Somewhere on the sea surface of this area, inside an ordinary-looking large merchant ship—
"Zephyr-sensei!"
Gion anxiously slapped the sea chart before him. "Another city has been destroyed. What should we do now?"
"Quickly dispatch troops to suppress them!"
Zephyr, with his purple hair slicked straight up with wax, looked rather irritable but did not answer directly.
He quietly flipped through a stack of wanted posters in his hand.
"Unless you personally lead the team, it won't be easy to eliminate these pirates."
Zephyr spoke calmly.
"Then let me go, Zephyr-sensei!"
Gion shouted loudly, "I'll take care of these guys."
"No."
Zephyr shook his head, "Too dangerous."
"Dangerous?"
Gion looked puzzled.
How dangerous could pirates with a bounty barely over 400 million berries be?
They were just high-ranking officers under the Pirate Emperors.
Gion was confident she could handle them one by one without trouble.
"We can't reveal our whereabouts."
Zephyr said seriously, "For now, we can't tell if this is a simple pirate attack or if someone is probing us."
"This…"
Gion hesitated instantly.
She also knew very well that if their movements were exposed, the World Government and the monsters of the New World would tear them apart in an instant.
The Dyna Stone was so dangerous, that's precisely why it was so tempting.
"We can't just stand by and do nothing, right, Zephyr-sensei?"
Gion gritted his teeth.
When he was in the Navy, he couldn't truly uphold justice. Now that he's out, does that mean he still can't uphold justice?
If that's the case, then leaving the Navy was all for nothing.
Zephyr slammed the wanted poster down heavily on the table, sneering coldly, "If we can't act personally, then we'll just have others do it for us."
"Huh?"
Gion was stunned.
Navy Headquarters.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku was closely monitoring the frontline situation.
That old bastard Garp was once again taking matters into his own hands.
Borsalino and Sakazuki coordinated their actions with him.
It could be said that this time the Navy had dispatched every available force.
Their goal was to crush the NEO Navy and prevent the Dyna Stone from falling into the hands of the New World pirates.
But just then, the Den Den Mushi on Sengoku's desk suddenly rang.
"Hm?"
Sengoku was slightly startled—could something have happened on the frontlines?
He hurriedly picked up the Den Den Mushi, and the voice that came through was something he never expected.
"Sengoku, has the Navy already started moving?"
Sengoku's eyes widened so much his eyeballs almost popped out and shattered his glasses.
He almost lost his voice instantly, "Zephyr?"
The Fleet Admiral never expected to receive a call from Zephyr at this moment!
"Zephyr! What exactly are you trying to do?"
He shouted almost instinctively, "Isn't it time to stop? Do you really want to destroy this world?"
"The World Government does not represent this world! What I seek is true justice—the justice that belongs to the majority!"
Zephyr said, "Enough with the pointless pleasantries. Let's get down to business."
"What?"
Sengoku was stunned again. At this point, what business could they possibly have left to discuss?
"Borsalino, that bastard should already be near the sea area we occupy, right?"
Zephyr said, "I don't think you can pretend not to see those pirates making such a loud move."
Sengoku's heart skipped a beat. No wonder Zephyr had already predicted their actions completely.
He didn't answer immediately, wanting to hear what Zephyr would say next.
"So," Zephyr's voice was cold. "Let Borsalino handle those pirates."
"What?"
Fleet Admiral Sengoku instantly slammed his hand on the table, shattering the desk that had only recently been replaced. He stared in disbelief.
"Zephyr! What did you say?"
He must be crazy!
Zephyr actually wanted the Navy to deal with those pirates?
Hadn't he forgotten he was no longer part of the Navy?
Then Sengoku heard Zephyr say, "You can refuse if you want. But if you do, one day I'll climb up to the Red Line and throw a Dyna Stone straight at the Celestial Dragons' gathering place."
"Zephyr!!"
Sengoku shouted in shock.
"Are you insane?"
"The Celestial Dragons are the most unnecessary beings in this world," Zephyr's voice was colder than Sengoku had ever heard before.
"Maybe that's their only use."
"…"
Sengoku was dumbfounded.
Madness!
Zephyr had truly lost his mind!
"Refuse or accept—Sengoku, tell me your answer."
Sengoku fell silent.
The news quickly reached Mariejois again.
Then—
"Damn scum!!!"
The Five Elders furiously blew their beards and glared.
"Who does he think he is? Threatening the World Government like that!"
"Let him come!"
Peter, wearing a red suit, clenched his teeth in anger.
"I want to see if he can really throw a Dyna Stone into Mariejois!"
"So, we're going to gamble?"
One of the Five Elders, dressed in white robes, pushed up his glasses and suddenly spoke.
The large conference room fell into silence.
Gamble?
Take a gamble against Zephyr?
"Damn it!!"
Warcury gritted his teeth until they creaked.
Certainly, it's impossible to risk the life of the great Celestial Dragons against a bunch of commoners.
So, not long after, in the NEO Navy-controlled waters.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
One pirate ship after another charged toward the island's shore, the vicious pirates laughing wildly, ready to unleash their violence on the city.
But suddenly, a dazzling light descended from the sky.
Boom!!
The entire coastline, along with the ships docked at the shore, was blasted to pieces.
"As expected of Zephyr-sensei."
The light in the sky gathered into the shape of Kizaru, who scratched his head as he snapped his fingers, firing one laser beam after another onto the beach below, causing explosion after explosion.
"They've been completely outplayed."
Not long after, on Queen Mama's flagship.
"What?"
Charlotte Linlin looked at the latest reports in disbelief. "Kizaru was deployed and took care of those pirates?"
"What the hell is the Navy playing at!"
"So," Perospero smacked his lips, "Was it all for nothing?"
On the Terror Three-Masted Ship,
"Ha ha ha ha, now the plan is totally ruined, isn't it?"
Shiryu laughed loudly. "Looks like it was a wasted trip!"
Crocodile remained silent.
On the Golden Dragon,
"As expected of Mr. Zephyr."
Ian was laughing hard too. "They even brought nuclear blackmail into this!"
Obviously, if they weren't threatened, how could the Navy have moved to help Zephyr?
"What's so funny?"
Law rolled his eyes. "Wasn't it a wasted trip?"
"Ian, you messed up."
"Messed up?"
Ian smirked. "I feel like this is just the beginning."
The little trick seems to have failed, so it's time to try the brute force approach.
Ian glanced back at Enel and Viola.
He wasn't sure before, but at this critical moment, Zephyr and the others shouldn't be too far from these waters, right?
Let's start searching slowly.
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