"No need. Concealment and lies are two different concepts. Concealment merely leaves a blank space on a complete canvas, but lies are different. The birth of one lie requires thousands of lies to perfect.
And the more lies there are, the more loopholes there will be."
"Then you mean?"
Stussy's original intention was to use false information to fool the Gorosei for Your Majesty Oran. Ever since she began her infiltration mission according to Dr. Vegapunk's orders, she had discovered some peculiar things.
For example, the Gorosei, who appeared mysterious to the outside world, were not that difficult to deal with at all.
Stussy didn't know what the Gorosei had experienced, but she found that these five people had an attitude of indifference towards most things in the outside world. This extreme arrogance made them somewhat easy to fool.
The Gorosei wouldn't delve deep into many matters. As long as the shallow logic made sense, they would believe it.
After all, from the Gorosei's perspective, the entire sea was just a chessboard, and they could clear away any mistakes at any time.
Instead of expending a lot of energy to eliminate all crises from the root, it was better to let things run their course.
If someone tried to violate the rules, it would definitely show, and that would be the time for elimination and suppression.
Of course, if it concerned the history text and the Void Century, their attitude would change appropriately.
If it weren't for Oz's appearance being too similar to that ancient steel giant, the Gorosei might not have sent people to investigate these things in detail.
As for how exactly to explain it, that would require discussing it with Your Majesty Oran, as Stussy didn't understand the technical aspects, but Satan knew a little about technology.
It wasn't that easy for outsiders to fool him.
But Your Majesty Oran also seemed to have his own ideas.
"You just report to them truthfully. I never intended to hide this thing, otherwise, I wouldn't have used it in front of everyone on the entire island."
"Report truthfully?"
"That's right, the manufacturing method is very simple: the corpse of an Ancient Giant Race member. This guy was modified from the corpse of Oz the Land Mover.
If they can provide the exact same materials and enough funds, I wouldn't mind making one for them too. You don't need to say that part; you wouldn't discover it while investigating intelligence."
"Don't worry, I won't let such a small matter slip."
Your Majesty Oran was not averse to making things for the World Government. Anyway, in terms of authority, he would definitely be the sole owner of the highest authority in the hidden system.
Your Majesty Oran didn't know what Satan's technical level was like, but he knew that in the original timeline, Satan never discovered the highest authority that Dr. Vegapunk had hidden when creating the Pacifista using Kuma as a template.
Using the World Government's money, consuming the World Government's resources, and producing his own troops—it was uncertain if others would lose out, but Your Majesty Oran would definitely make a huge profit.
"Dr. Oran, do you have any habits that can be revealed? The intelligence I'm stealing needs a suitable source; I can't just say it fell out of thin air.
Of course, if you don't mind, we can arrange a chance encounter tomorrow. A king being lured by beauty seems plausible."
"Forget it, that would be too abnormal. I haven't even had a Queen for over two years. How long is the execution period for your mission this time?"
They needed a suitable reason for Stussy to successfully "steal" the intelligence. The method had to be more reasonable and related to their execution deadline.
"There's no overall upper limit, but the first phase of the mission is two months. If we haven't achieved any results in two months, they will probably send more professional CP agents.
Most of us in this batch are 'interns' waiting to become full-time agents."
"Interns? The World Government really trusts you. But since you're here, I happen to have a question.
Could you compare this list and see if it matches the people you've infiltrated?"
Your Majesty Oran casually pulled out a few sheets of paper from a drawer and handed them to Stussy. Looking at the photos on them, Stussy's expression was slightly shocked.
"Doctor, your intelligence network is truly powerful. These are indeed CP agents. I didn't expect you to discover them as soon as they arrived on the island."
"Don't misunderstand, I didn't go through all that trouble. These guys were discovered purely because they were too eccentric. If they hadn't been overly abnormal, no one would have paid attention to them."
Saying that, Your Majesty Oran picked up the top information sheet. That person was also the leader of Stussy's current operation.
"For example, this person. In one day, he registered with 27 doctors at my hospital, each time for a different reason for pain. Does he think he can successfully get in touch with me just by registering?"
"..."
Firefly Island has a total of twelve detailed subdivisions, but it can also be seen as two, with the Royal City being the most important area.
Ordinary items are scattered throughout the island, general secrets are underground in the Royal City, and the most crucial secrets are in Your Majesty Oran's books. Anything that can be discovered by outsiders has no need for concealment.
The Cat Agent Team and Cat Police will assist in the island's security defense. Even wanted criminals, as long as they don't break the island's rules, will not be directly killed.
"That… where is he now?"
"In the psychiatric ward. The hospital doctors believe he has severe mental stress, which is why he imagines himself suffering from serious illnesses.
After all, if someone could contract those 27 illnesses and still survive, that would be a miracle not just in medicine, but in human history."
After completing the island entry registration, all areas except the restricted zones could be moved freely. If this person hadn't fabricated so many illnesses for himself, he wouldn't have aroused suspicion from outsiders.
"And there's this person. He caused a conflict with the staff at a cafe because he only ordered one cup of coffee and occupied a seat for twelve hours.
Are your funds very tight?"
"No, it's just that this person is a bit stingy… But why was he there?"
"Because it's a cat cafe, and the cats occasionally rest there.
The cats have never seen such a stingy person, sitting there all day without even buying a single can of cat food."
Kate flipped through a nearby window, carrying a stack of documents, and casually answered Stussy's question.
Another agent perhaps felt that direct contact with Your Majesty Oran was difficult, so he tried to contact Your Majesty Oran's close associates.
Cats and humans on Firefly Island already got along quite well, at least before it became a lawless zone.
With Piltover establishing itself here, cats became police cats and entered the system, and human-cat relations warmed up again, giving rise to many related industries.
That cat cafe had "royal capital" investment. For humans, it was a cat cafe.
For the police cats, that place was a kindergarten, a nursing home, and also a cafeteria.
Therefore, he wanted to see if he could meet Kate, who had the best relationship with the cats, there.
"It's Kate, long time no see."
"We've already met. When you infiltrated here before, I noticed you. If I didn't know you and didn't have Your Majesty Oran's orders, I would have taken action directly."
"Still so irritable. I thought you would have matured a bit over the years."
"I've always been mature. Also, I know your real age, don't talk to me with that elder's status."
"Alright, alright, I get it. So this person is currently..."
"He was detained for fighting and will be released in three days."
Stussy helplessly covered her face. This action team had a total of four people. Now, one was hospitalized in psychiatry, and another was arrested, which made her very helpless.
To say her teammates didn't know how to exercise restraint, at least he knew not to expose his agent identity.
To say he knew how to exercise restraint, he still got into a fight with someone.
"Look on the bright side, compared to this bunch of useless people, your chances of standing out will be greater.
Let's say you stole the intelligence by infiltrating the Royal City. As for the reason for infiltrating, you can go fishing for a few days and then sneak back in under the guise of procuring supplies."
"Then I'll follow your arrangements. Oh, Dr. Oran, there are a total of four of us who infiltrated this time. Besides the two you discovered, there's also..."
"Your Majesty! I have important intelligence to report! I've discovered an abnormal person! She definitely has some special purpose; she actually tried to seduce me!"
Just as Stussy was about to reveal the identity of the last CP agent to Your Majesty Oran, Brand flew in directly from another window.
From the state of his mech, he had used overload mode to accelerate and rush over.
"Uh... Your Majesty Oran, I think my situation is quite important. Would you mind asking this stranger to leave first?"
"It's alright, Brand. Just say what you need to say. You don't need to avoid her."
"Yes, Your Majesty. Today was my day off. I left work early at noon because Absalom said he wanted to experience adult life, so I decided to take him to relax. I found a pub I usually frequent.
There, I met a woman. She actually tried to pick me up, and she actually believed my self-proclaimed 'genius scientist' title! She must have a problem. Normal women know what kind of pub that is; they would never pick up men there!"
Hearing this, it was Your Majesty Oran's turn to cover his face. He believed Brand misunderstood Absalom's understanding of adult life. At least Your Majesty Oran was sure that Absalom's orientation was completely different from Brand's.
In fact, that was exactly the case. At this moment, Absalom was pounding his chest and stamping his feet in his room.
Brand, as a good elder brother, always made people feel close to him. As long as he wasn't allowed to touch scientific research, he was still very reliable, and he even unconsciously made people forget certain things, like being gay.
"So, that pub of yours, it's that kind of pub?"
"Cough, cough, no, it's just a place where everyone often gathers to drink. Drinking is also part of adult life.
The important part is what comes next. Oh, Your Majesty, I should apologize to you first. When I was drinking earlier, I bragged to them that I was your important subordinate.
That woman found out about my bragging from somewhere and combined it with my previous self-proclaimed titles. I guess that's why she tried to pick me up."
Brand explained in detail what happened today. His description of the woman's appearance also helped Stussy confirm some things.
"She's one of yours too?"
"Yes, Dr. Oran. She's Alifa from CP8. She joined earlier than us and is here to execute this mission for a promotion."
"Alright, I understand. You can leave now. Just proceed with the plan in a few days.
Since I happened to run into you, I'll help you out."
Based on the average quality of these agents, Your Majesty Oran felt that Stussy's infiltration into higher levels was only a matter of time, but he didn't mind giving a little assistance. After Stussy left, Your Majesty Oran also issued a new order.
"Kate, Brand, remember these three people. Leak some information to them, but not too much."
"Your Majesty, what is the purpose of doing this?"
"Of course, it's to keep them here. I don't want the World Government to withdraw these people and replace them with a more cunning batch. It's best to make them permanent residents of the island so we can save a lot of effort."
Stussy was systematically executing her plan, and the news of the giant robot was gradually spreading across the sea with the distribution of Morgans' newspaper.
Newspaper distribution takes time. Even if Morgans had his own news bureaus around the world, he couldn't immediately deliver newspapers to everyone.
Especially islands in the Calm Belt, such as Nine Snakes Island.
The Calm Belt protected this island, but also isolated it. Newspapers were rare here, and often the news seen was days old.
There were also some people whose busy schedules caused a temporary delay in news.
"Your Majesty Oran... you really quietly made a big one..."
In Punk Hazard, Dr. Vegapunk, having finished his new research, saw Your Majesty Oran's creation.
He had previously discovered some special information left by ancient scientists and found that ancient steel giant in a secret location.
However, due to the strong control the World Government and Marine had over Punk Hazard, he hadn't brought it back.
Dr. Vegapunk believed in Your Majesty Oran's abilities and knew that for Your Majesty Oran, replicating such a thing was not difficult; it might even be a true replica, not just an imitation.
Just as Your Majesty Oran admitted that he was not as good as Dr. Vegapunk in replicating Devil Fruit, Dr. Vegapunk also knew that Your Majesty Oran was stronger than him in mechanics and biomedicine.
"But old friend, you've exposed it now. Have you thought about how to deal with the World Government? They won't just ignore a weapon with that appearance..."
Dr. Vegapunk muttered to himself, seemingly not understanding Your Majesty Oran's actions, while in the same laboratory, Caesar looked somewhat ferocious.
Easily defeating San Juan Wolf—this was the information Caesar had captured.
If Your Majesty Oran started creating even more powerful weapons and was valued by the World Government, what would he do?
"Sidilier... you bastard, even after leaving, you're still trying to steal my funding..."
Some people worried about others, some worried about themselves, and some were in an awkward position at this moment.
New World, Beasts Pirates' base. Queen's movements were now very stiff.
"What's wrong, Queen? Didn't you say that was your colleague? If so, is it so difficult for me to ask you to make me the same thing?"
Kaido, holding his Hassaikai, stood behind Queen and asked him a soul-searching question.
When Kaido was reading the newspaper and exclaiming, "What a perfect war weapon! This thing can already make war even grander! That's the war I want!" Queen interjected.
"Mwahahaha, Big Brother Kaido, that's my old colleague. We cooperated very well back in MADS."