The updating of weapons and equipment became the top priority of the new navy.
Everyone understands the principle that sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. Although the process of unifying the new world has slowed down due to the need for equipment updates, it has not completely stopped.
The main force withdrew to the Ten Thousand Kingdoms early, and the vast majority of the remaining troops were still active on the sea, attacking everywhere and attacking the big pirates in the New World.
However, without the strongest combat force, the New Navy's offensive progress was not fast. Since Vegapunk returned to the New Navy, Morganus received much fewer battle reports every day. Regarding the significant reduction in the amount of news, Morganus also called Zefa to complain.
His newspaper has a close relationship with the New Navy. From the perspective of the World Government and the Navy Headquarters, Morgans' newspaper is completely tied to the New Navy.
The reports about the new navy published by the newspaper to which Morganse belonged had never contained any errors. The timeliness and accuracy of the news were far beyond the reach of other newspapers. Therefore, in the eyes of the world, Morganse had basically become a mouthpiece for the new navy and a propaganda machine for the "rebels."
Although this is indeed the case, in essence, the relationship between the New Navy and Morgans is just a cooperative one.
However, Morgans enjoyed this kind of cooperative relationship very much. He did not need to spend much energy to collect intelligence. He only needed to sit quietly on his airship, and there would be a steady stream of big news. Making money became a very easy thing for Morgans.
However, it was precisely because of this close cooperative relationship that when the activities of the new navy decreased, Morgans' sources of news also decreased significantly.
As a pure "fun man", Morganus naturally would not be willing to accept such a situation.
The New Navy naturally understood what Morgans was thinking. As his partner, Tsugakuin Yoshiichi naturally did not want any cracks in their close cooperative relationship.
In order to appease the other party, Yunyi also revealed some information to Morgans through Zefa's mouth.
"Focus on the East China Sea."
Yunyi didn't reveal too much, and a very short sentence successfully attracted Morgans' attention.
These words were told to Morganus through Zefa's mouth. As Zefa was the leader of the new navy, his words were naturally very credible and worthy of Morganus' repeated consideration.
Therefore, under Zefa's suggestion, Morgans' newspaper also began to focus on the various events happening in the East China Sea.
Recently, the most famous group in the East China Sea is naturally the group of pirate hunters who suddenly appeared.
Since the appearance of that group of pirate hunters, the marine environment of the East China Sea has also been purified.
Originally, after Garp's death, pirates emerged in large numbers in the East China Sea. Some of the stronger ones had even crossed the Upside-Down Mountain and made a great name for themselves in the first half of the Grand Line.
If the Navy Headquarters had not promptly relocated Ace and Sabo to Rogue Town to guard the East China Sea, the security situation in the East China Sea would have deteriorated even faster.
But even so, the security in the East China Sea could no longer be restored to the time when Garp was still there.
However, after Zoro, Kuina and others disguised as pirate hunters entered the East China Sea, the natural environment of the East China Sea showed signs of rapid recovery.
"I see!"
"Is this what Mr. Zefa meant when he asked me to pay attention to the East China Sea?!"
When all the major events that occurred in the East China Sea were summarized in Morganus's hands, he quickly noticed Kuina and the people on Sauron's ship.
He had been paying attention to the young and powerful men of the New Navy for some time. After learning the information about Kuina and Zoro, he quickly recognized their identities.
Knowing that this ship of pirate hunters was composed of Morgans disguised as members of the New Navy, he also vaguely guessed the New Navy's intentions.
Obviously, the new navy hopes to use Morgans's hand to gradually increase the influence and fame of these young people.
If young people like Zoro and Kuina want to make a name for themselves, it is not enough to have strong strength and impressive achievements. The so-called influence needs to be expanded with the help of propaganda machines such as the media.
A character like Buggy was able to become the leader of the Four Emperors through word of mouth. It can be seen that the power of the media can sometimes have an effect that is unimaginable to others.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni wants to help Zoro and the others grow, and if they become famous enough, it will help them move forward.
The relationship between pirates and pirate hunters is even worse than the relationship between pirates and the navy.
When their reputation spreads, big pirates will start to target Zoro and his crew and give them some "experience".
but
When Morgans began to pay attention to the major events in the East China Sea, a pirate named "Monkey D. Luffy" also entered his sight.
Luffy's name is really too sensitive. It has the same surname as Garp and Dragon, but is covered up by the World Government as the hidden name "D".
It can be said that anyone who knows something about the Monkey family and world history will have endless imagination the moment they see the name Luffy.
Morgause is naturally one of them.
"Monkey."
Looking at the various information in his hands, Morgans showed an imperceptible smile on his face. He saw "big news" from this pirate named Luffy.
Although Luffy has not yet made any name for himself in the East China Sea, he only defeated a small pirate named Crook in a restaurant on the sea.
Just as the new navy was undergoing a major refit and steadily advancing the process of unifying the new world.
Luffy, who had been at sea for only a few months, successfully gathered a group of like-minded partners, and also upgraded his equipment to officially own a pirate ship of his own.
After separating from Zoro and his crew, he and Coby went to Orange Town and found Nami, who was known as the genius navigator. They won the battle for "Nami" with Zoro and his crew and successfully invited the genius navigator on board.
Nami is 17 or 18 years old, at the age of youth and restlessness. She has long wanted to go out to sea and see the world herself. The arrival of Luffy, Zoro and others is also an opportunity for Nami to leave the arms of her adoptive mother.
Young people have their own dreams to pursue. Even though Nami was very reluctant to leave her stepmother, she did not choose to give up when faced with such an opportunity.
The reason why she chose Luffy instead of Zoro or the Marine Headquarters was simply because Nami felt that Zoro and the Marine Headquarters' knowledge of navigation was a bit too mature.
In order to invite Nami on board, Kuina secretly revealed her identity as a new navy and promised Nami that she would open all the nautical chart information of the new navy to her.
This condition is actually similar to the condition that the Navy Headquarters used to invite Nami to join the Navy.
But this is not what Nami actually wants.
She has her own ambitions. She wants to travel around the world and draw charts of every sea in the world by herself.
Luffy, who is free-spirited, powerful, and always says that he wants to be the Pirate King, has become such an ideal crew member and partner.
Perhaps because idealists are more likely to attract idealists, Nami, Luffy and Coby are actually the same kind of people in some ways.
After leaving Orange Town, Luffy followed the route that God had drawn for him. He met Usopp, Sanji and Chopper successively, expanded the number of his pirate group to five people and one pet, and successfully obtained his own pirate ship, Golden Merry.
At this point, the Straw Hat Pirates were initially formed.
Luffy got the cook, navigator, and ship doctor he wanted, and began to move towards his own dream.
But perhaps because the appearance of Yoriichi Tsugakuni brought some changes to the world, Luffy's journey seemed to have become much smoother, and he did not encounter any strong resistance on his way forward.
Therefore, until he left, Luffy did not do anything shocking the world, and his bounty remained at 10 million Baileys without any significant fluctuations.
Even the crew members traveling with him were not on the Navy's wanted list. It seemed that the entire Straw Hat Pirates were not taken seriously by the Navy Headquarters.
But the fact is that Sengoku is extremely concerned about Luffy's movements. Every time Luffy appears on land, information about him will be delivered to Sengoku's desk on time.
In the headquarters of the Navy, Sengoku is not the only one who pays attention to Luffy's movements. Luffy's two elder brothers, Sabo and Ace, are also extremely concerned about Luffy's growth.
As Luffy made friends with one crew member after another, Sabo and Ace personally trained a group of elite soldiers, who would enter the New World with them.
This was the established plan of the Marine Headquarters, intending to let Sabo and Ace, two young nature-type ability users, venture into the harsh environment of the New World, in the hope that they could make a name for themselves and overcome the pressure brought to them by the new navy during this period.
When Luffy crossed the Upside-Down Mountain and entered the first half of the Grand Line, Ace and Sabo also happened to lead their teams into the New World.
The three brothers also embarked on different journeys in their lives almost at the same time.
It is autumn now.
Luffy, who experienced an adventure on the Grand Line, arrived at the Kingdom of Alabasta.
Although this country was destroyed by the bombardment of ancient weapons, the legend of the Kingdom of Alabasta has continued to circulate across this sea.
Luffy is a man full of adventurous spirit. After entering the first half of the Grand Line, he heard information about the Kingdom of Alabasta by chance. After learning this news, he naturally planned to find out.
After the Straw Hat Pirates broke through the layers of defense of the navy stationed in Alabasta and reached the island, they also discovered the truth of that year from the survivors of a natural disaster.
At the same time, Luffy, Nami and others also became very good friends with Vivi. When leaving the Kingdom of Alabasta and preparing to go to the next island, Luffy also invited Vivi, who hit it off at first sight, to board the ship and become his partner.
Faced with Luffy's invitation, Vivi, who had no responsibilities to her country and family, naturally agreed. Under the reluctant and blessing gaze of King Kosa, the Merry left the island and headed towards the Water City.
There is no Zoro on the Straw Hat Pirates' ship, but there is Coby. Although the overall combat power has decreased, Luffy has been walking very steadily along the way.
This is not unrelated to Luffy's own powerful strength, because when he went to sea, he had already mastered the Observation Haki and Armament Haki. His powerful strength is not comparable to those pirates in the East China Sea and the pirates in the first half of the Grand Line.
Moreover, Coby's growth rate is also very fast. After he made up his mind to become Luffy's right-hand man, Coby also put in 200 times more effort than ordinary people to train his mind and body.
After sailing with Luffy for so long, Coby's strength is no longer the same as before. Not only did he learn the six styles of the Navy, the shaving kick and the storm kick, from Luffy, he has also mastered the moon step. His strength is only a step away from Sanji.
Sanji is a cook. He escaped from the North Sea when he was a child. After he and old man Zeff opened a restaurant on the sea, he basically never received any serious training in combat ability. The combat ability he possessed was only slowly accumulated in his daily life with Zeff.
After boarding Luffy's ship, Sanji did not continue to work hard on his combat effectiveness.
Because his dream is not to become the right-hand man of the Pirate King, but to find "all blue" so that people will not be troubled by hunger.
One's combat power stagnates, while the other's combat power soars.
It is only natural that the gap in combat power between Coby and Sanji is rapidly narrowing.
After entering the New World, his experiences and encounters obviously became richer. On a "ghost ship" encountered in a certain sea area, Brook, whom Luffy met, invited this bone musician on board.
After returning from Sky Island, the Golden Merry was overwhelmed and finally said goodbye to Luffy and the others in Water Seven.
Although Luffy's experiences and encounters have changed dramatically over the years, since he went to sea, the smooth journey he has had seems as if it was arranged by God.
In Water Seven, Luffy met Tom's apprentice Franky. With his "shameless" personality, Luffy brought Franky on board, giving the new ship Sunny a shipwright.
After the personnel were fully equipped, Luffy's Straw Hat Pirates also began to head towards the Sabaody Archipelago.
As the number of crew members on the Straw Hat Pirates increases, the pirate group becomes stronger and stronger.
There were inevitably some minor frictions between them and the navy, especially when they were in Water Seven, Luffy even had a very intense conflict with CP.
Because Franky is Tom's disciple, he is also under the surveillance of CP. In order to bring Franky out of Water Seven, the Straw Hat Pirates also experienced some twists and turns.
However, only Luffy and Sanji were put on the bounty list in the entire pirate group.
Luffy's bounty has also reached 10 million, no more, no less, which can barely be considered a "famous" figure in a place like the first half of the Grand Line.
As for Sanji, the bounty is only 2 million.
(End of this chapter)
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