Pirate: I was just slacking off, do you really think I'm bad?

Charlotte Linlin, who was flying through the air, suddenly felt something in her arms become hot.

When she reached out to escape, she discovered it was Katakuri's Vivre Card.

"asshole!!!"

The dark clouds in the sky were suddenly shaken apart, and wave after wave of Conqueror's Haki swept outwards from Charlotte Linlin's body.

"Damn navy, I'll make you pay!"

"How dare they kill my most capable son!"

Although Charlotte Linlin was not kind to her children, it did not stop her from blaming the Navy for Katakuri's death.

Charlotte Katakuri would not have died in battle if it weren't for the Navy's sudden attack.

Since leaving the Rocks Pirates, Charlotte Linlin has had no intention of conquering the world.

Her lifelong dream has always been to build an ideal kingdom that includes all the races in the world.

"All Nations".

This is her dream.

However, her dream has now been shattered.

With the navy advancing step by step, the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Kingdoms has practically become defunct.

After Katakuri's death, Charlotte Linlin finally realized that the Navy wanted to wipe the entire Charlotte family off the high seas.

"I'll make you pay!"

Charlotte Linlin, blinded by rage, still believed that there were only two generals on the island: Ikko and Zephyr.

To be honest, Zephyr was already seriously injured when Charlotte Linlin left this place last time.

Although Charlotte Linlin has never fought Issho, she believes that even if Zephyr and Issho combined, they could not completely defeat her.

Her aim was to target ordinary naval sailors and vice admirals, so that the navy could also feel her anger.

Unfortunately, Charlotte Linlin was unaware that Garp had already reunited with Zephyr without her noticing.

Furthermore, what she was unaware of was that during her flight, her children and ministers had all perished.

Her kingdom was completely destroyed the moment she left Whole Cake Island.

While Charlotte Linlin was speeding across the island, Shiki the Golden Lion on Whole Cake Island had already begun to walk on the island.

Looking at the twisted, lying body on the ground, Shiki's eyes were devoid of any emotion.

He was already a notorious tyrant on the high seas, and now that he has been transformed into a seraph, he has lost all human emotions.

He carefully scanned each fallen corpse with his Observation Haki, observing whether they still had any chance of being alive.

For some powerful pirates who are still struggling, Shiki wouldn't mind sending them on their way with his famous sword. From the sky, it is clear that poisonous fog of various colors is spreading outwards at a terrifying speed from the area centered on Whole Cake Island.

The Charlotte Pirates, one of the Three Emperors, have now been officially removed from the seas. The only remaining pirate is Charlotte Linlin.

Mary Geoise, the holy land of the Celestial Dragons.

Inside the pristine white palace hall, the Five Elders gathered once more.

This time, the expressions on their faces were extremely unpleasant.

The members of their CP organization have gathered all the latest intelligence from around the world for them.

After they had all looked through it, the Five Elders, holding the demon sword, slowly spoke:

"The Revolutionary Army has been completely silent since declaring war, and its members are almost nowhere to be seen, which is very abnormal. The navy, led by Sakazuki, has been conquering cities and territories across the seas, but has not killed or arrested any of the high-ranking leaders of the Revolutionary Army, which is very abnormal."

"Those foolish nobles originally gave up a lot of wealth in exchange for the Holy Land's protection because of the threat from the revolutionary army. Now these scumbags actually want to take things back."

The five elders with long beards spoke up:

"Although the revolutionary army no longer poses much of a threat, we must still be wary of their leader."

"Dragon, I have a feeling that the Revolutionary Army's secret departure from the four seas is for something big."

"Perhaps, it will directly change the world situation."

"Send out the members of the CPO organization. Make sure to find out where Dragon and the elite Revolutionary Army soldiers who left are."

The burly Five Elders coughed twice, then spoke:

"The revolutionary army can't cause any trouble. What I'm most worried about now is the navy."

"I have to admit that we misjudged him and mistakenly thought that Raleigh was an obedient and loyal dog, but now he has become powerful."

"This person is too talented, too strong, and has too high a support rate in the Navy. Both his mind and methods far surpass those of the previous Fleet Admiral."

The World Government has ruled the world for eight hundred years, and even though Raleigh has been extremely vigilant in this regard, they have still managed to obtain a great deal of intelligence through other means.

Even the seemingly impenetrable new world was infiltrated by their people.

"Now it seems that our original idea that the Navy and pirate forces were at odds was wrong, and our approach of using the Revolutionary Army and the pirate alliance to fight against the Navy was also wrong."

"More importantly, the loss of control over the World Government's chief scientist, Vegapunk, is something I simply don't believe, even though Raleigh said he didn't know where Vegapunk was."

"Vegapunk must have been one of his men long ago."

Even the Five Elders were shocked and terrified by Raleigh's methods.

In their past understanding, nothing in the world could escape their eyes.

The World Government trains secret agents who can access all information at any time.

Unfortunately, he encountered a setback in the very first move against Raleigh.

They had thought there would be high-ranking officers in the Navy who had secretly defected to the World Government, but the people they sent to turn them away disappeared one after another.

Even those who were cultivated and hidden within the Navy by the World Government were unknowingly removed by Raleigh or eliminated from the core power center, becoming useless cripples.

"If that doesn't work, we'll send someone to make contact with the Sengoku period."

"I think reinstating Sengoku to the position of marshal would also be a good option."

The five elders with short beards chuckled and said:

"Do you think we haven't tried? We sent members of the CPO organization to make contact with the Sengoku period long ago."

But Sengoku explicitly refused and told us that he wouldn't tell Raleigh about it.

"Even Kuzan, one of his subordinates, flatly rejected our terms."

The five elders, leaning on their canes, spoke:

"The navy has been making some big moves lately, and our intelligence has become somewhat outdated."

"According to the latest intelligence, the navy has stationed a large number of troops on the third line of defense of the World of Warcraft, and it is very likely that they have already begun to attack the third line of defense of the World of Warcraft."

"Get in touch with Shanks right away and give him this information."

"Otherwise, if Charlotte Linlin and her group are wiped out by the Navy, Shanks alone will not be able to fight against the entire Navy."

In fact, the Five Elders already knew the answer.

Although the Navy has not said it outright, it has in fact broken with the World Government.

The World Government cut off all supplies and funding to the Navy, but the Navy remained silent and made no comment.

Furthermore, they insist on fighting this war against all pirates without the support of the World Government.

However, the Five Elders believed that the Navy alone could not possibly accomplish such a great war.

It's a very simple thing: war is about fighting for resources.

Although the navy occupies a large amount of territory, the actual control of these territories still belongs to the member states, whose first choice is to hand over their taxes to the world government.

In other words, the islands that the navy captured, despite wasting resources, could not provide them with sufficient supplies.

This is the source of confidence for the World Government and the Five Elders.

The sheer size of the paradise that occupies the first half of the Grand Line and the navy that is about to conquer the entire seas is simply too enormous.

If their offensive in the New World suffers setbacks, their time will be running out.

Shanks and Charlotte Linlin don't need to defeat the Navy; simply watching is enough.

Over time, the navy of the Four Seas Branch will be the first to run into financial difficulties, which will then trigger a chain reaction, like dominoes falling.

The massive navy will fall apart in an instant.

Meanwhile, the World Government and the Five Elders remained unperturbed.

However, what they didn't expect was that Raleigh wouldn't play by the rules at all.

This world is very strange and very magical.

The World Government, the Navy, and the Revolutionary Army all have influence throughout the world and could ignite a spark at any time. Each of the three forces has the confidence to contend for world domination, but they never publicly declare their rule over the world.

Only low-level idiots like pirates would choose to set sail because someone said something like "Pirate King".

Devil Fruits can appear randomly in any corner of the world because of this magical property.

This, on the contrary, led to a continuous stream of pirates appearing.

Even if they had no idea that they would choose to go to sea after gaining power.

Therefore, all the World Government needs to do now is find the dragon's location and then pray to their King, Im, to use the Ancient Weapon Uranus to destroy the Revolutionary Army's high command with its terrifying power.

They were happy to see the remaining pirates and the navy fight to the death.

The five elders with swords nodded, pushed up their glasses with their fingers, and said:

"The Navy's power is too great now; even if Lord Im wanted to take action, it wouldn't be an easy task."

The Five Elders were also quite helpless.

Who would have thought that after the global conscription, the navy's power would suddenly expand to this extent?

The combined strength of five generals and one marshal makes them virtually invincible in the world.

Even those who possess the ancient weapon, the Heavenly King, cannot guarantee a 100% success rate.

Nobody dares to gamble on something like this!

Therefore, letting those idiotic pirates wear down the Navy until the Navy can no longer hold out is the least damaging approach.

The five long-haired elders nodded:

"Then I'll contact Shanks right away."

The struggle for world domination intensified from the moment the Five Elders made that phone call to Shanks.

Of the four factions, only two are truly the real players.

One side is the Revolutionary Army, which was supported and helped by Vegapunk, and the other side is the pirates supported by Shanks.

Until they have the opportunity to eliminate the other side in one fell swoop, both sides will tacitly maintain a stable situation.

The New World, Kilkil Island.

This is an important base for the Red-Haired Shanks Pirates, located very close to the Navy's territory.

After the Red-Haired Pirates' failed attack on the Marine fortress, Shanks recruited pirates from the New World to participate in this war.

Pirates from the rear constantly gathered here, and Shanks distributed them accordingly.

Blub Blub... Blub Blub...

Shanks, who was holding a brief meeting with the pirate captains, suddenly had a mysterious Den Den Mushi (snail phone) ring in his pocket.

Shanks gave Beckman a wink, then excused himself and left the temporary meeting room.

Shanks walked alone into the deepest part of the room and connected to the Den Den Mushi.

After exchanging a few words with the other end, I hung up the phone.

Shanks, back in the makeshift meeting room, couldn't contain his excitement. He then spoke up, overturning the previously devised plan:

"Something came up unexpectedly, so the plan needs to be revised. I'll let you know the specific time later. Thank you for your hard work."

With many pirate captains completely bewildered, Shanks overturned his designated attack date and left the venue with several members of the Red-Haired Pirates.

In the captain's cabin of the Red Furs, Beckman, Yasopp, and others waited quietly for Shanks to speak.

Years of trust had made them clear that Shanks was not one to talk nonsense.

The reason he overturned his own plan must be because something significant happened.

While everyone waited, Shanks mysteriously took out several blueprints and documents and placed them on the table.

His face wore an expression of seeking praise.

Beckman and Yasopp were the first to pick up the drawings on the table, glanced at them, and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:

"This is!!!"

"Where did you get this, Shanks?!"

Beckman, Yasopp, and the others were left in awe; the information Shanks presented was simply too shocking.

What was laid out before them was a deployment map of the New World Navy and a detailed map of the New World.

Beckman swears on his head that very few people in the world have seen these documents.

As a navigator, Snake immediately began comparing his own nautical charts with this detailed New World chart.

When he looked up with a shocked expression, everyone already knew what was going on.

This nautical chart must be real, otherwise Snake wouldn't have made that expression.

This nautical chart is of immense value; even the navy might not be able to obtain one.

The fact that it includes a naval deployment map makes one wonder about the forces behind it.

Shanks nodded and said:

"That's right, these documents were given to us by the World Government."

"Their people contacted me and made a deal with me, which I agreed to."

"Later on, they will also tell us about naval intelligence because they don't like the current Fleet Admiral, Christine Raleigh."

"They also told me an important piece of information: the navy's supply lines have actually been cut off, and we only need to hold out for three months to switch from defense to offense."

Everyone on the ship fell silent; they knew that obtaining such information must have come at a great cost.