Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

Holy Land, Marie Gioia.

The five elders, the highest authorities of the World Government, were watching a video in the Hall of Power. It was a video of the great battle between Tregear and Kizaru in Punk Hazard Beria.

They had looked at it several times. The five men, all with solemn expressions, were dressed in white Taoist robes, bald, and wearing glasses. One of them, Izanbaron V. Nassshuro, pressed his head and said, "Who exactly are these two guys?"

The old man, dressed in a black suit, with white curly hair, a bushy white beard, a flat cap, and a scar on his left cheek, said, "Their abilities don't conform to any conventional Devil Fruits."

“Could it be a mythical beast?” said Topman Vochuli Saint, an old man with a suit, a bald head, a mustache shaped like the number eight, and a birthmark on his forehead.

“That’s impossible.” The elderly man, Marcus Mazsan, dressed in a suit, with long, straight white hair and a long beard, said, “Mythical Beasts, and two of them at that… how is that possible?”

“Then how do you explain the unusual nature of these two men?” said Shepard X. Pitt Saint, an old man with blond hair, a blond beard, and a scar on his chest, dressed in a suit.

Upon hearing this, the five people's expressions grew increasingly grim. They couldn't comprehend Belial and Tregear's abilities; their immense power, and if they truly were Mythical Zoan species...

Why do the Straw Hat Pirates always seem to attract such strange people?

“If it’s truly necessary, these two should be eliminated,” Saint Satan said. “Just like that, the Devil Fruit.”

Just as an eerie atmosphere settled over the hall, a subordinate reported: Fleet Admiral Akainu has arrived in Mary Geoise.

"What is he doing here?" the five asked in confusion.

"I don't know, he seems very angry," the man said.

"It's probably because of Doflamingo," said Sacred Volchi.

The man had just stepped back when Akainu, with a cigar in his mouth and an angry look on his face, walked in.

Akainu asked, "You made a false report about Doflamingo's withdrawal, and then changed it. What exactly do you mean by that?"

"For the sake of Doflamingo, the whole world is making a fuss over him. If something like this happens again, where will I put my face? Don't do this again!" Akainu shouted.

Upon hearing this, Satan said, "Don't speak so arrogantly, Sakazuki."

"What does your pride matter?" said Sacred Vochuli coldly.

Nasujiro said, "Your navy is nothing more than the outer face of the government."

Pittor said, "This matter is to be handled by the World Government's secret intelligence agency; you have no right to interfere."

"CP0, huh?" Akainu said disdainfully. "Hmph, to put it bluntly, you've completely become puppets of the Celestial Dragons, haven't you?"

“Watch your words, Sakazuki!” Satan Saint said. “You should also know about what happened at Kuzan. After something like this, how can your navy still have any face to speak of?”

Just then, a voice rang out: "Five Elders, Marshal Sakazuki!" A man rushed in.

He then knelt on the ground and said to the Five Elders and Akainu, "Report: The Seven Warlords of the Sea, Donquixote Doflamingo, and his family have been defeated by the pirate alliance of Straw Hat Luffy and Trafalgar Law!"

"Dresroza is now a complete ruin!"

Upon hearing this, Akainu's eyes widened suddenly. "What did you say?!"

Upon hearing this, the Five Elders' expressions changed drastically. "Again, those brats?" Their faces turned grim.

Then the man said, "Besides that, there's an even more serious situation, which is..."

……

News of Doflamingo's defeat spread throughout the world in the blink of an eye. Doflamingo was the biggest arms dealer in the underworld, and due to his downfall, some countries surrendered because they lost their arms supplies.

Many people harbor deep hatred for the Straw Hat crew because they lost their weapons supply.

Meanwhile, a warship with the word "crane" written on its sail is sailing on the sea.

In a small town, Jewelry Bonney, who turned into a little girl after stealing a pizza, ate a pizza while reading the newspaper and laughed, "Defeated Doflamingo? Pretty capable, huh? As their contemporary, I'm quite happy."

Sky Island...

"The Strange Monk" Urouge was resting when his men reported that someone was on the Sky Island. As Urouge looked on in confusion, he suddenly noticed a huge shadow appearing in the distance.

A certain sea...

"Pretty capable, Pirate Alliance." Capone Bege, the "bandit" who had narrowly survived the previous battle with Belial, said while looking at the newspaper. Then, he said to his men behind him, "Men, we must bring Caesar back."

"Yes, Godfather!"

Kid Pirates' headquarters...

When Eustass Kid, Baggins Hawkins, and Scratchmen Apoo, who formed the pirate alliance, learned of this news, they understood Luffy and the others' intentions, and at the same time, they decided on their target—the Yonko "Red-Haired" Shanks.

……

On a certain island, "Red Flag" X Drake looked at the newspaper, then led his men to find Kaido.

……

Dressrosa...

"Stop playing dumb! Ichisho!" A loud shout echoed across the open space. Fujitora looked at the Den Den Mushi in front of him with a calm expression.

"You can't possibly not understand what it means for a naval admiral to admit defeat. Why didn't you report it to headquarters?"

“If it were reported, it would probably be altered into a different message,” Fujitora said calmly. Fujitora recalled his previous conversation with Smoker, who had angrily recounted the events in Alabasta.

It was for this reason that Fujitora decided not to report to headquarters.

“There are countless instances of these things being eliminated in secret.”

Fujitora said, "I don't want to become a hero by lying. Aren't our superiors, the World Government, the ones who keep saying they want to maintain the balance of time but hire pirates?"

"This concerns the reputation and prestige of the Marine Headquarters!" Akainu on the other end of the phone was furious upon hearing Fujitora's words. "Your reckless actions have brought shame upon justice!"

However, to everyone's surprise, Fujitora was not afraid at all. Instead, he became even more excited and yelled at Akainu, "If you're afraid of losing face, then keep it to yourself and don't show it off!"

"Once you admit defeat, you lose credibility. What's the difference between that and never having existed in the first place!" Fujitora said, panting heavily. The soldier beside him was terrified.

Hearing Fujitora's words, Akainu was so angry he almost smashed the table in front of him. Suppressing his rage, Akainu said to Fujitora, "Bring those guys back to me, or you can forget about going back to Marine Headquarters!"

Upon hearing this, Fujitora said calmly, "That's exactly what I was thinking."

……

Night fell quickly in the small house on the back hill.

"Ugh!" Belial and Luffy woke up one after the other.

"You're awake!" everyone exclaimed in surprise.

“Ah, yes,” Belial said, twisting his neck. His aches and pains made him look unwell. “What a sorry sight, to have come to this.”

Luffy didn't react much; instead, he ran to the food that had been prepared and began to eat and drink heartily.

"Anyway, thank you for saving this country. You are great heroes," Violet said with a smile.

"Hero? I don't want to be a hero. I'm not going to be a fool who gets himself all bruised and battered for others," Belial said disdainfully.

Everyone laughed upon hearing this, but said nothing more.

Outside the door, not far from the hut...

"Sabo!" Kella came running over, and Sabo asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Before he could finish speaking, Kera grabbed Sabo's face and angrily said, "What else? You hung up halfway through your sentence and aren't you back in the team? What are you doing?"

Sabo broke free from Kera's "clutches" and laughed, "I just came to chat with my brother."