"Straw Hat Luffy paid tribute to 'Fire Fist' Ace at Marineford and was severely injured by Vice Admiral 'Rairyu'. 'Dark king' Rayleigh had his right arm chopped off."
"The 'Death Knell' of the New Era!"
"The toughest Marine in history appears!"
"The Strongest Marine Vice Admiral—'Rairyu' Dylan!"
...
"Sunbell? It seems that Roger's crew couldn't help but show up one by one..."
"After all, that is the successor of Roger's will designated by Rayleigh."
The moment Dylan cut off Rayleigh's right arm, a wave soared into the sky, sweeping away Rayleigh, Straw Hat, and Jinbei.
According to CP0 and Marine headquarters, the person who took action should be the "former member of the Roger Pirates" - the fishman Sunbell.
Although Tom immediately chased into the deep sea, he still escaped.
G5 branch.
Captain Leo, the captain of the 07 combat unit, stood on the table and looked at Dylan: "When we arrived at Sabaody Archipelago, there was no one in 'Shakky's Rip-off Bar'."
"According to news from the Chia Kingdom branch, Crocus of the Twin Capes has also disappeared. It seems the members of the Roger Pirates still keep in touch."
"In addition, Octopus Hachi, the former swordsman of the Arlong Pirates, has also gone missing. He must have been taken away by Shakky."
After listening to Leo's report with his legs crossed, Dylan said, "Forget it, that Shakky is an intelligence peddler herself. It's normal you guys can't catch up."
"But next time, once you find their whereabouts, notify me immediately."
"Understood!"
Dylan looked at the people involved in the meeting: "Where are Bell-mère and the others? Why haven't they come back for so long?"
"Just about to report this."
Tahir took out several vivre cards and placed them on the conference table. The vivre cards were still intact, showing no signs of burning or shrinking.
"Since both Shiryu and Tom followed you out, and someone from G5 must stay behind, we have to wait for you to come back to make a decision."
"Can't be reached by Den Den Mushi?"
Tahir shook his head.
Dylan looked at the vivre card on the table. Although there was no overall change, the activity frequency of the vivre card was much lower than normal.
"Is there anything else that can block the guidance of the vivre card?"
Tahir shook his head again: "I am also curious about this. Even if it is Zou, or even far away from the world, the vivre card will not be disturbed, but..."
"Hmm..." Dylan tapped his fingers on the table for a while and then said to the attendees: "I'll go look for them. Proceed as planned."
"Yes!"
After walking out of the conference room, CP0 was holding a tea cup on the sofa in the outer hall.
"Collecting information on the remnants of the Roger Pirates, and..."
Dylan threw Bell-mère's chart of their voyage's destination onto the table.
"Why did they lose contact on this route?"
CP0 silently picked up the map and looked at it before saying: "The gray area is judged as unknown. This... should have been explained before?"
Dylan glared at him: "Really!?"
So is it there or not???
After putting down the tea cup in his hand, CP0 buzzed: "There should be..."
"That's right! Now I seriously doubt what the World Government does to support you! Can you do anything besides eating and drinking everywhere?"
Looking at the tea that had just been brewed without even taking a sip, CP0 stood up in silence.
"Tell me about you...ah! I gave you a chance but you failed! You let Yamato eat the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Okuchi-no-Makami, and you let a fox eat the Human-Human Fruit Model Onyudo. Do you still want to be promoted after this? You still want me to miss you? Bah!"
Faced with Dylan's heavy punch, CP0 picked up a box from the table and opened it. There was a Devil Fruit lying inside.
"?"
Are you using SMILE to fool me?
"This is... the Devil Fruit found in Wanokuni. According to the comparison with the illustrated book, it should be the 'Millet-Millet Fruit' you mentioned before."
"I know." Dylan grabbed the Millet-Millet Fruit and threw it into the ring: "Still not leaving? Waiting for dinner?"
CP0, who originally wanted to get some information from Dylan, looked at Dylan's face and then remembered some recent disturbances and suppressed the anger in his heart.
"And one more thing..."
Before Dylan could glare at him, CP0 spoke quickly: "According to the original plan, Moria would be stripped of the title of 'Warlord of the Sea' and executed after the 'Summit War' ended, but he escaped.
According to our clues, he should have fled to the 'New World'. If you meet him, can you..."
"Let's talk about it when we meet."
Dylan walked out of the base, took out Bell-mère's vivre cards, and observed them. The vivre card fluttered slightly towards a certain place every few seconds.
...
"Joyboy!? What!?"
"A great guy, but too naive."
Beside the huge bonfire, Bell-mère, Ain, Law, several old men, and several strong men sat together.
Bell-mère collected her thoughts and then looked at the old man opposite: "So, your ancestors neither supported the so-called 'Joyboy' nor the 'Union of Twenty Kings'? Are you a third-party force?"
The old man fiddled with the bonfire without comment: "A third party? Maybe, but there is still a big gap between our overall strength and theirs. After all, Joyboy led the strong men of all races, and the twenty kings..."
"I heard they formed a 'World Government' after they won?"
"Yes, this is one of the two major 'pains' in this world right now. The so-called 'twenty kings'... their descendants are the ones who now live in the Holy Land on the Red Line - Mariejois' World Nobles - Celestial Dragons."
"Red Line..."
The old man murmured for a moment and seemed to recall something, but then his face recovered: "From your words, it can be inferred that there are still many people in your 'Marines' who are righteous, even against the style of the 'Celestial Dragons'."
"Have you ever thought about why after eight hundred years, this sea must have strong men in large numbers, and why no one can overthrow them?"
"Whether it's pirates, Marines, or the so-called 'Revolutionary Army'. Why can't anyone do it?"
"... From some aspects, wouldn't it be better if you Marines could unify their thoughts, overthrow the 'World Government' with thunder, and then surrender the pirates to reestablish order? Although this idea is exaggerated, there's no way no one has thought about it for hundreds of years."
As the old man spoke eloquently, Bell-mère and the others fell into deep thought.
Indeed!
There are countless people within the Marines who are resistant to the Celestial Dragons, so why hasn't anyone taken the initiative to do this?
"Then Celestial Dragons..."
The old man shook his head with some regret: "When we chose to leave, the other two parties regarded us as a hidden danger... Although Joyboy's people did not take action, he took the initiative to evacuate the army and let the 'Union of Twenty Kings' pursue us."
"A lot of important information was lost on the way to exile. What is certain at present is that - the 'Descendants of the Twenty Kings' must have some kind of destructive power in their hands. This is also what the 'Twenty Kings' left to their descendants as the greatest wealth and security!"
"What about you?"
Bell-mère looked at the sturdy people around him.
The auras exuding from their bodies were like wild beasts.
"We have lost too much strength. After hundreds of years of cultivation, we have managed to reach today's situation. Maybe it's time..."
The old man's face flickered brightly and darkly in the flames.
"It's time to return to the sea. But before that, we have to meet him."
"Who is he!?"
"Your 'leader', well...he's here..."
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