Chapter 364 - 364 The World Trembled

364 The World Trembled

At the Marine Headquarters…

Due to the death of their Admirals, the pirates had become more and more rampant, causing the naval base, which had been as calm as water, to suddenly boil like water in a hot pot.

Countless low-ranking Marines were waving newspapers in their hands as they ran around telling their colleagues.

“Come, come, come. Have you read the newspaper? The lawless Island has been destroyed.”

“So what if it’s destroyed? What does it have to do with me? The pirates fought and destroyed an Island. Why are you so happy? As Marines, we should be ashamed.”

“Who told you that it was the pirates who had internal friction? It was a Marine who did it. Do you remember that rising star? It’s Zhao Hao. He killed Raider Shibu, destroyed the entire Island, and killed tens of thousands of pirates.”

“No way! Are you kidding me? Are you for real?”

“Zhao Hao? That’s a strange name. How do you all know him?”

“I can tell that you don’t pay much attention to the news. He’s someone who even scared off a 1.5 billion-Berries pirate.

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Unlike the cheerful Marines at the bottom, the high-ranking officers were all silent.

One had to know that not long ago, Zhao Hao had killed several Rear and Vice Admirals.

Although the matter was suppressed and not announced, Admiral-ranked officers knew about it.

Due to the death of the two Admirals, the Marines’ high-level combat power was already very lacking.

It was even more so after Zhao Hao had killed several of them.

The Commander-in-Chief had personally ordered that they were not allowed to go out and enter the New World. Preserve your strength.

After seeing Zhao Hao’s great achievements, the entire upper echelon was in low spirits.

They were the ones who had been trying to kill Zhao Hao.

Now, Zhao Hao had used his own tyrannical strength to ruthlessly slap their faces, making them not dare to speak again.

In the four seas, on the islands and towns along the great sea route…

The commoners were holding newspapers in their hands as they gathered together and engaged in a heated discussion.

“Is this news true? Weren’t the Marines afraid of pirates? There’s such a powerful Marine?”

“Of course it’s true. He’s a rising star in the Marines. He’s the hope of our Marines.”

“Can we still trust the Marines? There were pirates on the neighboring Island who tried to kill them last time, but the Marines only came the next day.”

“Of course you can. There are four new stars in the Marines. I heard that the useless Commander-in-Chief is going to step down, and Fleet Admiral Kong is going to be the Commander-in-Chief. My fellow villagers, our good days are coming.”

“He killed more than 50,000 pirates in one go. Even if there were 50,000 pigs, it would take many days to kill them.”

“The rising star of the Marines, Zhao Hao, is not only powerful, but also handsome.”

“Mom, this Zhao Hao is too strong. I’m going to join the Marines like him and protect everyone.”

Discussions were happening all over the world.

Even though the weakness of the Marines in this short period had broken the hearts of the people, as the only force in the world that openly fought against pirates, hundreds of millions of people still had high hopes for the Marines.

Zhao Hao’s appearance had won the approval of the people, and with this, the Marines had no reason to discharge Zhao Hao. This would lower their reputation and strengthen the pirates instead.

The lawless land was destroyed by Zhao Hao.

The news that tens of thousands of pirates had been killed convinced the people that the Marines would always protect them.

On the sea, in several different sea routes…

The warship was sailing slowly. Garp was sitting cross-legged at the bow of the ship, reading the newspaper with great concentration.

“Zhao Hao is too strong. Even Edward Newgate is no match for him. It seems like I have to hurry up.”

Garp clenched his fist and cheered himself on.

Ever since he had met Zhao Hao, he had suffered a lot of blows. No matter what aspect it was, he had no way of being stronger than Zhao Hao.

Even though Garp usually acted like he didn’t care, in fact, he didn’t want to lose in a competition of strength.

At that moment, a soldier walked over and asked Garp, “Commander Garp, we’ve arrived at our destination. The ship of the Blade Demon Pirates is still at the port. Please give us your instructions!”

“Hmph, they’re perfect for me to practice my skills on. Let’s get the ship closer.”

In a small town that had just been attacked by artillery…

A large number of Marines were currently imprisoning numerous pirates into the prison of the warship.

The purple-haired Sengoku was currently sitting on a rock, reading the newspaper in his hand very seriously.”

After a long silence, he sighed.

“What a monster. I thought you would be discharged from the Marines. I didn’t expect you to be fine.

Sengoku sighed.

Then, he stood up.

He looked at the pirates who were covered in injuries and said, “Take these pirates to the nearest naval base. We have to speed up.”

On Tsuru’s warship’s deck…

A pair of slender, fair, and delicate hands slowly caressed Zhao Hao’s extremely handsome face in the newspaper.

Tsuru pursed her lips and said softly, “I’ve been working hard to improve myself, but I’ve been unable to catch up to your back.”

After a long while, a sigh was heard.

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The pirates all over the world also saw the news, and they were all frightened.

After the tragic death of their Admirals, the Marines finally went crazy and used the lives of tens of thousands of pirates at once to warn these pirates of the dangers of being a pirate.

To go out and be a pirate wasn’t like playing house.

After stepping on a pirate ship and becoming a pirate, one would have to face the possibility of death at any time.

Some of the more timid pirates had just hung up their pirate flags, but when they saw this news, they were so scared that they immediately burned the flags and returned home to continue farming and working hard to earn money.

For a time, many of the new generation pirates chose to give up on being a pirate because of fear.

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On the contrary, the pirates on the Grand Line route and the New World were furious.

They were pirates who had already experienced the test of the sea. They were extremely vicious and had no scruples.

However, no matter how angry they were, there was nothing they could do.

Even the great pirate Edward Newgate, who had a 1.5 billion Berries bounty on his head, was easily defeated by Zhao Hao.

What could they do?

They could only hope that the pirates would unite again and kill Zhao Hao, the rising star of the Marines, just like how they had killed the two Admirals.

Of course, the possibility of this was very low.

Putting aside the fact that they had killed the two Admirals and caused the various pirate groups to suffer heavy losses, they still hadn’t recovered from the situation.

The pirates had yet to finish fighting for the large territory that the Marines had left behind after withdrawing from the New World. They did not have the time to bother with Zhao Hao.