One Piece: Hashirama Template

The rout of the Blackbeard Pirates was something no one had anticipated.

After all, Whitebeard's decades-long reign over the New World had made the Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit a nightmare for countless people.

The so-called lists and rankings are also made by people.

Just like the ranking of famous swords, which considers the fame of their wielders.

If the Golden Lion had been the victor of the Edd War back then, if the Golden Lion had become the Pirate King, then the strongest Paramecia would undoubtedly be the Float-Float Fruit.

However, the Golden Lion failed, which is why in Kaido's eyes, Haki is the existence that surpasses all else.

Whitebeard, who never lost to Roger, also made the Tremor-Tremor Fruit the strongest Paramecia.

The world-shattering punch Teach unleashed during the Summit War made everyone believe he would become another Whitebeard, or even an enhanced version, especially since he was a dual Devil Fruit user who could break the world's rules.

If it weren't for Link creating the Wood Golem Arhat at the Summit War, decisively killing Whitebeard with a punch and a palm, and then quietly acquiring Amazon Lily and the Kuja Pirates, Teach would have been the most likely person to replace Whitebeard.

Even so, Teach was still ranked alongside Link as the No. 1 of the Worst Generation, one of the strongest contenders for the fourth Emperor of the Sea.

But now, this strongest contender was nearly wiped out by the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates.

This not only stunned the entire world but also indirectly affected Link's reputation.

Could it be that the two main figures of the Summit War weren't actually that formidable?

If even Marshall D. Teach, who broke the world's rules, was almost wiped out by the heavily damaged remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates after the Summit War.

Then "Impaler Duke" Link, who was ranked alongside Blackbeard as No. 1 of the Worst Generation, might also be all show and no substance!

For a time, many fools began to think, "I can do it too."

This was especially true for the human traffickers and bounty hunters who capture fish-men and mermaids but feared retribution from Link; they rekindled their flames of greed.

But before they could act, a basin of cold water fell from the sky, extinguishing the flames of these petty villains.

"The target of my first battle and the intelligence on our opponent are in this file."

Link threw a file on the table and said to Carina and the other women, "I had originally planned to take you out for training after some time. After all, combat is the only shortcut to rapidly mastering Haki."

"But that guy Teach's complete defeat has affected the prestige of my flag."

"To prevent Fish-Man Island from being harassed, I need a victory to increase the deterrent power of my flag and to shed the shame of being mentioned in the same breath as Teach. That guy is just too disappointing."

Carina nodded in agreement and complained, "I really don't understand how a guy like Teach, with both the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Dark-Dark Fruit, could lose."

Robin, looking at the World Economic Journal in her hand, analyzed, "The news doesn't provide details, but it seems they didn't even land on the island. They were completely routed during the naval battle phase. Their ship was probably attacked, and Blackbeard was the first to fall into the sea."

"Otherwise, he just needed to unleash a seaquake or an airquake, and the Whitebeard Pirates' fleet wouldn't have been able to get close."

Link didn't tell them that Teach lost to his own arrogance and overconfidence.

He simply issued an order, "Let's depart. We'll assign opponents and discuss tactics on the way. This is a test for you all."

Hearing this, the faces of Carina and the other women immediately turned serious.

They stopped complaining about Teach's incompetence and gathered together to look at the file.

Sandersonia and Marigold went out to assemble the members of the Kuja Pirates.

Before long, three ships, lifted by Flame Clouds, flew into a giant door in the air.

The three ships were the flagship of the Impaler Duke Pirates, recently named the Shinra Bansho; the Kuja Pirates' ship, the Perfume Yuda; and the Ark Maxim, obtained from Skypiea.

Beehive Island, one of the many small islands found throughout the sea.

However, this small island is incredibly famous in the New World.

In the previous era, its fame was no less than that of Loguetown, where Roger was executed.

Because this island, also known as Pirate Paradise, is the birthplace of the Davy Back Fight.

Its former ruler was the hegemon of the previous era—Rocks D. Xebec.

Its current ruler is one of the officers of the Rocks Pirates, a great pirate in the New World whose fame is second only to the Four Emperors—Wang Zhi.

The Wang Zhi Pirates are also one of the great pirate crews of the New World, an existence that even the Four Emperors are reluctant to provoke.

In the original story, Teach defeated the Wang Zhi Pirates in the Rocky Port Incident, causing his bounty to skyrocket from 2,247,600,000 Berries to 3,996,000,000 Berries.

From this, one can see just how valuable the Wang Zhi Pirates are.

Through the investigation of numerous wood clones, Link also confirmed one thing.

The Devil Fruits of Burgess and the others who originally followed Teach were almost all stolen from the Wang Zhi Pirates.

As Pirate Paradise, Beehive Island is like a constant party, day or night, with the shouts and cheers of pirates everywhere.

Even very obscure pirate games can be seen almost everywhere here.

In order to gain powerful subordinates, both strong and weak pirate crews are drawn here by its reputation, and the shores of Beehive Island are lined with ships.

It was the same even now.

Screeeech—

Just then, the sound of a door opening, seemingly echoing across the entire island, suddenly rang out in the sky.

Subsequently, the sky, with the sun hanging high, suddenly darkened.

The pirates reveling outdoors subconsciously looked up, and their pupils immediately shrank, their expressions changing in shock.

A giant door in the air had appeared above Beehive Island.

Three flying ships emerged from a green, otherworldly space.

One of the ships was releasing a large amount of black smoke, rapidly forming an astonishingly large thundercloud over Beehive Island.

Rumble...

The sound of thunder, like the sounding of a doomsday horn, made the hearts of all the pirates on Beehive Island sink.

In that moment, they all smelled the scent of death.

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