Fifteen days, just a short two weeks and one day, half a month's time.
But in half a month, much can be done.
For example, the Whitebeard Pirates could recall all their subordinate pirate crews and set off for the first half of the Grand Line.
For example, Marine Headquarters could recall one hundred thousand elite soldiers from all over the world, have the base commanders of the major branches forcibly summon the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
For example, Karl, Doflamingo, and Morgans could make a fortune from the war by selling merchandise and hyping it up in the newspapers.
And for another example, Karl's two Golden Blades could make a trip back to the Sabaody Archipelago and the Golden Island, and bring back the Paramecia Castle-Castle Fruit of "Gang" Capone Bege.
The Castle-Castle Fruit was a Devil Fruit that Karl had subconsciously overlooked after he had taken Blueno's Door-Door Fruit.
It was only after seeing this year's Supernova ranking that Karl realized the huge role of this ability.
If he had the Castle-Castle Fruit, in the future, when Karl went out, he wouldn't need to sail two galleons.
As long as he brought a Golden Blade, it would be equivalent to bringing all the Kuja warriors.
Not only could he use this ability to catch the enemy off guard, but the Castle-Castle Fruit also had a storage function similar to the space rings in the novels of his past life.
It was for this reason that Karl had sent Marguerite to the Sabaody Archipelago.
Now was definitely the best time to hunt the Supernovas.
They had just broken through the first half of the Grand Line and were gathered in the same place.
To watch the upcoming Summit War, they would not be heading to the New World in the next half a month.
So, Karl naturally would not let this opportunity go.
After getting the Paramecia Castle-Castle Fruit, Karl was ready to start his plan.
His plan was not that mysterious.
That was to intercept Blackbeard and snatch away the majority of his efforts—invading Impel Down.
Blackbeard was an ambitious man, willing to lurk for decades for his dream. If he couldn't wait for the opportunity to realize his dream, he would have been willing to remain mediocre until he died of old age on the Whitebeard Pirates.
His dream, like Luffy's, was to become the Pirate King, the namer of the new era.
Therefore...
Blackbeard, who knew about the rebirth of Devil Fruits and had the secret of his body and the Dark-Dark Fruit, after obtaining the ability he had dreamed of, planned to establish a pirate crew at the fastest speed and challenge his most admired Pops.
In Blackbeard's original plan, there was no so-called Summit War.
He planned to first obtain the status of a legal pirate, then find an opportunity to sneak into the great undersea prison, Impel Down, recruit his companions in the Infinite Hell, then expand his crew, challenge his Pops, and take the strongest Paramecia, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Just as he had lurked on the Whitebeard Pirates for decades, Blackbeard planned to risk everything on one gamble.
But he, who was not favored by the world, seemed to have his luck turn after he obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit.
After being pursued by Ace, and finally defeated and handed over to Mary Geoise, he not only obtained the status of a Warlord but also triggered the Summit War between the two great overlords.
It was as if heaven was helping him!
After both sides had fought to a mutual exhaustion, it would be the moment for Blackbeard to intervene, defeat his Pops, and take the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to become a user of two Devil Fruits.
This was Blackbeard's current plan.
Karl's plan was even simpler.
That was to take advantage of the start of the Summit War to invade Impel Down before Blackbeard and take all the powerful and rare Devil Fruits.
Then use these taken Devil Fruits to expand the number of the Golden Blade.
The time was fast approaching the day of Ace's execution.
In the royal palace of Amazon Lily.
Karl looked at the four women before him and said with a smile, "Are you all ready?"
"Yeah... we're ready."
"Yes, Lord Karl!"
The four women, led by Nami and Baccarat, nodded.
"Before we set off, I'll ask one more time..."
Karl looked at the tall Aphelandra and asked, "Aphelandra, can you use the ability of the Op-Op Fruit?"
"Yes, Lord Karl..."
Aphelandra nodded vigorously and said, "Although I've only just eaten the Op-Op Fruit, after I swallowed it, I found that there was a brand new ability in my body that I could use freely."
"As expected of the top-tier Paramecia, the Munch-Munch Fruit. It seems my guess was correct."
Hearing this, a satisfied smile appeared on Karl's face...
After stripping the Op-Op Fruit from the "female swindler," Karl had thought that this Devil Fruit would be sealed in a treasure chest until he found a suitable person.
Or, when he needed to use the Op-Op Fruit, he would temporarily give it to an ordinary person who was afraid of death, and then take it back after he was done.
But last night, Karl had a sudden flash of inspiration and remembered the strongest ability of the Munch-Munch Fruit.
As long as it ate an ability user, it could use the ability of the one it had devoured.
This was the strongest and most terrifying ability of the Munch-Munch Fruit.
Since he hadn't found a suitable person for the Slow-Slow Fruit and the Op-Op Fruit, why not just let a weak person eat them, and then have Aphelandra eat that weak person?
Being eaten by the Munch-Munch Fruit would not cause the devoured person to die.
Karl, with the Black Coffin and Baccarat, could at any time strip the ability of the devoured person back.
This way...
As long as he let Aphelandra eat that ability user, he wouldn't have to worry about the other party escaping with their top-tier fruit ability.
Not only that, but Aphelandra would also become the most powerful existence in the Golden Blade.
Her tall figure and powerful physique, which even Marguerite did not possess, made her not only a suitable person for the Munch-Munch Fruit but also a suitable person for the Op-Op Fruit.
If it weren't for her lack of extensive medical knowledge, Karl might have given the Op-Op Fruit to her.
Fortunately, Karl did not do that.
Compared to the Op-Op Fruit, the Munch-Munch Fruit was the most suitable ability for Aphelandra.
"Alright, let's set off!"
After kissing Hancock goodbye, Karl had Marguerite open an air door, and the five of them, with a black stone coffin floating in the air, entered the different dimension.
As for Carina and Robin, because they were too busy with work, they had said goodbye to Karl in advance.
Now, the most elite forces of the Marines were all concentrated at Marineford.
Whether it was Enies Lobby or the great undersea prison, Impel Down, they were all in their weakest state.
With Karl's current strength, and the powerful and rare fruit abilities of Nami and the Golden Blade, they did not think that Karl's plan would fail or that he would encounter danger.
If Karl were going to Marineford, then no matter how busy she was, Carina would definitely go with him.
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