Holy Land Mary Geoise, Pangu City.
Inside the spacious and bright palace, the Gorosei took their usual positions.
"According to the news sent back by Lucky Star, Beelzebul has led the Morning Star Pirates and set sail for Elbaf on the east blue emperor."
Saint Jeygarsia Saturn sat on the sofa and smiled.
"He is indeed a man of his word."
Once upon a time, the World Government was completely in the dark regarding the movements of Beelzebul's group, often only finding out after Saint Elaine had been kidnapped.
Now—
The benefits of planting an undercover agent were clearly evident.
As soon as Beelzebul set out, the World Government received the message, gaining full mastery over all the movements of the Morning Star Pirates.
Only Beelzebul's previous appearance on the Red Line remained a mystery; Lucky Star's rank wasn't high enough to find out the specific reason yet.
The other Gorosei nodded one after another. Beelzebul was not of the D Clan, and he maintained a friendly relationship with the World Government.
As for Saint Elaine... one could only say she had bad luck.
Moreover, the fact that the other party was willing to act as a 'white glove' made him fundamentally different from other Great Pirates.
While other pirates didn't explicitly fly the flag of opposing the World Government, they did things that were oppositional, such as plundering Member Nations of the World Government.
Before Beelzebul, the one the World Government most wanted to win over was Whitebeard, Edward Newgate.
Whitebeard was also not of the D Clan, and his pirate fleet was immensely powerful, but the olive branches repeatedly extended by the World Government were all rejected by him.
Saint Jeygarsia Saturn quickly made a response.
"Notify Saint Garling to lead the God's Knights secretly to Elbaf and act as the situation dictates. If necessary, he can reveal his identity to Beelzebul."
"In addition, the Whitebeard Pirates have an excellent relationship with Beelzebul; Whitebeard even personally went to Hachinosu Island to attend a banquet."
Saint Jeygarsia Saturn couldn't hide the smugness on his face; every single piece of this intelligence came from the Lucky Star Undercover Project.
"The Lucky Star Undercover Project is extremely successful. It should be promoted as soon as possible to the Whitebeard Pirates, the Revolutionary Army, and even the Marines wouldn't be out of the question."
Having ruled the world for eight hundred years, maintaining stability was the World Government's primary pursuit.
They had to use both force and intelligence to nip all unfavorable factors in the bud.
The Morning Star Pirates had risen too quickly; by the time the Gorosei reacted and ordered the Marines to launch a Buster Call, it was already too late.
After speaking, Saint Jeygarsia Saturn threw the last piece of intelligence sent back by Who's-Who onto the table.
[Marshall D. Teach, nineteen years old, joined the Whitebeard Pirates Seven years ago. Suspected of hiding his strength. Strongly recommend focusing on this individual.]
Although he didn't understand what had happened to make Who's-Who specifically send back this intelligence, Saint Jeygarsia Saturn chose to selectively ignore it.
The reason for focusing on Beelzebul was that the World Government was prepared to win him over.
As for this 'Teach' or whatever, he was just an unknown little pirate in the Whitebeard Pirates, not even an officer.
The Gorosei are very busy, you know!
Recalling Who's-Who's application for merit, Saint Jeygarsia Saturn narrowed his eyes.
"Lucky Star is currently only an intern; his rank isn't high enough to attend officer meetings. We need to arrange some achievements for him as soon as possible to promote him to an officer."
"Additionally, I suggest screening a batch of suitable agents to be sent to the Revolutionary Army and the Marines respectively."
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
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New World, east blue emperor.
By the helm, Seven was steering with one hand while listening to Fujitora's report via den den mushi.
"Captain, the monitoring equipment left by Miss Ginny discovered that Rosinante and Who's-Who are each sending messages to a fixed ID."
"Vergo is sending messages to two IDs simultaneously. Since it's the first time, we can't confirm yet if the IDs are fixed."
Seven had already realized: Vergo was an undercover agent sent by Doflamingo to the Marines, who was then sent by the Marines to go undercover in the Morning Star Pirates.
Well now, how many layers of undercover are you planning to do, kid?
A pirate shop assistant?
Or the legendary King of Undercover?
"Thanks for the hard work."
"Keep in touch whenever anything comes up."
At this moment, a mischievous thought suddenly arose in Seven's heart: using 'outstanding performance' as an excuse, he could send Vergo to go undercover in the Beasts Pirates.
That would make it convenient to monitor Wano Country's movements at any time.
"Issho, tell Vergo not to show his face too much lately. I have an important mission for him."
The den den mushi sounded quite speechless: "Al... right."
Hanging up the phone, Seven couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The reason for arranging Vergo to go undercover in the Beasts Pirates was that among the three undercover 'brats,' Vergo was the oldest and had the most experience.
Since the Marines had Vergo's file, it was obviously inappropriate for him to go undercover in the World Government.
Letting the three undercover brats know about the pirate crew's officer meeting earlier was also something Seven had done intentionally.
Want secrets? No problem.
Trade them for merit!
The so-called secrets of the Morning Star Pirates were only partially known to the officers; the true secret was Seven's 'God's eye' perspective.
The sea breeze whistled past, scattering a thousand thoughts.
Compared to staying on Hachinosu Island, Seven preferred this life of setting sail and riding the waves.
How could a man be trapped in one place?
The only regrettable thing was that because the Hachinosu Island base needed someone to stay behind, Fujitora and Shiliew did not accompany the ship to Elbaf this time.
On the east blue emperor, there were only five crew members—Seven, Mihawk, Golden Lion, Kuma, and Ginny—along with one of the pirate crew's pets, the Lightning Squirrel.
In this year since returning to sea,
Besides achieving most of his goals, there were unexpected gains, such as the honorary vice-captain Golden Lion, as well as Shiliew of the Rain and the three undercover brats.
Only the professional helmsman, Blue Fatty—let alone inviting him on board, Seven hadn't even met him yet.
Especially with the frequent extreme weather in the New World, a professional helmsman was needed to steer. Jinbe's current steering skills might not be perfect, but he was of the Fish-Man Race, and the talent was right there.
And he could also dive into the sea to fish people out.
Fishing people out was just the most extreme backup plan.
Because of his Lunarian Tribe bloodline, Seven wasn't afraid of falling into the sea at all.
And with the flying cloak, the Imperial Arms: Water Dragon Possession, and the instantaneous speed granted by his fruit ability, it was almost impossible for him to fall into the deep sea.
As for the other officers, Mihawk had the anti-gravity flying bamboo dragonfly, while Kuma, Ginny, Fujitora, and Shiliew were also equipped with flying cloaks by Seven.
Every officer of the pirate crew possessed the ability to fly.
Although Golden Lion was a tsundere who couldn't be bothered to change into a cloak, his Float-Float Fruit ability allowed him to both fly and lift up seawater, making it even more impossible for him to fall into the sea.
Mihawk suddenly walked to the helm and reached out.
"Out of wine."
Seven took out a jar of Dandelion Wine. "Drink sparingly; I don't have much stock left."
Following iced red tea, Mihawk had fallen in love with Dandelion Wine; after all, it was certified by the drunks of Mondstadt.
At three points per jar, Dandelion Wine wasn't actually expensive, but the people in the One Piece World were all Big Eaters, especially with the Giant Warrior Pirates under Seven's command.
If giants like Dorry and Brogy drank freely, Seven's hundred thousand plus points wouldn't be enough to spend. Fortunately, he had multiple sponsorships from the World Government.
Mihawk opened the wine jar and poured a cup for Seven. "How much longer until Elbaf?"
Thinking of soon seeing the long-awaited Lightning Squirrel, Iron Thunder, a fierce flame ignited in Seven's eyes.
"About three days."
Lightning Squirrel~ ah~ ha~!