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En route to Fish-Man Island.
"Vice Admiral, I have brought him here."
A tall man wearing sunglasses with a calm face walked behind a man with eight swords, long hair and a fierce expression and said.
"Good job, Vice Admiral Vergo. It seems that Jinbe is still unwilling to participate in this war."
Marine Headquarters Hawk Vice Admiral Onigumo turned around and glared fiercely at Jinbe, who was pushed forward by Vergo and was wearing seastone handcuffs. Then he turned his head and looked at the deep sea far away from Fish-Man Island.
"No matter what, I will not do anything detrimental to the Whitebeard Pirates. You might as well give up, Marines!"
Jinbe took a deep breath and did not feel any fear when facing the two Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals who came to arrest him.
However, he also knew that he could not take action against the Marines due to his status.
That's why he chose to surrender without resistance.
"When Vergo and I came to you, we made it clear that we don't expect you to participate in that war, Jinbe. Then you need to think about how to spend the rest of your life in Impel Down."
Vergo pushed up his sunglasses and said coldly.
As a spy placed in the Marines by Doflamingo, seeing a man who was a Warlord like Doflamingo being sent to Impel Down, and sending him there himself, Vergo felt quite satisfied.
"By the way, what are you looking at, Vice Admiral?"
Vergo walked to Onigumo and followed his gaze into the deep sea.
In an instant, the huge ice formation hovering in the deep sea caught Vergo's eyes.
"That's... Admiral Aokiji? Why is he here?"
Vergo asked with wide eyes and confusion.
"You're also confused, right? I'm just as confused as you. Admiral Aokiji should never have come here. Perhaps, that's the sea frozen by others!"
Onigumo frowned and said.
"Others? But besides Admiral Aokiji, who else can do such a thing?"
"You forgot, Vergo! Do you remember how Crocodile died?"
"Crocodile? I remember he was killed by the princess of Alabasta... Wait, Crocodile was also frozen to death by ice at that time. Do you mean that princess can use the power of ice to this extent?"
Vergo's eyes widened, feeling that he couldn't believe it.
Vivi's use of the power of ice was no secret within the Marines.
As a Marine Vice Admiral, he had also attended relevant meetings.
Naturally, he knew about Ikki's partner, Princess Vivi.
Vivi's ice that seemed to be able to reach the sky had indeed attracted the attention of quite a few Marines.
It's just that at that time, most Marine executives just thought that the ice was exaggerated.
In terms of power, it might not be too impressive.
Others believed it came from Ikki's breathing techniques.
Many people in the Marines recommended Ikki to teach Marines, also because of Vivi's ice ability.
Jinbe heard the conversation between Onigumo and Vergo and looked up into the distance.
'Ikki, why did that man come to Fish-Man Island at this time?'
Jinbe frowned. Even though Ikki had no information of wrongdoing, when he was about to leave, a strong man appeared near Fish-Man Island.
Jinbe always felt a little worried about Fish-Man Island.
"According to previous reports, Ikki was heading to Impel Down. Then he was given the sword of Shiryu of the Rain, with the price being to let Ikki train some new people for the Marines."
"According to their current trajectory, they should be coming to Fish-Man Island."
"But..." a sharp light flashed in Onigumo's eyes. "Fleet Admiral Sengoku is too gentle with this man."
"Hey, does the Vice Admiral have other opinions?"
"Hmph, in my opinion, it's okay for Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Ikki to cooperate. But..." Onigumo paused and frowned sharply.
In the deep sea opposite, the figure of a coated ship had already appeared in front of him.
"But regarding Ikki and Hancock, the Marines should give him a severe warning. Even if Hancock is a Warlord, those special weapons and strange swordsmanship should not fall into the hands of the empress."
"In fact, the Marines can definitely be a little tougher. Using Hancock's incident as a reason, let Ikki train more Marine swordsmen."
Hearing this, Vergo looked at Onigumo with interest.
He understood that Onigumo, as a hawkish Marine, had always believed in absolute justice.
There was no room for a grain of sand in his eyes.
Thinking of the news about Hancock that came from Marine Headquarters not long ago, the corners of Vergo's mouth couldn't help but curve up slightly.
'There should be many people in the Marines who are dissatisfied with Ikki for training Hancock and even handing weapons to Hancock.'
'Vice Admiral Onigumo should be one of them.'
'If there's a conflict between Onigumo and Ikki.'
'Maybe Ikki won't be able to get the friendly attitude from the Marines anymore.'
Thinking of this, Vergo's eyes hidden under his sunglasses couldn't help but shift, and a plan against Ikki and Hancock came to his mind.
He was aware of the conflicts between Hancock, Ikki and Doflamingo.
Naturally, he wanted to vent his anger on his young master's behalf.
"Yes, Vice Admiral's analysis makes sense. I also feel that the Fleet Admiral's handling of Ikki was too gentle. I originally thought the Fleet Admiral would come up with a more severe plan."
"Unfortunately, the reality is completely opposite to what I thought. Perhaps, even Fleet Admiral Sengoku was influenced by Vice Admiral Gion, after all, she is the sister of Vice Admiral Tsuru."
Vergo nodded heavily, agreeing with Onigumo's statement.
"Huh? You think so too, Vergo?"
Onigumo glanced at Vergo in surprise.
In his impression, Vergo had always followed neutral justice, and wouldn't stand with the hawks or doves.
"That's right. Ikki is such a strange man. His abilities are too versatile. Able to quickly train partners to become swordsmen."
"The ability to transform a famous sword into a weapon with Devil Fruit-like abilities. If he's a good person, it will be fine. But if he's the opposite of justice, it will cause quite a lot of trouble for us."
"Judging from Hancock's situation and Ikki's past situation, Ikki has a high probability of using his abilities against justice. What if a beautiful female pirate appeared next to Ikki?"
"It's not impossible for Ikki to accept them as partners and train them. I even think that the two women on Ikki's ship who deliberately concealed their identities mentioned in the intelligence are wanted criminals with bounties on their heads."
Vergo's tone was extremely serious, and to others it sounded as if he really thought so.
Onigumo frowned more and more. He raised his head and looked at the approaching ship outside Fish-Man Island, and couldn't help but fall into thought.
"Vergo, what you said makes sense. That man and the two women on the ship really need to be investigated!"
After a long time, Onigumo nodded and said.
Explorer.
"Is it necessary to put on your official Marine cloak? You're my passenger now, and I'm not a Marine. Can't you just wear your regular uniform?"
"Can't you just learn from Tashigi and Sadi-chan?"
At the gym entrance, Ikki crossed his arms and said helplessly to Hina in front of him.
"Hina should be able to wear clothes freely, right? Or do you want Hina to be your model now? If it weren't for being a model, Hina would refuse to change her dressing style as you requested."
Hina glanced at Ikki and put her hand on his shoulder.
Seeing that Ikki didn't respond, she couldn't help but step forward and looked into his eyes at close range with a pair of bright eyes.
"Okay, okay, I understand. Innate Demon Slayer Mark, right?"
Ikki raised his hands and activated his Innate Demon Slayer Mark.
The next moment, Hina felt that her condition was much better.
The invisible drain that was constantly sapping her body became stable.
"It's your right to dress however you want, I don't have any objections. But if others see a frail Marine who can only be supported by others, won't it damage Marine prestige?"
"Don't say I didn't remind you."
Ikki turned around, put his right hand in his pants pocket, and let Hina's hand pass through his arm.
The two walked as if they were lovers.
Ikki didn't think anything was wrong, but Hina felt quite uncomfortable.
However, in order to not feel so weak, Hina had no choice but to endure it.
'I don't know when Hina will be able to activate the Innate Demon Slayer Mark...'
Behind the two of them, Tashigi looked at Hina with growing envy in her heart.
Sadi-chan, who saw all this, found it even more interesting.
'Sure enough, this little girl also likes Ikki. People who like Ikki are too shy to come forward.'
'Those who don't like Ikki can only work with him hand in hand.'
'Is this the trouble that comes with being mature?'
'I'm less than 25 years old, so when I start Demon Slayer Mark practice, I shouldn't need to stay with Ikki all the time.'
'That's what I say, but being together for a long time seems to be effective in developing innate Demon Slayer Marks.'
'Sure enough, I still have to seek out Ikki often.'
'Speaking of which, apart from Hina, Vice Admiral Gion and Hancock have a good impression of Ikki.'
'Vivi on the Explorer also seems to have a crush on Ikki, and she even got married to him in Alabasta.'
'So many women like Ikki - is he really that attractive?'
At this moment, Sadi-chan became curious about Ikki.
Not just in terms of strength, but in Ikki's entire being.
'I heard that being curious about someone is the beginning of falling in love with someone.'
'This statement... should not work for me, hehe.'
Sadi-chan tossed her ponytail behind her, pulled the silent Tashigi with a smile and followed Ikki's footsteps.
The Explorer wasn't very big, and after taking a few steps, everyone left the cabin and came to Perona, who sent a ghost to inform them that the ship had arrived at its destination.
"You are too slow, Captain Ikki. We've been waiting for you for a long time."
Perona raised her finger and pointed at Ikki's chest, her face full of complaints.
In response, Ikki just smiled and said nothing.
On the contrary, he thought it would be better if Perona could change from being restrained at the beginning to being lively now.
"You're still smiling, come and take a look. Trouble is coming for us."
Perona pouted, took Ikki's free hand and walked forward.
When he came to the edge of the ship, Ikki saw Nami and Nojiko being blocked by many Marines.
Behind the two women were Nico Robin and Kalifa wearing masks and caps.
"Huh? Did your Fleet Admiral Sengoku arrange for anyone else to come find me?"
Ikki frowned, looked straight ahead and asked Hina beside him in confusion.
"Not at all. Those two are Vice Admiral Vergo and Vice Admiral Onigumo. I heard that it was because Jinbe didn't accept the Warlord's forced summoning order."
"So they specially arranged for two Marine Vice Admirals to come and talk to Jinbe."
Hina frowned, and she was also a little confused about Vergo and others stopping Ikki's crewmates.
"Sengoku doesn't have an order?" Ikki held his chin with one hand and glanced at Jinbe, who was tied up with chains and handcuffs behind the Marines, and then at Vergo, who seemed a little nervous, Onigumo and Nami, Nojiko and others.
"If Sengoku hadn't given some special order without telling you, then this was the actions of these two Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals. Perhaps, it was Vergo who was causing trouble."
Ikki was just thinking about the last sentence.
Although he was suspicious of Vergo and was surprised that Vergo appeared here, Ikki had no intention of revealing his identity as a spy.
After all, even if you said it, it would be really hard to explain.
"Let's go, let's go down and have a look too."
Ikki said something, jumped up and landed in front of Nami, Onigumo and others who were about to quarrel, with Hina.
"Ikki, you're finally here."
Onigumo held his head high and looked extremely serious.
"Vice Admiral Onigumo, and Vice Admiral Vergo, nice to meet you for the first time. Can you tell me that you're not carrying out Sengoku's orders?"
"On the contrary, you blocked my partners and even quarreled with them. Do you... have any purpose?"
Ikki took a step forward, and intimidating Conqueror's Haki gradually emerged from his body.
All of a sudden, Ikki's height, which was originally a head above Onigumo and others, began to seem even taller in front of them.