Faced with Sengoku's unfriendly attitude, Laffitte wasn't too nervous. Instead, he continued, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, you misunderstand.
I know that the Shichibukai is a very important position, so to express our sincerity, we will personally deliver a pledge of allegiance soon. I believe Fleet Admiral Sengoku will be satisfied.
Sengoku snorted coldly, "Then we'll talk about it when that time comes. You're not welcome here now."
"Hehe."
Laffitte laughed, "Fleet Admiral Sengoku, you're so funny. However, I've already delivered my message. I hope you'll give it some thought. Well then, everyone, I'll take my leave first."
With that, Laffitte jumped out of the window. At the moment of jumping, a pair of wings suddenly appeared on his back, and he quickly flew up, soon disappearing from everyone's sight.
"No wonder he was able to enter Navy Headquarters, so he's a flying ability user."
Seeing that Laffitte could actually fly, the people present finally understood why Laffitte was able to come here. After all, the Navy's air defense wasn't that advanced.
Doflamingo asked Sengoku, "Sengoku, you're not really going to let that Blackbeard join the Shichibukai, are you?"
Before Sengoku could speak, Vice Admiral Tsuru on the side snorted coldly, "Doflamingo, it's not your place to comment on what choices the Navy makes. We didn't call you here to say this nonsense."
Doflamingo chuckled, "Alright, then you tell me, what's the purpose of today's meeting?"
Out of the Shichibukai, only four people came. Apart from Crocodile, who was captured, the Pirate Empress of Amazon Lily and the Sea Knight Jinbe of Fish-Man Island didn't come. However, Sengoku didn't care and started his meeting.
Sengoku said, "The reason why I called everyone here today, I'm sure you all have an idea in your hearts. Not long ago, news came from the New World that the Yonko Red Hair and the Yonko Whitebeard seem to be preparing to make contact."
"Fufufu." Doflamingo laughed, "The Navy's intelligence is really accurate. You found out about the news that was just released. So, what do you want to do?"
Sengoku said, "Our Navy is always prepared. As for you, as Shichibukai, if something happens, you must also show your strength and stand on the same line as our Navy."
Hawkeye suddenly said, "The Yonko of the New World are all powerful and unruly, so there's no possibility of them forming an alliance. Red Hair and Whitebeard are even more impossible."
Sengoku said, "It's better to be safe than sorry, so I just want you to be prepared, not to take action."
"Speaking of the Whitebeard Pirates, fufufu, I'm reminded of someone."
Doflamingo suddenly seemed to remember something, then looked at Hawkeye and said, "I remember that the Whitebeard Pirates had a very remarkable man many years ago, 'Death God'. Hawkeye, I heard that you had a duel with him on a certain island, and after that duel, he disappeared. I'm very curious, a man like him, unless he's dead, it's impossible for him to have no news. Could it be that you killed him, Hawkeye?"
After being tricked by Akira once, Doflamingo hated Akira to the core. Since then, he had been investigating Akira's information, but all the information had no follow-up after that duel.
However, he hadn't encountered Hawkeye all these years, so he had no chance to ask. It was only now that he was in the same room as Hawkeye that he opened his mouth to ask.
Hawkeye said coldly, "He's much stronger than you, so I naturally don't have the ability to kill him."
"Fufufu."
A trace of gloom flashed in Doflamingo's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Hawkeye, judging from your tone, it seems that you know my strength very well? How about it, want to try it out here?"
Hawkeye said faintly, "I'm not interested in you. You're not a swordsman."
"But I'm very interested in you." Doflamingo said.
"Alright, stop arguing. I didn't call you here to argue. All of you, be quiet." Sengoku roared.
Seeing that the two had calmed down, Sengoku then continued, "In addition to telling you about this, there are two other things. Crocodile, who is also one of the Shichibukai, was defeated by the pirate Straw Hat Luffy. Because of his actions in Alabasta, the Navy has decided to strip him of his rights and take him into custody."
"Losing Crocodile means losing a Shichibukai, so in order to maintain the balance, we must re-select someone. Does anyone have a good candidate to recommend?"
Doflamingo chuckled, "You probably wouldn't like the pirates on the sea who are willing to join, and those great pirates definitely wouldn't be willing to join either, so it's not that 500 simple to find a suitable candidate. I think it would be better to choose one from my subordinates, how about it?"
Vice Admiral Tsuru said coldly, "If you don't have a good candidate, then don't talk nonsense, Doflamingo."
Rambo said, "Most of the famous pirates on the sea have either joined the Yonko pirate crews or have established themselves as independent forces. It's basically impossible to get them to become Shichibukai. However, the sea is so big, there must be many hidden powerhouses. I think we can start from this aspect."
Rambo's words made the Navy present nod involuntarily. Speaking of which, among the Shichibukai present, the only one that the Navy could trust was probably Rambo, because Rambo's actions in recent years hadn't conflicted with the Navy at all.
On the contrary, he would occasionally kill some pirates, so even Sengoku was very friendly when facing him.
Sengoku said, "Mr. Rambo is right, there are many powerhouses in the world, but it's not easy to find them. However, this matter isn't very urgent, we can look for them slowly. On the contrary, there's another matter. Crocodile, no matter what, was also one of the Shichibukai. We must severely punish the pirate who defeated him."
"You're talking about Straw Hat Luffy, right?" Hawkeye suddenly said.
Sengoku looked at Hawkeye and asked, "You also know Straw Hat Luffy?"
Hawkeye said, "I went to the East Blue not long ago and met him. He's a young man with a lot of potential."
"To be praised by you, Hawkeye, he must be a very interesting person."
Rambo suddenly asked Hawkeye. Four years had already passed since Akira had mentioned it, so Rambo had been paying attention to the emerging figures in the East Blue.
This Straw Hat Luffy was even able to defeat a Shichibukai, so he seemed very much like the person Akira had mentioned, so he was very interested.
"He's alright." Hawkeye said.
Sengoku said, "The reason why I'm telling you this is to let you pay attention. If you find that Straw Hat Luffy, help capture him and hand him over to our Navy."
Doflamingo laughed, "Fufufu, the sea is really lively. Newcomers appear every year. I just don't know how capable this Straw Hat Luffy you're talking about is, to actually defeat Crocodile."
"Is there anything else? If not, then I'll leave first."
Bartholomew Kuma, who hadn't said anything all along, suddenly spoke.
Sengoku said, "There's nothing else for the time being, so if you want to leave, you can leave now."
Kuma took the lead in standing up, nodded to Sengoku, and then left. Immediately afterwards, Hawkeye also stood up and left.
Doflamingo chuckled, "Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Vice Admiral Tsuru, then I'll also leave. What a boring meeting."
After everyone had left, Rambo then spoke to Sengoku, "Fleet Admiral Sengoku, if you don't mind, I would like to go and see this pirate called Straw Hat."
Sengoku looked at Rambo in surprise and asked, "Why are you interested in this Straw Hat Luffy? This doesn't seem like your personality."
In Sengoku's impression, Rambo was an extremely cold swordsman who rarely cared about anything.
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