The Red Earth Continent, the Holy Land Marie Joa, and the Powers.

"What do you think about the Corona 18 poses?"

The speaker was an old man wearing a black suit, with white curly hair and a fluffy white beard. Even though he was sitting there, he was still holding a cane with both hands.

"It's not a big problem. It doesn't pose much of a threat to people who have reached a certain level of strength, and we are still in control of the weapons, so there's no need to worry too much!"

The long-haired Five Old Star said.

"Indeed, and according to a report from the Naval Science Department, it is not easy to produce this kind of firearm. Even Vegapunk will need to spend several months solving material problems before it can be mass-produced in large quantities."

"Therefore, at least for a short period of time, we don't have to worry about people from other forces imitating it!"

"The key issue is Li Yan..."

The blond Five Old Star on the side pondered for a moment and then spoke.

"Li Yan, his identity is very clean, but since he went to Donghai Branch 18, he has become a little weird."

"First, a large number of people traveled thousands of miles to sign up to join the navy, and then a large number of elite sailors were trained in a short period of time. Even a scientific research team from the Vinsmoke family took the initiative to go to Corona Island to join him.

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"You know, before Li Yan got there, even the pirates didn't bother to go to that sea area."

After listening to the words of the blond Five Old Star, the fat Five Old Star also nodded and added.

Obviously, they had noticed Li Yan a long time ago and found out everything about Li Yan after he arrived in the East China Sea.

Indeed, judging from this information, Li Yan and the Eighteenth Branch are a bit weird.

"But even though it looks weird, there's nothing wrong with it!"

"Rather, he is still very honest, whether it is about Vinsmoke's research team or its research results, that is, the Corona Eighteen Styles. He even took the initiative to hand over a full set of design drawings!

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"Otherwise, how come we haven't taken action against him until now?"

At this time, the five old stars holding swords also spoke.

It can be seen from his words that they were originally planning to attack Li Yan.

after all...

To the five of them, Li Yan was nothing at all. Even if he killed the wrong person, it didn't matter. The threat must be nipped in the cradle in advance.

But Li Yan took the initiative to hand over all the technology and design drawings of the Corona Eighteen-Style, which surprised them at the time.

In addition, Li Yan did not hide anything about Levin's team, and even allowed Kizaru to contact them, saying that as long as Levin was willing to go to the Naval Science Department, he could leave at any time.

This also made them temporarily let down their guard against Li Yan.

But that's just for now...

Once one day, when the Five Old Stars discover that Li Yan has any signs of threatening their rule, even if there is just a hint, even if it is just some uncertain guesses, they will kill him without hesitation.

"Well, I can put this matter aside for now. I am very interested in the plan proposed by the Warring States Period to hold the Upside Down Mountain and stop the pirates from absorbing fresh blood from all over the world. I heard..."

"This plan was also proposed by Li Yan, and the Warring States Period planned to let Li Yan pilot it in the East China Sea to see the effect!"

After everyone had expressed their opinions, the curly-haired star spoke again.

"Well...this plan is indeed feasible. In the past, we only focused on the Grand Line, and indeed ignored the birthplace of most pirates, which is the Four Seas!"

"Yes, but there are a lot of problems here. The pirates won't just watch idly. We cut off the access to the Grand Route from all over the world, especially those four guys!"

"Well, so the Warring States method is still feasible. Let's pilot it in the East China Sea first and see how the four of them react."

"I agree. Although the collapse of the three major forces' camps will directly undermine the stability of the world, the pirate power has expanded too fast in the past twenty years. It is time to weaken it."

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"Since we all agree, let's warn the kingdoms in the East China Sea to be more calm about this matter!"

Nodding, the curly-haired Five Old Star finally said.

As they said, the current balance of the three major forces is the basis for maintaining Mary Joa's rule.

Use the power of pirates to bring threats to the world, and then let the naval power attack them in the name of justice. If other kingdoms want to avoid being harmed by pirates, they can only follow Mary Joa closely. For this reason, they even go to the

Pay a huge amount of heavenly gold.

However, when Roger's words spread throughout the world during his public execution twenty years ago, the pirate camp expanded rapidly, so much so that the navy showed signs of being suppressed in turn.

This was not a good phenomenon, and the five of them discussed it. In this case, they divided the pirate forces and instigated a group of rebels to become the third force on the Grand Line.

Thus, the Shichibukai were born, and the three major forces formed an alternative balance in the post-Roger era, continuing to stabilize Mary Joa's rule over the entire world.

To put it in simpler terms, it actually means raising the bandits’ self-respect.

For eight hundred years, they have been playing this trick...

Well, having said that, since the birth of the Shichibukai, the Grand Line, which was almost out of control, has indeed been restored to balance, but this is not enough...

After all, the impact of Roger's words is still there, and more and more people go to sea to become pirates every year.

If this continues, one day this delicate balance will be broken by the pirates again. Perhaps, this was Roger's original plan, a complete endless cycle. Only after Marie Joa is overthrown, this cycle will be broken.

It may be lifted.

For Wulao Xing, this bandit must be raised, but it can also be controlled. Otherwise, it is not raising bandits to respect oneself, but raising bandits to cause trouble!

Therefore, they are quite interested in Li Yan's plan. Once successful, they will be able to control the scale of the pirates. By then, it will not matter even if the Shichibukai system is cancelled.

After all, the Shichibukai system is very criticized. Even a large number of people within the Navy are very resistant to it. This is not a good plan that can be carried out in the long term. If there is no other way, they would not be willing to create such a plan.

The third force comes out.

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In the room of power, the Five Old Stars were having a secret conversation.

East China Sea, Corona Island, the campus of the Eighteenth Branch.

Smoker, who had been training crazily for half a month with the help of the gravity training room, and six other people including Warner, came to the power tester again.

"Are you all ready?"

"Yes, Major General!"

"Very good, let's get started. By the way, Brother Smog, instructor Sol told me just now that your indicator is different from the five of them. You need to reach 300 to pass the test. Is there any problem?"

"no problem!"

After hearing what Li Yan said, Smoker straightened his chest and said.

He is no longer the same person as he was half a month ago. For him who can adapt to 12 times gravity, 300 force points are no problem at all.

"Hey, I'm quite confident, so let's start with you, senior brother!"

"good!"

Nodding and walking slowly to the tester, Smoker once again remembered the scene half a month ago.

99 power value...

Because of this incident, I have been told by Mr. Sol frequently for half a month, what a shame!

However, this shame only ends today!

Using all his strength, he punched forward directly.
Chapter completed!