At this time, the Memory Seahorse was grumbling loudly, cursing that it was late to the party.
Logically, shouldn't it have been allowed to feast first before Linlin and Brook drained Bleco's surplus value?
Even Redfield felt they moved too fast.
He hadn't even had the chance to read Bleco's memories, missing out on valuable intel on the Ewald Pirates' headquarters.
---
Left with no other choice, Brook had to set a new rule:
When encountering important enemies, Redfield would first read their memories.
Then, the Memory Seahorse could have its meal.
Afterward, Linlin would drain the soul's lifespan.
Finally, Brook, the boss, would enslave the entire soul.
Brook grumbled to himself, feeling a little depressed.
"What the hell? I'm just the leftovers now?"
He wondered if the ghosts he collected would grow weaker after being stripped of multiple layers of power.
---
The Hell Pirates' crew couldn't help but shake their heads.
The name "Hell Pirates" was fitting—they truly were hell for their enemies.
From now on, no soul would be able to escape their merciless exploitation.
---
Brutal Stussy
Stussy, being a former CP agent, showed her deadly prowess.
Among the thirty or forty pirates, she single-handedly took down over twenty.
The chests of her victims were riddled with holes from her Finger Pistol (Shigan).
Had Brook not ordered them to spare their lives, she would have aimed for their hearts—leaving them dead on the spot.
---
Even Stussy was shocked by her own strength.
She was far stronger than she remembered being during her training days.
Shakky, with a smirk, reminded her:
"You didn't just learn the Six Powers (Rokushiki)—you also mastered advanced skills and Life Return (Seimei Kikan). You just forgot it all."
Now, Stussy realized that as long as she trained, she would quickly recover her past skills.
She couldn't believe how powerful she had once been—now she was desperate to relearn it all.
---
Tiger's Frustration
Meanwhile, Fisher Tiger was growing frustrated.
First, he had been bullied by Shakky.
Now, he was being outshone by Stussy—another formidable woman.
The pressure was on.
---
After mopping up the remaining pirates, Charlotte Linlin created more Homies to patrol the island.
At the same time, Brook harvested several ghosts, keeping them as food for his ghost.
---
Shiki vs. Redfield: Rivalry Intensifies
The Golden Lion Shiki, ever ambitious, was determined to become the strongest in the Hell Pirates.
He repeatedly challenged Redfield, eager to prove his dominance.
But Redfield wasn't about to back down.
They were now locked in a fierce rivalry, constantly pushing each other's limits.
Although Shiki's Float-Float Fruit was powerful, Redfield's Rumble-Rumble Fruit was faster and deadlier.
Redfield's lightning speed allowed him to dodge and counter with ease.
His strikes were faster and more destructive than Shiki's terrain manipulation.
In terms of swordsmanship, they were evenly matched.
Both wielded exceptional skill, exchanging devastating slashes.
However, when it came to Haki, Redfield had the edge:
His Observation Haki was several levels higher, enhanced by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's sensory boost.
His Armament Haki was stronger, thanks to more systematic training and longer practice.
His Conqueror's Haki was also more potent, driven by his vengeance against the Celestial Dragons.
Meanwhile, Shiki, despite his ambition, still carried mental scars from being defeated by Rocks, slightly dulling his fighting spirit.
"Newgate, still worried about awakening your Conqueror's Haki?"
Brook smirked.
"Stop overthinking it. It'll come when it comes. Just go with the flow."
---
Watching Redfield and Shiki duel, Edward Newgate grew restless.
He wanted to join the fight but felt lacking without Conqueror's Haki.
"Gurara~! I can't help it! They're too damn cocky!"
Newgate, now on par with Shiki, didn't even need Conqueror's Haki to beat him.
With just his Tremor-Tremor Fruit and two-type of Haki, he could overpower Shiki.
All of Shiki's floating attacks were shattered by Newgate's Tremor powers.
Against Redfield, however, it was different.
Redfield's speed and advanced Observation Haki allowed him to see through Shiki's moves, making Shiki's attacks ineffective.
Even Brook had to admit:
Redfield had superior natural talent—his special Observation Haki made him terrifyingly unpredictable.
Newgate was innately powerful, gifted with raw strength.
Shiki, while skilled, lacked their natural talent, making him slightly inferior.
Still, all three wielded three-types of Haki, top-tier Devil Fruits, and formidable swordsmanship, making them unstoppable.
"Brook, come with us to buy food!"
Charlotte Linlin appeared, grabbing Brook and tossing him over her shoulder.
Shakky and Stussy hovered overhead on the thundercloud Zeus, laughing.
Newgate watched them leave, shaking his head with a chuckle.
"Gurara~! They're just having fun."
Then, he turned and grinned wickedly.
"Time to beat up Shiki again! That bastard's been flexing his Haki too much!"
---
Meanwhile, Sniper Hiruba, Doctor Crocus, and Shipwright Tom were experimenting.
They were developing a paralysis cannon, aiming to neutralize powerful foes quickly and reduce the Hell Pirates' battlefield risks.
"Crocus! Get the toxins from Fish-Man Island!"
Hiruba barked.
"We'll turn the water gun into a poison cannon!"
Combining a Wind Shell and Water Shell, the new weapon would double its effectiveness against Devil Fruit users and ordinary pirates alike.uv
"Tom, your blacksmithing skills are top-notch. Help me make some precision parts!"
Hiruba worked alongside Tom, constantly refining the designs of various firearms.
They were also studying Pluton's blueprints, hoping to learn from its technology.
"Brook, from now on, we're the Three Sisters of Hell!"
Charlotte Linlin grinned.
Shakky added, smirking:
"The Marines give ugly nicknames—we'll name ourselves first!"
"I'm the Hell Witch, Linlin!"
"I'm Stussy, the Hell Demon!"
"I'm Shakky, the Saint of Hell!"
"We are the Three Sisters from Hell!"
Watching their dramatic posing, Brook was speechless—but he couldn't help but laugh.
"Stussy… what the hell happened to you?!"
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When the three girls saw Brook's reaction, they immediately got angry.
Shakky felt that she had spent so much time coming up with the three titles, yet Brook didn't even take them seriously.
Stussy was just as frustrated.
It had taken a lot of convincing from Shakky before she agreed to such a shameless nickname and embarrassing pose.
"Where's the family bond you promised?! Why are you making fun of me?!"
"Brother Brook, why are you laughing?! Don't you think we're cool?!"
Charlotte Linlin frowned, thinking Brook was being too mean with his laughter.
She was very satisfied with their new look!
"Yeah, yeah, yeah~ Super cool! You guys will definitely make the Hell Pirates famous!"
Seeing the resentment rising from the three women, Thundercloud Zeus and Sun Prometheus also glared at Brook.
Feeling the pressure, Brook's face stiffened.
He quickly praised their creative slogans and appearance, fully affirming their brilliance.
Finally, Brook managed to placate the three girls and took them out for shopping and food.
"Brother Brook, when are we going to have a baby?"
Charlotte Linlin casually asked while devouring cake, nearly making Shakky and Stussy choke in shock.
Their eyes widened and their ears perked up.
"Pfft!"
Brook spat out his drink, stunned by Linlin's blunt question in front of everyone.
"Linlin, our territory is still unstable. How can we even think about that right now?! And you're not even eighteen!"
Under the awkward stares from Shakky and Stussy, Brook could only coolly explain himself.
"Oh? So you're saying she just needs to be eighteen?!"
Shakky's eyes narrowed, staring at Brook in disbelief.
She had joked before that Streusen might have such perverted thoughts, but she never imagined that Brook was the same kind of person!
At the same time, Shakky thought to herself:
"So Brook still has that desire?"
"I thought he had lost that function after being revived from the dead…"
"No wonder I heard from Antonio that he secretly had a physical checkup on Drum Island!"
"Oh! Then I'll just celebrate my birthday next month… and have another birthday the year after!"
Charlotte Linlin said innocently, counting on her fingers.
"That way, I can eat caramel puffs twice!"
Without realizing it, Linlin was already close to seventeen.
Watching her childlike behavior, Brook sighed helplessly.
Stussy also began calculating her own age.
She realized that due to her memory loss, she had lost three years, making her just seven or eight months away from turning eighteen.
Feeling uneasy, Brook decided to drop the topic.
There were more pressing matters to focus on—the revenge of the Ewald Pirates was looming.
—-
Ewald Pirates' Headquarters
At Bristol Island, the headquarters of the Ewald Pirates, one of the six dominant pirate groups, Teach Ewald was fuming.
"What?! Bleco lost the intel AND his vivre cards burned?!"
His roar of fury shook the room.
The trusted cadre, who had served him for years, had been killed without even being able to send a report.
"No intel at all?! Have you found any clues?!"
Seeing Teach Ewald growing rage, the other cadres kept their heads down, too afraid to speak up.
"Captain, could it be the Rocks Pirates?"
A sinister-looking man with a missing chunk of his lip, Biff, stepped forward.
AsEwalds's longest-serving cadre, he respected his captain but felt no fear of him.
"Otherwise, how could Bleco die without even making a call?"
After the Dark News Agency was destroyed, the intelligence networks of the major pirate overlords had weakened significantly.
They were now forced to slowly retrain spies to infiltrate enemy territories.
With the new intelligence powerhouse still not emerging, they were left in the dark.
The smaller spy networks had:
Limited reach
Slow updates
Underdeveloped resources
"There's no information yet…"
One of the cadres suggested:
"Should we send half of our intelligence agents to Doragonzo Island to investigate? At the same time, we should track the movements of the Rocks Pirates and keep an eye on those so-called allies!"
Teach Ewald was concerned that the Rocks Pirates were behind the attack, so he didn't dare to personally investigate.
Instead, he sent his subordinates to confirm the situation and monitor the allies.
In the following days, none of the intelligence agents sent to Doragonzo Island returned.
Instead, they confirmed that the major overlords—Rocks and Diger—had remained on their own territories, not making any moves.
Since Rocks didn't attack his pseudo-overlord allies, it meant that the culprits on Doragonzo Island were unrelated to Rocks.
---
"Damn it! It's that bastard who hit us!"
Teach Ewald slammed his fist into the wall, snarling.
"Deploy the spies! Monitor Rocks! I'll personally lead the fleet today and destroy this bastard who dared to offend us!"
Ewald flagship, the Queen Anne's, sailed out from Bristol Island and headed straight for Doragonzo Island.
The other overlords quickly took notice, as Teach Ewald personal involvement was a rare occurrence.
All the overlord forces had spies planted among each other.
It was just a matter of who had the better infiltration skills.
On Hive Island, Hachinosu, Rocks received the intel.
"That coward Ewald finally left his cave, huh?"
Rocks paused his training, feeling his Haki on the verge of another breakthrough.
Soon, he would stand above even Overlord Diger.
"According to the spies, some pirate group seized the Ewald Pirates' territory and killed Bleco, who had a bounty of over 300 million berries!"
Rocks grinned wickedly.
"Good! Let these unknown bastards pin down the pseudo-overlords."
"Once they're weakened, I'll crush that old fool Diger in one blow!"
Rocks no longer wanted multiple powers in the New World.
For him, one overlord was more than enough.
Back at Hell Pirates' base, Antonio rushed to report.
"Brother Brook! The Seagull Newsbird and Den Den Mushi surveillance confirmed it!"
"Teach Ewald is personally leading his fleet to wipe us out!"
"Everyone, are you ready for this war?"
Brook's gaze turned cold.
"We'll crush the Ewald Pirates at sea!"
"If possible, we'll bury them beneath the waves!"
The four major fighters—Redfield, Linlin, Newgate, and Shiki—were ready to make their mark in this legendary battle.
Even an overlord-level pirate group would fall before the Hell Pirates!
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