Chapter 490 Government Response
Time came quietly to the year 1496 of the Haiyuan calendar.
No major disputes broke out in the new world, and even the Whitebeard Pirates did not rise as expected.
The development of power has a rhythm. Once the rhythm is interrupted, the negative impact will be huge.
If it develops smoothly, the overall trend will be upward, developing faster and faster like a snowball, maintaining a certain speed.
The most obvious one is the Flying Pirates. During the war, the development of the Flying Pirates never stopped.
The Whitebeard Pirates, after experiencing a disastrous defeat, were somewhat unable to recover.
Of course, the strength is recovering, but there is less new blood coming in.
After joining the Whitebeard Pirates, there are fewer affiliated forces willing to rely on Whitebeard.
The main reason why many forces join the Whitebeard Pirates is the powerful prestige of "Whitebeard" Edward Twister that has been passed down from the Rocks era.
There is also the strength of Newgate.
Under Whitebeard's command, you can develop and your safety can be guaranteed.
However, the defeat of the war made people see the weakness of the Whitebeard Pirates, and naturally they would not join Whitebeard's command regardless.
Forces swarming into the territory of the Whitebeard Pirates one after another will not happen until the Whitebeard Pirates regain their strength and have a strong record.
Today's Whitebeard, not only does not have the title of "Legendary Pirate", he also does not have the title of "World's Strongest".
This can only be recognized through constant fighting. In order to protect their own pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates huddled in their own territory, and Newgate's number of attacks naturally decreased.
Naturally, there is no way to prove Newgate's shocking and terrifying destructive power.
The impact of an interruption in the rhythm of development is fatal.
If the name cannot be corrected and the impression of weakness is known to others, it will naturally become the target of provocation by many pirates.
Especially those young pirates who want to step on the old man's corpse to get to the top.
Like John, Silver Ax, and the Five Peaks Pirates who were defeated by the Sky Pirates.
He immediately regained face from the other big pirates, proving that it was not that they were weak, but that the Flying Pirates were too powerful.
Such behavior made up for the impact of defeat to a certain extent, and the strength lost in the war was quickly restored.
After all, they are the top pirate group in the second echelon of the sea.
The Sky Pirates are constantly looking for information about ancient weapons. Only by obtaining ancient weapons can they have the absolute confidence to fight against the World Government.
But there is no news.
Without clues, no matter how hard you look, it's a waste of time.
During this period, the power of the Sky Pirates increased further.
In an unknown sea, the Oro Jackson sailed on the sea.
The crew of the Roger Pirates gathered in the captain's cabin.
Roger, Rayleigh, Jabba, Kozuki Oden, the main combat forces and core members looked at the rubbings of the historical text laid out on the ground.
He placed his chin in his hand and kept thinking, frowning.
Especially the rubbings of the three signpost stones, as if there is a missing piece of the puzzle.
“Where will the last signpost be?”
"We have even been to Elbaf."
It is really difficult to find a stone in the vast sea.
The first signpost stone was obtained by the Rocks Pirates when they were shaking the sea, and later fell into the hands of the Big Mom Pirates.
The last two signpost stones come from Wano Country and Usa Island respectively.
To be precise, these three signpost stones are very easy to obtain.
One through the transaction, and two with Kozuki Oden leading the way.
But it can be said that they have no clue about the last signpost stone.
Through the interpretation of the historical text, they also learned some things about the blank hundred years, especially about the mysterious huge kingdom.
They searched many places recorded in it, especially the giant country Elbaf, but they could not find any trace of the signpost stone.
There is no clue ahead, and the World Government is chasing us behind.
This made them a little disappointed, but they did not give up.
"No, there must be a problem in some link. The last signpost stone must be somewhere in the great sea route. We may have accidentally missed it and not discovered it."
Roger stood up and looked out the window at the sea in the distance.
"Of the three ancient weapons, we only know about Neptune, right?"
Reilly reminded him thoughtfully.
"That's Fish-Man Island. Do we want to go there again?"
Kozuki Oden couldn't wait, after all, they only had the last step to go.
Complete the final step and you will be able to conquer the Grand Line.
In the process, they also learned more truths, and they were attracted to learn more.
"No, Fish-Man Island may be a key link, but I feel like I missed something along the way."
Roger walked to the window, took a deep breath, then turned around, with an excited smile on his face, and clapped his hands.
"Guys, let's start from the beginning and walk the great route again. Accompany me on the final journey, circumnavigating the world and completely conquering the sea."
His life is really short, almost two years left.
Everyone in the Roger Pirates is willing to accompany him on the final journey.
The rudder of the ship turned, all crew members performed their duties, and the Oro Jackson Sea turned and continued to move toward the north.
After circling the world, they must first return to the starting point of the great shipping route, which is the Upside Down Mountain that connects the four seas, which is the Twin Gorges.
The route they chose was to go to the North Sea through the windless zone in the northern part of the New World, and then back to the Upside Down Mountain.
On the other side, the World Government has long established a special operations team to target the Roger Pirates.
They followed every move of the Roger Pirates, and recorded all the places they visited and kept a close eye on them.
Of course, this is not accurate. Most of the time, the whereabouts of the Roger Pirates are unknown.
The general trajectory of the action can only be determined through some places where it has appeared.
And Elbaf, the giant country, is obviously a key node.
As Elbaf moves from fragmentation to unity, under the rule of the Giant Kingdom.
Although the relationship is not close, the world government still pays great attention to Elbaf.
The Roger Pirates appeared in Elbaf and came into contact with the Elbaf Giant King's royal family, which was learned by the World Government.
"Does Elbaf have a signpost stone?"
Markas Mazsheng asked in a deep voice.
There was silence around as the other four Five Old Stars were thinking about this possibility.
No one refuted it, which shows that the probability of this statement is very high.
After all, the Giant Kingdom of Elbaf has been inherited for thousands of years. Even if Elbaf falls into a split situation, the Giant Kingdom is still the strongest force of Elbaf.
As Tianlong people, they knew that more than 800 years ago, Nika himself was a person with giant blood and a mixture of giants.
During the period of the Great Kingdom, Elbaf was also a strong supporter of the Great Kingdom.
After the coalition formed by twenty kingdoms destroyed the giant kingdom and established a world government, a fierce war broke out with the Elbafu giants.
Not just Elbaf, but also the supporters of the huge kingdom, especially the various races.
There is hatred between the World Government and the Elbaf giants.
In order to ease relations and let time kill everything, the World Government did not contact Elbaf for more than three hundred years.
It was not until the Elbaf generation died and the next generation had almost forgotten their hatred of the World Government that the World Government began to contact Elbaf.
Interfering in the internal affairs of the giants and even promoting the split of Elbaf.
"Don't worry about the giants for now."
"We can't let the Roger Pirates continue. That guy Garp can't catch Roger. We must take other measures to curb the actions of the Roger Pirates."
"Better to get it over with once and for all."
Saint Satan crossed his arms on his chest.
Watching the Roger Pirates continue to act makes them feel more and more in danger.
They don't know when the Roger Pirates will announce everything, and even know the whereabouts of ancient weapons.
Although there is no evidence, they speculate that the Roger Pirates may have clues about ancient weapons.
Because the Roger Pirates have the ability to interpret historical texts.
No matter that ancient weapon, it possesses terrifying power that threatens the rule of the world government.
Regarding ancient weapons, the World Government has records, and it is naturally within the scope of the Wulaoxing's understanding.
"Then what to do?"
"Inform the navy and the people below that a charter must be produced within three days."
"Reconsideration!"
"Reconsideration!"
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