After obtaining the Pure Gold, helping Shirahoshi transform, and having Robin and the other two women help O-Tama get accustomed to Amazon Lily (entrusting her to Sandersonia and Marigold's care), Yami's group began to travel the New World.
Since coming to this sea of the strongest, Yami, Carina, and the girls had not yet adventured in the New World.
Instead, they had left the New World multiple times for various reasons.
Now, after Yami became an Emperor, they could finally relax and sightsee.
Thus, in the major and minor news of the World Economic Journal, photos of the Pegasus docked at various islands were frequently published.
Among these islands were the territories of other Pirate Emperors.
At first, these photos attracted the high-level attention of the World Government and the Marines, just like when the Red-Haired Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates negotiated in the original story—a meeting of two Emperors.
The World Government could tolerate the five Emperors and other great pirate crews carving up the New World, but they absolutely could not tolerate two Emperors joining forces.
Once such a situation arose, that pirate alliance would be targeted by the Marines.
Soon, they discovered the Yami Pirates were just traveling the New World, and they stopped paying close attention.
The other four Emperors did the same.
But they couldn't help but complain: this kid is really bold!
Gran Tesoro is clearly still under reconstruction, yet he's out sightseeing. That's a place worth trillions of Beri!
Is he not afraid something will happen to the Golden City?
But this also showed that Yami had absolute confidence in his own strength.
He had definitely left all sorts of measures on the Golden City. Anyone who dared to have designs on the gold would suffer the Pirate Emperor's thunderous strike.
Thinking of the four known abilities the other party possessed—Fuwa Fuwa, Momo Momo, Doa Doa, and Teleport—the various interested factions immediately dispelled that crazy idea.
Thus, under the tacit approval and "ignoring" of the major powers, the Pegasus began to leave its footprints on various islands in the New World, without any obstruction or harassment.
Gradually, time flew by, and in a flash, it was the end of December, Sea Calendar 1517.
Over the past six months, the Pegasus had visited more than half of the New World.
During this time, they also encountered harassment from many idiots, but they were taken care of by Carina and the girls without even seeing Yami's face.
During this period, Yami's group had reaped a bountiful harvest.
First, Baccarat completely integrated into the crew, gaining the acceptance of Carina and the others (and also being excluded). Carina and the girls no longer let Baccarat play any gambling-related games.
It couldn't be helped; the Luck-Luck Fruit was just that disgusting.
Even if she didn't intentionally try to win, luck would let Baccarat win nine out of ten bets.
Only when her luck was exhausted might she lose one round.
Next, Shirahoshi and Nami's tour of the New World deeply satisfied their wishes.
The former set foot on various islands, while the latter drew maps of all the islands they went to, all of which would be added to her world map in the future.
Finally, there were Yami and Robin.
Over the past six months, the islands the Pegasus visited included "Sleepy Town" (a literal translation of the name), where Yami successfully found the Mythical Zoan, Vampire model.
They went to Zou, where Robin saw the red Poneglyph, and Yami moved this Road Poneglyph from Zou to Amazon Lily.
With this Poneglyph, Yami held the initiative.
Unless this Poneglyph had been copied by others, or Laugh Tale (which his Clairvoyance and X-Ray Vision couldn't find) actively sought out Luffy, if Luffy wanted to become the Pirate King, he would have to get Yami's approval.
Over the past six months, Gran Tesoro also completed its reconstruction and reopened for business.
Three flags hung over the Golden City, attracting countless rich and ordinary people, and filling them with a sense of security.
The three flags were the Yami Pirates' flag, the Donquixote Family's flag, and the Kuja flag.
The Yami Pirates' flag was a skull enveloped by a black hole.
This flag also led to the Yami Pirates gradually being called the "Black Hole Pirates."
By the way, the former Gran Tesoro was a mobile island-ship pulled by an "Island Turtle."
Now, Gran Tesoro had become a small island, fixed in a certain location in the sea.
Next to Gran Tesoro was the legendary holy land in the hearts of countless men, Amazon Lily.
Those who came admiringly all wanted to enter Amazon Lily to take a look.
Unfortunately, Amazon Lily was still forbidden to men. It was filled with masters of two types of Haki. Unless one had the ability to walk in other dimensions, anyone who dared to approach Amazon Lily would be attacked by a myriad of arrows.
To this day, no one dared to provoke Amazon Lily, because everyone knew the consequences.
But this didn't stop Gran Tesoro's visitor traffic from recovering and soaring.
Because even if they couldn't enter Amazon Lily, they could still see Amazon Lily's Kuja warriors in Gran Tesoro!
The people managing Gran Tesoro were divided into two groups: the Donquixote Family and the Kuja.
The Donquixote Family was responsible for managing the Golden City's operations, while the Kuja were responsible for its security, and held control of the Golden City.
Therefore, in this once demilitarized zone, Kuja warriors could be seen in every district, wearing uniforms, carrying quivers full of arrows, and with snakes wrapped around their bodies.
With a new "Male Master" who was the world's richest man, the Kuja warriors, of course, no longer needed to wear revealing clothing, nor did they need to use self-made wooden arrows.
Their lives suddenly becoming so wealthy made the Kuja warriors and all of Amazon Lily accept Yami, the man who conquered their Snake Princess, and accept the reality of having a male master.
The above were the matters related to Yami over the past six months.
In the second half of Sea Calendar 1517, a remarkable super rookie appeared on the Grand Line.
He didn't enter the second half of the Grand Line before being invited by the World Government to fill a Warlord seat, but he refused the invitation.
If the Black Hole Pirates hadn't risen to the top this year, this would have been the year of this super rookie.
That's right, this super rookie was the user of the Logia-type Flare-Flare Fruit, Portgas D. Ace.
Just like in the original story, this son of the Pirate King, who ate the Logia-type Flare-Flare Fruit on Sixis Island in the East Blue, blazed a trail, sweeping through the Grand Line.
He first went to visit the man who guided his younger brother, "Red-Haired" Shanks. He searched the New World for "Black Hole" Yami—who had beaten the "old man" (Garp) so badly he was still lying in a Marine hospital, his condition unknown—wanting to challenge this Pirate Emperor.
Unfortunately, his ship and navigator were too rubbish. He couldn't find Yami in the New World, successfully escaping a disaster.
Thus, this super rookie, just as in the original story, decided to challenge Whitebeard. He fought Jinbe on a certain island for five days and five nights, ending in a draw.
Then, this super rookie was defeated by Whitebeard, who accepted his challenge. In November of Sea Calendar 1517, he disbanded the Spade Pirates and officially joined the Whitebeard Pirates.
In just one month, this super rookie filled the seat of the 2nd Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. His bounty shot up to 550,000,000 Beri, becoming the most dazzling new star in Yami's "year."
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