Chapter 184: Inazuma: Easy to Defend, Hard to Attack

In Inazuma, at the General's Mansion in the Capital of Flowers.

Inside the main building with a hundred-meter-high glazed dome, Yamato, draped in a flying cape, played Superman, while Saint Saint Saiwen browsed the latest personnel list of the Morning Star Crew—

Captain: Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen.

First Mate: Dracule Mihawk.

Honorary First Mate: Golden Lion Shi Ji.

Combat Captain: Fujitora Ichinose.

Medical Captain: Bartholomew Kuma.

Logistics Captain: Jin Ni.

Intelligence Captain: Yuzhi Xiliu.

Combatants: Baret, Moria.

Cook: Laffitte.

Interns: Yamato, Perona, Foxy, Corazon.

First Division Captain: Dorry and Brogy.

Second Division Captain: Andy Go.

Third Division Captain: Buggy and Foxy.

"Fourteen members in the Morning Star Crew."

"Three divisions in the Grand Fleet, totaling over two thousand people."

Saint Saint Saiwen's fingers kept tapping on the table: "Less than half the Luo Jie Pirates, we still need to keep working hard."

The peak Luo Jie Pirates had over thirty crew members, gathering talents from all walks of life, like Uncle Jabba, who could serve as navigator and was also one of the three main forces.

Even Saint Saint Saiwen, Shanks, and Buggy, the three interns, were all all-around talents.

They could do almost everything.

From the time he and Mihawk formed the pirate crew to now possessing two territories, Inazuma and Beehive Island, Saint Saint Saiwen took a total of four years.

"Currently still missing a helmsman, navigator, musician, doctor... no need for a shipwright."

The Donghai Dihuang ship only needs one hundred points for a single repair, completely eliminating the need for a shipwright.

For the dedicated helmsman, Saint Saint Saiwen had reserved Jinbei, but due to being too busy, he never had time to go to Fish-Man Island; he could spare some time to go try it out.

The navigator wasn't that urgent.

When Saint Saint Saiwen was on the Luo Jie Pirates, he recorded many permanent compasses, and later Whitebeard gifted quite a few more permanent compasses, barely enough to get by.

Although a musician is optional, it would be best to recruit one to enrich the crew's entertainment life.

The doctor is the most urgently needed member of the Morning Star Crew right now.

Kuma is not a professional doctor after all; while the Senzu Bean's healing effect is good, it is for saving lives in critical moments, and one must rush to buy them on the trading platform every month.

It's harder than Saint Saint Saiwen grabbing national subsidies in his past life.

And the damn price went up.

Dragon Ball users, citing insufficient production capacity, raised the price of Senzu Beans from one thousand points per bean to three thousand points, just like those unscrupulous merchants hoarding memory sticks.

Unfortunately, Saint Saint Saiwen couldn't see the Flying Man.

Senzu Beans are ultimately a holy medicine for healing; even with a threefold price increase, demand still outstrips supply.

Fortunately, Saint Saint Saiwen had hoarded over thirty Senzu Beans before; after spending one hundred and fifty thousand points to buy the Lord's Flag and the General's Mansion, he still had one hundred and ninety thousand points remaining.

In short, a doctor must be recruited first.

The surgeon fruit user doctor, Phoenix, would be extremely suitable to serve as the Morning Star Crew's doctor, it's just unclear where he has hidden himself.

"Uncle Barzab."

A clear child's voice rang out; Yamato hovered in mid-air, hands on hips, shouting at Saint Saint Saiwen.

"Come over and play with me."

Saint Saint Saiwen's face was covered in black lines: "How many times have I said not to call me uncle, call me big brother."

I'm only nineteen years old.

How did I become an uncle?!

Yamato stuck out her tongue: "Nyah nyah nyah nyah~"

Saint Saint Saiwen continued looking at the information organized by Fujitora.

At this moment, Golden Lion Shi Ji, holding a cigar, floated into the main building like a ghost.

"Captain, I want to go and hold down Beehive Island."

"Give me some more ships and personnel; I plan to search for lantern fish along the waters of Beehive Island."

Saint Saint Saiwen patted his forehead.

"I've been too busy recently, almost forgot the main business."

"Senior Shi Ji, I'll tell Buggy to lead the Third Division and go with you to search."

For luck-based things like finding lantern fish, besides the destined protagonist Luffy, only Buggy, who possesses Conqueror's Luck, can do it.

Buggy can always bring unexpected surprises.

Saint Saint Saiwen had already given up on searching himself.

He felt that because of selling Devil Fruits, he was being specially targeted by the Will of the World.

"Red Nose?" Shi Ji pondered: "Does Red Nose really have luck as good as you say?"

Saint Saint Saiwen smiled: "Please wait and see."

Beehive Island is located to the northeast of Wano Country.

With Golden Lion voluntarily going to hold down Beehive Island, at least there is no need to worry about Beehive Island being ambushed anymore.

Moreover, with Big Bear and Jin Ni present, traveling between Inazuma and Honeycomb Island is extremely convenient thanks to the Meatball Fruit and Door-Door Fruit abilities.

Precisely for this reason, Saint Saint Saiwen chose to occupy these two non-adjacent territories.

Seeing Shiki's hesitant expression, Saint Saint Saiwen asked curiously.

"Senior Shi Ji? Just speak your mind."

"Um..." Shiki stammered, "Could you bestow a blessing on ships other than the Donghai Dihuang?"

"I feel uncomfortable staying on other ships."

It took Saint Saint Saiwen a few seconds of stunned silence before he finally understood: what did it mean to bless a ship?

Oh dear, Shiki had mistaken the buffs on the Donghai Dihuang for a divine blessing.

Truly, you are someone, Senior Shi Ji.

This train of thought is simply... very logical.

"I am not very familiar with ship blessings," Saint Saint Saiwen said, waving the system's banner, "but I can barely manage island blessings."

Saint Saint Saiwen bought another one again: a lord's flag embroidered with a red flame pattern, which he handed to Shiki.

"The effect can reach about half of the Donghai Dihuang's; just plant it at the highest point of Honeycomb Island, and there's no need to worry about theft."

There are still 140,000 points remaining.

However, once all the Devil Fruits obtained from the Holy Land No. 1 Treasury are sold and pure gold is found, Saint Saint Saiwen will be completely free of point constraints.

Shiki accepted the flag with satisfaction.

"Captain, keep working hard."

"I'm waiting for you to bestow blessings on ships."

Only those who have lived on the Donghai Dihuang truly understand its benefits: sleeping less than three hours a day leaves one fully refreshed, and even injuries heal faster.

"Alright, I'll keep trying."

After Shiki left, Saint Saint Saiwen took out a map.

Inazuma (Wano Country)

Islands on the Grand Line each have their own seasons, while every region of Inazuma has a different climate, because Inazuma is as large as several islands.

Most importantly, the terrain is treacherous, easy to defend and hard to attack.

Besides flight, the main way to enter Inazuma is by passing through waterfalls.

This is one of the reasons why Kaido and Saint Saint Saiwen, with remarkably aligned vision, both saw great potential in Wano Country.

The treacherous terrain, extreme difficulty of landing, and the strategic advantage of being easy to defend but hard to attack once made all powers hesitate to approach this place.

Moreover, it is said that Pluton, one of the three Ancient Weapons, lies dormant beneath the seas of Wano Country.

Pluton is the most fearsome warship in shipbuilding history, a super-warship once constructed by Water Saint Saint Saiwen, where every cannon on its hull could destroy an entire island with a single shot.

In short, Wano Country is a treasure land.

Now it belongs to Saint Saint Saiwen.

Sabaody Archipelago, Island No. 60.

Marine Temporary Headquarters, Fleet Admiral's Office.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku rubbed his messy white hair, looking utterly exhausted as if he had lost his soul.

"Everyone, it is now confirmed without doubt."

"Barzab has taken Wano Country; at the World Conference in five months, the Five Elders will declare Inazuma a member nation of the World Government."

"The World Government will launch a massive propaganda campaign soon."

Sengoku looked helplessly at the attendees.

"The Marines are facing an unprecedentedly severe situation; if handled improperly..."

Though Sengoku did not continue, Vice Admiral Tsuru, Karp, and others already understood.

If handled improperly, the Marines' faith could be destroyed; worse still, naval officers led by Zephyr would defect from the Marines.

The voice heard outside made Sengoku feel even more desperate and helpless.

"Admiral Zephyr, the Fleet Admiral is holding another meeting."