One Piece: World Conquest Begins with Creating a Little Empress

"Huh?! That's strange, where did Shanks go?!"

Garp turned his head and looked at the empty street in front of him, asking in confusion.

"Reporting to Vice Admiral Garp, Shanks just ran away..."

Garp's men, their foreheads beaded with cold sweat, gave a feeble reply.

"Huh?! Are you kidding me? I actually fell for your trap..."

"You bastard Shanks, you're not getting away! You despicable bastard who led my grandson down the path of piracy! I'll make you pay..."

With his eyes blazing with fury, Garp sprinted off in the direction Shanks had fled.

"As expected of Vice Admiral Garp!" Kakei chuckled as he watched Garp depart. "When it's time to give Commander-in-Chief Char Aznable face, you have to give him the full respect! Even if it means losing face yourself, it doesn't matter! By playing dumb, you let Commander-in-Chief Char Aznable's brother go without tarnishing your reputation for justice! Vice Admiral Garp is indeed formidable and unfathomable!"

"No! I think you're completely overthinking things..."

"Do you guys think it's possible that Vice Admiral Garp is really an idiot?!"

"He genuinely thought the Whitebeard Pirates had attacked Windmill Village..."

Gion offered a different answer to this.

"Set sail!"

the other side……

At this moment, the Red-Haired Pirates, led by Shanks, had already raised their sails and were sailing into the distance with the sea breeze blowing.

Goodbye, Shanks!

Dong Island, Windmill Village...

One by one, the villagers, led by the village chief, waved their arms toward the departing red-haired Shanks, spontaneously bidding him farewell.

After a year!

The villagers of Windmill Village have developed an incredibly deep bond with Shanks.

"You actually said goodbye to a pirate? That's outrageous!"

"Naive villagers! Don't be fooled by Shanks' appearance. That guy is scum, a scumbag just like Char. The entire Figarand family are all absolute scumbags! Believe me, this is the truth. As long as you listen to me, you can't go wrong..."

As Garp watched the departing Red-Haired Pirates, his brows furrowed tightly, and he spoke with immense anger.

Karp discovers that the Figarand family members are masters of disguise; they're adept at blending in with those around them, making everyone believe they're good people! In reality, the worst people in the world are the members of the Figarand family…

"Cough cough..."

"Whether Shanks is a good person or not, we know it better than you do..."

"That's right! Garp! If you really enjoy catching pirates so much, then capture all those great pirates with bounties over one billion and bring them to justice!!"

At this moment, the residents, led by the village chief of Windmill Village, angrily confronted Garp.

Perhaps because of Garp's personality, he had no authority in the village.

"Forehead……"

Garp's expression changed slightly at this.

"Lieutenant General Garp, have you thought about how you're going to explain this to Admiral Xia?!"

At this moment, Gaki leaned close to Garp and asked in a low voice.

"Explain? What do we have to explain to Char?! Char didn't stop us from attacking the Red-Haired Pirates, did he? Since Char doesn't care about these things, what do we have to explain to him? Nothing, right?!"

Garp looked at Gaji and spoke softly.

"Eh?!"

Jiaji was slightly taken aback by this, and a look of confusion flashed in his eyes.

"Kagami, do you really think I made such a big fuss about our attack on the Red-Haired Pirates because I had nothing better to do?! I specifically told Char..."

"Now that we've made it public knowledge that we're going to take down Shanks, and surprisingly no one's stopped us, that means Char has tacitly approved of our actions, right? So you can relax."

Garp suddenly smiled and stood in front of Kake, replying with a light laugh.

At that moment, a wise light shone in Garp's eyes. Just as Kakei had thought, Garp had served as a vice admiral at Marine Headquarters for so many years...

How could he not understand anything? It's just that Garp, that old codger, usually acts too casually and is quite smooth in his dealings with people. Garp is actually very shrewd, more calculating than anyone else in the Navy.

Chapter 127 Char: Nika Fruit? One for each of us from now on! Don't let Im at the next table look down on us!

Not long after Shanks set sail, a CP0 member in a white uniform approached Char. He first bowed deeply to Char and then spoke earnestly.

"Oh, Shanks has finally set sail!"

Upon hearing this, Xia calmly took a sip of the red wine in his glass.

As the garden filled with the intoxicating aroma of wine, Xia's eyes gleamed with an unusual light. He murmured, "The new world's格局 (geju, a concept encompassing social order, structure, and dynamics) has remained unchanged for far too long! It's time to inject new vitality into this ocean and let the whole world stir!"

Yes, what Char needs has never been peace. What he wants to see is different from what the World Government, led by the Five Elders, wants to see! The government led by the Five Elders wants to see a stable world, while Char wants to see a chaotic world! Only when the world is in chaos can the conflict between the people and the Celestial Dragons be diverted, and the people's dissatisfaction with life be transferred to the pirates.

The person Xia Ya used as a target to draw public hatred and divert everyone's attention is none other than Edward Newgate, the white-bearded man currently hailed as the 'strongest man in the world'! Let the Figarand family blast open the gates to a new world!

the other side……

On the sea, reflecting a deep blue luster.

"Shanks! We're about to enter the Grand Line!"

"Which of the Four Emperors do you plan to challenge next?"

"With the strength of our pirate crew, apart from Edward Newgate, the so-called 'strongest man in the world,' we have a great chance of defeating any of them, whether it's Charlotte Linlin's Big Mom Pirates, Kaido's Beasts Pirates, or even the Beehive Island where Wang Zhi is located!"

On the pirate ship where Shanks is located...

Ben Beckman, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, looked at Shanks and asked as he puffed out smoke.

"Is there even a question?! Of course, we're going to challenge Whitebeard!"

"If we're going to fight, we'll fight the strongest one! Otherwise, we won't fight at all..."

"Let us take the head of the world's strongest man!"

Shanks smiled, his eyes gleaming with ambition for the throne of the world's strongest man.

Because of Char, Shanks no longer begged to become the freest man in the world. After all, he couldn't sever his blood ties with the Figarand family. As long as his ambitious brother was alive, as long as he bore the Figarand name, he would inevitably be drawn into the future great war between Figarand and the world! Therefore, in order to enjoy his later years in peace, Shanks at least had to lighten the burden on his brother, and also for his own sake…

Currently, looking across the entire world, besides Im, the World King who occupies the Empty Throne, the biggest obstacle blocking the Figarand family's path to world domination is the man who once rivaled the 'Pirate King' Gol D. Roger—Whitebeard Edward Newgate! Therefore, for the sake of the Figarand family, for the sake of the Red-Haired Pirates, to ascend to the position of 'Yonko', Whitebeard can only die…

"Oh!!"

As Shanks finished speaking...

The entire Red-Haired Pirates crew erupted in an astonishing roar!

In an instant, all the crew members on the pirate ship were eager to try.

"He's already challenging the world's strongest man the moment he enters the new world?!"

"Aren't we being a bit too conspicuous by doing this?"

"Won't this make us a target for the other sea emperors?!"

"You know, Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, and Wang Zhi, the Four Emperors who are currently entrenched in the New World, all came from the same pirate crew!"

Of course, some of the red-haired crew members also showed a hint of worry. What they were worried about was not whether their pirate crew could defeat the Whitebeard Pirates...

His concern was that if they actually defeated Whitebeard, would they become a thorn in the side of the other Sea Emperors?

After all, these maritime emperors have secret, clandestine relationships.

In response, some of the crew members, who had been drinking heavily from bottles in broad daylight, smirked and then, as if drunk, shouted, "We're going to be arrogant! We're going to be cocky! Who do you think we are?! We're the Red-Haired Pirates!! Our captain, Shanks, is a strongman no weaker than Whitebeard! We also have the 'World's Greatest Swordsman,' Mihawk, and our first mate, Beckman. How could Whitebeard possibly be a match for us?! Even if the four Emperors of the Sea came together, what could they do to us?!"

"makes sense……"

As soon as the drunken crew member finished speaking, the crew member, who had previously looked somewhat worried, immediately smiled and said with full agreement.

"..."

Shanks remained silent. While his crew's confidence was a good thing, it was best not to involve him when they were getting drunk and bragging! Sorry, but if the four Emperors of the Sea really came together, they'd really have to prepare to run away—they couldn't win, they really couldn't…

Ever since.

In this atmosphere, the 'Red-Haired' Pirates advanced triumphantly!

They went straight through the Red Line and then rampaged into the New World!

On the day the 'Red-Haired' Pirates entered the New World!

Morgans, the editor-in-chief of the World Economic Herald, somehow got wind of the news and urgently printed an extra copy of the newspaper, and then issued more than a dozen special editions!

The special edition has only one story! Shanks, the "Red-Haired" pirate captain and known as the successor to the "Pirate King" Roger, has finally had enough after decades of waiting in the seas! He and his pirate crew are making a powerful entry into the New World!

As for how such a small amount of information could have prompted Morgans to write over a dozen special issues, and even print an extra newspaper specifically for Shanks! The answer is simple: the rest of the newspaper was filled with Morgans's boasting about Shanks's strength!

Simply put, Shanks is awesome!

Shanks' crew is awesome too!

Shanks' pirate crew is incredibly awesome...

In the final moments of his hype, Morgans even went so far as to portray Shanks as the fifth Emperor of the Sea in the New World! On par with Whitebeard, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and Wang Zhi!