Chapter 185: Hunter Guild
The appearance of numerous prisoners from Impel Down on Honeycomb Island caused quite a stir.
Upon learning the details, they realized that their own Captain and Core Cadre had quietly accomplished such an earth-shattering feat.
The news spread rapidly from Honeycomb Island throughout the entire New World.
However, the prepared World Government firmly controlled the narrative, sealing off the New World.
They used their own methods to launch a propaganda campaign across the world, directly suppressing the news of the Rocks Pirates conquering Impel Down.
In this era, the World Government's control over public opinion was truly powerful.
Facing a prepared World Government, the various factions didn't dare to cause trouble openly.
Negative impacts were thus minimized by the World Government.
However, the destruction of Impel Down still needed to be dealt with by the World Government.
The triangular line connecting Marine Headquarters, Enies Lobby, and Impel Down had been operating for hundreds of years and could not be easily abandoned.
Impel Down also possessed a geographical advantage, being located in the Calm Belt.
The current World Government did not have the energy to rebuild another Impel Down.
Meanwhile, with the addition of numerous Criminals, the Rocks Pirates' strength grew once again.
"Violence King" Kosa returned, filling the vacant position of the Second Division Captain left by "Golden King" Donovan.
Thus, after a grand banquet concluded, the Rocks Pirates' Thirteen Divisions were formally established.
Each Division possessed military strength of at least three thousand.
Some Divisions, like Shiki "The Golden Lion"'s Seventh Division, had a massive military strength of nearly twenty thousand.
And Hades' Tenth Division, primarily composed of the Pluto Pirates, had a massive military strength of nearly five thousand.
The establishment of the Thirteen Divisions represented a further increase in the Rocks Pirates' cohesion and solidified the dominant status of their Core Cadre within the Rocks Pirates.
However, the Division Captains were only nominal.
For some powerful Cadre, it was difficult to command them.
Especially the relatively weaker "Demon King" Nash and "Tyrant Dragon" Zak, who served as the gatekeepers among the Core Members, would be eyed by many Pirates.
Strength was paramount in the Rocks Pirates.
If one lacked strength, someone would naturally replace them.
This was also the trial that Rocks provided for Nash and Zak.
Under such pressure, they could quickly grow and become Pillars of the Rocks Pirates.
"King of Hell" Blazer did not become a Division Captain.
He did not trust his Subordinates.
While recovering strength, he was also expanding his Undead Legion.
In Impel Down, he had acquired a considerable number of Corpses.
As a remnant of the old era, what he hoped for now was to witness how far this New World Hegemon could go.
And he would also exert his own portion of strength within it.
This era was far more exciting than his own time.
The young and powerful Pirates also filled his heart with admiration; they were truly outstanding.
When did Monsters become so cheap?
"Hunter King" Besoro disappeared from the Rocks Pirates.
He was also a Crewmate of the Rocks Pirates, after all, they had saved him.
Before the Rocks Pirates disbanded, he would make a move when necessary.
He had important matters to attend to: rebuilding the Hunter Guild, gathering a group of Bounty Hunters, his former Subordinates, and bringing them together.
However, what he wanted to establish was not a Bounty Hunter Guild, but a Hunter Guild.
The World Government's attack had rendered his efforts futile.
This also made Besoro completely awaken.
He had once thought about not offending the World Government, but the World Government still came knocking.
He had his own conviction.
The original purpose of the Bounty Hunter Guild would not change: Was justice maintained by money not justice?
Driven by interests, isn't it more trustworthy than so-called beliefs?
The establishment of the Bounty Hunter Guild was successful; reality had proven everything.
However, having learned from the previous lesson, the Hunter Guild would truly operate within the Underworld and be more secretive.
On the surface, the Hunter Guild would remain largely unchanged from before, but in the Underworld, the Hunter Guild's business would expand, including putting bounties on Marines, World Government Official, and even Celestial Dragons.
Ordinary civilians could pool their money to put a bounty on the destruction of a Pirate Crew at several times the price, and similarly, they could put a bounty on the heads of Celestial Dragons.
Compared to Pirates who only cause trouble in a few places, Celestial Dragons have offended the entire world.
In Hades' words, "Hunter King" Besoro had seen reality and "blackened".
Blackening makes one ten times stronger.
Besoro, only thirty-nine years old, had not yet reached his peak, and no one knew what kind of chaos he would cause in the Great Sea in the future.
Not long after he arrived at Honeycomb Island, the "Netherworld" from Kronos Kingdom had already contacted him.
Along with them were the "Avici" from the Eternal Kingdom, "The Grotto" from Landis Kingdom, "Black Ice Platform" from Great Xia Kingdom, and "Black Gold Intelligence Agency" from Hilton Kingdom.
They had actually united to help Besoro complete the establishment and development of the brand new Hunter Guild.
The development prospect of the Hunter Guild was immense.
In a sense, it was undermining the foundation of the Marines and the World Government.
And Besoro's idea of putting bounties on Marines and World Government Official received strong support from the five major Intelligence Organization.
Besoro's thinking had become somewhat extreme.
Originally, he had held expectation for the Marines, hoping they would work together to make the Great Sea better.
But among those who attacked him back then was a Marine Admiral, which completely changed his view of the Marines.
He believed the Marines were not justice at all, merely dogs of the World Government.
The World Government was the one disrupting world peace.
While maintaining peace in the Great Sea, the Hunter Guild would also be dedicated to striking at the strength of the World Government and the Marines.
Pirates were originally targets of the Hunter Guild.
Besoro had his principles; he would not put a bounty on the Rocks Pirates himself just because he was a Crewmate of the Rocks Pirates.
At most, he wouldn't make a move himself.
As for members of the Hunter Guild making a move, he didn't care.
(end of chapter)