Drive off, Nico Robin, the Devil Child, and her husband, Ian?
Is this guy serious?
After a moment of silence, the other side said calmly: "Continue the pursuit!"
"Understood!"
Beep! Beep! Beep!
After putting away the Den Den Mushi, Captain Enchi didn't hesitate. He looked at the now-blurred ships and shouted to his subordinates: "Go and capture those heinous criminals!"
...
At that moment, elsewhere.
Watching the now hard-to-see Sibia River Archipelago and Captain Enchi at the dock, Ian murmured something under his breath, then withdrew his complex gaze.
Turning to those behind him without hesitation, he took a deep breath and shouted: "Set sail, to the new base!"
…
The news of the West Blue 315th Branch's operation quickly reached the Marine Headquarters.
Although Sengoku was extremely furious about the 315th Branch's base commander acting without authorization, after all, he had never issued any order at this time to the West Blue to launch a crusade against that group of people; besides, what level is the West Blue's 315th Branch?
They actually managed to drive those troublesome people into the sea?
That was simply a joke. If those people were that easy to deal with, he wouldn't have such a headache right now.
Well, now that they've gone out to sea, it meant the Marine Headquarters had completely lost track of them, and no one knew where they had gone.
Of course, after reading the action report submitted by the 315th Branch, Sengoku understood why the branch commander did what he did.
Under the banner of liberating the Sibia River Archipelago, they expelled that group of people, using the slogans of destroying the evil winery and rescuing the villagers of the Sibia River Archipelago.
After all this time, would Sengoku still not know whether it was an evil winery or not?
That single winery had lifted the Sibia River Archipelago out of poverty, yet now they were claiming it exploited the villagers?
This was clearly an attempt to sever the Sibia River Archipelago's connection with that group of people!
He still remembered that when he first heard about a retired Marine officer in the West Blue returning home to lead his villagers to prosperity, he had been quite pleased; he thought it was proof that the Marines' grassroots still had people who acted practically and upheld justice.
He had even planned to publicize it within the Marines at the time, but now, with things turning out like this, it was fortunate he hadn't done so, or else the Marine Headquarters would have lost face completely.
Looking at the report submitted by the 315th Branch, Sengoku stayed silent for a moment, then finally sighed deeply and pressed the report to the bottom of the pile, deciding not to deal with it further.
According to regulations, as long as that group had left, the World Government would not launch a Buster Call on the Sibia River Archipelago.
Although the Devil Child had indeed lived there for a time, the Sibia River Archipelago was not Ohara.
Back then, the World Government launched the Buster Call on Ohara to destroy everything because the scholars there not only studied history but also intended to compile their findings into books.
You could secretly research, but you could not openly research, and you absolutely could not proclaim that history to the world.
They even intended to gather other scholars from the seas to join their studies. Therefore, to prevent the results of Ohara's research from spreading, the World Government launched the Buster Call to erase everything.
As for now, Sengoku didn't believe that the villagers of the Sibia River Archipelago could even understand historical texts.
And as for launching a full force manhunt like with Roger's child?
Don't be ridiculous, there's no need to search for it!
Was there any need to search?
Her parents are dead, and she grew up alone.
So, the Sibia River Archipelago was not Ohara, and Ian was not King of the Pirates.
They were merely a rapidly developing new power.
The situation hadn't yet reached that extreme point.
In truth, there were quite a few people studying history on the seas. To find the legendary Laugh Tale, researching history was unavoidable; even the Four Emperors in the New World secretly studied history.
Ian's faction merely had the potential to become a new Emperor of the Sea, but only the potential. For now, he had not yet reached the level of the Emperor of the Sea.
That kid's personal strength might be impressive, but overall, his organization's power was still lacking.
The only difference was... his wife was the sole survivor of Ohara, someone who could truly decipher the historical texts.
Of course, to prevent the recently stabilized situation from collapsing, they needed to capture those people as quickly as possible.
That man's power... was growing far too quickly.
He'd only been retired for a few years, and he had already reached the point of giving the Marine Headquarters a headache.
And to top it off, that man had the nerve to allow Ohara's bloodline to continue?
That was practically provoking the World Government!
However, they still didn't know where that group had gone, and the Marine Headquarters had even more troublesome matters to deal with.
As if remembering something, Sengoku removed his glasses, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and sighed heavily while muttering, "Is the Sibia River Archipelago's wine really selling that well? Damn it, how did Zephyr even raise ten fleets?"
The Marine Headquarters had already received news about Zephyr.
Although Sengoku had guessed that, after such an incident, Zephyr might act impulsively and take things to extremes, he had never imagined that Zephyr would develop so quickly!
How long had it even been?
Zephyr had already formed ten fleets?!
Honestly, when he first heard the news, Sengoku was completely stunned.
Forming ten fleets wasn't easy; it required massive manpower, resources, and funds. And yet, in less than a year, Zephyr had already done it.
If they hadn't discovered it this time, would Zephyr have built twenty, or even thirty fleets next year?!
Now Sengoku understood why the World Government had issued a bounty on Zephyr; Zephyr really did have the potential to split the Marine Headquarters apart!
"According to my investigation."
Tsuru said after a moment's thought, frowning: "Unless the Sibia River Archipelago handed over all its profits to Zephyr, it would be impossible to form ten fleets in such a short time. And even if they did, maintaining ten fleets isn't simple."
She raised her head and looked at Sengoku while shrugging helplessly. "Unless what Captain Enchi of the 315th Branch said was true, that it's an evil winery that was exploiting villagers to get higher profits and that they handed all the money to Zephyr."
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