…
Meanwhile,
Vice Admiral Garp had already arrived at an island in the North Blue with a large contingent of Marines.
The island was called Makdo Island.
Byrnndi World had dispatched subordinates across the world to kidnap numerous shipwrights—
And was secretly constructing a ship here.
The arrival of a Marine warship immediately caught the attention of pirates stationed along the shore as lookouts.
"Captain Byrnndi World!"
"This is bad!"
At that moment,
Byrnndi World was overseeing the shipwrights as they worked.
A pirate hurried over in panic.
"What is it?"
Byrnndi World kept his eyes fixed on the shipwrights, not even glancing at the pirate as he asked coldly.
"The Marines are here!"
The pirate quickly reported.
"What did you say?"
Hearing this,
Byrnndi World was instantly shocked.
Makdo Island was an isolated island in the North Blue, remote and difficult to reach.
How had the Marines found him?
Had a spy betrayed his location?
"T-The Marines have arrived…"
The pirate swallowed nervously and repeated himself.
"Damn the Marines…"
Veins bulged across Byrnndi World's arms.
But he quickly calmed down.
"Notify the others."
"Take the shipwrights and leave first."
He still had several trusted crew members aboard his ship.
His plan was to have them escape with the shipwrights—
And Pluton's blueprint.
Meanwhile,
He would stay behind alone to buy time.
He had to complete Pluton.
Because it was the tool he intended to use to rule the world.
"Yes, Captain!"
The pirate hurried away to notify the others deeper within the island.
Byrnndi World immediately rushed to the opposite side of the island.
Sure enough—
A Marine warship was rapidly approaching.
Standing at its bow—
Was Vice Admiral Garp.
"Karp…"
The moment Byrnndi World saw him,
His expression darkened.
If it were another Vice Admiral,
He wouldn't have cared.
But Garp was no ordinary Vice Admiral.
He had clashed repeatedly with executives of the Rocks Pirates.
He had pursued the Roger Pirates countless times.
His reputation had long been established.
His strength was worthy of promotion to Admiral—
He simply refused the position.
"Hahahaha…!"
"Byrnndi World!"
"I finally found you!"
Standing at the bow with his arms crossed,
Garp burst into laughter.
"Damn you…"
"The Marines want Pluton's blueprint too?"
Byrnndi World questioned coldly.
"If you manage to build an Ancient Weapon…"
"The Marines will have a huge problem."
"So…"
"Let me send you to prison."
Garp ripped off his Justice coat and charged toward Byrnndi World.
"If you've got the ability to send me to prison…"
"Then try it, Garp!"
Byrnndi World coated his arm with Haki and leapt forward as well.
The two collided head-on.
…
The following day.
A sea within the North Blue.
A Marine warship was sailing onward.
Aboard it—
Were Is and the others.
Their current destination:
The Kingdom of Gadobriel in the North Blue.
At that moment,
They were enjoying food together upon the ship's deck.
As for the CP0 members—
Other than sleeping,
They remained near Is almost constantly.
"Saint Aurelius D. Virel Is."
"Today's newspaper."
A CP0 member handed over the latest paper.
Since Is had brought no maids on this trip,
Tasks such as delivering newspapers had fallen to CP0.
"Hmm?"
"Byrnndi World is in the North Blue?"
Seeing the headline,
Is froze briefly.
The contents reported that Byrnndi World had clashed with Garp and escaped.
His whereabouts were currently unknown.
However—
He was believed to still be within the North Blue.
"To escape from Garp…"
"This Byrnndi World isn't simple."
Madara Uchiha remarked while drinking tea and reading.
Having fought Garp multiple times,
Madara understood his strength.
Escaping from Garp without power was impossible.
"Byrnndi World escaped because of his Devil Fruit ability."
A CP0 member spoke from nearby.
"What Devil Fruit?"
Yoriichi immediately asked.
Other than Is,
Hashirama and the rest didn't know Byrnndi World's abilities.
"His Devil Fruit…"
"Is the More-More Fruit."
The CP0 agent produced intelligence reports—
Including detailed information about Byrnndi World and his Devil Fruit.
Then handed them over.
After all,
Gathering intelligence and conducting investigations were specialties of CP0.
They possessed information on nearly every major pirate in the world.
"This ability…"
"It's practically a perfect match for Pluton."
After reading the report,
Hashirama couldn't help sighing.
"No wonder Is said…"
"If he obtained Pluton, we might face disaster."
"Looks like that wasn't an exaggeration."
Unohana inhaled sharply.
Devil Fruits truly possessed miraculous powers beyond imagination.
Though none of them had personally seen Pluton—
They knew some information from books.
One shell from Pluton could destroy an island.
If combined with the More-More Fruit—
Amplifying the size of the shells fired—
The resulting destructive power was difficult even to imagine.
After reading the information carefully,
The Old Heavenly Master thought for a moment before warning:
"Is."
"Since Byrnndi World is also in the North Blue…"
"We should stop him."
"We can't allow him to complete Pluton."
"Otherwise…"
"It'll become troublesome even for us."
"If we happen to encounter him…"
"We'll deal with him along the way."
Is replied lazily while reclining in his chair.
Byrnndi World's location had been exposed far too quickly.
From now on—
He'd face pursuit from powerful figures across the world.
How was he supposed to build Pluton while being hunted everywhere?
"With Saint Aurelius D. Virel Is's strength…"
"Dealing with Byrnndi World would be effortless."
"Still…"
"The Marines are already handling this matter."
"Saint Aurelius D. Virel Is should simply enjoy this journey."
The CP0 captain offered some praise.
Though his words sounded flattering—
He genuinely believed them.
After all,
Is possessed the strength to defeat Rocks.
What was one Byrnndi World in comparison?
Still—
CP0 hoped Is would never encounter him.
Because if they did,
With Is's capabilities,
There was a very real chance Byrnndi World would be captured.
And if Pluton's blueprint ended up in Is's hands—
That would become troublesome.
Although the CP0 captain had confidence in his own strength and believed he could seize the blueprint if necessary—
Doing so might cause Is to turn hostile on the spot.
To be honest—
He truly didn't want Is standing against them.
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