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The small pirate ship gradually left the port. This newly established pirate group only had three super-small-scale pirates. The fire dragon pirate group set off just like that and gradually began to open the outer sea.

"Wahahahaha!"

"Finally, this day has come,"

Vlad stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the blue sea and laughing. It had been nearly half a year since he left the Charlotte Family. Although the matter came too suddenly, he suddenly heard the news of the marriage, and he hurriedly decided to defect and disrupt his plan.

But now, the result was not bad. Although the fruit he wanted the most did not appear, the ability of the other Fire Dragon Fruit was not weak. It was far more suitable for him to fight than the fruit. No matter how he thought about it, it was a profit. This was what Vlad thought.

Now, Vlad was very satisfied. His strength had reached a bottleneck. After that, whether it was the Haki or the fruit ability, both of them had improved. If he wanted to have another huge leap, he would need the fruit to awaken or the Haki to evolve again. However, whether it was that one, it was a very difficult thing.

The awakening of the fruit was a very rare thing, not to mention that Vlad had only obtained the Fire Dragon Fruit for about half a year. It was already very powerful to be able to take a step further after Mary Geoise, and it was still far from awakening. As for the Haki, it was even more difficult. Only by constantly challenging the strong enemies and constantly fighting with the monsters could the Haki be used to the greatest extent. Only then could the Haki evolution be achieved.

However, the problem was that Vlad's strength had reached a very strong point. There were too few people in the sea who could give him such a fight. There were not many people who could put him in a difficult battle. Perhaps there were some unknown masters in the Celestial Dragons, but could he challenge Mary Geoise again? Was he kidding? The Celestial Dragons would probably go crazy.

The remaining experts were able to bring less pressure to Vlad. There was no need to mention the Yonkou. These monsters were not something that the current Vlad could defeat. As long as Vlad was not afraid of death and went to find that madman Kaido, the battle of life and death would come soon. However, wasn't this really courting death?

Vlad did not want to die yet. In addition to a T1 level expert like the Four Great Generals, the rest were the second-in-command of the Yonko like Marco, Katakuri. Vlad did not say that he could defeat them now, but it was not impossible for him to fight them equally. However, they were not like Vlad. Pirates did not care about one-on-one battles.

There was no need to mention the Navy. There was no doubt that the substitute Great General was also an expert of this level. However, was Vlad going to fight with them? And then be surrounded by the three Admirals and Sengoku and Garp? It was not like that.

In short, these people were not someone that the poor Vlad could easily provoke. In the sea, the strength of an individual was not absolute, and the power was also an important factor. Otherwise, why did Hawkeye only have the strength to rival the red-hair? The strength of the subordinates was also huge. The strength of Yonkou was not just based on their individual strength.

Even the strongest White Beard couldn't dominate the world. The gap between the T1 rank was already very small. White Beard and Kaido might be able to defeat the other Four Emperors, but it was not easy. No, serious injuries were inevitable.

The horror of the Four Emperors was that they had the most terrifying individual strength in the sea. At the same time, they also had a large number of powerful subordinates. These guys were not dependent on the Four Emperors. The Vice-admirals were very powerless when facing these senior cadres.

Vlad knew that it would be difficult to improve his strength in a short period of time, so his main goal now was to recruit some strong partners. Otherwise, with just these two guys on the ship,

What right did he have to fight against those monsters? What did he have to fight for the throne of the Pirate King?

Strong as Gol. D Roger also had Dark King Rayleigh, and a subordinate like Scopper Gaban. Otherwise, no matter how strong he was, he would not be able to be a pirate king. The marine might not be able to make it through.

Vlad already had a preliminary plan, and he had a few suitable partners in his heart. They were definitely not lacking in strength and potential. There was still a lot of room for development in the future.

"I am really looking forward to it,"

Vlad smiled. "I'm really looking forward to the time when I fight against those monsters!"

"Hey, captain, there's a situation over there!"

The chef's calm voice came from above. Due to the lack of manpower, he was now playing the role of an lookout. It was like a maid who was a helmsman. There was no other way. There were only three people on the ship. Besides Vlad, who insisted that he was the captain and refused to do things himself, it was really hard to make ends meet.

Vlad raised his head curiously. "What is it?"

"A naval battle!"

The chef's voice was a little surprised. "On one side is a navy warship. Wow, five or six big warships. What a big formation."

"What about the other side?" Vlad was a little interested.

"Forget it, I'll take a look myself!"

Vlad leaped up. The deck, which was not very sturdy, had a depression. Vlad jumped up and landed on the mast. His dark pupils instantly turned into golden vertical pupils, and the scenery in the distance gradually became clear.

"Oh, it's really strong. Is there only a ship on the other side? A pirate ship? However,"

Vlad was puzzled. "The pirate flag of that pirate ship looks really familiar!"

"Captain, it's spades." The cook had binoculars on his eyes, but he didn't have Vlad's vision.

"Spades? Fiery Fist?"

"Why would the Navy send such a large force to cause trouble for Spades?" Vlad asked.

"Captain, do you want to help?" The chef asked.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Everyone has their own adventures."

Vlad smiled. "If he dies here, it only means that he is nothing."

"Understood."

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Just like how Vlad didn't know why the Navy would come looking for trouble with Ace on such a large scale. As the person involved, Ace also didn't know what was going on. Yesterday, he had just finished the film. Ace wanted to take the opportunity to enter the new world and challenge that man. However, he didn't expect that he would encounter a large fleet of navy fleets just as he left the ship. What was he doing?

"The vice admiral might as well hunt down those big men, why come to trouble me, a small man?"

Ace stared at the man in front of him with fear in his heart, but his tone was still very relaxed. This was his nature. Some people could laugh loudly even in the face of death. This was the spirit of a person.

"Small characters, Fire Fist Ace is not a dispensable small character."

Wearing a helmet with a double-headed dragon pattern on his head, the vice-admiral with a fierce expression said in a calm tone. The six spider-like feet on his back were holding a knife. The man was codenamed Onigumo, a Vice-admiral of the headquarters.

"Those who are qualified to be the Shichibukai are not small characters, but since you have refused, we can't let you continue forward!"

"Hahahaha, is that so? Then let's give it a try!"

Ace's body was covered in flames and he had a smile on his face. He had never fought with an Vice Admiral of the headquarters.

"... "

Onigumo's words were not completely correct. To be honest, Ace was not a big shot, he was just a super rookie. He was still far from being able to make the headquarters fight. There was only one reason why Onigumo brought a few warships here, and that was the previous incident with Mary Geoise that made the world government lose face. And Fire Fist Ace, who was also a pirate who used flames, was an eyesore to the world government.

"We can't catch the real murderer, so we have to find this guy to vent our anger?"

Onigumo's heart was full of thoughts: "The world government, the Celestial Dragons, what do you think the justice of the navy is?" Naturally, he couldn't say it out loud.

Ace didn't know that he was just a fish in the water.

Vlad, who was drifting away, naturally didn't know even more.