Whether it's for research or Sage's desire to personally meet that demon, Uta must be found.
Regarding this intelligence aspect, it was naturally entrusted to Lucci and Who's-Who.
Lucci's office is located within the Royal Palace, with a significant area specially allocated for the former CP0 as their office site.
"Understood, I got it."
Covered in a cloak, with a pigeon perched on his shoulder, Lucci, now dressed in a black suit again, hung up the phone and looked at the companions ahead.
Jabra was tearing at Owl's mouth, "Why are you spreading rumors about my failed confession to Selena again!"
Selena was a maid he recently met at a small tavern in O'hara. As for her looks... she's uniquely ugly, making her an exceptionally rare specimen.
However, his confession failed.
"Secrets... they need to be shared... for them to exist… Ouch ouch ouch!" Owl's round face was being stretched like clay.
"Oh, my comrades, revealing a companion's secret, as a fellow colleague, I feel deep shame and can only self-flagellate as an apology!"
Kumadori knelt on the ground, drew Ryofu, the sharp gleam of the blade reflecting his twisted painful face, and he fiercely thrust it into his abdomen.
Ding!
A sound akin to steel clashing resonated from his abdomen, with Ryofu only pressing against the clothing covered in dark Haki, unable to penetrate further.
"Yo-yo-yi, can't die!" Having advanced from Tekkai to using Haki, Kumadori shouted.
"Hahaha!"
Jabra laughed heartily, then looked at Lucci, "Rare to come back, smile a bit, Lucci!"
"That's enough."
Lucci spoke coldly, "As you heard earlier, we need to gather intelligence on the famous songstress 'Uta' and find her before her concert begins."
"Uta..."
At the mention, the three fell silent simultaneously, Jabra clicked his tongue, "Why does it sound familiar to me..."
"The famous songstress." Owl unzipped his mouth, saying, "She's so famous, of course, we've heard of her."
"No, that's not what I mean, it's a different layer..."
Jabra tapped his forehead, "Where have I heard of her..."
"Figarland Uta."
Lucci answered his question, "Figarland Shanks' daughter, of course, whether it's true or not, we don't know, we've never heard of Shanks having a woman before."
They knew about Red Hair being a Heavenly Celestial Dragon after joining CP0.
Although now, due to Kaku's influence, they've all defected, their intelligence doesn't differ much from the World Government's, especially in the New World, where their intelligence surpasses that of the World Government.
The call Lucci received earlier was a direct order from Sage.
"Take action against the Heavenly Celestial Dragon? No..."
Jabra pondered, "Because we're in a state of war with Red Hair, we're planning to force him to appear through his daughter? That's..."
"That's too unscrupulous; even we former CP0 agents wouldn't do something so unethical. How could the Governor do such a thing? As his subordinates, I can only commit seppuku!"
Kumadori again drew Ryofu, just about to cut down, when a voice resounded at the doorway:
"The Governor wouldn't stoop so low. Although unsaid, there must be something about that person called Uta that catches his attention. Hey, Kumadori, when did you develop a hobby for seppuku?"
The group turned to see the young man at the entrance, with scattered hair covering his eyes, possessing a pair of horns, with a cigarette in his mouth, who seemed somewhat moody and gloomy.
"Oh!"
Owl's eyes brightened, "Pie Zhu! Long time no see! Have you joined us too?"
"Stop calling me that name, I'm now called Who's-Who, also, regarding joining formally, I preceded you all." Who's-Who exhaled a puff of smoke and looked at Lucci, "Lucci, this time, I'm not going to lose to you!"
They hail from the same hometown on Crown Island in the Grand Line, the training base for most World Government Special Agents, so naturally, they know each other, though they weren't in the same batch.
Before renaming to Who's-Who, he was indeed called Pie Zhu.
"Oh... I'm not interested in competing with you." Lucci's expression was indifferent, simply responding lightly, "Besides, this is our intelligence matter, which seems unrelated to you."
Who's-Who was aware that Lucci joined early, but everyone was on missions abroad during that time, belonging to the 'neighbors who never meet', knowing but not seeing, and finally getting a chance, naturally, he came over to greet him.
As for Lucci...
He had actually completely forgotten about such a person.
He wasn't interested in those eliminated early on, the failures.
"We also received orders from the Governor; this matter falls under our investigation too." Who's-Who walked over, sat opposite Lucci, provocatively smiling, "Let us work together and compare who's truly more formidable, who truly deserves to handle O'hara's intelligence!"
"Oh... so you want to provoke." Lucci smirked grimly, "Failures don't deserve to be compared to me, or are you trying to experience the taste of failure again."
"Heh-heh-heh, that's not up to you; speaking of which, you count as a 'failure' too." Who's-Who sneered, eyes seemingly penetrating Lucci through his hair.
The two stared at each other, sunlight shining through the window onto their shadows, gradually elongating and expanding, turning them into beast-like shadows.