Chapter three hundred and nineteen, the fear of white beard
What gives the government the confidence to control the Shichibukai?
benefit?
Of course it counts, but it is by no means the point.
Take Crocodile, who has been sent to Impel Down City, for example. Even without the glorious identity of Shichibukai, he will not stop collecting Hades.
At most, the "stealing the country" plan will not appear, and it will only take more time.
Therefore, the government has only one confidence to control the Shichibukai.
strength!
The Qibukai are independent pirates, and no one of them alone can compete with the World Government.
If someone violates the treaty and the world government forces invade the territory, how can we resist it?
[There shall be no private cooperation between the Shichibukai], this is the provision written in black and white in the Shichibukai Convention.
Rules and regulations and various current facts all prove that it is impossible for the Shichibukai to join forces and there is no chance to join forces. They will always have the final say. This is their confidence.
But, that was before.
Only one Shichibukai disobeyed orders.
The current situation is that five Shichibukai rejected the call at the same time.
The Giant Pirates, "Ao Oni" Tori!
Kuja Pirates, "Pirate Empress" Boya Hancock!
"Sea Hero" Jinbe!
And "The World's Greatest Swordsman", "Hawkeye" Jorakmir Mihawk!
Well, four.
The exception is Doflamingo.
Everyone knew that he had surrendered to the enemy.
In the front is the City of Dawn ruled by the Black Earl, and in the back is Kaido leading the Beast Pirates. If he, caught in the middle of the new world, does not surrender to the enemy, the current Five Old Stars should be thinking about how to restore the reputation of the Celestial Dragons.
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But this is enough to surprise the world!
In the past, there were always people who called the Shichibukai lackeys and pirate scum, but this time they broke out and let the world see the different demeanor of these heroes of the sea.
Disobey government orders and refuse to take action!
Just find out the reason.
"They actually think the government can't fight, so they don't want to fight?!!"
On the Moby Dick, Whitebeard was stunned for a long time, and then opened his mouth.
"Gu la la la, it's really interesting. These brats, aren't they stupid!"
"Well...that's indeed the truth."
Marco smiled silently.
Very smart decision.
It seems that his own prestige has been somewhat weakened, but Marco knows that the group of people currently remaining in the Shichibukai quota are not the hot-blooded type. They care about many things, but reputation is definitely at the bottom.
Let Hawkeye challenge Whitebeard, and he would definitely be happy to do so, but the Black Earl...
and.
"It's really difficult."
Marco analyzed solemnly: "Last year, the world government did not even have the courage to start a war with the giant country Elbaf, so it had no choice but to throw out the unlucky Moria to break the crisis of the war."
Even if Whitebeard no longer cares about the world, he is still the top pirate in the sea!
This information, which is considered top secret to most underworld giants, has long been known to the Whitebeard Pirates and others.
In the past, they even used this incident to mock the government, but now it has become proof that the government is currently "weak and weak."
The world government is strong!
It's so strong that you can't breathe!
But those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.
He was afraid that a war with Elbaf would lead to chaos in the world. Wouldn't a war with the Black Earl lead to chaos in the world?
"Now the Black Count is a greater threat than Elbaf, and he is backed by the Golden Emperor and the Undead Nobles. What can they use to fight?"
So this is a dead end!
Regardless of the final outcome, fight or not, win or lose, the world government has lost.
Winning the war, losing the world.
Itβs just a question of how much to lose and how to lose.
"The Black Earl used his great strength to set a precedent for the Shichibukai to defect and escape, causing the World Government's binding force on the Shichibukai to plummet. Even if the newly added monster Fujitora agrees to participate in the war, it cannot change the current status of the Shichibukai.
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"Flower Sword" Bista shook his head: "They joined the Shichibukai as lackeys because there are benefits to doing things under the government, so they don't mind being used as gunmen, but if there is no benefit and they have to be used as gunmen, who will agree?
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"More importantly, they have already taken action once."
A glimmer of light flashed in Whitebeard's narrow eyes, and he said: "The battle with Big Mom made all the Shichibukai understand the danger of war with the Four Emperors... No, the Three Emperors. The Black Earl also has Kaido's support behind him. The government can
If you use authority to instruct them once, it will naturally be difficult the second time.β
Joining the Shichibukai means working hard without complaint?
Even if the opponent is the emperor who rules the sea?
Wulaoxing would not be so naive.
But they didn't expect that the resistance would come so suddenly. At this moment, the news had spread all over the sea, and countless people were waiting to see their jokes.
"I think Wu Laoxing should be so angry that he is vomiting blood at this moment, right?"
Ace smiled lewdly.
"No, this will only arouse their murderous intention even more!"
Suddenly, Whitebeard's words caused everyone on the deck to hold their breath.
"Are they really not afraid?"
Not sure what he was thinking of, Whitebeard took out the wine gourd and took a sip: "The power of the world government is not as simple as you think."
"Of course what made us retreat in the Valley of the Gods battle had nothing to do with Rocks being defeated by Garp and Roger together!"
As soon as these words came out, the color of heaven and earth changed!
Everyone seemed to have been struck by lightning, staring blankly at Whitebeard.
What's the meaning?
Aren't the people who stopped Locks from taking over the world back then Garp and Roger?
Among the crowd, Marshall D. Teach, who was still unknown at this moment, had a blank look in his eyes.
What kind of power could make Dad say such words?
He is the "strongest" Whitebeard in the world!
Even the Black Earl, who is now at the height of his power, dare not stroke their beardless "white beard," Edward Newgate!
How can you say such depressing words!
Suddenly, another powerful overlord-colored domineering energy descended here. Whitebeard's movements holding the wine gourd froze and he raised his head.
"Can you finally sit still?"
On the sea, a white wave was approaching rapidly, but its momentum was not alarming, because it was just an ordinary man, not a giant sea king.
Marco's pupils shrank when he saw the person's appearance clearly.
"Hey, are you really not dead?"
"The right arm of the Pirate King, Silbaz Rayleigh!"
"snort!"
Feeling the powerful domineering aura from the opponent, Whitebeard crushed the sake bottle in his hand, stood up suddenly with his naginata, and swept out.
Uh-huh!!!
At the same time, feeling the terrifying vibration, Rayleigh wiped the seawater from his face, his eyes neither sad nor happy behind the silver-rimmed glasses.
ζ!!!
The vibrating white light and the bright sword marks collided in everyone's breath, and the force like a violent storm exploded, causing the ocean to boil endlessly and the world to darken.
The pirates on the Moby-Dick stood on the swaying deck one by one, swaying around, holding onto their weapons.
Seeing the white light swallowing up the sword marks, Bista roared to the sky.
"Long live daddy!"
Whoosh!
But the good times didn't last long. Rayleigh almost instantly rushed out of the exploding ocean and stepped on the guardrail.
Looking at Whitebeard who was still ready to take action, Rayleigh quickly raised his hands: "Stop, wait a minute! I'm not here to fight with you, Whitebeard."
"Then I can't let go of this good opportunity, Rayleigh!"