The next day.
Accompanied by York, Stussy visited mirror shops in Ohara, touching every mirror with her hand.
The ability of the Paramecia Mirror-Mirror Fruit had two parts.
One part was creating mirrors and using mirror image abilities to pass off the fake as real.
The second part was the Mirror World.
Although the former ability was quite practical, compared to the latter, it was somewhat insignificant.
An independent and stable space, through which one could travel to any location previously marked.
The strategic value of this ability was simply too high.
To realize the maximum value of the second part, the primary prerequisite was to touch a large number of mirrors.
Mirrors connectable to the Mirror World didn't just work automatically within a certain range of the user; they required the user to mark them through direct contact.
Troublesome, but correspondingly valuable.
Once a mirror was touched and marked, in the future, regardless of distance or location, one could use the Mirror World to achieve ultra-long-distance displacement directly.
Theoretically.
As long as the mirrors Stussy touched in Ohara today didn't all shatter, even if they entered the Grand Line in the future, they could cross thousands of kilometers instantly through the Mirror World with just a few steps, arriving at Ohara immediately.
Besides that.
With the Mirror World, some high-value items could also be stored inside in the future.
Although it didn't have the time-space freezing effect like a system inventory, at least there was no need to walk around carrying a big bag every day.
...
In the blink of an eye.
York and his group stayed in Ohara for a full month.
During this month, they read a vast number of books.
Including but not limited to the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, general knowledge on various flora and fauna, and various books on maritime survival.
"Sigh~ So many books, truly finishing them all takes too much time."
York put down the book in his hand, looking up at the countless books like an ocean in the Tree of Knowledge Library, and sighed lightly.
"Stayed here long enough; it's about time to leave."
Hearing this, Kaido was the first to get excited.
"Finally leaving this boring place!"
"Hehehe..."
York smiled faintly. For someone like Kaido who disliked reading, this place was indeed quite torturous.
Thus, after simple supply replenishment, York and the others left Ohara.
The warship set sail.
The flag was replaced by the red pirate flag made by York, while the sails, due to their large area, were inconvenient to change temporarily.
Watching the retreating figure of the warship from afar, Dr. Clover breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally gone..."
Heaven knew how great their psychological pressure was this month.
"But this group of pirates actually has integrity; we didn't report them, and they really didn't harm us..."
Back to York.
After departing Ohara, he redrew the sailing route.
Although generally still heading toward the West Blue's Red Line, if islands existed along the way, they would actively stop.
For nothing else but for Stussy to enter mirror shops on the islands and touch every mirror for sale.
These mirrors might be useless now, but who could guarantee they would definitely be useless in the future?!
Preparing for a rainy day is always better than not preparing.
Just like that, another week passed, and they finally arrived before the West Blue's Red Line.
Looking at the Wall of Sighs in the distance, York had Kaido activate his ability, flying over this daunting red continent from the air.
Successfully entering the South Blue.
The route here was the same as in the West Blue, stopping at any island they passed.
Finally, one month after departing Ohara, they successfully reached the destination of the first stage—the Sorbet Kingdom!
The warship docked and they landed.
York directly ignored the prosperous area of the island, walking toward the slum area on the other side.
Here, they found a church and successfully saw the trio of Kuma, Ginny, and Ivankov inside.
"Yo! Long time no see, brats!!"
A strange yet familiar voice suddenly rang from the church entrance. The three little ones chatting inside stiffened collectively.
"It's... it's you!"
"From God Valley..."
Ivankov had a good memory and recognized York immediately.
But precisely because of this, he was even more shocked.
"How did you find this place?!"
"Don't worry about that. Anyway, now that we meet again, shouldn't you fulfill the agreement from God Valley?"
York looked at the three little ones with a faint smile.
"Having eaten my Devil Fruits, don't think I'll let you off easily!"
Ivankov, Kuma, and Ginny collectively gulped.
"Un... Understood... We will fulfill the agreement..."
They had all read the newspapers about the God Valley incident.
Although the papers didn't explicitly state what happened on that island afterward, the wanted posters issued by the Marines wouldn't lie.
The man before them was a top-tier great pirate with a bounty of 3 billion Berries!
It was fine if he hadn't found them, but now that he had, they definitely couldn't escape from him.
So they didn't choose to resist, very decisively choosing to surrender.
After successfully taking in the three little ones, York suddenly became interested in the Sorbet Kingdom.
He looked at the crew members.
"Guys, since our pirate crew was established, we haven't seemed to properly act as pirates once, have we?"
"Shall we officially start business today?"
Hearing this, Dragon asked York nervously.
"What does Captain plan to do?"
"Very simple!"
York grinned, giving a ferocious answer.
"Subvert this country! Kill all the royal family and old nobles of this country! Grant a new order to the commoners of this country!!"
Upon hearing this, Kaido's eyes lit up instantly.
This was what he liked!
Dragon refuted somewhat uneasily: "Isn't that too cruel? We don't know if the royal family of this country is incompetent yet. Killing by mistake wouldn't be good..."
York didn't refute immediately but looked at the Ivankov trio.
"You've lived in this country for a while, right?"
"How are the king and nobles of this country? Are they good kings and nobles?"
Kuma and Ginny were hesitant to speak, or rather they didn't pay much attention to this aspect.
Finally, it was Ivankov who answered York's query.
"Uh... the king is okay, but the nobles are a bunch of bastards."
Through Ivankov's description, York and the others learned.
The king of this country, though not very capable, was indeed a kind-hearted king willing to be good to the common people.
Otherwise, Kuma and the others wouldn't have been able to move back into the church his father once opened so quickly.
But correspondingly, the nobles of this country were very vicious.
They loathed the lower-class commoners while occupying almost all the fertile land in the entire country. Even the king could barely stand tall before them.
Even to make money, they would rather watch the people starve to death than sell grain to them, just to seize that last bit of barren land from the people's hands.
After listening to Ivankov's description, York looked at his partners.
"Guys, how about it? Want to do this job?"
Two streams of white steam shot from Kaido's nostrils.
"Let's do it!! King or nobles! Kill them all!!"
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