89. Knocking On The Mountain And Shocking The Tiger

Dylan, who returned to G-5, took the information from Tahir and put it aside.

"It seems something unexpected happened."

Tahir looked at the thick stack of information on the table. Through alternate inferences from the intelligence gathered from all parties, some abnormal trajectories about Red-Haired Shanks were indeed discovered. But now it seemed that it had no effect.

Although Nojiko has already served as Dylan's civilian adjutant, Dylan usually discussed these matters with Tahir. The other people in G-5 were not the type who could calmly think about these issues. Balmond is back in East Blue.

"It looks like our short-term goals need to shift a little bit."

Dylan crossed his fingers. More and more people are migrating to Greenbit. Whether it is the surveillance network of the 07 combat unit or the screening of CP0, loopholes will inevitably appear.

"The threats of Kaido and Big Mom only exist on the surface, and Teach's troubles mainly come from the secrets he carries. The Whitebeard Pirates collapsed and lost the Summit War. They no longer pose much of a threat. The remaining... that's our main goal for this year."

"Shanks?"

"Yes, but it's not just him. In addition to the Red Hair Pirates, he's also involved in many things. Let's... cut off their hands, feet, and tentacles first."

Dylan raised his head and looked at Tahir: "It's up to you to take the lead, within a year. Try to find out the main cadres of the Roger Pirates as much as possible. And... send people to East Blue, Foosha Village!"

"Will it be sudden?"

"What's important is suddenness." Dylan's eyes flashed coldly: "The more sudden it is, the more intense their reaction will be, and the more problems will be exposed."

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East Blue, Kingdom of Girona.

On the street opposite the palace, the signboard of a seafood restaurant read: Today's special, secret eel.

Balmond looked serious, turned around quickly, and walked into the secret room.

Order No. 9!

This was one of the nine top instructions Dylan left behind when he left East Blue ten years ago. When he left that year, he said that these orders may never be used, but once they are received, they must be executed immediately with the highest level of priority.

"Activate all secret lines in Goa Kingdom!"

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Foosha Village.

Gula, who escaped from the Uncertainty Terminal 12 years ago, runs a small seafood restaurant. He had seen Red-Haired Shanks from a distance here, and the Marine hero praised by the world, Garp. Of course, he also saw Ace, the son of Gol D. Roger who was executed not long ago.

His daily after-dinner program was to take a walk in the town, which had been his habit for more than ten years. When he reached the center of the town, Gula's heartbeat paused.

There was a peculiar diamond-shaped knot hanging on the big tree in the middle of the town. Five wind chimes hung under the knot, tinkling in the breeze. After a casual glance, Gula walked around the town and returned to his seafood restaurant as usual. After the sun went down, Gula closed the door, turned off the lights, and walked into his basement in the dark.

He took out a stack of materials from the secret room.

Curly Dadan, Woop Slap, Makino, and many other people over 40 years old were included in these materials.

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"The G-5 warships are heading towards the Kingdom of Goa."

"Who is leading the team?"

"No senior officers are going, just ordinary mid-level officers are leading the team."

"What are the action orders?"

"Investigate the growth trajectory of 'Fire Fist' Ace, and arrest the criminals involved in the cover-up."

After hanging up the Den Den Mushi, the man in the shadows smoked a cigarette and tapped on the wooden table.

"Arrest the civilians who are harboring Ace... No... This is not the style of Rairyu. It seems they are coming for us!"

In the darkness, a curly-haired figure exhaled smoke: "Shanks... look at the mess you caused."

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"What if they go all-in?"

After arranging the departure of the warship to the Kingdom of Goa, Tahir came to Dylan's office again.

"Put all one's eggs in one basket?"

Dylan smiled disdainfully.

"Tahir, I have seen too many stories in this world. This sea does not lack power or miracles. What it lacks is precisely the blood and courage of going all-in."

"Everyone is waiting for the person who will bring them 'salvation' and 'dawn'."

"Roger used his own death to trigger the 'Great Pirate Age' because the 'time' had not yet come, and he did not consider himself as the one."

"Whitebeard violated his 'iron law' and let Teach go because he believed that the 'D' family must be an indispensable part of the 'great war'."

"Kaido, he is also willing to be the gatekeeper of the 'new era'. He doesn't even know who the person who opens the door will be, yet he is willing to wait in Wano for more than twenty years, just to confirm the 'legend'."

At this point, Dylan shook his head:

"Look, after those people are alerted by us, they will only continue to hide and wait, because their mission is this. They are waiting for their 'king' and their 'god' to bring them hope."

Tahir nodded and then raised his head to look at Dylan: "But as for the Kingdom of Goa, it seems to have a close relationship with Garp, and Foosha Village...it seems like he was there recently?"

"He plays his game, and I play mine. I can't control him, and he can't control me either."

"The only thing you need to worry about is whether Shanks can really drive the Celestial Dragons over."

"Logically speaking, this is difficult. After all, Celestial Dragons rarely come down to the world except for laying idle on the Red Line. Even when they do, it's usually by invitation from some countries or to flaunt their wealth in the Sabaody Archipelago."

After thinking for a while, Dylan took out the blue Den Den Mushi.

"What's the matter?"

"About 'Shanks'," Dylan paused and then said: "Do you remember what happened in West Blue a few years ago? His behavior was very abnormal. I went to the 'Ice Continent'. But he stopped me for some terrible reason."

The bald Five Elders on the other side of the Den Den Mushi frowned slightly: "What reason?"

In their impression, Dylan was not someone who could be easily deterred.

"He said that if I insisted on touching 'things' there, he would send some of the 'Celestial Dragons' to Greenbit to 'die'. And thereby destroy Greenbit."

"Is this happening!?"

The Den Den Mushi was obviously shocked. Although they had a "deal" with him, they never expected that Shanks would go to this extent.

"So I suspect... there is something wrong within the Celestial Dragons. If a 'Celestial Dragon' really died here, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to keep me safe, right? Five Elders?"

There was silence for a while before a voice came from the other side: "Understood. We will mark the area around Greenbit as a 'danger area'. This way they will generally not pass by. If something like that really happens, we will deal with it reasonably."

After getting the promise from the Five Elders, Dylan put down the Den Den Mushi.

Although this commitment is simply not enough.

The Five Elders are nothing more than "puppets" of the Celestial Dragons.

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