Located in the Windmill Village where the East China Sea is located, a 17-year-old boy wearing a straw hat, with a longing for the pirate life, stuffed himself into a wooden barrel and officially set sail.
And in just a few months, he met the green algae-headed three-sword swordsman Zoro, the money-obsessed navigator Nami, the long-nosed sniper Usopp, and the lecherous cook Koji.
After defeating a series of "big guys" in the East China Sea, the fledgling Straw Hat Pirates finally reached the end of the East China Sea and the starting point of the first half of the Grand Route.
After arriving in Rogge Town, Luffy and the others unsurprisingly provoked the naval colonel stationed here, Smoker, known as the "White Hunter".
Because he witnessed Straw Hat Luffy's calm expression when facing execution, which looked like that of Roger the Pirate King back then, Smoker concluded that Straw Hat Luffy had considerable power and would definitely become a dangerous person in the future.
In order to nip evil in the cradle, Smoker also left the naval branch where he was stationed without authorization and pursued the Straw Hats into the first half of the Grand Line.
"Colonel Smoker, although we were chasing the Straw Hats, we left the Rogue Town branch without permission and entered the Grand Line. If the headquarters blames us..."
On the navy warship, as a sergeant, Dasqi looked at Smoker who was sitting next to him smoking a cigar, and asked with a worried look on his face.
"I asked you to send a telegram to Lieutenant General Gion to report, have you done it?
In short, regardless of the orders from the Navy Headquarters, we must capture Straw Hat.
After being stationed in Rogue Town for so many years, no pirate has been able to escape from me, Smoker, and Straw Hat Boy gives me a very dangerous feeling.
My intuition has always been very accurate. The last guy who gave me this feeling is now comparable to the emperor of the sea, but I have no ability to stop it, but this time I will definitely nip the bud of evil in the cradle!"
White Hunter Smoker, a well-known naval colonel in the Navy, is a user with the natural "Smoke Fruit" ability.
Originally, naval elites like Smoker who had eaten the "natural type" Devil Fruit would usually stay at the Navy Headquarters for training.
But Smog was upright and often contradicted his boss for various reasons, so he was thrown into a place like the East China Sea to deal with pirates.
Even in these years, if it weren't for the care of Lieutenant General Gion, Smoker, let alone a naval captain, might have been beaten to the end by others.
Even Dasqi was quite surprised when she first learned that Lieutenant General Gion was actually the senior of her boss, Colonel Smoker.
Dasqi is a rare female naval admiral, she is also a swordsman, and she is an avid fan of famous swords. Her wish is to take back all the famous swords in the world that are in the hands of criminals, so as to avoid the shame of famous swords.
Vice Admiral Gion is a quasi-admiral of the Navy Headquarters. Not only is she an extremely rare female senior general, but she is also a powerful female swordsman who holds the powerful sword "Kinpira". Naturally, Taschi has admired her for a long time.
But what she didn't understand was that Lieutenant General Gion clearly took good care of Colonel Smoker, but the colonel didn't have much contact with Lieutenant General Gion, and he was even reluctant to help Lieutenant General Gion in many cases.
Because she was too curious, Dasqi also tried to ask another friend of Colonel Smoker, Colonel Tina, who was also a "colonel", about the reason.
At that time, Colonel Tina secretly told Daschi that the reason why Lieutenant General Gion took care of Smoker so much was just because of an old friend.
And Smoker seems to be disgusted with Lieutenant General Gion, his old friend, or it may be because he once worshiped him too much. As a result, after he was betrayed later, that person was the person Smoker wanted to defeat the most.
The first half of the Grand Line, Whiskey Peak
After passing through the Red Continent, the Straw Hat Pirates landed on the first island entering the Grand Line and received a warm welcome.
However, this island is one of the bases for pirate hunters under Baroque Studio, and what they are interested in is Luffy's head, which is worth 30 million beli.
In the end, under the unparalleled operations of Luffy and Zoro, all the pirate hunters under Baroque Studio were defeated. Even Mr5 and Mr Valentine who were originally planning to come over to deal with Princess Vivi were killed by Luffy and the others.
"No, I can't say it. Once I say his name, you will also be implicated by me.
And even if you are willing to help me, there is absolutely no way that I can be my opponent. After all, the opponent is Crocodile, one of the seven sea warriors under the king..."
Looking at Princess Vivi of Alabasta, Nami said that she must not say anything, but at the same time accidentally exposed the name of the mastermind behind the scenes, Nami raised her forehead with a speechless expression.
She felt that Princess Weiwei was completely acting as her, and she could never say what she had agreed to...
"Although the time we got together was short, I still thank you all for taking care of me."
Compared to Luffy and Zoro, who were still having fun after offending the "Shichibukai the King", Nami, who had been crawling on the sea for many years, obviously knew what kind of big shot the "Shichibukai the King" was, and immediately told everyone
Say goodbye and plan to part ways.
However, as soon as she turned around, she saw a mole-like creature drawing something quickly with a pen, and quickly showed Nami the lifelike sketch she had just drawn.
"They are the "unlucky duo" Mr. 13 and Miss Friday, the company's punishers and messengers.
It seems that your existing portraits should have been recorded by them and have also been blacklisted by Baroque Studio..."
After hearing what Weiwei said, Nami went into hysterics. Although she had never seen the character of King Shichibukai, she had heard about it.
The pirates who had poisoned her hometown for many years before were not even small shrimps in front of the so-called "King Shichibukai". Offending such a big shot would undoubtedly be a problem for a rookie pirate group with single-digit numbers like them.
It's a dead end!
That's right, because Tiger is not dead, the fish-man Aaron did not go to Nami's hometown of Cocoa West Village to cause trouble, but due to the influence of the will of the world, another pirate replaced the fish-man Aaron and the others.
Now that her appearance has been revealed and she has boarded the pirate ship, after Nami learned that Weiwei was the princess of Alabasta, she didn't want to work in vain, so she immediately made a deal with her.
"Are the Shichibukai powerful? How do they compare to Baki?"
Luffy is a newbie pirate. He has no idea about the so-called "King Shichibukai". He only thinks that the other party's name seems to be very powerful.
"Oshichibukai is a great pirate recognized by the world government, possessing catastrophic destructive power and huge combat power that rivals the country.
It is a force formed by the World Government in order to check and balance other forces on the sea. Because they must have the strength and reputation to intimidate Xiao Xiao, the Shichibukai are all big figures on the sea.
A pirate at the level of Bucky the Clown, not to mention the boss Crocodile, even the senior agents of his Baroque Studio can easily defeat him."
After hearing about the strength of "The King's Shichibukai", Nami's face became more sad, while Luffy and Zoro beside her became even more excited.
As if remembering something, Luffy quickly looked at Weiwei and asked: "Who is more powerful between the so-called King Shichibukai and Wood?"
Upon hearing Luffy's question, Weiwei didn't realize at first who Wood was that Luffy was talking about.
However, after Luffy gave a brief description, Weiwei suddenly changed her face and said: "The Wood you are talking about is not the ancient weapon Wood..."
"Luffy, aren't you new pirates who have just entered the Grand Line from the East China Sea? Why do you know Hades Wood? Do you think you know him?"
Seeing the look of horror on Vivi's face, Zoro and Nami were also curious. Regarding the "Wood" that Luffy often mentioned, they thought it was an old friend of Luffy's before, but now it looks like...
That doesn't seem to be the case.
The King's Shichibukai are already pretty awesome, and they even have combat power that rivals that of the Kingdom. But when Weiwei talked about the King's Shichibukai, she didn't look so scared.
In other words, the Wood mentioned by Luffy may be a more dangerous person than the King of the Shichibukai.
"Have you heard of ancient weapons? It is said that they are super weapons passed down from ancient times and have the power to sink a small island with one cannonball.
And this man named Wood is the man named "Ancient Weapon".
Being called an "ancient weapon" does not mean that he has mastered ancient weapons, but that Wood himself has destructive power and deterrence comparable to "ancient weapons".
Moreover, Wood is also in the arms business, and his connections and businesses are all over the sea. He is a super big shot who knows everything in black, white, and gray."
"Although Sand Crocodile Crocodile is one of the Seven Warlords of the King and can be considered a big figure on the sea, compared with Wood, who is called an ancient weapon, he should be far behind.
Of course, because my level is too low, I don’t know who is stronger between him and Crocodile.
But there are rumors that Wood’s power and strength are already comparable to those of the ‘Four Emperors’ of the sea, and the World Government also tried to make Hades Wood one of the Shichibukai many years ago, but was rejected by him.”
Princess Vivi's popular science was an eye-opener for Nami and the other new pirates.
Before, when they were living in a small place like the East China Sea, they thought that Bucky and other beings were top big shots.
Who knew that after entering the Grand Line, they would realize how small their previous vision was.
The "King Shichibukai" and the "Four Emperors", beings that were so powerful that they could not even imagine, were on the same sea as them at this moment.
"Luffy, do you know this Wood? Is there any way to contact him? Hurry up and ask him to come over and kill this Crocodile, so that we will be safe."
Upon hearing that Wood was a more powerful person than Crocodile, Nami immediately grabbed Luffy's shoulders and shook him quickly, asking him to find Wood.
In this way, not only will she be out of danger, but she will also receive a large reward from Alabasta!
"I don't know Wood. The reason why I know this person is because he was the idol of Ace and I when we were young, and he was also one of the targets we wanted to defeat when we went to sea.
I went to sea and became a pirate, partly because of Shanks, and partly because of Wood."
After hearing what Luffy said, Nami and Weiwei fell into a state of loss at the same time.
Fortunately for Nami, she had never heard of the so-called ancient weapon Wood.
But Weiwei's words, when she just heard that Luffy knew Wood, actually gave her a glimmer of hope.
Although the Straw Hat Pirates agreed to help her, Weiwei knew very well that with a lineup like theirs to challenge Crocodile, the king of the Shichibukai, the chance of winning was really slim.
And if the navy traitor Wood is willing to take action, then they will have hope in Alabasta.
Even as long as Wood was willing to let out the news that Alabasta was under his protection, Crocodile would not dare to mess around.
Today is different from the past. More than ten years have passed, and Wood is no longer a newbie pirate, but one of the real big names on the sea.
After establishing the weapons factory on Dark Island, Wood and the others began to mass-produce a large number of advanced weapons.
At the beginning, there were still some difficulties in selling weapons, but it was not until Wood came into contact with the Golden Emperor Gilder Tezzolo that he completely opened up sales channels through cooperation with him.
Gilder Tezzolo, known as the "Golden Emperor", is a user with the ability to control gold to expand, contract and deform. He is the head of the world's largest entertainment city, Gulan Tezoro, and controls many industries around the world.
Tezoro owns 20% of the world's Baileys. He can control both black and white. He uses the power of money to freely control the Draco people, and can even use the power of the world government.
In the underground world, he is the golden emperor who controls the dark world with money, and his power spreads all over the world.
As for why Gilder Tezzolo helped and cooperated with Wood, the reason was very simple, because Wood was one of his great benefactors.
Gilder Tezoro was actually one of the slaves of the Celestial Dragons, and he and Empress Boya Hancock were both in the Holy Land, Mary Joa.
There must be only a handful of people who know that Wood is the fish-man swordsman Yasuo, but Tezolo knows this secret from somewhere.
When he learned that Wood was selling new weapons and was struggling with no sales, Tezzolo took the initiative to find Wood and expressed his willingness to cooperate.
It was also because of Tezzolo's financial support and Wood's military deterrence that the company founded by Wood expanded rapidly in just a few years and became one of the real power holders in the underground world.
Excluding Wood's hidden identity as "Mlocculant Sword Master Yasuo" and his vest as a naval traitor, he also has a lot of hatred towards the World Government.
But because Wood's power is growing, and many Tianlong people need support from the wealthy boss Tezoro, they finally choose to compromise and hope to recruit Wood to become one of the "Seven Martial Arts Under the King".