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Sakazuki opened the door and saw that everyone was there.
Enel layed on his back on the sofa, eating an apple.
His eyes wandered left and right, looking at the layout of the house.
Hibari was preparing dinner.
As for Bon Clay, he was probably in the basement.
"Uncle Sakazuki! Are you okay?"
As soon as Hibari saw Sakazuki returning, she put down the kitchen utensils and ran forward nervously.
His eyes kept glancing at Sakazuki.
"Don't worry, that red-haired guy is no match for the boss!"
Enel casually tossed the apple core into the trash can in the corner and looked at Sakazuki with a hint of reverence.
"Pervert, shut up!"
Hibari immediately shouted at Enel.
After learning that Enel was a subordinate recruited by Uncle Sakazuki himself, Hibari was no longer polite to him. So what if he had the Thunder Fruit? He was still obediently bowing to Uncle Sakazuki.
"Hey, hey, who's perverted, you violent girl!"
Enel retorted, not backing down.
Sakazuki nodded toward the two enemies and then met Hibari's worried gaze. He paused and said, "It's nothing serious."
"It's a pity that the red-haired man ran away!" Enel said, sounding regretful.
The corners of Sakazuki's mouth lifted slightly.
"What? You were instantly defeated by someone else. Even if you hadn't run away, what could you have done?"
Enel's face suddenly stiffened, and he scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Wait until I train for a few months and master the armed haki, and then I'll settle the score with him!"
Sakazuki remained noncommittal.
Enel's talent was very high. After Zephyr's careful training, Sakazuki believed that Enel's combat power would soon approach that of a Marine Admiral. But dealing with the veteran Four Emperors was not something that could be done in a short time.
"From now on, train well with Zephyr, and this will be your home for the time being!"
"If anything happens, you can come to the Fleet Admiral's office to see me or Hibari."
"By the way, where is your Ark Maxim?"
Sakazuki suddenly remembered the spaceship. It was a valuable asset and shouldn't be lost.
Enel was stunned when he heard the word "home" in Sakazuki's sentence.
"Home" was a strange word to him.
He had always kept to himself.
Without friends or relatives, there was no such thing as home.
Is the "home" that I once envied finally available to me today?
Enel looked at the tall and serious man in front of him and felt his heart tremble.
"Um...?"
Sakazuki noticed that Enel had suddenly gone quiet and stared at him, confused.
Enel snapped back to reality at Sakazuki's question and responded in a panic.
"Ark...Ark, it's parked in the backyard!"
Sakazuki glanced at Enel with a strange look and nodded with relief.
"Okay, let's eat!"
The three of them gathered at the dining table.
Sakazuki asked about the government affairs that Hibari had handled in recent days, and Hibari answered while complaining about how hard he had been working.
Enel kept busy, not participating in the conversation between Sakazuki and Hibari.
He occasionally raised his head to look at them and quickly lowered it, revealing a smile.
This kind of life looked good!
After dinner, Sakazuki asked Hibari to give Enel a copy of "Absolute Justice."
He told Enel to go to the guest room and study it slowly.
Sakazuki himself went to the study.
He had one more thing to do.
The layout of Sakazuki's study was very simple.
There were two bookshelves.
The bookshelf on the left mainly contained books on martial arts, such as Haki training guides, fighting techniques, swordsmanship guides, and Marine Six Styles.
The bookshelf on the right contained books on military theory, strategy, administration, and humanities.
In addition, there was a table, a chair, and a bed.
It seemed Sakazuki even took rest in the study.
Sakazuki walked slowly to the window.
He opened the curtains and looked at the bright moon in the sky.
After a while, he took out a black-striped Den Den Mushi from his pocket.
The call was quickly answered.
"Aokiji!"
Sakazuki called out the other person's name slowly.
Although Kuzan had left the Marines, Sakazuki preferred to call him by his Marine name. Perhaps it was because he was used to it, or maybe it was to remind Kuzan of his ties to the Marines.
"Sakazuki, it's so late. Do you have any missions?"
In a bathhouse far away on Fish-Man Island, Kuzan answered the phone with a puzzled expression.
"Aokiji, how are you doing? Have you met the mermaid princess yet?"
"Things are going very well so far."
"By contacting King Neptune, I found out that there is a target fruit user named Vander decken IX who loves Princess Shirahoshi. He may have also discovered the special nature of Princess Shirahoshi and has been pursuing her obsessively."
"But he was very weak, and I easily dealt with him. Now I have gained Neptune's initial trust, but it may take some time to fully earn their trust."
Sakazuki nodded.
Considering that Princess Shirahoshi was Poseidon, King Neptune likely had some vague suspicions about her true identity. That's why he hadn't dared to contact anyone recklessly, especially not a former Marine Admiral under the World Government.
But Sakazuki knew how to solve the issue.
"Go to Fish-Man Street in Ryugu Kingdom and find the captain of the new Fish-Man Pirates, named Hody Jones."
"He is the true murderer of Princess Otohime, the queen of Ryugu Kingdom. If you capture him and torture him in front of Neptune, I believe you can gain their full trust!"
Kuzan's face showed disbelief upon hearing this.
He had been on Fish-Man Island for a while and had heard the story of Princess Otohime.
The story said that Princess Otohime was shot and wounded by human pirates while trying to protect the Celestial Dragons. Surprisingly, it was a Fish-Man who did it.
"Sakazuki, you even know this. How long have you been secretly investigating Fish-Man Island?"
Kuzan couldn't help but wonder how long Sakazuki had been planning against the World Government.
What a man with a terrifyingly deep mind!
Sakazuki didn't answer Kuzan's question. He looked at the moonlight outside the window, changed his posture, and leaned on the window sill, his face becoming indifferent.
In a cold tone, he said:
"The red-haired pirates attacked the Sabaody Islands yesterday and suffered heavy losses from me, but they still escaped tonight."
"If they want to return to the New World, they will have to pass by Fish-Man Island. You should keep an eye on the entrance of Fish-Man Island and look for the right moment to strike again!"
Sakazuki didn't think Kuzan could defeat the red-haired man alone, but as long as he could seriously injure him again, it would be enough.
Kuzan was shocked by Sakazuki's words.
It seems that what I said before about wiping out the Four Emperors within three years is not a joke!
"Understood!" Kuzan responded seriously.
No matter what, he would take this opportunity to teach the red-haired man a lesson.
The Marines' reputation was not something that anyone could trample on.
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