"The Marine has returned to the West Blue and will meet the Rocks Pirates in another day or two."
Agriculture Military God Peter Saint said.
"Hopefully, it's not too late. Even if we can't keep Rocks, we must keep one or two Executive Officers. Otherwise, our World Government's face will be completely lost this time."
Finance War God Nasujuro Saint said.
On the tenth day, Nox had led the fleet to the terminal station, the Kingdom of Iwoni.
On his original four pirate ships, the number of people had decreased by forty percent. The freed-up space was all used to load treasure.
"Senior Brother, among the nobles we killed, we found a slave who said he is a scientist and useful to us, so I brought him over."
Kano walked over with a man who looked very thin and wore a pair of black glasses.
"You are a scientist? Since those nobles have been killed, you are free. Why do you want to follow us?"
Nox asked curiously, knowing that his subordinates, under his command...would not waste effort killing ordinary people who didn't hinder them from finding treasure.
"Respected sir, I have nowhere to go. All my family were killed by those damned nobles."
"You saved me, and I should repay you!"
He was once a somewhat famous scientist, but because he was targeted by nobles, he was captured and made a slave, specifically to create things for the nobles that could be sold for money.
"Oh? What is your name? What field is your scientific research in?"
After sensing the goodwill from the other party, Nox became interested in this person.
After all, he didn't have a scientist under him yet. When the Pirate Crew develop in the future, scientists will definitely be needed. Otherwise, many benefits cannot be maximized, and more Berries cannot be earned.
"Respected sir, my name is Yumaz Berry. My research direction is ore materials, and I possess the power of a Devil Fruit, which allows me to fuse two different ores together to form a new ore."
Yumaz Berry said.
"Oh? A Devil Fruit? Fusing ore materials?"
"These are two ordinary long swords. Try to see if you can fuse them together."
Nox had someone fetch two short swords and handed them to Yumaz, saying.
"I, I haven't tried. I don't know if it will work."
Saying this, Yumaz took the two short swords.
Then he stacked them together and activated his Devil Fruit ability.
Under Nox's gaze, one of the swords was slowly turning into liquid and merging into the other sword.
"Bang!!!"
However, as soon as the two swords were truly fused, Yumaz immediately collapsed.
"It really can fuse. This should be a Paramecia-type Fusion Fruit."
"Kano, take him down, treat him well, and nurture him well. He is an important person for our future."
"Oh, right. First, increase his stamina. This is the most important thing."
Nox said, looking at the fallen Yumaz.
"Don't worry, Senior Brother, I understand!"
Kano saw it clearly from the side. Yumaz is a Devil Fruit ability user. Just this point alone makes him worth nurturing.
"The quality of this sword is much higher than before. It seems it truly was formed after two swords were fused together."
Nox looked at the fused sword in his hand with great interest.
"Since ordinary swords can be fused, what about Great Grade Swords, Supreme Grade Swords, or even Supreme Grade Swords?"
Thinking of this, Nox's gaze became fervent.
He thought of his Seven Star Sword and the Futsu no Mitama at his waist. If he could fuse the two swords, how strong would the fused sword be?
Would it surpass Supreme Grade Swords, surpass the strongest swords in this World?
"This point can be slowly experimented with later. Activating the Fusion Fruit is very draining on stamina."
"Now, just fusing two of the most ordinary short swords made him so tired he fainted."
"Wanting to fuse Great Grade Swords or Supreme Grade Swords, who knows how long we'll have to wait."
"But I'm not short on time now. Waiting is fine. It seems I'll have to frequently supervise Yumaz's training from now on. Otherwise, who knows how long I'll have to wait."
Nox thought to himself.
On the eleventh day, many Executive Officers of the Rocks Pirates arrived at the terminal station one after another.
After all, no one is a fool who would foolishly arrive at the terminal station exactly half a month later as Rocks said.
They all knew that now was the time to exploit the time difference, plunder the West Blue before the Marine and World Government could react, and then leave the West Blue.
"Whitebeard, it seems your haul is quite good too!!!"
When he saw the fleet led by Whitebeard arrive, Nox stepped forward to greet him.
Even though Whitebeard didn't like plundering before, ever since he found some sons, he knew the difficulty of supporting a family.
So this time's plunder, Whitebeard also participated. He just wanted to plunder more wealth and then live a good life with his sons.
"gura rara rara, your ships are full of treasure, causing the hull to sink quite a bit. Your haul is even more than mine."
Whitebeard couldn't help but laugh when he saw Nox's four ships.
"Mama Mama, Nox, do you want to continue trading Devil Fruits? I'll make you Homies!!"
Charlotte Linlin, returning with a full load, also approached happily.
"No need, one Homie is enough for me."
Nox said with a dark face. This kind of trade, he absolutely did not want to do a second time. It was truly too much of a loss.
"Jie hahahaha, I thought I was the first one back. I didn't expect you guys to return so early."
At this moment, Golden Lion also arrived at the terminal station.
Speaking of all the Executive Officers this time, the one with the biggest haul was undoubtedly Golden Lion.
The Float-Float Fruit's mobility was too strong, allowing Golden Lion to freely go to other places to plunder, then leave at the fastest speed and reach the next island.
On the twelfth day, the last Executive Officer, John, also arrived at the terminal station.
"Wah hahahaha, since everyone is back, let's go!!"
After Rocks saw that all the Executive Officers had returned, he immediately set off to leave the West Blue.
He didn't want to engage the Marine, after all, their ships were now full of treasure. If even one ship sank, it would make them heartbroken.
"Jie hahahaha, since Captain has said so, let's go, set sail!!"
As Rocks' words fell, Golden Lion used his Float-Float Fruit ability, taking the many pirate ships into the air and leaving the West Blue.
Holy Land Mary Geoise:
"Damn it, it's too late!!"
After the Gorosei received the news of the Rocks Pirates' departure, they said angrily.
Even though they had speculated that this operation would fail before, when it actually failed, they still couldn't help but feel angry.
They are already thinking about what kind of headline the damned World News Economic Society will use tomorrow to report on the incompetence of their World Government and Marine.
"Since things have come to this, let's think about the next countermeasures."
"Also, the West Blue has been plundered, our losses are already big enough. The celestial tribute from the Allied Nations in the New World must absolutely not be robbed again like last year by the Rocks Pirates."
Finance War God Nasujuro Saint said.
"After the last lesson, we have rooted out the traitors within the World Government. This time, the matter of the celestial tribute in the New World should be fine."
Warcury Saint, Legal Affairs Warrior God said.
"The Rocks Pirates crossed the Calm Belt, descending from the New World to the West Blue, and the entire West Blue was plundered clean!!"
"The natural barrier of the Calm Belt between the New World and the Four Seas has been broken. From now on, will the Calm Belt become a path for everyone to traverse freely?"
"After the West Blue, will the Rocks Pirates continue to plunder the other three seas?"...
As expected, the next day, the World News Economic Society's newspaper spread throughout most of the World.
The entire World was in an uproar because of this.
"The Rocks Pirates actually came to the West Blue too. Fortunately, we didn't run into them before."
Rayleigh said, holding the newspaper.
Since the Roger Pirates offended the Rocks Pirates, Rocks personally sought out the Roger Pirates last time.
But the Roger Pirates learned of it in advance, allowing them to successfully evade Rocks' pursuit in the end.
Since then, the Roger Pirates didn't dare to stay in the New World anymore, and then secretly came to the West Blue to hide.
"Hmph, Rocks, if we see him, we must make him know the power of our Roger Pirates!"
Roger said angrily.
Being forced to such an extent by Rocks, everyone in the Roger Pirates held their breath, and then worked hard to train and become stronger while in the West Blue.
Roger and the others all believed that before long, they would be able to return to the New World with their own strength.
"It's unrealistic to deal with the entire Rocks Pirates, but if we deal with Rocks alone, we should have a chance."
"After all, none of us are Devil Fruit energy users, so Rocks' Dark-Dark Fruit won't have much effect on us."
Rayleigh also supported Roger's words.
"The people in the Rocks Pirates are strange, and everyone is under Rocks' strong pressure. When we deal with Rocks, the other Executive Officers probably won't interfere."
"At worst, we can deliberately expose our whereabouts later, let Rocks chase us alone, and we'll ambush him."
Roger said confidently.
After such a long period of arduous training, Roger felt his strength had increased significantly. With the help of his companions around him, even if he couldn't defeat Rocks now, he no longer needed to fear Rocks.
"Wah hahahaha, fifty percent of this haul will be handed over, and the rest is all yours!"
Returning to Beehive Island, Rocks immediately started an Executive Officer meeting.
"Oh, right. Don't forget to gather at Beehive Island in two months. Even though we robbed the Allied Nations in the West Blue, we can't miss the celestial tribute from the Allied Nations in the New World."
Rocks continued.