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Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
In the Fleet Admiral's office, Sengoku, who had just taken over as Fleet Admiral, was processing documents.
"Brrring brrring."
The Den Den Mushi suddenly rang. Sengoku put down the documents in his hand and answered, "This is Sengoku."
"Sengoku, what's wrong with you Marines? Do you know the Celestial Tribute was annihilated in the Land of Wano?!" As soon as Sengoku finished speaking, the Den Den Mushi crackled with a barrage of curses.
Sengoku's face changed drastically. The Celestial Tribute was the fleet responsible for carrying tributes from allied nations, and it held significant meaning. Its annihilation was a blatant provocation of the Celestial Dragons, wasn't it? At the same time, Sengoku felt a severe headache.
Such an incident occurred right after he took over as Fleet Admiral, and he was completely unaware of it, while the Five Elders already knew. Didn't this imply his incompetence?
"Lord Five Elders, I have already ordered my subordinates to investigate this matter. We should have results very soon," Sengoku said in a low voice.
"What's the use of investigating now? The culprits have long since fled. Do you know who attacked them?" The Five Elders angrily cursed.
"This…" Sengoku's face alternated between green and red. Although you Five Elders are my superiors, I am still the Fleet Admiral. Can't you show me some face? However, although Sengoku was inwardly furious, he dared not retort.
After all, he truly didn't know who the culprits were, and if the Five Elders hadn't called, he wouldn't even have known about this. Seeing this, Sengoku could only remain silent, quietly listening to the Five Elders' reprimand.
"Forget it. We will temporarily not pursue this matter with you. I will have someone send you information on the culprits shortly. The attack on the Celestial Tribute fleet has provoked the Celestial Dragons' authority, and also the World Government's authority. Therefore, you must pursue them worldwide, capturing this culprit at all costs. That is all."
The Five Elders hung up the phone directly after speaking.
Sengoku put down the Den Den Mushi, took a deep breath, and said gravely, "Guard, come in."
"Fleet Admiral-sama." A guard soon walked in.
Sengoku's face was grim, his eyes filled with coldness. "Go call the Admirals and Vice Admiral Garp."
"Yes." The guard retreated upon hearing the order.
After the guard left, Sengoku slammed his fist on the table. With a bang, the table cracked and shattered, falling to the ground in pieces.
"Absurd."
...
In a room on Amazon Lily, Ye Chen lay on a bed, and not far from him were two swords and two treasure chests. These two boxes contained the three Devil Fruits stolen from the Celestial Tribute and the one Devil Fruit given by Amazon Lily as a reward for rescuing the Hancock sisters, totaling four Devil Fruits. The two swords were also stolen from the Celestial Tribute fleet.
Seeing the four fruits and two swords, Ye Chen's eyes flickered, his mouth overflowing with a smile. Although the trip was tiring, it was worth it. What he needed to do now was to make another exchange.
Although he had the Sky Dragon as a helper, it was far from enough. The Sky Dragon was ultimately an external force; only by being strong himself could he truly succeed.
"System, did you say this sword met the requirements for special energy before?" Ye Chen asked.
"Both swords possess the power of slaughter and the power of demon gods, which meet the special energy requirements. However, the energy contained in both swords is too scarce. All of it combined can only increase the exchange count by one."
A cold voice echoed in Ye Chen's mind.
"Exchange them," Ye Chen said without much thought. Although these two swords were considered good, he didn't know swordsmanship, so keeping them was useless. It was better to increase his exchange count.
"Exchange successful. Random exchange count increased by one."
Ye Chen rubbed his chin upon hearing this. Now that the issue of exchange count was resolved, what was left was the item to be exchanged. Given the rules of random exchange, the value of the exchanged item didn't matter; everything was random. This meant that even if he used four Devil Fruits, he could gamble and possibly get something trash. If he really got trash, he would suffer a huge loss. There wouldn't be prey like the Celestial Tribute next time.
Ye Chen considered it for a moment, then took out a sword art book. This was also stolen from the Celestial Tribute. It seemed to contain the insights of a great swordsman, which was why one of the kings had offered it as tribute to the Celestial Dragons. Looking at this sword art book, Ye Chen thought for a moment and decided to use it for the exchange.
"System, use this sword art book for a random exchange," Ye Chen said.
As soon as his voice fell, a white light suddenly appeared, enveloping the sword art book.
"Exchange successful. Acquired Extreme: Ghost Sword."