Pirates: The Ruler of Flames - The Grand Line of the Flame Emperor

Freya couldn't help it anymore.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Now is not the time to be willful. The most important thing is to survive." "Don't worry, I am not being willful. This is the result of careful consideration."

Xiao Yan said this, looking at all his crew members.

"Because our pirate group needs this battle, and so do I. I don't want to wait until we enter the New World to face such a terrible desperate situation, because then we may really have no chance."

"Besides, running away without a fight would be too embarrassing, hahahaha."

"Idiot, now is not the time to joke. You can deal with that guy together with Enel!!!" Freya said anxiously.

"No, the reason I didn't let Enelu do it is because he has a more important mission." Everyone was stunned.

"Now that Barrett is here, I'm afraid we can't hide our whereabouts anymore. Tomorrow our enemy won't just be Barrett, but also the World Government and the Navy."

"As for whether I can survive in the end, Tiger, it's up to you."

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The Grand Route, the Long Ring and the Long Island.

This is an elongated circular island. Because it is submerged by the sea, usually only a circle of small circular islands exposed above the sea surface remains. From a distance, it looks like a string of bracelets strung together.

Usually, few people come here, and even passing pirates will not stay here for long, because there are almost no humans on this island except for those extremely long animals, and there are no towns, so pirates cannot get any supplies they need, let alone rob treasures. But recently, this place has been very lively.

The reason is very simple. The geographical location of Changhuan Changdao is very special.

The first half of the entire Grand Route was divided into seven routes by the magnetic force originating from the Upside-Down Mountain.

Each of the seven routes has its own characteristics and their distances are also different, but Changhuan Changdao is the only island that is closest to other routes on average among all the islands on the seven routes.

In the past, this didn't make any sense, because the seven routes in the first half of the Grand Line were independent of each other. Once you set out, you could only travel from the beginning to the end and could not cross them.

But now it is different. A week ago, the Navy Headquarters sent four warships. These four warships no longer rely on wind power alone to travel. They have their own independent power systems, allowing the navy to ignore the terrible ocean currents and monsoons of the Grand Line, cross various waterways, travel on the sea more conveniently and quickly, and fight pirates.

After receiving these four warships, Vice Admiral Tsuru of the Navy Headquarters chose this place as the base for attacking the pirates on the first half of the route to Paradise.

On this island, no matter which naval branch in the first half asked for help, they could arrive quickly. At this moment, the sun was setting.

A warship slowly approached the shore, and a beautiful woman walked down from it.

She was wearing a white navy coat on the outside and a pink miniskirt on the inside. She had a proud bust, a beauty mole on her lips, and a red sword on her waist.

Behind the woman were rows of sailors, who were escorting the pirates with their hands tied off the deck, preparing to temporarily detain them in the prison here. When they had enough people, they would send them directly to Impel Down.

"What a busy day."

The woman who got off the deck sighed as she looked at the sun which was about to set.

When the young navy men nearby heard this, their eyes immediately lit up with pink hearts, and they shouted excitedly in unison, "Thank you for your hard work, Major General Gion!"

That's right, this woman is Gion, who became the youngest major admiral in the navy at the age of 18.

Hearing the shouts of this group of young men, Gion's face showed a cute and attractive smile just like her nickname Momotosagi, and she chuckled and spoke with her hands covering her mouth in the extremely charming voice of a young woman.

"You too, you should take good care of your rest recently and don't be distracted when fighting in the future." "Got it, Admiral Gion, we will definitely protect you."

"Thank you!"

After bidding farewell to the group of navy men, Gion arrived at the center of the long ring island.

This place has become the main office of the navy in recent days. For this purpose, the navy has specially built several simple houses. However, at this moment, everyone is sitting on the bench outside, drinking tea or reading newspapers.

As soon as Gion passed by, she saw her idol, Vice Admiral Tsuru of the Navy Headquarters, with whom she was as close as a sister, sitting in the center. On Tsuru's left was Vice Admiral Haguvarsauro, a giant who was nearly 30 meters tall and as big as a hill.

In addition, there are three people on the right, namely Huo Shaoshan, the lieutenant general of the headquarters and also Tsuru's direct subordinate, the lieutenant general Chaton Kake of the headquarters and the man that Gion least wants to see, and Major General Mole, who is responsible for transporting the warships this time and acting with them.

Three lieutenant generals, two major generals, four warships, and a navy of over ten thousand.

With this configuration, they can be fearless of any pirates in the first half of the Grand Line. He looked at the newspaper, raised his head slightly, and asked Jiyuan gently.

"Have you dealt with those pirates?"

"Well, it's another group of pirates who were bewitched by the Pirate King Roger and went out to sea. They were not very powerful and the battle ended easily."

"That's good."

He heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.

At this time, Vice Admiral Kake, who was sitting with his legs crossed and wearing a khaki suit and a navy coat, said with a perverted smile.

"Now that the battle is over, Major General Jiyuan, would you like to take a break and go on a date with me?" "Here we go again"

After hearing this, everyone present showed a hint of helplessness on their faces. Ji Yuan covered his mouth and chuckled.

"Lieutenant General Kake's ability to make people laugh is getting better and better." "I'm not joking, I'm serious!"

"Is this also part of the comedy?!"

At this time, He finally couldn't help but speak up, stopping the two from continuing. "Okay, with this energy, one of you should go and take care of the pirate group on Mara Island."

Now no one wants to talk. We've all worked hard all day and it's almost evening. Why would anyone want to go out to sea? Wouldn't it be better to have some tea and read the newspaper?

When the Mole saw this, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face, and he spoke cautiously.

"I remember that's the Thriller Bark Pirates over there, right? Their captain, Gekko Moriah, is a very capable guy.

This is a scary guy, let's leave it to the headquarters to deal with it." This was not the Mole's own opinion, but the decision of the headquarters.

This time, due to Roger's instigation, there were too many pirates going out to sea, and the navy alone could not handle it.

Therefore, the strategy of the Navy Headquarters is to have Tsuru act like a filter on Nagahashima Island to eliminate the middle and lower level pirates, leaving the remaining big pirates to be dealt with by the headquarters. If even the headquarters cannot deal with them, then the admirals in the New World will have to take action directly.

"It's the only way."

He sighed a little and felt a little powerless.

In fact, with their current configuration, it would not be that difficult to deal with the Thriller Bark Pirates, but they would have to mobilize most of their forces, at least two vice admirals and two warships.

This means that the navy's combat power here will be largely reduced.

Now everyone has worked together and finally stabilized the front half of the park. No one wants to let all the efforts go to waste just to catch this one pirate.

In other words, at least the Terror Three-Mast Pirates do not have this value. As for who has this value?

At this time, Ji Yuan looked at Lieutenant General He who had never taken his eyes off the newspaper and asked, "Lieutenant General He, what are you reading? Is it the newspaper you just received?"

"Well, the newspaper from seven days ago was delivered today." "Is there any interesting news in it?"