Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

[The Straw Hat Pirates are at the heart of the World Government's plan.]

This view had been proposed by Sabo long before. After the strange actions of the World Government in Dressrosa, he made a bold hypothesis.

The World Government needs to complete a certain project through the Straw Hat Pirates.

And now, the [Shield of the Celestial Dragon], which has not appeared on the sea for nearly a hundred years, appears here, which seems to confirm Sabo's point of view.

"Although I don't know the specific information, according to Brother Sabo's speculation, the World Government seems to want to deepen the feud between you and the New World Emperor in order to collect the four red historical texts as soon as possible."

Kuzan looked at Jinbe and the others and said, "But judging from the way Pano attacked you, you are obviously being used as tools."

After hearing this, Jinbe and the other two fell silent.

Kuzan’s words are not difficult to understand, and what happened after arriving in the new world also proves this statement.

The reason why the World Government did not launch a thunderous offensive against the Straw Hat Pirates was to reap the benefits.

Compared to the World Government going to war with both Spark and the New World Pirates at the same time, it would be much easier to add fuel to the fire and cause the pirates to fight among themselves.

"This is an open conspiracy." Huoshaoshan made his own evaluation.

"The World Government is well aware of the Straw Hat Pirates' intentions, and it won't matter even if their plans are seen through. After all, to some extent, the World Government is [helping] the Straw Hat Pirates."

Kuzan nodded in agreement to the words about burning the mountain.

Then he turned his gaze to the naval warship not far away, as if thinking about something.

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At the same time, the battle in the Golden City was coming to an end.

"I recognize your strength, Sanji of the Straw Hat Pirates."

At the port of the Golden City, Charlotte Cracker put her sword on Sanji's neck and said.

The buildings around the two of them were almost all in ruins, and the ground was littered with biscuit soldiers that Sanji had smashed into pieces.

There are also large and small cuts on the body of the cracker.

This was the most miserable look he had ever had since he became a general.

Sanji was sitting in the ruins, his hair disheveled and his body covered with scars.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked up at Cracker, his eyes full of resentment.

It seems that Cracker won the battle between the two just now.

"There's no point in holding grudges."

Cracker spoke slowly: "Your strength is indeed good, but it's just good."

He raised his sword and swung it down at Sanji: "I'm sorry, you can't attend my wedding with your sister."

A flash of light flashed on the pitch-black blade, making it particularly conspicuous in the night.

Just as Cracker was about to kill Sanji, an urgent voice sounded.

【Protective barrier! 】

The next second, there was a clang sound, and Cracker's sword chopped on a green transparent barrier.

"what?"

Cracker tried again, but was surprised to find that he couldn't break the barrier.

He looked up and saw a man with a green cockscomb running towards him.

"What did you do to Sanji-senpai!!!"

Bartolomeo came in front of Sanji, swung his right fist, and smashed hard on the protective barrier he had just created.

【Impact the barrier! 】

The indestructible barrier rushed towards the cracker at high speed.

But unfortunately, Bartolomeo's moves are useless in front of Cracker.

Even though Cracker had just gone through a tough battle.

He swung his sword and knocked the barrier away.

"You are not a member of the Straw Hat Gang." Cracker said, "Get out of here. Do you know who I am?"

"I don't care who you are!"

"If you want to attack Senior Sanji, you have to get past me first."

Bartolomeo had a look of disdain on his face. He picked something out of his nostrils and bounced it directly towards the cracker.

This move does no harm at all, but is extremely insulting.

"You are looking for death!"

Cracker didn't say any more nonsense and just clapped his hands to summon four cookie soldiers.

But compared to the soldiers Sanji had faced before, the newly summoned ones were obviously malnourished.

Under Cracker's control, the biscuit soldiers directly surrounded Bartolomeo.

Barto started attacking without saying anything.

【Barrier ball! 】

Barto first created a spherical barrier, trapped the biscuit soldier closest to him, and then kicked it away from the battlefield.

Then, he overlapped his index and middle fingers to create a larger square barrier.

[Barrier: Bull Rush! ]

Bartolomeo, holding the barrier, exerted force with his feet and rushed towards the two biscuit soldiers in front of him.

The biscuit soldier swung his sword at the barrier, but was unsurprisingly hit by Barto's close attack.

Then, Barto turned around and created a small barrier ball on his right fist.

Facing the last biscuit soldier, Barto rushed towards him, jumped up, and punched him in the head.

At the same time, he also called out the name of his own move.

[Barrier Barrier Pistol!!!]

With a bang, the biscuit soldier was smashed to the ground by Bartolomeo, and his biscuit head was smashed to pieces.

Seeing his soldiers being defeated, Cracker clapped his hands again with an expressionless face.

The biscuit soldier with his head smashed stood up suddenly and recovered quickly.

At the same time, Cracker created three more cookie soldiers, excluding the one trapped by the barrier ball.

A total of six biscuit soldiers surrounded Bartolomeo again.

"hateful..."

The corner of Bartolomeo's mouth twitched. Of course he knew who Cracker was. He was just talking nonsense before.

Now that he saw that the other party was starting to get serious, Barto naturally did not intend to force a fight.

He turned and ran towards Sanji, picked him up and prepared to run away.

How could Cracker be willing to do that?

He controlled the biscuit soldiers to chase after them, and he himself rushed forward quickly.

The biscuit soldier rushed up behind Bartolomeo and was about to swing his sword at him.

Cracker also jumped up and swung the sword in his hand, aiming at Sanji on Barto's shoulder.

At this thrilling moment, Barto and Sanji smiled at the same time.

【A riot of colour, a huge tree! 】

With a loud bang, the ground under the feet of the six biscuit soldiers suddenly exploded. Two huge arms grabbed them tightly and they were completely unable to break free.

Cracker's eyes fixed, and he had no time to pay attention to the sudden change.

While still in the air, he twisted his body forcefully and swung his sword to his right.

There, there was a skeleton with cold air all around it, attacking like lightning.

[Song of the plunder: Yellow Spring stab! ]

clang!

Cracker used his powerful strength to cut Brook's sword.

But soon, he realized something was wrong.

His body began to stiffen, and the rapier in Brook's hand seemed to have a tremendous force, bouncing off Cracker's giant sword and continuing to pierce through.

The battle changed rapidly and the two men passed each other.

"Robin-senpai, Brook-senpai!"

Bartolomeo, who was carrying Sanji, greeted with a smile.