Becoming one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea isn't something just anyone can do; you have to be incredibly powerful to be recruited by the World Government. While the absolute top pirates wouldn't bother with such a title, those a tier below them are quite interested.
What's more, after some consideration, the Seven Warlords of the Sea also recruited a very peculiar individual.
Toguro, a half-human, half-demon being. He used to chase Shikon Jewel shards across the seas, but he's become much quieter in recent years, and no one knows what he's been up to.
His condition for joining the World Government was to be granted an island in the New World, and from then on, no one would be allowed to bother him there. This was an easy condition to meet, and it secured a powerful fighter like Toguro, so the World Government naturally agreed.
Because the island was triangular in shape, it later became known as 'Triangle Island'. Toguro was already famous, and very few pirates in the New World dared to provoke him. Only The Black Order relentlessly pursued him. Now that The Black Order has let go, the area ten miles around Triangle Island has become silent; no one bothers him anymore.
With Toguro's addition, the Seven Warlords lineup is now finalized. They are Toguro, Hawk Eyes, Crocodile, Enel, Mirror Man, Bartholomew Kuma, and one other strong pirate.
Yes, it's a bit complicated to explain, but Enel and Zephyr have also joined the Seven Warlords of the Sea!
After entering the Twilight Hermitage, Enel realized how vast and powerful this world is. Once he obtained the Lightning Card, he took over the entire Sky Island and became its god, even attempting to establish contact with the outside world.
In the past, it would have been very difficult because traveling to or from Sky Island wasn't easy; one wrong move could lead to complete destruction. However, thanks to Wano Country, technology in this world isn't as backward as it used to be.
Wano Country has traded many rocket suits with the World Government – the kind of suits the rocket soldiers wear, which allow people to fly. And there were no airplanes in this world originally; Wano Country also traded away quite a few of them.
However, the World Government still hasn't established an air force. This is because the concept of land and air forces is almost nonexistent in this world. As mentioned before, even if Aokiji becomes the commander-in-chief of the three armies, these three armies are not land, sea, and air.
In this world, the Marines are everything. Even for land battles, it's the soldiers stationed at Marine bases. So, many of these airplanes were sent to Marine Headquarters. But recently, the World Government hasn't been doing that as much, and Wano Country isn't trading large quantities of supplies with them like before.
In short, with the means to fly, the World Government has established quite a lot of contact with Sky Island. When Enel heard that the World Government wanted him to become a Warlord, he thought about it and agreed.
Enel is, after all, a pirate. After coming down from Sky Island, he robbed many things, especially from the mainland. At first, he even killed some Marines and stole their rocket suits, but Enel gradually stopped his rampage.
His bounty was 500 million; this was partly due to his strength and partly because Sky Island was easy for him to defend. Even with not doing much yet, he already had a 500 million bounty.
Of course, he became a Warlord not long after his bounty was issued, making the bounty invalid.
As for Mirror Man…
It's more or less the same situation.
Mirror Man's initial goal was to kill pirates, but lately, he's become increasingly extreme. In his pursuit of pirates, he doesn't even care about civilians or Marines, which is why the World Government gave him a huge bounty.
The World Government considers Mirror Man as powerful as Toguro. However, since his main target is pirates, his bounty wasn't too high, only 800 million. Now that he's become a Warlord, it's equivalent to the World Government condoning his actions; as long as he kills pirates, the consequences don't matter.
Although Zephyr doesn't care much about the World Government anymore, he's willing to accept it if it means fewer troubles. The reason he's become so extreme lately is primarily because a group of students he trained graduated. Zephyr took them out for training but encountered a crew of pirates.
Zephyr killed them all, but his students suffered heavy casualties. That pirate crew was very strong, and Zephyr even had to use his magnetic field powers to kill him. However, it was precisely due to some hesitation at that moment that Zephyr lost an arm. Still, Zephyr used his magnetic field powers for cell regeneration to restore his arm.
This event made Zephyr even more extreme. At the time, Mirror Man was alone at the Blue Dream Base, and he hadn't intended to reveal his magnetic field powers initially, which is why Zephyr suffered such a great loss.
In his rage, Zephyr killed the pirates and their mothers. Looking at the remaining students, Zephyr's heart ached. His magnetic field powers were exposed, so Zephyr took them to the Blue Dream Base and revealed everything to them.
As expected of the students he trained, they completely accepted Zephyr's ideals and all joined the Blue Dream organization.
It can be said that most of the current Seven Warlords are formidable individuals. The World Government recruited so many powerful figures primarily to counterbalance the Marines, ultimately leading to a standoff between the Marines, the Seven Warlords, and the Four Emperors on the surface of the seas.
However, these so-called three major powers are quite unstable. Firstly, the Revolutionary Army still exists. Secondly, The Black Order, which has always opposed demons, is still active. Thirdly, the God's Right Seat is currently being formed. The Vatican headquarters has already announced that the four members of God's Right Seat have been assembled, but the members have not yet been revealed.
The ultimate goal of God's Right Seat is naturally to deal with demons, but the relationship between the Vatican and The Black Order is not very good; both believe that demons are their responsibility to deal with.
So, in summary, on the human side, the three major powers are the Marines, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Four Emperors. On the demon side, it's The Black Order, the Vatican, and the demons. On the national front, it's the World Government's affiliated nations and CP, and the Revolutionary Army. The world has basically formed a balance of this nature.
Once equilibrium is achieved, it cannot be broken in a short time.
Therefore, the seas have become much calmer than before. The fervor caused by the destruction of Mary Geoise is gradually subsiding.
This is perhaps also the World Government's objective. Although they conceded a lot of benefits, they have managed to stabilize the situation.
And in such a confrontation, time has passed in a blur.
In the blink of an eye, it's now the year 1510, and the first Twilight Hermitage meeting of the year has begun.
During this meeting, Shanks encountered something that piqued his interest: "Fire" wants to make a deal with him?
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