One Piece: Dictator of the Empire

In the sea not far away.

The current Navy Admiral "Qing Pheasant" who came to the South China Sea for a leisurely vacation was lying on the deck of a warship sunbathing. Suddenly he heard the roar of fierce artillery fire, and he took out his binoculars and looked in the direction of the distant firefight.

I saw an amazing scene.

Countless cannonballs shot out of the huge fleet flying the black bird flag, and poured densely onto the fleet of an unknown pirate group.

Countless cannonballs landed on the pirate fleet and exploded, leaving the pirates unable to fight back.

"Is this the Kata Kingdom's fleet purging pirates?"

"Don't they care less about these pirates?"

After seeing the black bird flag hanging on the fleet, Kuzan couldn't help but said something doubtful.

The adjutant on the side was also a little confused.

Their naval headquarters also has extensive research on the Kingdom of Kata and has an in-depth understanding of this country.

After Kaldo took over this country from a state of nothing, it quickly rose to become the most powerful country in the South China Sea in just a few years, so fast that their major forces could not react at all.

Normally, the Kata Kingdom pays little attention to these pirate groups. They are all focusing on developing their own technology and enhancing their foundation. Unless a pirate group that is short-sighted invades them, conflicts rarely occur.

Moreover, the huge armored fleet of the Kingdom of Kata is also a key surveillance target of the Navy Headquarters.

The technological content involved is so coveted by the generals at the Navy Headquarters.

They had also negotiated with Kaldor, who was in charge of the Kata Kingdom, and tried to purchase a batch of armored ships to secretly crack the technology in them.

But Kaldor rejected it, mainly because they couldn't get the benefits Kaldor wanted.

The fundamental interests of the world government are involved, and the Kingdom of Kata is not a soft persimmon, and their naval headquarters cannot make decisions on their own.

The incident was never mentioned again.

Unexpectedly, Kuzan, who casually came to the South China Sea for a vacation, would encounter these armored fleets of the Kingdom of Kata again.

It was fate.

As a strong man at the level of admiral of the Navy Headquarters, he naturally knows how useful the technological crystals contained in these things are to ordinary people.

Although it has little effect on experts of their level.

But most people in the world are just ordinary people. If the Navy headquarters is allowed to install these warships on a large scale, the strength of their headquarters will inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes.

At that time, it will be easy to eliminate the pirate group that generally poses little threat.

So this is why the Navy Headquarters is so eager for ironclads.

The World Government is also concerned about the reason. They need pirates to wreak havoc, and they also need the navy to maintain this strange balance among the countries.

They don't need an overly powerful navy, because they feel that the navy headquarters is gradually losing control of their five old stars, and they are somewhat obedient to the orders issued by their world government.

The major factions within the headquarters are also vying for power. The dove faction members are rampant and suppress the hawk faction members arbitrarily, and the orders issued by the Five Old Stars are also greatly obstructed.

Therefore, the old guys from the Five Old Stars must maintain a balance and will never allow the navy to dominate.

And Ax Cage, who was admiring the "beautiful view" on the deck of the main ship in the distance, also felt the strong aura of Kuzan not far away. The two sides stood on the decks of their respective warships and looked at each other.

The atmosphere fell into silence for a moment.

For the first time, the two huge forces had a silent confrontation.

As time passed, the warships from both sides passed by each other, and their soldiers looked at each other, and sailed away into the distance with a strange calmness.

Seeing the warships on both sides moving farther and farther on the vast sea, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

They are all restraining themselves and trying not to conflict.

The forces that both sides belong to are well-known and huge military power groups. If you are not careful, it may trigger a big melee between the two sides.

Moreover, only Kuzan on this warship has the strength to compete with Ax Cage. The adjutant and others are ordinary people with some strength, that's all.

Once they notify the other fleets of the Kata Kingdom to come and encircle them, no one else here except Kuzan may be able to escape.

“The Kingdom of Kata is very powerful”

This is Kuzan’s standard evaluation of the Kingdom of Kata.

The commanders of the three fleets established by the Kata Kingdom are targeting the three generals of the navy.

The commander of the Navy's First Corps, "Ex Cage", the Commander of the Second Corps, "Brian Adam", and the Commander of the Third Corps, "Kata Rikmeier" are all biochemical modifications of powerful men at the level of generals.

As for Ax Cage, he was worried about the soldiers. Once there was a confrontation between general-level warriors, the aftermath of the battle station would most likely affect their huge fleet.

Therefore, both sides are restraining themselves and avoiding this conflict as much as possible.

A long time will smooth everything out.

This is not.

Not long after the two parties met and left, the boat was filled with laughter and laughter again. People were fishing, and people were having banquets and drinking. It seemed that they didn't take what had just happened to their heart at all.

As time went by and fermented, the leaders of the major forces also received news from the Kingdom of Kata.

Most of the faces were filled with excitement. This was also their carnival. The Kingdom of Kata wanted to acquire slaves on a large scale and settle the matter with Bailey or advanced arms.

They have also been coveting the arms of Kata Kingdom for a long time. The arms sold by Kata Kingdom every year are in short supply, so they can make a lot of money by selling them as second-rate dealers.

"Advanced, exquisite, durable, high quality and low price, and powerful" is their most intuitive evaluation of the arms sold by the Kingdom of Kata.

There are also leaders of some forces who are worried about countries that are not members of the World Government, but there is nothing they can do.

The general trend is that they cannot instigate the entire power group to fight against the Kata Kingdom and other large forces for their own selfish purposes.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing one's parents.

If you block the general trend, you will definitely encounter hostility from all forces.

Some slave traders also saw business opportunities and took action.

Those large pirate groups are ambitious and directly attack small towns in countries that are not part of the World Government, constantly plundering the population and plundering wantonly.

All of a sudden, the kings of the small countries that were not part of the World Government and did not have naval soldiers stationed were miserable, and everyone was complaining.

Everyone in the smoke-filled conference room of the Navy Headquarters was noisy and blushing, and some dove members even slapped the table.

"What the hell is Kaldor doing, that damn bastard?"

"He should be very clear about what consequences his news will have on countries that are not part of the world government?"

“People’s resentment is boiling and resentment is overwhelming.”

“Countless people have been displaced because of what this fucking bastard posted.”

Among them, Monkey D. Karp, the representative of the dove faction of the Navy Headquarters, said loudly in the smoke-filled conference room with a red face. Some of the saliva splashed everywhere even sprayed directly on the face of "Wise General" Sengoku.

His tone was full of evil spirit and extreme anger.