"Captain, I'm coming!"
Hearing Nox's words, Hermes rushed forward excitedly.
However, apart from Hermes, the Beast King who lacked emotional intelligence, the other Executive Officers, upon hearing Nox's words and seeing the smile on his lips, suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu.
Nox had guided them with that same smile many times before, and the results were always good. They had all, more or less, recognized their shortcomings and found directions to become stronger under Nox's guidance. But the process in between made them shudder at the thought, the fear of facing death made them tremble.
"Captain, we're coming too!"
But since Nox had already spoken, no matter how scared they were, they could only brace themselves and charge forward. If anyone were to retreat, the consequences would likely be even worse!
"Good, good, you all come together!"
Looking at his enthusiastic crew members, Nox was very satisfied.
Then, Nox single-handedly took on all the Executive Officers of the Limitless Pirates. He utilized his speed advantage and kiting tactics, unleashing slashes as if they required no stamina.
Each slash could hit an Executive Officer, and almost none of them could take Nox's slashes without being injured.
As a result, it was Barrett bleeding and fighting before, and now it was many Executive Officers bleeding and resisting one slash after another until their bodies couldn't bear it and they fainted, only then did it end!
The next day, the news of Barrett's promotion to Vice Captain of the Limitless Pirates spread from the Limitless Pirates.
The Limitless Pirates were now being watched by the entire World. The news from the Limitless Pirates themselves quickly spread to all the Pirates in the New World, and in another day, probably not many forces in the entire World would be unaware of this matter.
"The Limitless Pirates actually have a Vice Captain position? I heard that's a level higher than the core Executive Officers. Barrett being able to take the position of Vice Captain, does that mean Barrett's strength has made a qualitative breakthrough?"
"Of course. I heard that to become a core Executive Officer of the Limitless Pirates, you have to survive Nox's full-power slash. The condition to become Vice Captain is even more terrifying: you have to survive under Nox's sword for six hours!"
"Hiss, the conditions are so demanding. That's the World's Strongest Man and the World's Greatest Swordsman. It's hard to survive his full-power slash, let alone survive for six hours!"
"I heard Barrett and Kaido fought a battle before and it was a draw. Now it seems the newly emerging Great Pirate Kaido is also not to be underestimated, after all, he's the guy who fought the Limitless Pirates Vice Captain Barrett to a draw!"
"..."
As soon as the news spread, the Pirates in the New World immediately began to discuss it, especially the Pirates in bars who loved to talk and brag.
Barrett had just appeared in the newspapers, and he was the subject of their bragging and discussion.
"Jie hahahaha, that kid Barrett has become the Vice Captain of the Limitless Pirates. Then, Reinhardt, our Flying Pirates will also establish a Vice Captain position, and you will take it. We can't let the Limitless Pirates steal all the titles!"
After seeing the newspaper, Golden Lion immediately arranged the position of Vice Captain for his right-hand man, Reinhardt.
Golden Lion had already decided that whenever the Limitless Pirates made a statement, the Flying Pirates couldn't fall behind and should just follow suit.
And they should also occasionally release some news to let the entire World know about the existence of his Flying Pirates and frequently appear in World news reports, which could effectively increase the reputation of the Flying Pirates and let more new Pirates know about the Flying Pirates, so that when they reached the New World, they might come to join the Flying Pirates.
"Captain, I understand!"
Hearing Golden Lion's words, Reinhardt suddenly felt a bit speechless. It was as if their Captain was specifically watching Nox, and whatever new and strange things Nox did, the Flying Pirates had to follow suit.
"gura rara rara, Vice Captain? Wasn't that something the Roger Pirates did on their ship back then? Now Nox is also doing it!"
"In that case, my Whitebeard Pirates will also have one!"
"Marco, you'll be the Vice Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates. Anyway, you're ranked first and you often have to manage the others!"
After reading the newspaper, Whitebeard took a breath and instantly got angry, adding a Vice Captain position above the many division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates.
"Don't worry, Whitebeard, I will manage them well!"
Hearing his Whitebeard say he was getting a promotion, Marco was naturally very happy.
"Mama Mama, everything Nox has, I must have too, and what he doesn't have, I must have even more!"
"Katakuri, from now on, you will be the Vice Captain of our Pirate Crew. You must manage your brothers and sisters well!"
Charlotte Linlin said loudly.
Thus, after the Limitless Pirates announced Barrett's promotion to Vice Captain of the Limitless Pirates, most of the major Pirate Crew in the New World also followed suit and released news.
And the news they released was all about their members being promoted to Vice Captain. The most important thing was that, like the Limitless Pirates, they all said that the Vice Captain had to go through a very difficult selection process to get the position, and that they were not following the Limitless Pirates. In short, their Pirate Crew' Vice Captains were definitely not inferior to Barrett!
"These guys, how did they all develop the potential to follow trends!"
After seeing these reports, Nox smiled speechlessly.
These guys were acting as if they had nothing better to do, following the Limitless Pirates in establishing the position of Vice Captain.
"Hehe, Husband, don't you think, ever since you killed Mars Saint, coupled with the title of the World's Strongest Man, the reputation of the Limitless Pirates has surpassed that of the Flying Pirates."
"Even if the Limitless Pirates don't make a sound, many people subconsciously believe that the Limitless Pirates are the strongest Pirate Crew in the New World, no, it should be said the strongest Pirate Crew in the World."
"So they don't want the reputation of the Limitless Pirates to continue to grow, to the extent that they tacitly don't want the news of the Limitless Pirates to spread throughout the World, and then shock the World, and gain more reputation again, so they use this method to cause trouble."
Athena said with a light smile.
"That's fine too, let them make a fuss. Anyway, I don't plan to change the current structure of the New World Pirates, at least not until our child grow up, I don't plan to change it."
Nox nodded.
The Limitless Pirates' reputation is already sufficient. What they lack is foundation and more powerful top-level combat power.
Currently, besides Nox, there are only four top-level combat powers in the Limitless Pirates: three core Executive Officers and one Barrett. That's too few, far less than the Rocks Pirates in their peak period.
At least until his Pirates all become top-level combat power, and until the current Executive Officers are promoted to core Executive Officers, only then can they be comparable to the Rocks Pirates in their peak period, and only then will they be truly qualified to challenge the World Government!
"Husband, should we reduce the various promotions of the Limitless Pirates from now on?"
Athena asked.
In the past, Athena would intentionally or unintentionally promote the various benefits and treatments of the Limitless Pirates, letting more people know the advantages of joining the Limitless Pirates, indirectly increasing the reputation of the Limitless Pirates.
Now it seems that Husband intends to keep the Limitless Pirates low-key.
"No need, we just need to develop steadily according to the plan we set before."
Nox shook his head.