All the pirates on the ship gathered together, and Rocks stood beside Bob.
Facing all the pirates, he spoke loudly.
"This is our new commander of the Rocks Pirates his name is Bob. I'm sure everyone has already met him before!"
"Other than him, the rest of the commanders remain unchanged!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd below began to stir.
"So this is the genius monster, Bob! Truly, seeing him in person is more impressive than hearing about him!"
"He went straight from a trainee crew member to commander this has never happened in the history of the Rocks Pirates!"
"Brother Bob, I handed you water during your training last time! Do you remember me?"
Bob didn't understand a word of what these people were saying the noise was particularly chaotic. He couldn't comprehend why the captain had to introduce him like this they had all seen him before.
He scanned the crowd before him.
Each one was enormous, with an average height exceeding three meters. They came in all shapes and sizes. He had no idea what they had eaten while growing up.
Standing next to them at one meter eighty Bob felt like a little dwarf.
Among these people, he recognized many familiar faces. Most of them were notorious figures with bounties exceeding one hundred million.
For instance, Kaido, whom he had recently defeated.
The official bounty was five hundred million berries, the highest among the new generation.
Bob was also well aware of the bounties of the captain and other commanders, as in the Rocks Pirates, bounties were a symbol of honor. As far as he knew, they included:
Rocks D. Xebec: 2.4 billion berries.
Edward Newgate: 1.25 billion berries.
Shiki The Golden Lion : 1.1 billion berries.
Charlotte Linlin: 1.05 billion berries.
Wang Zhi, and Bob was the only pirate among all the captains without any bounty. This also applied to all the pirates present.
There was nothing he could do. The Navy still didn't know about someone like Bob.
To quickly raise his bounty, he had to do something that would catch the Navy's attention.
Time passed quickly.
The day of the Rocks Pirates' departure was approaching.
On this day.
Everyone gathered on the deck of the Rocks ship. The captain was giving the final rallying speech.
Captain Rocks stood at the bow, drawing his long sword a symbol of the pirate spirit and pointed it toward the sea.
"Listen up, everyone! The Rocks Pirates will rise above the world, and all will bow before us wealth will forever belong to us!"
"Let people tremble in fear, let the world shudder, long live the Rocks Pirates!"
"..."
At this moment, everyone felt their blood boiling, their hearts surging.
Which pirate didn't harbor ambitions of conquest? Which pirate didn't dream of fame they pursued throughout their lives?
The Rocks Pirates offered them infinite possibilities.
In this era, only Rocks had the ability to satiate their ambitions.
As the massive Rocks ship sailed away, Hachinosu grew smaller in the distance.
In the original story, this pirate island became a target for the Navy after the departure of the Rocks Pirates.
The pirates left on the island mostly lacking strength and were almost completely wiped out.
When the island reappeared in people's sights, it was already a desolate, ruined island. It was hard not to feel a sense of regret.
Inside a conference room on the Rocks ship.
All the captains gathered here, with Rocks seated at the head.
"I've received news that there are Celestial Dragons in the eastern sea."
"The Celestial Dragon is from the Charlemagne family, visiting a country in the East Blue for leisure!"
Rocks directly revealed this heavy news.
"Celestial Dragons, huh? Hahaha! I didn't expect to encounter such a fat sheep right after setting sail! I love nothing more than killing these so-called world nobles!"
Shiki, with a cigar in his mouth, lit up at the mention of the Celestial Dragons.
"I bet the ship carrying the Celestial Dragons is loaded with treasures! Just thinking about it gets me excited!"
John, an old treasure enthusiast immediately thought of riches upon hearing about the Celestial Dragons and couldn't help but swallow hard.
"Gurarara!"
"John! With that eager look of yours, you'll end up dead from greed one day!"
Whitebeard mocked John, clearly unimpressed.
Every time wealth was divided, John was always the most eager one.
A few times, he even drew his sword against other crew members over a bit of treasure, killing several of his subordinates.
Hearing this, Bob secretly nodded! Indeed, John ended up dying because of this greed, wanting to hoard all the wealth, only to be stabbed in the back by his own men.
"Captain! So, are we going to wipe out those Celestial Dragons?"
Bob asked directly, as Rocks had summoned everyone and revealed the news about the Celestial Dragons.
The purpose was obvious.
"Hahahaha! No!" Rocks smiled slyly.
"This time, we're not targeting the Celestial Dragons we'll first swat that annoying fly next to Hachinosu!"
The so-called fly referred to a small island next to the pirate island Hachinosu.
The Navy had established a base on this island to monitor the movements of the pirate island.
After all, the Rocks Pirates, as the largest overlord in this sea area, could not be left unbothered by the Navy headquarters.
This Navy base was very powerful.
It had six vice admirals, twelve rear admirals, and countless Navy personnel. Their weapons and ammunition were well-stocked, and there were dozens of Navy ships.
Any pirate crew in this sea area would flee at the sight of such a force.
Over the years, both sides had maintained a mutual non-aggression stance.
"On the Celestial Dragon side, the Navy must have arranged plenty of troops to protect them!"
"They will surely think that we will target the celestial dragon"
"But this time, we're going to give marineford a surprise"
Rocks grinned, his expression is extremely sinister.