Chapter 124: New World Home Building Day 9 (Two-in-one, Nutrient Solution 3...
Day 9 of building a new home in the new world:
Unlike the other four emperors whose growth trajectories and family founding histories can be traced, Wendy is the only one who has emerged out of nowhere and most people know her through newspapers. Therefore, compared with the current powerful figures on the sea, she is the strangest one.
The pirates' impression of her is probably limited to her courage and scandals. They don't necessarily think Wendy lacks strength; otherwise, she wouldn't be able to pull off Big Mom's "Duofu" (which isn't true), and escape unscathed from the World Government—even if she had the ability to charm, she couldn't possibly charm the entire navy!
Even though she has a father who is a naval hero, everyone knows that this relationship can no longer provide her with any protection when she goes against the World Government and declares to attack Mary Geoise.
Even if she had a Celestial Dragon father, it wouldn't work! Not to mention she'd beaten so many Celestial Dragons!
Of course, if the Five Elders of Mary Geoise knew this, they might object - having a Celestial Dragon father is not okay, but having an uncle sitting on the Void Throne might be different.
That's right, they have only increased the bounty on Wendy but have not sent out any troops to encircle and suppress her. In addition to the fact that they are restricted by Wendy's mysterious abilities, it is also because after they reported to Im, Im did not give any instructions.
This made them all wonder inwardly - could this really be Lord Yimu's niece? After all, no one named Maxwell had been found in all of Mary Geoise... Could this be an identity that Lord Yimu had used or possessed before?
As a result, the Five Elders did not dare to act on their own and take any targeted measures against Wendy.
The navy still has to obey the World Government. Therefore, after the Five Elders decided to shut up, Wendy's bounty order seemed to be just to declare that she has such strength.
The occasion where Wendy's image is most different from that of the other Four Emperors is actually among civilians.
After all, this is a girl who made her debut by fighting Celestial Dragons, was wanted for killing too many Celestial Dragons, freed many slaves without harming any civilians, declared war on Marijoa just to rescue her uncle who was kidnapped by Celestial Dragons, and is the daughter of the Navy hero Garp who protects civilians...
With these glorious achievements, and the fact that Morganus was originally crooked, and the World Government not daring to use public opinion to discredit him because of Wendy's connections (I just imagined it), Wendy has a very good prestige and reputation among the civilians. Even though she is now a pirate, everyone understands - she was forced to do so by the World Government... There is nothing they can do about it, she has fought too many Celestial Dragons.
At the same time, she is not a people-friendly person. Her subordinates are pirates, and she has also attacked judicial ships. She is different from the adventurer fishman Tiger of that year. Although the common people think that she is good at fighting the Celestial Dragons, they don’t think that she won’t fight them, so they are also in awe of her.
After all, he is a ruthless man who used Pluto to crash into many places along the way.
But some Wendy fans think it wasn't Wendy's fault that she attacked the Judiciary Ship—after all, it was because she couldn't stand the CP5 officer's red nose! Maybe it was just that officer's red nose that really irritated them?!
For this reason, a pirate who was also born with a red nose protested against it and privately became a staunch Wendy hater.
On Wendy's side, when the first wave of challengers came, Crocodile and Hawkeye both destroyed their ships, but did not target anyone.
Crocodile was afraid that Wendy didn't understand, so he explained to her: "Hey, Wendy Carter, you are our captain in name only now. You have to establish this kind of thing yourself."
Wendy nodded, her face serious. "I know. Now I'm the one attracting hatred. Kroc, stay away and protect yourself... Or why don't you hide in the cabin for a while?"
Crocodile frowned, feeling a little angry at being looked down upon. "Hey, Wendy Carter, don't look down on me!"
Then, Wendy adjusted Abigail to rage mode... Abigail launched a group attack and beat up all the people who came to challenge her, including Crocodile.
Crocodile: “???” It’s directed at him, right?!
"Because you're not my companion yet, Abigail will attack you. Didn't I tell you to stay away?" Wendy kindly explained. "Because you'll be leaving in two years, my companion space is tight, so I won't be adding you. When your health reaches zero, go to the refrigerator and eat some seafood and steak to replenish it. One serving gives you 60 points."
"I never thought of becoming your companion!" Crocodile had to turn himself into sand to avoid Abigail's unavoidable attack. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he looked at Wendy's innocent face, feeling a little fear in his heart.
Is this a warning to me? When did this simple-looking, foolish woman develop such deep thoughts and tactics?
Ah... is this the effect of the crystal heart? — Robin suddenly thought of the key, his face suddenly enlightened.
She looked at Crocodile, whose face was changing from gloomy to happy, and observed a moment of silence for him - although Wendy probably didn't think too much about it... but every time Wendy fought afterwards, Crocodile would be injured.
In this battle, Wendy... or Abigail, was the one who basically took action. Hawkeye was responsible for covering the rear—specifically, cutting off the enemy's retreat.
After the fight, Robin will come over to help pick up and sort out the things dropped at sea.
Wendy's efficiency in picking up the items one by one with the clamp winch was still a bit slow.
Crocodile was in charge of driving the boat and swearing.
However, Abigail can beat people until they bleed and become unconscious, but she will not actually kill them.
Crocodile noticed this and raised an objection: "Wendy Carter, you've come this far, are you still holding on to mercy... Uh, is there a limit to your ability to kill people?"
He changed his words midway because he saw Wendy, who was still determined to give it a try, using a tentacle spike to continuously and forcefully hit an unconscious pirate.
"Yeah, it seems there's a protection mechanism." Wendy sighed regretfully, but she didn't stop hitting people - because the box was a little full, she had a fresh-keeping refrigerator, which meant she had permanent ham sticks with high damage and no need to worry about spoiling. Tentacle spikes and the like were not that useful, so she might as well use them here to save space.
Crocodile glanced at her and thought—he'd discovered a secret... But thankfully, this woman wasn't soft-hearted... No! Why was he worried about that?! He wasn't really joining her!
Crocodile made a gloomy face and clicked his tongue.
Robin looked at him and wondered - was she still angry because Wendy refused to return Poop Bag's skin?
After using up one of the tentacle spikes, Wendy felt refreshed and stuffed the pirate back into the hole of the clamp winch and threw him into the sea, then ran to open Pluto.
Robin watched the only little emperor on Pluto go and drive the boat, then looked at Hawkeye and asked, "Mr. Hawkeye, is it okay to let these people go back?"
Before Hawkeye could answer, Crocodile, who was drinking a vegetable cocktail for refreshment (since cigars were banned), snorted and answered directly: "Those who are put back can spread the news of Wendy Carter's strength to shock people, right, Hawkeye?"
Hawkeye looked over and said nothing.
Crocodile scoffed, "You really are devoted to her service... But never mind. I also hope she can quickly show her strength for everyone to see."
Crocodile said this not because he was thinking about Wendy, but because the last time the newspaper spread a rumor that he fell in love with Wendy at first sight and so voluntarily followed her - he was furious and thought that it must be because Wendy's strength had not been seen by others, so they only paid attention to her appearance, and it was also the fault of Red Hair and Hawkeye, the two useless people, who were charmed by a little girl who liked to pick up shit, which made it easy for everyone to think so.
Therefore, he was actually the person on the ship who most wanted Wendy to speak with her strength - he would rather be said to have been defeated by Wendy and followed her than to be said to have fallen in love at first sight!
I feel that my ambition and personality have been insulted!
Thinking of this, he looked at Hawkeye, who was indeed fascinated by Wendy Carter and worked for her, and his voice was mixed with disgust: "I don't want to be lump-sum with people like you..."
He didn't finish his taunting because Wendy crashed into the island in the Pluto.
Crocodile stopped talking and walked over with angry steps: "Wendy Carter! Let go of the rudder! I can steer more steadily than you with one hand! Are you doing this on purpose?! No matter how strong Pluto is, it will wear out! If you keep doing this, what will I have to lend you in two years?!"
Robin watched Crocodile leave: "Mr. Hawkeye, don't you need to worry about that?"
Hawkeye sat there drinking red wine and said calmly, "It's okay, Wendy won't suffer any loss."
...So it's totally fine for Mr. Crocodile to suffer a loss, right?
But it was also true that he had been at a disadvantage ever since he met Wendy. He had never given up trying, but the harder he tried, the more disadvantaged he became. —Robin picked up the soothing tea at hand, took a sip, and felt his spirit gradually relax.
Hmm...it turns out that the dishes made by Wendy are amazing.
Although the few people did not kill them all, throwing the unconscious people into the sea was still a weight, and it would be good if one tenth of the people who came to challenge them returned.
According to the statements of a small number of survivors, the player Wendy Carter had an extremely bad attitude. All challengers who did not escape into the sea would be looted, including their clothes and everything on them, even photos of their mothers or girlfriends in their hometowns.
What’s even more insulting is that the player will throw back some of the things she thinks are useless after stealing them.
Even her attitude was extremely insulting – she actually left her opponent in the middle of a fight to talk on the phone with her sons!
However, in this way, Wendy's reputation also became known - there were fewer and fewer challengers, and her strength gradually became known.
Although it was Abigail who did it, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this ghost had abilities bound to Wendy.
As her strength became apparent, some people began to speculate about Red Hair—did he already know Wendy Carter's abilities and invest in her beforehand? And then, after having a child, he went off on his own to pursue his own career... If it were true love, Hawkeye would have stayed by her side, helping her with her tasks without any hesitation.
As for the Sand Crocodile, he was ignored by everyone at this time - because no one cared about the one who gave it away for free.
Hawkeye's bounty is 3.59 billion, which is the bounty he had before becoming one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. He is also the number one person under the emperor of the Eternal Continent Pirate Group. In everyone's eyes, he is the true vice-chairman of the emperor and the legitimate emperor's husband.
Because Hawkeye refused to reschedule the wedding, Wendy didn't plan to remove the wooden sign mod and resumed her habit of playing with wooden signs everywhere. Whenever she passed an island, she would go down to play with the wooden signs - after all, it would be a waste not to play, and no one would dismantle her own territory!
Crocodile was displeased again: "Hey, Wendy Carter, is this how you take up territory?"
Wendy nodded and showed it to him: "Look, it's written on my wooden sign."
There was a row of large characters on the wooden sign: [Eternal Continent Pirate Group Territory 1].
"This is too subtle!" Crocodile turned around and shouted, "Nicole Robin, bring that over here."
Robin arrived just in time to present something—a pirate flag of the Eternal Continent Pirates. Crocodile had asked her to make it.
Perhaps because he was beaten too many times by Abigail, Crocodile looked at the cute Abigail on the pirate flag and felt that it was not as annoying as before - as long as Abigail beat enough people, this logo could bring enough fear to people.
As Crocodile moved his flag to the wooden sign Wendy had erected, an elder among the civilians watching from afar came tremblingly over. He stopped a short distance away, knelt, and bravely said, "Master Player... you have declared this your territory, so... what kind of offering do you require? It's not that we don't respect you, but our village cannot afford the heavenly gold, which is why we have become a non-member country..."
Crocodile said to himself that something was wrong and suddenly looked at Wendy.
But it was too late. Wendy had already started talking: "Gold? I have a special place to exchange gold, so I'm not that short of it. I need ores, gems, and various seeds...ah, and rotten things and cow dung, and bird droppings are also fine."
Village chief: "...rotten matter and cow dung and bird droppings?"
"Yes, for irrigation," Wendy said, throwing down a backpack. Following Crocodile's advice to her about being dignified with the people below, she said arrogantly, "Fill it up for me!"
The village chief seemed very confused, but he obediently picked up his backpack and went to discuss with the villagers - although they didn't quite understand what was going on, they couldn't afford the gold from heaven, and they had a lot of things needed for farming!
They didn't have any cow dung, but this was an island after all, so there was plenty of bird droppings. They quickly filled their backpacks, and because they thought this was too easy and worried that the player was just joking, they specially prepared extra seeds and harvested crops as offerings.
Wendy was very happy to see the extra ingredients. She took them and ran back to the boat - she had to rush to the next place!
Behind them were Robin and Crocodile, who were helping with the load. The only difference was that the former had a broad smile, while the latter looked as if someone owed him 4 billion.
Unable to stop her, Crocodile hurried back to Pluto and looked at the calm Hawkeye over there, questioning, "She really went to ask for cow dung! Are you really not going to care? Aren't you embarrassed by it?"
"That's what Wendy wants. As the captain and one of the Five Emperors, even if what she wants is different from others, then others have no choice but to accommodate her." Hawkeye looked over, his eyes etched with murderous intent, his tone tinged with a hint of warning, "Sand Crocodile, you're so dissatisfied, are you trying to seize the throne?"
"Stop threatening me. I'm not your companion and don't need your loyalty. If I can take the position, it will prove that Wendy Carter can't hold on to it at all. If she wants you to protect her all the time and help her eliminate threats, she will never become one of the Five Emperors." Crocodile snorted coldly and went to drive the boat in anger.
Wendy built an extra refrigerator to store different seeds. After coming over, she saw Crocodile leaving in anger. She walked over to Hawkeye and said with emotion: "Mihawk, Crocodile really gets angry. Is this his personality?"
Hawkeye: "Yeah, yes."
Wendy: "As expected... He'll probably lose san easily if he's like this. I'll make him some more san-restoring food."
Hawkeye: "No need to be so gentle with him."
Wendy: "No, I'm only gentle to you."
Hawkeye: "...Yeah."
Robin, who had helped put the things away and was drinking a banana milkshake, sat on the deck, enjoying the sea breeze, reading a book, and translating the information given by Wendy, squinting his eyes in satisfaction - Hmm... As expected, this also has a soothing effect, and it works immediately.
In this way, Wendy's territory expanded in a strange way - the territory she chose was directly created by herself.
She had started late in the New World, and the territories of the Four Emperors were basically fixed. The areas where she was located were all non-member states that could not afford to pay the Heavenly Gold, so bandits and pirates were rampant and the area had become a war-torn or even destroyed and disordered area. To outsiders, it was a very poor place with no money to make, or even an uninhabited island full of dangers.
But these are Wendy's Happy Houses. She even drew the functional divisions there.
No. 1-5: Fertilizer, seeds, vegetables and fruits collection area.
No. 6-8: Ordinary stone mineral collection area.
No. 9-11: Thatch, branches and timber area.
No. 11-16: Monster meat area (because there are many sea kings around and many strange beasts on the island).
As her bounty increased and newspapers reported that she had officially become the fifth sea emperor of the New World, Wendy began to build a family.
She chose to dock Pluto in the middle of her territory, and then planted the water wood obtained from the Sabaody Archipelago on the side - Pluto was too big, and still needed the water wood to provide shade, avoid lightning, rain and cool down.
Crocodile complained about this: "Why plant trees next to Pluto? And who would plant trees in the sea..."
Then, he watched as the seeds Wendy had planted instantly grew into trees that emerged from the sea.
Crocodile was stunned.
Robin was also somewhat shocked. Looking at Wendy from the side, he asked, "Can this grow instantly? What kind of seed is it?"
"It's a seed of the water tree. I got it when I crashed into the Sabaody Archipelago." Wendy said with some pride, "I built Pluto specifically for this!"
"..." Robin was strangely silent for a moment, then turned his head and saw Crocodile's furious face.
"Hmm... Really? That's amazing!" Robin turned around and looked at the tree in front of him, exclaiming, "Is this the seed of the Yarchiman mangrove tree? Can it grow so fast?"
"If you want it to grow, you need fertilizer. You need tree jam." Wendy took out a bag of pink sticky fertilizer and said excitedly, "This is what No. 2 offered. I was wondering how to make this fertilizer if I can't find any figs..."
Wendy said as she used it to irrigate the plant... and then the newly emerged tree instantly grew a circle larger.
Crocodile: “…”
He was silent for a while, then suddenly turned to Hawkeye and said, "I understand why your wife is so obsessed with those dirty fertilizers."
Hawkeye stood there with his arms folded across his chest, his face expressionless as he said, "You don't need to understand."
Wendy observed the situation for a while and sighed, "I'll have to wait a few days before applying fertilizer again..."
"Hey, Wendy Carter, now that you've secured your territory, you can start thinking about recruiting," Crocodile said, like a mastermind tied to a client who can't bear to see them go bankrupt. "Your territories are currently secure because no one wants to take them, and your title of Fifth Emperor is largely due to your open declaration of war against the World Government and the newspapers' bias in your favor. You're able to maintain your position currently because three of the other Four Emperors are on good terms with you, but these kinds of relationships are the most fragile and unstable. Do you understand?"
"I also think that we'll need more people in the future. After all, my house has become so big now. Don't worry, Crook, I already have a plan." Wendy also looked solemn, and then began to count.
"Among my companions, Dragon and Shanks have their own territories. Sabo is helping Dragon now, so neither of them can do anything... But when Law comes to the New World, he'll join us. When Lola finds her marriage partner, she can join us, too... Oh, and Uncle Tom..."
"Is that the shipbuilder Tom? He must have been targeted because he gave you the design drawings of Pluto. You'd better come over. I'll help you pick him up!" Crocodile said first.
Shipwright Tom, the man who gave Wendy Carter the Pluto blueprints... he must know some secret!
"No need, I'll just have Ace answer it." Wendy said, turning on her Den Den Mushi and saying, "Hello? Ace? Did you eat well?"
"Wendy! I ate it well... I saw in the newspaper that you've become the emperor of the sea, so impressive! Is Mihawk here too? But what's with that Crocodile?"
"Are you talking about Crook? He wants to borrow my boat and work for me for two years. Since I want Robin, I'll take him with me," Wendy replied. "Ace, you're seventeen this year. You're going to sea, right? Come over to my place soon. I accidentally made my house too big and I need someone to help me look after it. By the way, when you come over, can you pick up Uncle Tom for me from Water Seven?"
[Okay!] A hearty laugh came from the other end of the phone. [I'm on my way now!]
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Author's Note: More Updates! The story behind Wendy's rise to power and becoming one of the Five Emperors! [Sunglasses]
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Our great son Ace is about to officially go to sea [Cai Gou]
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