Chapter 993 Ace Becomes Emperor
Chapter 993 Ace Becomes Emperor
Not only Kuina's bounty increased, but also the bounties of Vic and several other members of the Thunder God Pirates who were involved in the Egghead incident increased!
It’s just that it wasn’t reported this time. It was reported just two days after the Egghead incident ended. The reason was that the Thor Pirates and the Straw Hat Pirates conspired to kidnap the World Government’s genius scientist Vegapunk!
In fact, Vic's bounty has increased very little. After all, he has long been the ceiling of bounties. What difference does it make if it increases a lot!
Luffy, Aokiji, Zoro and Sanji of the Straw Hat Pirates have all grown a lot. They have all faced the Five Elders head-on, so they will naturally be the focus of attention!
Especially Aokiji, who had no bounty before, suddenly became a billion-level pirate. This is the treatment of a pirate who was a former admiral of the navy.
For this reason, the Navy Headquarters held meetings for several days in a row. The topic was naturally why Wick and Aokiji, two outstanding talents of the former navy, became pirates who posed a huge threat?
Then, Smoker and Coby are the focus of attention in the Marine Headquarters, because the two guys who left the Navy and became pirates were both from Garp's school. What about Smoker and Coby who are still under Garp's school? What will their future be like?
How come the disciples trained by this old guy Garp are so evil? You can't say that his ability to train disciples is not good, because one of his disciples is a former admiral of the navy, and the other is a Four Emperor. This is definitely the ceiling!
However, the disciples trained by Garp are too easy to go astray, which makes the high-ranking officers of the Navy love and hate him. Because Garp's new disciples Smoker and Coby are already the strongest new generation in the Navy Headquarters, what can they do? They can only strengthen the ideological education of Smoker and Coby!
During the Egghead incident, the ones whose bounties increased the most on the Thunder God Pirates' side were Rebecca and Hancock. One of them killed the Five Elders head-on and resurrected them several times, and the other was able to recover from Im's forced demonization. Both of them were heavily noted in the little notebook!
Hancock's bounty increased significantly when the Seven Warlords of the Sea were abolished, and it increased again after the Egghead incident. However, it was still a little worse than Rebecca's record. The bounties of both of them exceeded 2 billion Beli, which far widened the gap with the other Four Emperors' cadres!
However, no matter how high the bounty the World Government sets for the members of the Thunder God Pirates, it will be useless. Are there any bounty hunters who dare to covet them?
No matter how crazy the bounty hunters are, they will return to normal and become rational when they see their bounties. Don't choose this method even if you don't want to die!
Nowadays, the bounty order has become a disguised certificate of honor for the members of the Thunder God Pirates. It is so outrageous that the Navy will not take action against them again anyway!
Vic was flipping through the newspaper in his hand, but what he was thinking about was why Im had not taken any action for so long. According to the temperament of Im and the Five Elders, they would definitely take revenge, because their power and status were threatened from the bottom, and they would not sit idly by!
Moreover, the Five Elders and the Divine Knights are all immortal, so there will be no loss if they are released for revenge. They can't be killed anyway, so it's better to kill as many enemies as possible. How come there is no movement at all?
“Could it be that the way Kuina and the others were brought back aroused the vigilance of Im’s gang?
"I brought him back silently and without any trace, which made them feel a little worried? So they didn't dare to act? They didn't understand my method, so they didn't act rashly?"
Vic has been on guard against Im's murderous plot, but he has offended Im repeatedly and even learned the most secretive things about the World Government!
In Im's eyes, Vic is the hidden fuse. Once it explodes, he, the king of the world sitting on the throne of the void, will be revealed to the world, which is not in line with his purpose of hiding behind the scenes and manipulating the world!
If Im hides behind the scenes, no one will regard him as a target or goal. If he stands in front of the stage, he will become the most conspicuous target, which is not what Im, the king of the world, wants to see!
Im and the Five Elders are indeed a little confused about Vic, but one thing they know very well is that the Thunder God Pirates have separated from the Straw Hat Pirates. Since they can't figure out Vic, they'll just go after the Straw Hat Pirates first. Nika is also a target they are determined to eliminate!
It just so happened that the Straw Hat Pirates had already arrived in Elbaf, and there were teleportation coordinates left by them there, making it very convenient to come and go.
Kill Nika in Elbaf first, and then settle the score with Wick. This is the phased strategy decided by Im and the Five Elders. They just don't believe that the Straw Hat Boy can survive in their hands without Wick's help.
Vic didn't know that Im was busy dealing with Luffy, so his defense during this period was in vain. In fact, it was Luffy who saved Vic and the others from the disaster!
If Victor knew, he would not want Luffy to face those immortal people right now, because he sensed something wrong. It seemed that Im's true body was inseparable from Marijoa!
Imu didn't know whether he was being watched or for some other reason. Was he unable to do it? Or was he unable to do it? Anyway, he couldn't leave. Otherwise, Vic believed that Imu would have come to him in person!
Vic guessed it was the second situation. Im was being stared at by the mysterious man in black robe, and he didn't dare to act rashly. So as long as Im's true body didn't come out, Vic was not afraid at all!
The next morning, Olivia delivered another newspaper. There was another explosive headline in today's newspaper, that is, the Four Emperors of Buggy have changed, and the new Four Emperors is Ace, the Fire Fist who was almost executed by the navy two years ago!
Many people linked the news of Kuina defeating Hawkeye the day before with Ace defeating the Crusaders, and speculated that Ace achieved this position with the help of the Four Emperors Vic!
Most of the things that happened during the Battle of Marineford were broadcast live. There is no need to say much about the relationship between Vic and Ace. These people's speculations are not unreasonable. They all say that Kuina was sent by Vic to help!
Moreover, today's news also mentioned Barrett's involvement, and Morgans clearly pointed out Barrett's identity as a member of the Thor Pirates in the news!
The presence of Kuina might be a coincidence, after all, it is common for swordsmen to compete with each other, but the presence of Barrett is hard to explain, which basically confirms the speculation that Vic is supporting Ace to take the position!
Even Vic himself can't explain this clearly, and he won't explain it. He just supports it, so what?
In fact, this is just Morgans' way of attracting people's attention. He knows that even if he reports it like this, Vic will not cause trouble for him.
Morgans had received intelligence a long time ago that the Whitebeard Pirates wanted to attack the Cross Guild to seize their territory, so he had been holding back on the news about Kuina defeating Hawkeye, waiting for the outcome of the battle between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Cross Guild, and then continuously posting articles to create a hot topic that would cause widespread discussion!
However, the outcome of this battle needs to be predicted accurately, otherwise there will be slippage in these two news. For example, the Whitebeard Pirates cannot defeat the Cross Guild even with the help of the Thunder God Pirates. They are simply waste among wastes, and even the Thunder God Pirates will be scolded!
The outcome of the battle between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Cross Guild is actually not difficult to guess, not to mention Morgans who has extremely strong intelligence capabilities!