It was the evening of the seventh day after the great battle of Junk Island. After several days of effort, Reynolds had brought 78 workers to the island. The remaining 22 workers were all at Dock One. Reynolds adopted a strategy of tackling the difficult tasks first.
If nothing unexpected happened, Reynolds would be able to complete this arduous task tomorrow, getting all the workers onto the island.
But unexpected things often happen at the most critical moments.
In the evening, after a short rest, Reynolds was about to continue bringing people over at Dock One when a scene that put him on alert occurred.
The workers at Dock One should have been waiting for Reynolds there, but now only one person appeared at Dock One.
Reynolds sized up the person and realized it wasn't a worker. The newcomer had short black hair, a ring of beard around his mouth, and an 'X'-shaped scar on the left side of his forehead.
The person was wearing a light purple yukata, tied with a black and purple sash, and a purple cloak, over which was draped an Admiral's coat.
His hands wore gauntlets, his arms were wrapped in bandages, and his feet wore wooden clogs. He held a staff-sword in his hand, walking towards Reynolds, probing the way.
"I am Issho..."
"Although I cannot see you..."
"I know you are a member of the Akatsuki Organization."
"Please excuse me!..."
Fujitora politely introduced himself, and in the instant Reynolds hadn't reacted, he had already controlled Reynolds.
Reynolds was still wondering who the newcomer was, but upon hearing the person introduce himself, he was inwardly horrified and wanted to flash away to escape. However, Reynolds's movements were a beat slower than Fujitora's. As soon as Fujitora's "Please excuse me" fell, he had already drawn his staff-sword.
Reynolds only felt a powerful gravity acting on his body, directly pinning him to the ground, unable to move.
Reynolds tried to use his ability to escape, but found that his body was already too heavy, exceeding the limit of what he could flash, making it impossible to move.
Subsequently, some Marines came up and directly handcuffed Reynolds with Sea Stone handcuffs, arresting him.
Reynolds's mood instantly plummeted. He knew this mission was a failure; he had directly encountered Fujitora, the most troublesome Admiral.
However, Reynolds was neither desperate nor worried about his own safety. He had already thought of a way to inform Pain and the others: by concentrating his energy to notify them using the Projecting Image Technique.
Water 7. On the Floating Island.
Momousagi finally chose to compromise and told Pain some secrets that were not really secrets to him. Pain only wanted Momousagi's attitude; all those so-called secrets he had already known when the Human Path extracted Kizaru's Soul.
Pain did not kill Momousagi. Under Lucci's mediation, Momousagi was allowed to choose whether to stay or leave.
There was only one condition: she was not allowed to oppose the Akatsuki Organization again, otherwise, only death awaited Momousagi.
Momousagi considered it repeatedly and chose not to leave. Although she had regained her freedom, the questions in her heart had not yet been answered.
That was why Lucci and the others were initially forced to join, but now they were willing.
Hancock completed the island planning task and came to Pain's side, intending to propose to Pain that after finishing things here, she wanted to go to the New World to see Luffy, as this was one of Hancock's wishes.
Just at this moment, Pain felt a disturbance in the thought wave and quickly connected.
"Pain..."
"I am truly sorry..."
"I have been arrested by Admiral Fujitora."
Reynolds's Illusion Body began to recount the details of his capture to Pain, and then informed Pain of his current location.
The Marines guarding Reynolds only thought he had resigned himself to fate, saying nothing and closing his eyes to await judgment, unaware that Reynolds was secretly using a forbidden technique to send information.
Pain replied, "I know," then cut off the connection and prepared to call a meeting. Just then, Konan flew back to the Floating Island.
"Pain..."
"The World Government has sent four generals this time. There are records of their appearances in the Visual Den Den Mushi."
Konan had already set up disguised sentry posts outside. Feeling a disturbance in the paper Clone, she went to retrieve the Visual Den Den Mushi and brought it directly back to the headquarters.
"Gather everyone in the meeting room. Reynolds has been captured."
Pain calmly gave the order.
Konan was somewhat shocked, but she suppressed her surprise and went to notify everyone about the meeting first.
In Konan's impression, although Reynolds's strength was not formidable, his ability to protect himself was very strong. What kind of power could instantly subdue Reynolds without even giving him a chance to escape? Konan couldn't imagine.
In the meeting room, Konan played the appearances of the four generals through the Visual Den Den Mushi. Even Golden Lion, who usually disdained the World Government, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"What?..."
"Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru!"
"The other one seems to be the new Admiral Fujitora."
"Pain... The World Government is playing big this time!"
After seeing the four people through the Visual Den Den Mushi, Pain already knew their identities. Due to the Human Path devouring Kizaru's Soul, Pain now had a thorough understanding of many high-level secrets of the World Government.
"The incoming enemies are powerful..."
"Reynolds has also been arrested..."
"This time, we are on the defensive!"
Oden also spoke after Golden Lion.
"The World Government has arrested Reynolds, preparing to use him as leverage to force our Akatsuki Organization to send people to rescue him."
"I believe..."
"This is a well-planned scheme by the World Government."
Hancock had matured a lot after the destruction of Amazon Lily, and her former willful and tsundere personality had also subsided considerably.
Pain watched everyone's discussion without saying a word. The purpose of gathering everyone was to arrange the upcoming battle assignments.
Pain actually wasn't worried about Reynolds's safety at all, because Pain had already left a contingency plan on Reynolds: he had made Reynolds sign a summoning contract with the Animal Path. If Pain wanted to, he could summon Reynolds back right now.
But this time, Pain intended to inflict Pain on the World Government, to the point where they wouldn't dare to act rashly again. Therefore, he first let the World Government detain Reynolds, making the people who arrested Reynolds believe they had a bargaining chip.
Pain was even considering having other official members of the Akatsuki Organization sign a summoning contract with the Animal Path, with their consent.
This way, unless they were directly annihilated, they could all be summoned back alive, even their bodies. Unless Pain died.
"You don't need to discuss these issues anymore."
"Next, let's discuss how to deal with the enemy."
"There's no need to worry about Reynolds's safety."
"Reynolds has already signed a summoning contract with my Animal Path. I can summon Reynolds back anytime I want."
"If you are willing, you can also sign one. This also serves as a guarantee for your safety."
"This time, I want the World Government to feel Pain, so that they dare not easily provoke our Akatsuki Organization again in the future."
"Golden Lion can introduce the strength of these four people to everyone, and then we can arrange personnel to deal with the enemy according to the situation."
Pain directly spoke to resolve everyone's concerns. This way, when formulating a plan, Reynolds's safety could be set aside, and at the same time, it provided a guarantee for the Akatsuki Organization's personnel.
Everyone was willing to sign a summoning contract with the Animal Path. This way, once they were accidentally captured, their safety would also be guaranteed.
After receiving Pain's order, Golden Lion introduced Sengoku and the two others in detail to everyone, but he knew very little about Fujitora and did not introduce him.
Fujitora's introduction was supplemented by Hancock.
"Although Fujitora is a new Admiral, his personal strength is quite formidable."
"I believe Fujitora's strength might be the strongest among the four."
Hancock finished introducing Fujitora's abilities and gave a summary.
"Pain..."
"I have a very outstanding individual among my subordinates whom I would like to recommend to the Akatsuki Organization."
After introducing Fujitora, Hancock suddenly remembered that she had a very clingy sister by her side who was also very strong. Since the Akatsuki Organization was currently in need of people, she decided to recommend her to the Akatsuki Organization.
Pain was noncommittal about Hancock's recommendation, only asking Hancock to call the person over first. So Hancock called the person to the meeting room and introduced her in front of everyone.
The person Hancock wanted to recommend was named Kawasaki Hikaru, also a very young and beautiful girl. However, this girl had issues with her sexual orientation; she had always been very fond of Hancock and was deeply infatuated with her.
Although Kawasaki Hikaru liked Hancock very much, she never hindered Hancock's fondness and affection for others, such as Hancock's love for Luffy.
Although Luffy made Hancock love him to death, Kawasaki Hikaru never stopped Hancock, nor did she cause trouble. Kawasaki Hikaru believed that if Hancock was happy, she was happy, and what Hancock loved was also what she loved.
This was the love Kawasaki Hikaru recognized. Kawasaki Hikaru had grasped the essence of love to the extreme, which was the willingness to give everything for Hancock.
Whatever Hancock asked her to do, she would do it, even if it meant losing her life. Such love was both tragic and great, after all, the two could not be together, and Kawasaki Hikaru could only silently give.
Under Hancock's introduction, Kawasaki Hikaru greeted everyone warmly, and finally, at Hancock's instruction, expressed her strong willingness to contribute to the Akatsuki Organization.
"Leader Pain..."
"I am very willing to work with Hancock to contribute to the Akatsuki Organization. Please accept my sincere allegiance, Leader."
After Kawasaki Hikaru finished speaking, she actively introduced her abilities to everyone... To be continued...
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