One Piece: Rise of an Empire

After Levy and Hawkeye finished their discussions, Hawkeye left the imperial capital and returned to the Daxia Island where he lived.

But Daxia is still running non-stop, because of Linlin's return, Daxia's affairs no longer need to be watched by Des, so he started a leisurely life again.

"Booooooo~Booooooo~"

Des was lying on the deck chair basking in the sun when the phone bug beside him suddenly rang.

"Hi, I'm Des." Des said.

"Des, Gade and the others are back, and they came with Marco, they want to see you." On the other side, Hela said to Des.

Marco?
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute."

After speaking, Des quickly got up and walked towards the palace. Des didn't know why Marco appeared in Daxia, but the Whitebeard Pirates were their former friends.

In the palace, Linlin, Hela, Kade, Tianyi, Xiner, and the captains of the Whitebeard Pirates are all waiting for Des here.

Des walked into the palace, all eyes looked at him, Des smiled and said: "Marco, what wind is blowing you here?"

Marco shook his head and said, "I'm here to find you this time."

"Oh?" Des put away his smiling face, became serious, found a place to sit down, and continued: "Do you need our help with anything?"

Marco nodded, and said to Des: "You know, our Whitebeard Pirates are dead in name only now. Since Dad's fall, although I want to protect Dad's territory, it is difficult for us to protect this territory in the New World without emperor-level combat power. Now more than half of it has been captured by Tiqi."

"You mean you want me to help you protect Whitebeard's territory?"

If Marco spoke, Des would naturally help. Linlin and the others did not speak beside Des, listening carefully to their conversation.

At this moment, Marco shook his head and said: "No, the Whitebeard Pirates without Dad are no longer the Whitebeard Pirates. Now many people in our Whitebeard Pirates think that their voyage is over and want to end their pirate life. What I want you to help is, I hope to give the people of the Whitebeard Pirates a good living environment.

Isn't this a gift for Daxia?
Des was also very pleasantly surprised when he heard Marco's words, after all, this was to increase the combat effectiveness of Daxia.

"However, since they don't want this kind of life of licking blood on the tip of a knife, I hope you will arrange for them to be ordinary civilians. Our pirates have already agreed, so I want to ask you for help."

"of course can!"

For Des, these things are just insignificant things, and if they come here and live for a few years, will they not take action if there is trouble in Daxia?
At this time, Linlin came over and said to Marko: "Marco, you must know that our Daxia is a country with laws. As a commoner here, I hope you are prepared to obey the laws of Daxia. Although I want to take care of you, the people of Daxia are equal. If you violate the laws of Daxia, I will treat you equally. Can you accept it?"

Linlin thinks very comprehensively. Although the Whitebeard Pirates are indeed kind to pirates, they are still pirates. They are used to being free and easy. It is difficult to guarantee that they will do things that hurt others because of their unhappiness.

Des nodded in the same way.

This is Marco said with a smile: "Don't worry, they won't cause trouble. If they cause trouble, you will follow your rules."

Hearing Marco's assurance, Des nodded again.

"How many of you are there?" Des asked, he didn't know how many people in the Whitebeard Pirates were planning to live in seclusion.

"There are about 1000 people at present." Marko said.

"Oh? Then there are still many people who choose to continue to choose to be pirates?" Des continued to ask.

Marco nodded, and continued: "We captains and some members of the Whitebeard Pirates plan to fulfill Dad's unfulfilled wish."

"Whitebeard's unfulfilled wish? What is that?" Des was curious, because there was no such thing in the original book.

"Embrace Ace to become the Pirate King!"

"Is that so?" Des murmured to himself, Des seemed to remember that Whitebeard really had plans to make Ace the next One Piece, and Des did not expect that so many people in the Whitebeard Pirates would have such a plan.

"After Ace has finished studying with Rayleigh, his strength and mentality will definitely change completely. The strength of our group has reached the limit, but Ace is different. He has the qualifications to become a king. I want to help Ace become the real One Piece with our remaining strength."

Des smiled. To be honest, Des also thought that Ace really had the potential to become the One Piece if he didn't die.

"After we fulfill Dad's wish, we may all come to trouble you." Marko laughed.

"You're welcome, Linlin, let's arrange a place for them to live." Des turned his head and said to Linlin.

Marco knew that Des had no intention of becoming king, so he would tell Des so much. If this was said to Kaido, then Marco would definitely get a reward from Kaido: thunder and gossip!
Sanji in the kitchen heard their chatting all the way, but he still thinks that there is only one person who can become One Piece and that is Luffy.

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"fire punch!"

bump----

"Hahahaha, Luffy, you lost again."

Both Ace and Luffy lay on the ground, recovering their strength.

"Hmph, Ace, don't you guys use the ability of devil fruit?" Luffy said angrily.

"Hahahaha, didn't you also use the ability of the rubber fruit?" Ace said with a smile.

Now Ace has recovered from the fall of Whitebeard, and at the same time he has also made a decision in his heart, that is to use the name of Whitebeard to become One Piece.

"Tch, you don't mean what you say!" Luffy continued.

"Luffy, we are competitors now, if you can't beat me, then I will be the One Piece!"

"Damn it, let's fight again, the only man who can become One Piece is me, Luffy!"

In the distance, Lei Li looked at the two people with gratified smiles, and muttered to himself: "Oh, it's nice to be young, old."