One Piece: Hashirama Template

The three-day countdown passed in a flash.

Link, who had been squatting in a Mary Geoise cell for three days, finally awaited the day of the public execution.

On this day, the World Government and the Marines quickly notified Link and the other Warlords of the Sea.

The former handed over Fire Fist Ace's Seastone handcuffs to Link and the others, while the latter informed them to head to the island of Marineford.

"Zehahahaha... I won't be on the same ship," Teach stated his demand.

"No problem, I will arrange a warship for each of you."

The Marine vice admiral responsible for the notification immediately passed down the order.

Right now, Marineford was short on everything but warships.

Dozens of warships that had transported the hundred thousand elite soldiers were now moored in Marineford's crescent bay and around the island's periphery.

It only took ten minutes to get from the Gates of Justice to the Sabaody Archipelago.

Dispatching six warships for pickup was a trivial matter.

Seeing the Marines agree to his request so readily, Teach's smile widened. He then secretly exchanged a glance with Link, completing a silent communication.

Descending from Mary Geoise on a giant snail, Mihawk and the others boarded their warships one by one, heading for Marineford.

Link and Teach did the same.

However, after the Gates of Justice closed, only five warships arrived at Marineford island.

The people who disembarked were only Mihawk, Hancock, Doflamingo, Bartholomew Kuma, and Link.

"What about that guy who calls himself Blackbeard?"

"Did he desert at the last minute?"

"That bastard, of all times!"

Vice Admiral Doberman, who was there to greet Link's group, said with a furious expression, "Pirates truly cannot be trusted!"

"Fuffuffuffuffo... It's not surprising. After all, he is the murderer of the 4th Division Commander, Thatch, and the likely fuse for the great war that might break out," Doflamingo said with a wicked smile. "If the Whitebeard Pirates really show up, he'll be the first one to be targeted."

Mihawk, carrying the Black Blade Yoru on his back, said indifferently, "How you deal with him is your and the World Government's business. Now, hurry up and lead the way."

"Hmph, follow me!"

Doberman snorted coldly and turned to lead Link's group to the position where the Warlords of the Sea were to be stationed.

This position was at the top of the fortress wall in the crescent bay, belonging to the front line of the front lines.

If a powerful enemy were to enter the plaza from the crescent bay, they would have to break through the first line of defense formed by the Warlords of the Sea.

In the plaza, one hundred thousand elites were in position.

Standing at the top of the wall, Link's group could see the dense crowd of figures.

Behind the hundred thousand elites were the Marine admirals from Headquarters and the various branches. Among them, the most eye-catching was the Giant Squad, each member as large as a small mountain.

Behind the admirals was the execution platform.

Below the execution platform, four chairs were placed. Three were for the Three Admirals, representing the Navy's highest combat power, and one was the exclusive seat for the Hero of the Marines, a symbol of the Navy's justice.

"Fuffuffuffuffo... What a spectacular sight!"

Looking at the Marine lineup, Doflamingo couldn't help but spread his arms, a wicked smile on his face. "Whether the Marines win or the Whitebeard Pirates win, I will witness a new era!"

Link, however, secretly glanced at Hancock beside him.

If he wasn't mistaken just now, the woman seemed to have secretly thrown the key she had been clutching into her pet Salome's mouth, and her mood had changed slightly.

It was like a sense of relief, before she immediately returned to her condescending and disdainful arrogance.

As if a great weight had been lifted, she was back to her old self.

But Link didn't pay it much mind, because this was just a wood clone.

Within the special ocean currents connecting the three Gates of Justice, a warship was currently sailing at high speed towards the Calm Belt, towards Impel Down.

Creak—

On the deck stood several figures of varying heights.

At that moment, the sound of a door opening suddenly echoed in the air.

"Link, the person you wanted."

Nami, holding Trafalgar Law in one hand and a bag of fruit in the other, slowly walked out of a different dimension.

Taking the fruit from Nami's hand, Link raised his hand and patted her head, smiling, "You've worked hard, Nami."

"Heehee... Then I won't disturb your important business. Mwah~~"

Nami, having received praise, flashed a brilliant smile.

Then she stood on her tiptoes, kissed Link firmly on the lips, and waved as she returned to the other dimension.

After the door in the air closed, Link's gaze shifted to Teach, and he smiled. "I'll have to trouble you again, Teach."

Teach, who had been peeking into the other dimension, wanting to know who the user of the Door-Door Fruit was, immediately let out a hearty laugh. "Zehahahaha... It's a small matter."

At this critical moment, Teach dared not fall out with Link.

Otherwise, he feared that in the next second, a water dragon would soar into the sky and sink him, along with his ship, into the sea.

Thus, Teach obediently took the fruit Link handed him and prepared to begin the extraction ritual.

Pfft!

From Link's hand, a wood spike shot out like an arrow, taking the life of one of the three captains who, in the original story, would have brought down two pirate emperors.

Link, who was willing to spare Lucci and the others to fatten them up before killing them, had no intention of fattening up Trafalgar Law.

This was because the Paramecia-type Op-Op Fruit was a strategic-level, ultimate Devil Fruit, one that he had to seize.

If he didn't seize the Op-Op Fruit at this time, once Teach obtained the power of the Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Link would either need to possess a combat power strong enough to cross dimensions or offer a bargaining chip that would make Teach willing to give up the Op-Op Fruit. Otherwise, it would be difficult to get the Op-Op Fruit from Teach's hands.

Now was the best opportunity.

"Ding! Killed an enemy, gained 2.09% experience."

Following Trafalgar Law's death, a notification sound immediately rang in Link's mind, giving him a clearer division of experience.

For the fourth stage of experience acquisition, a Supernova's experience should be around 2%.

As one of the three strongest captains, Trafalgar Law provided just over 2% experience, which meant that other Supernovas should be between 1.5% and 2%.

The strength of a Supernova was comparable to a Marine Headquarters rear admiral, and they could even fight against a Headquarters vice admiral who had not mastered Haki. They were the strongest pirates in the first half of the Grand Line and dazzling rookies even in the New World—good prospects that even the Four Emperors' pirate crews would be very interested in.

This meant that the experience value of a Headquarters vice admiral, who was also just cannon fodder in front of super-powerful individuals, was now around 5%.

If nothing unexpected happened, the experience from a Warlord-level character had also dropped to around 4%. As expected, it had been nerfed by about 1%.

According to this rate of reduction, by the time the template unlocked to 80%, during the final two stages, only true pirate captains of great pirate crews, or bosses, and high-level elite monsters second only to bosses, would be able to provide Link with experience.

While Link was pondering this, Teach had also completed the fruit extraction.

(End of Chapter)

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