With two Heavenly Celestial Dragons here, she didn't dare to fall into a deep sleep, even though Gin had already taken people to surround the Celestial Dragons for night watch, she still wasn't quite at ease.
Originally, the plan was to let Blueno use his ability to lock people into the Space Gate, but Sage felt it was unnecessary.
His actions were always forthright; hiding people would mean he was truly afraid of the World Government?
But the World Government seemed to know Sage's temperament and didn't take the opportunity to send anyone to do anything, so everyone was fine until the next morning.
Sage had a refreshing sleep and when he opened his eyes, he saw Lily was already awake, her expression significantly fatigued.
"You... still have a bit to go; you won't be able to enhance the Supreme King this way."
"I must ensure everything is flawless; it's also my duty," Lily said.
Sage shook his head and smiled, then thought for a moment, people's character and spirit are different, after all, you can't force these things.
Lily is fine as she is; after all, Sage can't accept a female version of himself, it would feel awkward.
One person with his wicked personality is enough.
"What time is it?" Sage asked.
"Six o'clock."
"Oh..."
Sage looked up at the sky and said, "No news birds yet?"
"No, not yet." Lily said, "I've been watching continuously."
"What's going on, it's already daytime..."
Sage turned his head and glanced at the two Celestial Dragons tied next to the gangplank, "Did they give up? Forget it, we'll see, there's still some time, Gin..."
"Master Sage."
"Go into town and find one of those Video Snails that can live broadcast, if you can't find one, then head to the Navy's base at Shampodi and get one; I want to watch the live broadcast."
The war is today, and it will be broadcast live.
In the meantime, watching some live broadcasts will help pass the time.
Seeing Gin leading people away, Lily asked, "What if the World Government doesn't act according to what we said?"
"Then we start Plan B!"
Sage grinned and said, "I don't just have one plan, you know, I'm the kind of person who always has alternate plans. If the World Government hadn't concealed the news channels from the start, letting people know about my prison break news, I might only need one Celestial Dragon to let me pass through Mary Geoise."
"In this situation now, I still need to regain my reputation and pass through, but if I can't achieve both or only manage one..."
He laughed softly, "I never said I wouldn't participate in that war. Such a big opportunity to show off, just let the Navy and other Pirates have it? Teach, that fool, might win the bet, but in that case, it becomes his spotlight, that's too boring, two Celestial Dragons are too many."
"Lily, Plan B is to execute one right before the World Government, right in front of the world during the live broadcast!"
Sage extended a hand and clenched it tightly, sneering, "As long as the world recognizes me, then in the New World, we can truly develop!"
His bounty is the highest in the first half, but in the New World, he's just ordinary.
Who recognizes a little-known punk?
Even an Underworld loan shark dares to speak disdainfully to him, without a reputation, opening up in the New World requires too much effort.
He's going in to fight for territory, and to normally enter the New World, to fight for a lot of land, he'd have to battle one by one.
But now there's a golden opportunity to make an appearance, let the world know his greatness, so entering the New World won't be troublesome.
What?
Killing a Celestial Dragon will anger the World Government?
He doesn't care about such a thing!
Half an hour later, Gin returned, his subordinates dragging a huge white screen, placing it on the ground, while Gin put a Video Snail on the corner of the dining table, letting the snail open its eyes and project light similar to screen-casting onto the screen.
Then, what displayed on the screen was a plaza full of Navy heads, and standing there, four giant Giants, behind whom was the towering execution platform.
At that moment, the execution platform was still empty; no one was up there yet.
"So many people!"
Renedia, just waking up, was halfway through yawning and saw the screen, startled, "Is this what war looks like? How many Navy are here?!"
"A hundred thousand."
Sage said, "And they're all elite, no grunts here; they likely mobilized all the Navy with rank and strength from the Grand Line, quite the display."
It's probably not that they couldn't fit more; Marineford couldn't physically accommodate more people, it's already person-squeezing-person, can't fit any more.
"A hundred thousand troops... truly the biggest Overlord right now."
He laughed, "Yet sometimes numbers don't decide everything."
If they did, the Navy would have pushed back the remaining Pirates long ago; Supreme King... is indeed a very useful thing.
"Old Haw, who do you think will win." Sage looked towards Hawkins, already awake, sitting on a not-distant barrel, drawing cards.
"The Navy."
Hawkins answered without hesitation, "'Fire Fist' Ace's death rate in divination is nearly 100%, with the Navy deploying such a large force, the Seven Warlords of the Sea have all been summoned, the execution will certainly succeed. I also divined for Whitebeard, the death probability reaches 90%. This time it will be the Navy's victory, and once Whitebeard dies, there will be a power vacuum; we indeed have a chance to establish a foothold in the New World."
He also used divination on Blackbeard's survival rate, showing a 50% probability, just as Sage said, Blackbeard is indeed a gambler.