"Keep a close watch on that guy. Marine Headquarters will arrange for a fleet to be dispatched as soon as possible."
After walking out of the prison, Borsalino looked at Lucci and Kaku, who had been waiting outside, and said in a helpless tone: "Have Enies Lobby enter a state of front-line alert. Remember, don't let anyone approach. At this time, don't let any accidents happen!"
"I understand, Admiral Kizaru."
Hearing Borsalino's words, Lucci responded expressionlessly and immediately accepted the task. He then watched as Borsalino waved his hand and slowly walked away.
Only after Admiral Kizaru had left did Kaku, who had been standing beside Lucci the whole time, turn his head, whistle, and curl his lips in mockery. "Brother Teach, renowned for righteousness and loyalty? How ridiculous. Looks like that bunch of pirates are all blind! To think they believed this kind of guy was righteous and loyal. Pirates really are pirates, but will someone really come to save a guy like this?"
"Shut up."
Hearing his partner's words, Lucci said calmly. "How do you know that guy isn't putting on an act? Let's go. We should also arrange the defenses."
"Alright. I just find it a bit laughable that Marine Headquarters would be so cautious because of a guy like this."
In response to Lucci's words, Kaku didn't mind much. He shrugged and followed behind Lucci, walking outward.
After taking a few more steps, as if he thought of something, he looked at Lucci and said: "By the way, Lucci, since Marine Headquarters will be sending a large force over, maybe we can take this opportunity to deal with that Devil Child..."
"The most important thing right now is successfully escorting Marshall D. Teach at Marine Headquarters."
Before Kaku could finish speaking, Lucci seemed to have already guessed what he wanted to say and cut him off expressionlessly. "Moreover, Marine Headquarters won't possibly create extra complications at this time."
As soon as the words fell, just as a look of regret appeared on Kaku's face…
"Purururu!"
The Den Den Mushi on Lucci's body rang.
He was silent for a moment before answering the Den Den Mushi and speaking calmly as if nothing had happened.
"Hello?"
…
On the other side, Ian's family, who were not affected at all, continued to tour around Water 7.
Aside from Ace, who was in low spirits because Teach had been captured, everyone else was having quite a good time.
However, at this moment, inside an open-air restaurant by the waterway.
"Do you think those little brats will really go save that guy?"
Zephyr said while drinking the coffee in his hand and glancing at the three-masted ship with a distinctive sheep's head docked in the riverway. "It looks like something happened to those kids. Seems like they're about to fall apart. Could it be that they're going to disband?"
They were clearly saying in the morning that they were going to rescue Teach, yet in the afternoon, the captain was actually fighting with the crew?
"These guys won't disband over something like this."
Ian said with a smile while eating charcoal-grilled Mizu Mizu Meat. "As for whether they'll go save Teach, they definitely will."
Although he had already told the Straw Hat kid everything about Teach, judging by that kid's personality, he probably wouldn't easily give up on saving Teach, who had saved him and even treated him to drinks.
"It's just that this time, trying to rescue someone on Enies Lobby will probably be quite difficult!"
"What do you mean this time or that time?"
Zephyr, who didn't quite understand what Ian meant, turned his head back and looked at Ian with a chuckle. "Forget it, let's not talk about that. You really don't plan on going to help?"
"What help would I give? It has nothing to do with me."
After finishing the Mizu Mizu Meat, Ian shook his head, then directly picked up a napkin from the table and wiped his mouth. "If anyone's going to rescue him, it'll be Whitebeard."
"Whitebeard?"
Hearing Ian's words, Zephyr chuckled. "That guy is probably already too late."
As he spoke, he lowered his voice. "According to the information passed to me by my informant in Marine Headquarters, the fleet from Marine Headquarters will be able to arrive tonight. So by then, they'll probably only be able to go to Marine Headquarters or Impel Down to rescue him."
As soon as his words fell, before the strange-looking Ian could ask Zephyr who exactly his informant in Marine Headquarters was…
With a bang sound, it seemed like something crashed beside the table, and then a familiar voice came from there.
"Huh? Is Teach going to be sent away?"
Everyone: "..."
Everyone looked speechlessly at Luffy, who had suddenly flown over and, acting completely familiar, had started eating the food on the table.
"Are you guys done eating? Can I have these?"
Luffy said while eating, puffing out his cheeks and grinning. "I'm so hungry!"
"Go ahead and eat."
"That's awesome, Ian, you're really a good person."
After getting permission, Luffy didn't hesitate at all and directly stuffed all the food on the table into his mouth. In no time, he had cleared out more than half of it, and even his belly became round and bulging.
Only after a moment, when Luffy had completely cleared everything and let out a satisfied burp, slumping back in his chair with his round belly and comfortably exhaling, did he suddenly seem to remember something important.
He then looked at Zephyr with a serious expression. "Grandpa, you said Teach is going to be sent away?"
"Yes."
Zephyr didn't hide it from Luffy and nodded. "Marine Headquarters has already dispatched a fleet. Using the Tarai Current, they should arrive tonight. Once they arrive, they'll immediately escort him to Impel Down to await trial."
"You should know that Impel Down is the world's number one prison. Up to now, not a single person has ever, well, there was one person who escaped from it, but over so many years, there's only been that one. Rescuing someone from there is extremely difficult!"
As he spoke, he seemed to remember that the kid in front of him was Garp's grandson, and he sighed. "I estimate that Borsalino has already told Marine Headquarters about what happened here. Marine Headquarters will definitely send another Marine Admiral over. You'd better listen to what Ian said, otherwise, when the time comes..."