February 1461 of the Haiyuan Calendar.
New World.
More than a month has passed since leaving Elbaf. During this period of more than a month, except for a stop at an unknown island in the middle, most of the other time was spent at sea.
Reason.
"We have no money!"
Sitting on the fishing platform of the Black Pearl, Monger's face was extremely heavy.
In Elbaf, we eat and use the giants' food. If we are really hungry, we can go hunting in the forest. There is never a shortage of prey in the jungle of Elbaf, as long as we have the ability to hunt them.
But once we go out to sea, problems arise.
Monger and Lipri are both Devil Fruit users. It is impossible for them to go into the water to catch fish. Just relying on fishing, not to mention going hungry for nine meals in three days, at least it is impossible to fill their stomachs with fish.
Originally, Monger still had several million Baileys, but he threw that little money to Carmelo as a deposit for Lingling to get on the ship.
As for the head of Blood Skull Farrell that was harvested half a year ago, although Monger asked two giant pirate hunters to collect the bounty, he went out to sea again before they came back.
"Would our pirate group be short of money?"
Hearing Monger's words, Lipri's eyes widened in disbelief.
In her opinion, the White Wolf Pirates had enough money to buy several countries, so they would never fall to the point of being short of money, right?
Blood Skull Farrell thought so too.
"Before the fleet was disbanded, there was indeed a sum of savings, but after all the money was divided, my share was only enough for an old man to spend his old age in peace."
Monger looked helpless.
"So, we have to find a way to make money now."
"That's easy!"
Hearing Monger's words, Rocks' eyes lit up and an evil smile appeared on his face.
"Just find two merchant ships to rob. It hurts!"
Rocks covered his head and glared at Monger: "Why are you hitting me?"
"Because it's embarrassing!"
Monger looked at Rocks and sneered: "Our fleet doesn't have the habit of bullying the weak."
"Then what should we do?" Rocks spread his hands: "If we don't rob merchant ships, should we rob pirates?"
"That's also a way."
Monger did not deny that it was natural for pirates to rob each other, even if there was nothing valuable on the pirate group.
What about the captain's head? The captain of the
pirate group that can be active in the New World, even the lowest bounty, has exceeded 10 million Baileys.
"But this is just a stopgap measure."
Monger put down the fishing rod in his hand, opened his arms and embraced the sea.
"If pirates want to get rich, of course they have to grab territory!"
In the New World, whether a pirate's name is loud depends on how many pirates he can deter and how many countries he can protect.
And having a "territory" of its own, this pirate group can be regarded as truly gaining a foothold in the New World.
"In the past, the White Wolf Pirates only needed to run one fleet, so there was no need to grow and expand, but now it's different."
In Monger's eyes, there was a light called "ambition".
"I will never stop at a corner. If time doesn't stop me, then this sea won't stop me either!"
"I want to dominate this ocean!"
In front of Rocks and Lipri, Monger did not hide his ambition.
In the past, he had dreamed of changing the world, but he failed. His lack of strength made him stagnate.
Now it's different.
With the combat power of an admiral, Monger truly has the ability to confront the navy's encirclement and suppression head-on, and has the capital to negotiate with the World Government.
Of course.
This strength cannot really stand on equal footing with the World Government and the Navy, but it also means that Monger has taken a solid step on his own path.
Raftel?
Who cares about that?
In this era when the future Pirate King Roger has not yet set sail, the so-called Final Island is just a symbol with more symbolic significance than practical significance.
Monger initially thought that he wanted to pursue a path like the Pirate King Roger.
But now it seems
that what he wants to do is actually no different from the future Rocks!
"Sorry, Rocks."
He used to think that Rocks was a loser in the competition with Roger for the title of Pirate King, which was wrong. The two were not on the same track from beginning to end, so how could they talk about victory and defeat?
If we talk about defeat, the future Rocks lost to the World Government and his own arrogance, not to Roger.
And now, he wants to take a path similar to Rocks.
"Maybe in the future, we will become enemies!"
Monger did not intend to deceive Rocks. If he did not even have the stomach to accommodate his men's ambitions, then he did not deserve to be the overlord of the sea.
Hearing Monger's words, Rocks laughed.
"Hahaha, stinky old man, if there really comes a day like that, I will definitely spare your life and let you spend your old age in peace."
But Rocks kept laughing, and tears were about to come out.
Who would personally cultivate their own enemies?
But Rocks could hear that Monger was not joking.
If he still wanted to be the overlord of the sea, he would definitely have conflicts with Monger in the future, and finally the two of them would become enemies. He
also heard that Monger had no intention of suppressing him.
Monger was looking forward to it.
Looking forward to him getting stronger and looking forward to him challenging himself.
"When that time comes, I won't be soft-hearted!"
"Haha, if you lose, then just be my intern for the rest of your life!"
Monger and Rocks picked up the wine glasses placed aside and touched them lightly.
Then a resentful voice was heard.
"Hey, have you forgotten me?"
Lipri looked at the father and son who had completely forgotten about fishing, and said with dissatisfaction: "Speaking of ambition, my ambition is not inferior to yours!"
"Oh?"
Hearing Lipri say this, Monger immediately became interested, and even Rocks couldn't help but prick up his ears.
"Hehe, that's it."
Woo——————
The whistle suddenly sounded, covering Lipri's voice. Not only Lipri pouted her lips, but even Monger and Rocks couldn't help but frown.
Because what appeared in front of them was a huge ship with most of its hull armed with iron armor. Not only Rocks and Lipri, but even Monger rarely saw such a ship on the sea.
In the pirate world where sailing ships are still the mainstream, steam ships are basically only available in a few countries with relatively advanced technology.
Even the navy's warships are not fully equipped with steam boilers unique to steamships.
But the three of them can see the flag flying on the ship.
The symbol on the flag is in the shape of a cross, with circles at the four vertices and the midpoint, and a line of words written
below the cross.
[WORLD GOVT.]
This is the flag that represents the World Government and is the symbol of the World Government!
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