One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

Katakuri, the Food Demon.

The area he was in charge of was the international waters centered around Whole Cake Island.

In addition, the Heavenly Demon, Golden Lion, took over all of the Straw Hat Pirates' transportation work.

Enel, the Thunder Demon, and Crocodile, the Sand Demon, respectively manage the Sky Island base and the first half of the Grand Line, centered on the Kingdom of Alabasta.

The Shadow Demon Moria and the Blood Demon Redfield are in charge of the waters where the Beasts Pirates were originally based in Wano Country.

Steel Devil Barrett, the general manager of all the factories, large and small, in the new territory, especially the various shipyards in the New World, are now all under his control.

Blackbeard, the Demon of Darkness, is in charge of combat matters and handles various miscellaneous affairs within the Straw Hat Pirates' territory.

Speaking of which, Blackbeard's affair caused quite a stir among the Whitebeard Pirates at the time.

However, in the end, out of consideration for V and Luffy, and considering that Blackbeard had gone through all that trouble only to end up in a miserable situation where he had no choice in the matter...

The Whitebeard Pirates will put this matter behind them for now.

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"What is it, Katakuri?" V looked towards the door and asked.

"Lord V, Lady Nami." Katakuri nodded slightly, his tone respectful. "The Revolutionary Army has arrived."

"Oh?" V raised an eyebrow slightly. "They've finally arrived!"

As he spoke, he stood up and said to Katakuri:

"Please invite them to the reception area."

“Also…” V turned to Nami, “Nami, go and call Luffy over here too!”

"This time, he can finally talk to his brother for a while longer."

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Ten minutes later.

Whole Cake Island Castle, reception room.

This luxurious drawing room, which originally belonged to Charlotte Linlin, has now been rearranged.

The exaggerated dessert reliefs on the walls were removed and replaced with simple and elegant nautical-themed decorative paintings.

The curtains in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows were drawn back, and golden sunlight streamed through the glass onto the marble floor, making the whole room bright and warm.

V sat on the sofa in the main seat, with a freshly brewed cup of hot tea in front of her.

Meanwhile, Luffy was sitting cross-legged on another sofa, holding a huge piece of roasted meat in his hands, eating heartily, his cheeks bulging like a squirrel.

"Mmm...delicious! Delicious!"

Luffy mumbled incoherently as he chewed on the meat.

"Luffy, can you put the meat down first?"

"This is for the guests!"

Nami sighed helplessly.

"What does it matter? Sabo isn't an outsider!"

Luffy retorted confidently, then took another big bite.

Just then, the door to the reception room was pushed open.

Katakuri stepped in first, making way for him:

"Please come in."

A familiar figure stepped into the reception room.

He was wearing a dark green overcoat and a top hat with a bright red flower pinned to the brim.

There was a crisscross scar on his left eye, but it did not diminish the determination and wisdom that his face conveyed.

It was none other than Sabo, the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army.

"Hey, Straw Hat crew! Long time no see!"

Chapter 259 The Birth of Hades

The talks did not last very long.

After all, they are all family, and the Straw Hat Pirates had done the Revolutionary Army a favor in the first place.

Even though it was only their first interaction, the Revolutionary Army's officers gladly chose to believe in V and offered their hearts.

V, of course, would not betray their trust and, at the cost of some loss, filled Sabo and the others with Devil Fruit abilities.

Of course, V wasn't wealthy enough to equip them with demon badges of the Nika Power level.

But even ordinary Devil Fruit abilities are enough to multiply their combat power several times over.

more importantly……

"I've already obtained the power of the Push-Push Fruit."

"It's time to bring Hades, who has been buried for eight hundred years, back into the light of day!"

Inside the control room, V held up a demon badge that he had upgraded to the eighth rank using his Gluttony Fruit powers, and smiled slightly.

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In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!

With a deafening roar, the entire Wano Country trembled violently.

Deep within the earth, the colossal creature that had slept for eight hundred years finally began to slowly rise.

Rocks crumbled, silt poured out, and seawater flooded in—

Everything began to change dramatically with V's push.

On the cliff edge of the ruins of Onigashima, the entire Straw Hat Pirates gathered.

Luffy stood at the very front, looking down at the ever-expanding and deepening rift below, his eyes gleaming with barely suppressed excitement.

"Ohhhh—! It's coming out! It's coming out!!!"

His voice carried a childlike innocence and anticipation, as if what he was about to see was not an ancient weapon capable of destroying the world, but a fun toy.

"Hey, Luffy, calm down a bit."

Nami stood beside him, the pointer in her hand spinning wildly, data flashing constantly in her prosthetic eye, her tone tinged with tension:

"If that thing were to be completely unearthed, the entire topography of Wano Country would be altered!"

"Don't worry, Miss Nami."

Sanji, a cigarette dangling from his lips, leaned against a broken pillar, a calm smile playing on his lips.

"This is actually a good thing for Wano Country."

"At least from now on, they will no longer have to give up their contact with the outside world because of the terrain."

Zoro crossed his arms and stared at the cracking earth with eyes as sharp as knives.

Behind them, three figures stood silently.

One of them is the Shadow Demon, Moonlight Moria.

His round body was draped in a large black cloak, and his pointed ears trembled slightly in the wind.

At this moment, his narrow eyes were fixed on the ever-widening chasm below, a sinister smile curling at the corner of his mouth:

"Hohoho... I never thought that I, Gecko Moria, would actually live to witness the birth of an Ancient Weapon."

He turned his head to look at the tall, slender figure beside him: "Redfield, why don't you say something too?"

The legendary solitary red, now the Blood Demon—Redfield, is currently hovering in mid-air, looking radiant.

Having acquired the power of the Vampire Fruit and received a decent fruit ability from V, he is now full of expectations for the future.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his voice deep and elegant:

"Ancient weapon... Hades. For eight hundred years, countless people have dreamed of finding it, yet none have even caught a glimpse of it."

"Now, however, it will see the light of day again in the hands of a group of young people."

He paused, his gaze falling on Luffy in front of him, a meaningful smile appearing on his lips.

"Times have indeed changed."

Standing at the very edge was Crocodile, dressed in a black overcoat and smoking a cigar.

He kept his hands in his coat pockets, trying his best to remain calm. But the fingers holding the cigar were trembling slightly.

Despite having witnessed many remarkable things with the Straw Hat Pirates, seeing Pluton, whom he had been searching for for decades, appear so vividly from a place he had never imagined, inevitably stirred up a storm of emotions within him.

"Damn it..." He took a deep drag on his cigar, exhaled a cloud of smoke, and said in a low, hoarse voice, "I've been looking for this thing my whole life... and it turns out it's lying under Wano Country?"

He shook his head, his voice carrying a hint of resentment, yet also a touch of relief, "It's truly... utterly ridiculous."

Just then, the ground beneath their feet suddenly trembled!

A massive, dark silhouette finally broke free from the depths of the rift valley, piercing through the soil and seawater, and slowly rose into the sky!

That was a ship.

To be precise, it was a colossal ship so large that it dwarfed any warship sailing the seas.

Its hull was as black as ink, yet it gleamed with a cold, metallic sheen, as if it were forged from some unknown material.

The ram at the bow is shaped like a dragon's head, with two gleaming eyes that seem to be looking down at the world below.

On both sides of the ship, rows of cannons are neatly arranged, their dark muzzles radiating a suffocating pressure.