Squard and MacGuy joined the Beasts Pirates, serving as primary combatants under Wald.
These two have much higher potential than Naqin and Gairam.
Binjack's intelligence department has about 300 members, with 10 squad leaders responsible for intelligence gathering and organization, and serving as the brain trust of the Beasts Pirates.
Inside the mountain base behind Winter Island, Binjack, Judge, and the 10 squad leaders were conducting a simulation on a map sandbox.
These squad leaders' individual combat strength isn't high, but they have all learned the Six Styles, a technique that develops physical potential, so self-preservation is generally not a big problem.
This is a basic skill in the New World.
Judge's research into Lineage Factor has shown initial results, with all 10 squad leaders and Binjack receiving beetle Lineage Factor transplants—exoskeletons.
Naturally, these exoskeletons cannot compare to those formed by injecting Lineage Factor during embryonic development, but they do strengthen resistance to strikes to a certain extent.
In the research of Lineage Factor, Judge and Vegapunk are the most authoritative.
Of course, Queen's ability to replicate isn't weaker than Judge's.
In his previous life, Queen transplanted all of Germa's various Lineage Factor technologies into himself, transforming himself into a killing machine.
Judge looked at the sandbox; the towns and kingdoms within a five-hundred-nautical-mile radius of Winter Island were basically flying the Beasts Pirates' flag... This meant that these kingdoms, to preserve themselves, needed to pay at least one hundred million Berries in protection fees annually.
At the same time, they could also cooperate with the Beasts Pirates based on their own resources, selling those resources to needy towns and kingdoms.
Of course, there were also kingdoms that swore to resist to the death against the Beasts Pirates, and then Wald directly annihilated them.
As the chief planner of the scientific team and military advisor, Judge, with his keen sense for war, said, "Recently, the Hand Kingdom and the Foot Kingdom are at war. Both countries are short on manpower. Let's first spread rumors that Bullet will intervene and see which of these two countries offers a higher price."
Binjack nodded at the remark: "No matter who it ultimately goes to, intelligence and logistics must be guaranteed."
"Speaking of which, the Leviathan Kingdom is currently experiencing a fierce succession struggle, which may lead to a major riot. The Marine is also paying close attention, concerned about bloodshed. Kaido's Meaning it's time to send Lola out..."
Judge's heart stirred. He had seen that Mink Tribe mixed-race girl, thirteen years old, who perfectly inherited both human and Mink Tribe genes, was agile, had varied techniques, and was already able to control the Sulong form when transforming under a full moon.
Judge and Queen once proposed a hypothesis that the Sulong form was the necessary path for activating the Mink Tribe bloodline in ancient times, and the most perfect Mink Tribe could freely switch to the Sulong form, even without a full moon.
Of course, this was ultimately just a hypothesis by a few people, without experimental support.
However, Judge did see this possibility in Lola.
After the meeting, Binjack contacted Lola and explained Kaido's plan to her.
Lola showed no surprise. Ever since she started following Kaido, Lola had been training diligently without any slack.
Her combat talent couldn't compare to Bullet's, and her racial talent couldn't compare to Abel's. Every time she saw Kaido send them out on missions, only leaving Lola to guard the main base, it was false to say she didn't feel lost and upset.
However, when Kaido occasionally privately guided Lola on how to use Haki, Lola knew that Kaido actually had expectations for her.
It was just that his way of expressing it was a bit different.
"I understand, Old Man Binjack."
Lola smiled slightly. She wore pink cat ear headphones that perfectly covered her tiger ears, and her long black hair cascaded down to her lower back, with a gradient of greenish-white at the tips.
She wore tight black hunter's attire, with a belt around her waist, two short blade pouches clipped to either side of the belt, and a sniper rifle with a suppressor slung across her back.
Lola's appearance was no different from a human's.
In fact, because of her mixed heritage, she possessed a unique beauty.
"Old man...?" Binjack was a bit speechless. Well, considering his age, he was indeed in his early fifties.
He sighed and said, "This journey is dangerous. To avoid arousing suspicion from the Marine, we may rarely contact you from now on. However, we will always be silently watching over you from behind. If there's a risk of exposure, remember to retreat at any time. As long as you're alive, there's always a chance for everything. If your life is gone, everything is gone."
Finally, Binjack added, "Kaido means the same thing."
After all, Binjack had watched Lola grow up. To be honest, he felt quite reluctant.
Sending a 13-year-old girl to infiltrate the Marine was truly cruel.
Lola's eyes welled up with tears, then she broke into a smile through her tears: "Don't worry, Old Man Binjack, I'm very strong now, you know."
As she spoke, she even raised her fist.
Binjack gave a few more instructions, then watched Lola board a cargo ship bound for Leviathan and depart from Winter Island.
"I hope these young sprouts can grow strong and become the backbone of the Beasts Pirates in the future."
He looked wistfully towards the distant sea... Ever since Kaido mastered the Haoshoku locking technique, he had been immersed in it, unable to extricate himself.
Recalling his fierce battle with Red Hair Shanks, Kaido couldn't help but sigh. Shanks was far ahead of many others on the path of Haoshoku. Even Kaido, known as the strongest creature on land, sea, and air, found it difficult to gain an advantage against him.
Especially when Kaido saw the other party, with only one arm and a sword, fight him to a draw, it immediately gave him a strong sense of humiliation.
But in this life, with a physique already comparable to his previous life, stronger Haoshoku, and flowing Armament Haki covering his entire body, plus the subtle changes in his Human-Beast form—he had already surpassed his peak self from his previous life!
"With the current power, it's still difficult to shake the foundations of the World Government..."
As the intelligence network became more complete over the years, Kaido discovered that the secrets of the World Government became increasingly alarming.
Fortunately, for the World Government to control such a vast world, it was destined to be difficult to consolidate forces and focus on one area. Moreover, Kaido was not the only pirate in the New World.
"Giant King Harald... If he could be brought over, there would be an extra chance of victory against the World Government in the future, but such a thing..."
Giant King Harald actively communicated and established alliances with various human nations, earning him the reputation of the greatest Giant King in history.
His formidable strength was even praised by Rocks.
Harald and Rocks had a close relationship. Rocks invited Harald to join many times, but Harald always sternly refused.
Harald believed that the world needed peaceful coexistence and essentially condoned the World Government's rule over other kingdoms.
Harald even secretly snuck into the World Government, intending to become an allied nation with them.
The difference between an 'allied nation' and a 'member nation' is just one word, yet it's vastly different.
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