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After the official formation of the Sky Sovereign Grand Fleet, Marco and the others acted swiftly.
Their first task was to hoist Sky Sovereign’s flag over all of the Whitebeard Pirates’ former territories, letting Rowen’s Jolly Roger fly high across the seas.
All who sailed under this flag were now under the protection of Sky Sovereign!
With Whitebeard’s death, his own flag could no longer protect such a vast territory. Only Sky Sovereign’s flag could continue to shelter these widespread domains.
At the same time, these territories now officially belonged to Sky Sovereign. If Rowen ever needed it, everyone within these lands would fight for him.
Hancock also returned to Amazon Lily with Rowen’s flag, letting it fly proudly over the Kuja’s island.
Countless new pirate flags began to flutter across the seas!
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Meanwhile, the Navy and the World Government had long since issued their official report on the Summit War incident.
Under their propaganda machine, the Navy had achieved a great victory!
Using Fire Fist Ace as bait, they had successfully killed the Strongest Emperor, Whitebeard, on the spot!
Though the public execution of Fire Fist Ace had failed, in the hands of the World Government’s propaganda machine, which could turn black into white, the true purpose of the public execution was now to kill the Emperor Whitebeard.
The current result, of course, was a complete victory for the World Government’s Marine Headquarters—though Admiral Aokiji had fallen in battle, in the World Government’s narrative, this was a necessary price for Justice.
But those on these seas with true insight knew this was just the World Government’s excuse to cover up their failure.
The World Government and Marine HQ hadn’t said a word about that man—the World’s Most Dangerous Man, Sky Sovereign Rowen—or his movements.
And after the live broadcast ended, there was no explanation at all about how the war truly concluded.
But the Navy had indeed, at the cost of only one crucial combatant, Aokiji, killed the Emperor Whitebeard.
This was witnessed by the entire world through the live broadcast.
This point alone was enough for the World Government to whitewash the war.
However, for the many ambitious figures on the seas, the most important thing was Whitebeard’s final words.
ONE PIECE—IS REAL!
Decades had passed since the Pirate King Gol D. Roger started the Great Pirate Era with his life.
The dream of ONE PIECE, with the passage of time, had begun to be doubted by the younger generation of pirates. In many new-generation pirate hangouts, like Mock Town, dreams had already been discarded.
But now, another legendary pirate, and in the world’s eyes, the man who failed to compete with Roger for the title of Pirate King, Whitebeard, had also confirmed with his own mouth—ONE PIECE IS REAL!
If even Whitebeard, who lost the race for the Great Treasure in the world’s eyes, said so—then that legendary Great Treasure must exist!
Once again... THE SEAS WERE IGNITED.
In numerous sea regions, countless ships hoisted pirate flags.
Young sailors set sail, and countless people once again went out to sea for the legendary Great Treasure—ONE PIECE.
And to deal with this situation, plus the terrifying losses from the Summit War, the Navy, under the World Government’s direction, also initiated a World Military Draft!
Anyone with strength could even become a Marine HQ Admiral!
The forces of Justice on these seas were still very powerful. Plus, with countless pirates setting sail, some powerhouses also chose to emerge, joining the Marine faction.
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During this period, the former Fleet Admiral, Sengoku, resigned, but his resignation was not approved by Commander-in-Chief Kong.
After Sengoku’s repeated insistence, both sides compromised.
Sengoku took on the position of Marine HQ Inspector General, primarily responsible for overseeing all covert government affairs.
This both retained Sengoku, a crucial combatant, and saved the World Government’s face, allowing Sengoku to retire to a secondary role.
Subsequently, the former Marine HQ Admiral Akainu was promoted to Fleet Admiral.
With Akainu’s promotion and Aokiji’s death, of the original three Marine HQ Admirals, only Kizaru remained, leaving two Admiral positions vacant.
The Navy had no combatants to fill these positions, pinning their hopes on the World Military Draft.
And the result of the draft was a pleasant surprise for the Navy.
Two super-powerhouses appeared before them.
One was the Logia, Forest-Forest Fruit user, Ryokugyu.
The other was the Paramecia, Gravity-Gravity Fruit user, a blind man wielding one of the 12 Supreme Grade Swords, Fujitora.
With their powerful combat strength shining brightly, these two, who were previously unknown on the seas, were promoted to Marine HQ Admiral by special exception.
The new three Marine HQ Admirals were thus assembled.
Kizaru, Fujitora, and Ryokugyu.
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Just as Marine HQ breathed a sigh of relief, the pirate flags that began to fly in the New World made the Navy’s faces turn pale with shock.
A flag with a Golden Dragon coiled around it, incomparably majestic!
Fighting under this flag were the members of the former Whitebeard Pirates.
The owner of this pirate flag was—the World’s Most Dangerous Man, Sky Sovereign Rowen.
The name of the Sky Sovereign Grand Fleet officially appeared on the seas!
The world trembled!
What shocked the world even more—
Warlord of the Sea, the Pirate Empress, Boa Hancock, officially announced her withdrawal from the Seven Warlords.
After the Summit War, with Doflamingo killed by Rowen, Jinbe openly rebelling, Blackbeard attacking Impel Down, and Tyrant Kuma confirmed dead—the Warlords were left with only Mihawk and the Pirate Empress.
Now, with the Pirate Empress publicly withdrawing, the Warlords, once one of the Three Great Powers alongside Marine HQ and the Four Emperors, were left with only Mihawk!
THIS WAS A PUBLIC SLAP IN THEIR FACE!
Amazon Lily’s natural barrier in the Calm Belt was no longer an insurmountable obstacle after the appearance of the Navy’s Seastone warships.
Just as the enraged Navy was about to dispatch a force to subjugate them, Sky Sovereign’s pirate flag hanging over Amazon Lily immediately forced the Navy to retreat.
Amazon Lily was under the protection of Sky Sovereign—even Marine HQ had no authority to declare war on them.
The World Government, unwilling to go to war with Sky Sovereign immediately ordered the Navy to withdraw after seeing the flag.
The world now also knew, the Whitebeard Pirates, the Kuja Pirates, had all become subordinate pirate crews under the Sky Sovereign Grand Fleet.
All the territories and influence of these two pirate crews were now obtained by Sky Sovereign Rowen.
And it didn’t stop there...
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Fish-Man Island.
"Help!" Female mermaids were being ruthlessly hunted by bounty hunters and slavers.
"Whitebeard is dead, Mermaids worth over 70 million Beri are ours!" These bounty hunters and slavers’ eyes shone with greed.
With Whitebeard’s protection, they hadn’t dared to act so wantonly, but Whitebeard was now dead... Knight of the Sea Jinbe was no longer a Warlord... Ryugu Palace couldn’t protect these valuable mermaids.
"Fish-Man Karate: Shark Tile True Punch——!"
A furious roar echoed, and a powerful attack sent these bounty hunters and slavers into a panic.
"Boss Jinbe!" Many on Fish-Man Island cried tears of joy.
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"Buru-buru-buru!" The Transponder Snail called their Big Mom Pirates’ headquarters.
Four Emperors, Big Mom, Charlotte Linlin!
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