With Feld's supplies in place, it was time for the Beasts Pirates to take action.
Queen dove headfirst into the lab to continue researching the giant heating furnace, while Kaido and Noro took King, Englar, and Matty to the town to recruit crew members.
Faced with Beli and food, the residents of Baltigo, a place almost as desolate as exile to Ningguta, found it hard to resist.
People who were starving, freezing, and living in perpetual hunger eagerly joined the Beasts Pirates.
Kaido and Noro welcomed as many as they could get.
Of course, the Beasts Pirates didn't want the physically weak.
But they weren't useless either, they could work in the factories!
Making the most of their labor, Noro wouldn't waste manpower. He had Queen draw up blueprints, and the Beasts Pirates paid them to build factories.
Weapon factories and shipbuilding factories.
Once they were built, the locals could enter the factories and live a happy 996 life.
Truly happy, no quotation marks needed.
Having a job to support their families on a resource-scarce island, the locals were grateful to the Beasts Pirates.
At the same time, Noro had Feld help him keep an eye on news about the Marines in the New World.
The Beasts Pirates had slapped the World Government and the Marines in the face again and again, they wouldn't let it go easily.
But in the New World, Noro wasn't afraid of the Marines.
Unlike the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line, the New World was firmly controlled by pirates.
If the Marines came in, they'd be like a naked beauty, very eye-catching, making every step difficult.
Feld, for this big client, agreed without hesitation.
...
Somewhere in the New World.
A yacht flying the World Government flag and three warships were heavily surrounded by several pirate ships, taking heavy cannon fire.
The one daring to be so rampant was none other than "World Destroyer" Byrnndi World.
World, arms crossed, admired the warships and Celestial Dragon ship being bombarded before him, a mocking smile on his lips.
He hadn't joined the battle because he enjoyed this cat-and-mouse game.
Binz, with a drip hanging, stood on World's shoulder, looking at his brother's crazed expression, saying with some worry:
"World, that seems to be a Celestial Dragon's ship. Attacking them will cause a lot of trouble."
World sneered, "What's there to fear? I'm "World Destroyer" Byrnndi World."
"Everything that stands in my way will be destroyed by me!"
He wasn't afraid of the World Government and the Marines, he even wanted them to put a high bounty on his head because of this.
In the pirate world, bounty amounts represented fame and strength, and he didn't think he was inferior to Roger, Whitebeard, and Shiki.
A crazy man had a group of crazy subordinates. World's subordinates not only had no respect for the Celestial Dragons, but laughed triumphantly.
Opportunities to attack Celestial Dragons without restraint weren't common!
At this moment, their hearts were filled with almost fanatical admiration for their captain.
On the warships, the Marines and CP agents were calling for help, their Den Den Mushi almost breaking.
Unlike the Beasts Pirates' unknown skull flag, the name "World Destroyer" resounded throughout the sea.
Holy Land Mary Geoise, the Seat of Authority.
"Outrageous!"
Saint Saturn slammed his hand on the table in anger, "The Beasts Pirates haven't been caught, and now there's the World Pirates, what do these pirates think the Celestial Dragons are!"
"Lawless, lawless!"
The other Four Elders were also enraged. As Celestial Dragons themselves, they'd naturally unconditionally defend the Celestial Dragons' supreme rights.
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter's sword tapped heavily on the floor, "Call Kong! Call Kong!"
Upon receiving the call for help, they'd already bypassed the Fleet Admiral, directly ordering the nearest Marine Admiral, Sengoku, to provide support.
There was a hierarchy of importance.
Isolde Saint had already fallen, but this one hadn't.
Moreover, unlike the Beasts Pirates, Byrnndi World's attack was almost universally known!
Calling Kong was just to vent their dissatisfaction.
The Celestial Dragons were being attacked by pirates one after another, and Kong, as Fleet Admiral, had an undeniable responsibility!
At the same time, on the warship heading to Baltigo, Sengoku put down the Den Den Mushi, waving over a Marine, ordering him to change course to provide support.
Then, Sengoku sighed heavily.
This era had completely gone wild!
Rocks killing a Marine Admiral, the Rocks Pirates attacking Celestial Dragons at God Valley, the Beasts Pirates attacking a Celestial Dragon, and Byrnndi World also attacking a Celestial Dragon!
Things that had never happened in eight hundred years were erupting one after another in this era.
Could he really bring justice to the world?
No, he definitely could!
Sengoku clenched his fists, his eyes firm, Conqueror's Haki bursting out uncontrollably, dark red lightning flashing.
He would definitely end this crazy era!
Sengoku hurriedly arrived at the scene, the Celestial Dragon's ship and the warships had already sunk to the bottom of the sea.
And Byrnndi World hadn't left, arrogantly waiting in place.
Sengoku painfully rubbed his throbbing temples.
Alright, another one dead.
He'd be scolded when he got back, what a thankless task.
Moreover, he couldn't just go back, he had to fight Byrnndi World, maintaining the Celestial Dragons' last shred of dignity.
A peaceful and vast golden light slowly illuminated the entire sea, the Great Buddha striking out with a palm towards Byrnndi World...
Not long after, the news of World Destroyer Byrnndi World killing a Celestial Dragon and fighting Marine Admiral Sengoku spread throughout the sea.
With these two major events, Byrnndi World's bounty soared to 3 billion Beli, approaching the three powerhouses, Roger, Shiki, and Whitebeard.
Inside the Baltigo research facility, Noro was reading the newspaper with great interest.
What a wonderful sea this was!
Luffy's generation had the nerve to call themselves the Worst Generation, it was like a children's game.
He really had to thank World, that blockhead, for helping him attract the World Government and the Marines' attention.
The Rocks Pirates and his killing of a Celestial Dragon hadn't caused such a sensation.
If they couldn't bring him to justice as quickly as possible, the Celestial Dragons' prestige of eight hundred years would be completely gone.
The World Government and the Marines' top priority now should be to catch this mad pirate.
Before Byrnndi World was captured, he didn't have to worry about the Marines for the time being.
It was like a pillow being delivered when he was sleepy.
Noro smiled, turning the page, then his expression instantly crumbled.
Were they crazy? Just attacking Baltigo, and the Marines had the nerve to use that as a reason.
Raising Kaido's bounty to 2 billion Beli, and his to 1.5 billion.
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