One Piece: Building the Roxas Empire

Upon hearing this, A Shen slightly turned sideways and gestured to the man behind him whose face and body were wrapped in bandages. The man stepped forward and said respectfully, "I am the captain of the Iron Hedgehog Pirates, Take. I am willing to lead the Iron Hedgehog Pirates to drink the wine of adoption with Lord Darius. From now on, our Iron Hedgehog Pirates will become a subsidiary pirate group of the Roxas Pirates. No matter what Lord Darius orders, our Iron Hedgehog Pirates will go through fire and water without hesitation."

Darius saw how Tek looked and realized that he must have been severely punished by Ashen. He said jokingly, "From your tone, it seems that you are drinking this cup of wine of your adopted son reluctantly! It's as if someone put a knife to your neck and forced you to drink it."

"No, I don't mean that. I am willing to do it." After saying that, Tek knelt on the ground and begged, "I request to join the Roxas Pirates. Lord Darius, please grant me your wish. No matter how hard it is, I will never refuse. I only hope to be blessed by the flag of the Roxas Pirates."

"Ha ha ha, of course I welcome you." Darius was very generous and went up to help Tek up. At this time, the maid also brought a tray and took out two glasses of wine, one large and one small. Darius took the large cup and Tek took the small cup. Darius grinned and said, "After drinking this glass of wine, we will be brothers from now on. Come on, let's drink it."

Afterwards, the two of them drank the wine in the glasses together, which meant that the Iron Hedgehog Pirates had become a subsidiary pirate group of the Roxas Pirates at this moment.

After Darius put down the wine glass, another maid came over. On the tray in her hand was a flag, which was the pirate flag of the Roxas Pirates. Darius handed the flag to Tek and said, "From now on, you are a pirate group under the command of our Darius Pirates. From now on, I will protect your pirate group."

"Yes." Tek took the flag very excitedly. In this ocean, it was common for the weak to rely on the strong. He was defeated by Ashen, and it was a tragic defeat with almost no ability to fight back.

Although Taken was not very convinced at first, he was convinced after seeing the power of A-Shin's devil fruit. This was because when A-Shin defeated him, he didn't even use his devil fruit. Even A-Shin's strength was beyond his reach. It was hard to imagine how strong Darius, as the captain, must be. Naturally, he was very excited to receive the blessing of the flag of the Roxas Pirates.

Darius looked at Taker and reminded him, "You must protect both the cup and the flag. The cup is a symbol of our relationship, and the flag is the glory of our Roxas Pirates. If you defile it, you will pay the price."

Upon hearing this, Tek immediately assured, "Yes, please rest assured, Brother Darius, we, the Iron Hedgehog Pirates, will definitely regard this flag as something more important than our lives."

Darius also smiled and said soothingly, "Okay, take good care of your injuries. There will be a banquet in the evening. There should be other pirate groups joining us, and you can get to know each other."

"Yes."

After Tek left, Darius was thinking about who should be allowed to eat the hypnotic fruit. At this time, A Shen followed behind Darius and said with some concern: "Captain, how long are we going to stay here?"

"How long will we stay?" Darius hesitated for a moment before saying, "First check if there are any spies from the World Government or the Navy among these newcomers. We can set off again after we are sure there are none!"

"Yes." Ah Shen said respectfully, but there was still some worry in his eyes.

Darius saw that Ashen had not left yet and asked, "Do you have anything else to do?"

Ah Shen said solemnly: "No, it's just that I am a little worried. I don't know why, but this time I got the devil fruit too smoothly, and it feels a bit unnatural."

"What exactly are you worried about?" Darius asked in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Ah Shen shook his head and said, "I can't really explain it, but I just have a vague feeling of uneasiness."

Darius was a little speechless. He patted his shoulder and comforted him, "There's nothing to worry about. We are pirates. If we worry about this and that every day, we will be exhausted! We will deal with it as soon as possible. Besides, we have obtained the devil fruit now. Even if the navy attacks, they can't take it away. What's more, as pirates, if we are afraid of the navy, why would we go out to sea!"

Ah Shen was speechless when he heard this. As a pirate, shouldn't he be naturally afraid of the navy? In this sea, when most pirates see the navy, aren't they like mice seeing a cat?

Just like when he was a gangster boss, he was also instinctively afraid of the police, but when it comes to Darius, although he is a pirate, he really disdains the navy, which is indeed an alternative. No, it can be said that Darius is extremely confident in his own strength, so it is like this.

Afterwards, Red Chain Snake, Bakki, Blue Crystal and others came back one by one, and with them came more than a dozen pirate groups in Gyro City. Although these pirate groups were not powerful, it didn't matter. After reaching the Grand Line, they would slowly eliminate those weak pirates one by one.

Soon, Darius drank the wine of adopted sons with the captains of these pirate groups and officially recruited them, which also allowed the Roxas Pirates to expand again.

After they came back, Darius finally decided to give the Hypnosis Fruit to Blue Crystal. After all, Blue Crystal was the one who slept with him, and giving it to her was a little selfish on Darius' part.

Blue Crystal was very excited after getting the hypnotic fruit and ate it immediately.

After Blue Crystal ate the Hypnosis Fruit, Darius asked, "How does it feel? Can you use the power of this devil fruit?"

Blue Crystal sensed the power she had just gained and said, "It does feel like there is more power, but the details still need to be tested."

As he spoke, Blue Crystal looked at a pirate beside him and made eye contact with him. After a few seconds, the pirate closed his eyes, was hypnotized, and fell asleep.

"This is, it really can hypnotize people in an instant." Jade was also surprised when she saw this ability.

Darius said to Blue Crystal, "He should be in a hypnotic state now. See if you can get him to answer your questions."

Blue Crystal nodded after listening to this. She also felt that she should be able to continue to hypnotize the other party deeply. She squatted down and asked the hypnotized pirate, "What did you do before?"

At this time, the hypnotized pirate answered with lifeless eyes: "I followed Lord Kuanglong to recruit the Great Sword Pirates, and then defeated them. We got their treasure, and I got 3.21 million Baileys..."

Darius smiled when he heard the answer and said, "As expected! The Hypnosis Fruit can indeed be used for torture. With this fruit, we can easily identify the traitors in the Roxas Pirates. Blue Crystal, I'll leave this matter to you and Liuli. Let Liuli cooperate with you when the time comes."

Nowadays, Liuli has made a lot of progress in the Whisper Fruit and can barely hear the thoughts of humans. The prerequisite is that she must get the other party's permission. Otherwise, Liuli will not be able to hear the other party's thoughts. It can be said that there is still a lot of room for the development of Liuli's Whisper Fruit.

"Yes, Master..."

Darius looked at everyone and said, "Well, let's have a banquet! We have recruited more than a thousand men today, so we have to celebrate."

And just as the Roxas Pirates were holding a banquet, the crisis was quietly approaching.

At this time, on a reef group dozens of kilometers away from Gyro City, the navy's warships were hidden here. And not only were there navy here, but now with Gyro City as the center, a large number of navy warships and navy were lurking around.

After learning about the situation in Gyro Castle, Slit raised his lip with contempt and said, "They are pirates indeed! After getting the devil fruit, they immediately got carried away and started the banquet."

Major General Philip said seriously: "Mr. Slit, give the order! Now is the time when they are most relaxed, attack in one fell swoop!"

Vice Admiral Slit shook his head, a confident smile appeared on his lips. "No, it's not the right time yet. It's still daytime. If the warships continue to approach, they will most likely be discovered. If they escape at that time, it will be troublesome. This time we have to catch the Pirate King Roxas in one fell swoop. Let's wait until night. By then, they will probably be drunk. With the cover of the moonlight, we can directly approach them within a few kilometers and then launch an attack. We will definitely be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

After hearing Slit's words, all the naval generals nodded.

At night, A Shen was walking on the deck of the Iron Blood. The Roxas Pirates were having a party, but as the vice captain, he was very calm. Bakuki and Heibai Wuchang came over drunk and said, "Hey, A Shen, why don't you go drink? You came here alone."

Ah Shen looked at the three people coming over and said calmly: "The more times like this, the more careful we must be. If the navy attacks at this time, it will be terrible."

Hei Wuchang grinned and said, "I say, what are you worried about? Lord Darius will take care of everything, right?"

Ah Shen's voice was still steady: "The captain is indeed very strong, so it doesn't matter if he is drunk, because he is strong enough, but we are different. We don't have the captain's terrifying power, so it's better to be careful."

Bai Wuchang grinned and said, "You are just too cautious. In the past few months, you have been so cautious every time you held a banquet, fearing that the navy would attack. What happened?"

Bakuki also smiled carelessly and said: "Now, we are the strongest pirate group in the West Sea. No, even if we are placed in the Grand Line, our pirate group can be ranked among the best. We also have people on duty. There is nothing to worry about."

Ah Shen didn't want to waste time with them anymore, so he said coldly, "Okay, if you want to go drink, go by yourselves. I just want to enjoy the evening sea breeze by myself."