One Piece: Ascending the Divine Path

The New World, Parrette Island.

The island is not large, and the two furthest points of the coast are less than ten kilometers apart as the crow flies.

Viewed from above, the island's overall shape resembles a slightly full crescent moon, with its two corners forming a natural harbor.

The harbor area is the most bustling part of the island, with a large number of shops located there.

However, without exception, both the merchants who opened the shops and the customers who came to buy goods all had fierce and menacing appearances.

There's nothing we can do about it; after all, Parrette Island is a pirate island.

This place is far from the control of the World Government member states and the monsters of the New World, but it is also close to a popular shipping route in the New World, so many pirates choose to use this place as a temporary base.

With more people, the demand increased, and many pirates who were tired of wandering simply started businesses here. Over time, a small town gradually formed.

Yes, it's similar to the town of Mogok on Gaya Island in the first half of the story. There are quite a few towns like this on the high seas.

On this day, a ship slowly sailed into the harbor.

Initially, the ship went unnoticed until it slowly docked in the harbor, and the people on board lowered the planks and disembarked.

"Is this the place?"

Solt, sword at his side, stood on the ship's railing and surveyed the town before him. "The decisive battleground chosen by Lord Night King."

"Our next opponents are the Charlotte Family, the Beasts Pirates, and the Marines led by Zephyr."

  

Behind Salt, Anthony wore a bitter expression. "The Night King really thinks highly of us; every side is full of genuine monsters."

Luna, who had already stepped onto the deck and was preparing to disembark, glanced back slightly. "Anthony, are you questioning Master's decision?"

"I wouldn't dare."

Anthony trembled and immediately bowed his head respectfully.

"Let's replenish our supplies now, or the whole island might be destroyed later."

Behind them, Bagingom, perched on her simple-minded son's shoulders, grinned and said, "Weebull and I will stay here to watch the ship, and by the way..."

She turned back and looked at Bandi Waldo, who was fast asleep on the deck, "and at this guy too."

Although the guy who was possessed by Lord Night King the most times is much more normal now, spending most of his time in that world and being able to communicate normally after waking up, his mental state is still not normal. If you are not careful and touch his triggers, he will start to go crazy.

We can't leave this guy alone on the ship.

"Um."

Luna nodded slightly, then led Anthony and the others off the ship.

The port instantly erupted in excitement.

Because Luna didn't try to hide anything at all.

"That woman is... a Lunarian!!"

"Behind her are the swift sword Salt and the usurper general Antony!"

"It's those escaped convicts! They've come here?"

"So, does that mean Bandi Waldo, the World Destroyer with a billion-dollar bounty, is also on board?"

It was hard for the pirates at the port not to be excited.

Pirates with bounties exceeding 500 million are already rare in the New World, and for the pirates gathered on this island, they are already incredibly important figures!

And what about these fugitives?

Luna has 500 million, Solt and Anthony have 600 million, Weevil has 700 million, and Waldo, who is considered the leader, has a staggering 1 billion!

A billion! What does that even mean?

None of Whitebeard's top officers had that many!

These pirates looked at Luna and the others as if they were celebrities.

But of course, there's no shortage of audacious people among pirates.

"The Lunarians! We've succeeded!"

A figure suddenly sprang out from the crowd and rushed straight at Luna.

The man's face was full of greedy smiles.

This woman is a Lunarian! Just informing the government about her would earn a bounty of 100 million Berries. What if we just handed her over directly?

Get rich!

Why bother being a pirate? Wouldn't it be better to find a country and live the life of a rich man?

Even when he was still several meters away from Luna, the man had already figured out how to use the bounty he would receive after handing Luna over to the government.

then.

Luna simply raised her hand, and blazing flames erupted forth.

"What—"

The audacious pirate only had time to cry out in alarm before the scorching flames engulfed him. Not only that, the surging wave of flames also blasted a row of buildings in front of him to pieces.

The pirates, who had been excited, suddenly fell silent.

Monster!

"Let's go."

Luna ignored the terrified and awe-inspiring looks and continued walking forward.

The surrounding pirates immediately made way for her, afraid of angering this terrifying woman.

Five hundred million women is already terrifying enough, what about six hundred million? Seven hundred million? Or even a billion Waldos?

This was already beyond the imagination of these pirates.

Luna led the group to replenish supplies as if nothing was amiss, while the pirate bosses were trembling with fear and dared not even accept money.

Parrette Island is a pirate island, which means that it is a true melting pot of all sorts of people.

And so, not long after.

In a sea area of ​​the New World, a ship with a smiling face on its front, singing a cheerful song, is slowly moving forward.

Inside a room on the ship, a tall, burly man with the lower half of his face covered by a scarf—Charlotte Katakuri, the second son of the Charlotte family—looked at the sea chart.

"They should be in this area of ​​water. Are they still at sea and haven't landed?"

He seemed a little troubled.

The family's intelligence network has been fully mobilized, but there is still no news.

It's not just the Charlotte family that's looking for those people.

If someone else gets there first, Mom will go crazy.

That is, at this moment.

"Katakuri!"

A burly man with hair like flames rushed excitedly into the room. "Brother Peros just called! He's found them!"

"What?!"

Katakuri looked up instantly. "Where?"

"On Parret Island! They went there to replenish their supplies!"

"Parrett Island?"

Charlotte's greatest masterpiece's eyes narrowed. "Turn around! Get Cracker and Daifuku ready for battle!"

"good!"

At the same time.

In another part of the sea, on a huge ship.

"It's finally here!"

The man, completely clad in black leather clothing and a leather mask, put down the Den Den Mushi. "But, Parreth Island? Do we have anyone on that island?"

"Hahaha! It doesn't matter at all about that kind of thing!"

The extremely tall, fat man, who looked like a ball, was the third-ranking member of the Beasts Pirates, Queen the Plague. He chuckled, "Why don't you go and see for yourself? You sadistic bastard, don't you want to see your kin sooner?"

King shook his head. "Mr. Kaido means that we should appear when those people are cornered by the Charlotte Family and lend them a helping hand."

"Tsk, so that means we have to wait? But what if those bastards from the Charlotte family can't handle those guys?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Katakuri himself went out on his own! Do you think that man is an idiot like you?"

"Huh? Jhin, you bastard, do you have a death wish?"

Naval guerrillas.

On the deck of ship number one.

Knight had his eyes tightly closed. Around him, Ain, Binz, and Dor launched a series of attacks on him, while Knight kept dodging.

This is the practice of seeing and hearing colors.

After Zephyr demonstrated how to use Observation Haki to foresee the future, Knight said that foreseeing the future is great, and that he should learn it.

It's just a pity I can't learn it yet.

The reason is quite simple: the intensity of Observation Haki is not strong enough.

Even the outward expression and internal destruction of Armament Haki require a certain level of Armament Haki strength to support them, let alone Observation Haki's ability to foresee the future.

Even the chosen one, Luffy, spent two years building a foundation and went through several rounds of fierce battles with powerful enemies before meeting the requirements for learning.

Knight's Observation Haki is far superior to that of ordinary people, but he has only been awakened for a short time and still needs some time to accumulate experience.

Therefore, it is even more important to train one's perception and awareness now.

Just as Knight was engrossed in his practice, Zephyr strode onto the deck. "Stop, everyone!"

"Professor Zephyr?"

Lieutenant General Simon, who was drinking tea in the shadows of the cabin, put down his teacup with a somewhat surprised look in his eyes.

"Prepare for battle!"

Zephyr took a deep breath. "We've found traces of that group."

"Did you finally find it?"

Major General Marcus, who was also training, wiped the sweat from his brow.

"They're probably on Parret Island replenishing supplies."

Zephyr said, "The government has already informed the Charlotte Family and the Beast Pirates immediately, and those two groups should be heading there soon."

"The Charlotte Family consists of Charlotte Katakuri, Charlotte Cracker, Charlotte Oven, and Charlotte Daifuku, along with many mid-level executives. The Beasts Pirates are somewhat weaker, but King and Plague have also been mobilized, along with some of their top lieutenants."

"Our chance will come when these three parties start fighting!"

"I have a question, Professor Zephyr."

Commodore Dor raised his hand and asked, "What if the three of them unite against us? After all, they are pirates, and we are the Marines."

"So, let's wait until the right opportunity arises."

Knight opened his eyes.

Alright, let's begin.