Alabasta.
After two months of transformation, the environment of this desert country has been completely changed.
A total of three hundred magic towers are located in every corner of the country, gathering a large amount of water elements here, allowing the rainfall here to completely return to normal regional levels.
With Tezolo's funds, even the world government has difficulty controlling Albarez's purchase of the Sea Tower Stone. Now not only are Alabasta's 300 magic towers in place, but also Albarez's purchase of sea towers. Magic towers are also being built on the islands near Sri Lanka.
now.
Ron was flying over Alabasta with Robin and Vivi, inspecting the situation in Alabasta, and Robin and Vivi were also reporting the current situation to Ron.
"All 300 magic towers in Alabasta have been completed. Fishman Island has planned 100 magic towers, which are nearing completion. The last batch of sea tower stones are still missing."
"The rest of the islands are still being transported. Talos Island, Kucha Island, Coconut Island... are expected to have fifty magic towers each. The remaining islands such as Nemo Island, Black Earth Island, Banana Island, etc., are planned to have three Ten magic towers... According to these original plans and the current transaction volume of sea floor stones, considering that it will become more and more difficult to acquire large quantities of sea floor stones, it will take about five months to complete them all."
"Except for Fish-Man Island, there's no rush for anything else."
Ron nodded and responded calmly.
Alabasta is where the headquarters is located, and the three hundred magic towers are naturally the most important, followed by the one hundred magic towers on Fishman Island.
When the time comes, with Sugar, Miss Golden Week and others staying behind, it will be difficult for even the admiral to capture it, and it will be enough to sustain it for a long time.
In this special location in the first half of the Grand Line, this arrangement is enough.
Now the only people who can capture this place are the Navy, Kaido of the Beasts and other top forces. This is if Ron happens to be not in the base. Otherwise, as long as Ron is here, even Kaido and Red Hair cannot conquer it. here.
Once such a top force is mobilized on a large scale, it is impossible to do so quietly. Albarez's current intelligence agencies are all over the world, and they control all land, sea and air.
Even if Ron is away, he can return quickly after hearing the news.
After inspecting the overall situation in Alabasta and Fishman Island, and making sure that everything was on track and there were no problems, Ron and Robin returned to the guild headquarters.
"What are the recent trends in the new world?"
"A lot of things happened. The Beast Pirates and the Red-haired Pirates had a conflict. The specific reason is unknown, but it didn't last long and they quickly retreated from each other."
Robin stood beside him and reported the recent events in the new world one by one, saying: "After the battle between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Blackbeard Pirates, there was no other movement and they returned to their own territory. The Blackbeard Pirates The group defeated the Kidd Alliance a week ago, Eustace Kidd died, Kira died, and Hawkins and Apu joined the Blackbeard Pirates."
"Yesterday, the Blackbeard Pirates invaded the territory of Bucky the Clown, one of the New Shichibukai. Bucky the Clown tore up the Treaty of the Shichibukai and joined the Blackbeard Pirates."
Hearing this, Ron took a sip of tea and said: "Blackbeard has been acting quite frequently recently, Bucky the Clown... Hey, Bucky the Clown!"
Bucky's strength is not worth mentioning at all, but during the War on the Top, Bucky who sneaked in did conquer a group of subordinates with some strength, and even formed a Shichibukai.
Blackbeard's subjugation of Bucky was slightly beyond Ron's expectations, but it was probably mostly coercion. Bucky would naturally choose to surrender if he was greedy for life and afraid of death. However, for a loser like Bucky, living in his team was actually not a good thing.
Blackbeard probably knows this, but because of the relationship between Bucky and Redhead, he doesn't want to kill Bucky at this point in time to avoid being besieged by Redhead and Whitebeard. After all, the relationship between him and Redhead is inherently It's already very bad.
"Most of Bucky's men are criminals who escaped from Impel Down City, and their overall strength is still there... The Blackbeard Pirates lost a lot of middle and lower-level combat power in the battle with the Whitebeard Pirates. Now, Defeating the Supernova Alliance and subduing Bucky the Clown, we have completely made up for our losses, and our strength has even increased slightly."
Robin said with a slightly solemn look: "Among the five people, Kaido, Red Hair, Whitebeard, BIGMOM, and Blackbeard, the most dangerous person may not be Kaido and Whitebeard, but Blackbeard."
True.
In terms of strength, Blackbeard is probably not as good as Whitebeard, who has the title of the strongest creature in the world, and Kaido, who also has the title of the strongest creature.
But Blackbeard has the ambition to dominate the world, and he acts viciously and unscrupulously. He is a completely different type from Whitebeard, Kaido Red Hair and others. He is a truly ferocious pirate!
Such pirates are extremely terrifying.
Because he has no bottom line.
Moreover, Blackbeard's ability to seize the power of other people's Devil Fruits is also very terrifying. If Ron hadn't been collecting a large number of Devil Fruits to curb Blackbeard, Blackbeard's current power might have been even stronger. .
"Your feeling is correct."
Ron smiled and said: "If we continue like this and keep Blackbeard active, he will be able to defeat the other red-haired Kaido and others in a few years."
Robin was convinced.
At this moment, the phone bug in her pocket rang.
"Report to the Vice President... This is a new world."
"What happened?"
Robin asked with a slight twinkle in his eye.
The voice on the other side of the phone was a bit dignified and nervous, saying: "We have found out Blackbeard's action plan..."
Upon hearing this, Robin's eyes flashed, and after looking at Ron, he continued to ask: "Detailed report."
"yes… "
There was a response over there and a detailed report was immediately made.
In the alliance between Kidd, Hawkins and others, Albarez placed a spy among Apu's subordinates and was never discovered.
After Apu and Hawkins surrendered to Blackbeard and joined the Blackbeard Pirates, the spy also entered the Blackbeard Pirates.
"... Our spies dare not probe deeply, but based on all the intelligence obtained and the situation of Clown Bucky, we are 80% sure that Blackbeard's target is the Shichibukai! Clown Bucky is only the first one!"
"Shichibukai."
Ron frowned slightly and muttered: "The government really can't control the Shichibukai in the near future. With the current situation in the New World, if Blackbeard wants to truly surpass Whitebeard, Kaido and others in a short time, conquering several Shichibukai is indeed the best option. The right choice...do you know their next target?"
"Unable to confirm at the moment."
The other side of the phone bug responded.
Ron leaned back on the sofa, looking thoughtful.
Seeing this, Robin said to the phone bug: "Continue to inquire and hide your identity as much as possible. This is a very beautiful thing."
"yes."
The other side of the phone responded slightly excitedly.
Robin hung up the phone and looked at Ron next to her. She didn't speak, but her meaning was clearly expressed with her eyes.
What to do next
Ron didn't ponder for too long. After only a few seconds, he sat up straight, crossed his fingers on his chin, and said with deep eyes: "Call some help."
Blackbeard's target is the Shichibukai. Although he doesn't know who his next target will be, no matter what, Hancock must be among Blackbeard's targets.
Moreover, Nine Snake Island is located in the windless zone of the New World, which is far away from here. If it is attacked and calls for help, it will definitely be too late to rush here.
so.
Action must be taken.
After more than a year... Let’s fight in the new world again!
This is a war that will start sooner or later. Blackbeard has triggered it in advance, so let's start now.
Ron stood up, walked to the edge of the window, and looked at the sky in the distance, his eyes looking like abyss.
Since Blackbeard wants to conquer the Shichibukai to increase his own power, his first target of destruction will be the Blackbeard Pirates!
(End of chapter)