Just as Urouge noticed Big Mom's Pirate Ship, the opposing Pirate Ship also spotted Urouge's vessel, seemingly with the same intention, moved towards them.
As they got closer and closer, the ships faced each other diagonally in the sea, with their hulls parallel and opposing.
Boom boom boom!
No greetings were necessary; both ships erupted into sparks simultaneously, with cannons firing in rows, landing around the sea areas of both ships, splashing the waves wide.
Bang!
One cannonball landed above the deck and was smashed by Urouge with a punch, letting the black smoke linger above.
At the same time, a cannonball flying towards the opposing Pirate Ship glimmered with a flash of light. That light spun around the cannonball, peeling its surface away like peeling a potato, causing it to explode mid-air.
As the black smoke cleared on both sides, they could clearly see those standing on the side decks of the ships.
One accompanying pirate's eyes widened, "Lord Urouge, that is..."
At this distance, there's no need for binoculars; they could clearly see the other side with the naked eye.
Standing on that ship was a guy whose physique was no less than Urouge's.
He was a very fat man, with a long nose, hair tied into a gourd shape on the top of his head, fixed with a hairpin, wearing a wool coat, with a scarf covering the lower half of his face, clutching a great tachi as long as his body.
"Didn't expect to run into you."
Urouge laughed strangely, "'Three Sweet Commanders', Snack."
Aside from the Pirate Emperors themselves, they naturally had strong subordinates, and in this powerhouse-filled New World, there were also those who stood out and were very famous.
Among the many captains of the Whitebeard Pirates, there were the 'Fourth Captain', 'Phoenix' Marco, 'Fire Fist' Ace, 'Diamond' Jozu, and 'Flower Sword' Vista.
Beneath Red Hair, there were the 'Three Guns', Ben Beckman, Yasopp, and Lucky Roux.
Under Kaido were the Three Calamities: Flame Calamity, Plague Calamity, and Drought...
And there was a Disaster...
According to a rumor overheard by an Owl, Sage had seemingly said in secret that if he lost to Kaido and got captured, he might become the 'Fourth Calamity'.
Because if he lost and didn't want the Pirates to be destroyed, Sage would join the Beast Pirates with his entire group.
With his strength, he reckoned he could become the Beast Pirates' second-in-command, and in his words, he would surely become the second National Guardian Bright King of Wano Country, and once Kaido was dead, he could still become an Emperor.
Perhaps it was a drunken claim or idle chatter, anyway, that's the version Owl heard.
Don't mention the Pirate Emperors, even Sage and Teach, hot candidates for [Four Emperors], also have noteworthy subordinates.
On Blackbeard's side, the famous one was 'Rain of Shiryu', just one, the rest are ordinary.
But Urouge heard Sage say, Van Augur and Corrupt King Avalo Pizarro were not bad.
In the Disaster Pirates, Urouge wasn't the most famous, as he was aware.
Moriah and Lily were the henchmen of Disaster Pirates.
As a Pirate Emperor, Big Mom's noteworthy ones were the 'Three Sweet Commanders'.
"A bounty of six hundred million..."
Urouge laughed strangely, "Alright, let's give it a try, maybe we'll even see a 'Four Emperor'!"
Even though he joined the Disaster Pirates and was no longer a captain, unable to compete for the title of Four Emperor or Pirate King, it didn't mean he didn't want to contest these figures.
Sage made it clear that the 'Four Emperors' were fearfully strong monsters, but Urouge hadn't lost his enterprising spirit.
If he didn't dare to even think about it... then he would really be done.
The tradition of the Disaster Pirates was not to fear!
Even the Four Emperors wouldn't change that!
"Strange Monk, huh?"
Snack on the other ship also recognized Urouge.
He surely recognized him.
Because in the intelligence business, the Big Mom Pirates were number one, and in the New World, there was nothing they didn't know.
The recently prominent Disaster, they certainly knew about, and along with it, they knew each high-ranking officer of the Disaster Pirates.
Urouge was among them.
"Hmph, you've come here, this place is Mom's!"
Snack pointed his great tachi forward, "Take them down!"
"Charge!"
Urouge shouted, ordering the helmsman to steer the ship closer to the other side.
Boom boom!
Bang bang bang!
The two ships circled around on the sea, constantly firing cannonballs, with huge splashes of water shooting up around the ships when some cannonballs hit the hulls.
Cannons, masts, decks, and the hull...
Cannonballs exploded against each other, shaking the ships, with one part catching fire and another having a hole blown open.
As the two ships got closer, like two fishes circling and approaching each other in the sea, they stopped using cannonballs in unison, each drawing weapons and taking out guns, glaring at one another.
"You dare challenge us, bold indeed!"
A pirate shouted loudly, "This is the Big Mom Pirates!"
"So what about Big Mom! We are the Disaster Pirates!"
A defiant crew member stepped on the rail, fiercely saying, "We're not afraid of you!"
The seas are full of reckless folks, not only in the New World, even in the first half of the 'Paradise' there are people dreaming of using a gun to shoot down an Admiral to make a name for themselves.
Pirates navigating the New World were not ordinary at all.
If it was just a small Pirate Crew, fearing the Four Emperors would be normal, but for pirates joining the Disaster Pirates, they had the backing of Disaster!