[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki":3,"chapter-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-415":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","If You Don't Try Hard, How Can I Become Pirate King?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2340399,4574,"Chapter 415: Blackbeard Escapes","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-415",415,"\u003Cp>Peter Saint wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up the wine glass on the table, stared at the slow-moving crimson liquid within, and sneered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if he truly is crafting an ancient weapon, so what?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The only mother seed capable of activating ancient weapons is in our hands—so even if the Pluton is built, it’s nothing but an empty shell.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It might even suppress Britannias’s expansion rate—could be beneficial for us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maz Saint nodded in agreement:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Britannias’s scale is unprecedented—it now has the power to truly threaten the World Government’s rule.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once the Four Seas are pacified and the Grand Line is fully recontrolled, the next step will be dealing with Britannias’s chaos—even if the cost is immense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, the events of Loxs thirty years ago are still fresh in memory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These self-proclaimed pirates are ungrateful wolves—once they get the chance, they’ll Haobuyouyu  tear off a bloody chunk from their master’s flesh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet they don’t even realize that crawling before us is already their greatest blessing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the office, silence reigned, only the Five Elders’ gazes grew colder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere was heavy, nearly freezing the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether Gao Wen or Britannias, both had now approached the upper limit of what they could tolerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Gao Wen still bore the title of Warlord, nominally a subordinate force of the World Government, it made no difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, anyone could see the Warlord title and its privileges could never contain the world’s strongest monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should we report this to Im-sama?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mu Luo Ke spoke up; beside him, Wu Qiu Li Saint shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That one is not currently in Mary Geoise. I will personally report matters concerning Britannias upon his return.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just in case.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deploy CP agents to investigate Britannias’s construction of Pluton.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If they truly have the capability to build Pluton, we must eliminate the threat in its cradle—even at the risk of collapsing the entire system.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if… we must accelerate the world’s sinking!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I have no objections.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mu Luo Ke gave a symbolic bow and turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Satan Saint watched Xia Mu Luo Ke’s back until it vanished completely, then turned to Wu Qiu Li Saint and warned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roubo Luqi and his group returned to Mary Geoise a few days ago—should we eliminate them…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Qiu Li Saint shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t act rashly—that might provoke Knight Gao Wen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, according to our earlier intelligence, Knight Gao Wen intervened in the Seven Seas’ Pluton struggle two years ago because of Roubo Luqi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t the World Martial Arts Tournament about to begin?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let Roubo Luqi go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If he dies on the arena, it won’t be our doing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold laughter echoed through the office as the lights slowly dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impel Down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infinite Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Located at the very bottom of Impel Down, hundreds of meters beneath the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those imprisoned here see only darkness—darkness, and more darkness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the long wait, countless once-dominant pirates broke down mentally, becoming hollow shells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackbeard was naturally not among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, the only thing sustaining him was the thought of seizing Whitebeard’s power and becoming King of the World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after the War of the Summit, revenge against Gao Wen had become the force that kept him clinging to life in this endless darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more pain, the more torment, the more restless he became from boundless darkness, the more his hatred grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gao Wen—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A suppressed, muffled roar squeezed from Blackbeard’s mouth, twisting his entire face with hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t waste your energy on such trivial things.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shiryu glanced at him, then looked away:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Preserve your strength, accumulate more power, and wait for that one sliver of hope to escape.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That is the only way out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shiryu closed his eyes and feigned sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his increasingly heavy breathing and the mounting, thickened killing intent still betrayed that his inner state was far from calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackbeard naturally sensed this—and suddenly became interested:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can’t even control your own killing intent—how dare you criticize me?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shiryu opened his eyes, recalling Lucci’s contemptuous gaze—he felt a surge of rage:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No matter what… I will kill that bastard with my own hands!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I too have someone I must avenge—a man equally arrogant, yet truly formidable in strength.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackbeard’s lips curled into a faint smile; he slowly sat up, gazed at Shiryu’s cage beside him, and extended his hand:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can feel the oppressive, unsettling killing intent radiating from you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Become my partner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When we escape, let’s make this sea boil together.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shiryu glanced at him, then turned his gaze toward the distant sealed door, saying nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pirate imprisoned here laughed mockingly at Blackbeard’s words:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t talk nonsense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since the last prison break, Magellan has tightened security even further.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Escaping is pure fantasy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet no sooner had the pirate spoken than a sound echoed from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gates of Infinite Hell opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blinding white light poured in from outside; a slender girl, her body wrapped entirely in bandages, stepped slowly into the light, walking against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of fully armed guards surrounded her, fearing any mishap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackbeard narrowed his eyes, gradually making out her figure:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A major figure has arrived?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait—you’re…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackbeard’s pupils dilated violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For through his Observation Haki, the being standing before him was not a person—but a puppet controlled by invisible strings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was truly some entity behind this woman, manipulating her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackbeard had seen Doflamingo use his String-String Fruit to control others’ bodies—but this was incomparable to what unfolded before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This creature… was controlling souls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you feel it?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl lifted her gaze; her pupils dilated, then contracted instantly—her aura shifted completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast black wings unfurled behind her; a long, slender black tail extended from her coccyx.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black flames swirled around her entire form, resembling a demon from legend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes held an indescribable arrogance and aloofness—like a god seated high above, gazing down at crawling insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this being revealed not a single ounce of power, in that instant, Blackbeard felt the same terror as facing Gao Wen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even stronger than Gao Wen had been at that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another monster like this still exists?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackbeard was stunned and terrified—his face darkened even further in the next instant.\u003C\u002Fp>",1052,"2026-06-20T23:03:54.258Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7d668b8a03a18c8d19654b8d320dc4572bf2d287b5d607c5eeeaf0aee04c1ea0","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-416","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-414",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fif-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-cover.jpg"]