Chapter 172 The war begins!

Chapter 172 The war begins!

Chapter 172 The war begins!

"Boss Boros, except for Katakuri who hasn't come back yet, all the top and senior fighters are here..."

Jhin spoke to Boros very respectfully, and Perospero also consciously left the Cake Castle at this time.

Even though he is Charlotte Linlin's eldest son, he is just a mid-level fighter in the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates.

For Boros, who judges the value of his subordinates solely by their strength, intermediate fighters are basically no different from small fry cannon fodder.

After Jhin finished his report, he didn't get a response from Boros, but he didn't feel dissatisfied at all. He still lowered his head waiting for Boros's instructions. Unfortunately, Boros' attention was not on Jhin at all at this time.

"So you have this ability? It's really surprising. I thought you were the kind of violent person who only equips 'DPS equipment'..."

In a psychedelic spiritual realm, Borsalino's stand-in 'Flash' was marveling at Boros who existed in a spiritual state.

This spiritual realm was 'created' by Boros. In this spiritual realm, Boros can communicate with anyone he has ever come into contact with through mental power.

In a sense, this is actually an auxiliary skill. Especially when joining forces with others to fight the enemy, Boros can use the characteristic of the spiritual realm that there is no passage of time to communicate with teammates about the enemy's intelligence and even discuss strategies against the enemy.

However, such auxiliary skills appearing on Boros, a battle maniac, seem a bit inconsistent with his style.

"It's just a simple use of mental power. What do you want from me?"

Boros' spirit body spoke in a slightly cold tone. It wasn't that he had any opinion about Borsalino, but his character had always been like this.

Except when fighting a strong enemy, Boros can get excited. At other times, he is in this almost emotionless state.

"Nothing, just came to inform you that our plan will be moved up."

Borsalino's stand put his hand on Boros' shoulder. Although he would rather prepare a big "surprise" for Marijoa, the Five Elders did not seem to be prepared to cooperate, so Borsalino had no choice but to let Boros start the plan ahead of time.

Of course, part of the reason is that Borsalino did not expect that the combined appeal of the two pirate emperors would be so amazing.

In just one month, more than 250,000 pirates gathered in Wan Guo, and an unknown number of pirates continued to arrive.

Even if there were two behind-the-scenes masters, Borsalino and Morgans, who were eager to create chaos, fanning the flames, it still seemed somewhat unbelievable.

Following this trend, eventually all the pirates in the New World, even those preparing to become pirates, might take the opportunity to join in the fun.

Although most of these pirates who came to seek refuge were just small fry.

And no one knows how many hidden players are buried by various forces, but such a huge number is a terrifying thing in itself.

Even if their leader Boros was actually a mole and actively cooperated with Borsalino to clean up the mess, it would still be a huge hassle to deal with.

Even if the space vacated by the prison break in Impel Down was included, it would be impossible to detain so many pirates.

If only one tenth of them escape, it would cause a devastating blow to all the towns and countries in the sea area.

"It should have been so!"

Boros' spirit finally opened his mouth, revealing a dangerous smile.

He has had enough of this boring daily routine, and next he will let the natives of this planet see the majesty of Boros, the overlord of the universe!

"Then I'll leave the rest to you. When you see those five old dogs, remember to help me take good care of them!"

After saying this, Borsalino's stand patted Boros on the shoulder, then quickly activated his speed force and left the Cake Castle.

Apart from being unable to use the abilities of the Pika Pika Nomi and the Three-Color Haki, Borsalino's Stand is basically equivalent to another self.

And there is no limit on the range. Theoretically, as long as they are in the same plane, Borsalino and his stand can appear anywhere at any time.

After informing Boros of the decision to change the plan, Borsalino's stand 'Flash' did not rush back to Marinford.

Long before Boros went to Wano Country to subdue Kaido and the Beasts Pirates, Borsalino had already begun arranging for the senior navy officials to start "vacation" in batches.

The purpose is to prevent his planned future team from being used as cannon fodder by the Five Elders and sent to the battlefield to fight Boros.

Aokiji went to Sky Island for vacation, Garp went back to the East China Sea and no one knew what to do, and even Vice Admiral Tsuru, who usually looked very old-fashioned, went to Gran Tesoro to try his luck and relax.

The only pity is that Akainu and his hawkish naval high-ranking officials basically rejected Borsalino's kindness.

Instead of taking the opportunity of the new marshal taking office to take a vacation, he worked overtime like crazy under the leadership of Sakaski.

Fortunately, the proportion of hawks in the navy is not too high, and most of them are heads of various branches, so Borsalino cannot do it too obviously.

"Kuzan... Garp... Ahe... Gumier..."

Borsalino's stand-in ran through the four seas and even the Grand Line in just a few minutes, confirming the locations of all the senior naval officials who were on vacation.

At the same time, he tampered with the Den Den Mushi they carried with them to ensure that no one except him could directly contact these high-ranking naval officials.

Of course, this is just a precautionary measure. If everything goes well, the Five Elders will not have the opportunity to contact the top naval officials at all.

Theoretically, the number of generals and officers in the Navy Headquarters who are qualified to be called senior officers does not exceed three digits. Except for a few major generals in the headquarters with special circumstances, only lieutenant generals are counted as senior officers.

Minus Sakaski and his hawkish navy, there are only a few dozen high-ranking naval officers who really need Borsalino's substitute to be responsible.

"Dalmesia... finally it's done, the only thing left is..."

After placing signal blocking devices on all the Den Den Mushi of the navy's high-ranking officers, Borsalino's stand disappeared directly. When the stand reappeared, it was already in Vegapunk's laboratory.

In the eyes of many people, Vegapunk is the strongest scientist with the 'world's best brain'!

This is indeed the case. As the user of the "Brain-Brain Fruit", Vegapunk has the largest head in the world. Even the giants would feel inferior to him.

The overly large head has become Vegapunk's iconic feature, and this brain is still growing as his knowledge increases, which has become a considerable hindrance to him.

Fortunately, Vegapunk later separated his brain.

Named the 'Bank Record', it is stored on Egghead Island, and he himself is connected to the brain through an apple-shaped antenna on his head.

In this way, except for the tongue that is still too long than a normal person's, Vegapunk looks like an ordinary old man.

"What amazing processing accuracy! How did they achieve this? Incredible! It's incredible!"

When Borsalino's stand found Vegapunk, the captain of the Navy's special science class was marveling at an extremely sophisticated mechanical leg.

He held a small hammer in his hand and knocked on the area of ​​the mechanical leg that was not covered by armor from time to time, as if he was trying to determine the internal structure of the mechanical leg by the sound.

To others, this is undoubtedly a fantasy, but anyone who knows the name Vegapunk will not doubt whether this scientist who has surpassed real technology by five hundred years can do it.

Borsalino's stand-in looked around and confirmed that there were no surveillance cameras in the laboratory. He then snatched the small hammer from Vegapunk's hand and shook it in front of him.

“…Is it the Transparent Fruit? How could it find this place…huh?”

Looking at the small hammer floating in front of him, Vegapunk was stunned for a moment, then he muttered as he took out a pair of glasses that looked like goggles from his pocket, and looked at Borsalino's stand while wearing the glasses.

However, just one look at Vegapunk made him cry out in surprise. His perception ability that simulated the Observation Haki, which could easily see through various invisibility abilities including the Transparent Fruit, was completely invisible to him even though he was wearing anti-invisibility glasses.

"Wait a minute! Let me try to find you out!"

Just as Borsalino's stand was about to put down the hammer to identify himself, Vegapunk excitedly pounced on the experimental table and began to take out various tools from the toolbox.

At the same time, he did not forget to remind Borsalino's stand-in not to show up in a hurry, and he would use his own method to find the trace of the "guest".

Borsalino, who knew Vegapunk's character very well, controlled his Stand to cross his arms across his chest and float in the air, waiting for Vegapunk to finish his research.

Light detectors, sound wave detectors, gravity meters...

Vegapunk kept taking out various gadgets that were just gadgets to him, but which would make Caesar and his ilk shudder when taken outside, trying to find a substitute for Borsalino.

Unfortunately, all efforts were in vain. In the end, Vegapunk even stretched out his hand and scratched the air a few times, but still could not find any trace of Borsalino.

Faced with a stand that has the idealistic ability to freely choose whether to interfere with reality, no matter how many detection methods are based on materialism, they are just going in the opposite direction.

If Vegapunk really wants to find a substitute for Borsalino, he might as well try to simulate a higher level or even the top level of Observation Haki. Maybe he can really find some clues.

"Come out, I can't find you!"

After struggling for more than half an hour, Vegapunk finally gave up and sat down dejectedly on the laboratory floor.

The Brain-Brain Fruit certainly helped Vegapunk become a super scientist, but his passion for science was the decisive factor that brought him to where he is today. Failure to find a substitute for Borsalino was undoubtedly a big blow to Vegapunk.

Under normal circumstances he would definitely spend more time studying, but now is obviously not the time.

Borsalino's stand opened the safe in the laboratory very quickly, took out a dedicated Den Den Mushi from it, and placed it in front of the stunned Vegapunk.

"How...how did you know that my Den Den Mushi was in there?!"

Vegapunk's teeth were chattering, and for a moment he even wondered if his research on the 'blank hundred years' had been exposed, and the World Government was finally ready to kill him.

Just when Vegapunk was trying to secretly contact his clone and find a way to save his life, Borsalino's stand simply helped him dial the Den Den Mushi, turned around and picked up the phone and put it in Vegapunk's hand.

"It's me. Are you ready to run, Doc?"

A familiar voice suddenly sounded at the critical moment, and Vegapunk finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Borsalino's voice.

Even though Vegapunk himself wasn't a strong man, it didn't mean that he didn't know how strong Borsalino was.

Even the World Government and the Five Elders had to make concessions in front of Borsalino. With such strength, it was more than enough for Borsalino to keep him.

"So he's your man! I was really scared!"

Vegapunk wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but complain.

As early as when Borsalino was still a lieutenant admiral of the headquarters, he had initial contact with Vegapunk because of the special nature of the Pika Pika Nomi.

Later, Vegapunk became the monitor of the Navy's special science class, and the two of them were always together because they had similar interests.

Borsalino's subordinates also got a lot of good things from Vegapunk.

"Who do you think you are?"

Borsalino on the other end of the Den Den Mushi narrowed his eyes slightly. The Five Elders had promised him personally that they would not touch Vegapunk for the time being.

Although Borsalino was ready to trick the Five Elders, this did not mean that Borsalino could tolerate the Five Elders taking action against the Minister of Science whom he had chosen.

"Ahahahaha, don't worry about that kind of thing. Quickly ask your people to tell me how he avoided my detection!"

Vegapunk's expression became a little awkward, and he quickly laughed it off. He didn't want Borsalino to know how panicked he was just now.

"That kind of thing is too complicated to explain. I'll tell you later... How is your research on that robot going? Can you replicate it?"

Borsalino scratched his cheek, he had forgotten that he had a substitute's 'arrow' in his hand, so he turned around and asked Vegapunk to study it. Anyway, this guy had several clones, so he didn't have to worry about not having the time and energy to do research.

But now was not the time to discuss the Stand, so Borsalino decisively used the wreckage of the mecha he had previously given to Vegapunk to change the subject.

It was a war mecha made by Dr. Bofoy, the Metal Knight of the One Punch World. Unfortunately, most of its body was easily destroyed by Borsalino.

One of the remaining two legs was taken away by Stark, and the other was given to Vegapunk by Borsalino.

"Great! I was talking about the manufacturing process of this robot. Unfortunately, the person who made it was too conservative! He didn't bring out its potential at all!"

Vegapunk spoke with excitement and regret. Although the designer of this robot was much better than his former assistants, in Vegapunk's eyes, it was obviously still far behind.

Borsalino nodded subconsciously when he heard this, but he still wanted to speak up for Dr. Bofoy. After all, Dr. Bofoy's technology was still at the scientific and technological level, while Vegapunk's was definitely at the science and technology or even magical level.

“So is this robot useful to you?”

Borsalino thought about it and decided not to waste things, or to be more precise, not to leave things to the World Government and the Five Elders.

Not only Vegapunk, Borsalino also plans to take away all the research results of Egghead and even Vegapunk over the years.

Not even a single screw was left for the Five Elders, and all were transferred to his base on the moon.

"Of course, the design of this robot gave me some inspiration, and I also reverse-engineered some new technologies from it... If the Pacifist hadn't already started mass production, it should be able to improve its performance by 15% with some improvements!"

As soon as Vegapunk mentions topics related to science and technology, he starts talking endlessly, without even caring about who is in front of him.

This is why among the top naval officers, only Borsalino can get along well with Vegapunk. After all, Borsalino knows best how powerful the power of science is.

If it were Sakaski, he would probably just turn around and walk away, not even listening to a word of nonsense from Vegapunk.

"Speaking of pacifists, maybe you should explain to me what the big bear is all about?"

Borsalino's voice suddenly became a little eerie. He was depressed for a while because of the death of the Tyrant Bear.

It turned out that this guy colluded with the revolutionary army and tampered with the Tyrant Bear, wasting Borsalino's feelings.

"Ah, this... well, do you believe me when I say I'm innocent?"

Vegapunk subconsciously took a step back, but immediately remembered that Borsalino was not there, and he immediately became a lot braver.

But where Vegapunk couldn't see, Borsalino's stand was staring at him with gritted teeth, thinking about how to deal with this bastard.

Just as Borsalino was about to help Vegapunk move, the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates gathered in Wanoku also began their actions.

"Let's get ready for war. Our target is... Marijoa!"

Boros, who was sitting on the throne, opened his huge single eye and announced coldly.

Although there is still room for the strengthening of the Universe Dark Matter Pirates, with pirates coming from various seas of the New World to join them every moment, Boros's mission is not to recruit soldiers.

If it weren't for Borsalino's order, with Boros's character, he would probably prefer to go directly to Mary Geoise and capture the so-called holy land on his own.

Now that he had received Borsalino's order to take action as soon as possible, he naturally would not wait any longer.

"Yes! Boss Boros!"
The senior fighters were somewhat hesitant, but they had not yet questioned Boros's courage.

Kaido and Charlotte Linlin looked at each other, and the light of ambition lit up in each other's eyes.

Once the war between the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates and the World Government and the Navy breaks out, it will undoubtedly be their best chance to break free from Boros' control.

If Boros wins, then there is naturally nothing to say. He will continue to be the top fighter who is second only to one man and above countless others, and his treatment will be no worse than that of their original pirate emperor.

Even if Boros loses, they can take the opportunity to gather pirates and regain their power in the name of the Pirate Emperor.

Even people as proud as Kaido and Charlotte Linlin had to admit that Boros was the strongest person they had ever seen in their lives.

Even if the World Government and the Navy could defeat Boros, it is unlikely that they would have enough energy to target them.

With the active cooperation of the two pirate emperors, the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates, whose power has now expanded far beyond that of the former Flying Pirates, began their operations very smoothly.

A huge fleet consisting of thousands of pirate ships sailed towards Marijoa in a mighty manner. All those who stood in their way, whether they were naval branches or member countries of the World Government, were razed to the ground by countless pirates.

Such a massive movement could not possibly escape the eyes of the World Government or even Mary Geoise.

In fact, if Borsalino and Stussy had not joined forces to suppress the intelligence networks of the Navy and CP respectively, the actions of the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates would have been impossible to hide from the World Government.

When the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates' super fleet set sail, everyone realized the seriousness of the problem at the first moment.

'boom! '

The antique vase, created by a famous artist, was smashed to pieces without mercy.

Saint Vochuli, who was the first to receive the information from the CP agents, was shocked and angry and smashed all the treasures in the room.

Just the day before, the CP agent lurking in Wan Guo sent a report to Marijoa that everything was normal. However, just one day later, Marijoa received more than thirty alerts from different places and people.

The pirate overlord Boros, who is suspected to be from the D clan and the son of Rocks, has rapidly expanded the number of pirates under his command from just the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates to a super pirate group with a total strength of over 200,000!

A conservative estimate is that there are more than 3,000 medium to large pirate ships, fully loaded with more than 200,000 pirates, heading aggressively towards Marijoa.

The Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates, or Boros, has no intention of concealing their goals. This damn pirate is even more arrogant than Rocks was back then, and he wants to confront the World Government head-on.

But what made Saint Vochuli most angry was not Boros's arrogance, but the fact that Marijoa did not receive the continuous alarms until Boros began to act.

If there was no one behind the scenes, Saint Vochuli would have shaved off his most precious beard!
"Connect me to the Den Den Mushi in Marinford! I want to settle accounts with that bastard Borsalino!"

Saint Vochuli, who had smashed a room full of treasures, didn't even bother to inform the other Five Elders, and went straight to Borsalino to ask for an explanation.

(End of this chapter)