I only want to be a Shichibukai when I have Bengyu

Chance encounters are short-lived.

Yixiao, who was still traveling, did not stay on the navy warship for too long. He rejected Elus's invitation, and did not communicate with Garp, the naval hero, for long. Instead, the old gambler invited Eleus went to the merchant ship to play cards together.

To this, Eleus readily agreed.

As a result, he spent one night gambling on a merchant ship and lost more than 20 million berries.

He is blinded by a smile, but his gambling skills are so damn good.

This is not an alternative use of the Haki of the Observation Color. Neither of the two people at the gambling table used any strength beyond the norm. The Haki of the Observation Color and the Exploration Nerve are both in a state of active suppression. Elus's defeat was purely due to his inferior skills. Just laugh at this old gambler who has been immersed in the gambling table all his life. Eleus’s gambling skills are still dripping with water!

Early the next morning.

The bet is over.

After all, Elus was unable to turn the tide and lost miserably.

"Mr. Yixiao, let's say goodbye."

Elus walked out of the cabin and waved goodbye to Yixiao who was following him to see him off.

"...Prince Elus, have a safe journey."

"Mr. Yixiao, I also wish that all your wishes will come true."

The jet-black wings on Elvus' back spread out. He flapped his wings and left the merchant ship, flying back to the warship anchored not far away.

Yixiao stood at the door of the cabin, leaning on his cane, and watched the colorful figure gradually go away. After a long time, he sighed softly.

What a complicated and strange young man.

Coldness, tenderness, cruelty, kindness, madness, reason... In this young prince, he 'saw' too many changing colors, like a dye vat with too many colors injected into it, and the final shape was A vat of indescribable chaos.

"The Black Prince?"

"Are all young people today so... outstanding?"

With a smile, he remembered that he also met a young pirate by chance in the paradise. It was in a restaurant. He met that scary young pirate with a large appetite. He was a very strange pirate, and he obviously had considerable strength. He can easily destroy a street, but he was chased by the waiters in the restaurant because he was eating the King's meal and ran away in embarrassment.

An even stranger thing happened later. Just as the young pirate was being chased, another young pirate came, claiming to be paying the bill for his own captain. The captain was definitely not eating the Overlord meal, but just forgot when he got off the ship. Took the money bag.

In the end, the riots in the town were calmed down in an extremely gentle way, leaving Yixiao's sword with no chance to unsheath.

He had never seen such a strange pirate before.

so,

That time, he rarely just watched a lively drama, watching this group of young pirates defeat the criminal gangs that were dominating the island with their indomitable momentum, and then they were killed by a young female ensign. He chased and fled away.

"Fire Fist... Black Prince... Am I really old?"

Seeing such outstanding young people appear in this world one after another, Yixiao can't help but feel that he is not young. Even though he is still at his peak and will not see signs of decline for a long time to come, this Still couldn't stop the vicissitudes of feeling in his soul.

certainly,

This kind of emotion is just a fleeting soap bubble.

With Yixiao's determination that he has honed over the years, it is impossible to be shaken so easily. No amount of sighs will make him doubt for a moment. He firmly believes that he will eventually show his ambition in this world. Sooner or later, such a day will happen. will come.

The warships and merchant ships parted ways, one continued towards the New World, and the other headed towards the Red Earth Continent.

The two fleets were drifting away.

Soon, both sides lost sight of each other.

This ordinary encounter ended in the same ordinary way. However, this was the first time that the future NEO Navy general was known to the world government and navy.

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Red Earth Continent, G1 branch.

This branch is backed by the Red Earth Continent, just like the Marine Headquarters, Marine Fando. Standing on the land here, you can see the red rock wall towering above the clouds. The battleship with the dog head shape is not done in the G1 branch. After stopping, Garp greeted Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel, the commander of the G1 branch, and the dog-headed warship continued to move towards the Red Earth Continent.

Without driving too far, we saw the huge harbor.

This is--

Red port.

There are two huge ports in total. They are arranged on both sides, sandwiching the red continent in the middle. Through this red port, ships of the world government and navy can freely travel to and from both sides of the high wall without going ten thousand deep into the sea. meters, this is a dedicated route belonging to the world government and navy.

"... Those people who died in the deep sea are really... pitiful."

Riding on Garp's ship, Elus came from the red port of the New World to the red port of Paradise. He stood on the side of the ship and witnessed the entire process of the dog-headed warship passing through the unobstructed waterway.

There are no storms, waves, ferocious sea beasts, only a tight defense of three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry.

Compared with the difficult and dangerous road from Fish-Man Island to the New World or the Return to Paradise, if the souls who died on that road for hundreds of years could see the scenery that Elus sees now, they would probably Let out a reluctant roar.

"······"

Garp didn't say anything, he just held a bag of senbei and ate it.

"Prince Elus is just a dead pirate, not worthy of pity at all!"

Tina interrupted.

After playing hundreds of games of chess with Elus on the ship and getting to know each other through many exchanges, Major Tina, who had an outstanding appearance and a somewhat straightforward temper, finally let go of that layer of restraint and spoke without the initial ambiguity. After being restrained by time, he regained his original character and became much more casual.

"Pirates...that's true."

Eleus didn't object.

There is nothing wrong with this. Pirates, who disrupt order and symbolize chaos and disorder, should be targeted, even those with white beards, red hair, and those who burn, kill, and loot in general. Pirates are completely different pirates, but this does not change the injustice of the concept of pirates.

Especially after taking over the shipping network left by Umit, he discovered something.

In the new world,

The one who is most keen to fight against the endless pirates like crucian carp crossing the river is not the navy, but Umit, the king of shipping.

In order to maintain the smooth operation of his shipping network, Umit has been doing his best to suppress and recruit new pirates from the paradise over the years.

Umit has become history now, but Elus, who inherited Umit's legacy, also did the same thing as Umit.

It became Elus's job to fight against those pirates who didn't know the rules of the game and didn't follow the rules of the new world. This time he came to the Red Earth Continent with only Fran, a maid, and he left four attendants to maintain the shipping. smooth operation of the network.

"Pirates are not welcome on Fish-Man Island."

Jinbei's eyes were complicated.

If the World Government had not blocked the passage between the red ports and forced the pirates to rush to Fish-Man Island in a swarm, Fish-Man Island might not have been disturbed and had to rely on the flag of Whitebeard to protect it. Your own peace and tranquility.

Even if you think about it with a little more malice,

The World Government may have done this to use the power of pirates to weaken alien forces like Fish-Man Island.

"There's still Whitebeard's flag hanging on Fish-Man Island!"

Smoker, who couldn't hold it back and stood nearby smoking, mocked.

"If the World Government can guarantee the peace and tranquility of the participating countries, why would the Ryugu Kingdom rely on the flag of Father Whitebeard?" Jinbei retorted unceremoniously, and even addressed him directly in front of all the admirals. Daddy with white beard.

Smoker's eyes twitched.

This is not because of Jinbei’s attitude;

But because what Jinbe said was a fact that he could not refute. It was precisely because he realized that the navy could not give Fish-Man Island shelter that the forced Ryugu Kingdom had to accept Whitebeard's protection. World government countries like this can still survive in the new world. Not a few.

Including the Kingdom of Exmundo, it was originally a member protected by the flag of the Whitebeard Pirates.

After the rise of Elus, Whitebeard's flag was returned to the Whitebeard Pirates. He was also lucky enough to witness the scene of lowering the Whitebeard Pirates' flag, and watched the Kingdom's Foreign Minister holding it The pirate flag, which was of rough workmanship and average quality, went to the Whitebeard Pirates to return the flag.

"The Navy...will return to the New World sooner or later."

After a moment of silence, Smoker said in a low voice.

"In that case, Major Smoker, I'm afraid you need to practice your domineering skills. If you just rely on your natural ability to run rampant, you will suffer a lot sooner or later. The new world is not a greenhouse like a paradise. ." Elus smiled and sent the warning.

"...Prince Elvus, you don't need to worry about my affairs."

Smoker has a bad temper.

but,

Eleus was not angry either.

Anyway, it’s not him who will suffer in the future. Smoker’s bad temper deserves to be beaten. The worse the beating, the better.

"Prince Elus, the red port of the paradise is about to arrive. Where are you going next?" Tina interjected, relieving Smoker, who was not looking very good.

"Well... Let's go to the Holy Land first."

Elus raised his head and looked up at the red earth continent where the peak could not be seen at a glance.

"In that case you will disembark here."

Tina stretched out her hand and pointed to the cables attached to the outer wall of the Red Earth Continent and the soap bubbles floating in the air, "If you go to the Holy Land, you need to take this [Bubble Cable Car]. This is an elevator that can take you up. Red Earth Continent.”

"The Bubble Cable Car...it's really fun! But isn't this battle a bit exaggerated?"

red port,

There were no traces of the local residents who loved to watch the excitement in the past. The guards from the Holy Land wearing heavy armor like tin cans implemented martial law. The local residents, who knew how domineering the Celestial Dragons were, restrained themselves. Out of curiosity, no one dared to raise their head to see the excitement.

At most, at most, he would carefully look at the port and the streets through the gaps in the curtains.

"It's also my first time..."

Tina's eyes widened.

She had seen the scene during the quadrennial World Government Conference, where kings from all over the world gathered in the Holy Land. However, even at that time, when kings from all countries gathered together, martial law was not implemented at the Red Port.

today,

But because of the arrival of a prince, martial law was immediately imposed in the red port.

"No matter how many kings there are, it will not affect the stability of the Holy Land, but this kid is a monster that can make even the Holy Land feel threatened... Martial law, this is probably a trick of those five old men! Net them all A useless thing."

Garp curled his lips, obviously disdainful of such boring tricks.

The five old men... Tina's eyelids twitched and her expression was a little stiff. The Five Old Stars are the highest among the Celestial Dragons. They are the supreme leader of the world government and the backbone of the world government. Even the world The status of the government's commander-in-chief is also lower than that of the five old stars.

That is, Lieutenant General Garp dared to call the Five Old Stars that way.

"Wulaoxing, look at this, I have to say hello to them first."

Eleus raised his head thoughtfully and looked at the Holy Land Mariejoia hidden above the clouds.

The warship slowly docked at the port pier, the gangway was lowered, and the guests on board filed off. After drifting on the sea for nearly half a month, they finally stood on land again, and they were the only ones in the world. On a continent.

"Excuse me, is this Prince Elus?"

A little old man dressed in gorgeous clothes met Elvus and his party from the warship.

"I am Socacio Eleus."

"Prince Elvus, you can call me Vasco. I have specially received the order of Wulaoxing to greet Prince Elvus. I hope Prince Elvus can come with me first. Wulaoxing We are waiting for your arrival, His Royal Highness."

The little old man's mouth was very sweet, and his posture was kept to an extremely low level.

"Am I the only one?"

"Jinbei-dono is also among those invited."

"My brothers, sisters, and maids..."

"I will send someone to take them to Lord Woyuk."

Vasco seemed to have been prepared in advance, clearly arranging the whereabouts of Elvus and his party.

"In that case, then lead the way!"

Eleus did not refuse the invitation from the Five Old Stars.

On this trip to the Holy Land, if I don't meet Wulao Xing first, I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy the scenery of the Holy Land in peace and contentment.

Elus waved goodbye to Garp, Tina, Smoker and others who were standing on the warship, but only Tina responded. Garp and Smoker, the two weird-tempered guys, were not interested. Erwus, after all the more than a hundred maids and attendants on the ship disembarked, the dog-headed warship set sail directly towards the navy headquarters Marinefando located in front of the red port.

on the contrary,

Under the guidance of Vasco, Elvus and his party boarded the Bubble Cable Car and headed towards the holy land high above the clouds.