Explaining the shocking alliance of the Cross Guild and the Blackbeard Pirates.

This article contains spoilers from One Piece's Elbaf Arc.

Important points

• A former warlord founded the Cross Guild after the collapse of the Shichibukai system.
• The Cross Guild gives bounties to marines. This led to an alliance with the Blackbeard Pirates.
• A potential all-out war between the Blackbeard Pirates, the Cross Guild, and the Marines.

One PieceThe Final Saga established a number of key players in this great game, and Oda narrowed down the characters he saw as vital in his quest. one piece And at the same time, a great war was about to occur. Naturally, Yonko is at the center of things, and this is supported by Vegapunk stating that pirates who continue to conquer One Piece will have the fate of the entire world in their hands.

The closest pirate, of course. one piece It was the four emperors who gave them some level of importance. In fact, two of the four emperors had special roles that Oda had placed before them. And they are the carriages of Guild Cross. and teaches the Blackbeard Pirates, although fans may not yet know. But the two characters could continue to work together in the future. Even if there is no friendship at all.

The Founding of the Cross Guild in One Piece

• The Shichibukai was recently cut off by the government.
• Some former warlords eventually joined forces.

The founding of the Cross Guild was an important event in one piece That happened during the events of the Wano Country arc. The basis for the founding of the Cross Guild was the abolition of the Shichibukai system. As fans know, Warlords are powerful pirates who work with the world government to eliminate the influence of other pirates on the seas and prevent them from setting sail. Of course, in theory This concept is very good. But it's definitely not practical. In most cases Pirates who achieved warlord status did so only for their own safety. above all else This is because they are not considered criminals. They were thus given a certain degree of freedom. And they act with impunity. Unchecked by any power in the world, in many ways, the Seven Warlords of the Seas enjoyed the greatest freedom at sea. This makes them a very dangerous group. Especially to the innocent masses.

I would like to talk to you about one particular pirate – Shanks.

This is shown through One Piece's Dressrosa and Arabasta arc. Where two warlords destroy nations. For many years, there was usually a strong basis for a system to be completely scrapped and replaced with something new. Fortunately, Vegapunk completed his latest project, called Project Seraphim, in a famous moment. say This caused the Shichibukai system to be dissolved and a new power to take its place.

When the Shichibukai is driven out, fans know that the balance of power at sea will change dramatically. And that's exactly what happened. As seen in the arc of the Wano country The Shichibukai is attacked by Marines and hunted down. Like other pirates But this only caused them to cooperate. Crocodile, one of the former warlords, was the mastermind behind the idea of ​​creating the Cross Guild as he reached out to Mihawk and asked him to cooperate. Mihawk agreed to the alliance. And later, when Crocodile goes to settle scores with Buggy, another former warlord. One thing leads to another and the world recognizes Buggy as his leader. in the eyes of the world Both Mihawk and Crocodile have started working for Bucky. This causes Bucky to be called one of the four new Emperors of the Sea. Considering that Big Mom had collapsed at the same time.

As a result, Bucky's bounty increased to 3.189 billion Berries, while Mihawk received a bounty of 3.596 billion Berries and Crocodile received a bounty of 1.956 billion Berries. The three of them formed Cross. Guild, whose main motivation is quite shocking. It is revealed that the Cross Guild has started its own bounty system. and presented the award to the Chief of the Marine Corps. which is the military face of the world government This made them direct enemies of this naval organization. This idea was the basis of the cooperation with the Blackbeard Pirates.

What connects the Cross Guild to the Blackbeard Pirates?

Ordinary enemies in the form of marines can be seen fighting together.

Of course, at this point the connection between the Blackbeard Pirates and the Cross Guild might not be clear to fans, but when focusing on the Egghead Island arc and the events that happened there recently, We can easily see where this Link is coming from. In the Egghead Island arc, fans saw that Blackbeard had captured Captain Coby. The idea behind this capture was for Blackbeard to trade Coby for country status for Pirate Island. and for him to be officially proclaimed king. According to Kuzan, this strategy was flawed, as Koby was part of SWORD and certainly not someone the world government would agree to trade with.

The Cross Guild's problems must be resolved quickly! – Sengoku

Basically The connection with the sword meant that Coby would be cut off from the Marines without a second thought. Even though Blackbeard's strategy failed here, But fate took a turn for the worse when Garp attacked a pirate island and rescued him along with several others. Garp was instead captured. And now he was tied up in Blackbeard's hands. Although it affected Blackbeard's strategy here by taking Way Coby, it also offered Garp. Marines known as heroes gave him He now intends to trade Garp for country status to Pirate Island and be proclaimed king.

This is something Teach believes the world government will consider. He had no idea that the World Government would definitely not bend to the rules set by the pirates. And they would rather attack the pirate island with all their strength.

Obviously, this meant that the Blackbeard Pirates would soon have to face the Marines due to seizing the Marine of Legends, Garp, and at the same time the Cross Guild would have to face the Navy as well. This was because they had started placing bounties on all the marines and causing a lot of unrest. This led to the death of many Marines. Including Vice Admiral T-Bone.

Will there be a Major Cross Guild and Blackbeard Pirates Alliance?

Yonko's cooperation on Pirate Island could happen.

The Marines will be inundated with action in Final Saga, and two of their biggest targets will be Blackbeard. Due to the occupation of Garp and Bucky Due to the Guild Cross bounty hunting system, normally the logical thing to do would be for Buggy to team up with Blackbeard and fight the naval threat together. This threat could occur on Pirates Island, where fans You'll see the strength of Buggy, Crocodile, Mihawk, and the entire Blackbeard Pirates in their battle against the Navy. This all-out war will mirror the Paramount War, and it may happen soon. one piece–

Of course, this doesn't mean Buggy and Blackbeard will be friends. It would only be an alliance for the sake of business because they have a common enemy. How the war will play out remains to be seen. But with such power The Pirates would win over the Marines if this war ever happened.

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