"What!!" Even if Momousagi is a knowledgeable Vice admiral, she had never heard of such a den den mushi.
"Drake, are you sure they can really prevent any attempts to intercept the conversation?" Momousagi looked at Drake, a surprised expression still on her face, completely incredulous.
Drake put his hands in his pants pockets and said calmly, "Don't worry about this, there is absolutely no problem."
As for why he's so confident, it's the memories of his previous life as a One Piece fan. He knows too many things—it's just that he can't tell others about these things, otherwise it might leak to a certain bird and end up causing turbulent waves around the world.
"Is incredible!" Momousagi looked at the black phone bug and muttered, "I'm so ignorant. I didn't expect there to be such a unique den den mushi in this world."
Drake wasted no time and got to the point: "Let me talk about the situation on my side first. During this period of time, I recruited a lot of subordinates and my strength increased a lot more."
"And the Shichibukai alliance is on the right track." Drake looked at Momousagi and said lightly, "Doflamingo and Boa Hancock have become members of the alliance."
Momousagi froze for a moment, a flash of inspiration passed through her mind and she understood something instantly, "Drake, so you are the reason why Boa Hancock suddenly left Amazon Lily!"
Drake nodded and gave the answer: "She was too weak, so I made a simple suggestion—that she leave the Calm Belt and enter the New World, beginning to improve her strength by fighting the pirates there."
Momousagi shook her head and said with a wry smile, "The headquarters has discussed this matter, but in the end we couldn't figure out what the specific reason was at all."
"I didn't expect it. It turned out that you were behind all of this. It's amazing, but that being said, your movements are very fast. I think you'll be able to become a Shichibukai in no time."
Next, Drake told her more important things, such as cooperating with the Vinsmoke family to get part of the treasure map from the great pirate Rocks... After hearing Drake's narration, Momousagi shook her head, an excited expression on her face.
"Your experiences during this time are really too rich. You could even write a book for people to read. Compared to you, I find myself with very poor performance and basically no progress at all."
Then, Momousagi explained the situation on her side.
Momousagi looked at Drake and said with a wry smile, "Sakazuki doesn't have any quests to get him out, so we can just keep waiting."
"In terms of recruiting subordinates, I have been in contact with Hina recently, and the probability of success is very high, her strength is very good. If she can join our camp, then the role she will play in the future will definitely be very big."
Drake nodded and agreed: "Cage-Cage Fruit capable person Colonel Hina is really very capable and full of potential. When you become an admiral in the future, it will be more than enough to promote her to vice admiral."
The two said the most important information on each other's side while leaving out what is useless.
"We can't talk for a long time, so that's all for now." Drake looked at Momousagi and said calmly, "The meeting will be canceled in the future. If there's something important, call me directly, it'll be safer."
Momousagi nodded and agreed: "The next time I contact you, I think you'll already be a Shichibukai, so I'll be waiting for your good news."
"Leave." As soon as the voice was heard, the figure disappeared in an instant, without a trace, without the slightest hesitation. Momousagi jumped up and left too...
North Blue, over a certain sea area.
It was half past eleven at night and moonlight fell from the sky like water, covering Drake as if it were day.
By this time, all the crew members had already returned to their quarters and went to bed early.
With a "Swish," Drake suddenly appeared on the deck and did not attract the attention of the lookouts. Drake was about to return to practice.
But suddenly he discovered that there was a beautiful woman standing at the stern of the boat—it was Reiju. After thinking for a moment, Drake gave up his idea of practicing and walked directly towards Reiju.
This great gentle and pleasant beauty deserved a moment of his attention. If he hadn't seen her, he would have ignored the situation, but since he ran into her, he could at least ask what was wrong.
Reiju was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't even hear Drake's footsteps.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you up so late?" As calm as ever, Drake asked directly.
Reiju came back to her senses, with a nervous look on her face. She stroked her pink hair, slowly turned around, and said with an awkward smile: "I can't sleep, so I got up to look at the moon."
"Drake, did you just get back?"
Drake and Reiju stood next to each other. He lit a cigarette, looked ahead, and said lightly, "I just got back. I saw you here, so I came to take a look. Tell me, is there something bothering you?"
Drake smoked. Reiju knew that he rarely smoked, so she didn't see it very often—making this a strange occurrence.
Not to mention that a capable man is always so handsome no matter what he does. Now, in the moonlight, the way Drake smokes makes him look very handsome.
Also, Drake, a training maniac, suddenly got worried about her and asked about her situation.
This made Reiju's heart move a lot. Looking at Drake, her eyes sparkled, and she couldn't help but have a slight smile on her face. She looked really beautiful...
"I'm fine, I just can't sleep, so I went outside to get some air." Reiju put her hands on the railing, raised her head, looked at the vast night sky and muttered: "The moon tonight is really beautiful and intoxicating."
Drake took a drag on his cigarette, pulled back, and shrugged, "That's right, you're not my subordinate, I can't really control you. We're partners, and you have to keep some secrets, which is completely understandable."
Right now, how could Reiju's nervous expression escape Drake's eyes? This made him very curious. Reiju must have discovered something and was upset—that's why she couldn't sleep.
If she were another woman, Drake would have turned and left without saying a word.
But with Reiju, he was patient and willing to listen to her problems.
Hearing what Drake said, Reiju panicked and quickly explained.
"No way, I'm also a member of this ship, isn't that what you said?" Reiju rolled her eyes at him and said angrily, "You bastard, I thought you only cared about training and understood nothing about the world at all. Now you seem to know what to say, and I'm embarrassed not to say it."
Drake blew out the smoke, looked at the beautiful woman next to him, and gave a slight smile: "Say it, I'm all ears."
Reiju stroked her hair, lowered her head slightly, and began to speak in detail, "The thing is, it has to start with Oliver. After we wiped out the White Demon Pirates, I reported the situation."
Reiju raised her head slightly, looked at Drake, then moved her gaze to the sea and said with some embarrassment: "After that, my father said many things. He said that after you become a Shichibukai, he will let me marry you. Like this, we will be allies by marriage. I will not say much more, the situation is approximately all this."
Drake was silent and finally understood what was happening. This matter did not surprise him.
Judge was too cold-blooded. As long as he could fulfill his life's wish to rule the North Blue, he could do anything—even if he sacrificed his own children, he wouldn't care.
Therefore, it was quite normal for Reiju to become a victim of the family. This was very unfair to Reiju, but what could she do?
"Fuhh~~" Drake blew out the smoke, turned his head to look at Reiju and said seriously, "Your father is really crazy. He would give anything to be able to rule the North Blue."
"Now that he has been impressed by my strength, he chooses to cooperate with me and pins all his hopes on me. So, in order to achieve his goal, he will definitely listen to me and support me wholeheartedly."
Drake took a deep breath and said in relief, "Actually, you don't have to worry. After I become a Shichibukai, I'll meet him and make him listen to what I have to say."
"To be honest, I think you're doing well now. Compared to the Germa, here you have the care of your friends and you can see all kinds of new things."
"Why do you have to think so much? Stay here calmly, happiness is enough." Drake tossed the butt into the sea, shrugged, and said, "As long as Judge wants to fight to rule the North Blue, you'll stay here for a long time and you won't need to go back to that cold place."
"Everything is so beautiful that I don't know why you're upset." It could be seen that Drake really cared for Reiju a lot.
When had she ever said so many words? She had never done it!
Not for anything else, just because Reiju was a really nice woman—that was all.
She got it.
After hearing Drake's long speech, Reiju's eyes became extremely bright. Suddenly, she understood everything. The troubles in her heart disappeared, leaving only a deep sense of surprise.
Looking at the man next to her, there was a different kind of emotion in her eyes, which was indescribable, confused, and very complicated. In the end, she turned into a sweet smile and said with a frown: "Drake, I'm suddenly a little sleepy, I'll go back to my room and rest first."
"You should go to bed early too, don't always practice so late, understand?" Hearing Reiju's happy tone, Drake knew that her troubles had completely disappeared and her good mood had returned.
"It's too early and I can't fall asleep. After practicing for a while, I'll fall asleep too."
"Okay, staying up late is a woman's natural enemy, hurry up and get some rest!"
Reiju looked at Drake, blinked her beautiful eyes, and her face was full of happiness. "Then I'm going to bed, good night~~"
Before leaving, Reiju stopped for a moment, turned her head and said:
"Drake, do you know that practically all the girls on the ship have a crush on you?" Reiju had a curious expression—she wanted to know what he would say, Chris.
After finishing speaking, she walked towards her room with brisk steps, which showed that she was in a very good mood.
Drake looked at her back, silently for a while, and then walked directly to the practice room...
Four days later.
"Report..."
"Good news everyone, we are entering East Blue. Tell everyone..." The alarm voice was heard from the observation deck, the volume was very high, the tone extremely excited.
Needless to say, the lookout also knew that this was the last sea zone, and when they finished the East Blue voyage, they would enter the most mysterious sea zone—the Grand Line!!
Hearing the good news, the entire crew was overwhelmed and cried out desperately.
"Wow... I finally made it to the last piece of sea!!"
"I was so excited that I wanted to punch someone, which ended up pushing someone!"
"Why don't you punch yourself in the face?"
"Oh... I'm so happy I can't help but jump!"
"Stop talking nonsense,..."
"I want to say something, but you can stop fucking pushing me!!"