Ranked below the Whitebeard Pirates, there's the Pirate Queen, who is widely known in this era. In fact, she was on the same ship as Whitebeard and was also the original companion of the Whitebeard, known as "BIG-MOM," also known as Charlotte Linlin.
The base camp of the "BIG-MOM Pirates" is the "Totto Land Kingdom."
The Kingdom of Totto Land is the name of both a kingdom and a sea area.
There are thirty-five islands in this sea, forming an archipelago similar to the Sabaody Archipelago.
The owner of this archipelago is Charlotte Linlin.
Currently, the two most powerful pirate groups in the pirate world are the "Whitebeard Pirates" and the "BIG-MOM Pirates."
Their junior, Kaido, currently only controls Onigashima and Wano Country, which he secretly dominates.
If it weren't for Kaido's strength getting stronger, defeating Wano Country, having the blacksmiths create the best cold weapons on the market, and selling seastone to quickly expand his power, he wouldn't be considered one of the three monsters of the Great Pirate Era alongside Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin.
If Charlotte Linlin is interested, she can go to other islands with snacks to plant flags, just like in the original story.
Kaido can't.
Because he killed Kozuki Oden and offended the Whitebeard Pirates.
Whitebeard dared not and was unwilling to take revenge for his former companion, who was dead. He broke away from the ship and brought his sons into the special sea area of Wano Country.
But destroying the place where Kaido's flag was planted was just a piece of cake.
So, Kaido's forces, before he can defeat Whitebeard, are confined to Onigashima and Wano Country.
This is why Kaido keeps collecting Zoan Devil Fruits to build his own army of beasts.
He can't go through the family route of big sister Charlotte Linlin, nor can he go through the route of Big Brother Whitebeard, so he can only go through the elite route.
It is a pity that Kaido's road ahead is destined to be bumpy.
It took only a dozen years for Shanks, who went through the elite route and was also regarded as a junior, to surpass him.
In the end, because he was against the Son of Destiny, he stepped into the back of another, Golden Lion Shiki, and was defeated by a random fighter who had just defeated him with a stick not long ago.
Back to the main topic...
After reading the power map of the top three overlords, Kahn turned his attention to the Pirate Alliance and Pirate Groups, which are second only to the three overlords.
It is said to be an alliance, but in fact, it is just a number of pirate groups united by everyone in an emergency.
Such an alliance usually appears when there is a conflict with the subordinate forces of the Overlord Pirates or when they want to challenge the Overlord.
Only by uniting can they frighten those affiliated pirates who rely on the banner of supremacy to be arrogant and do whatever they want in the New World.
Facing the alliance, even those team captains and top cadres can't be eliminated under the leadership of the team.
Only an island-destroying maritime overlord can defeat these so-called alliances.
However, just like the balance deliberately maintained by pirates, the World Government, and the Marine Headquarters, those sea overlords seldom take action unless they are fighting opponents of the same level.
They have to allow these relatively strong underdogs to survive in the New World, otherwise, the Marine would not be so afraid of them.
At that time, they will be in danger.
Such is the situation in the New World.
The overlord does not move; he only raises soldiers.
The weak grow themselves by constantly devouring the weaker and the stronger and, finally, challenge the highest peak in the world.
When those overlords who stood on the highest peak of the world had nothing to do with him, a new overlord was born naturally.
If Kahn wants to become one of the overlords of the New World, there are only two options.
One option is to wait until one's own strength is on par with those overlords, then frantically recruit the weak and form a massive fleet of thousands or even tens of thousands of people.
At that time, he will be the new overlord, but while he will be strong, his subordinates will be weak, making him easy to defeat. This approach is commonly known as being strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
Of course, after Kahn forms such a large fleet, he can also spend a lot of time cultivating trustworthy cadres from scratch to improve the foundation of the fleet. This is how the "Whitebeard Pirates" and "BIG-MOM Pirates" rose to power.
The second option is to form a pirate group with fewer members but with a very high average strength, making it an impregnable wall, similar to the Red Hair Pirates, which is the elite route.
Kaido, on the other hand, exists somewhere between the troop route and the elite route.
Kahn's choice, of course, is the elite route.
He is different from that unlucky Kaido, whose precious Mythical Zoan Fruit was eaten by an "unfilial daughter." After the "unfilial daughter" became incredibly strong, she even turned against him and directly took down a commander stronger than the King.
The most precious Mythical Zoan Fruit was wasted, and the subordinates are all ancient species, common species, and even artificial Zoans... It's no wonder the Beasts Pirates were surpassed by the Red Hair Pirates.
If Kaido is super unlucky, then Kahn is super lucky.
Even Roger and Luffy, the two Sons of Destiny, are far inferior to how much luck Kahn has.
Even without training like Charlotte Linlin, he will become a sea overlord by the Sea Circle Calendar year 1520.
Moreover, he will be a sea overlord stronger than Charlotte Linlin.
Because while Charlotte Linlin is a natural destroyer, Kahn, after using the ability of the Mythical Zoan, becomes a real born destroyer due to the Mythical Zoan's characteristic of maximizing the physical fitness of the ability user.
This is not comparable to Charlotte Linlin, who ate a Paramecia.
In addition, Kahn also possesses innate Observation Haki, which is no less than listening to the voice of all things, a trait only the chosen can have.
These three cheats doom Kahn to become someone beyond Charlotte Linlin, even if he squanders his talents.
If Kahn works hard and doesn't waste his talents like Charlotte Linlin, becoming the strongest creature in the world is almost certain.
Besides his potential to break through limits, Kahn is also a time traveller, with the advantage of being familiar with the plot.
He knows which rare and top-level Devil Fruits are still unowned during this time period.
He also knows where to find good seedlings with extraordinary talents.
As long as he takes the time to find them and spends some effort recruiting them, Kahn can keep producing powerful helpers that would make Kaido cry in frustration.
With such advantages, Kahn can raise his left hand even without gems in his hand and shout: "I am the destiny!"
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