Chapter 191

Hawkeye Mihawk withdrew from the Seven Warlords of the Sea and joined the Golden Lion's Sky Pirate Crew, and World Destroyer Bindwald also joined the Sky Pirate Crew, which left the entire Navy and World Government in a state of utter chaos.

In the Navy Headquarters, an emergency meeting was being held, and Fleet Admiral Sengoku, who was about to resign, was conducting his final full-Navy meeting of his life.

"Everyone already knows the situation: the former captain of the Sky Pirate Crew, Golden Lion Shiki, for some unknown reason, has recovered from all his injuries, even his legs have healed.

He even issued that declaration to the entire underworld and indeed the whole world, openly provoking the entire World Government."

This matter is indeed extremely damaging; the blow to our Navy is immense. In the previous war against Whitebeard, although we succeeded in killing Whitebeard, Whitebeard instead joined the Beasts Pirates in another form.

Then Kaido destroyed Charlotte Linlin and became a major threat to the Navy, leaving only two Emperors on this sea, but who could have imagined that this guy Golden Lion would suddenly appear out of nowhere and become the new Emperor of the Sea?

Moreover, what the opposing side threw out is simply too tempting: a Devil Fruit ability that possesses both offensive and healing properties, and is not afraid of seawater.

To those remnants on the sea, this is nothing short of the greatest blessing; recently, many people have rushed into the New World and joined Golden Lion's Sky Pirate Crew.

"Damn it! That bastard Golden Lion actually showed up at this time to cause trouble, this old guy—he not only recovered from all his injuries, but even became younger!" a Navy Vice Admiral said angrily.

This is truly the most speechless thing: regaining the energy and strength of his youth, plus that eerie flame ability and self-healing capability.

"Who knows what Golden Lion's current strength is? He used to be no weaker than Whitebeard and Roger at their peaks."

"This guy is always restless; I never thought that remnants of that old era would one day come out to cause trouble."

"What do the Five Elders mean? Currently, the three Emperors at sea—Red Hair's strength is the weakest, while the strongest are Golden Lion and Kaido." After saying this, Tsuru looked toward Fleet Admiral Sengoku beside her.

"The Five Elders' meaning is to hold a global conscription to fill the Admiral positions; I will step down from the Fleet Admiral position, then recruit two new Admirals to make four Admirals in total." Fleet Admiral Sengoku spoke.

He recommended Aokiji as the new Fleet Admiral, but the Five Elders and the World Government clearly favor the hawkish Akainu.

After discussion, neither side would yield, so they decided to set a time for a duel—whoever wins becomes Fleet Admiral.

When the time comes, the loser will continue serving as Admiral, while simultaneously launching global conscription to recruit two new Navy Admirals, making four Admirals in total to deal with the sea situation.

"So, should we or should we not go to war with one of the Four Emperors? That guy Golden Lion has clearly declared war."

"The World Government's stance is to ignore it for now, waiting for a top-secret weapon to be completed.

Best to send CP0 to stir things up, provoking Golden Lion and Kaido into conflict." Fleet Admiral Sengoku spoke.

The World Government is still waiting for the ultimate weapon—the Seraphim above the Pacifistas.

"Now let's decide on the new bounties: the former captain of the Sky Pirate Crew, Golden Lion, now has a bounty of five billion Berries.

The former World Destroyer Bindwald now has a bounty of one billion Berries, and the former Warlord Hawkeye Mihawk has a bounty of three billion five hundred million Berries."

Soon the Navy released the new bounties: the Grand Commander of the Sky Pirate Crew, Golden Lion, once again stood before everyone.

"Damn it! Wah! Hawkeye, you bastard, I've invited you so many times.

You refused to join me, and yet you ended up joining that guy Golden Lion's crew." Red-Haired Shanks lay dejected on his own ship, speaking with utter despair.

"Please, Captain! Don't always wear that discouraged look—you're still one of the Four Emperors after all."

"Boss, don't you feel something's off about this?"

"Of course it's off—given Mihawk's personality, how could he easily join someone else's forces and even become their subordinate?" Red-Haired Shanks also expressed confusion.

If anyone in this world understands Hawkeye best, it's undoubtedly Red-Haired Shanks.

The two can be said to be both master and friend, and even his swordsmanship is so strong precisely because he has constantly sparred with Hawkeye Mihawk.

"Why don't we go see Golden Lion, go see Hawkeye, and ask this guy what's really going on?" Jesus proposed.

"Decided, brothers—let's go! We're going to scout Golden Lion's territory to find Hawkeye." Red-Haired Shanks waved his hand and said.

"Please, Captain! Do you know where the Sky Pirate Crew is? They only recruit members in certain places, but their headquarters base is a secret!

That old guy Golden Lion's ability is truly abnormal."

If it weren't for these brothers of mine, my captain wouldn't know what kind of trouble he'd stir up!

He usually looks incredibly domineering, but actually he's a complete fool. "Hahaha! I can find someone to help with this! I've actually been to Sky Island before."

Please, Captain, even if we find Sky Island, we might not necessarily find Golden Lion's base!

Sky Island has a specific way to reach it—though dangerous—but Golden Lion's base cannot be lost without flight capability.

But since you're the Captain, since you gave the order, we crew members must think of a way.

No matter what, we must let Captain see Hawkeye, otherwise he won't be satisfied.

Everything happening in the outside world is unknown to Rode and others in Wano Country.

"Captain, there's also a kind of energy called anger; when can I learn it?" Hawkeye Mihawk asked.

"These two days will pass; we first need to handle some Wano Country matters, and the Wano Country shogun also needs to be replaced." Rode said, then glanced at his old father-in-law.

"Hahaha! I can't wait to chop off the head of Black Coal Big Snake!"

These past few days, Kaido has through various means absorbed all of Black Coal Big Snake's ninja troops under him, and now is about to move against this Wano Country shogun.

On the night of the Fire Festival, Kaido appeared before everyone and bluntly announced his decision.

Abolish the current shogun of Wano Country, Black Coal Big Snake's all rights, and have my daughter Yamato become the new shogun of Wano Country.

"Kaido, you, you bastard, I, I am the shogun of Wano Country, you, you are just someone I hired to help." Black Coal Big Snake stared at Kaido in utter disbelief.

"You thinking like this makes me suffer! How can you be as naive as that guy Oden?

Don't you see I've been accumulating power all along, preparing to overthrow you? I've been using you just like you used Kozuki Oden, you idiot!" Kaido coldly smirked at Black Coal Big Snake.

If it weren't for the delay caused by the Azeroth world, I would have dealt with you long ago—why wait until now?

And even without Rode appearing, I still want to deal with you.

"Black Coal Big Snake, the harm you've brought to Wano Country over these years is unforgivable; I will succeed you as the new shogun and make this country better." Yamato appeared beside Kaido, holding her wolf-tooth club.

You scum should have died long ago.

"You, you, come here, come here, get rid of them for me."

"No need to shout—your subordinates' samurai and ninja troops have all been subdued by me; do you think they'd obey you? If you weren't brainless, you couldn't even have risen to this shogun position." Kaido coldly smirked.

All resistance from Black Coal Big Snake is futile. Even the gang leader under him named Transmission Jiro directly launched a rebellion and joined Kaido's side.

Leading his own group of subordinates, he declared allegiance.

Exactly! You guys just keep biting each other like dogs! That day foretold by Lord Shi will come soon—truly a bargain for you, Black Coal Big Snake, letting you die by Kaido's hand.

The desperate black charcoal giant serpent was ultimately killed by Kaido, and it died a full eight times, truly and completely dead.

The Mythical Zoan Yamata no Orochi Fruit's most bizarre ability grants the user eight lives; this Devil Fruit, not inferior to the Azure Dragon Fruit, was wasted by you.

Luode, in cooperation with the Queen, ruthlessly extracted the Yamata no Orochi Fruit and then handed it over to the Disaster Jack.

And through the resurrection ritual, his Mammoth Fruit was extracted, allowing him to consume this Mythical Zoan Mammoth Fruit, while the Mammoth Fruit itself was collected by Kaido.

In the pirate world, Wano Country was completely dominated by Luode and his allies' forces; Luode also concluded his stay in the pirate world and returned to Azeroth via the Dark Portal.

Before departing, Luode had his father-in-law remain behind to temporarily oversee Wano Country, as Azeroth no longer required his assistance for the time being.

At the same time, he brought Hawk-Eye Mihawk and the Golden Lion to the Undercity to begin studying rage energy.

Luode also thoughtfully used Transforming Leaves to create a doppelgänger for each of them, placing it with the Sky Pirate Crew; even with only forty percent of their original strength, it was not to be underestimated.

Before summoning Sargeras, Luode decided to go meet with Azeroth himself, within the Emerald Mark.

Yet he left behind a great deal of fel energy, as well as the power of the Space Gem and the Time Gem; this time, he would hand them all over to Azeroth!

He also had some matters he wished to consult Azeroth about.

(End of Chapter)