The terrifying three-masted ship hovered on a cloud of white clouds. From a distance, it looked like an empty island built on the clouds.
Holding the blue and white navy standard telephone bug left by Aokiji in her hand, Maude casually straddled the balcony of the room.
The cold wind blew his clothes and hair, and his angular profile exuded a charm that made people unable to take their eyes away for a while.
Not far away from him was a group of crew members headed by Lafayette.
Even Urqui, who had woken up, and Hawkins, who had only recently officially joined his army, were also there.
As newbies who had just joined the group, Urqui and Hawkins both looked at the phone bug in Mod's hand with strange eyes.
On the other side of this phone bug, it was pointed at the Supreme Commander of the Navy - Buddha of the Warring States Period.
"Kidnapping the Celestial Dragons..."
After being exposed to the final plan, these two men, who broke into the public eye as supernovas, felt chills in their backs just by briefly imagining the consequences.
But the man they were looking at looked calm and calm.
It seems that the things I have to do later are as common as eating and drinking.
The phone bug in Maude's hand slowly transformed into the image of the Warring States Period.
Through the expression of the phone bug, the expression of the caller can be observed in real time.
At this moment, the phone bug, who showed a somewhat Warring States image, had a calm expression on his face.
"Bacardi Mod."
Faced with Mod's sarcastic opening remarks, Warring States was not affected in the slightest, either openly or inwardly.
"If it were you, even without a special explanation, you should be able to guess the reason why we attacked the Heart Pirates."
The phone worm opened his mouth and came out Seng Guo's rather vague speech, which seemed to be slightly cliche.
Maud tilted her head slightly and looked at the land below the balcony.
The eyes seemed to be able to see through the land and thousands of meters away, and see the holy land Marie Joa standing on the top of the red earth continent.
"I can't guess, please explain."
“…”
There was a pause on the phone for a second or two, and then a voice came out.
"Currently, all 16 members of the Heart Pirates are imprisoned on the third floor of Impel Down..."
After hearing the inaccurate number reported by Sengoku, without waiting for Mod's response, the expressions of Luo and another Red Heart Pirates crew member who was responsible for guarding the submarine suddenly changed.
"No, the number of people you captured must be 17!"
Luo immediately asked, fearing that he would hear from Seng Guo that a member had died in the battle.
Mod glanced at Luo, who was getting excited, and could see that Luo attached great importance to his companions in the Heart Pirates.
Luo's question caused Warring States on the other side of the phone to pause again.
"Including 'pets', there are indeed 17 members."
“…”
Luo's face froze slightly, Bebo's naivety flashed through his mind, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
In short, I hope everyone is safe and sound.
"Trafalgar Law, since you are here too? Then I will get straight to the point."
When Warring States mentioned Luo's name, there was a hint of strangeness in his tone, but in an instant he returned to a tone that was calm and devoid of any emotion.
"Do you want to do an 'exchange'? Use a hundred 'living hearts' to exchange for your crew."
The word "exchange" was used in the words instead of the word "transaction". Perhaps it was the last fig leaf hung by the Navy for itself.
"Um?"
After hearing the exchange proposed by Warring States, Luo's eyes narrowed slightly, and he did not rush to talk anymore. Instead, he looked at Maud, who had a calm face.
Is it really as Maud guessed? The Navy's motive for taking the initiative during the recovery period after the war was to get a living heart from him.
only,
What does the Navy want with something like this
In Luo's view, living hearts can at best be used to restrict the owner of the heart. In addition, without the ability to perform surgery, even a heart transplant operation cannot be performed.
If the Navy had no requirements for heart targets...
Then, by casually destroying any weak pirate group, you can easily collect the 100 living hearts that the navy wants.
In less than a second, Luo's mind was spinning, but he was somewhat inclined to cooperate with the navy's deal.
Compared to taking the Celestial Dragons hostage, exchange a hundred living hearts for the crew? Not only is the difficulty low, but the risk is almost negligible.
Thinking of this, Luo moved his lips and was about to speak. But he saw Maud making a gesture of pushing her palm towards him.
Luo understood? He hurriedly swallowed the words that came to his mouth.
After stopping Luo, Maud looked at the phone bug and said in a teasing tone: "Just a hundred living hearts? Is that enough?"
"enough."
Sengoku didn't care at all about Mod's teasing, and further confirmed his willingness to exchange content.
"Okay, we agreed. We will use one hundred 'living hearts' in exchange for the crew of the Red Heart Pirates."
Mod could see that Sengoku was not getting enough oil and salt, so he was too lazy to look for opportunities to continue mocking Sengoku, and agreed to the deal unilaterally proposed by the Navy.
"Okay, I'll give you ten days to exchange locations..."
"Ten days? That's enough, but..."
Before Warring States could finish speaking, Maud interrupted rudely.
"The location of the transaction can only be determined by us. For specific details, I will call you after I have collected the 'living hearts'."
"Okay, then..."
"Just be patient and wait for the call."
Mod interrupted Sengoku again and hung up the phone directly.
And the last words he said were exactly what Aokiji said when he left the phone bug behind.
in the room.
Urki and Hawkins looked at the conversation between Maud and the Navy Admiral with particularly exciting expressions.
at the same time.
Marshal's Office.
Aoki's expression was a little strange. While scratching his cheek with his finger, he took a closer look at Sengoku's face.
Warring States looked calm at this moment and slowly hung up the phone.
As the supreme commander of the navy, on such occasions, he would not be angered no matter what the other party's words and deeds were.
"For them, the requirement to gather 100 hearts can be accomplished with just a move of their fingers, so... Under normal circumstances, anyone would readily agree and cooperate honestly to complete this exchange, but the other party is Baijia Got. Maude…”
Sengoku clasped his hands against his chin and looked at Garp, He, Aoki, and Akainu who were present.
"Just saying the name makes me feel vaguely uneasy."
"Don't worry, in this exchange, we only need a hundred hearts, and we will not show too much hostility. Naturally, there will be no chance for the Mod Pirates to overreact."
Crane's eyelids drooped slightly and he said calmly.
Warring States nodded slightly.
"wrong."
Suddenly, a cold voice came from the office door.
Warring States and others followed the sound and saw three tall and thin people wearing white clothes and strange masks on their faces.
“CP0…”
Zhan Guo's eyes narrowed and he revealed the identity of the person.
The leader took two steps forward, and his eyes under the mask slowly swept towards the top naval forces present.
"Please know that what we must get is not a hundred hearts, but the fruit of the operation!"
"Um?"
Chapter 157: On this day, the world will be shaken.
Must get the fruits of surgery
Seeing the three CP0s who rushed into the office and made demands in a condescending manner, Seng Guo and others had different reactions.
Sengoku frowned, obviously unhappy.
Garp was even more direct, baring his teeth.
He quietly looked at cp0, thoughtfully.
Akainu's face was expressionless, and his sitting posture remained unchanged from beginning to end.
Qingzhi put down his hand and looked at CP0, as if looking at something very troublesome.
The sudden intervention of cp0 was obviously unexpected.
"Get the fruits of the operation?"
Sengoku frowned and looked at the leading CP0 member, and said coldly: "Do you think the Mod Pirates will agree to this request?"
"Why do you need to ask the pirate for permission for such a trivial matter?"
"Are you talking about trivial matters...?"
Warring States face darkened.
"Is not it?"
cp0 asked rhetorically at first, and then said coldly: "Or, do you want to tell me clearly that with the capabilities of your navy, you cannot complete the task of setting up an ambush during the transaction and arresting the surgical fruit ability user on the spot?"
Without waiting for Warring States' response, CP0 raised his head slightly and said matter-of-factly:
"But yes, you have failed once, so you are indeed not suitable for this important task. Then... once the transaction is finalized, we, cp0, will take over the subsequent tasks."
"You will only anger Maud by doing this."
Warring States looked at CP0 with very cold eyes.
"So what? No matter how much it costs, whatever God wants, you have to give it with both hands."
CP0's tone was unquestionable and he said coldly: "And you, a naval marshal, would actually worry about whether a pirate is angry. Why don't you abdicate. There is someone more suitable for this position than you."
"Don't underestimate Maud too much, and don't make the situation more complicated."
Warring States' tone was also unquestionable: "As long as one hundred living hearts can be successfully obtained, with Dr. Vegapunk's ability, he will definitely be able to exert a value far greater than the fruits of surgery!"
“…”
The three cp0 people quietly looked at Sengoku, who had been singing the opposite tune, and then thought of Sengoku's tough stance on the Impel City incident.
The aura that penetrated his body was inevitably tainted with a layer of displeasure.
Sengoku didn't care about CP0's feelings, and said solemnly: "With the current situation, it is unwise to further antagonize the Mod Pirates."
If it weren't for Vegapunk's needs and it was during the critical post-war recovery period, how could the Navy take the initiative to provoke an existence that was no less threatening than Whitebeard
Some decisions and actions must meet the right timing.
"Marshal Warring States, you seem to have misunderstood something."
The leading CP0 member leaned forward with his upper body, stretched out his right hand and pressed it on the table in front of Warring States and said coldly: "This is not a discussion but an order from above."
After saying that, without waiting for Sengoku's reaction, the cp0 three simply turned and left.
When he stepped out of the office threshold, the leader left a message.
"We will stay here until the pirate calls."
“…”
Warring States looked at the open office door and the veins on his eyebrows trembled slightly.