One Piece: Hashirama Template

The next morning, in the palace dining hall.

Link sat at the long dining table, eating breakfast made by Igaram's wife.

Carina looked at Vivi and Nami's empty seats and said, "Strange, are Vivi and Nami not training today? They're even skipping breakfast!"

"Vivi is probably busy, after all, she is the sole heir to the kingdom," Robin said with a smile. "As for Nami, she probably played too hard yesterday and accidentally overexerted herself."

"Mhm."

Link nodded in agreement.

Indeed, her stamina was depleted, but it wasn't from overusing her fruit's abilities.

They ran wildly up the steps to adulthood, running all night before seeing the end, experiencing a scenery only gods can witness.

And with her was Vivi.

Facing Link, who possessed a Sage Body, the ordinary human constitutions of Vivi and Nami were simply no match.

Under the bombardment of twenty-one years of accumulated cannonballs, they soon melted into a puddle.

Link, who had easily won a one-on-two battle, was almost not fully satisfied.

He had to get them the Rokushiki training method as soon as possible and train them into superhumans.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, several more days had passed.

During these few days, Link lived the life of a winner.

After ascending the steps to adulthood together with Link, Vivi and Nami no longer hid their feelings for him. Their already intimate behavior became even sweeter.

Except for the pure and innocent Perona, Robin and the other girls could all see that Vivi and Nami had taken the final step with Link.

This sight made Carina grit her teeth.

She was clearly second in line, but Vivi had snuck ahead.

But there was nothing Carina could do. Who could blame Vivi for being rescued by her hero?

At that time, she had only just let down her guard and reservations about Link, while Vivi was already ahead of both her and Nami.

But Nami catching up at the same time as Vivi made Carina feel sour.

Because Nami had been proactive, with her instigation and assistance!

When she first discovered the relationship between Link and Vivi, Nami had consulted the extremely clever Carina. Carina had told Nami to be bolder, while she would be responsible for holding Vivi back for Nami.

As a result, after a few months, Carina developed strong feelings for Link herself.

As an orphan, she had unknowingly become immersed in Link's gentleness and doting.

By the time she realized her feelings for Link had undergone a qualitative change and finally mustered the courage to convey her heart to him, Vivi and Nami had quietly reached the finish line.

At that moment, Carina finally understood how Nami must have felt a few years ago.

The feeling of being backstabbed?

It hurt, it hurt so much!

Link, Nami, and Vivi were completely unaware of Carina's thoughts.

For these few days, they seemed to have forgotten everyone around them, immersed in their blissful life as a trio, inseparable in everything they did.

Whether eating, drinking, playing, bathing, or sleeping, they were stuck together as if glued, a sight that left even Robin feeling a little speechless.

It was a good thing they were in the royal palace and not on a smaller sailboat, otherwise, the other girls would have definitely snapped from hearing their sweet nothings around the clock.

This honeymoon period only ended when a piece of news spread throughout the world.

The headline was striking—"Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, 'Fire Fist' Portgas D. Ace, Captured! The New Warlord of the Sea—'Blackbeard' Marshall D. Teach!"

As the World Economic Journal spread this news across the globe, it quickly caused a massive uproar.

From the most powerful sea, the New World, down to the relatively isolated East Blue, there was a sense of oppressive calm before a storm.

"Whitebeard is more terrifying than a demon!"

This children's rhyme was more famous than the story of Noland the Liar, and even kids could sing it.

If you were talking about the strongest in a one-on-one fight, it had to be Kaido!

But the World's Strongest Man was, without a doubt, that man who had dominated the Great Pirate Era for twenty-two years, turning the era started by the Pirate King into the era of the uncrowned king—Whitebeard, Edward Newgate!

As the crew of the World's Strongest Man, the Whitebeard Pirates were also recognized as the world's strongest pirate crew.

They had sixteen divisions, each with the combat power of a major New World pirate crew, totaling over sixteen hundred members.

Under their command were forty-three subordinate pirate crews, each captain a powerhouse in the New World, with a total of fifty thousand members.

These fifty-one thousand-plus people were a force that no pirate crew, allied nation, or even the Marines in the New World dared to provoke.

After all, everyone knew that anyone who dared to bully one of Whitebeard's "sons" would have to face the wrath of the entire Whitebeard Pirates.

Therefore, the news of Thatch's murder had shaken the entire world.

Now, the news of Ace's capture once again shook the world.

Everyone had a premonition that a paramount war that would change the world's balance of power was likely about to begin!

Even if this paramount war didn't happen, the balance of power in the New World was bound to change.

After all, if Whitebeard were to back down, it would be a signal to the whole world that the old lion was truly old.

Those "sons" of his, whether they truly admired him or were only seeking his protection, would begin to doubt their old man or no longer feel secure, leading to internal conflicts.

At that time, the flames of war to subjugate a Yonko would ignite in the New World.

Thus, the eyes of the world were all focused on the Whitebeard Pirates.

Major powers sent out their spies to gather information on the Whitebeard Pirates' movements.

However, for a period of time, the Whitebeard Pirates seemed to have vanished into thin air.

All Marine surveillance ships were sunk, and specially trained birds and beasts would die mysteriously if they flew over a certain sea area.

The world only knew that the Whitebeard Pirates had gathered their forty-three subordinate crews from all over the world, and then they had all disappeared.

At the same time, Marine Headquarters announced that in half a month, they would hold a public execution for 'Fire Fist' Portgas D. Ace on the island of Marineford, and had summoned tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Marine branches all over the world.

The various Vice Admirals also went out on behalf of the World Government to summon the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

The actions of the Whitebeard Pirates and Marine Headquarters made the possibility of this paramount war breaking out even greater.

Fearing they would be caught in the crossfire, the major powers of the New World, whether pirate crews or kingdoms, consciously halted their wars for territory and expansion.

This place, which was constantly a scene of the big eating the small and the small swallowing the large, the world's largest crucible, became unusually quiet.

(End of Chapter)

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