One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

The still-charming proprietress smiled, her eyes narrowing, and the cigarette in her hand emitted wisps of white smoke as she replied:

"I'm a professional!"

"Hmph!" The pirate captain immediately snorted, "You're smart to know what's good for you!"

"Let's calculate the costs!"

"Thank you for your patronage!" The proprietress maintained her previous demeanor, flashing a professional smile. "Your total for today is 280 million Berries!"

The pirate captain first sneered, "Only 280..."

But when he reached for his wallet, his expression suddenly froze:

"You bastard! You dare to play me?!"

"Brothers! Grab your weapons and smash this rip-off place to pieces!!!"

"Yes!!!"

The pirates instantly pulled out all sorts of weapons, their eyes flashing with ruthless intent as they faced the pitiful landlady.

After half an hour.

Peng!

As the last pirate, stripped of all his valuables, was thrown far out of the bar, Shakky smiled and changed the "Open" sign on the door to "Closed."

"I already said, I'm a professional!"

Xia Qi clapped her hands lightly, preparing to go inside to calculate today's harvest.

But just then, the newspaper that the pirates had been reading suddenly slipped to her feet.

Several large characters were prominently written on it:

[Shocking! Whitebeard Pirates' high-ranking officers publicly execute a Celestial Dragon! The World Government loses face!]

Although she already knew about the news early this morning, she was still stunned when she saw it.

"Is the Whitebeard Pirates going to declare war on the World Government?"

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"Dad! What is Ace doing!?"

at the same time.

After circulating today's newspaper, the entire Whitebeard Pirates found themselves in a completely different atmosphere from the rest of the world.

Everyone was suppressing their inner feelings.

The outspoken Bramanck directly voiced his inner doubts.

Meanwhile, Vista, the foil player standing next to him, provided the answer:

"Can't you see that?"

"According to the restrictions imposed on the Navy by the World Government, if any Celestial Dragon gets into trouble, the Navy must dispatch a force of admiral rank or higher to handle the situation!"

"The extreme humiliation of public execution will inevitably prompt the world government to send a large number of troops to suppress and eliminate them."

"Ace... he's risking his own safety to buy us more time!!!"

"What!?"

Upon hearing Vista's interpretation, some of the pirates who were initially slower to react were instantly taken aback.

"In that case, wouldn't Ace be in danger!?"

"Of course! That was a full-scale attack by the World Government!"

Marco, wearing glasses and holding a newspaper, frowned deeply, his eyes filled with worry.

"So it seems that Kizaru's sudden departure from the New World some time ago was related to Ace!"

As he spoke, he immediately looked up.

"Dad!? We really can't wait any longer this time!"

"Otherwise, Ace will be in danger!"

"Ok!"

At this moment, Whitebeard finally abandoned his previous hesitation.

His crescent-shaped beard trembled incessantly, and his eyes burned with rage.

"Marco, immediately notify all ships that can still be contacted!"

"Everyone, assemble at Fishman Island!"

"I am not so old that I need my children to sacrifice themselves to survive!"

"Yes, Father!"

Marco responded immediately.

Although the newspaper did not specify the exact location of the execution of the Celestial Dragons, it did make a point of stating that it would take place in the first half of the Grand Line.

It is foreseeable that in the next few days, the Marines who were originally deployed around the New World to prepare to besiege the ships under the command of the Whitebeard Pirates will quickly withdraw and return to the first half of the Grand Line.

In this way, the Whitebeard Pirates no longer need to worry about their ships being ambushed by the Navy.

This should have been a good thing for the Whitebeard Pirates, who are currently in a crisis.

But if all of this requires Ace's sacrifice...

They'd rather fight the navy to the death!

Unaware that Ace was with the Straw Hat Pirates and had already arrived at Skypiea, the Whitebeard Pirates acted at top speed.

Just as Whitebeard said, they, too, had not reached the point where they needed to sacrifice their comrades to survive!

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Marineford, the Admiral's office.

"Damn it!!!"

"Why did that missing Celestial Dragon end up in the hands of a member of the Whitebeard Pirates!?"

The Warring States Marshal slammed today's newspaper onto the table, his face contorted with incomprehensible rage.

Their plan was about to succeed, and they had already squeezed the Whitebeard Pirates' area of ​​operation to the bare minimum!

As a result of just one newspaper, everything they had done during this period vanished in an instant!

Having missed this opportunity, the already alert Whitebeard Pirates will certainly not give them a second chance!

More importantly...

Their operation to annihilate the Whitebeard Pirates was originally a secret mission.

Just now, the Five Elders gave Fleet Admiral Sengoku a death order to immediately mobilize all the Navy's forces to conduct a full-scale search for Portgas D. Ace and the missing Celestial Dragon in the first half of the Grand Line!

"It would be better if he just died!"

Even the usually composed Marshal Sengoku could not hold back and uttered some outrageous words.

Although he didn't say who "he" was...

But both Tsuru and Kizaru, who were present, were perfectly clear about what Sengoku was talking about.

There's no other way.

Sengoku gritted his teeth, but could only give the order:

"Let the ships of the New World return first!"

"Furthermore, notify all naval officers of colonel rank and above at headquarters to deploy warships to search for the location of the missing Celestial Dragons."

The navy is ultimately not a truly righteous force.

It is merely a tool used by the world government to better govern the world.

For the World Government, whether the New World has one more or one less Emperor will not affect their rule.

However, if the Celestial Dragons, who should be in high positions and in the ruling class, were executed in public, it would be an extremely heinous event that would shake the foundation of the World Government!

So even though the newspapers had stated that the location of the Celestial Dragons' execution would be published three days later...

However, as the armed forces under the World Government, the Navy had no choice but to obey orders and search for the whereabouts of the Celestial Dragons.

Furthermore, in order to avoid being seized upon by the Whitebeard Pirates for retaliation, the Navy must completely withdraw its high-end forces from the New World.

"Damn it... Celestial Dragons!"

The Warring States Marshal couldn't hold back any longer and cursed inwardly once again.

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"Morgons! Hand over the location of Fire Fist Ace!"

"And immediately halt all newspapers and news reports related to this incident!"

"Otherwise, you and your news agency can expect the wrath of the World Government!"

Somewhere in the world, in the sky above the headquarters of the World Economic News Agency, which had long since abandoned its original location and was now fleeing in all directions.

A man dressed as a reporter held a finely crafted long gun and pressed it hard against Morgans's bird head, threatening him.

Despite feeling the cold sensation on his forehead, Morgans' tone remained unusually calm.

"I never imagined that you, who have followed me for so many years, would actually be a member of the World Government!"

"CP organizations are everywhere!"

"President Morgans, you should just give up!"

Upon hearing Morgans' words, the CP agent, who had worked with Morgans for several years, softened his tone.

However, the pistol in his hand remained steady, without the slightest wavering.