After Fang Huo settled the Kurozumi Siblings, he celebrated properly with the members of the Rocks Pirates.
At the banquet, Rocks and Newgate insisted on being the godfathers of Fang Huo's two children, and even Shiki and the others were joining in the clamor.
"You are already their uncles, why obsess over being godfathers?"
Fang Huo was somewhat helpless; these Great Pirates, with their sudden bursts of fatherly love, were truly difficult to deal with.
"I don't care, I don't care! You even want to be Loki's godfather and mentor! Why can't we be godfathers to Kamui and Ryuma!"
"Don't worry! We will definitely train Kamui to be a powerhouse as majestic and domineering as a god, and train Ryuma to be a legendary swordsman like the Dragon-Slaying Great Swordsman."
Rocks, Newgate, and the others were persistent, and in the end, Fang Huo could only helplessly accept this group of overbearing ruffians.
Allowing his two sons to have a bunch of godfathers and mentors.
He hoped that if they had any good items or treasures, they would send them to the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire.
When Fūgetsu Kisaburō and Shimotsuki Kōzaburō learned that Lady Furiko and Family Head Fang Huo's son was named Ryuma, they understood the expectations Lady Furiko and Fang Huo had for him.
The two of them secretly vowed to train Gu Yue Ryuma into a peerless Great Swordsman and to teach the young master all of their swordsmanship styles and sword-forging techniques.
If necessary, they would even return to Wano Country to 'invite' Shimotsuki Ryuma's sword, the black blade shusui, and present it to Young Master Gu Yue Ryuma.
This was a grand inheritance!!
In the following days, spurred by multiple joyous events—Elbaf joining, the birth of Fang Huo's children, and the occupation of the latter half of the New World—the Rocks Pirates continued to expand toward the middle and front sections of the New World.
Soon, the flags of the Rocks Pirates and the New World Alliance were planted across basically the entire middle section of the New World.
Some Great Pirates who were unwilling to join the Rocks Pirates were forced into the front section of the New World, where more and more battles broke out with the affiliated nations there.
The Marineford fleets began to suppress these Great Pirate groups.
These unlucky Great Pirate groups were forced to become a buffer zone between the New World Alliance and the World Government, suffering a pincer attack from both the Rocks Pirates and Marineford.
Some Great Pirate groups had already crossed the Calm Belt by force, fleeing to the North Blue and West Blue to scrape by.
This caused the North Blue and West Blue to become increasingly chaotic.
Originally, the New World was a 'massive prison' created by the World Government to 'contain' unstable pirates, careerists, and criminals from the four seas.
It also served to 'nurture bandits to coerce affiliated nations,' making the member nations in various sea regions obediently pay the heavenly tribute.
As it turned out, the Rocks Pirates now wanted to unify this chaotic 'massive prison' and were forcing those brutal pirates into the North Blue and West Blue.
Wasn't this like blowing up a 'cesspool' and throwing the whole world into a mess!
The Rocks Pirates and the New World Alliance had completely disrupted the world order.
Suppressing the Rocks Pirates and the New World Alliance had become an urgent matter for the World Government.
The three Marine Admirals, the Marine Chief Strategist, the Director of the Marine Crime Investigation Bureau, and the Admiral candidates—these high-level Marine combatants—were already at the New World's G1 Fortress.
Ready for the New World war at any moment.
Only the Fleet Admiral and the Marine Chief Instructor remained at Marineford to hold the fort, preventing any blind pirates from daring to invade the Marineford Fortress, which represented justice.
Atop the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
"Damn that Harald! He kept saying he wanted to join the World Government, but then he turned around and joined the New World Alliance!"
"I knew that Elbaf, burdened with sin, could not be trusted!"
"They truly are descendants of sinful blood!"
"They are lifelong criminals from a defeated nation! They are not worthy of joining the World Government! They are only fit to be our slave warriors!"
The Gorosei were extremely angry when they learned that Elbaf had joined the New World Alliance and had formed the New Giant Warrior Pirates to participate in the New World Alliance's expeditionary missions.
"Harald's strength is no less than Rocks'; their battle in the Holy Land destroyed a vast area of buildings in an instant."
"Both Harald and Rocks have strength above that of a Marine Admiral and are capable of killing one."
"The power of Marineford alone may no longer be enough to suppress the New World Alliance."
"It seems the time for us to take action has truly arrived."
The Gorosei were very wary of Harald and Rocks' strength; they knew well that Gods Knights were not as strong as Marine Admirals and could only barely face Admiral-level powerhouses by relying on their immortality.
If God's Knights were to face a monster like Rocks, the Gorosei felt that Rocks alone could solo the entire order.
However, even with Rocks' Conquerors Haki Infusion, it would be difficult to kill the immortal Gods Knights and Gorosei.
Therefore, the ultimate victory will certainly belong to the World Government; it can only belong to them.
After all, they still have Lord Imu, a truly immortal and eternal god, behind them.
As long as Lord Imu takes action, the mere Rocks Pirates could be wiped out with a wave of a hand.
Of course, it is not yet time for Lord Imu to act.
They, along with God's Knights and the powerhouses of Marineford, should be able to suppress the Rocks Pirates and the New World Alliance.
"How about we give Harald some feedback: as long as he kills Rocks, we will let him join the World Government."
"Of course, this is just to fool that ruffian; in the end, we still want to turn Elbaf into a warrior-producing nation for us."
Satan Saint, who excelled at schemes and trickery, did not care about Marineford's casualties, but if he could incite Harald to defect, the World Government would be spared a lot of trouble.
In any case, it only required a bit of talk and making some impossible promises; there was nothing to lose.
As for whether Harald would take the bait, they would know once they tried.
"Then let's give it a try!"
"As long as Harald kills Rocks, we will grant all his previous demands."
The Gorosei unanimously agreed to this plan; in any case, they might as well take a shot and see what happens.
Perhaps that ruffian Harald really would fall for the trap.
They never overestimated the intelligence or muscle-brained nature of these ants from the lower world.
In the past centuries, they had seen countless such fools and ruffians.
The mere scrap of a bone thrown by the World Government would be eagerly devoured by those ants.
In the eyes of ordinary Celestial Dragons, they could not sense the danger or threat posed by the Rocks Pirates and the New World Alliance at all.
They continued to play as they pleased, immersed in a life of luxury and hedonistic pleasure.
Next year, the exciting 'Native Purge Competition' would begin again.
This was their most exciting competition, held once every three years.
Only 200 Celestial Dragons could participate in each competition; the rest could only stay in Holy Land Mary Geoise to watch and cheer.
To secure a spot in the competition, the various Celestial Dragon families would also hold daily martial arts contests between their slaves and battle servants.
Of course, there was another important metric.
Any Celestial Dragon who actively trained and possessed decent combat strength would be given priority to participate in the Native Purge Competition.
After all, this traditional Celestial Dragon competition was created by Imu to screen for Celestial Dragon elites.
The Gorosei, Gods Knights, and Divine Blade generally rose through the ranks during the Native Purge Competition.
"The next competition island is Red Soil Island in the West Blue!!"
"This time, I must grab a spot in the competition! I will become the winner and become a new Gods Bladesman!"
Countless Celestial Dragons were rubbing their hands in anticipation, focusing solely on the Native Purge Competition, completely unconcerned with the mess involving the Rocks Pirates and the New World Alliance...