The news that Yoriichi Tsugakuni had become a person with special abilities really made the Five Elders very happy.

These "highest powers of the world government" have lived for so many years, but this is the first time that they have felt such a deep sense of threat from an outsider.

The World Government has never stopped tracking and investigating Yoriichi Tsugakuni. Ever since Yoriichi Tsugakuni first took action against the World Government's CP, he has entered their sight.

Since the battle in the Holy Land, the Five Elders were reduced to Four Elders. If Saint Satan, the "God of Scientific Defense", had not made a breakthrough in the project of artificial humans, they would have been officially reduced in number after standing at the top of the world for a hundred years.

The Five Elders' attention to Yoriichi Tsugakuni has long surpassed that of all other people and forces on the sea.

After the news that Tsugakuni Yoshiichi was looking for the "Rubber Fruit" was exposed, the Five Elders have been looking for an opportunity to kill Tsugakuni Yoshiichi.

From the perspective of the Five Elders, the threat posed by Yoriichi Tsugakuni is too great. Not only is he extremely powerful, he also enjoys extremely high prestige worldwide. Moreover, judging from Yoriichi Tsugakuni's movements, he is obviously someone who knows the nature of the "Rubber Fruit".

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why a former admiral who had awakened Conqueror's Haki and possessed a natural-type devil fruit would be interested in something like the "Rubber Fruit".

In the eyes of the Five Elders, Tsugikoku Yoriichi, who had set his sights on the "Gum Fruit," was undoubtedly the world's greatest threat. Even without "Destiny," he was already so formidable, and had such a significant impact on their lives.

If Yoriichi Tsugakuni obtained the Nika Fruit, it would be hard for the Five Elders to imagine how difficult it would be to deal with Yoriichi Tsugakuni.

Yes, in the long eight hundred years of history, no one whose true name was hidden had ever successfully awakened the Nika Fruit ability.

But from the perspective of the Five Elders, if there is someone in this world who can awaken the Nika Fruit, then that person is undoubtedly Yuichiro Tsugumi.

From the time Tsugakuni Yoriichi came into their sight until now, all of Tsugakuni Yoriichi's actions are really too consistent with the title of "liberation fighter".

But now, someone told them that Yoshikazu Tsugakuni had eaten another devil fruit and became a user with another ability.

This is really too surprising.

The Five Elders knew very well what this meant. It meant that from now on, Yoriichi Tsugakuni, the person they regarded as the biggest threat, would no longer be able to shake the World Government.

No matter how powerful Ji Guoyuan is, he will eventually become the dust of history and disappear in the long river of history.

"Do you think the information reported by Zhan Guo is accurate?"

In the hall, the laughter gradually died down. Saint Satan sat on the sofa, holding his crutches with both hands, and suddenly asked his companions beside him.

After the excitement, they quickly calmed down and began to doubt the authenticity of the matter.

In their opinion, Yuichi Tsugakuin knew very well what the nature of the rubber fruit was. They could not imagine that someone like Yuichi Tsugakuin would give up chasing the "Nika Fruit" so easily.

Yoriichi Tsugikuni is very young, and he still has a long, long time to pursue the Nika Fruit and become a "liberation fighter" with a destiny.

"It should be certain."

"There is no reason for him to fabricate a false news to deceive us."

"Besides, this kind of thing is so easy to verify. With the caution of the Warring States, there is no way such a mistake would occur."

Egg Island

"Isn't that Vegapunk's experimental base? Saint Satan, don't you have any means to restrict Vegapunk?"

Saint Marcus Maz pondered for a moment and made his own judgment. At the same time, he looked at Saint Satan who was sitting on the sofa not far away and asked.

Saint Jaygolucia Satan himself is an outstanding scientist. He has been in contact with Vegapunk all along. It is precisely because Satan is a scientist that the Five Elders can fully master Vegapunk's technology without being deceived or counterattacked.

"Since the establishment of Egg Point Island, in order to gain Vegapunk's complete trust, our people have never been there."

"His research hasn't made much progress at this stage, so the monitoring of him is not strong enough."

"I haven't been able to get any information about Egg Point Island yet."

Upon hearing this, Saint Satan said in a deep voice.

"Hmm"

"To be on the safe side, we still need to verify it."

"Let's not carry out that matter for now."

"King Riku's daughter and granddaughter were first imprisoned on Judicial Island."

"If the news that Tsugumi Yoshiichi ate another devil fruit is true, then the matter of 'judgment' will have to be postponed."

"Without the Nika Fruit, he would have been nothing more than a powerful tyrant ruling over the New World, a stronger pirate at best."

"If we can avoid further exacerbating the conflict, it would be better not to provoke Ji Guoyuan for a while."

Upon hearing Saint Satan's answer, Saint Marcus Maz nodded slightly and did not say much. Given his position, it was impossible for him to tell Saint Satan what to do and teach him how to get along with someone like Vegapunk.

Marcus Mazsheng was not in a position to express his opinion on the matter of Egg Island, but he could still express his thoughts on other matters.

Cyrus' wife and daughter, who were captured from Dressrosa, were sent to Judicial Island just a few days ago.

The Five Elders are well aware of Tsugekuni Yoriichi's temper, and plan to use Rebecca and her daughter as bait, set a trap on Judicial Island to lure Tsugekuni Yoriichi to come, and then capture and kill Tsugekuni Yoriichi on Judicial Island.

They believed that Tsugikuni Yoshiichi would never sit idly by.

But now, things have changed.

The importance of Yoriichi Tsugakuni has become less important in the eyes of the Five Elders. Yoriichi Tsugakuni, who is unable to become the host of the Nika Fruit, is no longer a big threat in their eyes.

Even in their eyes, the Red Earl and the Rocks Pirates, who once roamed the seas, posed a greater threat than Tsugokuni Yoriichi. Not only had the Rocks Pirates attacked the Celestial Dragons, just like Tsugokuni Yoriichi, but Captain Rocks had also gathered countless famous pirates from the New World and even aspired to become the ruler of the world.

But even a person with both strength and ambition still failed.

The reasons for the failure are more or less coincidental.

After all, it was Roger and Garp who joined forces. This kind of cooperation between the navy and pirates to protect the Celestial Dragons was extremely "unbelievable" no matter how you looked at it.

It is precisely because of the experience of the Valley of Gods incident that year that the Five Elders believe in destiny even more. There are only two things that allow them to do it personally. One is about blank history, and the other is about the Nika Fruit.

Apart from these, the Five Elders will not care too much about anything.

Because no matter how powerful the enemy is, they can use the weapon of "time" to completely eliminate the threat of the opponent.

"Well, this news must not be leaked."

"If it is verified that Tsugikuni Yoriichi has indeed eaten another devil fruit, he will continue to be imprisoned."

"This card in my hand might play a role in the future."

Saint Satan had no objection to Saint Marcus Maz's idea and nodded. After a few words, the two of them had already established a preliminary strategy for dealing with Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

Egg Island.

It took Vegapunk almost half a month to arrange a ship for the long voyage for Ji Guoyuan and others. Why was he able to get an ocean-going ship in such a short time?

The reason is very simple, because this ship was transformed from a navy warship.

Vegapunk erased all the markings on one of the warships, and then helped Yoshiichi Tsugakuni and his men install some new gadgets to increase power, and the ship was ready.

Vegapunk had no intention of leaving with Yoshiichi Tsugakuni. After vaguely figuring out some of the relationships between Yoshiichi Tsugakuni and the Marine Headquarters, Vegapunk's heart settled down.

However, he also reached a secret agreement with Yoriichi Tsugikuni, that is, technology sharing.

He will continue to use the research resources provided by the Navy and the World Government to conduct his own research, and will also give a copy of the research results to Ji Guoyuan.

In exchange, when Vegapunk needs him, Yoshiichi Tsugakuni needs to go to Egg Island as soon as possible to take him away, which is equivalent to ensuring his life safety.

Naturally, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi would not refuse such a request.

After the ship was ready for sailing, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi and his subordinates also began to prepare for the voyage, and food and fresh water were also loaded onto the ship one after another.

On the coast, just as Tsugikuni Yoshiichi, Rossinanti and others were preparing to board the ship, Borsalino, who had disappeared for more than half a month, actually appeared at the dock.

"Are you guys getting ready to leave?"

Borsalino, wearing a neat bright yellow striped suit, looked at Rossinanti, Jiguo Yuan and others who were preparing to board the ship and asked.

I don’t know where this guy has been during this period of time. It seems that he has been having a good time camping in the wild.

"Borsalino, why are you here at this hour?"

"If you're here to look for your men, they're on that ship."

"Don't get in my way!"

"I don't want to keep hitting you."

When Ji Guoyuan saw Borsalino appear, he frowned slightly.

We're old colleagues, how come we don't have this little tacit understanding? Why are you here today?

"He's truly terrifying, worthy of being the world's most wanted criminal—Tsugikuni Yoriichi."

"I don't want to conflict with you either. This is not in the interest of the Navy."

"but."

"Major Rossinandi, as the adopted son of Marshal Zhan Guo, are you going to hang out with wanted criminals?"

"Do you know that your actions might cause trouble for Marshal Zhan Guo?"

"Besides, if you follow Jiguo Yuanyi, it will make me very embarrassed——"

"After all, I'm the one who has to report to headquarters."

"And my father is not a naval admiral."

Borsalino obviously had no intention of causing trouble for Yoshikazu Tsugakuni. After hearing what Yoshikazu Tsugakuni said, he shamelessly raised his hand and put on an appearance of "surrender".

His gaze passed over Yuichiro Tsugakuin and fell on Rosinante who was behind Yuichiro Tsugakuin.

Borsalino is a "principled" man. He doesn't care what Rossinanti thinks in his heart, but he still can't accept the fact that he is hanging out with Tsugikoku Yoshiichi openly like now.

As a navy, the most basic stance still needs to be observed.

“.”

Sure enough, after hearing what Borsalino said, Rosinante fell silent.

Looking down at Luo, Rossinanti's gaze became unusually firm.

"Nothing is more important than human life!"

"I promised this kid that I would find a way to save him!"

When Borsalino heard this, his eyes slightly tilted under his sunglasses, and then he frowned and said:

"I don't know of anything this wanted criminal could do that we in the Navy couldn't."

"You are a major in the Navy Headquarters and the adopted son of Marshal Sengoku. If you are in trouble, I think I can provide some help."

"The premise is that you can't hang out with wanted criminals!"

Borsalino looked at Rossinanti.

When Ji Guoyuan heard what Borsalino said, he finally understood why this guy appeared here. He wanted to draw a clear line between Rosinante and himself. This way, it would be good for everyone.

Borsalino was thinking about Rossinanti and Luo and the others.

"But."

Rosinante opened his mouth and was about to say something when he heard Jiguo Yuan interrupt him:

"We're going to the North Sea, Frefans."

"If it's you, you should know that place, right?"

"Are you going to wade into this muddy water?"

Jiguo Yuanyi smiled and looked at Borsalino and asked.

"Flavans."

Rusalino heard the name of the island and glanced at Law, who was standing next to Rocinante. Although Law's platinum-lead disease was suppressed by Tsugikuni Yoriichi's ability, if one looked closely, one could still see the white spots on his skin.

This point did not escape Borsalino's eyes at all.

After he noticed Luo's situation, Borsalino immediately knew why Rossinanti appeared on Egg Point Island.

Borsalino figured it out, and with a droopy face, he replied in a long voice: "I'm not too old, but at least I'm an admiral..."

Although Frevans, now under blockade by the World Government, didn't know Rosinante's purpose for coming to the island, he assumed it was to treat the child. Borsalino felt that with his own identity, he could also help Rosinante.

In this way, the navy can also save some face.

The Navy Marshal's adopted son was having an affair with Yoshikazu Tsugakuni. If this matter were to get out, it would have no impact on Rossinante himself.

Just within the navy, wouldn’t some young people who already admired Yoshikazu Tsugakuni be jumping up and down?

Look, the Marshal's adopted son has set an example, what are you waiting for?

Borsalino doesn't want to see anything like this happen.

"Rosinante, Luo, you guys don't need to get on the boat."

As soon as Ji Guoyuan heard Borsalino's answer, he spoke decisively, and then waved his hand to his subordinates, signaling them to get on board.

"Yuichi?!"

Before Rossinanti could react, he couldn't help but let out a low cry.

Borsalino also appeared beside Rossinanti, grabbed Rossinanti's arm, and said:

"Don't worry, with your status, if you want to do something, as long as it's not something messy, our colleagues in the headquarters will definitely help you."

"Need you to help find a wanted criminal?"

"and"

"I'm very busy. After sending you to the North Sea, I have to rush back to the Navy Headquarters."

"I just received an order some time ago to be on standby at the headquarters."

"well--"

"It's really busy. I don't know when I'll be sent to Judicial Island."

Borsalino seemed to be complaining, sighing, and lamenting the difficulties of working people.

Tsugikoku Yoshiichi, who was about to board the ship, also heard these words. Suddenly, his steps froze, and then he calmly stepped onto the wooden ladder and walked towards the deck.

At this moment, Rosinante also realized Borsalino's intention. Knowing that the general intended to help him, he stopped struggling.

Just as Borsalino said, if he, the adopted son of the Marshal, a former Celestial Dragon, and a major in the headquarters, really needs to do something, will his colleagues in the headquarters not help?

Using platinum-lead ore to study platinum-lead disease and relying on the power of generals and marshals is simply a trivial matter.

Ji Guoyuan boarded the ship without saying a word. After his subordinates boarded the ship, he waved his hand to call for his deputy Ferland and whispered an order:

"Sail out."

"Go straight back to Thunder God Island."

Hearing what Jiguo Yuanyi said, Ferland was a little puzzled and asked:

"Well, the North Sea and Thunder God Island are in different directions."

"If they don't go, don't we have to go too? We need to find a source of platinum and lead ore, right?"

Hearing his subordinates' questions, Tsugumi Yoshiichi shook his head:

"There's been a change of plans."

"I'm planning to go to Judicial Island."

As Jiguo Yuanyi said this, he stood at the side of the ship, lowered his head and looked at Borsalino who was talking to Rossinanti, frowning slightly.

(End of this chapter)