As the days passed by.
A few months passed quickly, and both of Fang Huo's children had already celebrated their hundred-day milestone.
The Roger Pirates, who the Rocks Pirates were keeping a close eye on, were actually adventuring across the seven sea routes of the Grand Line, with no intention of entering the New World at all.
This made Rocks unable to resist the urge to take the initiative and capture them.
Fang Huo also knew that they couldn't wait any longer.
After all, the Celestial Dragons were going to hold the Human Clearing Contest on Red Soil Island next year.
He also wanted to bring the Roger Pirates along to witness the brutality of the Celestial Dragons, completely igniting the rebellious hearts of Gold, Silver, and Copper against them.
Wasn't Roger's dream when he first set out to sea to turn the world upside down!
Then Fang Huo would give Roger and his crew a chance to turn the Celestial Dragons' world upside down.
Moreover, Fang Huo felt that the World Government would likely blockade Red Soil Island several months to half a year in advance to clear security risks for the Celestial Dragons and arrange for slaves and civilians.
After all, putting handcuffs and shackles on valuable and powerful figures on Red Soil Island and dressing them in R-rank "Escape Rabbit" bullseye slave uniforms would require a significant amount of manpower, resources, and time.
Once the World Government blockaded Red Soil Island, Redfield would likely lose his composure and desperately rush back to the West Blue, keeping a constant eye on the World Government's movements.
Fang Huo had to take advantage of this time to quickly bring Redfield along and secure the Roger Pirates in the Grand Line first, to avoid any accidents.
It was also to prevent Redfield from taking any actions on his own.
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Rocks and Fang Huo went to Grand Line Paradise in the Grand Line this time in a low-key manner to recruit the Roger Pirates.
They brought along Whitebeard Newgate, Redfield, and Bolo Gram, who were always stationed on the Gibeck's Sword.
Along with Fang Huo's women and retainers.
Now, Fūgetsu Kisaburō was both an Cadre of the Rocks Pirates and Fang Huo's retainer, serving Rocks as Captain and Fang Huo as Head of the Family.
To return to Grand Line Paradise more discreetly, Fang Huo specifically called upon his little fanboy, Kiel Bastard.
After all, under his division, there was a fairly strong Clear-Clear Fruit user who could turn the entire pirate ship invisible.
Meanwhile, the more conspicuous Golden Lion Shiki, Silver Axe Fierce, and Ganzi stayed behind to guard their territories in the New World, also serving to attract the World Government's attention.
High in the sky, a Flying Battleship sped along.
With a lightning flight system, sea shell acceleration devices, and lateral gravity acceleration... various methods of acceleration made the Gibeck's Sword incredibly fast.
While entering the early stages of the New World and crossing the Red Line, Fang Huo cautiously had the Clear-Clear Fruit user turn the Gibeck's Sword invisible.
If Imu and the Gorosei found out that Rocks and Fang Huo had entered Grand Line Paradise, they might try everything in their power to make a move against them.
Of course, with the mobility of the Rocks Pirates, those old fogies wouldn't be able to catch up.
On the Gibeck's Sword.
This invisible man named Seth Jock excitedly granted the legendary pirate ship invisibility.
The big shots on board were all legendary Great Pirates he admired.
Both Rocks and Gu Yue Fang Huo were his idols.
If he hadn't been unsure of his chances of becoming an Cadre of the Rocks Pirates, he would have joined them directly long ago.
However, he eventually joined under his current boss, Kiel Bastard, and successfully entered the Rocks Pirates.
Now, he even had the honor of being handpicked by the Vice Captain, the Great Demon Lord, for this secret voyage.
It was his honor.
He must be the first division Cadre among all the new divisions to step onto Rocks' flagship, the Gibeck's Sword!
He even saw Lord Fang Huo's two children, which made him even more excited.
He felt as though he had already integrated into the main crew of the Rocks Pirates.
Perhaps in the future, he would have the chance to be promoted from Boss Bastard's division to Rocks' main crew.
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Rocks felt that Fang Huo's caution and low profile were unnecessary.
They were the overlords of the New World now; why did they have to be so secretive?
However, when he saw Redfield, he knew he still had to listen to Fang Huo's advice.
If another accident like the one with the Barlorick Family happened to the Roger Pirates, it would be difficult to handle.
If the World Government knew the Rocks Pirates were going to recruit the Roger Pirates with great fanfare, the Roger Pirates might really be finished.
After all, the World Government's bottom line can be really low when it's low.
"Come here, come here! Let Godfather give you a hug!"
Rocks excitedly took one baby from Stussy and the other from Shimotsuki Furiko, hogging both treasures for himself.
This greatly displeased Newgate, who also wanted to hold his godsons.
The other Cadres also wanted a turn, but Rocks was too overbearing.
"Fang Huo, once we recruit the Roger Pirates, we can start preparing the plan to deal with that Native Purge Competition, right?"
As the year gradually passed, the pressure on Redfield grew heavier and heavier.
While other Cadres were establishing kingdoms and forming divisions, he was training hard alone.
While others were expanding and enjoying themselves, he was still training.
As a diligent genius, spurred on by the hatred of his clan's extermination and the crisis facing his homeland, Redfield's strength grew beyond imagination.
His effort could already rival two hundred times the effort of the Effort King, Koby.
His current strength was not at all inferior to Golden Lion Shiki; his single-target attack power was even stronger, and he could hold his own against Whitebeard Newgate.
He had become a true King Cadre of the Rocks Pirates.
Even Ganzi, who possessed the Bomb-Bomb Fruit ability, and Silver Axe Fierce, who had the Dice-Dice Fruit ability, could no longer defeat Redfield, this genius monster with Three Types of Haki.
The chaotic expansion and growth of power over the past year caused the bounties of every Cadre to skyrocket.
In particular, establishing nations as kings and forming divisions as Great Pirates ruling over regions greatly increased their threat to the World Government.
Even Silver Axe Fierce's bounty had doubled, reaching as high as 800 million Berries.
Golden Lion Shiki, the King Cadre with the Float-Float Fruit ability, established a formidable flying fleet, and his bounty successfully broke the one billion mark, reaching 1.047 billion Berries.
Even Redfield, known as "Red the Aloof" and the fifth King Cadre of the Rocks Pirates, received a bounty of 1 billion Berries.
This was the kind of prestigious bounty a King Cadre of the Rocks Pirates should have.
Also rising sharply was the Soul Queen Charlotte Linlin, who was frantically expanding the territory of Totto Land; her bounty was now as high as 1.388 billion Berries.
It was only 3 billion Berries away from her future peak of 4.388 billion Berries.
It even surpassed Whitebeard Newgate's.
This past year, Newgate and Bolo Gram were a bit like "salted fish," not expanding their territories and barely recruiting anyone for their own divisions.
His bounty only increased by 100 million Berries, which could be seen as giving face to him as the King of Sphinx and a King Cadre of Rocks.
His current bounty was 1.146 billion.
Every King Cadre of the Rocks Pirates had already surpassed 1 billion Berries.