Since experimenting with the destructive power of Pluto's cannon, the many powerful combatants within the Limitless Pirates have recently gone crazy engaging in two-on-two battles, group battles, brawls, and more.
The goal is to improve their combat power as much as possible within this recent period, even if they can't improve their raw strength, they can at least improve their combat ability, risk resistance, endurance, team fighting ability, and so on.
This is the case for the Limitless Pirates, and it is the same for other Pirate Crew.
Many Pirate Crew have long since selected their participants and are waiting for news from the Limitless Pirates while training their abilities.
After all, everyone knows that this upcoming war will inevitably be much stronger and more brutal than the one ten years ago, and one misstep could truly lead to death in the war.
"Damn Pirates, what exactly do they want to do? They caused such a stir before, and now they've all quieted down!"
Compared to the Pirates who are constantly preparing, the Marine side is much more passive.
They had already gathered many top combatants and other affiliated forces early on, waiting for the Pirates' further actions, and then they would make targeted decisions.
However, the movements of the Pirates have completely stopped recently; they only know that the Pirates have gathered strength, but they don't know what the Pirates will do next.
Furthermore, with the Pirates not moving, the Marine and the World Government find it difficult to act, as they plan to wait for the Pirates to attack before taking action, because it's impossible for them to directly attack the New World to find trouble with the Pirates!
Once they do that, they will definitely be defeated, so they dare not launch a strong attack and can only passively defend.
"Now we can only go and ask the Gorosei what to do; if this continues, accidents may occur on the routes originally managed by the Marine, and the Pirates who were suppressed in the three seas will also rise again!"
Sengoku could only reluctantly call to ask the Gorosei.
However, the result disappointed Sengoku; the Gorosei merely told him to maintain the status quo, and personnel above Rear Admiral were not allowed to be transferred at will.
Even if transferred, they must ensure they can return to Marineford within a day!
Flying Pirates:
"This is strange, logically speaking, we have searched the high altitudes of most parts of the World, so why haven't we found any clues about the Ancient Weapon? Is it really not flying at high altitude?"
Golden Lion was rapidly traversing the sky at an altitude of hundreds of thousands of meters.
Since being bombarded by Uranus last time, Golden Lion has used a large amount of flying power to constantly search for Uranus's whereabouts in the sky.
He has never stopped for more than a decade, and even occasionally when Golden Lion himself had free time, he would often fly up to search for the Ancient Weapon's whereabouts.
His goal was to find the Ancient Weapon, then use his ability to control it, and then take that Ancient Weapon for himself.
However, after searching for so many years, he still hasn't found it, which makes Golden Lion very angry and helpless.
Recently, the Pirates and the World Government are about to go to war, and the World Government is likely to use the Ancient Weapon, so the Ancient Weapon is also likely to appear, which is why Golden Lion wanted to try his luck and see if he could find that Ancient Weapon.
"Keep looking; anyway, Nox hasn't sent any news yet, so keep looking until he does. If we really can't find it, then so be it!"
Golden Lion said as he flew.
Perhaps it's just as the saying goes: Flowers planted with care may not bloom, but willows planted without thought may thrive!
Just as Golden Lion was about to give up, he suddenly saw a huge metal hat floating in the distance.
"What is that!!" Seeing this scene, Golden Lion was extremely excited and immediately accelerated his approach.
Only after he got closer did he discover the true appearance of that thing; from the outside, the shape of that thing looked like a straw hat, but it wasn't a hollow straw hat, but a solid one.
Its exterior had a white metallic luster, and its size was immense, estimated to be at least two thousand meters in diameter. It was floating in the air, flying at a constant speed, not fast, but not slow either.
Most importantly, its color was faintly visible; if Golden Lion hadn't paid attention, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.
Its color was very close to the surrounding clouds, causing people to subconsciously ignore its existence, making people think it was just a white cloud!
If Nox were here, he would definitely exclaim, "Isn't this thing a UFO?"
"Ancient Weapon!!!!"
The moment he saw that thing, Golden Lion immediately determined that this must be the legendary Ancient Weapon.
Just as Golden Lion said, this is the Ancient Weapon Uranus controlled by the World Government!!
Before this, not only had Golden Lion sent people to search in the sky, but Nox had also sent people to search in the sky and even outer space, and the intensity of his search was much greater than Golden Lion's.
Even Shirley's divination ability and Baccarat's luck ability were used, but they still didn't find any trace of Uranus.
Yet, unexpectedly, Golden Lion accidentally found it.
If Nox knew, he would even suspect if this guy also possessed Haoshoku Haki of luck, like Buggy!
"Gyahahaha, this is mine!!"
"I, Golden Lion, will become the World King, and everyone will bow down to me!"
Golden Lion laughed loudly and approached Uranus at an extremely fast speed.
Golden Lion is now beginning to fantasize about getting the Ancient Weapon and secretly hiding it without rushing to use it.
Then, according to the agreement, he would join forces with Nox to kill the Gorosei and overthrow the World Government.
When it comes time to finally contend with Nox for the World King title, he will reveal his trump card, and by then, even Nox will have to submit to him, Golden Lion.
Ultimately, he, Golden Lion, becomes the World King, the Flying Pirates occupy the entire World, Nox follows behind him as a subordinate, giving a portion of the territory to the Limitless Pirates, and also subjugating Whitebeard and those other Pirates, finally unifying the World!
That scene, even just thinking about it now, makes Golden Lion feel incredibly exhilarated!
Isn't this the scene he has dreamed of?
Holy Land Mary Geoise:
"Hmm? Who is it!!"
When Golden Lion approached within a thousand meters of Uranus, in the core of the newly built Pangea Castle in the Holy Land Mary Geoise, the sleeping Imu suddenly opened his eyes and looked up at the sky.
He clearly sensed that Uranus's self-protection program had been activated, which meant that someone had found Uranus's location and was approaching Uranus!
"No matter who you are, don't even think about snatching what is mine from me!"
The dark power on Imu surged, instantly transforming into a terrifying black monster!
The colossal monster was seen constantly emitting countless dark powers, but after spreading out for a dozen meters, the dark power completely vanished without a trace, as if something was devouring this dark power.