A pale man with a top hat and tap dancing shoes, said with a strange smile as he appeared in the room from the balcony.
Everyone turned to him and Galan became angry "This is a top level Warlord meeting! Who are you?!" Olvia smiled "He seems to be an intruder, Fleet Admiral." while tugging on his sleeve.
Things were getting out of control, she was starting to get a bad feeling.
Galan stood up, pressing against the table, saying icily "Intruders in the Holy Land must die!" Naturally he knew who this was, Lafitte the Demon Sheriff, last seen in the company of Blackbeard during the invasion of the Drum Kingdom.
Lafitte tilted his head and raised his hands, smiling "Forgive me, Fleet Admiral-san. However I would just like to propose my own Captain for the Warlord division." The 5 Elders frowned at the newcomer however the shadow figure appeared behind them, saying slowly "Stop. I'll allow this intrusion."
The 5 Elders kneeled on the spot, not saying anything but showing extreme loyalty. The Shadow person was watching the events unfold with bright red eyes.
Galan could feel someone watching him, his bright blue eyes were full of rage as he said "A no name like yourself wants to suggest your captain?! What a joke!" as his fist turned black.
The Warlords sneered at Lafitte, who sighed "I was just suggesting. Shouldn't you take my opinion? Isn't this what this room is for? It holds the Levely every 4 years, everyone listens to each other, why can't we do this now?" strangely, he wasn't scared at all.
Galan frowned at him, saying badly "Who are you." Lafitte smiled eerily "Lafitte. My Captain is Blackbeard. Former Whitebeard Pirate. Current Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates." Galan clenched his fist and sneered "After all that talk, you come to suggest a rat hunted by the Whitebeard pirates. Where does your confidence come from? It won't be long before Blackbeard is eradicated by Whitebeard."
In truth, everyone watching had to agree.
Even the shadow person couldn't comprehend this confidence…
Lafitte was too strange, not afraid at all, maybe he was just insane or did he have a back up plan? The person didn't understand.
Galan couldn't comprehend it either, but he was ahead on information. Blackbeard and all his crew were truly insane. You couldn't judge their actions with a rational mind because you would be wrong. You had to put yourself in the mind of a mental case who wanted to see the world burn for no reason.
Looking at the world like this, everything becomes clear. However it's very dangerous. The popular saying 'Stare into the Abyss and the Abyss stares back' doesn't exist for no reason.
Losing your mind to get into the mindspace and anticipate plans of insane people would drive most people insane just like the person they were studying.
Key word is Most people.
Galan looked at Lafitte, who did a strange dance, saying "I understand this! However we are working on a plan at the moment. I can only ask that you hold back on your decision until our plan comes to fruition as it inevitably will. I promise you will not be disappointed, Fleet Admiral." as he bowed.
Galan looked at him and Doflamingo laughed "I agree! This clown is making sense. You idiots can't understand it at all. However, if we rashly make a decision on a Warlord and it turns out they're trash it would reflect badly on the entire Marine force and World Government, not to mention making us all look like a joke. I say wait for the clown's plans."
Moria cackled and clapped "Who said I don't understand? I agree! That failure Crocodile made us look bad already, If I get slighted again, I'm gonna lose it! Kishishishishi~!" Olvia looked at them and frowned slightly.
Galan thought about it and imagined himself to be insane.
I come to Mariejois to display my power.
Doesn't matter if I die, I did something amazing!
I'll recommend my captain by the way, excellent!
I'm so smart!
There's no way my plans fail!
This world belongs to me! I can sneak into Mariejois, I can sneak into anywhere!
He closed his eyes and returned to smiling as he said "Very well. We'll listen to Sir Doflamingo. However, we will also send a Warlord invitation at the same time. Everyone will agree on a candidate, whether you provide sufficient reason for Warlord status fast enough, will determine everything."
The Shadow person tilted their head, thinking about this. They didn't know if this was the right decision, the problem was they couldn't understand Lafitte's thought process, nor did they know that Galan was a snake.
They only had suspicions, but for them suspicions were enough!
It's better to kill 100 innocents than let 1 guilty person escape!
However, they were in a tough position. They couldn't kill the Fleet Admiral like this, not to mention the 5 Elders had such a dog, the people wouldn't agree. No matter how much propaganda was funneled out.
It was too unreasonable.
For now, this dog needed a leash.
And a short one.