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"The wind...the waves are too strong...Kin'emon, I still don't want to go back..."
"Your Highness Momonosuke!!"
Kin'emon looked at Momonosuke with a face full of tears and said sadly, "We must return to Wano. Although the destruction of Kuri was only a short time ago for us, Denjiro and Kawamatsu have been waiting for 20 years!"
"If you believe Madam's prophecy, someone will definitely come to defeat Kaido..."
Momonosuke lay on the side of the boat, looking at the chaotic sea currents in the distance and the strong wind that seemed to never stop, trembling as he thought to himself:
"Father...Father is no match for him...not as good as..."
"Your Highness...you are Wano's future 'Shogun'...how can you be cowardly before the fight..."
"But..."
A look of fear appeared on Momonosuke's face. The shadow cast by the giant dragon covering the sky was too great.
"But I'm just an eight-year-old child..."
Kanjuro's mouth moved slightly, but he said nothing.
The Kozuki family...
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G-5.
After Dylan told Zephyr about Sakazuki's plan, Zephyr was silent for a moment, then he pushed up his glasses and asked, "Are there no other candidates?"
He is not young anymore, and although he still has a very high reputation and cohesion in the Marines, he has had differences with Marineford after all.
Besides, whether he is still considered part of the "Marine Sequence" now is another question.
G-5...
Although it has the name of Marine, it is actually basically outside the jurisdiction and control of Marineford.
That is to say, Sakazuki and Dylan share the same mind. If someone else was in charge of Marineford, G-5 would have likely been separated by now.
"Other candidates have more or less flaws. Now it seems that you are the most suitable."
Kuzan is too indecisive and Kizaru is even more inappropriate.
Gion and Tokikake are not strong enough.
Issho and Ryokugyu are not orthodox Marines.
The only ones who can serve are the previous "Fleet Admiral" Sengoku and the "former Chief Instructor" Zephyr.
"With the characteristics of the Bat-Bat Fruit, Model: Vampire, you can maintain your peak condition for at least twenty years. After the collapse of Mariejois, the world will inevitably undergo changes, and a person with stronger means will be needed to maintain the most basic order."
"We'll look for a successor as we go along."
"What about G-5?"
In Zephyr's original plan, he was to guard G-5 for Dylan.
Although Tahir is also very suitable, Tahir actually doesn't like dealing with mundane affairs very much, and Tahir has said it before. After the matter was over, he needed to find a place for the Mink Tribe to settle down.
Among the remaining senior officers, Bullet and Shiryu were naturally excluded.
Tom also said that he would return to Water 7 and rebuild the "Sea Train."
Dylan smiled and nodded at the position of G-5: "Actually...after that incident passes, the position of G-5 is no longer important. So I am going to let another guy come here."
"Other people...?"
Isn't it from the G-5 system?
But Zephyr couldn't understand why Dylan would say that the position of G-5 would no longer matter.
After all, G-5 occupies the flattest and most fertile area in the front and middle section of the New World. If anything can make it unimportant, unless...
Thinking of this, Zephyr raised his head and drew two strokes on the Calm Belt on both sides of the Grand Line.
"So?"
Only if the Calm Belt disappears and the world becomes one.
There will no longer be a Grand Line in the world, and G-5's geographical location will become ordinary.
"That's right, although it's not completely confirmed yet, it's roughly like this."
After receiving Dylan's answer, Zephyr nodded. If this is the case, then the importance of G-5 has indeed declined geographically.
As for the guy outside the G-5 system...
Zephyr didn't delve into it; after all, they were used to it by now.
Dylan always had an endless supply of cards to play.
Not long after Zephyr left, Tahir came to his office with a stack of documents.
"Based on what Mr. Bamond and I have put together, the list of some 'remaining' flags can be roughly determined, but it still needs to be confirmed."
"Um."
Flags exist independently of guides and guardians. Most of them hold the right to speak in a certain field or region.
Although they may not have strong power, their appeal and destructive power to the grassroots of the world can even far exceed that of the "Guardians" who focus on strength.
"I have communicated with Mr. Bamond. He has arranged for people to monitor most of the targets. They will be executed immediately after confirmation. A small number of Grand Line flags..."
Tahir took out some information.
"King of Alabasta - Nefertari Cobra."
"Deep Ocean Current - Umit."
"Marine Commodore - Brannew."
"Impel Down Warden - Domino."
"King of the Ilisia Kingdom - Thalassa Lucas."
"Besides..."
Tahir spread out the information, and Donquixote Mjosgard stood out.
"According to the reports from our spies in Mariejois and Bamond, there are also some flags among the Celestial Dragons. It is difficult to confirm on others, but Donquixote Mjosgard should be certain."
"There is no need to worry about the Celestial Dragons side. By then, it will be a stew and there will be no flags left."
"As for these people..." Dylan looked at the photos lined up.
He pressed the black button on the table.
Soon, Leo appeared in the office.
"The four of you will lead the team yourselves. Except for Brannew, one of you will follow the other. Kill him before he reaches Mariejois."
"Yes!"
Leo glanced at the photo and left.
In addition to being the commander of the G5-07 combat unit, he also serves as the commander of the "Dark Guard."
Monitoring Greenbit and conducting assassinations is his main responsibility.
"Where's Shanks?"
"He has gone to the deepest part of the West Blue Glacier. We can't follow them rashly. But we should contact those people."
The awakened gods...
Dylan chuckled.
Those guys... It seems like they can't be completely used by Shanks.
After all, they are all strong men who have broken free from the shackles of the "blood factor." With Red Hair's current strength, he is simply not good enough in front of them.
As early as eight years ago, after Shanks attacked Shiryu and Bell-mère in a very unusual way on the Great Glacier, Dylan began to quietly investigate his movements.
After he fully confirmed it, he deliberately alarmed them again to confirm his guess.
Now everyone on the East Blue side has been locked in, and South Blue has also locked in quite a few.
Shanks... Judging from his current state, he will not wait for Joyboy's next resurrection.
Because neither myself nor Mariejois will keep them alive.
So...
Shanks must be waiting for me to enter Mariejois.
"He wants to be a fisherman?"
"Probably, otherwise with his current strength there would be no need to hibernate."
"Is he even worthy?"
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