"Listen up, you pirates! I'm done with the Yakuza!"
"I'm no longer 'Gangster Killer' Kyo; I am 'Silver Axe' Fierce, an Executive of the Rocks Pirates!"
Fierce saw Shiki proclaiming his new title everywhere, and he wanted his own new moniker to become famous in the New World too.
He absolutely could not let that bastard "Golden Lion" Shiki overshadow him!
"Golden Lion" Shiki, "Silver Axe" Fierce, and "Abyssal Titan" Babel crushed and plundered every pirate crew on this pirate island with overwhelming strength.
They weren't afraid of offending these pirate crews or facing future retaliation!
Because they were now subordinates of the world's worst pirate, Rocks!
The Rocks Pirates would become the world's number one pirate crew and dominate the New World!
The countless Blood Shadow Bats split off by Fang Huo took the opportunity to devour the blood of many pirates.
The Vampire Soul Gu entered its first period of rapid growth.
Fang Huo also received considerable feedback and enhancement, making him feel like he had found a shortcut to becoming stronger.
After clearing out this pirate island, the Rocks Pirates started Fierce's initiation banquet.
"Bahahaha! This is exhilarating! Usually, only pirates pillage our Fish-Man Island wantonly; now I can finally kill and rob these pirate crews without restraint!"
"Sunbell, I advise you to give up your hero dream! It's much more fun to become the 'Calamity of the Seas' or a 'Deep Sea Undertaker'!"
The extremely excited Babel lectured his honest clansman, Sunbell.
Since he had already set out to sea, he disliked Sunbell's honest and kind nature!
"Brother Babel, I will try my best to be fierce, but I won't give up on becoming the hero of Fish-Man Island!"
Sunbell scratched his head and chuckled foolishly, but seeing the great destruction caused by the group, a bit of his own destructive desire was stimulated, and a slight change appeared in his eyes.
"Worororo! Should we help Newgate snatch the Supreme Grade blade next, or go after other powerhouses first?"
Rocks swallowed the roasted meat in one gulp and picked up a stack of wanted posters and documents.
"Smuggler Pirate" Ganzi... this Bomb-Bomb Fruit user does business everywhere between the New World, West Blue, and North Blue. Finding him would probably be as troublesome as finding that bastard Shiki.
"Pirate Patriarch" Wang Zhi, however, occupies a pirate island as his territory, so his location is relatively fixed.
But Fang Huo had warned him that Wang Zhi would choose to betray the Rocks Pirates for money, constantly selling out information on the Rocks Pirates' location.
Such a traitor is indeed useless even if he joins the crew!
However, this Wang Zhi dared to call himself the "Pirate Patriarch," completely disregarding him, the "World's Worst Pirate."
If Wang Zhi cannot be subdued, then he must be killed to let the name of the Rocks Pirates spread throughout the New World!
As for the West Blue Mafia leader Maron, they could go for him later.
When leaving the New World, Rocks also planned to secretly return to his old home in the West Blue, God Valley, to send a batch of treasure and supplies to the Davy Clan to improve his family's life.
"Of course, we'll help me snatch the Supreme Grade blade first!"
Even Newgate, who usually didn't fight for gains, had to fight for his own interests now.
The sooner he obtained the Supreme Grade blade, the sooner he could use Murakumogiri to train and continue strengthening his power.
"Heh heh heh, Brother Fang Huo, I want to find two famous swords. Do you have any suggestions?"
"Golden Lion" Shiki floated next to Fang Huo with a "fawning" look, which made "Silver Axe" Fierce look on with disdain.
"This requires more time spent together before I can predict some of your future."
Fang Huo spread his hands, not revealing any information about the famous swords Oto and Kogarashi to Shiki.
"Requires more time together to predict the future?"
Shiki raised an eyebrow, seeming to guess a certain condition for Fang Huo to use his prediction ability.
Did it require some kind of connection to be formed with Fang Huo for him to see a part of his future?
"Then we must spend more time together, Chief Advisor..."
Shiki did not call Fang Huo "First Mate" but "Chief Advisor" to further close the relationship.
"Tch! Disgusting Flying Orange Cat!"
Fierce felt even more contempt for Shiki, with an expression of disgust clearly visible on his face.
If this guy didn't rely on the Float-Float Fruit ability, he would have already been chopped into several pieces by me.
"Hey, what's with that attitude? Chief Advisor Fang Huo organized this initiation banquet for you; are you looking down on the Chief Advisor?"
Shiki grinned maliciously and started deliberately sowing discord between Fierce and Fang Huo.
If Fierce offended Fang Huo, Newgate and Babel would likely look down on Fierce too.
Then Fierce's situation within the Rocks Pirates would become very difficult.
This was exactly the result Shiki wanted.
"Hmph!"
Fierce didn't explain, just drank with a dark face.
"Shiki, stop playing these petty tricks."
Fang Huo smiled meaningfully, seeing through Shiki's attempt at instigation at a glance.
"Fierce, welcome aboard!"
Fang Huo raised his wine glass towards "Silver Axe," completely unconcerned by Shiki's dry laughter.
"..."
The cold-tempered Fierce looked at Fang Huo in surprise, finally accepting Fang Huo's goodwill; he raised his wine glass in response but did not speak.
"Bahahaha, one is slick, the other is cold; neither is straightforward enough!"
"Newgate! Let's drink!"
Babel wasn't that friendly towards the two newcomers, raising a huge barrel of fine wine to Newgate.
"Cheers!"
Newgate was also a heavy drinker, accepting everything offered, drinking as much as he was given.
Driven by these two drunks, the atmosphere of the initiation banquet finally livened up a bit.
"Worororo, then let's go help Newgate snatch Murakumogiri first."
Rocks looked at his six subordinates and revealed a satisfied smile.
He had originally planned to seek out Harald, the powerful King of Giants, first.
But Fang Huo said it was destined to be futile, so he suppressed that thought for the time being.
"Gurarara! Thanks then!"
Newgate laughed heartily. Although this pirate crew had rules that he found unpleasant, the current feeling was quite good.
At least he had a good relationship with Fang Huo, Babel, and Sunbell.
He hoped that the newcomers Shiki and Fierce wouldn't turn out to be bastards he would come to despise!
"Fang Huo, take a look at this guy. This is a name not mentioned before. Does he have the potential to be one of my subordinates?"
At this moment, Rocks handed a wanted poster to Fang Huo; he was interested in this capable man.
[Four-Armed Gun King] Kiel Bastard, Paramecia-type—Ghost-Ghost Fruit user.
"Hmm?"
"It's him?"
"We can snatch him onto the ship!"
"He is indeed one of the Executives of the Rocks Pirates!"
Fang Huo looked at the man wearing a hat and sunglasses, almost forgetting this Rocks Executive.
After this guy died, he would later be turned into a General Zombie by Gekko Moria.
He was actually a Ghost-Ghost Fruit user!
Could he have some connection to "Ghost Princess" Perona?
Can the bullets he fires carry the Negative Hollow ability?
Bullets paired with Negative Hollow—a good combination!
"And this one, Bolo Gram, Captain of the Bolo Pirates. This guy also seems qualified to join the crew!"
Rocks handed another wanted poster to Fang Huo, asking for his opinion.
Pineapple Head... Little Brother Marco?
No, it's Marco's father!
Fang Huo's eyes narrowed; this person looked exactly like Marco.
"You can go try!"
Fang Huo nodded slightly; this guy seemed to be about the same strength as "Silver Axe" and Ganzi, and he could kick "Silver Axe" away, so his strength was indeed not bad.