Though there were two choices, there was really only one.
As a giant Sea King that had lived for who knows how many years and one that could understand human speech, the lanternfish very wisely chose the first option.
It chose submission!
"What? You are saying the Pure Gold you have already eaten cannot be vomited back up?"
Silas did not know how such a large fish could squeeze a fawning expression onto its face, but seeing it like this, he could not just cut off the lantern on its head.
Because though the lanternfish could not spit out the lantern, just being under the illumination of its head lantern was the same as touching Pure Gold.
Like now.
Silas clearly felt that under the lanternfish's light, the aging of cells in his body was suppressed. Though compared to legendary Pure Gold, the effect was still somewhat lacking, but it easily extended life ten times over.
If inside the lanternfish's stomach, this effect would probably become even stronger!
However, Silas was not satisfied.
After all, there was only one lanternfish, while Pure Gold only needed to be cut into very small pieces to make a person's aging completely stop.
But Silas did not make things difficult for the lanternfish.
After all, if it could not spit out Pure Gold, the people in its stomach could create Pure Gold.
"The two sea beasts Fish-Man Island gave us ran away, so let it take their place. Tie it to the front of the ship and have it pull us forward!"
Silas did not plan to go inside the lanternfish's stomach to find people now. Those two people were actually safest inside.
The lanternfish before shrinking could withstand attacks from Rocks and the others, let alone after shrinking. The lanternfish's scales were probably harder than steel alloy now.
Of course, promises still had to be kept.
He had previously said he would make big fish sashimi for Linlin. Since they could not use meat from the lanternfish, they would use meat from other fish.
Seeing Silas easily kill a fish even larger than itself, the lanternfish nearly retracted its head under the ship's bottom. It still could not understand why, after being frozen for a while, those small things that had attacked it before had grown so much.
Though still not as big as itself, it felt like one punch from them would hurt for a long time.
So the lanternfish now dared not anger Silas or anyone from the White Wolf Pirates, especially that little girl who kept staring at it while drooling.
It remembered among the group, she hit it the hardest!
The Sea King Silas killed was about a hundred meters long.
After they ate a small portion, Silas had Ripley shrink the rest and threw it to the lanternfish.
Ripley's shrinking would not reduce the food the lanternfish consumed, so maintaining it would not be cheap.
The lanternfish quickly discovered its current differences.
First, swimming was not as laborious as before. Previously, with its bulk, even the 100,000-meter deep ocean felt like a shallow pool.
But now, with its shrunken size and lighter weight, its strength had not weakened!
This meant the lanternfish only needed to flick its tail lightly, and despite dragging a ship behind it, its body still shot out like an arrow.
"So fast!"
"At this speed, we do not even need our help to escape these currents!"
"Let us go with the current for now."
Under the lanternfish's pull, the Millennium Falcon's speed was completely several times normal, and this was with Silas having the lanternfish slow down.
If the lanternfish went full speed, Silas suspected even Adam Wood ships might not withstand the impact forces from such velocity.
Next, their destination was Sabaody Archipelago!
Meanwhile, seeing the White Wolf Pirates not only failing to attack Impel Down but also following the current in its flow direction, the Marine soldiers at Impel Down immediately panicked.
"No good. The White Wolf Pirates' target is not Impel Down!"
"We already had headquarters send reinforcements!"
"Could it be the White Wolf Pirates' target is not Impel Down, but headquarters?"
At this guess, everyone could not help gasping.
Impel Down was just a feint!
A diversionary tactic by the White Wolf Pirates!
The White Wolf Pirates' real target was actually Marine Headquarters?
"Impossible!"
Impel Down's Chief Warden Diodosius stopped his subordinates' wild speculation.
"Even if headquarters Admirals came to support, headquarters still has Fleet Admiral Elephant Yama and Chief of Staff Portman. For Silas to think he can single-handedly take Marineford is pure delusion!"
Though he said this, Diodosius felt uneasy inside.
Because he did not understand Silas.
So he could not guess Silas's thoughts.
But he knew that any pirate who could leave their mark on history was invariably audaciously reckless.
What Silas wanted to do, until it happened, they could only guess.
The situation had changed.
At Sphinx and Elbaf, they were destroyers while Silas was a protector. But after Sphinx became a World Government member nation, Marines no longer had reason to attack Sphinx.
The White Wolf Pirates were completely liberated.
Now offense and defense were reversed. The White Wolf Pirates were destroyers.
It was their turn to be protectors!
When Marine Headquarters received news from Impel Down, even Fleet Admiral Elephant Yama laughed angrily.
"Is White Wolf Silas playing with us?"
If Silas really dared attack Marineford, he would not mind keeping Silas there permanently!
Did he think he was old?
Though he and Silas were almost from the same era, and though his stamina had long since declined with age, but if Silas dared come, he would likewise show Silas why, in his era, no pirate had dared rampage everywhere!
"Should we recall Kong and Siven?"
"Have them return and stand by. Contact CP. Have them closely monitor White Wolf Pirates movements. Once the White Wolf Pirates are spotted, I will immediately send Kong and Siven in pursuit."
Elephant Yama looked toward Mariejois with a grim expression.
"The World Council absolutely cannot tolerate any mishaps!"
"Also..." Elephant Yama looked at Portman Nisen.
"How are preparations for what we discussed before?"
"Already prepared."
Portman Nisen had a confident expression. "Within two months, Tsuru and Zephyr will appear at Sphinx."
"Good!"
Elephant Yama gritted his teeth hatefully. "That bastard will never expect us to scheme against the White Wolf Pirates this way!"
Glory may belong to others, but the foundation must be mine!
They orchestrated schemes reaching twenty years forward.
How could Silas hope to counter such comprehensive foresight?
The White Wolf Pirates indeed did not attack Marineford.
After circling the whirlpool waters extensively, Silas ordered the lanternfish to take the Millennium Falcon away from the currents toward Sabaody Archipelago.
Just one day later, the White Wolf Pirates arrived at Sabaody Archipelago!