Four Seasons Island, located at the heart of Totto Land, was the island where Luo Chen lived with his many women.
On this island, he was the only man.
Utilizing Vegapunk's technology, the island was divided into four distinct regions that maintained the scenery and temperatures of spring, summer, autumn, and winter all year round.
Hence, it was named Four Seasons Island.
In the spring region of Four Seasons Island, a training ground had been constructed.
It was used for the daily training of the female soldiers on the island.
After leaving Vegapunk's side, Luo Chen used teleportation to arrive here, bringing Robin with him.
On the training ground, Hancock and Gion sat upon the command platform, supervising the training of the numerous female soldiers.
Upon seeing Luo Chen's arrival, they immediately stood up.
The female soldiers on the training field also lined up in formation and shouted their greetings in unison.
"Continue your training," Luo Chen said with a smile, signaling for them not to mind him.
He and Robin then took their seats on the ten-meter-long command platform.
"Gion, has things been quiet lately?" Luo Chen took out a tea set from the Kamui space and asked with a smile.
Beside him, Hancock reached out her slender, snow-white hands and skillfully brewed tea for him.
Gion, dressed in a pink and white military uniform, sat with a dignified posture. The corners of her lips curled into a smile as she replied:
"With the help of the Fleet Admiral, Tokikake hasn't contacted me in a long time."
"And has there been any gossip?" Luo Chen asked with a chuckle.
Over three years ago, he had dispatched Tokikake to Wano Country to garrison the area.
This was originally suggested by Vice Admiral Tsuru, hoping to help her dear sister Gion escape Tokikake's persistent pestering.
Three years had passed, and due to the completion of the trans-oceanic bridges system, Wano Country was no longer in a state of isolation.
With the convenience of transportation and communication, Tokikake, even from far-off Wano Country, still contacted Gion time and again to express his feelings.
Frustrated beyond measure, Gion finally came up with a solution: joining the Guarding Army led by Hancock.
This Guarding Army consisted entirely of female soldiers.
Rumors circulated throughout Totto Land and even the world that the women within the Guarding Army were all the women of the Jinghai Army Fleet Admiral, Luo Chen.
No one knew how this rumor first started.
Luo Chen didn't bother to address it.
His silent acknowledgment of the situation led many to form a specific stereotype of the Guarding Army.
They believed it was his harem corps.
In reality, this was not the case.
Ninety-nine percent of the women in the Guarding Army were of pure standing.
In these three years, only Baccara had been added to the circle of women by Luo Chen's side.
Gion's entry into the Guarding Army led many inside and outside the Jinghai Army to believe she had also become Luo Chen's woman.
As a result, Tokikake naturally dared not harass her any further.
However, there were bound to be whispers and idle talk.
Gion gave a silent acknowledgment to Luo Chen's question.
A smile appeared on her face, which combined both heroism and charm.
"Being able to join the Fleet Admiral's Guarding Army is a dream for many."
"It is Gion's honor that you agreed."
"The rumors outside are either born from envy and jealousy of my fortune to join the Guarding Army, or from envy and jealousy of your achievements."
Clearly, Gion did not care about the external rumors and even took pride in them.
Luo Chen smiled; such words were pleasant to hear.
Mainly because they weren't false.
Given his current prestige and status, there were far too many women in the world who wanted to join the Guarding Army.
Every day, the recruitment department of the Jinghai Army received a massive number of applications.
Even more baffling was that among these applications, there were even a few men.
Bartolomeo, the Barrier-Barrier Fruit user from the East Blue, was one of them.
His application to join the Guarding Army was born purely out of his adoration for Luo Chen, hoping to be closer to him.
His fanaticism far exceeded the worship he held for Luffy in the original timeline.
The tea was already brewed.
Hancock poured the tea for Luo Chen and brought it to his lips, asking with a smile:
"Do you know which group has the most applicants for the Guarding Army?"
Luo Chen took a sip of the clear tea and shook his head after a moment of thought.
How could he guess? There were simply too many women who wanted to join.
Across the seas, his legends were spreading on every island.
Especially after the islands were connected, information flowed rapidly.
In recent years, his glorious past—leading the Jinghai Army to wipe out the Celestial Dragons, the World Government, and pirates while vigorously developing the people's livelihood—had become widely known.
It could be said that in the eyes of ninety-nine percent of the world's people, Luo Chen was a great hero and a savior.
His young and handsome appearance, strength comparable to a god, supreme status, and his benevolent and loving system of governance...
All these halos made his prestige surpass that of any glorious figure in history.
Particularly among women, Luo Chen was an absolute heartthrob to millions.
Using him as a prototype, a vast number of stories and films had been produced.
This made his already brilliant image even more divine and idealized.
Robin sat to the side, taking a light sip of tea, and smiled. "I guess it's the princesses."
Hancock looked at her with surprise.
Seeing this, Luo Chen understood that Robin had guessed correctly.
"Every year, princesses from hundreds of kingdoms apply to join the Guarding Army," Hancock said.
There were only about five hundred kingdoms still in existence worldwide.
One could say that the princesses of these nations basically harbored the same intentions.
Luo Chen shook his head. "Do those kings hope to use their princesses to stabilize their own ruling positions?"
Current kings, aside from having a salary significantly higher than that of ordinary people, had almost no special privileges.
Furthermore, they had to work day and night, finding ways to improve the people's livelihood and develop the economy.
To put it bluntly, only the title of 'King' sounded prestigious, and their social standing was relatively high.
Even so, there were still many who hoped to ascend to the position of King.
Hancock's beautiful eyes looked down from the command platform.
Among the ranks currently practicing, there were two young girls whose appearance and temperament were the most outstanding.
"Their joining the Guarding Army made those kings want to emulate Alabasta and Dressrosa."
Hancock was referring to Vivi and Rebecca.
Vivi was the princess of Alabasta.
Rebecca was the granddaughter of the King of Dressrosa.
Many kings assumed that Luo Chen had a special preference for kingdom princesses.
Thus, they followed suit one after another.
After figuring it out, Luo Chen broke into a wry smile.
There were indeed quite a few princesses around him.
Besides Vivi and Rebecca, the true princess of Dressrosa, Viola, also held a position in the Jinghai Army's intelligence department.
Furthermore, there was the princess of Wano Country, Kozuki Hiyori.
Reiju of the Germa Kingdom had once been a princess and was now a Queen.
Luo Chen gave a helpless smile, his gaze sweeping across the training ground.
In this Guarding Army, there were quite a few familiar faces.
Vivi and Rebecca.
The former needed no introduction.
Rebecca was the granddaughter of the King of Dressrosa, having once been imprisoned in the Corrida Colosseum by the Donquixote Family.
When he dealt with the Donquixote Family, Rebecca seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, just a young girl.
Now, three or four years later, she had grown increasingly beautiful.
Her light pink hair was tied into a bun, and her white military uniform accentuated her curvaceous figure.
It could be described as a slender waist paired with full, bountiful curves.
Besides her, that old man Zephyr, for some unknown reason, had sent his disciple Ain into the Guarding Army.
Ain possessed smooth, sea-blue wavy hair, and her beauty was on par with Nami and Robin.
Finally, there was the Guardian Deity of Hancock's Amazon Lily period, Marguerite.
A blonde beauty with delicate features.
Among that first batch of Amazon Lily warriors, her talent for martial arts was the best.
Currently, she had become one of the deputy commanders of the Guarding Army, with strength comparable to a Vice Admiral.
"Marguerite was in the Guarding Army from the start."
"Vivi, Rebecca, and Ain joined later. Their thoughts are worth looking into."
"However, I should take a trip to the Shinobi World first."
Luo Chen mused to himself.
To know exactly which of these women harbored ulterior motives toward him, he only needed to use the [Mental Resonance] trait of his Observation Haki to see.
Back then, he had used this trait to share a soul connection with Robin and observe Ohara within her memories.
"Open System Panel."
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