The next day, a world-shaking news spread across the sea, along with Kuina's bounty.
World's Greatest Swordsman Shimotsuki Kuina, bounty: 3.86 billion Berries, Supreme Grade Great Grade Sword Dragon Slaying Flame Slash, Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Vampire Form, confirmed as a multiple Devil Fruit user, extremely heinous, dead or alive.
When Lan Luo and his crew saw Kuina's bounty, they were also surprised, but only for a moment.
On the Moby Dick, Whitebeard received the message Lan Luo sent to Marco about Blackbeard's death, which made him doubt if he could have done better. He remembered Blackbeard's last words: "Pops, if I hadn't found this Devil Fruit, I might have stayed on your ship forever."
Those words sounded heartwarming, but they were in the past. That child had the ambition of a Four Emperors and could have become one in the future. Looking at the WhitebeardPirate Crew now, there wasn't a single strong individual who could carry his name, and their future might not be too good.
At this moment, Marco rushed forward with today's newspaper and said, "Pops, Kuina from Lan Luo's ship has become the World's Greatest Swordsman!" His joyful expression was evident.
Whitebeard looked at his happily foolish son, a new layer of worry adding to his thoughts about the future: "Oh, Marco, what could possibly surprise you so much?"
Marco said, somewhat speechless, "Pops, that female great swordsman Kuina we met has become the World's Greatest Swordsman, and she's a woman! The sea is going to boil over now." He finished with a hint of schadenfreude.
"Let me see." When Whitebeard saw the photo of Kuina in her Vampire Form, the flames burning around her seemed to reach him through the newspaper, along with the flame clouds rising around her. These details made Whitebeard's pupils contract.
He wasn't an ordinary pirate; it was precisely because he understood what this represented that he was so shocked. He was the strongest man in the world; things that could shock him were possible, but not many, and Kuina was one of them.
Marco had been with Whitebeard the longest, and seeing his pops' pupils contract, he knew this matter was not simple. He quickly asked, "Pops, is there anything unusual?"
He was also very curious about Kuina's Devil Fruit ability. So far, he only knew that Kuina was a Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Vampire Form user; he knew nothing else.
"It's nothing, I'm the strongest Whitebeard in the world, Gurarararara!" Whitebeard finished with a laugh, just to keep his son from worrying about him.
Marco saw the helplessness mixed in his pops' laughter, and the breathing tube in his nose. He forced a smile and said, "Of course, Pops is the strongest."
He also regretted letting Blackbeard go. If they could have traded Blackbeard as per Lan Luo's agreement, Pops might have lived much longer.
On Whole Cake Island, Big Mom was eating cakes one after another, and Long Bread next to her handed her today's newspaper.
"We can't go on like this, Linlin. We must unite with Kaido and wipe out Lan Luo's Pirate Crew in one fell swoop," Long Bread said urgently.
After finishing her cake, Big Mom drank a glass of juice, wiped her mouth, and said, "It's too late. Their strength is completely on par with our combined forces." When she saw the flame clouds in Kuina's photo, she understood that this was no ordinary Pirate Crew.
If Kaido's previous great defeat was just an accident, then when she saw Kuina defeat Hawkeye, she understood that this was a group that surpassed all Pirate Crews. Although Lan Luo and his crew hadn't declared themselves as pirates to the outside world, on the sea, strength always reigned supreme, and she saw it more clearly than anyone.
On Onigashima, Kaido cried while drinking sake, saying, "Why didn't they let me join their battle? What exactly is their goal now?"
King beside him also spoke, "Boss Kaido, could they be after the treasure of the Final Island? After all, Roger also kept a low profile for the Final Island back then."
Queen, the Plague, seeing Kuina's figure, instantly became a fanboy: "Impossible. If it were for the Final Island, they wouldn't be inactive in the New World, nor would they have gone to Big Mom's territory to seize the Red Poneglyphs."
Listening to Queen's analysis, both of them nodded involuntarily. It was indeed so.
Meanwhile, on the Red Force, Shanks also held the newspaper, a look of shock on his face. He knew Mihawk's strength; after their sparring, both now knew the limits of each other's power. He never expected such a strong Mihawk to be defeated by Kuina of Lan Luo's group.
Benn Beckman, with a cigarette in his mouth, spoke up, "Is something wrong?"
"Something is very wrong. What is their goal? I still don't understand," Shanks said with a somewhat grave expression.
He understood pirates best. Kaido wanted to start a great war to become the Pirate King. Big Mom was greedy and wanted to plunder, also aiming to become the Pirate King. Whitebeard wanted to protect his family.
However, ever since Lan Luo debuted, he had appeared a few times with an invincible stance, each time causing world-shaking events. But all these events didn't connect, like hitting here and there, which greatly confused him.
But when he saw Kuina's strength and bounty, a terrifying thought appeared in his mind: perhaps they didn't even put the Marine and the World Government in their eyes, and every crew member was incredibly formidable.
Shanks, thinking of this, felt a cold sweat run down his back. Considering Kuina's multiple Devil Fruit abilities, and that their Captain must be even stronger, it was not impossible.
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The Marine and the World Government thought the same as Shanks, but the World Government considered it for a moment and then dismissed it as impossible, as their names did not contain the letter "D," so they were not their target. The Fleet Admiral's office, however, was silent at this time.
Sengoku was the first to speak: "I never imagined this young girl, barely an adult, would possess such strength. Even 'monster' isn't enough to describe her, is it? Linlin wasn't this strong when she was her age, I think."
Garp, while eating rice crackers, said, "Haven't they done nothing to harm civilians?" He also left something unsaid: although they killed pirates, they didn't harm Luffy, which meant they were people who knew right from wrong.
Tsuru also spoke: "Regardless, we must maintain surveillance on their group. For Kuina to have such strength at such a young age, they must possess a great secret."
"Let Kizaru and I go together and eliminate them. After all, on the high seas, they are basically Devil Fruit users," Akainu said, proposing a feasible plan.
Upon hearing this, Kizaru's usually nonchalant expression turned into a rare look of gravity as he said, "Spare me, please. You haven't seen their Captain in action. He only used one move to trap me in that strange space."
In the end, this meeting was in vain, feeling like a complete waste of time. It was simply unrealistic for them to deploy three or more Admirals.
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