All-Heavens Game, the Strongest Player

Chapter 186 The Warring States Period: Deceiving Superiors and Concealing Secrets
"Damn it, all my hard work and planning over such a long time turned out to be a waste of time?"

Looking at his bounty and the title of "forger," Chu Xiu felt utterly humiliated—only 50 Berries, not even a fraction of Zhou Wushang's!

Even a fraction of her bounty is six million.

It is ten times the bounty offered by Chu Xiu.

That wasn't the most important thing. What Chu Xiu found even more unacceptable was that, in the Navy's published identity, besides being a "forger," he was also portrayed as a gigolo hiding behind a woman.

It was as if the 500,000 yuan bounty on him was only because of Zhou Wushang's influence.

If the two weren't lovers, he wouldn't be eligible for a bounty.

Is there anything more insulting than this?

"This backfired! Damn it, what if others see this and laugh themselves to death?" Chu Xiu said with a dark face.

He could already imagine how the players would laugh when they learned that the mighty overlord of the East District was being treated like a gigolo with a bounty of only 500,000 Berries.

His wisdom has been completely lost in an instant!

"Haha, my dear pretty boy, you can just lie back and relax this game, I'll carry you to victory!" Zhou Wushang covered his mouth and laughed.

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu's face darkened even further.

Sister my ass!

If you don't get disciplined for three days, you'll start climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles, won't you?
"The Navy must have done it on purpose, absolutely! That old bastard Sengoku, he's definitely up to no good. I won't let him get away with this, he just wait!"

Chu Xiu said angrily.

Meanwhile, on the other side, during a meeting, Sengoku couldn't help but yawn.

"Ugh, pshaw!"

Who exactly is insulting me?

The Warring States Period: A Mystery.

But he quickly shook his head, dispelling the distracting thoughts—since becoming the Fleet Admiral, how many people have criticized him? When bad guys are captured by the Navy, they criticize him; when good guys are bullied, they criticize him too.

Pirates called him a bastard navy man, while civilians called him a lackey.

I've long been used to it.

"What? You're asking about the 'Poneglyphs'? No, no, there's no such thing as the Poneglyphs, they're all fake!" Sengoku replied to the Five Elders' question, "He's just a pretty boy who hangs around the Thunder Swordsman, spouting nonsense. The Thunder Swordsman killed all the Celestial Dragons for him, there's no such thing as a God-King's resurrection!"

As a strategist, how could Zhan Guo possibly fail to track down Chu Xiu?

In fact, in his heart, he had already listed Chu Xiu as the "number one criminal," even the revolutionary leader Dragon and the former Pirate King Roger had to step aside.

Even in his heart, the former Rocks was far inferior to Chu Xiu.

The king from eight hundred years ago.

He couldn't help but take it seriously. At the same time, hundreds of powerful pirates were attacking Celestial Dragons all over the world, running rampant and even disregarding the Seven Warlords of the Sea, jumping around in other people's territories.

That's incredibly arrogant.

However, as a rational person, Sengoku chose to suppress Chu Xiu's identity—as long as Rayleigh and Kizaru kept quiet and the Poneglyph was properly stored, Chu Xiu's identity could not be verified.

The Celestial Dragons' legitimate status will not be questioned.

The seas may be chaotic, but at least the navy and the World Government will not be shaken! Therefore, Sengoku deliberately labeled Chu Xiu as a "forger," gave him a bounty of 50 Berries, and provided him with a deliberately humiliating introduction.

To prevent the news from leaking out, he didn't even report to the Five Elders, nor did he tell his subordinates the other two of the three admirals, or even the naval staff officer, Tsuru.

Deceiving superiors and concealing the truth from subordinates.

The main point is that the fewer people who know about it, the safer it is.

The effect is very good.

Even Garp, picking his nose, said with a puzzled look, "That's strange. The Thunder Swordsman is a powerful figure on the sea. He's fallen for such a weak pretty boy. Isn't he afraid that he'll roll over and crush him to death in his sleep?"

Upon hearing this, the Warring States period was speechless.

pretty boy my foot!
Although no records of Chu Xiu taking action have been found yet, judging from the strength of his "subordinates," it can be inferred that his strength must be terrifyingly high. Otherwise, it would be impossible for so many powerful people to risk their lives to attack the Celestial Dragons.

Furthermore, it is recorded in the official history that he was someone who single-handedly suppressed Nika!

He has lived for eight hundred years and hasn't aged a bit.

Their strength may not necessarily decline!

"In short, those who attacked the Celestial Dragons can be categorized into the same faction. I will report this to Commander-in-Chief Kong and let him formulate a countermeasure," Sengoku said. "As for the present, our focus should be on executing Ace!"

Upon hearing this, even the usually carefree Garp froze on his face with a smile.

Kizaru, contrary to his usual behavior, asked, "Can we cancel the public execution?"

He has been hunting down players these past few days, and the more he hunts them down, the more alarmed he becomes—the murderers who killed the Celestial Dragons are all vicious and ruthless, with strength comparable to the Seven Warlords of the Sea who are known for their ferocity on the high seas.

There are a total of 107.

What an enormous force this is!

Even the world king of yesteryear, Rocks, was far inferior!

"No, we have already announced the execution to the world. We cannot change our minds so easily, otherwise it will damage the reputation of the Navy and the World Government!" Sengoku shook his head and said, "But you don't need to worry. Although those people are difficult to deal with, they lack top-notch combat power. As long as we concentrate all the top combat power of our Navy, we are not afraid of anyone interfering!"

To be honest, although he had a headache, he wasn't that afraid.

There's a law in the world of One Piece: even the strongest person cannot withstand two top-tier powerhouses simultaneously. In other words, even if the so-called God-King's strength remained unchanged from his prime, he still couldn't defeat any two of the three Admirals!

At least in the understanding of the Warring States period, no one could break this rule.

Chu Xiu should be no exception.

As for the group of players who attacked the Celestial Dragons, they were troublesome, but none of them were truly top-tier fighters. Even the "Thunder Swordsman," who was suspected to be the Queen of Gods, was only at the level of a candidate general.

They are still not good enough against real generals.

Therefore, the Warring States period was not too worried; on the contrary, they were somewhat looking forward to the other side showing up.

That's just the right amount of time to catch them all!
"That's true, they don't have top-tier combat power!" Kizaru felt a little relieved.

However, neither he nor Sengoku knew that the "bounties" they had issued had caused players' strength to advance by leaps and bounds. At the very least, they had all leveled up all three types of Haki, and some had even reached the maximum level and awakened their Devil Fruits!
Furthermore, someone was very unhappy about the Warring States period's practice of "deceiving superiors and concealing the truth."

"They gave me a bounty of 500,000, and they still want to execute Ace?" Chu Xiu's face darkened as he angrily tore the newspaper in his hand to shreds. He said to Zhou Wushang, "Do they really think that the ability to resurrect the dead that I recorded in the Poneglyphs is just bragging?"

(End of this chapter)