The birth of Portgas D. Ace in Dressrosa did not cause any waves. Although he was the posthumous son of Pirate King Roger, a baby is still a baby after all, and it is impossible for him to be full of domineering aura when he is born.
He was just one of the many newborns in Dressrosa.
During this time, most of the pregnant women who moved from Patrilla Island to Dressrosa have given birth successfully, and the "Pregnant Women Learning Program" previously promoted by Kuniyoshi has also come to fruition.
Some women with childcare experience have taken up the job of providing "confinement nanny" services to some families in Dressrosa, allowing them to earn money to supplement their family income while also being able to raise their own children.
Of course, there are also some women who do not need to go out to work after giving birth. The men in these families often have a skill. In Dressrosa, as long as they are diligent, raising their wives and children is not a problem at all.
After they came to Dressrosa, the navy had already allocated housing, and they didn't need to buy a car or anything. Without a "mortgage" or "car loan", they only needed to take care of a few mouths at home, which was not a difficult task.
Lu Jiu is planning to become a kindergarten teacher, but as a single-parent, she cannot get this job. After all, her child is still young. If she leaves, there will be no one to take care of the child. She also cannot take the child to her employer's home to raise him like those confinement nannies do.
For this group of people, Cyrus, after consulting with Yunyi, still adopted the subsidy method. There is no other way. In the current environment, single mothers who need to raise children are still a vulnerable group.
However, Jigoku Yoshiichi did not worry much about such trivial matters. Cyrus was in charge of the specific implementation anyway, and King Riku's daughter was also involved in this matter. King Riku's family were all veterans in dealing with people's livelihood issues, so there would be no problem.
During the time that Yoshiichi Tsugikuni returned to Dressrosa, all he had to do every day was practice, practice, and practice.
Cyrus was in charge of construction and resettlement of the people, while Borsalino and Shimotsuki Koshiro were in charge of internal naval training and other matters.
Ji Guoyuan only controls two things, one is finance and the other is personnel.
He spent most of his time training in the company of Yixiao and Mihawk.
September of the year 1501 in the Haiyuan calendar.
In the training grounds of the naval branch.
In the wide open space, three figures were crisscrossing each other, and as the figures moved, the sword light was everywhere.
Mihawk and Yixiao cooperated with each other tacitly and joined forces to attack Jigoku Yoshiichi frantically. Under the two men's swords, Jigoku Yoshiichi dodged or blocked, and his figure shuttled between the blades. Not only was he not attacked by the two men, but sometimes he was able to seize the gaps between the two men to counterattack.
Although it was just a simple sword-fighting competition, the terrifying sword-fighting skills displayed by Yoriichi Tsugikuni were far superior to those of Ichisho and Mihawk.
In the transparent world, the attacks of Ichisho and Mihawk had no way of hiding from Yoriichi Tsugakuni. Although their observation Haki were strong enough, the timing and angle of Yoriichi Tsugakuni's counterattack were very tricky, and they were all when the old strength of the two had passed and the new strength had not yet been generated.
When Tsugakuni Yoriichi did not use the Observation Haki, although Ichisho and Mihawk's Observation Haki were able to capture Tsugakuni Yoriichi's attack, they had no way to return to defense in time during the high-speed offensive and defensive exchanges.
Although his mind knew which direction to resist, his body could not keep up with his consciousness, and the blade in his hand could not return to defend in time.
In just over ten minutes, Mihawk's black suit was riddled with holes. Issho was in a slightly better situation than Mihawk. His observation Haki was stronger than Mihawk's, allowing him to predict Tsugikoku Yoriichi's moves more accurately, thus blocking more counterattacks.
In the three-person sparring match, it seems that Mihawk and Ichixiao have successfully suppressed Jigoku Yoshiichi, but Jigoku Yoshiichi's clothes do not have a single tear, while Mihawk and Ichixiao's clothes are full of tears.
If Ji Guoyuan didn't hold back, those holes in the clothes would become scars.
As the fight lasted longer, Mihawk and Yixiao's strikes became more and more powerful. In the end, they had already started to exert their full strength. Although they did not use domineering power, there were bursts of whistling sounds in the air, and the speed of their swords was getting faster and faster.
But even so, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi still calmly shuttled between the blades, and with a few counterattacks, he was often able to force one person back or leave a gap in someone's body. Even under the attack of Issho and Mihawk, he still looked at ease.
"Lieutenant General! Something happened!"
Just as the three of them were fighting with increasing force, shouts were heard in the distance.
Upon hearing this, Jiguo Yuan immediately released his Conqueror's Haki, and with a swing of his long sword, he simultaneously slashed at Qiu Shui and Ye's blades. The terrifying force directly knocked Mihawk and Yixiao back. The moment he knocked them back, Jiguo Yuan jumped back and left the battlefield.
He casually sheathed the knife and turned to look at Cyrus who was shouting and running towards the training ground.
The training paused. Mihawk looked down at his tattered clothes, frowned, and put Ye on his back again, looking at Cyrus. He smiled, feeling the leaking clothes, sheathed the Autumn Water, and showed an admiring look on his face. He sighed:
"Lieutenant General Jiguo's talent is truly terrifying!"
"Last year, he could only hold on under the attacks of the two of us. By the beginning of the year, he was able to dodge and evade our attacks, and now he can even look for opportunities to counterattack."
"This speed of progress is truly terrifying."
Mihawk, who was standing next to Yixiao, listened to Yixiao's sigh, moved his eyes away from Cyrus, and glanced at the profile of Jigoku Yoshiichi. His face was calm, but there was a strong fanaticism in Mihawk's eyes.
Tsugikuni Yoriichi is the target he is pursuing.
What Mihawk wants is to defeat Yoriichi Tsugikuni and become the world's strongest swordsman!
The strength of Yoriichi Tsugikuni not only did not make Mihawk feel depressed, but instead made him extremely excited. Since he set out to sea, there has not been any swordsman that required him to chase for so long. The opponents he had encountered before were too easy to defeat and were not interesting at all.
And Yoriichi Tsugikuni is very good. After such a long time, he still hasn't caught up. This is the opponent that Mihawk longs for.
While Mihawk was lost in thought, Cyrus had already arrived at the center of the training grounds, ran up to Yunichirō, and reported:
"Lieutenant General! Something big has happened!"
Cyrus looked a little flustered. Yuanyi took a look at Cyrus's face, patted Cyrus's arm, and said comfortingly:
"Don't worry, what happened?"
Today, Yuichiro Tsugakuni has grown to 193cm. Perhaps it is because of the world environment, perhaps it is because of Yuichiro Tsugakuni's long-term training, or perhaps it is because Yuichiro Tsugakuni has learned the return of life.
In short, Tsugumi Yuichiro has grown very fast in recent years. Not only has his height increased rapidly, but his explosive power and strength have also increased very quickly.
It's just that he has no measuring tools here, and Tsugukuni Yoriichi himself doesn't know how much his abilities have improved over time. But Yoriichi is sure of one thing, that is, he can now do something that ordinary people can't do.
That's throwing a cannonball with bare hands.
Tsugikuni Yoshiichi also tried it. Without using Haki, the shells he threw out were much more powerful than artillery, and the range was also very long. This thing was even more useful than a slash.
You need to use Haki to slash, and just use strength to throw the shells~
"Lieutenant General, Shuixianxing Island"
"Shuixianxing Island has lost contact!"
As he spoke, Cyrus pulled out a Den Den Mushi from his pocket and handed it to Tsugakuni Yoriichi. Upon hearing this, Yoriichi's expression froze, and he immediately picked up the receiver of the Den Den Mushi. However, all he got in response was a busy tone, a long, busy tone.
"When did it happen?"
Shuixianxing Island is where Kuzan's ICE branch is stationed. The Den Den Mushi in Cyrus's hand is used for them to communicate with the ICE branch.
The ICE branch and the Sword of Dawn are both branches of the New World. Ever since Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's side stabilized, the two branches have been keeping in touch with each other so that they can communicate in time when dealing with certain emergencies.
Normally, the two branches would contact each other once a week. This was the first time they had lost contact.
"As usual, we have a weekly call. Today is the day for the call, which started at 7 a.m., but we haven't been able to get in touch until now."
"There's no way to confirm the exact time of loss of contact, but it should be within a week."
Cyrus reported with a look of worry on his face. Upon hearing this, Jiguo Yuanyi looked up at Cyrus, walked to the edge of the school field, picked up his coat from a seat nearby, and took out a Den Den Mushi from it.
After watching in silence for a while, Jiguo Yuanyi picked up the receiver.
This was the Den Den Mushi he used for private communication with Kuzan, but neither he nor Kuzan were the kind of people who had nothing to do, and they often didn't make a phone call for months.
It was enough to use a shared Den Den Mushi to check the safety of each other's branches.
Busy tone, still busy tone.
Just when Tsugikoku Yoshiichi was about to hang up the phone in disappointment, a tired voice came from the receiver:
"Moses Moses."
Hearing this familiar voice, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's expression finally eased.
At this moment, Cyrus, Yixiao and others had gathered around Tsugakuni Yoriichi, looking at Tsugakuni Yoriichi quietly.
"How are you? You sound like you're not feeling well."
"What happened? The routine call was interrupted."
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi heard the deep fatigue in Kuzan's voice and asked calmly.
"Routine call?"
"Is it interrupted?"
"Nothing serious. We were just attacked by pirates. The Den Den Mushi must have been affected and destroyed."
It was noon, in Shuixianxing Island, in the ruins of the Navy ICE branch, Kuzan sat cross-legged on the rubble, his back leaning against a broken wall. He smelled the burnt odor in the air, raised his head and smiled bitterly, then replied with forced indifference.
But just as Kuzan finished speaking, a shrill cry came into his ears.
"Major General Kuzan! Those pirates are coming again!!!"
This cry was also transmitted through the Den Den Mushi to the ears of Yoriichi Tsugikoku on the other end of the Den Den Mushi.
"I'm sorry, Yunyi, let's talk later."
As Kuzan spoke, he stood up with the help of the broken wall, looked at the coastline, and hung up the phone.
On the distant coastline, there were more than a dozen pirate ships flying the same pirate flag, rapidly heading towards Shuixianxing Island.
It was a skull flag with a bull horn pattern. Kuzan was no stranger to this pirate flag.
"Beasts Pirates"
"Here you go again so soon?"
Kuzan sighed inwardly and looked around, only to find that there were only a few dozen surviving navy members in their branch. He couldn't help but clench his fists.
"Major General Kuzan, I...what should we do next?"
The young navy's face was covered in black stains and dried blood. When he spoke to Kuzan, his voice was trembling, unable to conceal the fear in his heart at all.
When the young marine asked Kuzan this question, the surviving marines around him turned to look at Kuzan. In their eyes, there was anger, resentment, determination, and fear.
Kuzan took in the gazes of his subordinates, looked back at the town deeper in Shuixianxing Island, and fell silent.
Unlike the ICE branch located on the coast, which is full of ruins, the town of Shuixianxing Island has not suffered any damage at all. Their navy has already defended these people from a wave of pirate attacks.
But Kuzan knew that it would be difficult for the navy of their ICE branch to resist this wave of attack from the Beasts Pirates.
"How are Xiuen, Flying Squirrel, and Binky?"
"Are you all awake?"
Turning around, Kuzan asked the young navy in front of him.
"Colonel Flying Squirrel has woken up, but Major Shuen and Major Binky are still in a coma and haven't woken up yet."
Hearing this answer, Kuzan nodded slightly, then looked back at the town he was guarding. After a long silence, he finally made a decision.
"Gather all the people and transport the injured to the boat behind the island. We are preparing to evacuate."
"We can't hold on here."
When the young Marine heard Kuzan's order to evacuate, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, but he didn't show it on his face. When he was about to turn around and pass on the order, he suddenly thought of something, paused, turned around and asked Kuzan:
"Major General. What should the people on the island do?"
The young marine summoned up all the courage in his chest and asked Kuzan.
"For now, I can't control it."
"The Beasts Pirates should be targeting us. If we leave, the people will be harmed, but we still have a chance to rescue them."
"If all our navy members die, there will be no one to rescue them."
As Kuzan spoke, he clenched his fists involuntarily. Although his face was full of fatigue, his eyes were determined.
"yes!"
The young marine responded and quickly turned and left. However, the remaining marines began to pack up and hurriedly leave the coast.
When some people saw the navy leave, instead of getting angry, they cheered loudly:
"Gone! These navy men are finally gone!"
"Hahahaha! This way, these pirates won't target us! After all, we're not the navy!"
"Why are these navy officers resisting? Wouldn't it be better for them to leave early? If it weren't for them, our Shuixian Star Island wouldn't be targeted!"
Amid the cheers of the people, Kuzan and others crossed the island, boarded the warship that had been prepared long ago on the other side of the island, and then hurried away.
On the coast, many pirate groups of the Beasts Pirates arrived at the shore one after another.
On the deck, a young Khan holding a mace walked to the bow, looked up at the empty ruins of the naval branch, spat lightly, and then jumped with all his might and landed in the center of the ruins.
Looking around, the young Khan muttered to himself in disappointment, "He ran away? I was thinking of continuing to fight that marine, but it's really pointless."
As he spoke, the young man took out a huge gourd from his waist, took a few gulps of wine, and then raised his eyes and looked forward.
When the Beasts Pirates' ship docked, the people of Shuixian Star Island, led by an old man, had already arrived at the shore. Although the ordinary people behind the old man had fear and horror on their faces, they all held baskets in their hands.
The basket was filled with wine, meat, vegetables and fruits.
The old man walked up to the young man with a flattering smile on his face, slowly leaned down, and said with a happy smile: "Captain Kai Kaido!"
"Those navy members are afraid of your strength and have left!"
"We, we have nothing to do with those guys! Please don't vent your anger on us."
"This is a gift from the people of Shuixianxing Island to you. Please don't refuse it."
As the old man spoke, he turned around and waved to the residents. At his signal, the people placed the wine, meat, vegetables and fruits in the baskets on the rubble.
The aroma of wine, meat, and the faint smell of blood and gunpowder in the air mixed together and drifted into Kaido's nose.
"hehe."
He lowered his head and glanced at the people of Shuixian Star Island lying in front of him. Then he turned his head to look at the snow-white military uniforms among the rubble in the ruins. Kaido couldn't help but cover his head, chuckled softly, and then laughed wildly:
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!”
Laughing wildly, Kaido swung the mace in his hand towards the old man. In an instant, the old man's body was like a rag, and was directly knocked away by Kaido, falling into the ruins of the ICE branch, without a sound.
"Starting today!"
"This is the territory of our Beasts Pirates!"
“Hahahahahahaha!”
Amid Kaido's wild laughter, the crew members of the Beasts Pirates got off the ship, kicked the people aside at will, and took the wine and meat in the baskets at will; some pirates were not interested in the food, glanced at the people kicked aside by their companions, did not find any satisfactory prey, and then walked towards the town.
For a moment, the entire coastline was filled with the pirates' laughter and joy.
(End of this chapter)
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