One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 721 Tunnel
"Extra! Extra! The front and back halves of the Grand Line have been opened! Extra! Extra! The Red Earth Continent Tunnel has been opened! You can take a ship directly to the New World!"

A newsboy was running from one end of the town to the other carrying a newspaper, and his shouting made everyone stop and look.

"Child! Give me a newspaper!"

A well-dressed gentleman handed over two coins and took a newspaper from the newsboy. The headline on the front page was in bold and large letters, which was what the newsboy had just shouted.

《Shock! The Red Earth Continent has been opened up, and ships can pass normally, saving at least three days of travel! 》

Looking at the articles in the newspaper that were madly praising how great this tunnel was, the gentleman couldn't help but frown. He discovered a small detail, which was that the report did not explain who created this suddenly appeared tunnel. It did not mention the World Government or the Navy. It was really strange.

There are many people who have the same idea as this gentleman. There are smart people in this world, especially some businessmen who have been doing business on the sea for many years. They have keenly discovered one thing. The newspaper mentioned an inconspicuous place, that is, the tunnel is from the New World to Paradise. Who is in control of the New World now? Those who understand it know it, so it goes without saying who built this tunnel. For a time, the reputation of the Four Emperors began to rise continuously. After all, this tunnel can save businessmen a lot of trouble. Time is money, my friend.

At this time in the Navy Headquarters, Sengoku looked at the newspaper, sighed helplessly, threw the newspaper aside, took off his glasses, and rubbed his tired eyes.

"How's the situation in that tunnel?"

Zhan Guo asked helplessly.

"It's still under testing. At least there are no problems so far. I don't know what kind of explosives those pirates used. The entire tunnel is completely cylindrical. It is wide enough for four ironclad ships to sail side by side without interfering with each other. The entire structure is very stable. We tested it for half a day and didn't find any debris falling."

A technical sergeant of the Navy said that he was astonished when he saw the tunnel. This engineering feat was simply amazing. If the Navy officers present at the time had not said that the explosion occurred in an instant, he would not have believed it. This kind of thing could not be accomplished in an instant, even if it took decades.

"Okay. By the way, be careful not to stay in the New World for too long during the reconnaissance. The situation there is not very clear right now. No one can guarantee what will happen. Be careful."

After giving another warning, Zhan Guo waved his hand and asked the technical sergeant to leave. At this moment, he felt his head buzzing. What was going on in this world?
At the same time, the situation on the Five Elder Stars' side was not optimistic. The injury of Nasu Shoulang Sheng made the others feel a fear that they had not felt for many years. The other party was obviously not awakened, but they were able to snatch control of the Dead Zone from Nasu Shoulang Sheng, and make Nasu Shoulang Sheng so embarrassed. It was truly incredible.

"What exactly is going on?"

Saint Maz asked with a gloomy face, this battle was so shameful, it can be said that it was because of Saint Nasujuro's failure that they lost the whole game, and it happened that Saint Nasujuro and his men had chosen their own enemies.

"Her fruit is only one step away from awakening. Whether it is a true awakening or a fork in the road, she has the ability to communicate with the dead zone. The authority of this ability is higher than mine. My ability is strictly restrained. Even my attacks have no effect on her. She can rob me of my authority just by releasing her own flames."

There is a piece of gauze on the chest of Nasujuro Sheng. For other people, that small wound may heal quickly, but for the Five Elders, this seemingly insignificant wound has other meanings, just like someone who seldom gets sick suddenly getting sick may be suffering from a serious illness. For the almost immortal Five Elders, this insignificant wound is actually a very serious wound, not much lighter than the serious injuries to other people. This may be the disadvantage behind the almost immortal ability. Everything has its gains and losses.

"So have you figured out the matter about Wanshou?"

"At least for now, they don't seem to know about Manju, but I can't guarantee it. After all, Manju may have told them about his situation. They may be deliberately hiding it, but judging from Rose Lily and Kaido's eyes, heartbeat, breathing, etc. at the time, they seem to really not know."

Saint Satan lowered his head and said in a deep voice. His expression was as ugly as it could be. After all, he, who had always been so proud, actually ran away on his own initiative this time. It was really humiliating, but he couldn't say anything. After all, it was his own choice. He could only vent his anger silently in his heart.

"So, it is possible that Baishou was lucky enough to obtain so many mythical beast devil fruits? What a joke! How is this possible!"

Peter Saint slammed the table, he could not accept this, they had been searching for hundreds of years and only found three, and all of them were lost due to various accidents. As a result, the Beast Order, which was established only a few decades ago, actually had so many mythical beast-type devil fruits, this was really infuriating.

"The fruit will choose people, there is no doubt about that, but there is also some good news this time, right? Vegapunk has been brought back and is temporarily placed on an island in the Calm Belt for research."

Saint Maz waved his hand to stop Saint Pitt from continuing. Although it was indeed infuriating, this kind of thing was sometimes just like that. No matter what, if the people of Baishou really didn't know Wanshou and didn't know the true awakening method of the mythical beast species, it would definitely be a good thing for them. As long as those mythical beast species fruit ability users of Baishou went astray, they would no longer be a threat, at least not a big threat.

"There is still good news. By the way, how is the progress of Vegapunk's research on the Mother Fire?"

Saint Satan looked up at Saint Maz. As the God of Scientific Defense, he was most concerned about the situation in this regard. After all, this was a fundamental issue concerning the Celestial Dragons and the long-term stability of that adult's world. It was also the most important energy source for that thing.

"There hasn't been much progress yet. Although he has the design fragments of the thing from the past that we gave him, it is still a problem to restore the fragments to manufacture the mother fire. He is still researching it."

Mazsheng shook his head. He believed that Vegapunk did not lie to him because the guy was almost scared to the point of being unable to speak and he still used the same excuse. He should not be able to lie to him.

"Hmph, he's really slow, but we can only count on him for now. By the way, have you read the report from the navy? What do you think about the pure steel battleship and the flying machine? The navy's equipment is falling behind again. In addition to the human factor, the biggest problem in this war is the gap in equipment."

When Saint Wochuri mentioned the human factors, he glanced at Saint Nasujuro, and the meaning was self-evident. Saint Nasujuro was very angry about this, but he couldn't say anything. After all, it was indeed he who caused the defeat of the entire battle.

"We really need to add new armaments as soon as possible. For the Navy's recruitment plan, let's give them a small-scale quota first. By the way, do you know about the tunnel? Do we need to block it?"

"Why block it? Fishman Island withdrew from the Allied Powers, and there is only one road left to the New World. Our tax revenue has also dropped sharply. Although I don't understand why those pirates did this, it is obviously good news for us. Compared with collecting tolls from people on the seabed, this tunnel is obviously a suitable place to collect taxes, isn't it? The taxes here can just offset the expenses of the navy's conscription."

"Besides that, Morgans was quite sensible this time. He didn't report anything that shouldn't have been reported. All the things that happened during this period were overshadowed by the appearance of this tunnel."

"No matter what, we must pay attention to the situation of the Four Emperors, but don't think about fighting those pirates in the short term. At least before the mother fire is completed, keep peace for the time being. Notice that as long as there is no new situation and the Four Emperors' pirates do not expand to the front half and do not expand to the four seas on a large scale, do not take the initiative to provoke or fight. Of course, if the other party provokes, fight back immediately!" "Reconsideration!" X4
Saint Maz spoke again as the final summarizer, and the original purpose of the Four Emperors was completely achieved.

(End of this chapter)