Time flew by, and it was soon late December, Sea Circle Calendar 1521.
Unknowingly, another year was about to pass.
After this month ended, Karl would no longer be a teenager, but a 20-year-old young man.
It had been nearly twenty years since he had crossed over.
As for the best-selling shonen manga of his past life, Karl's impression of it faded with each passing year.
Although the key and important plot points were still deeply imprinted in his mind.
But Karl had forgotten most of the minor plot points and characters.
This forgetting of memories meant that Karl had completely integrated into this world.
As a transmigrator born and raised in this world, Karl had not only reshaped his personality but had also become the World's Strongest Man recognized by the vast majority of people.
His life was full of legends and no regrets.
But Karl didn't know that all this, just like his body which was still in its growth phase and far from its peak, had only just begun!
In the year of Sea Circle Calendar 1521, the world did not lose its excitement because of Karl.
On the contrary, in the first year of the chaotic new era, the excitement of the world almost surpassed that of Sea Circle Calendar 1520.
Countless new pirates emerged, and countless new pirates were ruthlessly suppressed by the Marines.
Only the New World was an exception in the first half of the year.
As for why it was only the first half of the year?
It was simple...
Because in the second half of the year, the leaderless Marine Headquarters finally decided on the new Fleet Admiral.
It was Sakazuki, formerly one of the three Admirals, known as Akainu.
In June of Sea Circle Calendar 1521, Aokiji and Akainu, two of the three Admirals, fought a world-shaking battle for the position of Fleet Admiral on Punk Hazard in the New World.
This battle lasted for ten days and ten nights.
Their top-tier Logia abilities, developed to the extreme, caused a permanent change in the climate of this island.
Half was an island of ice and snow, and the other half was an island of raging fire.
The final winner of this duel was Akainu Sakazuki, who was a few years older than Aokiji and had performed best in the Summit War.
As the winner, Sakazuki became the new Fleet Admiral.
As the loser, Kuzan lost a leg and then left the Marines, no longer being Aokiji, one of the highest combat powers.
With the loss of Aokiji and Akainu, two seats among the three Admirals were suddenly vacant.
Since they were now in the chaotic new era, the Marines suddenly lost two of their highest combat powers and simply couldn't suppress this runaway new era.
Therefore...
To make up for the highest combat power lost by Marine Headquarters, Mary Geoise decided to adopt an alternative remedial measure for the two vacant Admiral seats.
That was—the World Military Draft.
As the name suggests, anyone with a clean background and no criminal record could become a Marine.
If they were powerful monsters, they could even be exceptionally promoted to officers, colonels, generals, and even Marine Admirals representing the highest combat power.
The World Military Draft in the second half of the year not only instantly replenished the forces lost by Marine Headquarters at Marineford.
Even the two vacant Admiral seats were filled by two civilian masters.
Their Admiral code names were: Fujitora and Ryokugyu.
After replenishing their blood, Sakazuki decided to move Marine Headquarters from Marineford in the first half of the Grand Line to the G1 branch in the New World.
The original G1 branch was now moved to Marineford, and the G1 branch became Marine Headquarters.
Moving the headquarters from the first half of the Grand Line to the New World instantly made the Marines the sixth overlord force in the New World.
Their overall strength even surpassed that of the other five pirate emperors.
That's right, five!
Blackbeard, possessing the ability to take others' fruits, led the expanded, overlord-level Blackbeard Pirates and defeated the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates.
This made the Whitebeard Pirates, who were already severely weakened by the loss of their Pops, fall to an existence inferior to even a great pirate crew.
Because those division commanders were all missing after the disastrous defeat.
The Blackbeard Pirates, who defeated the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, occupied the vast majority of the cake left by Whitebeard and filled the vacant seat among the Five Emperors.
In addition, a guy named Edward Weevil, known as Whitebeard Jr., also filled one of the vacant seats of the Seven Warlords this year.
Now, there were still only five Warlords.
They were: Hawkeye, Bartholomew Kuma, Doflamingo, Gecko Moria, and Edward Weevil.
Jinbe had been stripped of his title for participating in the Summit War.
And Blackbeard, needless to say.
After defeating the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, his bounty soared rapidly to 2,247,600,000 Berries.
The Five Emperors and Marine Headquarters were now the new structure of the New World.
Without a doubt, with the addition of six overlords in the New World.
This Great Pirate Era had clearly entered the final stage.
But for Karl, these had nothing to do with him.
Just as he had said...
Karl was not a pirate; he was now just an ordinary king and the world's richest man.
His dream was not to find the legendary One Piece, nor was it to become the Pirate King above all pirates.
He just wanted to overthrow all the highest peaks of the world that blocked him, become the unquestionable number one peak in the world, and then find the legendary Pure Gold and live a long, happy life with Carina.
Hard work paid off...
After a long twelve months, having sucked dry the luck of an unknown number of kingdoms, and even causing wars in some kingdoms because of the loss of luck, Karl's group of three finally found the legendary anglerfish in late December.
Hiding in the deep sea, in the dark areas, even Aphelandra with her X-ray clairvoyance couldn't find the anglerfish's traces.
Finally, Karl thought of the ageless girl who wore Pure Gold in the original story.
Since they couldn't find the traces of the anglerfish, then Baccarat's luck should be able to help them find the Pure Gold girl, right?!
As expected...
With the cooperation of luck and clairvoyance, Karl finally found the Pure Gold girl—Myskina Olga—in October.
He brought her back to the Golden Nation, cured her incurable disease with the Op-Op Fruit ability, and then Karl, holding her Pure Gold, took Baccarat and Aphelandra and dived into the deep sea with bubbles, finally attracting the anglerfish that was pursuing the Pure Gold.
After finding the legendary anglerfish, Karl easily obtained the Pure Gold.
Not only that, but he also rescued the unrecognizable fat Myskina Acier, reuniting him with his daughter.
As gratitude for obtaining the Pure Gold, Karl allowed the father and daughter, Myskina Acier and Olga, to become citizens of the Golden Nation.
Acier became the chief scientist of Gran Tesoro, and Olga became a member of the Golden Blade, eating the Paramecia Castle-Castle Fruit given by Karl.
And so, a human-shaped space ring used to store the hearts of those major criminals was born.
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