Chapter 193 The Government's Shock and Discovery
The Marine base commander on the ground's presence gradually faded, his once vibrant voice becoming deathly silent.
Brett paid no attention to this unfortunate base commander. He walked to the wall brightly lit by ceiling lights.
Placing his hand on the handle of a small compartment on the wall, Brett pulled with slight force.
Brett pulled out this compartment—it was a glass cylinder containing purple liquid, with what looked like a smooth stone soaking inside, resembling some animal's egg.
The smooth stone's surface had crescent-shaped cracks.
This was a Dyna Stone, a super weapon with power comparable to Ancient Weapons.
And stones like this—
Brett looked around. How many Dyna Stones were in this vault?
Probably close to three digits.
Enough to blow up many countries.
Brett transformed into dragon-man form again. Flame-like clouds were released, grabbing all the containers on the walls like tentacles, then extracting all the Dyna Stone containers.
Then the clouds carefully wrapped and bound all the Dyna Stone containers. He had to be extremely careful—Brett had no desire to experience what a Dyna Stone explosion felt like.
A mass of clouds floated in mid-air. Brett led them outside.
He needed to leave quickly. Though the news would probably be hard to transmit, what if? Kizaru's speed was very fast—if he came, things would be troublesome.
Brett walked briskly outside, kicking through walls when he encountered them, kicking down doors when he met them.
Suddenly he turned his head. He could hear very clearly—several voices were approaching.
"How troublesome."
Brett sighed softly.
Crack!
Black lightning began jumping again.
This massive Marine base almost began shaking.
In a certain corridor still some distance from Brett's location, several Marine officers approaching with pale faces suddenly began trembling. Their pupils rapidly contracted, then became unfocused the next moment.
Finally, they all rolled their eyes back and collapsed.
Brett had already bulldozed his way to the base's entrance like a rampaging dinosaur.
Then flame clouds carried him skyward, flying directly into the clouds above, leaving only this devastated base below.
This Marine base with thousands of Marines stationed had suffered an enemy invasion, but embarrassingly, no one had even seen the intruder's appearance or heard the intruder's voice.
The only person who had contact with the intruder, Vice Admiral base commander, had already gone to heaven.
When the first Marine soldier awakened in confusion, then awakened a Den Den Mushi in terror and dialed headquarters with trembling hands, it was already over an hour later.
Not long after, a beam of light descended from the sky.
The man wearing a justice coat and yellow striped suit had a very grave expression, no longer showing any trace of his usual leisurely demeanor.
"Admiral Kizaru—"
A rear admiral stationed at this base, who had also completely fainted under the intruder's Conqueror's Haki, spoke hesitantly with a pale face.
"Enough with the nonsense."
Kizaru waved his hand. "Tell me the detailed situation."
The Dyna Stones had been stolen, but they didn't even know who the culprit was. This was truly earth-shattering.
The rear admiral tremblingly told Kizaru everything he knew.
Then Admiral Kizaru showed a somewhat troubled expression.
Though he said he'd tell everything he knew, there really wasn't much to know.
"This is really..."
Admiral Kizaru stood in the now-empty vault, sighing somewhat. "The higher-ups will probably have quite a headache."
Indeed, quite a headache.
"Damn it! Which bastard did this!"
In Mariejois, Pangaea Castle, Saint Ju Peter was furious, his fist directly smashing an expensive coffee table to pieces. "Really not a single clue?"
The other four Five Elders had similarly calm expressions hiding anger. Saint Saturn's chest heaved violently, his voice so heavy it seemed water could be squeezed from it. "The perpetrator's Conqueror's Haki was unimaginably powerful. Not only did it knock out all the Marines in the base, even the Den Den Mushi couldn't stay conscious."
"There were a few rear admirals who maintained consciousness during the first wave of Conqueror's Haki, but when they finally recovered strength and prepared to act, they fell under the second wave of Conqueror's intimidation."
"The only one who might have seen the perpetrator was the base commander, but he was killed by one punch from the perpetrator."
No witnesses, no clues.
"But if we must say, it's not like there are no clues at all."
Saint Nusjuro adjusted his glasses. "Even searching the entire world, there aren't many guys with this level of strength."
Conqueror's Haki that could knock out all elite Marine soldiers in an entire base, temporarily incapacitate rear admiral-level officers, and kill an elite Marine vice admiral with one punch.
This level of strength naturally belonged only to the monsters standing at the very peak of the seas.
"Is it Kaido or Charlotte Linlin?"
Saint Warcury frowned. "They're the most restless in the New World."
"Whitebeard is also possible," Saint Saturn added. "Even that Shanks kid—though he doesn't have an emperor title yet, the Red Hair Pirates' strength is growing daily. He might not be incapable of such a thing."
"Even," his tone became more grave, "it could be Dragon!"
"Since we're discussing emperors, why forget there's another guy carrying the same title?"
Saint Mars's gaze was cold. "Doesn't he also possess Conqueror's Haki?"
"Brett?"
Saint Ju Peter was somewhat hesitant. "His strength is indeed extraordinary—even compared to headquarters admirals, he's not inferior. But has he really reached the level to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with emperors?"
"No one knows that clearly, but at least we know that his strengthening speed is extraordinary!"
Saint Nusjuro gripped his long sword tightly. His words made all the Five Elders pause.
Indeed, Brett's strength improvement was exaggerated.
Clearly just two years ago he was only evenly matched with Doflamingo, but last year he displayed strength rivaling Marine admirals.
So who knew what level he could reach this year?
"Moreover."
Saint Nusjuro planted his scabbard on the ground. "Didn't Borsalino's report mention that before the attack, there were incidents of Sea Kings destroying Den Den Mushi?"
"What does that prove?"
Saint Saturn frowned. "Though such things aren't common, they happen periodically. Sea Kings don't care about such things."
He felt this colleague was targeting Brett too much—it had been like this before.
"Is there a possibility—the worst possibility—"
Saint Nusjuro said, "that some force is controlling Sea Kings to destroy Den Den Mushi to conceal identity?"
All the Five Elders paused.
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