Chapter 324: Turbulence and surging public opinion! (Two in one)
On the Moby Dick, Whitebeard sat in the middle of the deck with a newspaper in his hand. After quickly browsing the information on the newspaper, a bright smile appeared on Whitebeard's face and he gave orders to his children.
"Going to Dressrosa?"
"Aren't we going to Wano Country to see Oden?"
"Isn't Momonosuke's birthday coming up soon? If we go to Dressrosa now, we won't be able to make it, Dad!"
Marco, who was sitting at the bow fishing, threw the fishing rod to his companion, jumped quickly to Whitebeard, and asked with some confusion.
"There will be plenty of opportunities to make up for that kid's birthday in the future."
"There's still time to go to Wano Country after going to Dressrosa."
"Oden is right there anyway, he won't run away."
"We have more important things to do now!"
Whitebeard held a huge wine jug in one hand, and as soon as he finished speaking, he took a few gulps of wine, and then a happy smile appeared on his face.
"Something more important? What more important could we possibly have going to Dressrosa for?"
"That's Tsugikuni Yoriichi's territory. He did something like that in the Holy Land. The World Government won't let him go."
"I'm afraid there's an undercurrent surging in Dressrosa right now!"
"Dad, are you interested in this? Should our Whitebeard Pirates get involved?"
As Marco spoke, excitement flashed in his eyes. As a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, young Marco was raised to be fearless. He was a lively person and wanted to get involved in all the interesting things.
"I'm very interested in that guy, let's go meet him."
"As for whether to interfere or not, I'm not really interested in that."
Whitebeard smiled and looked at the sea, his eyes becoming somewhat deep.
Just as Whitebeard and Marco were talking, the rudder of the Moby Dick began to turn sharply and began to head towards Dressrosa.
The Whitebeard Pirates are one of the maritime overlords of the New World in the post-Roger era, and Whitebeard is a person who likes to travel with children. They have left their footprints on many islands in the New World.
The Whitebeard Pirates have permanent record pointers for some of the large towns and supply points, so Whitebeard's impromptu change of course will not cause any trouble to those in the cockpit.
“Dressrosa—”
"It's been a long time since we last visited that bustling town, ever since Tsugikuni Yoriichi's Sword of Dawn was stationed there."
"It's just right, let's go have some fun~"
Marco became incredibly excited after noticing the change in course. In the New World, there were very few countries as prosperous as Dressrosa. Being able to visit a big city was something not only Marco but also the other Whitebeard Pirates were looking forward to.
New world.
After leaving the Marine Headquarters, Yoshikazu Tsugakuni relied on Ichisho's life card to successfully cross the sea in just one night and caught up with Ichisho and others who had left the Sabaody Archipelago half a day earlier.
In the early morning, when people around the world saw the report released by the World Government one after another, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi also successfully returned to the Dawn warship.
Yixiao, Mihawk and others had already noticed the domineering aura of Yoshikazu Tsugakuni when he was flying, and walked out of the cabin. When Yoshikazu landed on the deck, several people quickly surrounded Yoshikazu.
"How are you?"
Mihawk walked to Yunyi's side, looked at the horrible wounds on Yunyi's body, and couldn't help but ask.
This was the first time Mihawk saw Yoriichi Tsugikuni in this state. Yoriichi's handsome face was full of fatigue, and the wounds on his body were oozing blood. Even though Yoriichi used his life return to control the muscles around the wound to stop the bleeding, his body was still carbon-based after all.
It takes quite a while to fully recover from such an injury.
Looking at the scars all over Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's body and his exhausted appearance, Mihawk guessed what kind of battle Tsugakuni Yoshiichi had experienced in the Holy Land.
"It's okay, just some minor injuries."
"Just rest for a while."
"Have King Riku and his men, as well as King Neptune, been sent back?"
As he spoke, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's observation Haki quickly swept across the warship. Seeing that he did not sense any familiar auras, he immediately asked the people around him.
Before Mihawk could answer, the bear beside him nodded and said:
"King Riku and his family, along with Cyrus, were sent back to Dressrosa. Neptune's family and Jinpei also returned to Fishman Island after leaving the waters of Shabaodi. I've sent Tiger to Redchiled Island to take charge and resettle the homeless slaves."
"According to the plan, we are now rushing to Thunder God Island at full speed."
The actions after escaping from the Sabaody Archipelago were all planned in advance by Yoshikazu Tsugakuni and his team, and are now being carried out according to plan.
"Are you already on the way to Thunder God Island?"
"As long as the plan goes well."
"I'm going to sleep for a while. Just call me if you need anything."
"Tell everyone the news of my return, so that everyone can feel at ease."
As Jiguo Yuanyi said this, he patted Xiong's waist with a hint of affection, and then his eyes quickly swept over Mihawk, Abel and others.
Mihawk and the others were all injured to varying degrees, and the one in the best condition was Yixiao.
When Yixiao was escaping from Shampoo Land, he used the power of his fruit to consume a lot of his physical strength, but after crossing the Red Strait and returning to the New World, Yixiao released the power.
After a night's sleep, Yixiao has fully recovered.
Yixiao could hear the deep fatigue in Tsugikoku Yoriichi's voice, and he interrupted at the right time:
"Let the wounded have a good rest."
"Leave the rest to me."
Yixiao leaned on his cane with one hand and tapped the ground lightly.
Yuanyi nodded and went to the ship's medical room to ask the military doctor to help clean the wound. After quickly suturing and bandaging it, Jigoku Yuanyi returned to his room and fell asleep.
The battles with the three admirals of the navy and the five elder stars consumed a lot of his domineering aura and physical strength. After meeting with Zephyr and leaving the headquarters of the navy, Tsugakuni Yoriichi swam or flew and traveled all night.
Even Tsugikuni Yoshiichirō felt a little overwhelmed at the moment.
Thunder God Island is an uninhabited island with abnormal climate and frequent lightning strikes. This island is not suitable for human survival at all, but it is one of the three initial islands at the entrance to the New World after leaving Fishman Island.
After Kuniyoshi's Sword of Dawn entered the New World, he sent Yixiao to guard and transform the Thunder God Island.
Although Yixiao did not have the ability to prevent the island from being struck by lightning, he had the ability to use the sand and rocks on Leishen Island to build another island outside the lightning strike zone.
After several years of operation, Thunder Island has an artificial island and a large naval base has been built on the island.
The Leishen Island Naval Base is quite large and can accommodate 5,000 navy officers and soldiers living on the island at the same time. However, the number of navy officers and soldiers in the army has never been large, and there are only about a thousand navy officers stationed on the island.
At this time, the Thunder God Island Naval Base accepted some slaves sent from the Holy Land of Marinjoa. These slaves were all homeless and were suspected to be pirates.
Most of these people possess fairly good combat capabilities. In order to prevent them from revealing their true nature and harming the civilians of Readchiled Island or Dressrosa, Yoriichi placed them on Thunder God Island.
After careful screening, these talents will be released.
There is no way to avoid some fish slipping through the net. Even Tsugikuni Yoriichi would not dare to say that there were no pirates among the "ordinary slaves" sent to Redchiled Island. However, the situation was urgent at the time, and his decision was relatively reasonable.
The warship sailed on the sea for almost a week and finally arrived at the island affiliated with Thunder God Island.
When approaching the naval branch here, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi felt somewhat uneasy. He was afraid that there might be some powerful and ambitious people among the released slaves. This week would be enough for those ambitious people to infect the entire island.
If the branch's navy were to be attacked, Tsugikuni Yoriichi would not know how to face the navy who trusted, cooperated and helped him.
Fortunately, when the Dawn warship approached the branch's sea gate, a navy officer on the watchtower discovered Ji Guoyuan and others. After recognizing Yixiao and Ji Guoyuan and others standing on the bow of the ship, the sea gate was opened.
Hearing the sound of the gate rising, Yixiao, who was standing next to Yunyi, also smiled and said comfortingly:
"Your worries are unnecessary."
"No matter how vicious a pirate is, once he becomes a slave, his will will be worn down by the Celestial Dragons."
"After all, we are the ones who rescued them. Even if there is no so-called reward, at least they won't attack us."
When Ji Guoyuan heard Yixiao's words, he couldn't help but nodded slightly, and his mood improved a lot.
After entering the Thunder God Island branch, the lieutenant colonel stationed here received Ji Guoyuan and others, and at the same time returned the leadership power back to Yixiao.
After the Dawn warship stayed briefly at the Thunder God Island branch for a few days, it left Yixiao to take charge of the situation and then quickly left.
There were nearly a thousand slaves sent to Thunder Island. Most of them had no so-called home. After staying in the Thunder Island Navy Branch for a period of time, the survivors experienced the feeling of "becoming a new person".
People are also infected by the enthusiasm of the navy stationed here. Many people hope to join Yoriichi Tsugakuni's men and get protection. At the same time, they also want to be able to report their experiences to the World Government and the Celestial Dragons one day without leaving out anything!
Regarding the slaves' desire to join the Sword of Dawn, Yixiao began to register them after obtaining permission from Tsugikoku Yoshiichi.
For those who want to live a peaceful life, some chores are arranged, such as cleaning, taking care of places like the canteen, supply transportation, procurement, etc., all of which require people.
For those who harbored hatred and had strong fighting ability, Yixiao incorporated them into the combat forces. Yixiao was very clear that from the day they left the Holy Land, they were thorns in the eyes of the World Government.
It is no longer possible to live in peace. The World Government will find every opportunity to completely eliminate the Sword of Dawn.
Expanding our strength is something that must be done.
During this period, there was a wanted order from the World Government for Yoshiichi Tsugakuni and his group. After learning about Yoshiichi Tsugakuni's actions, the navy of the Sword of Dawn did become panicked.
However, there were slaves who escaped from the Holy Land in both Thunder God Island and Redchiled Island. After these people spread the evil deeds of the Celestial Dragons in the two branches, some passionate young people were immediately filled with righteous indignation and firmly stood on the side of Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
Some navy officers who had families and concerns in their hearts also left the Sword of Dawn team.
There are not many people in this group, because the Sword of Dawn specifically recruits young people with a strong sense of justice.
Internal turmoil has become inevitable after the World Government stripped the naval designation of Sword of Dawn and issued a wanted order.
The people of Dressrosa, the base of Yoriichi Tsugikuni and his group, were now completely panicked.
King Liku has been trying hard to appease the emotions of the people in the country during this period and has no time to do other things.
When Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's ship returned to Dressrosa and approached the port, the people of Dressrosa who received the news flocked to the port and blocked the beach.
The people of Dressrosa gathered at the port, holding sticks, harpoons, and farm tools in their hands, looked at the ship slowly approaching the shore with hostility. When they saw the figure of Yoriichi Tsugikuni appear at the bow of the ship, the anger in the people's hearts could no longer be suppressed, and they poured out towards the navy on the ship.
"You dare to come to Dressrosa?"
"Get out now! Don't stay here!"
"We don't want to get involved with people like you and become enemies of the World Government!"
"Get out! Get out!"
The public's fear of the World Government had already surpassed their gratitude and respect for Tsugakuin and his ilk. With the public already agitated, even a small voice, a little incitement, would fuel public opinion against Tsugakuin and his ilk.
The World Government has long been wary of Yoriichi Tsugakuni, and countless CPs have been secretly lurking in Dressrosa over the years.
During this period, these people spread the "evil" of Yoriichi Tsugakuni and the power of the World Government in Dressrosa, and have gathered a very strong force.
Xiong, Abel and others who were about to get off the boat were suddenly shocked by the surging public anger. Once upon a time, they saw the people's respect for Tsugikuni Yoriichi, but in the blink of an eye, this respect had disappeared without a trace.
What is left behind is endless resentment and anger.
Ji Guoyuan stood at the bow of the ship, with a slightly dim look in his eyes, but the dimness quickly disappeared.
He had actually anticipated the scene before him, but Ji Guoyuan had really thought that he had done so much for the people here, and even if the people were afraid of the World Government, they should not have such a huge public outrage.
But now it seems that he still thought things were too simple. In the minds of the people, the world government has long become synonymous with "absolute rule."
In a country like Dressrosa, which has been peaceful for many years, the people simply would not have the will to rebel against the World Government.
Even King Yiliku's status and influence in this country cannot eliminate the current public anger.
"Yuichi"
Mihawk noticed that Tsugikuni Yoriichi was feeling a little lost, and couldn't help but pat Yoriichi's arm. He opened his mouth to say something comforting, but didn't know where to start.
"Don't worry, I've imagined the current situation."
"I'm afraid we can't stay in Dressrosa anymore."
"Contact Cyrus and ask him to come over. There are some things I need to explain to him."
"After all, he is King Riku's son-in-law, so he shouldn't follow us."
"Pack up the useful information, resupply, and take the navy that will continue to follow me to Thunder God Island."
"I'm going to go see Koshiro. If he doesn't want to leave, he can stay in Dressrosa with me."
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi sighed inwardly and said to his subordinates behind him. Just as he was about to leave the deck and go to the base to meet Koshiro, the navy on the watchtower suddenly screamed:
"Report!"
"We've found traces of a pirate ship!"
"Yes, yes. It's the Whitebeard Pirates' ship!"
(End of this chapter)
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