Behind the World Government Headquarters building. In an elegantly decorated, extremely luxurious manor.
"Charlos, why did you let someone sell the piranhas in the fish tank?"
Rosward, a World Noble wearing clothing like a spacesuit, with sunglasses and a loose beard, leaned on a cane. He asked his son, Charlos, with some surprise.
"Father, that Vinsmoke Ichiji told someone to send me two mermaids..." Charlos, corpulent and looking like an idiot, said happily, "They're free, and no one has auctioned mermaids for a long time!"
"Vinsmoke? Hmph, that fellow is quite smart..." Rosward sneered, disdainfully saying, "I hear that many kingdoms have united, wanting to exclude Germa 66 from the World Government's allied nations. Even Marine Headquarters has this intention. They probably want us to step in and protect their title as a World Government allied nation!"
"Hehe, Father..." Charlos spread his hands, delightedly saying, "Those are 14 mermaids! Now I'll make that Eustass Kid die of envy!" But deep in his eyes, a subtle glint of shrewdness and mockery flashed, hard to detect.
"Mermaids are indeed becoming harder and harder to catch. The current auction price has already soared to over 100 million Beli, but it's been a whole year since any mermaids were caught and auctioned. You can take them if you want, but just give the World Government a heads-up about it..."
Rosward nodded, then couldn't help but let out a cold snort: "That merman, that bastard, established some Merman Fleet. Many of those who capture slaves and pirates have fallen under them. Now those wastes don't dare to easily take risks..."
"Prince Charlos, I think it's quite interesting to let piranhas chase those mermaids in the fish tank, don't you?" A woman dressed in luxurious clothes, with a veil covering her face, walked over. Her seemingly casual words, however, made one's heart turn cold.
"That won't do. If those two beautiful mermaids get bitten on the face, they won't look good..." Charlos shook his head vigorously. "I finally got these with great difficulty. You're not allowed to mess with them, Shaluria."
"I won't touch those disgusting marine creatures, and aren't mermaids the fastest in the world? How could piranhas easily catch them?"
"By the way, Father, lend me that pirate captain you bought a few days ago!"
"You want to borrow him to play again? You've already killed quite a few..."
No one knew that at this moment, Charlos was no longer the original Charlos. Even his father, Rosward, was no exception.
Germa 66 had made too many preparations in advance to "infiltrate" the Celestial Dragons. Even a few years ago, Germa had already sent out spies meticulously cultivated by them, trying to find ways to make them bodyguards for Celestial Dragons, secretly observing Charlos's words, actions, personality, social interactions, etc.
They patiently endured until recently, when they finally had Yonji lead Reiju, with the aid of a Clear-Clear Fruit user, to stealthily attack Charlos who was temporarily residing in Sabaody Archipelago, all to avoid any accidents.
Charlos had been careful these days and didn't dare to inquire too casually. He knew very little about the Celestial Dragons' secrets and couldn't inquire too deeply about confidential information from Germa 66 in a short time.
And the Charlos who was brought to Germa 66's headquarters, his mind already transferred to that bodyguard's body, had already completely submitted under Germa 66's strict interrogation.
But unfortunately, that fool with limited brain capacity couldn't access the true core secrets of the World Nobles. He only knew some basic information about the Celestial Dragons and didn't even know what kind of trump cards the World Government and the Celestial Dragons actually held.
Although his father Rosward also knew that this son had not truly matured yet, he had no intention of informing him of these things prematurely.
...
First half of the Grand Line. Marineford, Marine Headquarters.
Inside the spacious and bright Fleet Admiral's office. The World Conference, held once every four years, was about to begin. The Marines, directly under the World Government, bore the important responsibility of maintaining peace and stability throughout the vast ocean. Naturally, they were qualified to participate in this conference and propose relevant resolutions.
For example, the perennial discussion about increasing the Marine's military budget, hoping the World Government would allow expansion of the army, and so on...
Sengoku had already specifically convened high-level Marine meetings in advance to discuss related matters with the commanders from headquarters. Furthermore, all high-ranking Marine officers above the rank of Vice Admiral were qualified to personally participate in this conference.
In previous years, Marine Admiral "Akainu" Sakazuki had proposed more than once to form a fleet to expedition the New World, but each time it was rejected without hesitation by the Five Elders. After all, the New World had harsh climates and was the territory of the Four Emperors.
Furthermore, in the New World, besides the G-1 Branch near the Red Line 393, the Marines only had the G-5 Branch, which could be considered a strategic base deep in the first half of the New World.
Organizing a large-scale fleet expedition to the New World would not only consume a vast amount of manpower and resources, but if not handled well, it could directly provoke a fierce backlash from the New World pirates and the Four Emperors, who would unite to suppress the Marines.
At that time, one moment of carelessness could lead to huge losses and casualties for the Marines, causing extremely severe consequences.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, the fleets dispatched from headquarters to various countries around the world, responsible for escorting the kings to the Holy Land Mary Geoise to participate in the World Conference, have already arrived one after another..."
A Marine Lieutenant Commander stood at attention, saluting with his right hand, and reported with a solemn expression: "Including the Bourbon Kingdom and Prodence Kingdom from the first half of the New World,
the Oars Kingdom, and from the East Blue, the Nobles Kingdom, the Flower Kingdom from the West Blue, and the Kakakoro Kingdom from the North Blue, among other kingdoms, over sixty kings from various countries around the world have already safely arrived on the Red Line!"
Sengoku nodded and said in a deep voice: "The World Conference is of great importance. The kings of various countries absolutely cannot have anything happen to them. Inform them to strengthen their defenses and absolutely not be careless. We must ensure that the World Conference can conclude smoothly!"
"Yes!!"
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