Red Line, Marijoa, Gorosei Office.
"Are you guys really looking well? How could the bomb that was set up couldn't be found?!" Masato asked with an angry face to Akainu who was currently in front of him.
"I've really been looking for it, Masato-sama" Akainu said with an ugly face, "Even the entire Navy troops have been deployed to search every corner of the Marijoa territory. However, we did not find any of the bombs that had been planted."
"Could it be that the Fortis Kingdom has lifted those bombs?" Sonoda asked seriously.
"Impossible" Ogata immediately greeted him, "There's no way they're going to pull the bomb back. They must have a way of doing it."
"Speaking of ways…" Noda muttered under his breath, "Could it be that Hashirama hid the bomb using his chakra ability?"
Immediately everyone fell silent hearing this.
"That might be the case" Yasunori said gloomily, "Hashirama must have hidden the bombs using his chakra power. Because there's no way the bombs couldn't be found if it wasn't this way."
"If that's the case" Masato said grimly, "It's hard for us to trace the whereabouts of the bombs if Hashirama hid the bombs using chakra. We don't even know the concept of chakra ourselves, it's impossible to continue the search."
Ogata's gaze stared at Akainu, "You've been able to return. There is something we want to discuss."
Akainu nodded and immediately left the room with a face full of hatred. Akainu himself didn't expect that people of his level would be asked to search for bombs, moreover he himself didn't find any bombs planted by the Fortis Kingdom.
"God damn it!" Akainu muttered with a face full of anger.
The Marines that Akainu passed by, were all very afraid to get close because at this moment, they didn't dare to do so. Akainu who was in an angry state was a very different akainu than usual. Akainu will not hesitate to kill them even though they have high positions.
"What is our next action?" Yasunori asked grimly.
"Should we tell this to Imu-sama?" Sonoda asked.
"No" Masato suddenly refused, "We can't let Imu-sama interfere in this matter. We've disappointed him before, if we report our failure to address this issue. We are likely to receive a very severe punishment from him."
"Then what should we do?" Noda asked coldly.
"We must quickly analyze the source of the power called Chakra" Ogata said calmly, "That is our only way to find the whereabouts of the bombs that Hashirama was hiding. As long as we know the process of formation of that chakra, we might be able to find out the location of the whereabouts of the bombs."
"How do we do that?" Sonoda asked, "Right now only the Fortis Kingdom knows how to use chakra especially it's likely that only people who work in the Battle Division know about this energy. We currently only know people from the battle division especially for its leaders while our members do not know at all. How do we find out the chakra?"
"There is a way" Masato said calmly.
"Is there a way?" Noda asked with a surprised face.
Masato nodded, "The only way is to directly watch Hashirama's fight"
"Watching Hahsirama's fight?" Ogata nodded, "That is indeed the best way to analyze. We can use Observation Haki to analyze the chakra and then ask Dr. Vega Punk to investigate this. But the problem is…"
"How can we make Hashirama fight using his chakra" Yasunori continued with a black face, "Hashirama with just his spiritual energy control ability is already very strong. Ordinary opponents wouldn't be able to fight him. At the very least, it should be people of the Sea Emperor level who can make him release chakra abilities."
"Unlucky!" Noda said angrily, "Why is it that when we find a way out, there are so many things we can't do?!"
"Calm down" Sonoda suddenly said, "You need to calm down. There is still a way for us to do that."
"Is there another way?" Yasunori asked with great interest.
"We can try to get one of the Sea Emperors to fight Hashirama" Sonoda said, "We can target this for Kaidou. Tell Kaidou about this Chakra, of course he will be interested in finding Hashirama's whereabouts to fight."
"Is that a good way?" Masato asked while frowning, "If we tell Kaidou about this, he will also know about this. Kaidou has a scientist on his side. With Queen there, he can easily analyze the source of that power."
"...." Sonoda fell silent hearing this.
"We'd better not take that step" Ogata said, "We just have to wait. A strong person like Hashirama certainly couldn't stand it if he didn't fight. He would definitely be fighting someone in some time. It's possible, Whitebeard. The two of them had just fought a while ago. According to the information we got, that both of them also agreed to have a fight in the near future. We just need to monitor the two of them. As long as we get information regarding the fight the two of them will have, we will send our people to analyze the fight."
"Is there anything on our side that can do it?" Masato asked grimly, Hashirama's Conqueror Haki is terrifying. Even a Vice Admiral couldn't stand his Conqueror's Haki. Especially our troops."
"Then send an Admiral to watch the battle" Noda said, "There's no way an Admiral would be subdued with Conqueror's Haki alone. If there is, we can replace it immediately. It just embarrass us."
"I agree with this" Sonoda said, "We just need to wait some time. There's no way these two won't be fighting in the near future. The two of them would definitely fight back soon. We can take advantage of this instead of having to send our troops and it will only lead to conflict with the Fortis Kingdom. We can no longer bear conflict with them."
Everyone finally agreed with this opinion.
"How do we fill the void currently left by Hancock?" Masato suddenly changed the subject.
"Currently there is no suitable candidate to replace Hancock's position. Every pirate in the Grand Line right now is very weak. Their strength isn't even as strong as that of a Vice Admiral" Ogata said calmly.
"How about we try to recruit pirates in the New World territory? We can look for strong pirates but don't have a large group. The same pirate as Kuma" Yasunori suddenly made a suggestion.
"Speaking of pirates acting alone… How about we recruit Edward Newvile to join the Shichibukai?" Noda asked, "He has strong strength. In addition, he also acts only with his partner an old grandmother. According to some information obtained, that person is very stupid and very easy to control. We can find an opportunity to kill the old woman who was with him and then use her as our weapon."
"If we do that, there might be a conflict with Zhephyr" Masato said coldly.
"No problem" Ogata immediately said, "The current Zhephyr is no longer worthy of us. Although he has many contributions to the Navy. However, right now he was no longer valuable. Also, the age of Zhephyr is very old, his strength is also not worth mentioning. That person is only valuable for having many disciples on the side of the Navy."
"Even though. We have to be careful" Yasunori said calmly, "Zhephyr is the same generation as Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru. If we make the three of them feel bad for us. The Navy will be destroyed. They are the pillars of the current Navy especially Garp. If Garp gets out of the Marines, the world's people will distrust us even more and turn their attention to the Kingdom of Fortis."
"We can accept Zhephyr's request" Sonoda said calmly, "Wasn't it a while ago that Zhephyr asked for approval to establish a Marine slaughter group? It could also get his attention diverted to us which is where we can move to recruit Edward Newvile with us. At that time, even though Zhephyr didn't agree with our decision, he couldn't go against it especially since he was already in another group. This way, we can slowly begin to exterminate it."
"That is indeed the best way" Noda nodded, "I agree with this way. However, compared to doing something like that. We'd better kill Zhephyr directly."
"Killed him? How to?" Masato asked.
"We could take advantage of Edward Newvile's stupidity. We will kill the old woman who was with him then make the old woman's death the work of Zhephyr. That way, Edward Newvile will go on a quest for revenge against Zhephyr. We just have to wait for Edward Newvile to kill Zhephyr then recruit him to become a Shichibukai."
"Don't do this" Ogata suddenly said, "If Edward Newvile kills Zhephyr, it will be difficult to attract him to the Shichibukai. Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru will definitely not accept that and if we force Edward Newvile to join, it will only cause the three of them to leave the Marines. In fact, it is possible that something bad will happen where all high-ranking officers from the Navy leave the Navy. You guys remember, the top brass of the current Navy are students of Zhephyr. Right now we can't make a stupid move like this. If that happens, we will have terrible consequences from Imu-sama."
"Then what should we do?" Sonoda asked while frowning.
"Let Zhephyr do as he pleases" Ogata said, "That fellow Zhephyr will definitely go hunting in the New World. There are many people who hate him there especially Kaidou and Big Mom hate him. If the two of them knew of the actions Zhephyr was about to take while also knowing Zhehphyr's physical condition, the two of them would definitely not remain silent. They would attack or even kill Zhephyr. As long as Zhephyr dies at the hands of the two of them, Sengoku and the others have no reason to refuse Edward Newvile joining the Shichibukai."
"That's a good idea" Masato nodded, "We can take advantage of the grudge that the past pirates had against Zhephyr. Although in the past he had never killed. However, now Zhephyr has changed. He will kill the pirates. Of course the pirates in the New World will feel threatened by its existence which we can take advantage of."
"Then Zhephyr's request was approved?" Yasunori asked while looking at the other four.
"Approved." The four nodded.
"By the way, have you heard of Doflamingo's moves?" Masato suddenly changed the subject again.
"I have heard of it" Noda nodded, "That person, he did the disbandment of the human slavery business he is currently doing. What does he want to do?"
"Whatever Doflamingo does, we don't need to focus on him" Ogata said coldly, "He is a traitor and we don't need to take care of that person's problems"
"We can't let that person go free so easily" Yasunori said coldly, "He is one of the people who know about the secrets of our national treasure. If he were to leak the news, it would only cause harm to our status."
"Don't worry, Doflamingo isn't a fool" Masato said, "He knows that if he says that. We can destroy and eliminate the Kingdom of Dressrosa until there is nothing left. In addition, even if he eliminates the slavery business that was carried out by him, it will only harm the person himself. We don't get any losses as long as that person still pays us taxes at the appointed time" Masato paused and continued, "What we need to pay attention to right now is the revy that will be carried out soon. We need to quickly build a meeting room facility similar to the Fortis Kingdom or even more luxurious if possible. Otherwise, our faces will be ashamed of the future leaders of the kingdoms."
"Even though it is. We can't underestimate Doflaming" Ogata said seriously, "Doflamingo is a city that sells weapons to us. If anything happened to him, our weapons provider would disappear and it would be a hassle for us."
"There's no need to worry about that" Sonoda said coldly, "Doflamingo is a self-aware person. His kingdom's highest income is from weapons. Doflamingo will definitely not stop selling weapons to our side because it will be very detrimental to him."
Simultaneously, the den-den mushi in their room immediately rang. The Gorosei immediately stopped their conversation and Masato immediately raised the den-den mushi.
"Who's calling?" Masato asked coldly.
"Fufufu~ Cold as usual you, old man" A unique laugh came out of the den-den mushi.
The Gorosei immediately narrowed their eyes because they knew whose voice was behind the den-den mushi.
"Doflamingo" Masato said coldly, "What do you want from us?"
"Fufufu~ I just wanted to inform you that I can no longer distribute sea stones to the World Government." Without any fear or regret, Doflamingo immediately said this.
"Ha? Stop joking Doflamingo!" Masato shouted loudly, "Are you playing with us?!"
"This is not something I wanted" Doflamingo said with a grin, "Right now my cooperative relationship with Kaidou has been severed. That means I am currently unable to get a supply of sea stones from the Wano Kuni Kingdom"
"Your cooperation was cut off?" The Gorosei were shocked by this information.
"Stop joking, Doflamingo!" Ogata shouted angrily, "Your cooperative relationship with Kaidou was severed? Aren't you afraid of Kaidou's anger?!"
"Afraid? Fufufu~ I was really scared" Doflamingo said while maintaining a smiling face, "However, do you think Kaidou dares to attack me?"
"What do you mean?" Masato asked grimly.
"What do you think, if in a place there are two people. One is a weak person then the other is a strong person. If these two fight, who will win?" Doflamingo asked, "Of course the strong will win, right?" Without waiting for a reply from the Gorosei, Doflamingo immediately said his answer.
"What game are you currently playing with us, Doflamingo?" Masato asked.
"It's just a game of guesswork" Doflamingo said, "Well, what do you think. What if the weakling had a very strong person behind him? Do you think the strong person currently standing before him would dare to attack the weakling?"
"..." The Gorosei party fell silent hearing this.
"Fufufu~ I'm sure you guys already know the answer. Well, regarding the problem of sea stones. I can't sell it to you anymore. I can currently only sell weapons to you guys. Regarding the matter of buying sea stone or the like, I have nothing to do with it anymore. That is your own business." Doflamingo paused for a moment and continued, "Besides, from now on, the Dressrosa Kingdom is out of the World Government alliance.
*BOOM!*
Doflamingo's last words were almost like a bomb suddenly exploded in the heads of the Gorosei. The Dressrosa Kingdom is almost the same as the Prodance Kingdom and the Ryugu Kingdom. They are the biggest tax contributor to them.
"Do you want to start war with us, Doflamingo?!" Masato's anger couldn't be contained anymore and he immediately shouted angrily at Doflamingo.
"Fufufu~ I wonder, do you guys dare to do that? I'm sure you all know what I mean before. Well, if you guys dare to attack me, give it a try. hey, I wonder how the person behind me responds? Are they going to let this go or not. It is possible that the World Government will no longer exist tomorrow."
"...."
The Gorosei party was silenced again. Although Doflamingo didn't say who was behind it. However, the Gorosei could already guess who it was just by listening to Doflamingo's words.
"Hey, hey, hey. Why are you silent? Are you scared? Fufufu~ I wonder, is your era coming to an end or not? This is getting more and more interesting." Doflamingo fearlessly provoked directly and after the provocation was issued, Doflamingo immediately hung up the call.
"God damn it!" Masato shouted angrily.
"I didn't expect Doflamingo to be able to get a cooperative relationship agreement with the Fortis Kingdom" Ogata said with a gloomy face, "This will be a crushing blow for us. Currently, the three kingdoms that have ties to us have changed directions."
"The worst thing is that these three kingdoms are the ones that contribute the most taxes to us." Noda said grimly.
"The good thing is that we can still get weapons from Doflamingo" Sonoda said coldly, "However, we have to take care of the matter of purchasing sea stones directly in Wano Kuni Kingdom…. It will be very troublesome especially we have to discuss this matter with Kaidou"
"Kaidou has his own grudge against us" Yasunori said glumly, "He will definitely make it difficult for us to discuss the matter of the transaction"
"Even though. We must maintain a cooperative purchasing relationship" Masato said, "Seastone is the most important component that we must obtain. There is no other place that can be used to mine sea stones other than Wano Kuni. It's the only place"
"Then, how? Should we send CP-0 party to go discuss this purchase transaction matter?" Sonoda asked.
"We have to do it" Ogata nodded, "As soon as possible. If possible, we can try to establish a cooperative relationship to buy weapons from their side or not look for another dealer. With Doflamingo joining the Fortis Kingdom, the price given by him would definitely rise more than usual. He will take advantage of us."
"Then just send CP-0 to go complete this task"