On a prosperous island in the first half of the Grand Line, Death Gun Lionardo, a former Executive Officer of the Rocks Pirates, had been living in seclusion for six years, but unexpectedly, he was discovered.
"State your purpose, or die!"
Lionardo said with a cold voice, his sharp eyes staring at the three people before him.
He hadn't expected that after six years of seclusion, he would still be found.
"Senior, we are from the Limitless Pirates. We have no other intention, we just want to deliver some guns to you."
Seeing Lionardo's terrifying gaze, the three men quickly reported their identities, then opened a large box and handed it to Lionardo.
Lionardo only took a glance and was instantly attracted by the sniper rifle and two pistols before him.
He first picked up the sniper rifle, gently stroked it, examined it with Kenbunshoku Haki, then raised the sniper rifle and fired a shot at a wall a thousand meters away.
"Bang!!"
The moment he fired, the sniper rifle made almost no sound, but the wall a thousand meters away was directly pierced through.
"Bang!!"
Immediately after, Lionardo aimed at a wall two thousand meters away and fired another shot. Without any surprise, the thick wall was still pierced through with one shot.
"Bang!!"
The reinforced wall three thousand meters away was the same. It was only when shooting at the wall four thousand meters away that the bullet got stuck in the wall and could not pierce through.
He then picked up the two pistols and tried them out, unable to put them down. These guns were simply perfect beyond perfect.
Even the world's strongest sniper rifle that Rocks had custom-made for him back then was completely inferior compared to this sniper rifle.
It could be said that the sniper rifle and pistols here had completely refreshed the world's firearm rankings. As long as these two types of guns appeared on the market, he believed that the old guns would definitely be eliminated!
"Tell me, what does Nox want me to do?"
After trying the guns, Lionardo's excited expression returned to normal.
"We don't know. This is our Captain's den den mushi. We are just here to deliver a message. Since the task is completed, we'll be leaving now."
Seeing this, the three small fry put down the den den mushi and immediately ran away. The person in front of them was simply too terrifying, and they were afraid of being shot dead by him.
"Buruburu!!"
Lionardo pondered for a while, then used the den den mushi to make a call.
He used to have his own den den mushi, but he had thrown it away when he decided to live in seclusion, so no one could contact him anymore.
He was a gunman with dignity. Since he accepted these three guns, he had to repay the favor.
"Hahahaha, Lionardo, it's been a long time. How is it? Are the world's top-tier guns I specially had made for you easy to use?"
Nox laughed.
The guns he gave Lionardo were much more powerful than those circulating on the market. Not only had every aspect of the gun been improved.
He also used Yumaz's fusion ability to fuse two identical guns into one. It could be said they were definitely the most powerful guns in the world right now!
"What do you want me to do?"
Lionardo asked directly.
"You should have seen the newspaper, right? For this war, I need you to help me."
Nox said.
"No problem. After this, we will no longer owe each other anything."
Lionardo said.
"Okay, I'll be waiting for your arrival."
Nox hung up the phone with a smile.
"Jie hahahaha, Nox, I'm here!"
After waiting for a long time at G5 Fortress, Golden Lion's Flying Pirates finally arrived. The more than thirty airships covered a corner of the sky.
"Golden Lion, your Flying Pirates are responsible for logistics and food. You haven't forgotten, have you!"
Seeing that Golden Lion had only brought over thirty ships, Nox couldn't help but frown.
"Jie hahahaha, how could I, this old man, go back on my word? All the food is on the islands."
Golden Lion laughed heartily. Then, two islands in the sky quickly descended onto the Sea, piled high with various kinds of food, and many chefs and kitchens were ready, capable of providing a large amount of food at any time.
"Your Devil Fruit ability is really convenient!"
Seeing this scene, Nox couldn't help but exclaim.
"Jie hahahaha, of course! If it weren't for the fact that I, Golden Lion, don't want to use despicable methods, I could just bring dozens of islands and smash them down. What Marineford, what Mary Geoise, everything would be completely destroyed by me!"
Golden Lion laughed without restraint.
Hearing Golden Lion's words, Nox's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
When he was drunk drinking with Golden Lion back then, he had specifically mocked Golden Lion as a stupid lion, saying that he didn't know how to utilize the Float-Float Fruit, such a bugged Devil Fruit ability, for operations like dropping islands from high altitudes.
With Golden Lion's ability, why pursue the Ancient Weapon Pluton to destroy the World? Even a single shot from Pluton could only destroy one island.
Golden Lion's incredible Float-Float Fruit ability could destroy dozens of islands at once. Moving a hundred islands to an altitude of ten thousand meters and dropping them, then smashing them onto Holy Land Mary Geoise, could at least destroy half of it.
Nox hadn't expected that Golden Lion, while drunk at the time, had actually taken his words to heart and was now using the method. He didn't know how many islands were currently suspended at an altitude of ten thousand meters.
Golden Lion's intelligence was still decent now; he hadn't gone completely insane to actually smash Marineford and Mary Geoise.
Otherwise, the World Government would definitely try every means, at all costs, to kill Golden Lion.
Even if Golden Lion possessed the Float-Float Fruit, Nox doubted that the World Government and Celestial Dragons, if they united, could truly kill Golden Lion.
Being able to fly wasn't invincible. Finding three or even five top-tier combatants who could fly to surround Golden Lion, even if Golden Lion could fly, he still wouldn't be able to escape.
"Alright, let's wait together now. Let's wait for Whitebeard and the others to arrive."
Nox didn't want to listen to Golden Lion bragging anymore.
"Yo, World, I didn't expect you to be the third one to arrive!"
Immediately after, Nox saw World leading his Pirate Crew arrive.
"Hahahaha, my territory isn't far from here."
World laughed.
"These are Desert Eagle pistols crafted by our Limitless Pirates. They are at least twice as powerful as the flintlock pistol at your waist. Consider them a gift from me!"
Nox threw two pistols that looked like red crystals, which were originally hanging at his waist, to World.
These were new type pistols manufactured by their Limitless Pirates according to the model given by Nox. Furthermore, the material used during manufacturing was material fused by Yumaz, so their power was much stronger than those flintlock pistols.
"Bang bang bang!!!"
After World took the pistols, he fired a few shots and knew that these Desert Eagle pistols were indeed at least twice as powerful as his flintlock pistol.
"Hahahaha, Nox, thank you so much! If you develop stronger guns in the future, just let me know, and I'll buy them with money!"
Seeing the power of these pistols, World looked at Nox with shining eyes and said.
"No problem, I will definitely notify you then."
Nox smiled.
"Jie hahahaha, Nox, it seems the news about you manufacturing and selling military weapons is true!"
Golden Lion laughed.
"Of course! I'm not joking when I say I'm selling military weapons at half price this time at a loss!"
Nox said.
Previously, many of the military weapons he manufactured were sold internally, and even when sold externally, it was only a small portion.
To be honest, it wasn't that there were no buyers or that they couldn't be sold, but mainly because they lacked visibility.
This time, he could say he was selling weapons at a loss, spending money on advertising. As long as someone used his military weapons, they would know that his weapons were more powerful than those on the market, and this advertising effect would naturally spread.
He believed that after this war, there would definitely be forces wanting to buy the military weapons manufactured by his Limitless Pirates. At that time, the money lost could be earned back in minutes.
Over the next day, the Whitebeard Pirates and the other Pirate Crew who had previously participated in the slaughter of the Celestial Dragons all arrived.
Nox brought one hundred thousand men, Golden Lion also brought one hundred thousand men, the other seven Pirate Crew brought a total of one hundred thousand men, and the number of other scattered Pirate Crew in the New World added up to another one hundred thousand.
A massive Pirate force totaling four hundred thousand, all gathered here, about to participate in the upcoming war!
"Mama Mama, Kaido little brother, you finally decided to show up!"
Most of the former Rocks Executive Officers had gathered here. Charlotte Linlin recognized the tall Kaido at a glance.
"Hahahaha, I didn't expect the former intern to have grown up too!"
Hearing Charlotte Linlin's words, Nox also turned to look at Kaido.
At this moment, under Nox's Kenbunshoku Haki, Kaido didn't seem very strong yet, at most slightly stronger than the current Ashura Doji, and had not yet reached the level of a top-tier fighter.
"gura rara rara, Kaido brat, this war is very brutal. Don't die, or you'll waste the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit I was interested in back then."
Whitebeard also laughed. One of his goals when he went to God Valley was that Mythical Zoan Azure Dragon Fruit, but he didn't expect Kaido to eat it in the end.
"Hmph, even if you old guys die, I won't die!"
Kaido said discontentedly, but there was no anger. After all, he was indeed a junior, and his strength was weaker than those great Pirate Captains!
"Hahahaha, almost everyone is here, Golden Lion, let's go!"
Seeing that most people had arrived, Nox said loudly.
"Bastard, don't give me orders, I am Golden Lion!"
Hearing Nox's words, Golden Lion immediately cursed, but his body honestly controlled the island to fly towards the Marine's G3 Fortress.
Many scattered Pirate Crew stood on the island controlled by Golden Lion.
Meanwhile, the other major Pirate Crew sailed behind the island with their fleets.
Several islands flying in the air, hundreds of large and small Pirate ships occupying the Sea below, charging towards the Marine Fortress in a mighty wave, this massive war was about to begin!
Many reporters from the World Economic News Agency and news birds were constantly recording the progress of this war. If Nox and Golden Lion hadn't restricted the World Economic News Agency, they probably would have wanted to do a live broadcast of the entire event.
Although they couldn't do a live broadcast, the World Economic News Agency was constantly reporting the progress of the war through various means. At this moment, most people around the World were paying attention to this momentous war.
A war between the World Government and Pirates. Such a war had occurred in the Rocks era, but it ended with the Pirates' victory. Will the outcome of this war be different? Everyone was looking forward to it.