Chapter 1115 - 659: Even Akainu Thinks It’s Radical
Sage’s announcement to the world stirred great waves on the sea. First, he’s going to battle with two of the Four Emperors, and second, he directly disclosed the copy of the Roadsign Poneglyph!
Shampodi Islands, as a location of Paradise, can receive the news. This means the entire Grand Line is receiving the news!
And the direction that Sage is broadcasting is to the entire sea!
Though his news industry is powerful only within his influence, it’s not completely silent outside. Before Heinrich was around, it was all transmitted by Radio Snail, and local news industries just had to follow up.
And now it’s a major news event. Even if the World Government tries to suppress it, the biggest news industry’s dead pigeon won’t give up on such explosive news.
The news might lag in the Four Seas, but the Grand Line has already got everyone talking.
"I told you, didn’t I? Look, I told you!"
"There’s definitely a chance! We can compete for the Grand Treasure too! Now we have three shares; as long as we find the ’burned man,’ we can vie for the final Grand Treasure!"
Kale Bali Island.
Buggy’s hands fly away, each holding a piece of paper, almost sticking to Crocodile and Mihawk’s faces, while he holds another paper in his mouth, heading towards Boa Hancock.
Bang!
Then Hancock stretches out her long white leg, kicking Buggy like a ball and crashing him into the front wall.
"Don’t disgust me!"
Hancock’s face is full of disdain.
At the same time, Crocodile uses a golden hook to puncture a hole in Buggy’s palm, and Mihawk’s Black Blade flashes, splitting the hand in two.
Amidst Buggy’s screams, the two take the paper together.
"The Roadsign Poneglyph is pretty much the same as a regular Poneglyph. Ha, ha, ha, ha, Sage really is generous." Crocodile bites his cigar, puffing out smoke.
"It seems that the last time Red Hair and Blackbeard attacked together, they indeed succeeded."
Mihawk slightly frowns, "No, it must have been a coincidence. Red Hair wouldn’t team up with Blackbeard, so O’hara was spared from massive destruction."
"We all know Blackbeard’s reputation. If there’s a chance to weaken others, he wouldn’t pass it up. If the Three Phases of Disaster had taken out two phases, and Seven Stars half, Sage would be severely weakened."
In any case, the outcome would be war, and weakening a bit would increase winning chances.
It must be due to mutual apprehension that Blackbeard didn’t take action.
Likewise, Red Hair’s temperament is known, but if those people fight desperately, their willpower isn’t something that would be subdued without great injury.
They used to be Seven Warlords of the Sea, and they have heard about Moriah’s recent resolve; without another Four Emperor meddling, it would also be a death match, and a deadly blow would be unavoidable.
The severely weakened Sage...
"The world would be doomed then."
Crocodile sneers: "Pluton is in that guy’s hands. I know his character. If you don’t let him grow and expand, then no one will play. Are we going to build an Ideal Country on the Red Earth Continent then?"
Have a contract with the World Government?
Isn’t that just a piece of paper?
Maybe not even a paper. Sage is illiterate; it’s just a verbal agreement. He follows it because Sage keeps his word and it doesn’t impede his plans.
Having suffered such a loss, what’s the use of that contract?
The signed thing, isn’t it meant to be broken?
Can you really stop him from developing? Isn’t it strange if he doesn’t fight you to death?
A sea invincibility fights to death with you, who can stop it? Look now, just suffering a little loss, and it’s already all-out war.
He was sure back then. If Sage didn’t reclaim his dignity, then Crocodile wouldn’t bear his name ever again!
Though he never really had a surname.
Unlike Mihawk, this guy’s ancestors must have been nobility, whether the family declined or eventually rebelled, but he indeed has a surname.
Commoners wouldn’t have a surname.
Of course, a self-given one doesn’t count, like now he technically bears the surname ’Sand.’
And Sage’s surname ’Norton,’ is also cleared up now. Crocodile got the news from the Underworld. It’s not his adoptive father’s surname, but the name of an ancestor of that adoptive father who was so prominent that the descendants used the name as a surname; likewise, not nobility.
Similarly, the ’Nicole’ he was supposed to have, also came the same way.
After all, who would use such a thing as a surname? It sounds like a woman’s name at first.
"I’m not interested in these things; the Grand Treasure has nothing to do with me either."
Boa Hancock didn’t care about anything; she belonged to the group who’s indifferent to the Grand Treasure.
"But now Sage’s news, for us, does it mean other variables?"
She might be a romantic fool, not an idiot.
The Grand Treasure is missing one piece, then Pirates from all over the sea will swarm, looking for that burned man and seizing the final Grand Treasure. The world will again be thrown into chaos, and their standing as one of the ’Four Emperors’ will inevitably face more challenges.
This doesn’t fit their plans.
"One Piece is a treasure-hunting battle! Nothing to fear!"
Stuck in a pit, with one swollen side of his face, Buggy’s head flew out, shouting, "We’re not just any Pirates, we’re cooperative! Think about it, lots of strong people have joined us lately! As for newcomers to the New World, they can also join us!"