Naval Headquarters Marineford.
In Sengoku's office, there was not much work today, so a few bigwigs got together to chat, brag and so on.
This is also the daily life of the Marine bosses.
Sengoku sat on the sofa holding a teacup and asked, "That bastard Garp, doesn't he mean to come back?"
"Oh..." Zephyr bit his cigar, and replied, "He's in South Blue, he said he wasn't on vacation, but was investigating and hunting for traces of Roger..."
As soon as Zephyr's words fell, Sengoku's eye twitched and said, "I don't think even he believes what he said, right?"
But it's clear that Sengoku doesn't intend to meddle in Garp's business.
"Teacher Zephyr, if you have asthma, don't smoke cigars." The door was pushed open, and then Kuzan came in, stepped forward and snuffed out Zephyr's cigar.
Zephyr said helplessly: "I have only this hobby in life, and it has to be hindered by you people."
"You need to be healthy." Kuzan said with a smile, then looked at the crowd and said, "I just received some super secret news!"
"Oh!?" Sengoku's face darkened, and he asked seriously: "Did something serious happen? Tsuru, hasn't your intelligence department received any news?"
Seeing Sengoku being so serious, Kuzan quickly said: "No, it's another type of super secret!"
Chief Staff Officer Tsuru was also very interested and asked: "What news?"
"Mr. Garp has confirmed that that guy, Dragon, has indeed found a girlfriend in South Blue..." Kuzan said mysteriously.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone had expressions of surprise on their faces and asked, "Really?"
"That's right! And Dragon is currently in South Blue, he met with Mr. Garp not long ago, and they talked about this matter. He clearly said that Mr. Garp should not meddle in his private affairs." Kuzan broke the news.
"Hahahahaha..." Sengoku laughed and said, "That guy Dragon...is it time to talk about marriage too?"
After laughing, several people chatted about other things.
"By the way, is there any movement on Rosinante's side?" Tokikake suddenly asked.
As soon as his words fell, Sengoku's expression froze for a moment, then he frowned and said: "No news."
At this time, Tsuru said: "Don't worry, no news is good news. Our intelligence department is also paying close attention to that guy Doflamingo..."
Doflamingo's level is different now, he belongs to the leader of the new generation of pirates, and the importance Marine attaches to him has also risen to a higher level.
Of course, because of Rosinante and Sengoku, the Donquixote Family itself is the focus of Marine.
"Any intel on them lately?" Sengoku asked.
"Does the conflict with the Big Mom pirates count? Although it seems that the Big Mom pirates haven't investigated clearly yet, our intelligence department has actually completed the investigation. Charlotte Katakuri met Doflamingo in Alabasta's Nanohana Port, and then he was defeated and captured by the Donquixote Family," Tsuru said.
It can be seen that although the Big Mom pirate group has strong intelligence in the pirate industry, it is still far behind Marine's regular intelligence agency.
Tsuru has done a thorough investigation, but Charlotte Linlin is still guessing and doubting.
"So, Doflamingo is really going to fight the Big Mom pirates?" Kuzan asked curiously.
"Nine times out of ten, judging from the current situation, Doflamingo is definitely going to enter the New World and fight them, but his way of operating is a bit strange...He started from East Blue on a leisurely journey, so far, he has not even been to the Grand Line. He hasn't caused any turmoil...his pirate style seems to be relatively...'moderate'." Tsuru said.
For this situation, the Marine bosses are not very surprised, because this situation is not an exception. Pirates are indeed divided into many styles in the eyes of Marine.
Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Silver Ax, Shiki, etc. belong to that kind of brutal pirates. Even if they don't have some purpose, they will continue to do evil, looting towns and massacring islands when they have nothing to do.
There is no need to look for reasons, even if you drink too much and eat enough, you can do such a thing.
And there are big pirates like Doflamingo, Roger in the past, and Whitebeard in the present. They don't go to loot towns and slaughter islands when it's not necessary.
But in the end they are all pirates. Sometimes, someone provokes them, and they end up doing these things. Doflamingo once fought with Sengoku and slaughtered the entire Cervantes. Roger once ruined a whole country, because someone messed with his comrades. It is not unheard of for Whitebeard to sink an island in a rage because his son was injured.
But overall, Marine still has a better impression of the 'gentle' pirates.
Listening to Tsuru's words, Sengoku said calmly: "Don't let your guard down for this guy just because he is 'harmless'!"
But after a short pause, Sengoku said again: "If you want to gain a firm foothold in the New World, you have to gain prestige. Now it seems that Doflamingo chose the Big Mom pirates..."
"That should be the case." Tsuru said.
Zephyr took a sip of tea, and then said: "It's not a bad thing to let someone like him enter New World to stir up trouble, anyway, dogs eat dogs..."
For Marine, it is a good thing if the Donquixote Family and the Big Mom pirates fight to the death, anyway, it will be a loss for the pirate camp.
"Actually, this situation is good for us. We have always been vague about the situation of the Donquixote Family cadres. Once the Donquixote Family and the Big Mom pirates go to war, we can also collect a lot of information from it, and further confirm the overall threat level of the Donquixote Family." Tsuru's chief staff analyzed.
"I don't know anything else, but that Benn Beckman, once he grows up in the future, he will definitely be tricky to handle." Kuzan said suddenly.
"Thunder Fruit...?" Sengoku stroked his braided beard and murmured.
It's really troublesome. Doflamingo's potential is unquestionable, Sengoku is sure that this guy will become one of the monsters of the sea in a few years, and the Thunder fruit... This ability known as 'invincible', it can at least create a master at the level of Marine Admiral.
"Speaking of which, do you think Doflamingo is suitable to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?" Kuzan asked suddenly as if he remembered something.
As soon as he said this, the others were all stunned.
Sengoku frowned, and began to think about the gains and losses in it.
After thinking for a while, Tsuru said, "Actually... it's not impossible, right?"
"After becoming the Seven Warlords of the Sea, whether it is robbery or other crimes, they will be legalized, so when we select the Seven Warlords of the Sea, we must also focus on this point. We should try our best and choose those pirates who are milder. At least from this point of view, Doflamingo is indeed appropriate." Tsuru said.
Looking at the Seven Warlords of the Sea sequence, if there is no special situation, Marine has always been using this condition as a benchmark, that is, it is best to choose a moderate pirate.
For example, Crocodile, although he made quite a fuss in New World, Crocodile spends most of his time challenging established strong players. For weak players, he looks down on them, disdains them, and is too lazy to deal with them. Apart from plundering for necessary expenses, Crocodile basically did not cause much havoc.
Until he went to Alabasta as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea for his own ambition and purpose, and started to create a mercenary group.
Jinbei, needless to say, is simply the moderate among the moderates, you don't even need to define him as a pirate.
Gekko Moria was very fierce at the beginning, but after being crushed by Kaido, he basically lay flat. Marine also took a fancy to him and chose him as Seven Warlords of the Sea.
Facts have proved that it is really the right choice!
Moria became the benchmark in Seven Warlords of the Sea. Marine really liked him. This guy even disappeared in the sea for more than ten years. Except for those unlucky ones who strayed into the sea area of the Devil's Triangle, he was harmless. He is really the perfect warlord!
Bartholemew Kuma is the same. In Marine's view, he is also a "no-pollution" pirate.
Dracule Mihawk is also like that. At the beginning when he was pursuing the goal of "No. 1 Swordsman", Mihawk was still somewhat destructive.
This is also the main reason why he was defined as a pirate, but after Mihawk became the number one swordsman, he gradually became like Moria, an otaku, playing with monkeys on Kuraigana Island, and the damage caused to the world is negligible.
That is to say, occasionally when he is bored, he goes to sea to bully rookies and so on, but overall he doesn't make any big troubles.
And Boa Hancock is not far behind, she is also relatively peaceful. Thinking about it carefully though, Hancock can be regarded as the most restless pirate in this batch of Seven Warlords of the Sea. Because of Amazon Lily's lack of supplies, her plundering frequency far surpassed the rest of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!
In the case of Doflamingo in the original story... he is more of a businessman who is running his own network, and most of the people who suffer are the unlucky ones who rebel in Dressrosa. From a macro perspective, the harm is relatively safe.
It can be seen that as long as Marine has the ability to stop those pirates who are cruel and tyrannical, want to massacre islands at every turn, commit crimes, and cause grievances, Marine will definitely do his best to prevent them from becoming Warlords of the Sea.