"Another guy has become a devil fruit user!"
Burgess said a little sourly because he also wanted to eat a Devil Fruit, and now most of the cadres are already capable people.
But there's no Devil Fruit for him right now.
In fact, he wants a zoan devil fruit or an ability that can enhance his strength. He still likes the fist-to-flesh fighting style.
He also mentioned to Basire the Devil Fruit ability he wanted, and Basire suggested to him the Paramecia Power Fruit or Zoan Ant Fruit.
These two Devil Fruits are both suitable for a powerful tank like Burgess.
Maybe insects known for their strength, like the rhinoceros beetle might also be good for him.
Kuro chose the mantis fruit because the double blades fit his fighting style very well, and the mantis can also fly, which increases his maneuverability greatly.
After learning about this mantis fruit, he looked up a lot of information about this insect. After careful consideration, he finally decided to eat this Zoan Devil Fruit.
And the other Devil Fruit is the Zoan's duck fruit, which is kind of rubbish.
"Don't be envious, the later you eat Devil Fruit, you might be able to find better abilities."
Basire casually encouraged him. If he could defeat Blackbeard, he would be able to gain better Devil Fruit abilities in the future.
"Believe in the captain's luck."
Van Augur said calmly, as a sniper, he still doesn't know what Devil Fruit is the most suitable for him.
However, he believed in Basire's vision and destiny.
What's more, he has now obtained a flying mount, which greatly improves his safety and mobility. So obtaining a Devil Fruit is not very urgent for the time being.
"Is the information on the pirate groups affiliated to the Golden Lion Fleet ready?"
Basire asked Kuro and Lafitte. He specifically used his identity as a Shichibukai to apply for the use of Marine's information channels.
When Naval Headquarters learned that Basire was so active in dealing with Golden Lion Shiki, Sengoku was not stingy and immediately gave the Big Daddy Pirates the greatest help.
The Fleet Admiral hopes to see Basire go head-to-head with Shiki.
On the other hand, Basire also spent a lot of money to obtain some information that even Marines did not have in the hands of Big News Morgans.
Now the Big Daddy Pirates know the location information of most of the pirates who have joined the Golden Lion Fleet.
"Ready, Captain, are you ready to declare war on Golden Lion Shiki?"
Lafitte had a smile on his face, and there was a bit of madness in his eyes. The bigger the scale of this kind of war, the better. The pirates should continue to grow in fights.
If they take down Golden Lion Shiki, the Big Daddy Pirates will become a truly powerful force, becoming the leader among the Shichibukai and quickly spreading their fame all over the world.
"Start tomorrow and launch a full-scale attack!"
Basire said coldly, thinking that the worst era is coming, so the war between him and Golden Lion Shiki must be fought soon, and the war must also be started openly.
He must awaken his Conqueror's Haki!
"Clear!"
The cadres all shouted excitedly because they were about to participate in a truly large-scale war.
As a newcomer to the Big Daddy Pirates, challenge the legendary pirate of the previous era.
The Big Daddy Pirates began to fully prepare for war. The Ark Maxim went back and forth between Sky Island and the island ship several times, transporting some of Sky Island's gold and various types of dials.
Nami and the others also went to Sky Island for a long time and visited the luxurious God's Shrine and the huge golden bell. After this war, they wanted to move these to the Groseade as well.
…
The next day.
The huge island ship left the waters of Jaya Island and headed straight for the stronghold of the most important base under Golden Lion Shiki other than his flying islands.
Naval Headquarters was also actively paying attention to the island ship of the Big Daddy Pirates, and was always ready to clean up the mess and wipe out all these Golden Lion-affiliated pirate groups without leaving any tail.
Of course, if Basire loses, then unfortunately, the new Shichibukai will also be sent to Impel Down.
World government does not need the failed Shichibukai,
The underground dark emperors were also paying attention to how well Basire can compete with the veteran powerhouse that is Golden Lion Shiki.
The Shipping Magnate Umit even felt a little pity for the huge island ship of the Big Daddy Pirates. It would be great if it could be used to transport goods for him, but unfortunately, it was about to be sunk.
Because by the time Golden Lion Shiki actually uses his abilities, this island ship will definitely be destroyed.
No buildings or pirate ships can stop the attack of Golden Lion Shiki!
Even the Naval Headquarters isn't completely safe when faced with the Golden Lion Shiki's attack.
Back then, Shiki destroyed half of Marineford despite Sengoku and Garp being there to stop him.
So they don't think much of Basire, the new Shichibukai.
However, if Basire can kill all the affiliated pirate groups under Golden Lion Shiki, they will also be very happy.
Because these pirate groups who are abusing Shiki's reputation to do whatever they want are endangering their interests.
And Doflamingo is the man who most hopes that Basire will die at the hands of Shiki, because this guy actually dares to threaten him.
Even if Golden Lion Shiki cannot kill Basire, Doflamingo will continue to implement his plan and look for opportunities to kill Basire.
…
Grand Line, Lion Peak Island.
Today, there were nearly ten affiliated pirate groups under Golden Lion Shiki stationed here.
A few months ago, 43 pirate captains joined the fleet. But since Basire destroyed the recruitment meeting for the 44th captain, the Golden Lion Pirates suspended recruitment and concentrated on searching for and encircling the Big Daddy Pirates.
As a result, six or seven were killed, but Golden Lion Shiki still did not take action against Basire, which led to a slight collapse of the Golden Lion Fleet.
After Basire became the new Shichibukai, the pirate fleet became even more fragmented. There were already seven or eight veteran pirate groups who went to who knows which sea area on the pretext of looking for the Big Daddy Pirate Group, disappearing out of nowhere.
There were now more than a dozen pirate groups searching for traces of the Big Daddy Pirates everywhere on the first half of the Grand Line's seven routes, focusing on Banaro Island on the fourth route.
The rest of the pirate groups were stationed on Lion Peak Island.
"This bastard Basire ran so fast, and now they are nowhere to be seen in the waters of Alabasta or Banaro Island."
"I heard that they occupied Jaya, but soon left again. Now even the Golden Lion boss can't find them!"
On Lion Peak Island, the pirate groups who joined the Golden Lion Fleet rest here. This island is also the gathering point for the Golden Lion Pirates to pick them up to the floating Islands.
The news about this secret island was sold by Big News Morgans to Basire at a high price, asking a total of 500 million beris.
This is just the price of a message plus an eternal pose!
Guided by the Eternal Pose of Lion Peak Island, the Groseade stormed toward the stronghold of the Fleet under Golden Lion Shiki.
Basire wants to destroy this stronghold and officially declare war on Golden Lion Shiki!
Previously, they directly killed the three pirate groups under Shiki, and only followed the instructions of Naval Headquarters to obtain the position of Shichibukai in advance.
This time Basire wants to take action against their base in order to lure out Shiki and engage in a life-and-death duel.
He wants to hone his willpower through life and death battles.
…
On the Groseade, a super cannon has been activated.
There are not many opportunities to bombard islands like this and the Big Daddy Pirates want to test out this island-destroying cannon built for the More-more Fruit.
Under the budget of Gairam, the cube fruit ability user, this giant cannon with a diameter of several meters, coupled with Byrnndi World's hundred-fold increase using the More-more Fruit to make the cannonballs a hundred times larger would have easily destroyed whole islands.
"I'll shoot it!"
"I'll do it, I'm the gunner!"
The crew members of the Big Daddy Pirates were all excitedly scrambling for the chance to get the first shot, especially Burgess and Eldoraggo who were the most excited.
In the end, it was Captain Basire who launched the first shot of the war.
With the bomb ability of Gem (Mr5), a high-energy bomb with a diameter of several meters fired directly towards Lion Peak Island with a roar.
As a terrifying explosion sounded, a mushroom cloud rose, and the entire Island suddenly sounded a sharp warning sound, and various conch horns were blown.
"One more shot!"
Under Basire's order, the giant cannon of the Groseade fired more than a dozen shots in a row, and almost every cadre fired one shot.
"Get on the auxiliary ship, get off the main ship, and kill them!"
Basire led the cadres to board the Bliking, and under the tug of Momoo, they quickly approached the Island, while the Groseade began to retreat away from this sea area.
Lily Carnation began to activate her racial talent and carried out illusion transformation, completely disguising the island ship as an ordinary desert island, without any trace of the Groseade, and sailed to remote waters.
Facing Golden Lion Shiki who owns the Float-float Fruit, Basire does not want to waste his fortune.
He doesn't even want the Bliking to be destroyed by Shiki!
The Bliking quickly entered the port of Lion Peak Island, and Basire led the cadres to land at the stronghold.
"Keep a few pirate captains to sell them to the Marines. Kill the rest as you please!"
Basire jumped off the ship and said with murderous intent.
"Wiiihahaha~! I understand Captain!"
Burgess, this reckless man, was the first to lead the charge. He was flanked by two other reckless men, Eldoraggo and Bear King.
The three reckless men of the Big Daddy Pirates, like an arrow, took the lead in starting the fight!
"Puff~"
A pair of white wings spread out, with a few feathers scattered, and a pair of transparent wings flapped rapidly. Lafitte and Kuro flew into the sky.
Van Augur also boarded his ferocious Bird, and flew into the sky carrying his rifle, becoming a sky sniper.
"Stronger, I will definitely let you fly in the future!"
Doc Q comforted his sick horse, but why couldn't he feel the eyes of his beloved horse longing to fly.
Although this guy most likely wanted to carry a beautiful woman to the sky, not an old man like Doc Q.
Zoro also jumped off the ship and rushed to the battlefield. Gin, Golass, and Eric quickly disembarked from the ship, preparing to take this second-in-command to the battlefield in the center of the island.
Otherwise, they were afraid that Zoro would get lost between the port and the town, probably ending up all the way back in Skypiea.
Basire specially organized them into an action team.
There was also Big Daddy Work Club team, which included Bentham, Galdino, Gem, Zala, Mikita, and Marianne, who were all previous officers of Baroque works.
Nico Robin chose to take Nami and Carmen to guard the ship and intercept the escaping pirates at the port. Basire left the Nyaban brothers, Jango, and Pearl at the port to intercept and kill the running pirates.
These guys were also equipped with ax dials, and coupled with Basire's brutal training, their strength has been slightly enhanced, and they can now fight pirates with a bounty of 20 million beris.
When Basire took the slippery girl Desire and the wet girl Honey Queen into the central town of Lion Peak Island, the crew of the Big Daddy Pirates had already gone crazy.
Especially Kuro who got the mantis fruit, now turned into a mantis that could fly, all the blood dyed him from a green mantis into a dark red mantis.
How long has he been suppressed?
No matter in terms of wisdom or strength, he is no worse than Lafitte, he might be even stronger!
Basire showed a smile, the crew was under pressure, this was better.
When there is pressure, there is motivation and improvement!
And Basire was also under pressure. You see, Doflamingo and Boa Hancock, both of those Shichibukai have Conqueror's Haki, but he, the transmigrator, does not. This is so embarrassing!
So this time he brazenly chose to attack Golden Lion Shiki, just to see Shiki's world-dominating momentum and unparalleled Float Fruit ability!
Of the ten pirate captains, except for one who was directly killed by a coincidence, the remaining nine captains also seemed a bit inadequate in the face of the many officers and crew of the Big Daddy Pirates.
"No pirate captain has a bounty of over 100 million."
Basire said coldly, at least seven or eight captains must be sold to cover the intelligence fee this time!
Faced with the big news of Morgans, Basire did not bargain, because even the Marines had not found out the information here.
The Marine only gave some information about the pirates who were searching for the Big Daddy pirates, but Basire did not have time to kill these affiliated pirate groups one by one.
He chose to step directly on Golden Lion Shiki's tail, destroy his stronghold, and even use Lion Peak Island as a battlefield to fight Shiki to the death!
The captains who join the Golden Lion have only this kind of strength. If the bounty exceeds 100 million, they would have already recruited troops and entered the New World by virtue of their status as a supernova instead of staying in the Grand Line and joining Golden Lion Shiki, the legendary pirate from a past era.
Basire watched his crew members fight with these Grand Line captains and estimated their true strength.
From their usual sparring battles, their true combat power cannot be seen.
"Even Ghost Claw Poros, who has a bounty of 90 million beris, isn't able to withstand Doc Q's virus?"
Basire looked at the Captain of the Ghost Claw Pirates who fell in the hands of Doc Q. He felt that Doc Q's real combat power should have exceeded 100 million already. If they were not careful, even Supernova could be killed by him.
However, in a frontal battle, he may also be killed by a supernova's surprise attack.
Basire saw a pirate holding a den den mushi and asking for help from Golden Lion Shiki's headquarters in fear.
This time neither him nor Van Augur stopped the pirate who reported the news. Because this is exactly what Basire wanted, he wanted to face the revenge of Golden Lion Shiki!
A group of floating islands somewhere in the Grand Line.
A large island located in the center of more than a dozen floating Islands, with a large number of luxurious retro-style palaces on it.
One of the scientific research bases even has hundreds of scientists dressed in white.
In a den den mushi communication lobby, there were hundreds of screens, monitoring the real-time situation of more than a dozen islands in all directions.
Especially those powerful monsters that have entered the third experiment, they are constantly monitored by Golden Lion Shiki's research team to collect their own experimental data.
In the communication lobby, there are also specific communication personnel who are responsible for contacting the captains of the pirate groups who have joined the Golden Lion Fleet.
These affiliated pirate groups have recently been searching for information about the Big Daddy Pirates, and they have to report it more than once a day.
Today, this correspondent once again received a panic call for help from several affiliated pirate groups. This was exactly the same situation as more than half a month ago, when the Big Daddy Pirates killed three affiliated pirate groups.
"The Big Daddy Pirates are invading Lion Peak Island? The island is also suffering from horrific bombardment akin to a Buster Call?"
After hearing this news, the correspondent was also stunned. What the hell is going on?
Could it be that the Shichibukai, Daddy Basire, was joining forces with the Naval Headquarters to encircle and suppress the Golden Lion Pirates?
Are they really not afraid that Lord Shiki will be angry and demolish the Naval Headquarters again?
"Come and ask Master Shiki to rescue us. The pirate groups on the island will be wiped out soon!"
The man of the affiliated pirate group shouted tremblingly. He saw with his own eyes that his captain was chopped down by a marimo head. After he fell, his eyes were still looking at him while he was calling for help.
"Hang on! Master Shiki will leave soon!"
Several staff members next to the correspondent also heard the information, and they quickly dialed Golden Lion Shiki's personal phone number.
Unexpectedly, their secret stronghold on the Grand Line has been discovered and is being fiercely attacked by the Big Daddy Pirates!
"What!"
After receiving this information, Shiki's face immediately became very ugly, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
He hasn't gone to kill Basire, the bastard, but he didn't expect that this brat would dare to take the initiative to provoke him. This is really outrageous.
He gave the order, and his main ship immediately set sail, heading straight for Lion Peak Island.
Today, he must kill the little devil Basire and let him see what it means to be a real pirate!
Those affiliated pirates who were searching the Grand Line were also contacted and received assembly orders from the headquarters one after another, and they would all gather at the stronghold of Lion Peak Island.
However, there were only a dozen pirate ships actively heading towards Lion Peak Island.
There are still seven or eight other pirate groups who have joined the fleet. Although they readily agreed, their progress was very slow. They were even taking detours and delaying because they didn't want to participate in this war at all.
Some veteran pirates have learned that the Naval Headquarters has also dispatched a lot of warships.
They even found themselves under Marine's surveillance, which filled them with a sense of crisis.
Therefore, for a war of this scale, they still chose to protect themselves wisely, fish in troubled waters, or even run away.
This time Golden Lion Shiki brought a dozen experimental monsters, and he wanted to test the strength of his monsters through the Big Daddy Pirates.
If he could destroy one of the Shichibukai, it meant that his experiment to create the strongest monster was almost successful.
In fact, Lion Peak Island is not very far from the floating Islands group, with a normal boat ride of less than two hours.
However, with the ship being accelerated by Golden Lion Shiki's fury, it can quickly reach Lion Peak Island through the air in only about an hour.
…
Lion Peak Island.
After Basire personally took action, the ten pirate groups entrenched on this island were defeated even faster, and they were completely unable to fight back.
"With this guy, we should have earned back Big News Morgans' intelligence fee!"
Basire held a man by his huge head with his hand. This four-meter-tall captain of the punching pirates had his eyes white and completely lost consciousness.
And the bones of his arm had been completely shattered by the head-on collision with Basire.
This pirate captain with some fighting talent was a fool, he actually wanted to compete with Basire's barrier fruit ability. He kept using his ancestral martial arts to punch and bombard Basire's barrier, causing a lot of his bones to be broken.
This guy didn't realize the fact until he was knocked unconscious by Basire's punch. Before he fainted, he still believed that his punch could break everything in the world!
However, he has no chance. Next, he will become Basire's trophy, sold to the Marine, and then spend the rest of his life in Impel Down.
As the pirates on the Island were hunted by the Big Daddy Pirates, each pirate captain was defeated and captured by Basire's cadres.
The crew of the Big Daddy Pirates escorted more than a dozen wanted captains and officers with bounties on them one by one to the Bliking.
"Basire, do you really want to wait here alone for the Golden Lion?"
Zoro, who was a little reluctant to leave, said with a serious face, he really wanted to stay on the island and see the power of the Golden Lion Pirates.
But Basire now wants to fight Golden Lion Shiki alone on this island and this decision was a bit unacceptable to his crew members.
As a crew member of the Big Daddy Pirates, no matter how strong Golden Lion Shiki is, how can they let Captain Basire face such a powerful enemy alone?
"This is my own battle. Only after I complete my transformation can you join the battle!"
Basire said with firm eyes, this time he had gone all out and forced himself to create a desperate situation to squeeze all his potential.
He wanted to take on Golden Lion Shiki and his crew by himself.
"Zoro, let's go! Maybe we won't have to wait long before we can back up the captain!"
Lafitte touched his hat and chuckled softly. He knew what Basire's real purpose was.
Moreover, the Bliking will be lurking on the nearby seabed. If Basire really can't deal with the enemy alone, they will also find a way to rescue him.
Basire also had a plan. If he couldn't defeat him at all, he would jump into the sea and be rescued by the crew.
"Let's go, believe in the choice of fate!"
Van Augur said some simple words and boarded the pirate ship, while Doc Q also left very happily. He also believed in Basire and the choice of fate.
As their captain, he does not have the status of a user of conqueror's haki, which is indeed a bit unworthy of this status.
"Asshole! Don't die! Only I can chop your barrier into pieces!"
Zoro could only grit his teeth and leave, but he still said some harsh words that hid his concern before leaving.
Desire and Honey Queen also looked at Basire very worriedly, but under his stern eyes, they could only obey the orders and board the ship to leave.
Nico Robin and Nami also looked at this "death-seeking" captain of theirs with somewhat complicated expressions on their faces.
They also couldn't understand why he would take such a risk.
Now they clearly have enough time to evacuate, or they could also deal with Golden Lion Shiki together. They could even team up with Naval Headquarters to ambush him.
"You must come back alive! Don't forget our agreement!"
Nami shouted at Basire and threw a gold coin to him, while Nico Robin also threw an apple to him without any expression on her face, and then got on the boat silently without saying a word.
Consider this an encouragement.
Seeing the Bliking diving under the sea, Basire's cold face twitched slightly.
These cadres and women actually set up so many death flags for him. Are they trying to add several layers of negative buffs to him?
After hearing their words, if he were a supporting character, he felt that he had no chance of leaving the island alive.
He stood among the ruins of Lion Peak Island, ignoring the dead pirates and the river of blood everywhere. He took a bite of the red apple and put the gold coin in his pocket.
He began to quietly adjust his mental state and quietly waited for the arrival of Shiki.
'I still have purple grapes and oranges that I haven't eaten yet, how could I collapse here!'
At this moment, he slowly abandoned other distracting thoughts until there was only one thought left in his mind.
Defeat the Golden Lion and awaken his Conqueror's Haki!
His ambition is no worse than anyone else's.
While Big Mom, Kaido, Blackbeard and other natives are still competing for the title of Pirate King, Basire's dream is to conquer the whole world and march towards the sea of stars!
Even Golden Lion Shiki's ambition to dominate the world is stronger than that of Whitebeard, Shanks, Kaido, and Big Mom!
But fate is what it is, some people are destined to be stepping stones, and Golden Lion happens to be this kind of loser.
Not only did he have Roger the Pirate King overshadow him, he was also unlucky enough to have a life-threatening rudder inserted into his head, which greatly reduced his combat power and even lost his legs in Impel Down.
In the future, he may even be dragged into the theater version of the next Pirate King, Straw Hat Luffy, to be beaten up, defeated again by the D clan from East Blue, and become the sacrifice of the second child of the age.
But now, Basire has come to this world, and his ambition is greater than Roger and Luffy.
"Instead of being defeated by Straw Hat Luffy, a newbie with a stupid head, it would be better to be defeated by me, a transmigrator!"
Seeing the Lion's Head Island ship approaching quickly, Basire murmured with sharp eyes, and his aura began to expand.
The remnants of the past eras are destined to become the nourishment of the new era.
The kirin lion scale tattoo and the seven-star pattern on his body began to come alive, and his energy and spirit reached their peak, as if he was excited for the next battle.
"Jihahahaha! Kid, you have a good momentum! Where are your men? What? Do you want to challenge me to a duel?"
Golden Lion Shiki flew directly from the Lion's Head Island ship. When he saw the corpses on the ground, he didn't pay much attention to them. Anyway, there were many more people who could replace them.
He saw that this little brat Basire actually dared to wait for them to arrive alone, and he also admired the courage of this new-age brat.
However, Basire became the watchdog of the World Government when he joined the Shichibukai, which made him very unhappy.
This kind of pirate is not a real pirate at all!
"I just want to beat you to death, or be beaten to death by you!"
Basire didn't bother to argue with Shiki and directly started the fight.
He opened his right hand and swung it upwards, and with a whistling sound, five rays of green sword energy struck directly at Shiki in the air.
"The little devil is looking for death!"
'Slash Wave!'
Golden Lion Shiki kicked the sword in his right foot, and swung out a huge golden sword energy, which instantly dispersed the five green sword energy attacks, and also kept rushing towards Basire.
The power of the great swordsman is so terrifying!
A barrier blade appeared on Basire's hand, which directly resisted the Golden Lion's golden sword energy and split it apart.
On Lion's Head Island Ship, Dr. Indigo didn't know whether to put down the dozens of evolved monsters he brought because the crew of the Big Daddy Pirates seemed to have left their captain and evacuated.
Basire is alone now, and Captain Shiki is probably enough to deal with him.
Without Shiki's order, he wouldn't be able to let the monsters meddle in the fight between the two.
"Jihahahaha! I didn't expect that your barrier fruit ability could develop this form. It's much better than that guy Kurozumi Semimaru!"
Golden Lion Shiki looked at the barrier blade in Basire's hand and couldn't help but admire it.
He remembers back then, when he was still in the Rocks Pirates and met two siblings, Kurozumi Higurashi and Kurozumi Semimaru.
He still remembers Kurozumi Semimaru's barrier fruit, because when he was at his peak, he was unable to split his protective barrier.
This made him very concerned, and he even thought about how to deal with this old guy's protective barrier.
Later he heard that the Kurozumi siblings were killed by Kaido but didn't know if Kaido broke through Semimaru's barrier or killed him through other methods.
He didn't have a chance to test whether he could kill the barrier fruit user who was said to have invincible defense. But now, the new barrier fruit ability user came to his doorstep, just in time to try out the tricks he developed back then.
From Golden Lion's point of view, this guy Basire is simply here to die.
"Don't compare me to trash idiots like Kurozumi Semimaru!"
Basire said with a cold face, he could even look down on a trash like Kozuki Oden who had been to the Final Island, how couldn't he look down on an 'indigenous illiterate' like Kurozumi Semimaru who came from the secluded Wano Country?
People from Wano even call Devil Fruit's abilities sorcery, and Semimaru's development of the Devil Fruit was very low, not even as good as Bartolomeo, an illiterate cannibal.
"Jihahahaha! You actually know Kurozumi Semimaru? But don't think that the barrier fruit is an invincible ability. I will personally kill you today and break the title of the strongest defensive ability!"
Shiki laughed while thinking that his Devil Fruit is the best of all.
He quickly landed on Lion Peak Island and slapped the ground with one palm, making his ability surge out instantly, controlling the land in this area easily.
'Shishi Odoshi!'
Four huge earth lion heads appeared and quickly rushed towards Basire, aiming to eat him completely.
Are users with barrier fruit abilities invincible in defense?
Then completely trap him in the earth, suppress him until he runs out of strength, or even directly starve him to death, suffocate him to death, and bury him in the earth!
Looking at the huge lions surging forward, each one was thirty or forty meters high, giving a sense of oppression.
At this time, even the sky and the earth seemed to have turned gray. In front of these giant lion heads of mud and stone, normal people would feel extremely small and insignificant.
Basire's eyes were full of murderous intent, the Kirin lion scales on his body were pulsing with light, the seven-star demon pattern was shining, and the barrier power on his body was constantly surging.
"You want to kill me? It just so happens that I want to dye your blond hair red, pluck out your rudder comb, and steal your swords as well!"
'Barrier: Susanoo!'
Basire grinned, a red light flashed in his eyes, and his fighting spirit reached its peak. A translucent light green giant with a height of 60 meters suddenly appeared, and a 40-meter long sword appeared in its hand.
The barrier giant held a long sword and slashed it horizontally, splitting the two giant mud and stone lions into several pieces.
"How could it be?! How could the barrier fruit have this form?!"
Shiki looked at the barrier giant created by Basire in disbelief, his eyes filled with shock.
The defensive ability of the barrier fruit itself is very inexplicable, but now it can actually develop this giant form that is both offensive and defensive.
Isn't this too exaggerated?
He has to say, this kid Basire's brain is really awesome.
"Everything is possible! You never thought that even with an absolute advantage, you would still be defeated by Roger and the storm."
Basire ruthlessly exposed Golden Lion Shiki's greatest humiliation in his life. He did not lose to Roger, he just lost to luck.
"You kid, you're looking for death!"
Shiki became furious when he thought of the Battle of Edd War. It was that damn battle that nearly wiped out the entire elite of his air fleet.
A rudder was inserted into his head, causing his Conqueror's Haki to go backwards until it is now almost unusable.
When he attacked Naval Headquarters Marineford, his Conqueror's Haki was still available as he fought against Sengoku and Garp.
However, after being sent to Impel Down and having to cut off his legs to escape from prison, his physical strength was greatly weakened, and he could no longer suppress the injuries caused by the rudder.
Once Haki is overused, causing a surge of blood, the rudder that penetrates into his head may endanger his life, causing him to suffer from some mental and memory disorders, and he will not even know who he is, let alone his subordinates.
From that moment on, he knew that he could no longer dominate the world with his own strength, so he began to place his hopes on these evolved monsters.
As he grew older, his physique weakened even more, and various old injuries worsened, making him even more afraid to use Haki, fearing that the rudder on his head would suddenly kill him.
Even if he doesn't use Haki now and he tries to avoid fights as much as possible, his mind still suffers from confusion from time to time. It is normal for him to misidentify people, and it is also common for him to kill his subordinates because he mistook them for enemies.
The only reason Shiki now continues to run rampant in the Grand Line is because of the awakened Float Fruit ability and his swordsmanship experience and skills.
Although his Slash Wave sword energy is very strong now, compared to his peak, it is simply less than one-tenth.
Before Mihawk became the world's greatest swordsman, Golden Lion Shiki was a famous top swordsman in the dual-sword style.
However, for some reason there seems to be a stupid stipulation that if you eat Devil Fruit, you are not worthy of the title of the world's greatest swordsman.
Otherwise, he would have grabbed the title of the world's greatest swordsman in the previous era!
Even Roger, Rayleigh, Newgate, Linlin and other strong swordsmen couldn't defeat him with sword skills.
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Stimulated by Basire's words, Shiki entered a violent state, and his aura became a little unstable.
On board Lion's Head Island Ship.
Dr Indigo saw that Shiki was a little out of control on the surveillance screen, and suddenly felt a bad premonition.
If Shiki's mind became confused right now, he might use Conqueror's Haki unscrupulously, leading to further physical deterioration or even death.
"Captain Shiki, calm down, I'm going to release the third stage experimental monster!"
Indigo shouted in the den den mushi loudspeaker, wanting to use the monster thing to divert Shiki's attention and let him regain his calm, so he immediately released a fire-breathing beetle and a thunder yellow bird, and immediately ordered the two monsters to attack Basire, and at the same time attracted the attention of Golden Lion Shiki.
At this time, the four giant mud and stone lions had been chopped into pieces by Basire's Susanoo, causing Shiki's plan to directly suppress him to fail.
'Lion: Thousand Slice Valley!'
Golden Lion Shiki's two swords, Oto and Kogarashi, were constantly sending the golden sword energy towards Basire, attacking the barrier giant from everywhere. He also waved his hand again to restore the giant mud lion heads, and continued to bombard Basire like crazy.
"Jihahahaha! You kid! It takes a lot of physical strength to maintain such a huge barrier giant!"
Seeing the fire-breathing beetle and thunder-yellow bird in the sky, Shiki also remembered the main purpose of this operation, and his angry and confused mind also returned to clarity.
"Why do you only play with a few lion cubs? Where's your Haki? Where's your Conqueror's Haki? You can't even use it, am I wrong?"
Basire continued to taunt. His Susanoo giant had been struck by countless sword energies until it stood still and was unable to move forward. Although these dense sword energies could not break through the barrier's defense, the terrifying concussive force made it almost impossible to counterattack.
The four giant lion heads of mud and stone also began to rush over, trying to surround Basire in the middle and completely imprison the Susanoo.
The giant beetle in the sky was spraying pillars of fire, and the four-winged yellow bird was shooting thunder and lightning, and they all attacked the Susanoo that was currently being suppressed by Shiki.
"These things are of no use to me, show your true skills!"
The Susanoo held the sword in both hands, ignored
Shiki's chop wave bombardment, and slashed horizontally again. The fire pillars and lightning were ignored by him as the 40-meter-long sword once again cut the approaching stone lion heads.
The terrifying force split them into pieces.
"These garbage can't be called monsters!"
'Barrier thrust!'
The armor shoulder spikes on Susanoo's body suddenly extended at extremely high speeds and shot straight towards the two ferocious flying monsters in the air.
Two piles of blood spattered, and the two pierced monsters struggled desperately on the barrier thorns. Out-of-control flames and thunder exploded in all directions in a crazy roar.
Dr Indigo on the ship immediately dropped all the monsters he brought into Lion Peak Island.
The strength of the new Shichibukai seems to have exceeded their expectations.
"Kid, it turns out you want to awaken Conqueror's Haki through me!"
Feeling that Basire's momentum was growing, as if it had reached a critical point, and also remembering how the kid had mentioned Conqueror's Haki, Shiki finally understood why this kid had to fight him alone.
This kind of courage reminded him of that kid Kaido, who dared to break into Beehive Island at the age of 15, clamoring to challenge the strongest pirate!
This kid Basire has already become a Shichibukai, so he didn't expect him to have such ambitions. He seems to have a lot of potential.
Seeing a monster being released from the Lion Head Island ship, Basire didn't pay attention. He continued to look at Shiki who had not yet been forced to go all out.
He originally wanted to provoke Shiki to make him explode completely and give him the maximum pressure, but unexpectedly, it allowed him to stabilize his sanity.
"What? The legendary pirate who was able to suppress Roger, the pirate king, can't even use Haki now?"
"In other words, the rudder on your head has completely turned you from the Golden Lion into a hairless rooster, and you don't even dare to fight!"
"I think back then, Roger was still able to fight with you and Whitebeard even after he was terminally ill."
"This may be why Roger could become the Pirate King, but you can only survive on the island in the sky, like a mouse, disappearing for more than 20 years!"
"You see, even younger pirates like Kaido of the Beasts and red-haired Shanks have become Yonkōs along with Whitebeard, and you are still studying these useless monsters!"
Basire continued to taunt Shiki, and casually slashed a brown bear with black and white stripes. On the huge barrier blade, those strange seven-star demon patterns exuded an ominous aura.
The wound of this brown bear with black and white stripes that was cut by the barrier blade was quickly infected by some weird green demonic energy.
Suddenly, the giant bear's eyes turned scarlet, turned around and bit the pink squid next to it, completely losing its mind and falling into madness.
"Roar~"
The orangutan who was responsible for controlling the group of animals on the Lion's Head Island ship was shouting orders to the crazy black-and-white brown bear, but it was of no use and he was still unable to stop the crazy beast.
"This kid's barrier sword can actually make the beast lose control and go directly into madness?"
Dr Indigo looked at the situation on the surveillance screen in shock. The Third Generation monster he had worked so hard to make was actually 'incited to rebel' by Basire just like this?
He couldn't accept this result.
The next time the experiment is upgraded, he must strengthen his control over these monsters.
At this time, a terrifying momentum suddenly erupted, instantly spreading throughout the entire Lion Peak Island and the Lion Head Island Ship, filled with a sense of oppression.
This sudden situation made Dr Indigo feel a little dizzy. The next moment, his face turned pale and he felt extremely bad.
He knew that his captain had been so irritated by this little devil that he risked his life and unleashed his Conqueror's Haki.
"Jihahahaha! Kid! Your words make me very unhappy!"
"But you are right, I am indeed not as good as Roger. I recognize his strength and luck!"
"However, you little devil dare to call me a hairless rooster and a mouse. Are you ready to die?!"
"Pirates who are only playing around in the new era do not deserve to be called pirates!"
At this moment, Golden Lion Shiki's blond hair was flowing, and the bald head where the rudder was inserted was covered with veins. A stream of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. Blood-red lightning was surrounding him as his Conqueror's Haki was erupting wantonly, and the two swords under his feet became extremely black.
"Ho ho! Come on! Golden Lion! Make me happy!"
When Basire saw Shiki in this state, he suddenly became extremely excited. He directly dismissed the Susanoo and decided to fight him while holding the barrier blade in his right hand.
It's exactly this sense of oppression that he was looking for!
"Kid! If you want me to be your stepping stone, then prepare to die!"
Shiki flew towards him at high speed, and the terrifying sword attack directly collided with Basire's barrier blade.
When the two collided, a terrifying wave of air suddenly erupted, spreading out in all directions, and sparks burst out fiercely on the two blades.
"Come on! If you hope to have a chance to win, you'd better use all your Conqueror's Haki!"
Basire laughed crazily, his hands turned into barrier blades, and collided with Golden Lion Shiki's swords.
"Jihahahaha! You kid really don't know what the world is! If I were to use Conqueror's infusion now, I can kill you with one move!"
The veins on Shiki's bald head popped out again, as if he was really gathering a stronger Conqueror's Haki, but the rudder had indeed threatened his life and seriously restricted his performance.
"Is this how you want to dominate the world? Too weak! You're just too weak!"
The barrier blade blocked Shiki's cross slash again, as he kept ridiculing him to provoke him.
"Kid, if you want to die so much, I will make it happen for you!"
Shiki slashed out a 100-meter-long golden sword energy with his right foot, and pushed Basire back with one move. Then, he actually started to tear off the swords he was using as legs.
Blood dripped from the stumps of his legs, and the momentum after holding the two swords again with his hands, actually began to rise again.
This is an aura that belongs to the way of swordsmanship!
"Kid, it's an honor for you to die under this attack. Even Roger was beaten into puking blood by me back then with this attack!"
Shiki said with a grin, although he was beaten by Roger so much that blood spewed out of his mouth, it was also true that Roger vomited blood.
"Then come on! I know Roger has a move called 'Divine Departure'. Let's see how powerful your move is today!"
On the barrier blade on Basire's right hand, the seven-star demon pattern was shining, and Armament Haki was also entangled and flowing on it.
"You know about that? You have so many secrets, kid, and you actually know how to use Armament Haki emission?"
Shiki watched with slight surprise as Basire entered a certain state, and his own momentum was also rising.
"Then take my move! Roger used 'Divine Departure' to block my move back then!"
Golden Lion crossed Oto and Kogarashi on his chest, his fists became extremely dark, and the two famous swords slowly became dark and shiny.
"Kid, are you ready to die?"
"Lion Dual Sword Style: Two Gods Return to Heaven!"
Golden Lion Shiki roared up to the sky, his domineering momentum exploded wildly, a trace of black lightning actually appeared on the dark double blades, and a little blood also emerged from the rudder on his head.
"My life is here, come and get it if you can!"
Basire also looked up to the sky and roared. The scales of the Kirin Lion on his body turned blood red, his eyes became extremely scarlet, and the veins on his arms popped out.
Basire showed his ferocious teeth, his canines elongated and turned into fangs, his eyes turned into scarlet blood crystals, and blood-red auspicious cloud patterns appeared on his body.
As soon as he stepped on the ground, the entire earth cracked, countless stones and soil were blown away, and the hard armed barrier blade in his hand actually bent.
Shiki also fell from the sky with the pressure of a god-slayer, falling like a super meteorite, and the air was shaken with layers of white circles.
"Die to me! Ignorant brat!"
"Come! You useless old thief!"
Golden Lion Shiki and Big Daddy Basire seemed to represent one day and one place, with golden light and faint green light violently colliding together.
Boom~!
The white light was dazzling, the sky and the earth were pale, and the whole world seemed to become quiet.
After a few seconds, violent air waves began to expand and explode. The entire island was shaking violently, and the color of the sky and the earth changed.
The experimental monsters were all lying on the ground shivering, and most of them had completely rolled their eyes back and were foaming at the mouth.
The Lion's Head Island Ship in the air was also blown thousands of meters away in the violent air currents.
The center of the explosion had turned into a huge crater with a radius of several hundred meters and a depth of more than ten meters.
In the deep pit, two figures, one gold and one green, were still colliding, and the blood-red lightning around them was spreading crazily.
At this moment, Basire's was bleeding all over, his legs were nailed into the rock layer and his muscles had burst, but his eyes were extremely crazy and excited.
"Haha! Hahahaha! Golden Lion old thief! I will always remember your God-killing moves!"
Basire's mouth and nose were still bleeding, and the blood dyed his big white fangs red, but a domineering aura continuously erupted from his body, colliding with Golden Lion Shiki's Conqueror's Haki.
And the current Shiki was not feeling well either. He could feel that his head was tingling crazily, as if it was going to explode. He knows that he can no longer fight.
He didn't expect that he had already used a trace of Conqueror's infusion, but in the end he still couldn't kill the newcomer Basire with one blow.
And this bastard didn't even use the Barrier Fruit for defense, but chose to fight him head-on, blow for blow.
He really didn't expect that in this situation, he still couldn't kill this brat!
The most terrifying thing is that when Basire released his Conqueror's Haki for the first time, he was extremely powerful, even more terrifying than when Kaido of the Beasts awakened Conqueror's Haki.
What are this kid's ambitions, dreams, and beliefs?
Why is Conqueror's Haki so explosive?
He seemed to have a Conqueror's Haki as terrifying as Captain Rocks!
Not even Roger and Newgate can compare!
"Basire! Your plan was successful, you successfully used me to awaken Conqueror's Haki! I think Sengoku will definitely regret accepting you as a Shichibukai. Your ambition must also be to rule the world! Jihahahaha!"
Shiki suddenly took off, wanting to get far away from Basire. Now both of them were in an extremely bad condition. If they fought to the end, they might die together.
He had already chosen to ignore the death threat of the rudder on his head, and before dying, he unleashed his strongest attack in order to kill Basire.
However, after seeing Basire's terrifying Conqueror's Haki, he suddenly wanted to see what kind of waves this guy could stir up in the sea.
Maybe the next Rocks Pirate is about to emerge.
Golden Lion Shiki is not afraid that Basire will seek revenge on him, because he does not believe that anyone could find his islands moving around the sky in the vast sea.
"Golden Lion Shiki! In order to repay your kindness for helping me awaken my conqueror's haki, I will definitely make the Float Fruit ability stay with me!"
Basire's face and body were covered with blood, and he looked very ferocious and miserable, but he was not afraid that Shiki could kill him. Instead, he wanted to hunt him.
"Kid! Do you want to recruit me? Or do you want to kill me?"
Shiki said with murderous intent, but a stream of blood flowed from his head and fell on his face, and there was a sharp stinging sensation in his head. He immediately returned to the Lion's Head Island ship without looking back.
Now he urgently needs Dr Indigo to stabilize the rudder for him, otherwise he will really be finished.
But at this moment, his Observation Haki gave a crazy warning.
He swung the two swords in his hands several times, and three black bullets fell in the air. At this time, three gunshots were heard in the distance.
"seastone bullet!"
'Lion: Thousand Slice Valley!'
Shiki waved hundreds of golden sword energy attacks in the distance, and then flew back to Lion Head Island Ship with an extremely pale face.
Lafitte, Kuro, and Van Augur were all in a hurry to deal with Shiki's intensive sword energy attacks, and could no longer keep pursuing.
However, even if they kept pursuing, they may still be killed by Golden Lion Shiki.
Basire did not take action, choosing to reserve the last bit of strength to fight back and protect himself, and watched Shiki's Lion's Head Island Ship leave.
Shiki and Dr Indigo left in a hurry without even recovering the experimental monsters released on Lion Peak Island.
After seeing the old pirate leave, Basire also collapsed on the ground and relaxed a little.
Now the injuries on his body are real. In order to feel a real deadly threat, he really chose to fight Golden Lion Shiki to the end without using the Barrier Fruit for protection.
Faced with the oppression of Shiki's Conqueror's Haki and the real threat of death, he finally detonated all the will and courage in his body at the last moment and successfully awakened his Conqueror's Haki.
But at that moment, even if he quickly activated his barrier fruit ability to protect himself, his body was already covered in wounds from a wisp of Conqueror's infusion from Shiki.
With the little stamina he has left now, apart from being able to use the Barrier Fruit for protection, he really doesn't have much energy left to fight back, and he can't fly yet, so he can't really catch Shiki at this time.
However, his goal has been achieved.
Moreover, he has not yet captured Blackbeard. If he fights to the death with Golden Lion Shiki, the Float Fruit might be reborn somewhere else.
After Basire recovers and captures Blackbeard, he will immediately go to hunt Shiki and take away his Devil Fruit because it is a very important part for completing his plans.
Although Basire was covered in injuries now, his eyes were full of light.
His Conqueror's Haki finally awakened, and even his Armament Haki and Observation Haki were strengthened a bit.
Moreover, he felt that his Conqueror's Haki was already very strong after awakening, and he could directly compete fiercely with Golden Lion Shiki's Conqueror's Haki.
Seeing the disbelieving expression on Shiki's face showed that his Conqueror's Haki was really strong, and the old man was extremely shocked.
Basire may be the strongest among the pirates Shiki has ever seen who awakened Conqueror's Haki for the first time.
The large diving ship Bliking surfaced and was rapidly approaching Lion Peak Island.
"Doc Q, hurry up! Go and save the captain!"
Desire and Nami immediately dragged Doc Q from the legs and rushed towards Basire's place.
When they saw the injuries all over Basire's body, several women burst into tears. Even Nico Robin, who was known for her calmness, covered her mouth and her pupils were trembling.
Zoro also couldn't believe that Basire, who possessed the Barrier Fruit, would suffer such tragic injuries.
Is the legendary pirate Golden Lion Shiki really that powerful?
Could it be that Golden Lion Shiki has really broken Basire's invincible barrier?
Doc Q, who was a bit battered from being dragged through the ground, immediately helped Basire stop the bleeding, applied various medicinal powders to his body, and also gave him various rare medicines.
Then he looked at his captain with a more respectful expression on his face, he actually succeeded!
Doc Q and Van Augur had just felt the two strong Conqueror Haki being used, one of which belonged to their captain.
"Captain, you have awakened the qualifications of a king!"
Doc Q said respectfully, Basire is indeed the new king with a powerful destiny. How could such a ruthless man not have the qualifications to be a king?
"Isn't this expected?"
Basire grinned. After awakening his Conqueror's Haki, he became more confident, even to the point of being egoistic and arrogant. Most people who awakened Conqueror's Haki are very conceited, and most of them are self-centered guys.
Once something is determined, they won't stop until they accomplish it or die.
Even the old Whitebeard Newgate arrogantly rejected red-haired Shanks' advice and help.
This old guy even risked his injuries to have a meeting with Shanks in a Yonkōs meeting, to express his firm attitude and fighting power.
The majestic leader of the Yonkōs does not need the advice and help of the red-haired Shanks, a little guy who has only been a Yonkō for a few years.
Whitebeard refused Shanks' suggestion, and Fire Fist Ace responded to Akainu's taunt. The actions of these two guys were what doomed them to their demise.
Even Straw Hat Luffy knows how to form an alliance to defeat Doflamingo, Big Mom, and Kaido.
And Whitebeard, who has a good reputation, seems to be a little disdainful of the red-haired Shanks.
Maybe it was because he felt that the little brat who followed Roger back then was now on equal footing with him and became one of the Yonkōs, which made him a little uncomfortable.
And his sons, division captains such as Marco, Jozu, and Vista, are all older than Shanks. As a result, they are now completely outclassed by the little brat.
It is estimated that none of Whitebeard's sons can beat red-haired Shanks alone.
Does this indicate that his sons are inferior? Or are the youngsters trained by Roger stronger?
Every person who has awakened Conqueror's Haki does not want to admit that he is inferior to others.
Anyone who has the qualifications of a king is a proud and determined guy.
However, after Whitebeard was struck by Squard, the entire Summit War began to fall into disadvantage, and he even wanted to form an alliance with Buggy.
Because Buggy brought a large number of Impel Down prisoners, which was a very powerful boost.
After knowing that it would be difficult for him to get Ace back from the Marines, he decisively used the relationship between Straw Hat and Garp to ask the entire Whitebeard Pirates to cover Luffy and rush to the execution platform.
At that time, Whitebeard was no longer the leader of the Yonkōs competing with Shanks. He was just an old man who wanted to save his son.
His old body meant that he could no longer display his strongest power unscrupulously, and he couldn't even use Conqueror's Haki properly.
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After Doc Q's careful treatment, Basire stood up with bandages all over his body.
At this moment, the crew members of the Big Daddy Pirates could clearly feel the change in his presence, he really had become more powerful!
"Catch all the monsters left behind by Golden Lion Shiki!
"Those with special abilities will be kept in captivity for research, and those who are seriously injured or dead will be fed to Lily!"
Basire simply responded to the concerned looks of these women and then began to give orders. Now he just wanted to return to the Groseade as soon as possible to recuperate, so as to avoid being ambushed by other pirate groups during his weak period, or even being plotted against by the Marines.
"As you command!"
The cadres of the Big Daddy Pirates immediately went to capture these monsters, and only a few powerful monsters among them woke up during the Conqueror's Haki battle between Basire and Shiki.
The rest were still dazed and easily captured.
The island ship Groseade also came quickly after receiving the message.
Zoro and Burgess were fighting these powerful evolved monsters. The strength of these monsters is no worse than the captain of a pirate group who has a bounty of 90 million beris and even these powerful cadres had to work hard to defeat them!
Some seagulls in the sky evacuated immediately after the leaders of the Big Daddy Pirates appeared, especially when they saw Van Augur.
At this time, inside the headquarters of the World Economic News Agency, Big News Morgans shouted excitedly to his men to rush out the news.
He did not expect that Big Daddy Basire would actually wipe out the pirates on Lion Peak Island, severely slap Golden Lion Shiki in the face, and finally successfully force him back with his powerful strength.
Although he failed to defeat Shiki, he forced the legendary pirate to pull out his swords, causing blood to splash on the ground. In the end, he retreated in despair, failing to kill Basire.
This battle is more intense than the forced tie between Crocodile and Douglas Bullet.
"Quickly give me a title, just like this: SHOCKING! Big Daddy Basire encircled and suppressed the Golden Lion Fleet, and Golden Lion Shiki suffered a tragic defeat!"
The new Shichibukai strangled the Golden Lion Fleet's stronghold, successfully destroyed ten pirate groups, and even single-handedly forced the legendary pirate Golden Lion Shiki to retreat with his swords in hand!"
In the editor's office Morgans was chattering and drooling, while his editors were also typing furiously.
There has been no big news in this sea for several years.
Three or four years ago, red-haired Shanks became the fourth sea emperor, allowing him to brag and make a lot of money.
Now there is a terrifying newcomer. Morgans will make the news about Basire blow up no matter what, completely hyping him up and increasing his popularity.
If Basire was not already a Shichibukai, he would have even dared to promote him as the fifth emperor of the sea, making an even more exciting gimmick.
Anyway, he can exaggerate as much as he wants.
He just wants to stimulate people all over the world and increase newspaper sales by the way.
Morgans earned 500 million Beris in intelligence fees from Basire, and now he will continue to use Basire's popularity to increase the sales of newspapers and make money for him.
Moreover, he even sells Basire's information at a high price, including Devil Fruit's abilities, moves, personality and hobbies, and even the stories he and several women have to tell, all of which can be sold for money.
Basire still didn't know the hype plan created by Morgans for him. He led his crew to capture the monsters left by Golden Lion Shiki, and left Lion Peak Island on the Groseade.
Next, he will sell these captured pirate captains to the Marine, complete his mission, and then obtain some information about the Four Seas New Pirates from the Marines.
Or maybe buy more detailed information directly from Morgans.
Now among the worst generation supernovas, one or two pirate groups are preparing to enter the Grand Line, and Basire is rushing to hunt them down!
There are several pirate groups with Devil Fruit abilities that he wants to grab.
Early the next morning.
Countless News Coos set out from the World Economic News Service, carrying today's big news newspapers, and quickly flew to all parts of the world.
Naval Headquarters, Marineford.
It was only after the Fleet Admiral Sengoku saw today's news that he learned that the Big Daddy Pirates had gone to encircle and suppress the stronghold of the Golden Lion Fleet, instead of hunting down those pirates who had joined the fleet according to information provided by the Marine.
"This brat can actually force Shiki back?"
The Marine hero Garp the Fist was also reading the newspaper carefully, with a bit of surprise in his face.
Even if Golden Lion Shiki's strength was severely degraded, he shouldn't be beaten by the newcomer Basire.
However, there was a picture attached to the newspaper that forced them to believe this fact.
In the photo, Golden Lion Shiki had indeed torn off the two famous swords from his legs and was holding them with his hands to deal with Basire.
Being able to force Shiki into such an offensive stance shows how powerful Basire is.
After all, if the opponent is too weak, Shiki can easily kill the enemy with the power of the double blades at his feet and the Float Fruit.
"Things are not that simple!"
"News just came from the World Government that Morgans sold some of Basire's information to the CP organization at a high price."
"That bastard Basire actually has Conqueror's Haki, and it's probably not much weaker than Golden Lion Shiki!"
Sengoku said with a serious face, you must know that in his previous information, Basire had never displayed the Conqueror's Haki.
Did the kid Basire awaken Conqueror's Haki while fighting Golden Lion Shiki, or has he been hiding his strength all this time?
If he has been hiding his strength, then what is his purpose and plan in joining the Shichibukai?
Thinking back then, Doflamingo wanted to become the king of Dressrosa in a fair and just way, so he robbed the heavenly tribute, blackmailed the world government, and became a Shichibukai like that.
Boa Hancock, who also has Conqueror's Haki, is the one who the Naval Headquarters used force to make her join the Shichibukai by using the safety of the people of Kuja Island.
"East Blue really has an amazing kid this year!"
Garp read the newspaper and re-evaluated Basire. With Conqueror's Haki and the powerful Devil Fruit ability, his strength is no worse than any of the veteran Shichibukai.
He didn't even know if his fist could break the barrier of Basire.
Now he really wanted to try it!
"Another ambitious little bastard. I wonder what bad things this guy Basire will do in the future!"
Sengoku had a headache. He could already guess that Basire, the user of Conqueror's Haki, would definitely not be worse than Doflamingo in the future.
It is even possible that he might betray the world government and enter the New World to seize the position of Yonkō.
"The commander of the Marine G-8 branch, Vice Admiral Jonathan, just sent a message that the crew of the Big Daddy Pirates have handed over ten captains of the Golden Lion Fleet to them, and have collected the rewards for them."
Marine Vice Admiral Crane crossed her arms and said calmly, with a hint of thinking in her eyes.
Whether it's the news in the newspaper or the bounty prisoners escorted by the Big Daddy Pirates, it is truly proven that Golden Lion Shiki has indeed made a big mistake with the little brat Basire.
"It seems that we underestimated Basire. Although we successfully provoked a deadly battle between him and Golden Lion this time and inhibited the development of Shiki's power, we accidentally raised another possible danger."
"Next, we have to find a way to curb the development of the Big Daddy Pirates."
Sengoku's face was a little thoughtful. Although an old lion was a threat, it was still not as good as a thriving little monster.
The currently established Shichibukai more or less have their own needs and weaknesses, allowing the World Government and Naval Headquarters to manipulate them and cooperate.
Sengoku originally just wanted to use Basire as a chess piece, and use this new king to inhibit the development of Golden Lion.
By the way, by using the threat of Golden Lion Shiki, the Big Daddy Pirates had to rely on Naval Headquarters to deal with the Golden Lion Pirates, allowing Basire to become a thug of the World Government.
Just like Gekko Moria who was destroyed by Kaido of the Beasts, he can only rely on the World Government with a little chance of revenge.
Moria was also seeking asylum. Otherwise, if he continues to stay in the New World, he may really be hunted and killed by the Beast Pirates.
However, the current Big Daddy Pirates can actually defeat Golden Lion Shiki by themselves without the help of Naval Headquarters. This allows Basire to successfully escape the little scheme of Sengoku.
"The Big Daddy Pirates also want to apply for access to the information of all the rookie pirate groups in the four seas. They should have some plans for this information. Do you want to give them the information?"
Tsuru held a document and asked Sengoku. She guessed that Basire might be planning to use the Marine's information to conquer and absorb powerful pirates from all over the world and continue to develop his own power.
"No! And please urge them to wipe out all the pirates under Golden Lion Shiki first!"
Sengoku thought for a few seconds and rejected the request directly. Basire wanted to use the Marine's information to develop his power. He must not follow his wishes.
"Clear!"
Tsuru responded with a smile. In fact, she was thinking the same thing. The Marine cannot allow this new Shichibukai to grow and develop easily.
Otherwise, another huge dark force like the one established by Doflamingo will appear again.
This evil guy, relying on his identity as a former Celestial Dragon has become very popular among the world government and pirates, creating a huge underground force.
"Haha, aren't you worried about the kid Basire being angry?"
"If this little bastard is going to use his identity as a Shichibukai to rob, destroy other countries, and cause more damage, it would be better to just give him the information and ask him to help kill these new pirate groups."
At this time, Garp suddenly said that because in his eyes, it didn't matter if the Big Daddy Pirates developed, as long as Basire was still in the Grand Line, the Marines could easily encircle and suppress him.
Moreover, the Big Daddy Pirates cannot recruit and absorb all the newcomers. After all, many newcomers are also arrogant bastards and villains, and it is impossible for them all to surrender to Basire.
And if he wants to betray the Shichibukai after he develops, then Garp will have a reason to deal with the Big Daddy Pirates who have recruited a large number of pirates.
If the Big Daddy Pirates can gather so many elite pirates together, then they can just deal with them all at once and save a lot of time. There is no need to hunt down these numerous pirate groups on the seven routes.
After hearing Garp's strange point of view, Sengoku and Tsuru both pondered for a moment.
This grounded statement may sound reasonable, but it also feels like a strange fallacy.
Moreover, the original intention of creating the Shichibukai from the beginning was to summon seven powerful pirates to deal with the Yonkōs together.
And also use their help to eliminate the pirate groups that keep increasing since the era of pirates was started.
While the Shichibukai enjoyed legal plundering rights, they also had to work. Every year they had to kill some pirate groups as a routine task.
When Crocodile was the hero of the kingdom in Alabasta, he wiped out many pirate groups.
The Florian Triangle where Gekko Moria is located has also caused many pirates to get lost, and a large number of pirates have become Moria's zombies or shadow providers.
The pirate groups that cause trouble in Dressrosa will not only be turned into toys, but the remaining pirates will also be used by Doflamingo to do business.
Even Mihawk, when sailing around, would kill the pirates he encountered, just to fulfill his small target or relieve his boredom.
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"In this case, let Basire first wipe out all the pirate groups affiliated with Golden Lion Shiki, and then give him some information."
"Or let him exchange the information he wants using the pirates as payment. The information about the new pirates in the four seas can be given in batches. In short, it cannot be given unconditionally!"
Sengoku thought about it again and said, Garp is right, there are many newcomers from all over the world, there are not many pirates who are willing to be inferior to others.
Most of them will probably be killed by Basire, and the Big Daddy Pirates will be able to recruit at most a small number of pirates.
Overall, there should be more pirate groups destroyed by Basire than recruited.
If the Big Daddy Pirates develop too fast, the Marine will also take action to suppress them. Anyway, they will not let them develop into the fifth Emperor of the Sea.
Even Doflamingo who also has Conqueror's Haki, with his clever mind and development for more than ten years, has not yet become an emperor.
Sengoku also doesn't believe that Basire can surpass the Donquixote Family in just a few years of development.
Kaido of the Beasts and red-haired Shanks both developed for more than ten years. Only when they were in their thirties or forties were they qualified to become emperors of the sea.
As long as the Big Daddy Pirates are still developing in the Grand Line, even if Basire is given three to five years to develop, they will not pose any threat to Naval Headquarters.
Maybe sending a Marine Admiral would be enough to wipe out the Big Daddy Pirates.
"Then let them encircle and suppress the remaining pirate leaders of the Golden Lion Fleet. Every time they capture five pirate groups, they can exchange for most of the information on one of the four seas and after they capture the remaining twenty or so pirate groups. We can give him information about the Four Seas and the Grand Line. We must also pay the bounty for those pirates to appease Basire."
Vice Admiral Tsuru said softly, although intuitively she didn't want to do this, she felt that Basire was no worse than Doflamingo in terms of evil, but rationally, this choice was undoubtedly the best.
In doing so, Basire was not angered, nor did he gain access to the Marine's information, and he would also be forced to do his work.
"Then so be it"
Sengoku made the final decision. Anyway, even a man like Doflamingo can be suppressed, and he is not afraid of the development of a brat like Basire.
"By the way, Tsuru, how is the SWORD team formation going?"
Sengoku suddenly asked in a low voice, some time ago they established a team that both belonged to the Marine and did not belong to them.
These members of the SWORD team are Marines who have returned the Marine codename, and can directly attack the forces of the Four Emperors without going through orders from Naval Headquarters and World Government.
The Marine will not be responsible for any actions of the SWORD team. This is a completely free special force. Even if they attack the Shichibukai, Naval Headquarters and the World government cannot control them.
"The first batch of members includes X Drake, Prince Grus, and Kujaku, and the leader is determined to be X Drake."
Tsuru also showed a little helplessness, because her granddaughter Kujaku has also joined this special team with no rules.
"Okay, Tsuru. When my grandson becomes a Marine, let him join this team. I think he will like being a powerful Marine who doesn't have to follow the rules!"
After hearing that Tsuru's granddaughter had joined the SWORD team, Garp immediately spoke excitedly.
This way his grandson can become teammates with Tsuru's granddaughter.
Tsuru ignored Garp's yelling. Fortunately, this was the Fleet Admiral's office. Otherwise, these secrets that had not yet been made public would have been exposed by Garp, who doesn't know how to speak quietly.
"After some discussions, Captain X Drake plans to betray the Marine and go undercover under the Yonkōs!"
Tsuru covered her head and said, not long after the SWORD team was established, the captain wanted to go out and wander.
Sure enough, after there were no rules, these young people began to have wild ideas.
Drake can also be regarded as half student and half adopted son of hera. Their relationship is not much worse than that of Sengoku and his adopted son Rosinante.
During the battle to rob the Op-Op Fruit and ambush Doflamingo, she rescued Drake and had him stay with her to train him.
Drake and her granddaughter Kujaku are like brother and sister, with a close relationship.
There is also Momousagi Gion. In short, the people around Vice Admiral Tsuru, under her education, can support each other and grow up, and their relationship is very harmonious.
"Has Drake really made his decision?"
Sengoku said solemnly, because betraying the Marine would mean enduring endless infamy and pressure, and would even be attacked by other Marine generals. This also reminded him of his dead adopted son.
"He's all ready to go to sea!"
Tsuru sighed and said with a little worry in her tone, thinking of Sengoku's adopted son Rosinante, who was undercover by Doflamingo's side and finally paid with his life.
Beaten to death by his own brother Doflamingo.
When they found Rosinante, codenamed Corazon, his body had more than a dozen musket holes, which was very tragic.
Now Drake plans to work undercover for one of the Yonkōs. If he is exposed, his death may be more tragic than Rosinante's.
Especially Big Mom Charlotte Linlin and Kaido of the Beasts, who are both infamous for their cruelty.
"The students I train in the future and my grandchildren will also join this SWORD team!"
Garp's heartless gags broke up a bit of the solemn atmosphere of Sengoku and Tsuru.
Now that Drake is ready to defect from the Marine and become a pirate, they don't intend to force him to give up this undercover plan.
Moreover, they had placed undercover agents among the forces of the Yonkōs, but none of those secret spies had their identities exposed.
Now that Drake has betrayed the Marine as a Rear Admiral, they don't know if one of the Yonkōs will accept this very suspicious traitor.
Therefore, Drake's undercover trip is actually very dangerous.