It has been more than a year since the war began on all fronts, and the navy has gone from a steady victory in the beginning to a stalemate now.
Although Sakaski was in charge there, pirates were not vegetarians. A large number of pirates in the New World felt that their living space was being squeezed, and they basically went to the front lines.
This place is different from the pirates in the Grand Line or the Four Seas who can use one ship as their base. They have a territory. If the navy wants to destroy them, they will definitely have to resist.
Within a year, both sides had lost their minds, and the entire new world had turned into a mess.
It's similar at the base camp, there's chaos everywhere.
It was the same with Crowe. Crowe and the others only came back for supplies after a long time, and then left for another expedition within a few days. Even Lida had traveled many times this year.
It's just that in the past year, he hasn't received any news from Straw Hat and Teach. They seem to have disappeared. The base camp on Beehive Island is also empty, and he doesn't know where Teach is.
The sea is very chaotic, but Wano is still doing well. Although the war situation is deadlocked, it is inevitable to start a war. As long as the war can still be won, Kuro will go down occasionally to deal with the pirates who are not long-sighted, but
The ultimate goal is to find Teach and Straw Hat.
It's just that the call he received while he was resting was a bit surprising.
Poseidon.
Kuro knew who it was. The biggest mermaid princess, Shirahoshi, was one of the three great weapons, Neptune.
But who is willing to say this? The World Government is so crazy. If we knew this news, the last world meeting would not have been about the idiot Charlos capturing White Star alone. Instead, everyone would have captured White Star together.
How did you get discovered?
The phone bug said: "Those pirates passed by Fish-Man Island and wanted to capture Shirahoshi and started a war. But what I didn't expect was that Shirayoshi triggered a large number of giant sea kings and wiped out all the pirates."
"ah"
Kuro responded: "Well, then there is nothing we can do. What are the plans above now..."
"Capture!"
The phone bug said: "General, there is a plan to lure Princess White Star here during the World Conference and then capture it. They participated last time, and they should participate this time too. This time they will be led by Sakaski.
, responsible for 'escorting' Shirahoshi."
"Okay, I understand. Where is the Straw Hat boy?"
"Well, I just received the news that it appeared. I'm not sure where it is yet."
"Okay, let me know when the news is confirmed."
Kuro put down the microphone and leaned closer, "It finally appeared, but... I still have to put it down."
The escort mission for the World Conference came first, and Kuro was not spared this time. Although it was the same last time, the situation was different. The World Conference four years ago was not as fierce as it is now, and now the entire sea
If everything is in turmoil, then most of the navy will need to temporarily withdraw the main force and escort the kings to attend the conference during the world conference.
If it had been a year ago when the war first started, Kuro would definitely not have agreed, and Sakaski probably wouldn't have agreed either. That was the time when the dog's brain was playing out.
But as of now, the war situation is at a stalemate. The navy's front line has been stretched too long, making it difficult to act rashly. The pirates have also been forced to shrink their front lines this year, resulting in that they no longer stick to their territory and have become a traditional navy.
The way of a thief.
Start with a ship and grab everything.
With the strong mobility and hiding ability of pirates, the navy has no effective way now. Since it cannot gather together, it reverts to the most traditional navy of catching pirates and directly reaches a stalemate.
It is also because of this that during this world meeting, the world government decided to recruit their navy to escort those kings.
The difference is that this time it is escorted by a large fleet. Each person is responsible for a large fleet, combined with the nearby king, to form the safest force.
The task given to Clow happened to be King David of Dressrosa, whom he was familiar with, as well as some surrounding kings who were qualified to participate in the World Conference.
Kuro himself took the lead, with the lieutenant generals under him as assistants, and headed for Marigioa.
Crowley doesn't care much about this kind of thing. Crowe can just plan it, and he will be responsible for someone.
"Your Excellency General."
Next to him, the royal queen was sitting on her knees. At this time, she pressed her little hands on her temples and said, "Lady Lida is back."
"Oh? Are you back?"
Crowley bit into his cigar and blew out a puff of smoke.
Not long after, the shoji was pushed and pulled, and Lida, who maintained the posture of a little girl, walked in excitedly, "Cullo Kuro! I'm back!"
Her posture seemed to be about to rush to her side?
Kuro raised his eyebrows and said, "Go and wash up first. The blood on your hands hasn't been washed off yet. What did you do?"
"ah"
Lida stopped in her tracks and looked at her hand subconsciously. There was indeed blood on it.
"Well, when I came back, I encountered pirates who were a bit difficult to deal with, so they were stained with blood." Lida said.
As a lieutenant general and a powerful lieutenant general, Lida will of course go on an expedition. The specific big head Kuro has almost been killed, and the remaining cats and dogs are of course not a problem. In order to prevent accidents, Kuro also asked Moore to help Li Da.
On Lida's boat, he would take her to run away if he was really in danger. However, what made Kuro proud was that Lida had not made any mistakes in the past year and basically came back successfully. No one could cause any harm to her.
After all, it is on the sea. The ability that Whitebeard has developed to vibrate is unrivaled on the sea. There are very few people who can rival her.
"Let's take a shower first, and then rest. We'll go to Margioa later."
"Eh? Why do you want to go there again?"
"The World Conference has started. It's time to take a break. We have a mission here."
"Oh." Lida responded and ran to wash her hands.
"Loyalist, contact Crowe. If he doesn't come back, ask him to come back." Crowe said.
"Yes, Your Excellency, General." The emperor responded, obediently retreated, and ran to make contact.
Kuro blew out the smoke again, pinched his eyebrows, and sighed: "It's difficult to do."
It's another trivial matter like the World Conference.
According to Clow's thinking, this world conference should not be held. With the war situation at this level, why should we hold a world conference? Unless the war is ended, any meeting will be useless.
Even Kuro could predict that with the withdrawal of the main naval force, there would be a new wave of chaos.
The higher ups don't seem to care much about this kind of thing. They must have a very important base. The Tianlong people are greater than the franchised countries and are greater than the pirates. As a navy, if someone gives an order on this kind of thing, they still have to obey it.