Pollock Island, Hallsta City Inside a white two-story villa, in the brightly lit living room.
On the sofa, Perona, Iska, and Kuina, three girls sat side by side, staring intently at the thin curtain projected from the Video Den Den Mushi on the table. They were watching the movie 'Titanic' that Sephiroth had made.
Suddenly, a Spatial Gate opened. Sephiroth appeared, carrying a sleeping Uta in his left arm. The three girls turned to him. He immediately explained, "Her name is Uta."
However, before he could finish speaking, Perona quickly interrupted, "I know, she will live with us from now on."
"There must be a specific reason why you have to take this girl in, right?" Iska chimed in, shooting the last question.
"Don't worry, we know. She's not your woman," Kuina added in a calm tone.
Sephiroth: "..."
Damn! Why do I feel like everything I wanted to say is gone!? I'm speechless.
Sephiroth put his butcher knife back into the scabbard, scratched his head, then scoffed, "Ahem!... Uh!? Yeah, it seems so."
After several months together, the three girls had come to understand Sephiroth's way of thinking. He would always have various reasons to bring girls home, and once brought home, they would basically stay forever.
Sephiroth walked to the second floor, opened the empty room he had prepared, and then put Uta to sleep on the bed. After that, he returned to the Kingdom of Elegia to face the consequences of the tragedy.
The Marines & The World Government Three days later.
Marineford, Marine Headquarters Building.
In an office, Sengoku, the current Fleet Admiral of the Marines, sat in his office chair, looking at two reports from Sephiroth that had been submitted to the G-2 branch. He couldn't help but frown.
Next to him, there was Garp, wearing a white coat of justice, holding a bag of rice crackers. "Crack! Crack!..." The sound of his chewing made it difficult for Sengoku to concentrate.
"The Kingdom of Elegia is destroyed. This report sounds very tragic!"
Hearing that, Garp stopped chewing. A serious expression appeared on his face. "Hmm! It seems to be the work of Red-Hair," he muttered.
"This matter also seems to be related to the Music Demon King..."
"Music Demon King?... That sounds a bit exaggerated, doesn't it? That thing should be a terrifying figure."
"Yes! Red-Hair showed himself, didn't he? Suddenly, the incident is so big."
Sengoku took a wanted poster. A sharp glint appeared in his eyes. On the wanted poster, Shanks's photo was displayed, with a bounty of up to 1,040,000,000 Belly!
After the Music Demon King incident wreaked havoc on the Kingdom of Elegia, more than 10,000 people died out of a population of 50,000. Given the very bad impact of this matter, and also Shanks's own strength, the Marine Headquarters immediately raised his bounty so high.
Bulu! Bulu! Bulu!
In the left desk drawer, a Den Den Mushi suddenly rang. Sengoku frowned, picked up the Den Den Mushi, lifted it, and reported the security communication code.
"Rice Cracker Senbei!"
"Rice Cracker Dice!... It's 'me'!"
A calm young man's voice came out of the mouth of the Den Den Mushi. After confirming the code and his voice, Sengoku let out a sigh of relief. On the other end was his adopted son, Donquixote Rosinante, a Lieutenant Colonel at Marine Headquarters who had the ability of the Calm-Calm Fruit.
This fruit could block all sounds, even Observation Haki, making it the most suitable ability for undercover espionage work.
Four years ago, Rosinante returned to the North Blue mafia, the Donquixote Family, as a Marine spy. Because he was Donquixote Doflamingo's younger brother, he gained Doflamingo's trust and became the second-generation Corazon, a senior cadre of the Donquixote Family.
Since then, he began to secretly collect the Donquixote family's criminal information, as well as their network of connections. The Donquixote Family was the biggest cancer in the North Blue, involved in human trafficking, drug distribution, and extortion. Their underground network was very complicated, even in collusion with certain Marines.
To eradicate this cancer, Vice Admiral Tsuru of the Marine Headquarters General Staff took the initiative to hand over the task to Rosinante. However, the Donquixote family, led by Doflamingo, managed to escape into the dark underground. Some Marine branches in the North Blue even secretly leaked information, making the capture very difficult.
Especially after Rosinante suddenly stopped his undercover mission six months ago, it became even more difficult for the Marines to catch them!
However, Sengoku did not blame his adopted son, but was more worried about whether he was safe.
"Rosinante, long time no see! You really made me very worried!"
Sengoku had just said a few words before he remembered he was in a secret communication, and Garp, that bastard, often talked nonsense without opening the door. If Rosinante's cover was blown, his own adopted son would be in danger!
Thinking of this, he immediately turned his head and shouted at his old colleague who was eating rice crackers on the sofa, "Hey! Garp, you get out of here first!"
"What! Didn't I give you rice crackers just now? Crack!"
While speaking, Garp took the last rice cracker from his bag, put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed it. Finally, he said confidently, "Serve the tea quickly!"
Sengoku: "..."
On the other side of the Den Den Mushi, hearing the two of them, Rosinante could only say hesitantly, "How about we talk about it later, Mr. Sengoku."
"Get out of here, you idiot! I'm working now! WORKING!"
Unable to bear it any longer, Sengoku stood up from his chair. He rolled up his sleeves and quickly pushed Garp out, slamming the office door shut.
After doing all this, Sengoku sat back down, picked up his steaming tea, and took a sip.
"Is it comfortable now?" Rosinante asked cautiously.
"Hmm! I'm sorry, it is now. What do you have to report?"
"Did you ever make a deal regarding the results of an operation?"
Puff!
Hearing that, Sengoku was shocked and immediately spat out his tea. He looked around the office suspiciously, then leaned closer to the Den Den Mushi, whispering nervously, "You... how do you know about this?"
"I got the information from Doflamingo."
"What?! This is highly classified! Only a handful of top Marine officials know."
"Doflamingo is ready to seize the results of the operation when you make the transaction..."
Hearing that, Sengoku frowned. "According to the plan, the Marines will buy the results of the operation in three weeks from a group of pirates entrenched on Mignon Island for five billion Berries."
"Doflamingo asked me to arrive on the nearby Fringes Island three days after that, to join the Donquixote Family cadres, and prepare to seize the results of the operation..."
After exchanging information, the two men immediately planned an ambush and encirclement of the Donquixote Family three weeks later, on Fringes Island in the North Blue!
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