With Li Yuan's phone notification sent out, the major pirate crews that had long been prepared began to take action.
All previous preparations came to a halt, and instead, they joyfully held banquets to celebrate the arrival of this final battle day.
Soon, the core members of each pirate crew started to leave their territories with their respective Captains, heading towards the Calm Belt.
This scene was almost identical to the eve of the pirate alliance's occupation of the South Sea ten years ago, except this time, the number of participants was significantly smaller.
Perhaps the World Government and the Navy were unable to detect the movements of the Flying Pirates and Infinite Pirates, but the activities of other pirate crews were far from discreet.
Within a day of the pirate crews' actions, the World Government had already caught wind of the news: all the Captains of the major pirate crews were no longer on their territories.
One or two might not raise alarms, but the disappearance of all the monitored pirate crew Captains could not be ignored by the World Government.
Holy Land Mariejois:
"The pirates have begun to move. This time, it seems they do not plan to lead a massive pirate alliance. What is going on?"
Upon receiving the news about the pirates, the Five Elders convened for a discussion. For the past few months, they had been in a state of high alert, leaving no stone unturned in their intelligence gathering regarding the pirates. However, the results they obtained left them frowning.
This opening does not seem right. Shouldn't the pirates, like in the last South Sea war, dispatch a large fleet and personnel to act together?
Why are there only a few powerful forces moving this time?
Are they planning a surprise attack? "Regardless of how they are acting, according to our previous speculations, their target this time is likely the other three seas within the Four Seas."
"Don't forget the existence of Golden Lion. With his abilities, transporting a large fleet in a short time is completely feasible."
"Therefore, our CP stationed in the other three seas must investigate with all their might. We must find out the pirates' target in the shortest time possible!"
"Agreed!"
"Agreed!"
"Agreed!"
New World, Calm Belt:
Li Yuan and the others were unaware of the Five Elders' actions. They followed their previous action plan and gathered in the Calm Belt.
Here, there was no monitoring from the World Government, and no one knew that all the major pirate crew Captains who had disappeared the day before had gathered here!
Infinite Pirates, Flying Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, Big Mom Pirates, Beasts Pirates, Red-Haired Pirates, John Pirates, Wang Zhi Pirates, Silver Axe Pirates, Violent Pirates.
Now, all the strongest pirate crew Captains and their most powerful subordinates in the world had gathered in this Calm Belt sea area.
It can be said that this force is undoubtedly the most powerful force in the world. Even the strongest subordinates among the many pirate crews felt immense pressure when gathered together.
Even though they were among the second strongest in the world, and they dared to be arrogant in the outside world, they were cautious even in their breathing in the presence of so many pirate crew Captains.
Especially Doflamingo, standing among the Infinite Pirates, he deeply understood just how insignificant he was at this moment.
Among this group, his strength could be considered at the bottom, as the candidates sent by the major pirate crews to participate in the battle were all at least on par with him.
"Hahahahaha, since everyone is here, let's have a pre-battle meeting."
"There are many things that are not easy to say over Den Den Mushi, but now we can start discussing!"
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Yuan naturally did not intend to waste time.
"Jie hahahaha, Reinhardt, you all go to the side."
Golden Lion laughed.
Reinhardt and the others understood their Captain's intention. Not only the cadres of the Flying Pirates but even those from other pirate crews began to leave.
They all knew that the next part was a meeting for their respective Captains, and it was better for them not to listen.
Once all the pirate crew cadres had left, the pre-battle meeting began.
However, all the cadres present were unaware of what their Captains were discussing, while those who had left gathered together.
Without the pressure from the numerous Captains, the tension among these cadres eased a bit.
"Atle McClane, Doflamingo, why are you two Shichibukai standing with the Infinite Pirates?"
Marco asked curiously.
Marco's question immediately attracted the attention of all the cadres present. After all, they had gathered together without knowing what was going on, and now they were just chatting.
"I originally came from the Infinite Pirates, just hiding my identity among the Shichibukai. Now that the great battle is approaching, I naturally have to return to the Infinite Pirates."
Atle McClane said nonchalantly.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent, but soon accepted it. The Infinite Pirates were large and powerful, so sending someone to infiltrate the Shichibukai was nothing unusual.
"Fufufufu, I want to witness the downfall of the World Government. Joining the Infinite Pirates is naturally the best way!"
Doflamingo had no qualms about saying this.
"You think, what are our Captains discussing right now? Are they discussing how to divide the territories after we defeat the World Government?"
The people present were all sharp-minded and understood that if interests were not properly divided at such a critical moment, various problems could arise during the war, and there might even be pirates turning against them.
Thus, it was best to divide the interests before the battle, just like when they occupied the South Sea before, first dividing the territories and then fighting for them, ultimately facing the World Government together.
"Such matters are only for our Captains to participate in. We shouldn't speculate here."
"Even if the territories are divided, the ones taking the largest share will definitely be the Infinite Pirates and Flying Pirates."
While the numerous cadres chatted idly, the Captains were also discussing matters.
However, during the discussion, some differences arose, and the atmosphere became quite tense, with a faint hint of Conqueror's Haki beginning to spread.
But this divergence quickly dissipated, and the subsequent discussions accelerated.
After a full two hours of discussion, the pre-battle meeting finally concluded successfully.
However, what transpired during the meeting remained a mystery to anyone outside the Captains.
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