The battle between Kaido and Kozuki Oden, in the end, did not last long.
Finally, under Rosse's interference, Kozuki Oden was gloriously taken prisoner, and both his arms and legs were chopped off, turned into a human swine.
If it were an ordinary person, in this condition they wouldn't live long, and going insane would also be normal.
But Kozuki Oden was still full of energy, his mouth cursing the families of the World Government and Kaido.
By now, he had long since thrown aside life and death.
The Land of Wano had already become such a hellish mess, he had no thought of wanting to go on living anymore.
The only reason he was still alive, was because Rosse didn't let him die.
"What's the point of keeping this noisy guy around?", Vanessa frowned slightly. If it were up to her, she would have killed him long ago.
"For now it's only Ringo and the Flower Capital. There are still four more places to clean up afterward, of course he has to see it all with his own eyes. I'm someone who finishes what I start, don't you think he's perfect as a witness?", Rosse said with a grin.
"Twisted hobby!", Vanessa lowered her eyes, not voicing any more opinions.
Since Rosse wanted a witness, then she'd just endure it for now.
"How about the remnants of the Roger Pirates?"
Wano's side was pretty much wrapped up, so he had the mind to pay attention to other matters now.
As of now, his enemies outside were actually still quite a few.
But he had no intention of moving out for the time being. The Marine's issues, he would leave those to the Marine themselves.
On the pirate side, only Dragon and Whitebeard were left, nothing that could stir up any big waves.
As for the now-famous Big Mom, as long as she stayed in her own little patch of territory, he had no interest in picking a fight.
But it was said that although Doflamingo had been released back, Big Mom was already pregnant, that was an interesting piece of news.
"As for the Roger Pirates, aside from the ship doctor whose whereabouts are unknown, the rest have already all been cleared out," Vanessa said coldly.
Her fruit was naturally well-suited for such things.
As long as she caught someone once, activated her fruit ability, she could make a permanent mark and teleport to that person anytime.
"The ship doctor… his name was Crocus, right?", Rosse mused.
"Yes, originally the lighthouse keeper at Twin Capes. Now the place is deserted, no one knows where he's gone," Vanessa nodded lightly.
"That whale still at Twin Capes?", Rosse suddenly asked.
"The one crashing into the Red Line? It's still there, pointlessly ramming every day, sooner or later it'll kill itself," Vanessa said calmly.
Because she had searched for Crocus, she had done some digging in this area.
That whale had a close relationship with Crocus, but she could confirm Crocus was not inside the whale's belly.
"Spread the word, if Crocus doesn't turn himself in, kill that whale," Rosse said coldly.
The story of Laboon the whale was touching, but Rosse had no bond with it.
In his plan, all those who knew about Laugh Tale needed to be wiped out.
In the future, he would create an entirely new Laugh Tale, guide the chosen child of destiny on a grand adventure, and at the end grant them their conclusion.
The freest person in the world?
If every step was manipulated, could that still be called freedom?
"I'll give it a try," Vanessa nodded slightly.
She had originally been planning to give up. After all, it was only a ship doctor, and even if she didn't kill him, the World Government wouldn't blame her.
But now it was obvious Rosse wanted the man eliminated, so that changed things.
Since she was already preparing to stake everything on Rosse, she naturally had to act according to his will.
"By the way, Shanks and Buggy, are they within the hunting range this time?"
Rosse hadn't looked at Vanessa's hunting list before, only knew that all those who had been to Laugh Tale were included. Shanks and Buggy, who hadn't gone, he wasn't sure about.
"Figarland interfered. Shanks isn't on the hunting list, but that trainee crewmember Buggy has already been taken care of," Vanessa said with visible displeasure.
Originally, Shanks was on the list, but in the end, Saint Figarland removed him, and the Five Elders approved it.
She could have forced it and killed him, but without using the World Government's power, she couldn't find him. So she had to give up.
"Your efficiency's pretty good," Rosse smiled.
He hadn't expected that the Clown King Buggy had already been dealt with.
But facing Vanessa, indeed there was no path of survival. Show yourself and you'd be killed instantly.
Even Shanks would fall before Vanessa at this point, let alone Buggy.
If blame was to be laid, it had to fall on Rayleigh and the others.
After all, this time during the Holy Land incident, three of the Roger Pirates' main force had shown up at once.
With that situation, the World Government naturally had to completely clear out the Roger Pirates.
That also matched Rosse's intentions.
He didn't know what was inside Laugh Tale, and even the World Government didn't know much about it.
But no matter what was inside, the key was to prevent it from ever appearing.
"What about the East Blue?"
The East Blue was where Dragon was, and currently Kuzan and Garp had been dispatched there to conduct the encirclement.
Barring accidents, a few senior Marine officers should use the chance to defect.
Since Sakazuki had risen to the top, the Marine had less and less room for them.
Those dove-faction vice admirals hadn't been completely purged, but without exception, all had been reassigned away from headquarters.
With no presence in HQ, unable to participate in high-level meetings, and coupled with Rosse's poor relations with them, their influence was bound to weaken further.
On top of that, Rosse had ordered Garp and Dragon to fight father and son, that gave them perfect timing, place, and opportunity to defect.
If they still didn't run, Rosse was willing to call them Turtle Kings.
"The East Blue… I suspect the Marine's playing little tricks."
Vanessa hesitated a moment as she spoke, since the Marine was under Rosse's control, it wasn't easy to say such things.
But seeing Rosse gesture for her to continue, Vanessa slowly said, "Dragon has shown up in the East Blue a few times, and according to my information, he's crossed paths with Garp and the others several times, yet each time he got away with ease."
"And this time, Garp and the others didn't carry out the World Government's orders. Those non-member nations where Dragon had stayed, they didn't take any action. They just conducted a token search and left."
"Looks like, there really are some little tricks going on," Rosse raised his eyebrows.
In truth, his intelligence wasn't as detailed as Vanessa's.
His sources were Spandine, the current CP9 chief, and also Jaygar Administrative District's men scattered across the world.
The Marine's side of spies, basically useless.
In front of Sengoku and Tsuru, few spies could conceal themselves, even inside men were the same.
Meanwhile, Vanessa, being responsible for the aftermath of the Holy Land incident, had full access to the World Government's intelligence network.
From CP0 to CP9, all ten organizations followed her orders, her spies were far more numerous than his.
Now that even Vanessa had found something wrong with Garp and the others, it meant the World Government already had a general idea of the situation.
Even if Garp and the others didn't want to act, they would be forced to.
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