Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

While the major forces on the sea were discussing the Cross Guild, things were still going on on a large island in the New World.

【Candle Melt】

A man with the number 3 on his head is clapping his hands on the ground, activating his fruit ability.

Balls of melted wax flowed out from his hands, surging forward like waves and forming various shapes at designated locations.

This person is naturally the former member of the Baroque Studio, Mr. 3 Gardino.

During the Battle of Marineford, he followed Buggy out of Impel Down by chance and later became a cadre under Buggy.

"How amazing! You built a building in just a moment. You are worthy of being the Chief Construction Officer of the Cross Union."

Someone on the side praised.

"At this rate, it will only take about a week to build our base. That's great, Mr. 3."

Someone echoed.

"Don't waste your time talking nonsense. Just move everything you need in."

Gardino stood up and gave orders to the people around him, with a look of a superior on his face.

"Yes, Mr. 3."

Upon hearing the order, everyone did not delay any longer and began to move various furnishings into the house that Mr. 3 had just renovated.

Seeing that everyone was working hard, Gardino nodded and left with his hands behind his back.

But the moment he turned around, his face fell.

He was just trying to maintain his dignity just now, but in fact he was extremely reluctant.

He turned his head and looked towards the tallest building in the center of the island, muttering to himself:

"I thought I would be able to live a life of ease and comfort by following Buggy, but I didn't expect that I would end up on a pirate ship!"

Gardino was a little overwhelmed, completely forgetting that he had been a pirate since he left Impel Down.

If possible, he would rather not be the chief construction officer.

The Cross Guild, sounds like a nice name, but in the eyes of the World Government, they are just a group of pirates.

Or the kind that can't wait to get rid of it.

Staying in such an organization is life-threatening!

Especially people like them who are not very strong.

Even though the founders of the Cross Guild are more powerful than each other, they have the potential to become another Emperor's Group.

but...

Apart from the founder, the remaining 90% are just a mob!!!

Here we need to explain in detail the personnel composition of the Cross Union.

Apart from Crocodile, Mihawk and Barrett, all the remaining members of the Cross Union were formerly members of the Buggy Express founded by Buggy.

As for the executives of Buggy Express, except for Gardino, the rest are former executives of the Buggy Pirates.

For example, animal tamer and unicycle swordsman.

They were once imprisoned in Impel Down with Buggy.

After Buggy became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he also asked the World Government to release them.

Just like what Jinbei did back then.

The World Government quickly agreed because these guys were too weak.

As for the members below, it is no exaggeration to say that they are a mob.

After the establishment of Xinghuo, the Liaoyuan Army has carried out more than one large-scale crackdown on pirates in the four seas and the waters belonging to Paradise.

During this period, the navy also tacitly took the same action.

This also resulted in the entire ocean being almost free of pirates except for the New World.

Perhaps many people think that pirates who can escape the double encirclement of the Liaoyuan Army and the Navy are all powerful pirates.

But in fact, it is just the opposite. These lucky ones are the weakest.

Because powerful pirates are almost always the focus of the Liaoyuan Army and the Navy.

Except for a few powerful pirates that were relatively close to the Sabaody Archipelago, almost all the well-known pirate groups were destroyed in the large-scale encirclement and suppression.

As for those weak pirates, on the one hand, the Liaoyuan Army and the Navy did not have enough troops, and on the other hand, they did it on purpose.

Instead of wasting energy and financial resources to encircle and suppress these rabble, it is better to let them enter the new world.

After all, even if these guys managed to survive in the New World, they would not enhance the strength of the pirates in the New World.

According to the Liaoyuan Army and the Navy, these pirates would disappear on the sea within half a month after entering the New World.

but!

They missed one person.

That is Buggy who became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

With the help of World News' publicity and the existence of legal plundering rights, Buggy was able to bring almost all of these pirates under his command.

Otherwise, how could Buggy Express become bigger and stronger with only Buggy's original team, and even interfere with the emperor of the underground world who is in charge of the logistics field?

Of course, there are also powerful pirate groups that come here.

But after seeing Buggy's [powerful strength] with their own eyes, all the pirates left with laughter.

The rest are idiots who can't see the truth about Bucky and have a fanatical belief in him.

They really believe that Buggy is on the same level as Red-Haired Shanks.

Now that the Cross Guild has been established and three powerful men have arrived, they are even more excited.

Although they didn't understand why Buggy, who they thought was very powerful, only took the position of fourth in command, it didn't stop them from celebrating.

Some people even dream that the Crusaders will defeat the Five Emperors and rule the new world.

To this thought, Gardino has only one response.

Ha ha.

Although he didn't know what the Cross was going to do, it definitely had nothing to do with these guys.

Among the four founders, Bucky needs no further introduction.

Mihawk didn't seem to have any intention of taking care of them. Judging from his appearance, he might just be looking for an organization to stay with.

The same went for Barrett. This guy looked at him with eyes full of disgust and aversion, as if he was not looking at a subordinate, but at an ant that could be crushed at any time.

And Crocodile is very familiar with it.

This guy doesn't care about the life or death of his subordinates at all. He might even let his subordinates die in order to achieve his goal.

If you follow these people without the ability, your life would be too long.

In fact, after learning about the establishment of the Cross Union, Gardino wanted to withdraw and surrender directly to the Liaoyuan Army.

After all, he heard that the treatment of prisoners there was quite good.

But Bucky refused to give in and even recommended his abilities.

In the end, Crocodile decided to keep him and put him in charge of the construction of the base.

Gardino was in despair on the spot. He didn't expect that he would end up falling into the hands of his former boss.

He looked again at the majestic building in the center of the island that he had built with his own hands.

He knew that at this time, the founders of the Cross Society should be meeting there.

Just thinking about it, he felt that the future was bleak.