Grand Line’s Lord Of Shadows

Time flies, and ten days fly by in the blink of an eye.

The huge Thriller Bark passed through the Calm Belt, following the guidance of the Vivre Card that had been prepared in the Florian Triangle Sea in advance and returned to this dark sea.

"Is this the Florian Triangle?"

Looking at the foggy and gloomy surroundings.

Nami, Nojiko, Kuro, Bartolomeo, and others were a little surprised.

These days, they have already seen how exaggerated and dangerous the Grand Line's climate is.

The sky was clear one moment, but it could be raining heavily the next moment, or it could be snowing or even hailing…

Huge storms, soaring sea currents… It makes people's scalp turn numb.

If it weren't for the extremely large giant ship called Thriller Bark, with its exaggerated size, that wouldn't be afraid of most of the harsh weather in the Grand Line.

If replaced by an ordinary ship, it's hard to say whether they could reach the Florian Triangle alive.

No wonder the Grand Line is called the Pirates' Graveyard in East Blue.

"Okay, for the next period of time, the Thriller Bark will stay in the Florian Triangle..."

On the No. 1 training ground, Luke clapped his hands and said to everyone: 

"Everyone will train patiently here first, and when the preliminary work is completed, we will start to enter the New World!!

The team under his command has begun to take shape.

Naturally, he no longer needs to go around the world to recruit people in person.

However, there are several good seedlings with great potential that cannot be missed so easily.

"Yes, Luke-sama!"

Naturally, no one would object to Luke's decision.

Luke looked at Lafitte and then made arrangements: "Lafitte, you should be very familiar with West Blue..."

"Next, take Wang Zhi and go directly to West Blue to capture Capone Bege, the leader of the famous Mafia family Capone family... Be careful; he is the devil fruit user of the Paramecia: Castle-Castle Fruit; remember to prepare a pair of Sea Prism Stone handcuffs!"

"Also, let's recruit the number one killer from the underworld named Daz Bonez, the Paramecia: Dice-Dice Fruit user!"

In West Blue.

Except for Robin, who had already come to the Grand Line and was found by him, there were not many people who could get Luke's attention.

Capone Bege is mediocre in strength but has good devil fruit abilities, so he has been targeted by him for a long time.

The only one left is Daz Bonez, the user of the Dice-Dice Fruit who has not yet joined the Baroque Works.

The reason for this arrangement is that although ordinary zombie generals have considerable intelligence, it is okay to let them patrol the territory and act as thugs.

It's a bit difficult for them to do these more complicated things.

Unless it is a special zombie created by Luke's shadow, it can have intelligence that is truly comparable to that of human beings and may even surpass most people.

"Do not worry!"

Lafitte responded with a smile.

When Luke was in CP9, he was already paying attention to newcomers from all over the world and even some special devil fruit users.

So, they are not surprised by Luke's arrangement.

After all, they had witnessed with their own eyes just how powerful Luke was.

To recruit a few unknown newcomers, there is no need for him to take action personally. Just send  members of the Netherworld Pirate or zombie generals.

"Augur, Kuro, you two take some people and go to South Blue, Batal Island, to recruit the two local gangsters, Eustass Kid and Killer. If they don't want to, use some means; it doesn't even matter if you kidnap them back..."

"Also, Kuro, remember not to reveal your devil fruit abilities in front of others too early!"

When Luke was in CP9, he had already used the intelligence power of the World Government to investigate the information about the future supernova, Eustass Kid and Killer.

They were born in a country that was not a part of the World Government's affiliated country, and the island they were on was occupied by pirates.

Based on his limited intelligence, Luke deliberately used the elimination method to investigate.

"Yes, Luke-sama!"

"Ryuma, you are responsible for going to North Blue..."

Luke looked at Ryuma again: "Find the whereabouts of the Heart Pirates and tell that Op-Op Fruit devil fruit user, Trafalgar Law. If he joins us, I can kill Donquixote Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!" 

"Also, go to the Tartakel Kingdom and bring back Basil Hawkins!"

"If they don't want to, use some force!"

With Ryuma's strength… It's more than enough to do that.

A special servant created by his shadow, Ryuma's wisdom and abilities greatly exceed those of zombie generals.

He can completely able to accomplish these things independently.

"What? Op-Op Fruit?"

Hogback's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe what he heard.

Paramecia: Op-Op Fruit, this is the Devil Fruit ability that all doctors dream of.

It actually got by that guy, Trafalgar Law, that Luke mentioned?

"Wyper, you go back to Sky Island. You are responsible for going to other Sky Islands to find out if there are any Devil Fruit users worth paying attention to. If you can recruit them, bring them back. If you can't recruit them, still bring them back!"

"I heard that there is a mad monk named Urouge on a certain Sky Island. He is very powerful and seems to be a Devil Fruit user... If you can find him, bring him back!"

After arranging these, Luke thought for a moment and said directly to Wyper: "You don't have to search too long. If you can't find the target, you can come back!"

That future supernova Urouge, though, is on Sky Island.

But he didn't know the specific information about this guy, so he had to let Wyper investigate.

At Wyper's speed, one month is enough to cover a lot of islands.

In particular, Wyper, who has been working extremely hard and practicing hard these days, successfully awakened Observation Haki not long ago.

Although it is still far from being as exaggerated as Enel's Mantra.

But with his talent and hard work, he believes that over time, surpassing Enel will not be a problem.

If you let him go out to find someone, he can get some exercise.

Wyper was stunned and nodded slightly.

It would be a good thing for him to go back.

He also wanted to see if those guys on Angel Island were at peace.

If they are still restless and covet the Island of Gods, Upper Yard, he will no longer be polite to those guys.

"Others, stay on the boat and continue practicing!"