Sabaody Archipelago.
No. 1 Island.
Amidst widespread attention, high-ranking World Government officials took out seven contracts.
They bore the signatures of the World Government's Gorosei.
In front of the whole world, Sengoku also signed his name on each.
The supreme commander of the World Government, the supreme commander of the Marines, Sengoku.
The contract papers were handed to the seven Shichibukai respectively.
They only needed the signatures of the seven of them.
The Seven Warlords of the Sea were established, witnessed by the entire world.
Sengoku leisurely watched as the seven simultaneously picked up their pens.
The smile on his lips never faded.
He felt very pleased.
Kevin is dead, and the Shichibukai has been established. With the Shichibukai balancing the Sea Emperor, the future of the sea will be peaceful and calm, and as the Fleet Admiral, I will establish the most stable era.
"By the way, are there still no signs of the Sun and Moon Pirates Remnants?" Sengoku asked Kaji in a low voice.
Kaji looked at Vice Admiral Weasel, who was in charge of intelligence, beside him.
Weasel shook his head.
A large number of Marines on Sabaody Archipelago have been monitoring all directions.
Let alone the Sun and Moon Pirates, there were no other Pirate Crews.
Knowing that the Fleet Admiral was here, the other pirates dared not come to Sabaody Archipelago during this period.
"Didn't come?" Sengoku frowned slightly.
He had thought that today,
He would most likely attract the Sun and Moon Pirates Remnants.
Although he claimed that Gion and the others had abandoned Kevin, Sengoku himself knew it was a lie. Others might not know, but Sengoku was 100% certain about Gion herself.
Gion absolutely had the resolve to die for Kevin.
For Kevin's reputation,
Even if it meant death, they should have tried today.
He had hoped to capture all the Sun and Moon Pirates Remnants in one swoop, but it seemed his plan had fallen through.
After that, Sengoku knew there was almost no chance of luring the Sun and Moon Pirates Remnants out again.
Sengoku immediately aimed at the visual telephone transponder snail.
He spoke to the whole world, showing his magnanimity: "The Sun and Moon Pirates Remnants were misled. The principal offender, Kevin, is dead. I will give you a chance to live. If you are willing to surrender, I am willing to give you a Shichibukai spot, to give you a chance to turn over a new lea—"
"No need!"
Suddenly, a clear, cold voice interrupted Sengoku's joyful smile.
"Who?"
The voice came too suddenly.
The seven Shichibukai, who had been writing with their heads down, suddenly looked up.
They looked up in horror.
Even Hawkeye Mihawk, whose face was perpetually expressionless, had his pupils dilate and was stunned for a moment.
Did he mishear? Who just interrupted Fleet Admiral Sengoku?
"A woman's voice?"
People in other places desperately looked at the screen.
They could only see the image captured by the visual telephone transponder snail, which was Sengoku's shocked expression.
"How could this be?"
Red-Haired Shanks stood up.
His entire eyes were glued to the screen. He looked back at his companions: "Why? Why would Gion go?"
This was a dead end.
Going meant certain death.
"Boss, isn't this to be expected? Since Sengoku completely trampled Kevin underfoot, how could Kevin's companions remain indifferent? They would definitely go, even if it meant death."
"But."
Red-Haired Shanks gritted his teeth, but they would die.
"Boss, if that day ever comes, we would definitely make the same choice," Yasopp and the others said firmly.
Visual telephone transponder snail.
Upwards.
Thick clouds covered the clear blue sky.
Suddenly,
A scorching red light tore through the clouds, revealing a huge opening. A magnificent Phoenix and a jet-black Bat descended from the sky, flying directly towards No. 1 Island on Sabaody Archipelago.
Gion and Shaki, they had arrived.
The "Sun and Moon Pirates Remnants," which various forces on the sea had been talking about for months, had arrived!
The diving Phoenix.
Reflected in everyone's eyes.
Everyone looked on in shock at this scene, at the Phoenix that, in their hearts, was doomed but charged forward fearlessly.
Kaido of the Beasts in the New World.
Cursed loudly: "Damn it, there's no chance to recruit her now."
She was doomed.
After a year of effort to acquire Gion, a subordinate with the Mythical Zoan-Phoenix Form, Kaido of the Beasts knew at this moment that there was no possibility at all.
"They came. What Sengoku just said, that Gion and the others were indifferent to Kevin's death, has been disproven," Whitebeard said with interest, looking at the shocked Sengoku.
He was proven wrong.
"Sigh." Tyrant Kuma sighed silently.
He was afraid of this very thing.
Now that they had arrived, it would be difficult to leave.
He began to struggle internally: should he expose himself to help Gion and the others escape, or pretend not to know them?
"They came. It seems I guessed wrong. You value Kevin very much. And yes, with Kevin's image, what woman wouldn't be moved?" Sengoku laughed loudly.
He was not surprised, but rather pleased.
Since you're here, don't even think about leaving.
The Sun and Moon Pirates will completely become history.
Whitebeard looked at Sengoku with admiration, thinking his reaction was too fast, that he could even explain it this way.
He truly lived up to his reputation.
"Rumble!"
A phoenix descended.
A bat landed.
At the same time, Hancock leaped down from the phoenix, and Stussy and Belo Betty jumped from the bat, while the phoenix and bat transformed into their human forms, Gion and Shaki.
The five arrived.
Among them, Sengoku recognized four: Gion, Hancock, Stussy, and Belo Betty.
The World Government had long known they were members of the Sun and Moon Pirates.
The only one he didn't recognize was the youthful Shaki.
He merely assumed she was a recently recruited crew member, a normal Zoan Type Bat Fruit user, and being so young, her strength shouldn't be great, so he didn't take it seriously.
"Sun and Moon Pirates Remnants, you all have some strength and have come here, it seems you're ready to fight to the death."
Sengoku looked down at Gion and the others.
Aside from Gion, he didn't even bother with Pleasure Quarter Queen Stussy, and the other three were treated as weak rookies.
Everyone looked at the five with the eyes of someone looking at the dead.
Just five people.
On site were nearly ten thousand Marines, ten Vice Admirals, and top-tier Vice Admirals like Kaji and Chief of Staff Tsuru.
Most importantly, Buddha Sengoku was here.
No one in the sea dared to question Sengoku's strength.
Everyone believed that he alone could easily suppress the five who had come to their deaths.
Furthermore, there were also seven Shichibukai here.
Their strengths were completely unequal; in everyone's eyes, the upcoming battle would be a complete Rolling.
There would be no miracles.
"910 Since you've become Shichibukai, why don't you earn some merit first? You all deal with them." Sengoku remained leisurely seated in his chair.
He had no intention of making a move.
Instead, he looked at the seven Shichibukai.
"There was no such agreement today, and I haven't signed yet." Hawkeye Mihawk said coldly, uninterested.
Tyrant Kuma put down his pen.
He had just signed one character, his name not yet finished: "I'm not interested either."
Jinbe was the same.
Crocodile smiled, neither agreeing nor refusing.
"I'm not interested in Gion and Stussy; the others are mine." Doflamingo sneered.
He couldn't afford to provoke those two.
Doflamingo didn't care about the others.
Most importantly, during the last raid on the Sun and Moon Pirates, he suspected that the Ope-Ope no Mi had been eaten by Belo Betty, and he wanted to capture her while others were unaware.
So he prepared to act.
"Son, this is a great opportunity to make a name for yourself." Buckin incited the foolish Edward Weevil.
Edward Weevil's eyes immediately glowed red.
He pulled out the naginata standing beside him.
He stood up, and a fierce aura surged into the sky: "It's time for war, leave it to me."
He wasn't smart, but his strength was good.
"Sengoku…" Gion looked coldly at Buddha Sengoku.
"?" Sengoku subconsciously looked at Gion.
His gaze was drawn over.
Just then.
A figure burst through the ice hundreds of meters behind Buddha Sengoku on the sea, leaping up, enveloped in lightning, and the scorching sun burning the sky.
"Divine Strike - Lightning Birth - All Things Destroyed!"
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