Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

Meanwhile, in an empty tavern in a town in the North Sea, Basil Hawkins, dressed in strange attire and sporting blond hair, hung up the Den Den Mushi and then calmly turned over the three cards that were face down on the table.

"The divination indicates that the ocean will be overturned as a result, and everything in the world will begin to be reshuffled. My chance of survival is... 100%."

Hawkins slowly finished recounting the divination results before leisurely rising and heading out of the tavern, where hundreds of pirates were already waiting.

"Set sail, with our goal of reaching the Grand Line!"

[Chapter 728. Bloodline Factor Specialization Agent]

Just as Hawkins' pirate crew began its journey toward the Grand Line, numerous pirate captains across the seas, who had been secretly brought under the organization's control and specially trained years earlier, received orders.

"Set sail and wreak havoc on the Grand Line!"

Of the eleven Supernovas from the original timeline, almost the vast majority have been recruited by the Revolutionary Army through Yann's deliberate search, and are being subjected to corresponding Devil Fruit development and Haki training.

Of course, some extremely vicious supernovas who were not capable of being controlled were eliminated in advance!

This is the plan that Yann began preparing after he met Hawkins and noticed the new generation of pirates that would appear sooner or later.

……

"Damn it, I've been holding back for so long, can I finally head to the Grand Line?"

With fiery red hair and a cruel and easily angered personality, Eustace Kid spat out the bone in his mouth, and his empty left arm condensed into a large amount of metal, transforming into an arm. He stood up domineeringly and walked out of the cave.

Outside the cave, led by Kira, whose body was covered in scars, a large number of pirates were ready to set sail.

"Let's go, by the way..."

Kidd picked up a document passed on by the organization, glanced at the name of the kingdom recorded on it, and then spoke.

"While I'm at it, I'll destroy a kingdom as a salute to Lao Tzu as he heads to the Grand Line."

……

In the royal palace of the Kingdom of Sorbe in the South Sea, Jewelry Bonney, with her long pink hair and incredibly voluptuous figure, looked at the bear in front of her with surprise and asked a question.

"Father, is it true? Can I also start sailing as a pirate like you?"

The taciturn bear simply nodded, then pulled a document from his pocket and handed it to Joelle Bonney, saying, "This is your permission and sailing route, as well as some objectives that need to be achieved during the voyage."

Joelle Bonney quickly took it and then ran excitedly out of the palace.

Watching Joelle Bonney's departing figure, a subtle tenderness appeared in Bear's eyes.

"Bonnie, go sail boldly..."

……

Meanwhile, in a research institute hidden on the Red Line continent, on one side of the Reverse Mountain of the Grand Line, Law, wearing a white lab coat, calmly examined a clone in front of him that was almost identical in appearance to Law, which was soaking in nutrient solution.

The next moment, Baby-5's voice rang out from the direction of the research lab door.

"Hey, Luo, haven't you finished yet? Lord Yan has already officially started the plan."

Luo turned to look at Baby-5, who had barged into his lab without any politeness and was now smoking, and reminded her, "Smoking is prohibited here."

Baby-5 ignored Luo's warning and instead moved closer to the clone that was soaking in nutrient solution, as if carefully examining every minute feature of the clone.

Baby-5, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, turned to look at Luo, pointed at the clone, and asked.

"Hey, Luo, are you sure this clone's organs are perfect replicas of your own, without any special or unnecessary modifications?"

Luo's face flushed slightly, but he said in an unusually calm tone, "Boring."

Immediately, Luo walked to the machine on the side and slowly began to operate it, then said.

"The clone has been perfectly created. Apart from lacking the abilities of 'Evil Consort' and 'Op-Op Fruit,' it is almost identical to the original. Furthermore, it has been injected with the highest-grade 'Bloodline Factor Specialization Agent.' Now... it's time to test its stability."

The next moment, as the nutrient solution enveloping the clone was completely drained, the clone opened its eyes and walked out of the incubation chamber.

Luo placed one hand on the clone's head, his palm extending through flesh and blood to connect with the clone's brain, as if transmitting something into it, and then said.

“'KLT-0', you will now set sail as a pirate under the name 'Doctor Death' Law, and collect stability data on the 'Bloodline Factor Specialization Agent'.”

Seeing this, baby-5 exhaled a puff of smoke and then said.

"Alright, alright, stop dawdling. Let's get 'KLT-0' on our way. I still have a lot of things that need to be tested urgently on this trip."

Immediately, baby-5, carrying 'KLT-0', headed to the secret port of the research institute. Suddenly, she leaped into the sea, and her figure rapidly began to appear as large amounts of black steel.

When Baby-5 landed on the sea, it had completely transformed into a ship that looked like a giant steel beast, floating on the surface of the sea.

……

In an instant, with the Revolutionary Army launching the "Pre-Dawn Storm Generation" plan, the entire sea began to surge with activity. One after another, ridiculously strong rookie pirates emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, and then headed towards the Grand Line in droves.

As a large amount of urgent intelligence reached the Navy Headquarters, the admirals there were already extremely busy dealing with these events.

"Are they crazy? This ocean isn't even this bad, not even in the years right after Gol D. Roger was executed..."

During the meeting to discuss the latest batch of pirate bounties, the naval officers looked at the piles of information on rookie pirate monsters in front of them, and their expressions became extremely grim.

In less than a week, pirate incidents such as the destruction of kingdoms, attacks on naval bases, and the plundering of World Government ships occurred frequently, and most of these incidents occurred in the first half of the Grand Line, which is heavily controlled by the Navy.

In comparison, acts of evil such as climbing the execution platform of One Piece or sinking warships are really too insignificant.

At this moment, the feeling of these naval officers was as if the entire sea had suddenly begun to surge into chaos, with a large number of pirates emerging, including some monster-like newcomers who had not been seen for several years.

Furthermore, after the Marine Headquarters collected and analyzed intelligence on those new pirates, they were astonished to discover that the level of Devil Fruit development among these newly emerged pirates was more and more amazing than the last, with some even being able to skillfully master Haki abilities.

In the past, pirates who reached this level of ability were almost all "supernovas" who had reached the Sabaody Archipelago in previous years.

But now, these monsters have appeared near the entrance to the first half of the Grand Line.

"If these villains are given room to grow, the intelligence will inevitably deteriorate. We must punish them in time and suppress their arrogance!"

"Justice will prevail!!!"

[Chapter 729. The Devil's Triangle]

At this moment, on the "Ark Maxim" that was slowly flying above the clouds, Yann was browsing through the latest bounty posters one by one. The thick stack of bounty posters was almost entirely newly added.

"Lord Yann, apple juice."

Enel then came out of the cabin and placed a glass of apple juice next to Yann.

Yone glanced at it and asked with a hint of helplessness, "Enel, is apples all you have on your ship?"

"Don't you think apples are delicious, Lord Arn?" Enel asked in return.

"good to eat……"

Ya'en said something somewhat reluctantly.

Apples do taste good, but anyone would get tired of eating apples every day, drinking apple juice, eating apple fried rice, and other apple-based foods.

Enel, completely oblivious to the fact that he was enjoying a sip of his apple drink, even placed an apple in front of Kimi.

Xiao Jin looked at the apple in front of him, but turned his head away without hesitation, showing no intention of eating it.

'They don't even give me a second glance...'

While inwardly complaining, Yann pulled out a portion of the stack of bounty posters and handed them to Enel, saying...

“Come here, Enel, these are the pirates who will be passing through your ‘God’s Kingdom’ in the next round. I’ve already marked the pirates who need to be given special ‘God’s Trial’ targets.”

Enel grinned, took a bite of his apple, and confirmed, "No problem, Lord Yone."

Seeing Enel's confident demeanor, Yann warned, "Be careful, Enel, don't let yourself get hurt."

"Tsk, they're just ants..."

Enel said dismissively, then casually flipped through the bounty poster in his hand.

Because of the special magnetic field between the islands in the first half of the Grand Line, pirates can only travel along relatively fixed routes using log posts.

Therefore, the navy's normal policy is to establish naval bases at key nodes along shipping routes to intercept pirates layer by layer, thereby reducing the number of pirates.

After obtaining the title of "Shichibukai", Enel, at Yann's suggestion, occupied an island on a certain route of the Grand Line as his "Kingdom of God", and let endless lightning shroud the entire island day and night.

This island, which Enel named "Kingdom of God," has served not only as a secret base for the Revolutionary Army but has also significantly limited the number of pirates over the years. Now... it is being used by Yann as one of the tests for the Straw Hat Pirates to pass through the first half of the Grand Line.

It's important to know that Enel has now mastered Armament Haki, and his Devil Fruit abilities are no longer the half-baked "Thor form" he once was.

Enel's strength is now truly at the level of a Marine Admiral.

However, in Yann's opinion, if the Straw Hat Pirates do not have the strength to confront a Marine Admiral head-on, then there is no need for them to travel to the second half of the Grand Line.

'Well, sending just one admiral seems a bit too easy. We'll need to send another strong fighter to keep Ying in check.'

Just as Arn was pondering another suitable candidate, Enel suddenly pulled out a bounty poster with a puzzled look and asked, "Lord Arn, is this bounty poster for Straw Hat Luffy a mistake? It's only a million-dollar bounty for an ant."

Yann smiled slightly, glanced at Luffy's brightly smiling bounty poster and the only crime on it: "Destroying Loguetown," and said.

“That’s right, Enel. If you can successfully defeat the Straw Hat Luffy, I will consider giving you the reward you desire.”

Enel's eyes lit up slightly, and he asked, "Lord Yann, are you serious?"

“That’s right,” Yann replied confidently.

"Finally, have my years of hard work finally earned Lord Yaen's complete approval?"

Enel, who didn't take a million-dollar bounty pirate seriously at all, almost subconsciously thought that this was just an excuse that Yann made up to reward him.

Yann simply smiled encouragingly at Enel, then held out his finger to let Little Gold land on it, and spoke.

"Thank you for your trouble in bringing me to the Devil's Triangle. Now you should hurry back to the 'Kingdom of God' and begin preparing for the trial."

“The might of thunder will carry out your will, Lord Arn,” Enel replied respectfully.

"Then let the thunder roar even more powerfully, as the first rays of dawn before the sunrise..."

Yaen said something, then pulled the mask behind his back and jumped off the edge of the "Ark Maxim".

The next instant, a burst of air rang out, and Yann's figure almost turned into an invisible afterimage as he rushed straight towards the "Devil's Triangle" below.

The "Devil's Triangle" is a strange sea area located in the first half of the Grand Line, near the Red Line. This vast area is shrouded in thick fog all day long.

Over the past few centuries, countless pirate crews have strayed into it and become completely lost, unable to escape the Devil's Triangle.

However, since Yann possessed Moria's Vivre Card, he easily found Moria's Thriller Bark, which was converted from an island, simply by following the direction indicated by the Vivre Card.

……

Inside the castle at the very center of Thriller Bark, Moria, dressed in what resembles a gentleman's suit but with an extremely tall stature, is elegantly brewing coffee by manipulating shadow movements. He then hands one cup to Perona, who is sitting on a stool, swinging her legs, and holding an adorably ugly, fluffy doll in her arms.

“Please try it and see if my skills have improved,” Moria said, looking at Perona with anticipation.