

The past month or so has been a dream for him. He never imagined that he, a little shrimp, would get the most attention in the world, and even talk about his abilities.

He is grateful and follows loyally.

The first task is very important.

He was there when Punk Hassad was attacked by the King of Heaven, and his barrier fruit ability was said to be absolutely unbreakable, but he almost suffered a serious blow.

The terrifying attack of the King of Heaven almost shattered his barrier after fighting against the strongest in the world, but fortunately, he lived up to his fate and saved the lives of some people and helped Boss Holo!

Holding the syringe that had collected Tiqi's blood, he strode towards the main cabin. When he passed by a small dark room, he stood on tiptoe and glanced inside. He met a pair of ferocious eyes and shrank back in fear.

"Tch...what's the air? He's just a 'dead' admiral. If I hadn't saved you that day, you would have really died!"

Cursing, he walked into the main cabin and saw all kinds of instruments that he couldn't understand. In front of him, the bandaged boss Holo and the old man Vegapunk were also exchanging things he couldn't understand.

"That...Boss Holo, this is that Tiqi's blood. I saw him draw it with my own eyes!"

Ji Xing turned around, nodded and smiled: "Well done, Bartolomeo."

"If there is anything else, just ask!" Bartolomeo stood at attention in excitement.

Ji Xing said: "Let's go to the kitchen and do some work."

"Yes!" Bartolomeo said energetically.

His arrival even gave Abe a great sense of crisis. The exchanges between the two in recent days were very interesting.

After he left, Ji Xing shook Tiqi's blood and turned to Bega Punk.

"Let's test this. I believe it will be an eye-opener for us."

"There are indeed endless strange physiques on the sea." Vegapunk said with emotion: "The same goes for the skeletons you gave me before. The cells that have been dead for many years still have a certain amount of activity, and each cell secretes strange digestive energy.

This guy who was just captured also has multiple hearts? Even under the World Government, there are very few such special beings. "

He took over the blood operation and asked casually: "When will the other instruments arrive? When will we officially start researching the Devil Fruit manufacturing machine?"

"It's already in place. We are heading to the new research institute address. We can't stay at the bottom of the sea forever." Ji Xing said: "Eagle Eye informed me this morning that the Devil's Triangle sea area has been cleared and occupied by him."

"Where? Isn't that the territory of Shichibukai Moonlight Moria?" Vegapunk looked sideways.

Ji Xing smiled: "It's ours now. The natural and superior environment there allows us to conduct research for a period of time with peace of mind."

He glanced at his wrist and saw that the fifth star was already 63% lit.

Next, let the world think that I am dead first, so as to avoid unnecessary interference.

It’s time to make the final preparations for heading to the Holy Land of Mariejoia and sprinting towards the Five Stars!