Twilight Allen followed the messenger crew member back to the base.
Just as he entered the room, he heard Whitebeard’s voice: “The purpose of this voyage is to clear out all the Marine branches in the New World.
We are responsible for the branches in the southern direction.” Yes, although the G-5 Branch, as the Marine’s last strategic fortress in the New World, had already been destroyed by Rocks, there were still many small Marine branches existing in the New World.
“Is the goal to bring the entire New World under their control?” Twilight Allen calculated in his heart.
“Oh, Twilight Allen is here, perfect.
Then, First Division Captain Luobuma will stay behind this time.
Duke and Twilight Allen, take the team and set off with me tomorrow.” Whitebeard instructed the group upon seeing Twilight Allen arrive.
“Understood.” “Got it.” Twilight Allen and Duke replied.
The next day arrived in the blink of an eye, and the personnel of the Rocks Pirates for this voyage gathered at the port.
When Twilight Allen followed Whitebeard to the scene, many people had already arrived at the port.
Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, John, Silver Axe, Ochoku—not a single commander was missing.
Twilight Allen also spotted the future Four Emperors, Kaido, behind Big Mom.
He figured he must have joined Charlotte Linlin’s division.
When the Rocks Pirates eventually disbanded, Big Mom gave Kaido a Devil Fruit—the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon Form—which led Big Mom to always remind him whenever they met later that he still owed her a favor.
Twilight Allen and his group stood near their ship, not intending to strike up any friendships with the other pirates.
But trouble, however, came knocking on its own.
“Yo, Newgate, this must be the brat you found on your last voyage, right?
You even let him be a division captain?” The person speaking held a flintlock pistol in his left hand, two western swords tucked at his waist, and had a thin, gaunt face.
It was the pirate crew’s commander, John.
“Hey, kid, want to join my division?
I can make you a division captain too.
You should know that I’m much richer than a pauper like Whitebeard.
Heh heh heh heh.” John invited Twilight Allen with a treacherous look on his face.
Whitebeard, Duke, and the others looked displeased.
Although they trusted that Twilight Allen wouldn’t agree to it, this feeling of being provoked right in front of them was still unpleasant.
Twilight Allen didn’t want to have too much interaction with this dead man walking, so he refused: “Sorry, I don’t have much interest in money, and I’m quite comfortable staying with brother Newgate.” “Bang.” A gunshot drew the attention of everyone at the port.
It turned out that after Twilight Allen refused, John had fired a shot at him without warning.
Twilight Allen tilted his head slightly, easily dodging the bullet.
He drew his Snow Goose and pointed it at John, staring at him with cold eyes: “Want to die?” The other pirates saw the situation and wore amused smiles; some even whistled, enjoying the chaos.
After firing the shot, John raised his hands, his face shifting to an innocent smile: “Hey, hey, just a joke, kid.” Suddenly, John’s figure flew backward, and cracks like broken glass appeared in the air in front of him.
It was Whitebeard who had struck.
“John, you bastard, do you take me for air?
I’ll come and play a joke on you too, Gura la la la la.” Whitebeard laughed as he looked at the fallen John.
“Pah!” John spat out a mouthful of blood after climbing up, looking at Whitebeard with resentment in his eyes.
Just as he was about to say something, Rocks walked over from the island, and the pirates along the way cleared a wide path.
Rocks glanced at John without any intention of standing up for him, then faced the crowd and said: “It looks like you’re all in high spirits.
Then, vent your energy on the Marines.
Here are the Log Poses and sea charts for the locations of the various Marine branches I got from Shakky.” Shakky?
Rayleigh’s lover?
Is she also a member of the Rocks Pirates?
Or is it just a cooperative relationship, selling intelligence to Rocks?
Immediately, someone distributed the Log Poses to each team.
Seeing that no one else had any objections, Rocks said: “Then, split up and set sail, boys.” “Roar!!” The divisions of the Rocks Pirates scattered and headed toward different sea areas.
Whitebeard’s division set sail toward the first half of the New World.
“Old Duke, do you know Shakky?” Twilight Allen asked Duke, thinking of what Rocks had said earlier.
Duke paused for a moment and said to Twilight Allen: “Shakky?
I haven’t seen her either, but every time the pirate crew needs certain information, we go to find that woman.” Twilight Allen thought that Shakky and Rocks must have a cooperative relationship: “She really is a capable woman.” “Yes, it is said that the woman has informants within all the major organizations on the sea, including the Marines, the World Government, and us.” Duke sighed with emotion.
This voyage wasn’t just aimed at Marine branches.
If they encountered warships along the way, they could sink them to obtain supplies from the ships, and they could also raid islands if they came across them.
Otherwise, could a behemoth like the Rocks Pirates live comfortably by farming?
What kind of King of the World would that be?
Better call him the Farming King.
However, Whitebeard’s division wouldn’t raid islands when sailing alone; they would only rob other pirates, which was the reason why John and Shiki mocked Whitebeard for being a pauper.
Half a day had passed since they set sail.
The warm sunlight made the pirates lazy.
Except for a few crew members on lookout duty, most were already lying on the deck, fast asleep.
Twilight Allen, who wasn’t used to life on the ship yet, couldn’t sleep at all.
He took a fishing rod and started fishing.
A seagull flew down and landed on Twilight Allen’s shoulder, and Twilight Allen shared some of the prepared bait with the seagull.
From time to time, he used Observation Haki to perceive the creatures in the sea, occasionally communicating with passing fish.
This was also good training for Haki.
Not just for Observation Haki, Twilight Allen replaced the fishhook with soft iron wire and wrapped it with Armament Haki to make it sturdy, thereby achieving the goal of training Armament Haki.
“Is that so?
There’s a ship at nine o’clock?
Thanks, Little Blue.” Little Blue was a seagull.
Since discovering that Twilight Allen could speak “seagull” and gave out free self-service food, it often circled above his head.
This time, Little Blue brought a message: a ship had been spotted not far from them.
As for what kind of ship it was, the seagull couldn’t tell.
“Hey, turn the ship to nine o’clock.
There’s a ship over there, let’s go check it out.” Twilight Allen called out to the helmsman.
“Eh, how did you know there was a ship there?
Can your Observation Haki perceive that far?” Duke looked at Twilight Allen in shock.
Whitebeard, who was on the side, was also full of surprise.
He knew that his own Observation Haki could clearly perceive movements within a radius of fifteen kilometers, and since even he hadn’t sensed it, it meant the distance was even further.
Twilight Allen smiled: “Ah, my friend told me.” “Friend?” Whitebeard glanced at the seagull circling above Twilight Allen’s head, lost in thought.
“Gura la la la, boys, time to wake up!
Bring the ship over to take a look.
If it’s a pirate ship, we’ll loot them.” Whitebeard still trusted Twilight Allen’s words.
“Ooh, money to spend!
Hahahaha.” The awakened crew members were instantly ecstatic.