As the highest authority in the world government, the Five Elders are undoubtedly arrogant. In their eyes, everyone can become a chess piece in their hands. When they need, these chess pieces under their control can be placed anywhere on the world chessboard according to their wishes.
West Sea.
By the swimming pool of the manor, Doflamingo was lying comfortably on a lounge chair basking in the sun, holding the receiver in his hand, a slightly sarcastic smile on his lips, listening quietly to the words of the agent on the other end of the phone.
"Doflamingo, as long as you can fulfill the requirements of the Five Elders, you can become a Celestial Dragon again and return to the holy land of Marinjoa."
"For you, regaining control of the kingdom that once belonged to the Don Quixote family is also a huge benefit, isn't it?"
"Completing the leap from pirate to world noble is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you."
"You killed your own father and cut off his head with your own hands, but you couldn't get it back now. You can get it just by moving your hands!"
"I really envy you, Doflamingo."
On the other end of the line was Spandine, a powerful agent of the World Government.
It is obviously impossible for the Five Elders to come forward in person to contact the pirates. Of course, with Doflamingo's current "worth", it is not worth it for the World Government to send CP0 to communicate. Letting Spandine, who once came forward to "solve" O'Hara, come forward is already giving Doflamingo enough face.
“Furfurfural Furfural”
"What an arrogant attitude! World Government!"
"Do you think you have me in your hands, Mr. Spandine?"
Spandine's words were so harsh to Doflamingo. The suffering he experienced in his childhood was the past he least wanted to recall after he became an adult.
The better Doflamingo's life is now, and the more successful he appears to others, the less he wants to talk about his past. Unlike those who, after achieving success, love to publicize their "struggle history" everywhere, Doflamingo has another extreme personality.
Although Doflamingo's tone of voice was a little calm at this moment, the veins on his forehead were exposed, and he had a sinister and ferocious expression on his face.
Bringing Dressrosa back under the control of the World Government and promising to restore his identity as a Celestial Dragon seemed like an "equivalent exchange", but to Doflamingo, these demands seemed to treat him as a fool.
Dressrosa.
In the West Sea on the same side of the Red Earth Continent, even the most ignorant people have heard of this name.
The place where the Pirate King Roger was captured was Dressrosa. That place was the territory of Yoriichi Tsugakuni, one of the most special admirals in the navy.
Since the establishment of the Sword of Dawn Marine Branch, countless pirates have attempted to eliminate Dressrosa, but the Dressrosa Marine Branch still stands today.
Anyone with a common sense would know what this means.
No pirate would want to provoke Yoriichi Tsugakuni, not even Doflamingo. Doflamingo wasn't stupid enough to provoke a powerful and ruthless admiral for no reason.
not to mention.
"Become a Celestial Dragon?"
"Fufufufu, it sounds like something very interesting."
"This is a very difficult matter for me. I need time to manage it properly."
"When I succeed, I will go to Marinjoa myself."
Doflamingo chuckled and agreed.
Then, without waiting for a reply from the other end of the phone, he hung up.
"This world is so vast. I'm like a Tianlong person who is kept like a pig in the Red Earth Continent. What is there for me to yearn for?"
"The Five Elder Stars' chips are not enough!"
“Furfurfural Furfural”
After hanging up the phone, Doflamingo muttered to himself as he casually picked up the red wine on the table beside him and shook the glass with an intoxicated look on his face.
Yes, he had agreed to the Five Elders' request over the phone, but Doflamingo had no intention of following their advice. As a child, he did wish to become a Celestial Dragon again, but as he grew older and saw more and more things, his yearning for the Celestial Dragons became weaker and weaker.
Doflamingo has come to a conclusion through his experiences over the years, that is, in this world, power is equal to strength.
What he wants is power!
Doflamingo simply wasn't able to directly reject the World Government's request, but was he supposed to provoke Yoriichi Tsugikuni? That was absolutely impossible, at least not now.
On the other hand, Spandine, who received a positive answer, did not doubt it and reported it to his superiors happily. After the Five Elders learned the news, they did not feel much surprise.
As mentioned at the beginning, they have become accustomed to treating everyone as chess pieces that can be moved at will.
February 1507 in the Haiyuan calendar.
With a roar sounded on the shore of Gaya Island, a merchant ship that had disappeared for a long time returned to the sea.
"Your ability is really convenient, Bear!"
The merchant ship landed steadily on the beach, leaving a deep bear-paw-shaped pit on the sand under the ship. Ji Guoyuanyi raised his head from the deck of the merchant ship, looked down at the beach, and smiled.
This merchant ship was the one that contained the crew of Yuichiro Tsugakuko who had just left Sky Island.
After obtaining the Thunder Fruit, Yuichiro did not return to Qinghai immediately, but took the crew on a sightseeing tour on Sky Island, while he himself was secretly inquiring about the whereabouts of the main text of history.
This process was rather long. Ji Guoyuanyi had already read almost all the relevant plots in the original novel. Searching for the lost golden bell and the historical text embedded on the base of the golden bell really consumed a lot of his time.
The reason why Yoriichi Tsugikuni was able to find the original historical text was thanks to the Shandian people on the Sky Island. Yoriichi heard the legend of the golden bell from them and also saw the huge vines towering into the sky. From this, Yoriichi guessed where the golden bell was.
One night, Yuichiro Tsugakuin followed the huge vines to the top and successfully found the lost golden bell and the historical text embedded on the base.
After finding the historical text, Jiguo Yuanyi secretly copied it down without telling anyone. After touring the Sky Island with everyone for a few days, he used the bear's ability and took an "unconventional" route back to Gaya Island above Qinghai.
This trip to Sky Island ended successfully.
Looking at the familiar blue sea, everyone on the boat smiled brightly.
After praising Xiong, Jiguo Yuanyi gently grabbed the railing and jumped off the deck. His feet stepped on the familiar touch of the sand. Jiguo Yuanyi couldn't help but stretch in the warm sunshine.
"Where are we going next?"
Mihawk walked to the side of the ship, hung his hands on the railing, and asked Yuichiro Tsugakuin on the beach.
"Next, then..."
Just as Ji Guoyuan was about to say something, a news bird flew slowly overhead. Ji Guoyuan looked up, raised his eyebrows, took out a coin from his pocket and threw it into the air.
The next second, the news bird took a newspaper from the cloth bag and threw it down.
As the sea breeze blew, Mihawk caught the fallen newspaper in his hand. Jiguo Yuanyi raised his head and asked Mihawk:
"Mihawk, take a look at the newspaper. Has anything big happened recently?"
"See if there are any big pirates showing up during this period!"
While Tsugikoku Yoshiichi was speaking, Mihawk had already been quickly scanning the newspaper. This newspaper was from a few days ago, and it showed Gaya Island's initial location in the first half of the Grand Line, quite a distance from the Sabaody Archipelago, the "center" of the intelligence.
Therefore, it is often impossible to receive the hottest news first-hand here.
The newspaper's front page featured a photo of the burning World Government flag, and the headline read, "Shocked! The Navy stationed on Reedchiled Island attacked World Government ships!"
Mihawk's expression changed slightly when he saw the news, and his face turned serious. The others on the ship also noticed Mihawk's sudden change of expression and surrounded him.
After everyone poked their heads out and quickly glanced at the information in the newspaper, Tian Zheng's face changed drastically and he couldn't help but exclaimed:
"General, something big has happened!"
Hearing what Tian Zheng said, Ji Guoyuanyi couldn't help but frowned: "What's the big deal?"
"Does it have anything to do with us?"
Mihawk didn't say much. He folded the newspaper in his hand and threw it to Yuichiro Tsugakuni. After the latter took it, he quickly unfolded it and took a few quick glances at it. Yuichiro Tsugakuni's expression also froze slightly. He quickly took out the Den Den Mushi from his arms and dialed it.
"Gah~"
After a few busy tones, the Den Den Mushi was quickly picked up. Seeing that the call was still connected, Ji Guoyuan felt relieved. On the other end of the line, Tiger's voice came:
"I'm Tiger."
"General, you finally have news!"
In the office on Reedchiled Island, Tiger looked at the Den Den Mushi with red hair and stripes on its forehead and said excitedly.
"Tiger, I feel relieved to hear your energetic voice."
"I saw in the newspaper that our navy attacked the World Government's ships. What's going on?"
Under the questioning of Yuichiro Tsugakuko, Tiger reported everything to Yuichiro Tsugakuko. After reporting the cause and effect of the incident, he also told Yuichiro Tsugakuko his judgment.
Tiger felt that their navy might have fallen into a trap set by the World Government.
However, some of the bodies of the sailors who died on the patrol ship were retrieved, including Danny, who was killed by Jink himself.
The death was completely different from that of the other crew members. Tiger, who had a keen sense of smell, also found that there was no smell of gunpowder on the other party, and he immediately made a judgment in his mind.
Danny's cause of death is suspicious, and the time of his death was probably before the patrol ship was bombarded.
Tiger is full of suspicion about the World Government's ships, but he can't find any concrete evidence, which makes Tiger a little distressed.
"General, this happened because of me."
"For this, I will accept any punishment, even if it means sacrificing my life to appease the wrath of the World Government. I have no reason to do so."
"I have only one request. I beg the General to get to the bottom of this matter. I don't want my comrades to die in vain."
"Also, I hope the Admiral won't let the other fishmen on Fishman Island be implicated because of me."
After reporting the situation to Yoshikazu Tsugakuni, Tiger took an attitude of letting things take their course.
When Ji Guoyuan heard this, he re-examined the newspaper in his hand, then a smile appeared on his face and he said:
"Since you don't want your comrades to die in vain, then do your best to investigate."
"Speaking of which, Tiger."
"I just heard you say that you suspect the World Government because children and women keep disappearing on the island, and you saw merchant ships and World Government ships coming into contact, right?"
"Please pay attention to whether there are any children or women missing on the island after this incident."
On the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Tiger, upon hearing Tsugokuni Yoriichi's words, froze in his tracks as if struck by lightning. He had been completely absorbed in the shipwreck recovery and the search for the "missing sailors."
He really hadn't noticed what Jiguo Yuanyi said, but after being reminded, Tiger immediately understood.
"Yes! General, I'll do it right away."
Tiger hung up the phone excitedly and rushed out of the office.
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi looked down at the busy receiver, hung up the phone with a sullen face, and put the Den Den Mushi in his arms.
"Can't you finally hold it back anymore?"
"World Government."
"I'm afraid this is just the beginning. There should be many follow-up measures, right?"
"In that case, I have to find something for you to do. I have to keep you busy!"
Jiguo Yuanyi placed his hand on the hilt of the knife, tapping it gently, thinking in his heart. After a while, a faint smile appeared on Jiguo Yuanyi's face.
Rubber fruits have appeared in the East China Sea.
Admiral Yoshikazu Tsugakuni is heading to the East China Sea this time with the goal of searching for traces of the rubber fruit.
It was unknown when this "outrageous news" began to spread throughout Marine Headquarters, Marineford. The source of this news, or who had spread it, was no longer known, but this rumor had spread throughout the headquarters.
Everyone in the navy received the news.
Of course, most people were scoffing at this news. The navy couldn't believe that Admiral Yoshida Tsugakuni would be interested in a rubber fruit and even go out to look for it himself.
Many people in the headquarters know that Chief Instructor Zephyr gave Yuichiro Tsugakuko a natural smoke fruit, but Yuichiro Tsugakuko did not eat it.
How could Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who wasn't even interested in the precious natural-type Devil Fruit, be interested in a parahuman-type Devil Fruit that turns you into rubber when you eat it? Are you kidding me?
However, this news, which was scoffed at by most of the navy, reached the ears of the Five Elders after being passed on by certain people. Upon learning of this news, the World Government immediately took action and sent a large number of CP9s to secretly enter the East China Sea.
Of course, these CPs received orders to search for various types of devil fruits because a certain "adult" liked to use devil fruits to feed slaves to satisfy his own evil taste.
This seemingly outrageous reason has no flaws.
In the eyes of CP, it is not incomprehensible that the Celestial Dragons have such interests.
Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the East China Sea began to become turbulent.
At the same time, the Red Hair Pirates, who had been traveling everywhere, also learned from some channel that there was a rubber fruit in the East China Sea and immediately took action.
Rubber fruit!
Others may not know, but Red-Haired Shanks knows very well what this thing is.
He is a man who is willing to risk his own arm for an illusory legend!
(End of this chapter)
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