Chapter 65: Targeting
Its existence greatly helps maintain world order.
Especially the Marines, who tirelessly capture Pirates and protect the trade routes of Member Nations.
In contrast, confronting the Rocks Pirates is their common objective.
A chaotic World is something no one wants to see.
While supporting the World Government, they can also take this opportunity to weaken the strength of the World Government.
The World Government's vision at its establishment was good, playing an important role in the World's peace and order.
But now, the World Government's actions have gradually become rampant, especially some actions that have made the Member Nations very dissatisfied.
They need to use this opportunity for suppression, while also knowing when to stop.
This discussion concerning their own interests is about to begin.
The number of Member Nations closely connected to the World Government is not small.
Each Member Nation and the World Government harbor ulterior motives and have their own demands.
The Marines in the New World gained an absolute backbone with the arrival of Admiral "Steel Bone" Kong.
However, besides training troops, they took no other actions.
The Marines need to wait, waiting for a suitable opportunity, and also to avoid clashing with the Rocks Pirates while their strength is gathered.
Although Kong is a Hawk Faction member, he also understands the strengths and weaknesses of the Marines and the Rocks Pirates.
Behind him, Fleet Admiral Black is bearing pressure from all sides, allowing him free rein.
Training troops, using those small Pirates in the New World to train the young Marines in the military.
Using these military merits, he continuously promoted his own people.
Enhancing the Marines' strength.
This continued for a full half month.
After half a month, the patience of the World Government and many Member Nations reached its breaking point.
Finally, the Marines made their move.
"Kong, this operation must succeed!"
"You should be clear about the situation we are facing."
In just half a month, Fleet Admiral Black seemed to have aged several years.
All sides were pressuring the Marines, and he had to bear all of this alone.
Now the time has finally come.
In half a month's time, the strength of the Rocks Pirates has gradually dispersed, either sailing the Great Sea or returning to their own Pirate Crew territories.
Not all members of the Rocks Pirates stay on Honeycomb Island; many Cadres have their own territories.
Besides being members of the Rocks Pirates, they are also Captains of a Pirate Crew.
That is to say, the rising stars of the Rocks Pirates do not have their own territories.
Even if they establish their own factions, it is within the Rocks Pirates.
Pirates with territories are mostly those who were famous on the Great Sea in the early days of the Rocks Pirates' establishment, or even before.
Among them, the most famous are naturally the Three Kings from the same era as Rocks.
"Werewolf" Quero, Captain of the Werewolf Pirates, whose base is in the north-central New World, in the Moonlight Sea Area centered around Moonlight Island.
"Golden King" Donovan, Captain of the Golden Pirates, whose base is located in the Golden Sea Area in the northern part of the New World.
Donovan, who controls the most wealth among the Rocks Pirates, has the largest number of pirates in his Subordinate Force.
In the Golden Sea Area, there is a Golden Island.
Once, a gold mine was discovered on this Island, making it famous.
However, the gold mine was later completely excavated, and this Island gradually declined.
It is said that Donovan, relying on his Gold-Gold Fruit ability, discovered another deeply hidden gold mine under the already abandoned gold mine heap.
At the same time, he established a Golden Fortress on this Island.
"Violence King" Kosa, Captain of the Violence Pirates, is the King of a Pirate Kingdom in the central New World.
The entire Pirate Kingdom was built upon the corpse of a non-Member Nation, and the entire kingdom's nobles and royal family became Kosa's sacrifices.
Kosa, who advocates strength, established a giant Colosseum within the kingdom for pirates to fight and kill each other.
These few were all Sea Overlords of that time, before Rocks established the Rocks Pirates.
As for the other one, "Death Gun" Leon, he is a Lone Wolf, possesses the Penetration-Penetration Fruit ability, and holds the title of the World's Strongest Gunman.
Lyon's strength is exceptionally powerful, even the most threatening among the several Kings.
Possessing very powerful body technique, perfectly integrated with his own marksmanship.
Whether in close combat or long-range attack, Leon has absolutely no weakness; instead, he is full of deadly threat.
Under normal circumstances, Lyon usually stays on Honeycomb Island, occasionally going out for a stroll.
And below them, there are also many pirates who joined the Rocks Pirates later.
Although some Great Pirates have joined the Rocks Pirates, it doesn't mean their Pirate Crews have disbanded.
Their original territories are still controlled by them; they are just nominally part of the Rocks Pirates.
Under normal circumstances, unless there is a special operation, they will not stay with the Rocks Pirates, maintaining a high degree of autonomy.
Of course, once the Rocks Pirates issue an order, they must participate, otherwise, absolute destruction awaits them.
There have been several such lessons; all of them were personally destroyed by the Rocks Pirates in a very cruel manner.
As for the Marines, they have already chosen their target.
"The Blaster" Wendigo of the Rocks Pirates.
"The Blaster" Wendigo, a Paramecia-Type Explosion-Explosion Fruit ability user, and Captain of the Blaster Pirates.
An exceptionally cruel brute, whose favorite thing is to use his ability to watch others' heads and bodies explode into pieces.
He even likes to pile corpses into mountains and then admire the sight of corpses being blown away one by one.
Matching his behavior is powerful personal strength, with a bounty as high as 620 million Beli.
Not only does he possess the powerful Explosion-Explosion Devil Fruit ability, but he is also proficient in two types of Haki and is very outstanding in combat.
Besides him, all members of the Blaster Pirates are bomb maniacs.
They are very fond of causing destruction.
Whether in terms of ability or style, "The Blaster" Wendigo is a target the Marines must eliminate.
His notorious reputation is also one of the main reasons the Marines are targeting him.
More importantly, Wendigo's territory, Flame Island, is relatively far from Hachinosu.
As long as the Marines are fast enough, the Rocks Pirates' reinforcements will not be able to arrive.
(end of chapter)