Chapter 60: God Valley Bait? The Turmoil Ends
"Oh?"
The other Five Elders immediately became interested.
The bald Elder who had lost his beloved sword showed curiosity.
"What's your plan?"
After all, the Rocks Pirates were currently their greatest threat.
If they could completely eliminate them, no matter how you looked at it, it would be an excellent outcome for the World Government!
The long-bearded Elder's eyes showed determination.
"Since Rocks wants the location of God Valley so badly, why not just give it to him?"
As the words fell,
The other Five Elders were instantly shocked.
"What did you say?! Expose the location of God Valley?!"
"This isn't a joke—if that guy really obtains God Valley, we'll have no choice but to ask that Lord to intervene!"
"Moreover, we still don't know Rocks' true strength… we can't act rashly!"
According to their intelligence,
Combined with Rocks' habit of never touching water and other details,
There was an extremely high chance that Rocks possessed a very powerful Devil Fruit ability!
If they rashly revealed God Valley's location,
The risk the World Government would bear would be far too great!
After all, God Valley was far too important.
If possible, they would rather erase it from the map than hand it over to Rocks.
Yet the long-bearded Elder's lips curled into a playful smile.
"You're all too afraid of Rocks. No matter how strong he is, in the end he's just one person."
"The cadres on that pirate crew won't truly be loyal to him."
"When the time is right, we can successfully split their internal forces."
From the previous intelligence,
He had already realized that the Rocks Pirates' internal unity was far from unbreakable.
That information had clearly come from one of the cadres on Rocks' ship. Just this fact showed there were plenty of internal conflicts.
Otherwise, how could a genius like Lotte be targeted?
The other Five Elders exchanged glances.
Finally, they looked up at the long-bearded Elder with some hesitation.
"You have a point, but this is no small matter. We should report to Lord Im first."
"Then dispatch the CP0 agents stationed in the Holy Land as well."
Among CP0, there were no weaklings.
But to protect the safety of Holy Land Mary Geoise, they were usually not deployed.
If not for the gravity of this matter involving Rocks and God Valley,
The Five Elders would never have made such a decision.
The long-bearded Elder nodded slightly.
"Leave it to me. I'll ask Lord Im about this first."
"The light of history is entirely in that Lord's hands."
He spoke calmly.
The Five Elders ultimately finalized this strategy.
As long as they could annihilate the Rocks Pirates—whether Lotte or Rocks himself—
They would all become dust in history.
...
Sabaody Archipelago – Outskirts.
The Marine warships that had just been preparing to surround the island received the retreat order from Headquarters.
Though most Marines were unwilling, simply witnessing the island now devastated by towering giant trees filled their hearts with despair.
Fighting monsters like this… could they really win?
The soldiers couldn't help but discuss among themselves.
"Even the Admiral and Mr. Garp couldn't stop them—these pirates are way too arrogant!"
"I heard those guys already escaped the Admiral's pursuit. We should retreat quickly too."
"Otherwise, if we get caught in the crossfire, we're dead!"
The Marine warships turned around one after another, distancing themselves from the now-ruined archipelago.
At the same time,
Lotte and the others had already reached the shore where their small ship was moored. As they boarded and looked toward the retreating warships in the distance,
Since those guys weren't going to provoke them anymore,
Lotte had no interest in massacring them.
He glanced at Newgate beside him and smiled.
"Right now the island is in total chaos. I already told the slaves to escape while they could. With this forest protecting them, leaving shouldn't be a problem."
"As for the rest, we can only wish them luck."
Whitebeard nodded slightly.
This outcome was already quite good.
They weren't saints—they couldn't save everyone's lives.
Beside them, Redfield
Took out the Lucky Fruit that had been auctioned earlier.
He casually tossed it to Lotte with a smile.
"I grabbed this Fruit while I was at it. Thanks to you two this time—my bounty is probably going to skyrocket now."
Redfield didn't care much about the Lucky Fruit.
After all, whether in physical technique, Haki, or swordsmanship, he was already quite strong.
As long as he achieved breakthroughs in these three areas and reached Admiral level, it would only be a matter of time.
For him, the increase in bounty was far more important.
Lotte caught the Fruit.
He didn't act polite and simply pointed to a bag of treasure already prepared on the ship, glancing at the others calmly.
"Then consider this my purchase from you."
"This bag should be worth about 1 billion berries. You'll need money traveling alone from now on."
"Think of it as my farewell gift."
He never liked owing people favors.
Even the Supreme Grade Sword he got from Rocks was paid for with Heavenly Tribute he plundered himself.
At most, he still owed Rocks for the three-color Haki training manual,
But he had already contributed plenty.
Neither Whitebeard nor Lotte asked Redfield whether he wanted to join the Rocks Pirates.
Even from their brief interaction,
Both of them clearly understood that this man would never submit to anyone.
Redfield also smiled.
"Then I'll accept with thanks. These treasures will indeed be useful to me."
Traveling alone from now on would cost quite a bit of money, so he didn't refuse Lotte's return gift.
The three looked at each other and burst into laughter in unison.
"This time we really turned this filthy place upside down!"
"Come on, let's drink while we sail!"
As the small boat gradually sailed away,
The event later known as the Sabaody Great Upheaval finally came to an end.
What needed to be dealt with next
Was the veteran cadre on Rocks' ship that Lotte had long wanted to eliminate.
The great pirate known as Blood-Hand Silver Axe!
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