Chapter 79
Then Victor thought for a moment and asked the fish-man Ryan and the others whether they wanted to bring Fish-Man Island under the Plant Scholars' sphere of influence. This way, Fish-Man Island would be under Victor's protection—anyone wanting to touch Fish-Man Island would have to consider Victor's existence.
"Thank you, Captain, for protecting Fish-Man Island." Ryan and the others were overjoyed, almost wanting to kowtow to Victor right there.
"Alright. Since you are my crew, Fish-Man Island is now my territory. From now on, I'll protect it." "You can inform Neptune about this and raise our flag."
Victor stopped Ryan and the others from performing a grand bow and told them to pass the message to Fish-Man Island.
"Heracles, you all have Den Den Mushi. If there's trouble, you can contact me." "My Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability is still very convenient."
Victor gave his final instructions.
After finishing, he directly vanished from everyone's sight, leaving the Plant Scholars.
In an instant, all the pressure fell on Heracles. When Victor was around, everyone didn't need to think about anything else—Victor would make the decisions. Now that Victor had left, they had to decide things themselves, and for a moment they felt a little lost.
Heracles suddenly felt his strength was insufficient. So Heracles began even harder training, combined with the Azure Dragon Fruit, allowing his strength to continue improving. Moreover, with pure gold on them now, they no longer had to worry about their strength declining with age.
Next, they needed to consider whether to find a place as a main base or continue their wandering style of sailing like before. In the end, after discussion, they decided to take things one step at a time. If they encountered a suitable place, they'd consider developing it into a territory.
After Victor left, he began wandering the world freely. While on the Plant Scholars, he had always felt some constraints. Now it was good—since his partners needed to stand on their own, he could finally let go. It was also a nice vacation for himself.
"Let's go meet Shanks and the others first, see how they're doing."
So Victor quickly found Rayleigh and Shanks.
At this moment, Rayleigh was holding a banquet together with Shanks and the others.
"Hey, Rayleigh, Shanks—holding a banquet without calling me?"
Suddenly a voice rang in everyone's ears.
It instantly gave Shanks goosebumps, but the familiar voice made him recognize the speaker immediately.
"Victor? You're here? That's great!" Shanks suddenly turned around, saw it really was Victor, and shouted in surprise.
"Not bad—you've grown quite a bit." Victor looked at everyone present and nodded.
"Hahaha, Victor, come—eat, drink!" Shanks hurriedly stood up, pulled Victor to the side, and handed him a barrel of wine.
"Good, let's drink. Haha." Victor took the barrel and drank heartily.
"Victor kid, you're sailing again? Your bounty went up." Rayleigh looked at Victor and asked curiously.
"Hm, I can't stay idle. The World Government destroyed Ohara, so I casually saved a few people." "You know how the World Government is—my bounty had to go up."
Victor said nonchalantly.
"That makes sense. It's just a pity Ohara is gone like that." Thinking of Ohara, Rayleigh also felt regret.
He thought perhaps this was also the meaning of the Will of D.
"This time I came to meet you all for two reasons: one is to hang out, the other is to tell you where I buried Roger." "I buried Roger on Baterilla Island in the South Blue. When you have time, go pay your respects."
Victor told them the location of Roger's burial.
"Baterilla Island in the South Blue—I know it. I have plenty of time now; I'll go pay respects to Roger." Rayleigh nodded.
"Me too, I'll go." Shanks also said loudly.
"Very good. As expected of Shanks. Haha." Victor nodded upon hearing this.
"By the way, Rayleigh—where's Shakky?" Victor hadn't seen Shakky in a long time. Seeing Rayleigh alone, he asked curiously.
"Shakky? I haven't seen her in a while either." "But she said she'd open a small bar in the Sabaody Archipelago." Rayleigh thought for a moment and said with a smile.
"Hm, that's good. Then when you see Shakky, say hi for me." Victor nodded.
He'd go see Shakky when he visited Sabaody Archipelago sometime.
"Sure, no problem." Rayleigh agreed readily.
"Shanks, where's Buggy? Where did he go?" Victor noticed Buggy wasn't around and asked casually.
"Buggy said he went back to the East Blue. He took the treasure map and left directly. Probably went looking for treasure." Shanks said with a laugh.
"Hahaha, then I hope Buggy finds the treasure soon." Victor, hearing Shanks, knew the treasure map was definitely prepared by Shanks. Whether it was real or not would depend on whether Buggy could find the treasure.
Afterward, Victor ate a huge amount of food and then left.
Sabaody Archipelago—he hadn't been there in a long time. Previously he had told Nami and Vivi not to report information proactively—he would contact them when needed. So Victor didn't know the current situation in Sabaody.
While lost in thought, Victor suddenly discovered a strange island.
Victor immediately stopped, then covered the entire island with his Mantra.
On this island was an altar with a sword stuck in it.
Seeing this, he suddenly had a thought—the cursed blade Shichiseiken.
"Ho ho, what a coincidence."
Victor thought about how this sword could gain self-awareness and control its wielder. Thinking of this, he became interested.
Afterward, he arrived on the island but didn't rush to take the Shichiseiken. Instead, he first went to a small tavern on the island.
He familiarized himself with the environment, eating food and drinking wine while listening to information about the island.
By the time he was full and satisfied, he already knew what was going on here.
Altar, Shichiseiken, the guardian clan.
Then Victor left the tavern.
He walked straight toward the altar, ignoring the puzzled residents nearby, and soon arrived at the altar where the Shichiseiken was.
At that moment, he thought of Zoro's childhood friend—the girl from the guardian clan. She should have just been born, right?
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