Before the Rocks Pirates arrived, the intelligence officers at Marine Base G-5 had already dialed their transponder snail.
However, having already completed their mission, the Rocks Pirates didn't care about their movements being exposed.
Otherwise, there certainly would have been another round of Haoshoku baptism before the battle to knock out all the transponder snail first.
In the intelligence departments of the G1 Fortress and Marineford, emergency transponder snail calls from the G5 fleet were received.
"Reinforcements! Requesting reinforcements!!"
"It's the Rocks Pirates!"
"The Rocks Pirates are on GP Research Island!!"
"Ah!! No! Don't kill me...!!"
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The terrified voices and screams of the G5 fleet's liaison officers sent the intelligence officers at the G1 Fortress and Marineford into a panic.
As news of the Rocks Pirates' appearance spread rapidly.
The Copper Skin General and Iron Hand Admiral of G1 Fortress immediately reported the situation to the World Government, requesting reinforcements and combat orders.
Soon, the Four Elders in the Room of Authority also received intelligence regarding the Rocks Pirates.
"GP Research Island?"
"The Rocks Pirates' target is the Great Hammer Corps!!"
"Damn it! Why is there another problem with Saturn's Science and Defense Department!"
"If we had known this would happen, we shouldn't have kept these Frozen Giants!"
The Four Elders' expressions were grave, but they weren't panicking yet.
After all, the severity of losing the Great Hammer Corps was not as great as Saturn privately keeping the ancient robot emitt.
"We can just have Kukulkan, Kong, Sengoku, and Garp move out!"
"Have them carve Magic Teleportation Circles at every fortress in the New World."
"To deal with the current Rocks Pirates, we must get serious!"
The Four Elders quickly made a decision and immediately gave a brief report to Lord Imu.
Just as they returned to the Empty Throne Hall, a terrifying burst of Conqueror's Haki erupted.
"Gu Yue Fang Huo!"
Imu's voice was filled with coldness, making the Four Elders tremble with fear.
What happened now?
Imu never expected that the pirate Gu Yue Fang Huo could actually negotiate directly with Him through a Divine Blade.
"Imu, your Shallow Sea Contract shouldn't be able to directly strip this guy's life yet, right?"
"This lowest-level Shallow Sea Contract of yours doesn't seem to compare to my Blood Servant Contract."
Fang Huo had the Divine Blade Blood Servant relay his words sentence by sentence.
Fang Huo also hadn't expected to actually be able to contact Imu on this island.
It seemed the range of this Shallow Sea Contract was quite large.
No wonder Red-Haired Shanks only dared to go to the Sabaody Archipelago to find Rayleigh after losing his arm in Foosha Village in the East Blue.
Imu could probably influence Shallow Sea Contract holders as far as the Sabaody Archipelago.
In the two years from the time he signed the Shallow Sea Contract until Red-Haired Shanks sacrificed his arm.
He spent most of his time in places far from the Holy Land Mary Geoise, such as Elbaf and Foosha Village in the East Blue.
During that time, he went to steal the Sun God Nika Fruit.
He lived quite a low-profile life during those two years, fearing he would be influenced and controlled by Imu.
"You actually even know the name Shallow Sea Contract!"
Imu hadn't expected the brat Gu Yue Fang Huo to be so clear about His abilities; the previous leaks in the newspapers only briefly mentioned the secret of the Gorosei and God's Knights being under Imu's control.
Now, Fang Huo had accurately stated a specific term like Shallow Sea Contract.
Imu tried to influence and control this Divine Blade, but another Devil Fruit ability was more powerful than His Shallow Sea Contract.
Is this the Blood Servant Contract Gu Yue Fang Huo mentioned?
Imu was incredibly furious; this brat from the lower world actually dared to snatch a servant from Him.
This deeply threatened His rule.
He wondered if the Gods Knights, who possessed the deep sea contract, would have their control forcibly seized by Gu Yue Fang Huo's Blood Servant Contract.
Fang Huo must die!
Unless Fang Huo became His servant!
"Imu, I heard you occupied the body of Queen Lily. Is that true?"
"Could it be that Queen Lily chose Joy Boy back then, and since you couldn't have her heart, you had to have her body?"
"By the way, Queen Lily added the Will of D to herself; she should be called Nefertari D. Lily."
This time, Fang Huo was just purely trying to see if he could contact Imu for a direct exchange.
But Imu's high-and-mighty attitude made Fang Huo choose to thoroughly disgust this King of the World.
"Gu Yue Fang Huo! Mu will definitely kill you!!"
Imu's composure shattered instantly, as if a wound had been poked, and the erupting Haoshoku became increasingly violent.
The Four Elders, still waiting outside the Empty Throne Hall for an audience, were all frightened into kneeling by the enraged Imu.
What on earth happened?
While Imu's mental state was breaking down, the four Marine powerhouses on standby in the Room of Authority.
Fleet Admiral Kukulkan, Buddha Sengoku, and Iron Fist Garp all showed a hint of confusion in their eyes, while only Kong remained unchanged.
Especially Iron Fist Garp, a trace of struggle flashed in his eyes.
He didn't want to become a high-and-mighty god, nor did he want to submit to Imu... Perhaps sensing Garp's intense struggle, Imu, who had been provoked by Fang Huo's words, quickly calmed down and forcefully suppressed Garp's will.
"Who exactly are you! Gu Yue Fang Huo?"
"Are you the successor of Joy Boy or Davy Jones?"
Imu's pupils were filled with coldness; He no longer wanted to study the mystery of the multiple fruits on Fang Huo's body.
He only wanted to kill this brat full of unknowns as quickly as possible!
Even if it meant sacrificing a few more Gorosei and Gods Knights.
"Didn't you also forget to mention the Mermaid Princess..."
Fang Huo had already begun to talk serious-sounding nonsense.
"Joy Boy left quite a few good things to deal with you on partners like the robot emitt and Zunesha."
"Do you know about the Time-Time Fruit ability? Joy Boy arranged for a group of ability users to travel here from eight hundred years ago."
"Even when Queen Lily scattered the Poneglyphs across the world, she also left behind good things to overthrow you."
"Davy Jones and the Mermaid Princess, they also prepared backup plans to take revenge on you..."
"So many good things."
"If you only rely on your consciousness descending, you won't be able to deal with us."
"I hope you can come out in person next time!"
"By the way, so that's where you hid Uranus."
"This means even if I get my hands on the Mother Flame, I won't be able to snatch Uranus."
Fang Huo began to make things up through the Divine Blade, mixing true and false information.
The purpose was to scare Imu, making this thousand-year-old immortal afraid to easily leave the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
Fang Huo was even guiding and hinting that if Imu left Mary Geoise, he would find a way to snatch Uranus.
After hearing Fang Huo's words, Imu's eyes were full of shock.
Joy Boy, Davy Jones, the Mermaid Princess—those guys really did have other backup plans to deal with Him.
And Fang Huo even wanted to snatch Uranus?
Fang Huo has the Mother Flame to activate Uranus!!
Damn it!!
Did those bastards really leave behind so many backup plans?
To be honest, Imu was truly a bit uneasy now!
Could He really fall in this era, just like the prophecies Joy Boy left behind?
No!
He would never allow such a thing to happen!
"Gu Yue Fang Huo, what's the point of being Joy Boy's successor or Rocks' Vice Captain!"
"Come follow Mu; together we shall rule this world!"
"I will make the Gorosei, the Gods Knights, and all the Marines your servants!"
"And you only need to give a tiny bit of loyalty."
"You know, I only want to erase everything about Joy Boy and the Sun God Nika."
"I have no interest in power..."