Life in the following period also became much more peaceful.
Although Ohara had once been very famous on the sea, ever since that disaster happened, Ohara had seemingly disappeared for real.
It couldn't even be found on maps anymore, as if the island had never existed.
Judging from the World Government and the Marine Headquarters' attitude, Ohara had already been completely erased.
Aside from Robin, who escaped, everything else had been cleaned up, so the World Government and Marine Headquarters didn't care about this island at all.
Otherwise, after the Buster Call, a certain giant and a guy with a big head wouldn't have dared to sneak into this island and carry away the books that the Ohara scholars had protected with their lives.
One must know that if they had been discovered, they probably would have become the next Ohara.
It's clear that in the minds of the World Government and the Marine Headquarters, Ohara had long become history, perhaps even an insignificant speck of historical dust.
This was also the reason Ian decided to build his base here.
A full-on hidden-in-plain-sight approach, most likely, the Marine Headquarters wouldn't discover it for a while.
Of course, judging from the intelligence collected by Grado during this period, ever since their departure until now, the Marine Headquarters still hadn't dispatched a large force into the West Blue.
Whether they were still searching for their traces, or simply didn't care about them at all and weren't bothered by their escape, no one knew.
Therefore, Ian no longer paid attention to the Marine Headquarters and resumed his training, returning to his lifestyle of sleeping late, waking late, and training. No, actually, things were a little different these past few days.
For example, there was someone who needed his help.
From sleeping late, waking up late, and training, it changed to sleeping late, helping someone, waking up late, and training.
He clearly understood that in this sea, only strength was everything. As long as one possessed overwhelming power, the World Government and the Marine Headquarters wouldn't easily start a war.
In fact, he didn't even need to be too strong; reaching the level of a Yonko crew would already be enough to make the World Government and the Marine Headquarters treat him cautiously.
So, honing and training himself was extremely important.
At the same time, after seeing that the Marine Headquarters hadn't sent fleets to pursue them, Ohara resumed its construction work and even sped up the pace.
But Ian didn't need to worry about Ohara's construction. Robin seemed extremely interested in rebuilding her former homeland.
Even though she clearly knew Ohara could never return to how it once was, and could never become what it used to be, she was still very enthusiastic about building her new home.
Thus, Ohara's construction was left to Robin's hands.
Unfortunately, after the Dressrosa incident ended, he forgot to have Instructor Zephyr bring back the Stone-Stone Fruit user of the Donquixote Family.
Otherwise, with the Stone-Stone Fruit user's help, not only could the construction speed increase, but the cost could also be greatly reduced.
But what's missed is missed. Although a bit regretful, Ian didn't dwell on it; at most, it would just take more time and some extra cost.
Besides, Ohara's terrain was flat. Aside from some small hills around the edges, most of the inside was plains, so construction wouldn't be too difficult.
As for Ain, after Ian resumed his training, she also began her own training.
Aside from needing Ian's help at night, she spent most of her time training with him.
As for the others... Kuma took a few days off and brought Bonney back to the Sorbet Kingdom.
Actually, back when Bonney recovered, he had planned to go back, but he didn't expect so many things to happen afterward. He only had the time to return now.
Ace either ran off to train with Enel or spent his time in the temporary dining hall stuffing himself with meat, living quite comfortably.
Gini was the busiest. Because Grado's backing had fallen, the underworld forces in the West Blue, who had been holding back their anger, could no longer endure it. They all revealed their fangs, wanting to tear off a chunk of Grado.
To those people, the Grado Family was just a lucky family that became one of the Five Major Families of the West Blue by relying on high-ranking Marine officials.
Not only had Grado Family's backing collapsed, but he was also wanted by the World Government. In their minds, the Grado Family probably wouldn't survive much longer. So if they didn't take a big bite now, then when?
Wait until the Marine Headquarters had time to intervene? By then, they wouldn't even get to drink leftover soup!
So, in order to handle the Grado Family's affairs, on the second day after arriving at the new base, Gini hurriedly left.
Although, as Grado Family's boss, Gini was extremely busy, he still did his own training, but his training focus wasn't on physical strength, but on developing his Devil Fruit.
As for things like physical skills or swordsmanship, he didn't learn any of that. His only way of fighting was shooting, and even that was sneak-attacking.
He used the Clear-Clear Fruit to make himself and his gun invisible, sneak behind an enemy, and then fire.
But this ability was probably useless against top-tier experts at sea. Forget whether his little handgun could even pierce their bodies; just the sound of the gunshot alone would allow a strong expert to appear behind him the next moment and kill him on the spot.
Of course, although somewhat weak, it was still enough to bully the mafia families in the West Blue.
And Gini was trying to solve this problem. Before leaving, he specifically went to find Wolf, hoping Wolf could help him create a gun with weak sound, transparent bullets, and strong firepower, directly causing Wolf to curse him out, saying that something with requirements that high could only be built by Vegapunk.
But after Gini expressed that the Grado Family could invest in his research institute, Wolf became serious, saying that although it was difficult, he could try.
As for whether it could be built or how it would turn out, that remained unknown.
Time passed little by little.
Ian maintained his healthy and regular lifestyle, sleeping late, helping out, training, and waiting for Instructor Zephyr's message.