Chapter 14
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014: Responses From Around The World
This moment.
Marine headquarters.
The conference room was disrupted.
"So! The Celestial Dragons has been attacked?!"
A Marine Vice Admiral, feeling his scalp tingle, stood up abruptly.
Admiral Kizaru, who was participating in the meeting, paused casually.
After all, he commands the Naval Headquarters science unit.
This time, in response to the future outbreak of the Whitebeard Pirates, his absence from meetings is not acceptable.
And at this moment, hearing this shocking news, Kizaru put down his nail clippers, stood up, and said, "Fleet Admiral Sengoku, hey, since the nobles of the world were attacked, why don't you let me go to North Blue?"
It happened in North Blue.
Now, in order to discuss how to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates, almost all the Naval Headquarters forces are present.
Even if you don't want to admit it, there are few people who can rush from headquarters to North Blue in a short time.
And only he alone.
The only problem now is that Kizaru hopes that those crazy perpetrators are looking for money, or a group of foolish pirates are trying to use the Celestial Dragons as bargaining chips with the World Government.
That might be enough to save time, given his speed.
"At present, the only person who can rush to North Blue quickly is Admiral Kizaru, Fleet Admiral Sengoku. I hope the situation will be resolved in time," someone said.
"That's right!" Marine Vice Admiral Huoshaoshan and others agreed upon hearing this.
However, everyone present, except for Admiral Akainu, who was silent, and Vice Admiral Crane, known as the great staff officer, became more serious.
Because when Kizaru proposed to go, she noticed that the seriousness on Sengoku's face hadn't abated.
With her years of understanding Sengoku, she was afraid the expression on his solemn face had darkened again.
What happened in North Blue should be more than just 'The Celestial Dragons may be attacked'.
At the same time, Crane's guess was correct.
Before this crucial meeting was interrupted, it had been more than 30 minutes since the warship escorting the Celestial Dragon in North Blue was attacked.
Just when Naval Headquarters was discussing how to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates, the news started spreading from North Blue.
New World.
Kingdom of Dressrosa.
"Heh heh~ Marine is already overwhelmed by the Whitebeard Pirates, right?"
One of the current Shichibukai, Doflamingo, looked down at the kingdom of Dressrosa below, eyes sparkling under the sunglasses, and murmured, "After all... that's known as the strongest man in the world. In this era, he is the closest to the existence of 'One Piece'. If the strongest man in the world gets angry, maybe the world is at risk of being destroyed."
"Hey, Doffy, at this time, the more chaotic the world, the stronger our family will become. This is a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation to expand," a voice came from behind Doflamingo.
It looked like a blue snotty quilt, holding a scepter.
It was one of the top cadres of the Donquixote family, Trebol.
When Doflamingo heard this, the corner of his mouth curled into an arc of satisfaction.
"Fufufu~ Yes, turmoil is not necessarily a bad thing, but an opportunity... The more chaotic the world, the more interesting it becomes," Doflamingo said, twitching his fingers.
Suddenly.
"Young Master, young Master!" Buffalo, a family member with fan blades around his neck, fell from mid-air, his face revealing the horror of witnessing some kind of 'impossible event'.
"What happened?! Buffalo, don't you know to send someone to inform Doffy before coming here?" Trebol frowned behind Doflamingo, seeing the flustered look of the family member, he scolded.
"No... not! Young Master, you need to read the newspaper that was just released today!" Buffalo shook his head hastily, holding a newspaper in his hand, and handed it to Doflamingo.
"Okay?"
There was a hint of doubt in the eyes under Doflamingo's sunglasses.
Could it be that the Whitebeard Pirates have some new big moves?
After all, the whole world was now paying attention to what the man known as the strongest would do next.
Doflamingo glanced at the newspaper in his hand.
The next second, Doflamingo's pupils froze.
"This... this is?!"
...
White Island.
Baltigo.
Revolutionary Army Headquarters.
"Dragon! It's not good! Something big happened outside!" a murloc burst into a crudely furnished combat conference room, panting and holding a newspaper in his hand.
Then he saw the eyes of everyone in the room gather.
Among them, a middle-aged man in a dark green cloak looked up.
The murloc slapped the newspaper on the table.
With lingering fear on his face, he conveyed the news that changed the expressions of everyone present.
"In, in the North Blue! Celestial Dragons, the nobles of the world, were killed!"
"W-what?!"
"The nobles of the world... Celestial Dragons?!"
The cadres of the Revolutionary Army present in the room suddenly widened their pupils.
...
Whitebeard Pirates' residence.
"Father, the outside world thinks that we haven't acted for a long time, so they must be very anxious," Marco said as the Moby Dick stopped before an island off the coast.
Marco jumped off the Moby Dick and approached a tall and calm elderly man with a white beard curved up like a crescent moon.
Marco's dialogue indicated that the man was none other than Whitebeard, currently known as the strongest man in the world and the man closest to the throne of One Piece!
"Gu la la la, this is exactly what my old friend Sengoku wants to see. The Marines would not be late to reveal the news about Ace if they were not fully prepared."
Whitebeard looked at his hometown not far away, then stood up, gripping his weapon, 'Harisen'. A sharp look flashed in his eyes.
"But if you want to touch the old man's family, even the Marines must consider the consequences!"
Feeling the aura emanating from Whitebeard, Marco sighed and murmured, "As expected of Father!"
Suddenly, an albatross followed by a floating newspaper entered the scene.
Whitebeard subconsciously took the newspaper.
Marco, on the side, paid no mind to it.
Whitebeard's reaction, however, was one of astonishment.
Looking at the contents of the newspaper, Whitebeard suddenly laughed heartily, "Interesting...that kind of thing happened over there in the North Blue."
"Interesting? Dad? What happened in the North Blue?"
Marco froze for a moment, wondering what could possibly have happened there to pique his father's interest.
"Gu la la la, an opportunity has presented itself to us. As for the interesting thing..." Whitebeard handed Marco the newspaper.
When Marco heard "opportunity," his eyes sparkled. Had Father decided how to counter the Marines' plan?
As for the 'fun stuff'...
Marco glanced at the newspaper and suddenly froze, his pupils dilating. It took him a long while to regain his composure.
He looked at Whitebeard incredulously and asked, "Hey...hey, Dad? Is this what you find 'funny'?"
Marco's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
Reading the contents, he almost dropped the newspaper. Before seeing it, he couldn't have imagined...
That the "interesting thing" was that 'a lunatic from the North Blue had directly killed a world noble Celestial Dragon'!
"Gu la la la, isn't it interesting?" Whitebeard chuckled.
Then he looked at the newspaper's photographs taken by the albatross.
"Compared to the dead Celestial Dragons, the man up there is really interesting."
"Yes..." Marco agreed, nodding.
"As long as you dare to kill Celestial Dragons, neither the World Government nor the Marines will let it go. The next step is to see if the old man can bear all of this."
Marco looked at Bai Ye on the newspaper, murmuring and sighing.
He was already trying his best to find some impression of Bai Ye.
But no matter what, there was none at all.
So Marco had to categorize him as some kind of 'lunatic'.
But at that moment, Marco still didn't know the kind of trouble this "lunatic" would bring to the World Government and the Marines next.