The one-eyed man's actions were much smoother than he imagined.
In just half an hour, he sneaked into the mayor's building of the Water 7.
Unexpectedly, there was not even a decent defense inside the building.
If there were no obvious signs of activity around, he would have suspected that he had gone to the wrong place.
"These guards are not very good; they don't even have a decent defense."
"Perhaps because the war is too intense, most of the troops have been used for front-line combat, and there is not much spare energy to worry about."
The one-eyed man speculated; his greed reached its peak at this moment, and even the slightest incoordination was ignored by him: "But this is our chance, the chance to get the Pluton blueprint!"
At this moment, the one-eyed man's hands were shaking constantly because of nervousness and excitement.
They searched layer by layer and soon found a safe in the mayor's office.
After prying it open, a blueprint was quietly lying in it!
"Found it!"
"The Pluton blueprint worth billions of Belly!"
The one-eyed man held it tightly with his hand.
All that came to his mind was his future luxurious life.
It was also at this moment that suddenly, a hurried sound of footsteps came from all around, accompanied by a series of calls.
"Quick!"
"Find the traces of the pirates sneaking in, and don't let them find the things in the mayor's office. Otherwise, everything is over!"
… … ...
The one-eyed man jumped out of the window of the office in a flash as he abandoned his companions and ran away for his life.
The pirates who stayed behind watched the door being pushed open.
Squeak!
A man with a blue crew cut and extremely big forearms pushed open the door of the office, looking a little embarrassed: "Uh... Am I too early?!"
"No!"
The man holding a rope in his other hand and a cigar in his mouth shook his head at the figure gradually disappearing outside the window: "You came just in time."
"The leader has already fled with the fake blueprint, and these guys have been abandoned, so we have sent out one more copy of the blueprint."
"In this way, more than seven copies have been sent out tonight alone."
"According to the arrangement of Vice-Admiral Lancelot, it is almost time to announce the theft of the Pluton blueprint."
"Hehehe."
The two smiled in tacit understanding and bumped fists together.
Several pirates looked at the smiles on their faces and felt creepy.
… … …
The next morning, the Water 7, which had been defending itself, became particularly aggressive.
Even though there were still small groups of pirates trying to land, a warship patrolled the surrounding area regardless. Once it found pirates active in the nearby area, it would defeat them with thunder.
Gawain, who had previously patrolled within a radius of more than 20 kilometers around the Water 7, suddenly expanded the patrol range to 50 kilometers.
Countless pirate ships were pierced by a line of flame descending from the sky, making the ship sink into the bottom of the sea.
Everything seemed to point to a single possibility.
The Pluton blueprint… Had been stolen!
"Being able to make Water 7's defending troops launch such an aggressive search, despite the immense pressure..."
At the outer edge of Water 7, several dozen nautical miles away, a fleet quietly anchored in a bay.
Ochoku stood in a temporary camp, holding a bottle of just-opened red wine, occasionally sipping from it.
His gaze, however, was fixed on the intelligence that had just been delivered to him.
"That monster's combat strength is not to be underestimated, but with only his own strength, facing the nearly endless pirates around Water 7 while trying to protect the civilians, he's already at his limit."
"It's impossible for him to take such ambiguous action at a time like this; the only explanation is that the Pluton blueprint has been stolen."
"Does this mean that one eye and the others succeeded?"
At this thought, even someone like Ochoku, who had navigated the seas for years, couldn't help but feel a surge of impatience.
He suddenly stood up and asked his assistant: "Has one eye not returned?!"
The other party shook his head. "No news yet, boss. Do you think that guy might try to keep it for himself?!"
Bang!
Ochoku crushed the bottle in his hand.
The red wine splashed all over the assistant. He swallowed his saliva subconsciously and looked up to see Ochoku's extremely cold eyes.
"That's mine!"
"If he really had the guts to keep it all to himself, he wouldn't have lived this far after all these years."
The assistant instinctively lowered his head, his voice trembling: "Yes, yes, yes... Boss, you're right!"
"What are you talking about? Go find it. If you can't find it, I'll skin you alive."
"Yes!"
Very quickly, the fleet stationed here quickly took action, sneaked into the area around the Water 7, and began to search for the traces of the one-eyed man.
Unexpectedly, the pirate with one eye had already landed on another island, an island suspended in the sky.
Last night, he took advantage of the chaos to escape from Water 7. He left in the opposite direction of Ochoku's base.
Still, he was intercepted by Golden Lion halfway, and the blueprint naturally fell into the hands of Golden Lion.
"Is this the blueprint of Pluton?!"
Golden Lion slowly unfolded the blueprint.
A warship with an exaggerated shape, no, it was no longer exaggerated but magical, appeared in front of Golden Lion.
He was not a shipwright and had never seen Pluton, but the first time he saw the blueprint, he had already determined that this thing was very likely to be genuine.
"Shiki-sama, look..."
The one-eyed man rubbed his fingers, showing a flattering attitude.
Now, he no longer asks for the billions of Belly from the price of Pluton; as long as he can get the protection of Golden Lion, it is enough.
"Heh."
Golden Lion glanced at him, laughed contemptuously, and then said lightly: "Law!"
"I'll leave this guy to you…"
Swish!
After a sharp sound pierced through the air, the one-eyed man's head jumped high, and the still-warm body fell down with a bang.
Law coldly sheathed his sword, returning to his indifferent demeanor and quietly sitting to the side.
"Very good eyes."
Sitting at the side, Big Mom, who kept stuffing the piles of cakes into her mouth, stopped her actions, looked at Law with a bit of admiration in her eyes, and said meaningfully: "Shiki, if you continue to let this kid grow up, maybe one day even you will..."
"Humph, I look forward to that day."
"Really?"
"Ma Ma Ma Ma."
Big Mom seemed to think of something interesting, but her face turned cold the next moment: "According to our deal, I want a copy of the Pluton blueprint."
"No problem."
Golden Lion nodded: "Now that Pluton has been taken, it's time to deal with that little brat."
Golden Lion raised his hand, touched the scar on his head, and recalled the previous battle with Gawain in his mind again.
He won, but he also knew that if he continued, the one who would inevitably lose would be him.
The constant burst of Conqueror's Haki and the extremely fierce battle had affected the old wound on his head.
He was extremely frustrated in that battle, and he was naturally unhappy.
What's more, he must do what he says. How can he become a king if he doesn't defeat that little brat?!
"I feel very angry when I think of that guy!"
Big Mom recalled Gawain's figure and gnashed her teeth in hatred for a while: "I'll keep him alive and slowly crush his bones!"
Big Mom's voice became sharper and sharper, and the Conqueror Haki surging around her made her new hair stand on end, which showed how angry she was.