Super Card System

On the sea, a pirate ship was sailing across the ocean. This was a pirate ship whose figurehead looked like both a lion and a sunflower.

At the top of the mast, the flag of the Straw Hat Pirates fluttered in the wind. That's right, this was the Thousand Sunny!

On the deck of the ship, Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and Mr. 2 stood shoulder to shoulder, arms around each other, gazing at the vast ocean while dancing a tap dance!

They excitedly and in unison shouted, "New World! New World! New World!"

Zoro leaned against the mast, his face turned dark as he watched the four hyperactive idiots. He had wanted to sleep, but with these guys making such a racket, how could he sleep? Unable to bear it, he said to Nami beside him, "Aren't you going to do something about them?"

Nami, dressed in a cool outfit, was reclining on a sun chair, sunbathing while organizing her navigational notes. Hearing Zoro's words, Nami didn't say anything. She raised her hand, picked up a thick tome from the table beside her, and flung it over!

With a "bang," Luffy was hit on the back of the head by the brick-like thick book and was instantly KO'd. As he fell with a big bump on his head, he dragged down the other three who were shoulder to shoulder with him, and they rolled into a heap on the deck.

"Handled!" Nami said without even lifting her head.

Zoro: "…"

A noise suddenly came from the door of the second-level cabin. Sanji kicked open the door, holding a tray in both hands. Spinning around, he came to Nami on the deck and very gentlemanly offered the tray in his right hand, saying, "Miss Nami, please try my newly made Fish-Man Island special Black Forest Cake!"

Nami looked up and gave Sanji a smile, saying, "Thank you!"

Sanji was instantly enchanted, his legs turning into soft noodles. To him, Nami's smile was the greatest reward.

Smelling the aroma of the cake, Luffy and the others gathered around. Luffy quietly stretched out his arm, trying to steal the cake that Nami had placed on the table, but Sanji noticed and slammed a high kick onto his head, fiercely shouting, "Don't steal Miss Nami's dessert! Yours are in the kitchen!"

Then the four idiots thundered off toward the kitchen…

The Straw Hat Pirates had left Fish-Man Island quite some time ago. After the New Marineford War, when they went to the Sabaody Archipelago to retrieve their ship, they were held back by Uncle Rayleigh for a period of time. Because of Ian, the Straw Hat Pirates were introduced to the concept of Haki earlier, so when Rayleigh stayed to carefully teach them for a while, they mastered the use of Haki more proficiently and earlier than in history.

After that, they went to Fish-Man Island.

Jinbe had previously invited Ian to visit Fish-Man Island, but Ian had always been delayed by various matters and had never managed to go. Instead, the Straw Hat Pirates had a good time enjoying themselves on Fish-Man Island for a while.

And the hidden dangers of Fish-Man Island had always existed, and unsurprisingly, just like in the original history, they were triggered by the appearance of Luffy and the others. With their help, the Fish-Man Island incident was resolved. Moreover, Jinbe was also invited by Luffy to join the Straw Hat Pirates.

Since Old Man Whitebeard was still alive, Fish-Man Island remained under his protection. Jinbe no longer had any entanglements with the Big Mom Pirates, so this time, he readily accepted Luffy's invitation and became the helmsman of the Straw Hat Pirates.

On one hand, it was out of gratitude to the Straw Hat Pirates for saving Fish-Man Island; on the other hand, it was because of the relationship between the Straw Hat Pirates and Ian. Zoro was Ian's junior disciple, and Luffy was Ace's brother. Jinbe knew that neither Ian nor Whitebeard lacked someone like him in terms of combat power. On the contrary, by joining the Straw Hat Pirates, he could help Ian and Ace look after their younger brother.

"Knight of the Sea" Jinbe was such a man of honor; he wanted to help Ian and Ace in this way…

His status as a Shichibukai was gone, and he had handed over the Fish-Man Pirates to Aladdin. What Jinbe wanted to enjoy now was another kind of adventure.

Brook and Franky came out from the lower deck; they had just gone to replace the cola in the Thousand Sunny. As they came out, Franky greeted Jinbe. Jinbe was just about to respond when he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something on the sea ahead!

Jinbe's discovery alarmed everyone on board, so they all ran to the bow of the ship. As the ship got closer, they were surprised to find that the thing floating on the sea was actually a corpse wearing a Marine uniform!

Startled, they hurriedly salvaged the Marine soldier's corpse.

This Marine soldier had drowned, but his face still bore an expression of panic before death.

There wasn't just one such corpse. In the subsequent voyage, the Straw Hat Pirates found more corpses drifting along the current, and not only Marine soldiers' corpses but also many fragments of warship wreckage.

"What on earth happened?" Everyone was puzzled, and they quickly maneuvered the ship to search for survivors.

However, when they approached a nearby country called Castorm, they finally found out that a great battle had taken place near this sea area two days ago.

Thirty or more warships led by Admirals Kizaru, Momousagi, and Chaton were almost completely wiped out in a battle with the Beasts Pirates!

This is how the locals described the situation at that time: At the beginning, the Navy had a slight advantage in the naval battle with the Beasts Pirates, but suddenly, a huge black fog appeared on the sea, enveloping all the remaining warships. When the fog dissipated, what was left on the sea were countless fragments of warship wreckage, as if these warships had been shattered by a tremendous force within that fog…

This was a rare and devastating defeat for the Navy…

When they heard that not only the Beasts Pirates but also the Red Hair Pirates were involved in the battle here, the members of the Straw Hat Pirates looked at each other.

Jinbe, who often traveled in the New World, naturally understood the power dynamics there. Upon learning of this matter, Jinbe suddenly had a bad premonition, so he suggested that the Straw Hat Pirates visit the Whitebeard Pirates.

The others didn't understand and asked him why. Jinbe sighed and said, "War is coming…"

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Azathoth was formed by Blackbeard's power combined with his new ability. Therefore, that black fog at the time was like the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, containing immense gravitational force. Anything enveloped within would be compressed and crushed; even sturdy warships could be destroyed. Naturally, the Navy suffered heavy casualties. Although this time, Kizaru and the other two Admirals were leading the fleet, they were Devil Fruit users after all. After losing their footing on the sea, their situation wasn't much better. (T/N: the possibilities are endless, image Ian eating the fruit and using its power on the Black Dragon Wave)

In the end, it was Kizaru and the others who flew out of the fog, seized two pirate ships of the Beasts Pirates that were retreating from the battlefield, and barely managed to rescue some people.

Many Navy soldiers were dragged into the depths and drowned when the warships were destroyed, and then were washed away by the ocean currents, which is why the Straw Hat Pirates found so many bodies on the sea.

It wasn't just them who saw it; in fact, many ships passing through the nearby sea area also saw it. As a result, the news of the Navy's crushing defeat quickly spread everywhere.

The World Government tried their best to suppress this news, forbidding the World Economic News to publish it.

They had to suppress it because this was the Navy's second defeat after the Battle of New Marineford. The live broadcast of that battle had already caused the Navy's prestige to plummet. Now, with this happening again, who knows what kind of negative consequences it would lead to?

As for the Navy, although they had already contacted the three Admirals—Kizaru and the others—learned the causes and effects of the matter, and also investigated the truth, knowing that this time they were completely set up by the Beasts Pirates, Akainu still couldn't contain his immense anger!

"Again! Why hasn't there been a single piece of good news since I became Fleet Admiral!?"

"First, Aokiji left the Navy, then Zephyr left. Fine, let them leave. But before the impact of these events could be suppressed, the newly recruited 'White Wolf' Arist from the World Conscription was killed too!?"

"And not only did he die, but it also implicated the deadly news that CP0 had been planted within the Four Emperors…"

"Each and every one of these incidents is a damn black mark!"

"Now it's even worse. A group of the most dangerous ambitious men and saboteurs on the sea have joined forces, including a Yonko, two former Shichibukai, and a legendary pirate who hasn't appeared for more than twenty years!"

"Damn it! Is heaven trying to destroy me!?"

The World Government's desired Soul-Soul Fruit wasn't seized. Akainu endured the World Government's blame, but no matter how angry he was, he couldn't vent it on Kizaru and the others. Now wasn't the time to pursue responsibility; it was time to consider how to remedy the situation.

Moreover, Akainu knew that not only he was worried, but the World Government was also troubled. In this incident, there was Doflamingo's involvement, so the World Government had reason to suspect that Doflamingo and Kaido had joined forces to seize the Soul-Soul Fruit, actually aiming for the Celestial Dragons' National Treasure!

This time, even the lofty Celestial Dragons felt threatened. To them, Doflamingo, who knew the secret of the National Treasure, was a huge hidden danger. In the past, this hidden danger wasn't much of a problem; Doflamingo alone was powerless to aim for the National Treasure. But now, not only had he allied with Kaido and the others, but they had also seized the Soul-Soul Fruit, which had a function similar to the Ope-Ope Fruit. This was a huge threat.

Just as the World Government and the Navy were thinking about how to respond to this matter, Ian, bringing the captured Queen the Plague, also arrived at Marineford…

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