I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

They originally wanted to lay low on the sky islands to avoid trouble, but the actions of the World Government and the Golden Lion disrupted their original order.

In this crisis, both leaders of the NEO Navy were seriously injured, several key strongholds were destroyed, and nearly half of its personnel were lost, severely damaging its strength.

The World Government has also drawn out Higuma, who was hiding in the sky, and with Shiki, who is currently riding high, the order of the New World has completely collapsed and is in constant turmoil.

Chapter 1239 We Unite! 5k

The sun was high in the sky; it was a lazy afternoon.

Marineford, Naval Headquarters, in the Admiral's office.

The current Fleet Admiral, Akainu, was sitting at his desk reading a report, his brows furrowing unconsciously as he read.

Since becoming Fleet Admiral, Akainu's prestige has grown day by day.

"So, neither Zephyr nor Fujitora, the targets of this encirclement and suppression operation, died?"

"Borsalino, don't you have anything to say about this?"

Akainu put down the report in his hand, turned to look at Kizaru in front of him, and stared at him intently.

At this moment, Kizaru was sitting on the sofa leisurely drinking tea, showing no signs of injury whatsoever.

Despite participating in a large-scale expedition, Kizaru acted as if nothing had happened.

It has to be said that this is very much in line with Kizaru's usual style.

"The tea is quite good," Kizaru exclaimed in admiration.

"That's not what I want to hear you say." Akainu's forehead creased with annoyance.

"Sakazuki, all your hard work is useless. Have some tea first." Kizaru slowly sipped his tea, then glanced at Akainu with a slightly puzzled look, and said:

"You have dark circles under your eyes. Do you usually work this much overtime?"

"That's strange... We've had a lot more free time since the CP new force was formed, haven't we?"

Akainu's expression darkened slightly.

“I didn’t join the Navy for the World Government,” he said in a low voice, barely audible.

The Battle of Marineford two years ago changed many things.

In the past, the navy considered itself a righteous force and took it upon itself to fight pirates.

The new generation of naval heroes is actually an imposter, two highly respected admirals defected, and the navy is undergoing a major purge. This is an unprecedented and enormous shock to the navy as an organization, far more impactful than any large-scale war.

From then on, the World Government made it clear that it intended to support the new army. The CP new army was directly led by the original intelligence agency, bringing it closer to the Celestial Dragons and the World Government.

While the Navy has replenished its personnel and recruited a new Admiral, Green Bull, in the past two years, it is inevitably becoming marginalized within the current world government system.

Therefore, Akainu, as the Fleet Admiral, is indeed much more relaxed than during the Warring States period.

His part-time overtime work in the Sabaody Archipelago is another matter entirely.

"In the past two years, the World Government has entered a state of war preparedness, and there have been tremendous changes..." Akainu said in a low voice:

"According to the report, did the revolutionary army even participate in the final stages of this encirclement campaign?"

"The Revolutionary Army is a behemoth, isn't it?" Akainu sighed softly.

Although the Four Emperors are powerful, their strength mainly lies in their individual abilities. They are essentially warlords and local emperors who control a region in the New World, and are regional separatist forces.

But the Revolutionary Army is a world-class force, with members spread across the five oceans, always operating behind the scenes.

The Four Emperors are enemies of the Navy, while the Revolutionary Army is an enemy of CP0 and the World Government.

The World Government's preparations for war over the past two years have been largely due to the impact of the Marineford War, and partly due to the activities of the Revolutionary Army.

Previously, the World Government had always maintained a detached stance, but now it has openly intervened, forced to change its previous detached attitude.

But besides the presence of the revolutionary army, the most noteworthy thing in this report is...

"Sigurd did indeed appear. He appeared on the battlefield from the sky. Does this mean that Sigurd's hiding place, like the Golden Lion's, is in the sky?"

"No wonder we couldn't find any trace of him in the New World."

Akainu's gaze was particularly complex.

He knew that the World Government's operation to eliminate the NEO Navy was aimed at cutting off Sieg's wings, and that it also had a target to lure Sieg.

Since the World Government took the initiative to send troops to lure out Sig, it must have already made preparations to annihilate Sig.

“This is a dangerous war signal, so Borsalino…” Akainu was about to say something when an officer knocked on the door and entered.

"Marshal Sakazuki, an emergency!"

"Golden Lion, along with other great pirates like Wald, invaded the dynamite factory in the New World and stole a large amount of dynamite stockpile!"

Akainu's face darkened, and Kizaru, who had been leisurely sipping his tea, was also slightly taken aback.

"Wald, Momo Fruit, Explosive Rock..."

"Did what Mr. Zhan Guo feared still happen?"

Kizaru shook his head. In fact, after Sengoku reminded him, the Navy had already reported the matter to the World Government and dispatched a large number of troops to guard the explosive rock factory.

However, this effort was still insufficient against the Golden Lion Pirates.

The loss of the explosive rock would have very serious consequences, especially if it fell into the hands of Wald, the user of the Momo-Momo Fruit.

"Besides that, there's something else very unusual: all the great pirates who appeared, including Golden Lion, looked incredibly young, almost as if they'd reversed their aging and regressed to their youth..."

"We suspect that this may be related to Ain, the user of the Rewind-Rewind Fruit who just went missing."

Prior to this, only a few people, such as Golden Lion and Lone Red, had their ages reversed by the Reverse Fruit, and they only reversed their age by 12 years, which is much smaller than the change from middle-aged to young people today.

This time, Shiki made no attempt to hide his actions, practically wearing the words "Back-Back Fruit" on his face.

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At the same time, in a revolutionary army base in the new world.

Fujitora, dressed in a purple robe and wrapped in bandages, walked along the coast, leaning on a cane and sword in one hand.

After treatment, Fujitora has regained consciousness. He was seriously injured and is now using his cane sword as a crutch.

Occasionally, if you look up and close your eyes towards the port, you can see about a dozen ships bearing the NEO Navy insignia undergoing repairs.

The revolutionary army was known for its strong intelligence capabilities and had a large number of intelligence personnel.

In this encirclement and suppression operation, although the Revolutionary Army did not have time to learn of the World Government's intentions in advance, it was able to provide timely support to the remnants of the NEO Navy.

Otherwise, the NEO Navy, having lost Zephyr and Fujitora in succession, would not have suffered as little as just having its base destroyed and losing more than half of its forces; it might have been completely annihilated in the pursuit of the World Government forces.

After all, the NEO Navy was already facing a generational gap, and after losing Zephyr and Fujitora, it simply did not have the strength to resist the World Government's massive military offensive.

Fujitora gripped his cane-sword and walked step by step into the depths of the island.

Along the way, you can also see many revolutionary army soldiers and wounded NEO navy personnel, and the two sides get along fairly well.

Upon arriving at the building in the center of the island, Fujitora spotted several familiar figures.

There was Sigurd, whom he saw before he fell into a coma, as well as Monkey D. Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, and the commanders behind him, including the Okama King.

The two chatted quite enthusiastically, and it was clear that the usually calm Long was slightly agitated.

“Mr. Issho? You’ve come at the perfect time.” Ryu noticed Fujitora’s arrival and waved for him to sit down.

“Mr. Yixiao, Mr. Sig, the World Government’s intentions are crystal clear. Sending a large number of troops into the New World means that there is no room for maneuver in our struggle against them,” Long said with a sigh.

"Us?" Fujitora looked at Ryu.

“In the eyes of the World Government, we are all the same, a problem that must be solved,” Dragon said.

"A problem that must be solved..." Fujitora's eyes dimmed slightly.

"One major reason for our heavy losses this time is our lack of strength and power..."

"Precisely because we lack strength, we must unite!" Long's tone became increasingly excited:

"After years of lying low, our revolutionary army has accumulated enough strength and should move from behind the scenes to the forefront to declare war on the World Government."

"However, what surprised me a little was that it was Mr. Sig who beat me to it."

At this point, Long glanced at Sig with a slightly complicated expression.

He never expected that the first to declare war on the World Government would not be their Revolutionary Army, but Sigurd.

While feeling regretful, Long also felt an undeniable excitement.

Higuma was indeed the same kind of person as him. Decades ago, he took a huge risk to assassinate Rocks and, under Rocks' name, used the power of the world's strongest pirate crew to try to overthrow the Celestial Dragons' rule!

However, Sieg failed at that time.

Dragon was deeply moved. He had long known that Sig had the ambition to change the world and was a fellow traveler like him, walking behind the scenes of the times, trying to overthrow the World Government.

To be precise, Sieg should be considered a pioneer.

The goal is the same, only the methods of action differ slightly.

“Dragon, what exactly are you trying to say?” Sig asked.

“Mr. Sig, times have changed. You no longer need to fight the World Government alone,” Dragon said in a deep voice.

"We should unite, not fight alone!"

Sieg paused for a moment, then realized what he meant.

In the eyes of the world, he has already declared war on the world government.

Upon closer reflection, Sieg felt a slight sense of bewilderment.

Finally, we found a safe zone on a sky island where we could live a peaceful life.

He just wanted to stay in the sky and wait for Luffy to become the Pirate King.

But now it seems he won't live to see the end of One Piece.

Now that the world government has taken action, there will be a series of turbulent waves.

When the nest is overturned, how can the eggs remain intact? Even if you hide on a floating island, it's impossible to completely avoid this wave.

Just like this time, Sigurd, who originally wanted to continue hiding, was still successfully forced to show himself by the World Government.

Abandon illusions and prepare for struggle.