Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

"What? What shocking thing has this guy done now?"

Uta spoke with a smile on his lips.

Uta had a high opinion of Kyle, after all, it was with his help that she was able to explain things to the Red-Haired Pirates and later rejoin them.

Moreover, the other party even took the initiative to invite her to join the navy, which made Uta feel very good.

Speaking of this, Uta often jokes that if she had accepted Kyle's invitation back then, she would be a member of the Canglan Squad now, and might even be world-famous.

Although she is now quite famous in the world.

The Red-Haired Pirates' red and white songstress has a certain status now, you know~

As she spoke, Uta's gaze followed the newspaper downwards, and soon she saw the sentence that was enough to shock the world.

But Uta's expression didn't change much, only a slight hint of surprise, before she spoke in a matter-of-fact tone:

"Kyle finally became a Marine Admiral? That took ages!"

Uta's attention was completely focused on the words "Admiral," and he didn't notice the "Honorary Sixth Star" that followed.

Or rather, Uta had no idea what this honorary sixth star actually represented.

She's not Shanks, so she doesn't know so much about the World Government. Shanks himself hasn't told Uta about any of this.

This led to Uta not understanding the true value of those five words.

"It's been a long time since I've seen this guy!"

Suddenly, Uta seemed to realize something, turned to look at the redhead, and spoke excitedly:

"Shanks, how about we go find Kyle and catch up?"

Redhead: ? ? ?

Upon hearing this, the redhead immediately looked at Uta with an expression as if he were an idiot, then remained silent for a moment before speaking softly:

"Want to have some fun? Or catch up?"

After saying that, he directly gave Uta a roasted chestnut.

"Ouch!! That hurts!!!"

Uta suddenly screamed, clutching his head tightly with both hands, tears welling in his eyes from the pain. Then he abruptly turned to the redhead and roared:

"Shanks, what are you doing?! Why are you hitting me?!"

"Because I think there might be something wrong with your head, I'm trying to help you clear your head!!"

The red-haired man spoke softly.

"Go find that Kyle guy? Do you want us dead? Or do you want us dead??"

"What are you talking about? Don't you know how badly I got hurt by that guy?"

"Besides, I'm a pirate, and he's a navy officer. Do you even know what the words 'pirate' and 'naval officer' mean?"

"You actually dare to say something like, 'Let a pirate like me go and mess with the Marines!' That's like throwing good money after bad!"

The redhead spoke in an annoyed tone.

"What are you afraid of?! You didn't get caught when you ransomed Griffin, did you? What's wrong with hanging out with him for a bit?"

"And with me here, he won't arrest us!!"

Uta looked unconvinced.

"With you here, he won't arrest us? Uta, remember, you ate the Song-Song Fruit, not the Face-Face Fruit!!"

"You? You can't even arrest us? Cough... Pah!!!"

The redhead's extremely exaggerated performance, coupled with his disdainful look, instantly infuriated Uta.

A raging inferno seemed to erupt from her body, then surged towards the redhead while she roared:

"Shanks, I'm going to kill you!!!"

……

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On the other hand, while the world was in awe of Kyle becoming the Honorary Sixth Star, Kyle himself was equally astonished.

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

Kyle sat on the hillside behind the mountain, surrounded by all the members of the Canglan Squad.

Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr were also present.

At this moment, everyone was completely dumbfounded; their shock was no less than that of the rest of the world.

Kyle frowned slightly as he looked at the newspaper in his hand that reported that he had become the Honorary Sixth Star.

"What exactly is Im up to?!"

Kyle didn't understand why Im would make such a decision. Was it simply because of his demigod-level strength?

Hmm...that seems unlikely!

But as for the specific reason, he, like everyone else except Im, had no idea!

But his intuition told him it wasn't a good thing!

That old bastard Im is definitely up to no good; he's probably plotting something that's detrimental to him.

Don't ask him how he knows, because even a fool could figure it out.

If he wasn't planning something, why would Im give him the honorary sixth-star status?

And this was even though he disagreed with joining the Celestial Dragons.

If he had agreed when Im recruited him to become a Celestial Dragon, then Im's actions would have been somewhat justifiable, but now there's really no explanation whatsoever.

So... there's definitely something fishy going on!!

However, since he knows nothing and is unaware of the situation, Kyle is currently unable to take any effective measures to address the current situation.

After all, when he transmigrated, One Piece was still ongoing, and Im didn't appear in many chapters, so he didn't know much about him either.

So he had no idea why Im would do that.

but--

It doesn't matter if he doesn't know; all he needs to know is that the other party definitely has a problem. All he can do is prepare for the worst and try to strengthen his own abilities.

As long as his strength can break through to the god level, then all of Im's schemes and tricks will be beneath his notice.

In the face of absolute power, any schemes and tricks are futile.

However, although normal people can see that there is something wrong with this honorary sixth star, some people who can't think straight still can't see it.

such as--

"Kyle!! You've become an honorary sixth star!! Does this mean your status is now on par with those five old guys, the Five Elders??"

"Does this mean we can do whatever we want from now on?"

"Will we be able to eat the best meat in the world from now on?"

"After all, they are the highest holders of power in the world. Eating the best meat shouldn't be a problem for them, right?"

"And there's more!!"

"We killed those three Celestial Dragons this time... cough cough, does that mean the matter of accidentally failing to save them is over?"

"You could even go and kill them again later... cough cough, I accidentally failed to save a Celestial Dragon??"

Everyone: ? ? ?

Kyle: ? ? ? ? ? ?

……