Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

Sometimes, it only takes a moment for a situation to turn from clarity to chaos.

For example now.

Almost at the same time, many things happened on this sea.

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First, it is in the new world, on the edge of the Beast Pirates' territory.

This is the area where the messenger intercepted [Drought] Jack and his pirates.

There, I just came into contact with a "fierce", but more like "one-sided" battle.

[Drought] Jack fought against the messenger, and was finally trampled on by the messenger while his whole body was in the form of a mammoth, and his spine was cracked.

The messenger then jumped and kicked Jack from his Mammoth into the distant storm.

Jack's figure was like a huge cannonball, flying backwards and crashing directly into the storm in the distance.

Then, there was only a loud "plop" sound, as if Jack's huge body fell into the sea and sank to the bottom of the sea.

"captain Jack!"

When the pirates saw this, their eyes widened.

In addition to the Mammoth, Jack's fleet also has many accompanying ships.

The pirates on these ships couldn't figure out what was happening for a while.

Although the battle between Jack and the messenger was quite dynamic, it was essentially just a battle that just passed a few moves.

The crew members on the Mammoth were able to react because they were very close, but most of the pirates on the ships not far away were not even aware of what was going on!

They just saw the Mammoth suddenly change its course and hit something that looked like a small raft on the sea.

Immediately afterwards, their own captain [Drought] Jack suddenly changed his state and began to transform into a huge mammoth on the Mammoth.

Suddenly, the mammoth seemed to have been hit hard and fell hard on the deck.

A few seconds later, Jack's huge mammoth body seemed to have been hit hard by something, and the whole person flew out and disappeared into the storm in the distance.

What happened!

That [Drought] Jack was actually knocked away by something!

This is something that is simply unbelievable to the pirates under Jack's command.

But that is the fact after all, so in order to save their own captain, it is also more to "escape" from the unknown guy who can beat their captain away.

The pirates on the ship immediately turned around and returned into the storm.

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Fortunately, the guy whose face he couldn't even see clearly had no intention of pursuing them.

The pirates of the Beast Pirates were able to fish Jack out of the sea with difficulty in the storm.

As a Devil Fruit user, of course Jack can't swim.

But because of his own fish-human blood, Jack can breathe freely in the water and will not drown.

Therefore, Jack only needs to wait quietly in the sea for his men to fish him out.

But even so, the heartbreaking pain on his spine still made Jack frown.

Under the water, Jack clenched his fists.

It had been a long time since he had felt that absolute powerlessness.

That guy... is from the Four Seas Alliance?

Thinking of this, Jack's pupils suddenly shrank, and he once again recalled the details of the mission that his captain, namely [Hundred Beasts] Kaido, had arranged for him before setting off.

Kaido ordered Jack: "Start from Wano Country, pass through Fish-Man Island, and launch a surprise attack on Alabasta in the first half of the Grand Line."

These are all the orders for this mission.

At first glance, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong, but in fact Kaido's order only contained the specific path of Jack's action.

As for the subsequent "raid" part, Kaido said nothing.

How to raid? What is the purpose? How to deal with the possible arrival of the navy?

Kaido never told Jack any of these more important things.

Although Jack didn't care much about such details, after all, it involved a long-distance attack, so he also raised doubts about these things.

But Kaido just had a sullen face and said nothing, and finally told Jack to get ready to "fight".

fighting?

At that time, Jack didn't understand what Kaido was talking about.

But at this moment, Jack, who had sunk to the bottom of the sea, reacted.

The Four Seas Alliance should have realized long ago that the Beast Pirates would retaliate against the Four Seas Alliance.

And Kaido has known this for a long time.

He judged that the Four Seas Alliance definitely did not want to set the battlefield between them and the Four Emperors in their own base camp, so it was very likely to send top combat forces to set the battlefield in Alabasta.

If that's the case, then everything should make sense.

Because that’s what’s happening now!

This sea area is the only way from Wano Country to Fishman Island, and it is also the best interception location.

If the Four Seas Alliance wants to evacuate the main battlefield from Alabasta, then this is the best place!

This also explains why the bastard guy who calls himself "The Messenger" has such terrifying fighting power.

That person is probably the top expert in the Four Seas Alliance!

In this case, Jack also wanted to understand a lot of things.

He should have been sent out to sea as the "bait" for the Beast Pirates in this battle.

Jack had no complaints about this.

As Kaido said, the only thing Jack can do is fight.

Wouldn't it be better if you deal with the envoy yourself?

If he couldn't deal with the people from the Four Seas Alliance, it just meant that Jack himself wasn't strong enough.

This is the biggest insult to Jack!

"Bastard thing..."

Jack could feel that the resilience given to him by the Ancient Species Devil Fruit was quickly repairing his body.

It's just a pity that I probably won't be able to continue participating in the battle in a short time.

The ocean floor was quiet, so Jack had enough time to think about Kaido's intentions.

If this is just a feint attack, then who will launch a real war against the Four Seas Alliance?

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the other side.

Far away from this sea area.

That is the inland sea of ​​Wano Country!

A small boat belonging to the navy is moving forward slowly.

That ship was the small clipper of the G-T Navy branch that came all the way from Alabasta, that is, the naval expeditionary force led by Barlow.

They have initially entered the waters near Wano Country.

This is an island surrounded by strong winds, huge waves, cliffs and waterfalls, but the navigators under Barlow are by no means simple, enough to allow their warship to travel safely through countless whirlpools and harsh terrain.

According to Barlow's original idea, he should lead people directly to Wano Country to investigate, but at this moment there is a problem that is bothering Barlow.

"Hiss...I don't think it's right."

Barlow held a chart in one hand and a telescope in the other, comparing them carefully.

"According to my chart, there should be a small island here."

Barlow blinked and looked at the empty sea in the distance.

There should have been an iconic island with a "horned skull" shaped hill there, but it was empty at the moment.

"It's weird, why is the island gone now?"