Chapter 346: Revenge, Lifelong Learning
It was impossible for Yixiao to become a pirate, but the purpose of Divine Punishment was very clear: identity and form were not important; what was important was how one thought and what one did.
So after joining the Divine Punishment, Yixiao also formed the Gravity Pirates, robbing pirates and illegal underground forces everywhere. In more than two years, he made a name for himself with his overwhelming strength and had a bounty of 7.3 million.
Bounty does not represent strength. Since joining Divine Punishment, Golden Rooster, Grim Reaper, Giant Crocodile and Yixiao have all enjoyed the unique system benefits of Divine Punishment, and their strengths have improved by leaps and bounds.
Although the bounties of these four individuals are less than 10 billion, their strength has reached the level of the Four Emperors and they are the backbone of the Divine Punishment.
In fact, except for the giant crocodile who wanted to try everything, the other people were strongly opposed to Luke's proposal to let them join the Seven Warlords of the Sea at the beginning. Finally, after Luke's multi-faceted analysis, they agreed.
Lu Kai's meaning was simple. If they became Shichibukai, they could deal with any pirates openly. This was better than letting someone else take this position and then commit countless crimes in secret.
And once they agree to become Shichibukai, they can negotiate with the World Government to allocate a portion of territory to themselves for protection as their base.
However, at Luke's request, the four were not allowed to display their fruit abilities when they were deployed as the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and could only display the strength of a quasi-admiral at best.
Only when they are members of the Divine Punishment can they display the abilities and powers of their Devil Fruits, and this is naturally done to protect their dual identities.
In addition to Sandra's disappearance and the initial determination of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the Divine Punishment over the past year has also made many people feel strange.
The Divine Punishment organization, which was once very active, has only had about a dozen people dispatched around the world in the past year.
Although the strength displayed by these dozen people is very strong, because the frequency of their deployment is too high, it gives people a feeling that they are struggling.
Many people speculated whether there was a problem within Divine Punishment. An organization that was once so active around the world suddenly seemed to be deserted.
Some people speculate that Divine Punishment suffered a fatal blow from the World Government and the Navy, resulting in heavy losses and the organization being unable to recover. It is now only supported by a dozen people.
Some people speculate that there was an internal conflict among the members of the Divine Punishment Organization, which led to internal instability and disbandment, and now only a few core members are left.
Some people also speculated that the Divine Punishment organization did have some internal crises, but that it was taking this opportunity to eliminate internal discordant factors and attract more like-minded people.
The Divine Punishment only sends out a small number of people in order to establish prestige for these few people within the Divine Punishment. When the Divine Punishment becomes stable again, it may be even more powerful than before.
The staunch supporter of the last guess is the admiral of the Navy Headquarters, Red Wind Luke.
Lu Kai was once ordered to investigate the Divine Punishment Organization a year ago. After about half a year of arduous efforts, he discovered many unknown secrets of the Divine Punishment Organization.
Lu Kai even had a contact with the leader of the Divine Punishment, the 'Ghost'.
It's just that the ghost's ability allows him to travel through space, so after Lu Kai got some words from the ghost, he was about to test the ghost's true nature, but the ghost suddenly used his fruit ability and disappeared.
Lu Kai wrote a report based on the information he had investigated and submitted it to Zhan Guo.
In the report, Lu Kai described in detail the situation of Divine Punishment that he had "investigated", and also attached many of his own speculations, so that the Navy Headquarters and the World Government had a clearer understanding of Divine Punishment.
Because there was empirical evidence and Lu Kai's guess was very reasonable, many people believed the contents of the report.
Now many people within the navy have reached a superstitious level in their worship of Lu Kai.
In addition, Lu Kai is now consciously trying to win the hearts of the people in the Navy Headquarters, and often deliberately shows off his strength and ability to maintain his invincible image.
At the same time, Lu Kai became more and more approachable.
Many officers in the navy would find Lu Kai whenever they had any confusion about their training. As long as Lu Kai was at the headquarters and had time, he would personally give them guidance.
Even if he really couldn't spare the time, Lu Kai would explain the reasons to them.
Many naval officers felt like they were dreaming that Lu Kai, who was in such a high position, was willing to spend time training them personally, and even explained things to them when he really had no time.
During this period, some naval generals deliberately used the issue of cultivation as an excuse to get close to Lu Kai, but in fact they did not really need guidance.
Once Lu Kai notices it, he will criticize them without hesitation, but after criticizing them, he will say that criticizing them is for their own good.
After all, pirates are becoming more and more rampant. Only when one's own strength is really strong can one truly protect the safety of the people, complete tasks better and protect oneself.
However, after criticizing them, Lu Kai would still tell them that if they really encountered problems in their practice in the future, they could still come and ask him.
This carrot and stick approach made more naval officers and soldiers admire and appreciate Lu Kai even more.
This also led to many people in the Navy Headquarters practicing desperately, wishing they would encounter problems in their practice.
When Luke set sail, many people who encountered problems in their practice were reluctant to ask others and just waited for Luke to return to Marinford.
It was also during this process that more and more people were subtly influenced by Lu Kai, and more and more people within the navy recognized Lu Kai's justice of putting the people first.
After all, the vast majority of them were once ordinary people, and the vast majority of their relatives were also ordinary people.
If we put ourselves in their shoes, and with Lu Kai as a role model, we will naturally take Lu Kai as the benchmark.
As Lu Kai's status grew, he devoted himself more and more to training the members and iron army of the Divine Punishment Organization.
Today, Divine Punishment has established a huge intelligence network throughout the world. The members of Divine Punishment's peripheral organizations are numerous and spread across every corner of the world.
The peripheral members naturally have no access to any secrets of divine punishment, nor do they know the existence and identities of other peripheral members.
They are not even allowed to wear the special cloaks or masks made by God's Punishment. Their only role is to continuously provide intelligence to God's Punishment.
However, the development of the peripheral members of Divine Punishment was very smooth, because important or dangerous intelligence did not need to be provided by peripheral members.
Those important and dangerous intelligence gathering tasks will be done by the core intelligence personnel of God's Punishment, otherwise Gray Pig will not feel at ease.
Peripheral members only need to collect and summarize intelligence in their locations as required and make routine reports at regular intervals.
Just by doing these things, they can obtain the protection and help of the Divine Punishment Organization.
If the information provided is valuable, you can get a lot of rewards.
With more people, efficiency naturally increases. Over the past year, Lu Kai has obtained an endless stream of intelligence.
During this year, Lu Kai was put under a tight spell just as he and Fu Ya had expected.
The Five Elders and Sengoku still value Luke very much, but his main job has moved away from the front line against pirates.