Chapter 225: A New Pattern at Sea

Through Ms. Tsuru, Akin learned that Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, was secretly colluding with the other Four Emperors, and they had more or less business dealings with each other. If the Navy suddenly took action against him, there was no guarantee that other big pirates would not get involved. This trip to Dressrosa was quite risky.

The decision to assign this difficult task to Admiral Akin was well thought out by the navy's top brass. On the one hand, it would alleviate the political influence from the Celestial Dragons, and on the other hand, letting a former pirate kill pirates would not put any psychological burden on the other side. Akin was the best candidate to deal with Doflamingo.

After several closed-door meetings, Acting Marshal Artoria Pendragon approved this plan. As a follower of the Navy Marshal, Akin had no complaints about this operational order. He wanted to do a better job this time to gain a better reputation within the Navy and gain a firm foothold.

"The nature-type devil fruit in your body may become the target of Blackbeard Teach. If you are unable to defeat him, it is best to get away as soon as possible and don't let the Rain Rain Fruit fall into Blackbeard's hands," Ms. Tsuru said earnestly. She was afraid that if her own devil fruit fell into the hands of the enemy, it would become a sharp sword in Blackbeard's hand and stab the new navy that had just been established.

Marshall D. Teach is a pirate whose appearance is not good. The navy has to admit that only this big brother really does what a pirate should do. Compared with him, what other pirates do is like playing house games on the sea. The real pirate in the second half of the Grand Line has to be Blackbeard.

Whitebeard underestimated Blackbeard's ambition, and Sengoku underestimated Blackbeard's cunning. These two strong men from the old times suffered great losses at the hands of Teach. So don't underestimate anyone on the sea. If one side is not careful, it is possible to lose everything.

Looking at these five years, Blackbeard, as the only winner of the Battle of Marineford, not only took over all of Whitebeard's territories, but also had many frictions with Kaido and Charlotte Linlin in the New World, and Teach always got the upper hand. The existence of this big brother not only caused headaches for the navy, but also made the other old four emperors even more uncomfortable.

Before coming, Admiral Akin made a special trip to the Navy Intelligence Room. Through the careful organization of intelligence personnel, he was able to learn the current location of Blackbeard Teach and gain a general understanding of the Blackbeard Pirates' intelligence in recent days.

You won't know until you see it. The Blackbeard Pirates have expanded to the point where they are completely impossible to deal with. They are hunting a large number of Devil Fruit users in the four seas, and Teach has even personally formed a Devil Fruit Legion.

"The barrier fruit of the ogre Bartolomeo, the magnetism fruit of Eustace Kidd, the castle fruit of Capone Bege, the lucky fruit of Bakara, the malt candy fruit of Gaspard, the paste fruit of the Sweet Queen, the steel fruit of the captain of the Card Pirates, King Bear..." Admiral Akin said a string of names one after another. These were all victims whose devil fruits were taken away by Blackbeard Teach, and they were also a future death list.

Since Ms. Tsuru has resigned from all positions in the navy, she is not aware of some secret information. But today, when she heard Akin report a list of victims, she couldn't help but be frightened, "Among them are pirate supernovas, and people from the other four seas. Blackbeard Teach's ambition is definitely not something that a mere Four Emperors can satisfy."

In fact, there is a consensus among the navy on this point. Compared with the other four emperors, Marshall D. Teach is more enterprising in his style of doing things. He has long declared that he wants to become the Pirate King. Many people suspect that he wants to control the entire world by becoming the Pirate King and enslave all the living beings on this planet. His inflated ambition is known to everyone.

Because the navy took the initiative to attack, the Red-Haired Shanks Pirates, one of the Four Emperors, was wiped out. Only the Four Emperors Shanks himself escaped. This explosive news was not widely spread. The annihilation of a group of Four Emperors was not even reported in the newspapers. This is the determination of the new navy. Reputation cannot bring actual benefits. The acting marshal attaches more importance to strengthening the navy's hard power.

The Red-Haired Shanks Pirates have been missing for a long time and have not appeared on the sea for a long time. The territories that were originally taken care of have been caused by small pirates making trouble. Even the burning of the Four Emperors' pirate flags is tantamount to declaring war, but this Four Emperors' group has not appeared.

Gradually, in the second half of the Grand Line, people realized that the Red-Hair Shanks Pirates might never appear again. They were probably destroyed in secret by some force, and not even a rumor could get out. Only the navy could do such a thing on the sea, but the new navy did not come out to admit it, causing panic among other pirates.

The Four Emperors system, originally designed by the Five Elder Stars, was only used to maintain the balance at sea and prevent the various forces from joining together. In order to prevent the Celestial Dragons from being ineffective and collecting heavenly gold as protection fees in the chaotic sea, the Navy might protect the member states from time to time.

But the new navy ruled by the acting marshal does not need this false peace. Rashly destroying the weakest of the Four Emperors' groups will completely plunge the second half of the Grand Line into chaos. Only chaos can lead to the upward path.

Just as Altria Pendragon had expected, after Red-Haired Shanks disappeared at sea, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and Blackbeard all took action. A lot of friction occurred due to the competition for territory, making the New World, the pirate paradise, even more turbulent.

A large number of people die in the second half of the Grand Line every day, which can further weaken the war potential of the three Four Emperors. As long as the navy blocks the entrance to the second half of the Grand Line and there are no new pirates to replenish, the large pirate groups will sooner or later decline.

However, this conspiracy was ruined by one person. "Doflamingo is such a damned guy. He actually built a ship that can cross the doldrums, making the Grand Line unnecessary."

Doflamingo, the most honest businessman on the Grand Line, will of course sell the ships that can pass through the doldrums at a high price, and most of the buyers are from the Four Emperors. The new navy's strategy of closing the door and fighting the dog has declared bankruptcy.

The technical content of this kind of ship is not particularly high. It is just that seastone components are added to the molten bottom of the ship, so that the sea kings cannot sense the existence of the ship when passing through the calm belt. The largest supplier of seastone on the sea is none other than the Four Emperors Kaido. Doflamingo will accept anyone who comes as long as he can do business. It is a direct logical closed loop.

The reason why the Navy wanted to get rid of Doflamingo so quickly was also because of this reason. They couldn't let this former Celestial Dragon continue to be a blood transfusion bag for the Four Emperors. Otherwise, sooner or later, the Navy would not be able to suppress the large pirate groups. That would be a disaster for the whole world and a nightmare for all Celestial Dragons. In short, Doflamingo must die.