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After the World Conference abolished the Shichibukai system, former Shichibukai Crocodile contacted Mihawk for cooperation.

Then, Crocodile brought his subordinate Mr. 1 to Buggy's base, Kale Bali Island, with the purpose of getting back the start-up capital that Crocodile had lent to Buggy to create "Buggy Express". During the period, he also destroyed the naval fleet that came to encircle and annihilate Buggy.

Later, due to Buggy's inexplicable rhetoric, Crocodile and Mihawk teamed up to establish the Cross Guild, with Buggy as a member.

It was just because Buggy's subordinates put Buggy's portrait first when printing posters to inform the sea, which led the outside world to mistakenly believe that Buggy was the leader of the Cross Union.

By accident, Buggy ascended the throne of the new Four Emperors.

This is the relevant content in the original work before Bai Ye traveled through time.

But the timeline of this incident should be after the Straw Hat Pirates ended the war in Wano Country.

But now, the situation is completely different.

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Bai Ye looked at the photo in the newspaper with an interesting expression on his face.

He could never have imagined that his time travel would cause such a big change in the Cross Union, an organization that had little intersection with the Straw Hat Pirates.

"What on earth is going on? This doesn't make any sense."

Bai Ye muttered to himself.

His eyes were fixed on the head portrait in the upper center of the photo.

At this time, Sanji, who was standing by, heard Bai Ye's words, nodded, and said:

"It is indeed surprising. The three Shichibukai suddenly rebelled against the World Government. This has never happened before."

"What's even more unexpected is that the three of them reached an agreement so quickly and joined forces to create a new organization. Do you think they will take action against us?"

The reason why Sanji asked this was because these three people had been related to the Straw Hat Pirates.

Especially Crocodile and Buggy, who were sent to Impel Down by them personally.

Sanji thought that Byakuya had the same idea, which was why his expression was so serious.

But what he didn't expect was that Bai Ye shook his head, his eyes still fixed on the photo.

"If it was just that, I wouldn't care. What surprised me was this guy."

Bai Ye pointed his finger at the photo, the fourth person besides Crocodile, Mihawk and Buggy.

"Douglas Barrett." Jinbei spoke at this time, his expression was also a little solemn: "He was once a crew member of the Pirate King Roger. He is an absolute strong man whose strength is second only to Roger and is comparable to the Pluto King Rayleigh. He is known as-"

"The devil's descendant."

Although Barrett was a figure from the last era, he had been causing quite a bit of trouble on the sea until he was arrested by the Navy 23 years ago.

Jinbei naturally knew about this person.

Sanji is still young, so it's normal for him to not understand.

As for why Byakuya knew this, Jinbei had already gotten used to it.

"Oh?"

Sanji was also surprised to hear this.

After getting the newspaper, he just glanced at the photo and the headline and called Bai Ye out without reading the content carefully.

Now seeing Bai Ye's performance and considering what Jinbei said, he finally reacted.

Looking at the photo again, the guy called Barrett is clearly in the first place.

"This guy who was as powerful as Rayleigh back then, how powerful is he now..."

Looking at the photo of Barrett, who was obviously less than 50 years old, Sanji also felt a little pressure.

At this time, Bai Ye finally finished reading the contents of the newspaper and let out a long sigh.

His expectations were dashed, and unlike Luffy killing Kaido single-handedly, this news was not a rumor.

Douglas Barrett was really one of the founders of the Cross Guild.

Unlike in the original work, the outside world did not misunderstand Buggy as the founder of the Cross Guild, but regarded him as the fourth in command of the organization, and one of the founders.

It seems that the Cross Guild’s current status is due to the fact that the organization’s personnel and funds were all provided by Bucky.

Come to think of it, Hawkeye Mihawk always travels alone. Besides a group of baboons, he only has that Gothic ghost girl around him. He has no subordinates at all.

After Crocodile became one of the Shichibukai again, he seemed to no longer have any bounty hunting organization. The only one who has been with him for so long is Mr. 1, who escaped from Impel Down with him.

Not to mention Barrett, who believes in being strong alone.

In this way, the large number of pirates that Buggy had gathered due to the establishment of Starfire seemed to have become the initial members of the Cross Guild.

No wonder he is regarded as one of the founders.

As for Barrett, Mihawk and Crocodile, the newspaper did not mention their status and seating order.

After thinking about it, Bai Ye could understand that no matter which of the three people, none of them would be willing to be inferior to others. How could they let the other person sit above them? Most of the time, they were on equal status.

Thinking about it this way, Bucky is quite miserable. He contributed both manpower and money, but in the end he only ended up as the fourth in command.

It is estimated that he will be ordered around by Crocodile and the other two. Think about the tragic experience of Buggy in the original work, and now there is a madman Barrett.

Bai Ye felt a little sympathetic towards him.

But putting aside the status of these four people, what Bai Ye still couldn't understand was how these four people got together.

Or in other words, why did Barrett join this crusade?

Judging from the characterization of Barrett in the movie, this guy has always wanted to become the strongest after Roger's death, and he is the strongest alone without relying on anyone.

How did such a person get involved in the Cross Society?

Could it be that the navy intensified its crackdown on him, forcing him to find an organization?

However, there have been no related reports in recent newspapers, and even Barrett only officially appeared in the public eye this time.

Could it be that Crocodile's mouth cannon did it?

Bai Ye thought about it and felt it was impossible.

Others may not be clear, but he remembers it clearly.

Two years after Roger's death, Barrett roamed the sea again, but had a fierce fight with Crocodile, but the outcome was a draw.

This is not Water Margin, where two heroes would fight each other and become acquainted with each other.

Crocodile and Barrett are not mortal enemies, but they will never become friends.

Bai Ye pulled his hair in pain. The more he thought about this matter, the more confused he became.

Suddenly, he realized a problem.

Because Barrett's appearance was so surprising, he subconsciously ignored this question.

In the original work, the Cross Guild was established because the member states jointly put pressure on the World Government at the World Conference and abolished the Seven Warlords of the Sea system.

This resulted in Hawkeye and others being wanted by the Navy again, which gave Crocodile an opportunity.

However, after Byakuya helped Xinghuo to be established, there has been no news that the Seven Warlords system has been abolished.

Yixiao, a member of the navy who was dedicated to pushing this matter forward, also joined Xinghuo early on.

Bai Ye couldn't help but wonder, could it be that something unknown happened during this period of time?