"Show me to see!" Ian took the invitation letter from Ace with doubts on his face.
Ace was a heartless guy. After the invitation was handed over, he started to munch on it again. Lorraine and Elena looked at him with smiles on their faces. They only thought that Master Ian was a very interesting friend.
Since Ian became the boss, Lorraine and Elena only feel that this period of time is their happiest life. Although Master Ian is often not at home recently, he has never forgotten to find relatives for them. The news came in a few days, and it is said that there are already some clues, which made Lorraine and Elena more respectful and grateful to Ian. They love the house and black, and they are also very good to Ace now, desperately adding food to his plate.
And Ian was frowning at this time, looking at Ace's invitation letter from Shichibukai.
The invitation letter is indeed genuine, and the imprints of the world government and navy on it cannot be faked.
After looking at it for a while, Ian closed the invitation letter and asked Ace, "Ace, has your bounty increased again?"
He has been studying with Rayleigh during this time, so he didn't pay much attention to the news. After hearing his rhetorical question, Ace turned his head, chewed his food and said, "Yeah, I just mentioned it not long ago, and now it's 1 40 million Pele!"
Lorraine and Elena exclaimed in a low voice: "It's amazing! 140 million Baileys!"
Ace chuckled, he was actually very proud of himself, but unexpectedly, Lorraine and Elena looked at Ian with admiration, and said, "The young master is even more powerful, there is such a friend!"
Ashton was depressed...
In fact, the two of them don't know much about pirates, and Ace is not the kind of person who looks fierce, so Lorraine and Elena are not afraid of him at all. They worship Ian very much now, and there is no I thought about why Ian, a pirate hunter, would make friends with pirates.
Ian didn't notice this scene, he tapped his fingers lightly on his leg, and fell into deep thought.
Ace's bounty has been increased, which is expected. People with natural devil fruit abilities are generally valued, and Ace is estimated to be the only newcomer with a bounty of over 100 million in recent times. From these two points of view, it is a matter of course for Ace to be invited to join Qibuhai.
You know, Boa Hancock, the queen of pirates, won a reward of 80 million Baileys in one expedition, and was immediately invited to join the Qiwuhai. It can be seen that the level of the bounty is not the criterion for judging the Qiwuhai, the key is strength and fame.
Ace's current fame may not be very high, but his potential is definitely enough, and he does have the strength to become Qi Wuhai.
However, Ian felt that there seemed to be something strange in it.
It's very simple, because the current seven Shichibukai members are full, and there are no vacancies!
Sand Crocodile Crocodile, Hawkeye Mihawk, Seaman Jinbe, Moonlight Moriah, Amayasha Doflamingo, Empress Boa Hancock, and the tyrant Bartholomew Bear Ian knew, These seven people are the current Shichibukai. If there is no vacancy, they still invite Ace to join Qibukai. What does this mean
It is impossible for Qiwuhai to have an eighth person, so needless to say, otherwise, why not just call him Bawuhai...
So, the meaning of this is somewhat intriguing.
The first situation is that the world government and navy intend to deprive a certain Shichibukai of its title, so they want to find a replacement.
And the second situation is that a certain Shichibukai wants to quit on his own initiative!
The second situation seems less likely. When a person becomes a member of Qiwuhai, generally no one is willing to withdraw voluntarily, because Qiwuhai is a privilege. For pirates, the legal right to plunder is hard-won. .
However, the first scenario is very possible. Perhaps the behavior of a certain Shichibukai has caused dissatisfaction with the world government and navy, so preparations are being made to deprive it of its title.
After thinking about it in this way, Ian began to calculate who it might be.
The first thing Ian thought of was Moonlight Moriah. There was no other reason. In the original history, Moonlight Moriah was attacked by Doflamingo after the top war. The reason was that he was too weak. The world government feels that he is not worthy to continue to be Shichibukai.
But... no matter how weak Moria is, he should be slightly stronger than the current Ace, right? After all, Ace is a rookie who has just debuted not long ago. Compared with the old Shichibukai like Moria, how can the government and the navy give up the strong and chase the weak
Ian had a headache thinking about it. He understood the reason why Ace came to him, and he probably also found something wrong, so he came to Ian to discuss it.
"Ace, what do you think?" Ian turned his head, intending to ask Ace.
However, turning around, Ian found that Ace fell asleep after eating again!
A vein popped up on his forehead, and Ian punched Ace on the head. Nima, my brother was having a headache thinking about an invitation letter of yours here. Fortunately, you just fell asleep! Sleep, sleep, sleep, you big-headed ghost!
After being hit by Ian, Ace finally woke up and looked at Ian blankly.
"Ask for your opinion!" Ian tapped his head with the invitation letter, and said, "What is your plan for this invitation?"
Ace grinned and said: "I actually don't have any idea. I heard that Shichibukai will be recruited by the Navy when they need it, so I'm not willing to accept this invitation, but Jimmy and the others said that joining Qibuhai is beneficial." A lot of benefits have persuaded me to come, so I am not sure, after I arrived at Chambord Island, I heard that you have established a family here to catch pirates, so I came here!"
"Jimmy and the others are right! You are a pirate, and the identity of Shichibukai is good for you!" Ian said, "But I always feel that there is something strange about this invitation!"
While saying this, Ian suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and immediately thought of the third possibility.
Is this invitation a trap!
It's very simple, if Ace agrees to join the Qibukai, then one of the original Qibukai will definitely be excluded, and if the world government and the navy don't disclose in advance who will be deprived of their title, this will lead to all the people in power Shichibukai are here to target Ace!
At that time, Ace may have to face the wrath of the seven big pirates!
When Ian thought of this, he felt like he was in a cold sweat, what the hell, this is simply a way to kill with a knife! The world government and the navy may think that Ace's burning fruit ability will pose a threat to them in the future, so they plan to use Qiwukai's hand to kill him!
However, Ian still hadn't figured out one thing. Since they wanted to kill Ace, why didn't the navy do it themselves? With Ace's current strength, if he dispatches a lieutenant general, how can he be arrested? Couldn't the navy even dispatch a lieutenant general
intelligence! Yi'an only felt that there was too little information now. Thinking of this, Yi'an immediately thought of Aunt Xia.
"Follow me!" Ian pulled Ace up, grabbed him and went out.
It was dinner time, and Aunt Xia probably hadn't rested yet, so Ian led Ace all the way to Mangrove No. 13, and found Aunt Xia at the rip-off bar.
Aunt Xia usually seldom comes here, so it's convenient to talk about things. She wasn't surprised that Ian brought someone here, so she smiled and said, "Brother Ian, what's the matter?"
"Aunt Xia, I want to ask you something!" Ian said, "Did something happen to the navy recently?"
Aunt Xia asked curiously, "Why are you asking this?"
"Aren't you in the information business?" Ian said with a smile: "The people under me are doing well in collecting Chambord Island, but they can't do anything about the navy. That's why I came to you!"
"A lot of things happened in the navy!" Aunt Xia pouted her chin with a cigarette in her mouth and said, "It's okay to tell you..."
So, next, Aunt Xia talked about the recent situation of the navy.
After getting the information from Aunt Xia, Yi An finally understood the connection.
It turns out that the four-year World Conference is about to be held!
More than 170 countries joining the world government from all over the world will arrive in the holy land of Mary Joa in about three months and hold the world conference here.
And every time the world conference is held, out of consideration for the safety of the kings of the countries participating in the conference, the navy will dispatch warships to escort it. Although there are still more than three months before the conference, the navy has already entered the conference. In the preparatory stage, after all, it takes time for warships to go back and forth to various countries.
A large number of warships and naval soldiers have been dispatched. It can be said that the current naval headquarters is about to usher in a period of emptiness, and its strength is seriously insufficient.
In order to prevent the pirates from taking advantage of the fire, the navy headquarters can only leave the general and lieutenant general as the headquarters of the battle force.
However, this is not over yet. Not long ago, a major accident occurred in a research institute of the Navy in the New World, Punk Hazard. on the accident.
As a result, under such circumstances, it was a coincidence that Ace, a rookie pirate with more than 100 million yuan, appeared!
Once these kinds of information are connected, it is not difficult to understand why Ace received the invitation letter from Shichibukai. The navy has no time to take care of Ace, but they can't let it go, so they thought of using this method to provoke Qiwuhai. The members of Wuhai feel hostile to Ace, and try to let Qiwuhai take action to eliminate Ace, a newcomer pirate.
As soon as the relationship was sorted out, Ian immediately said seriously to Ace: "Ace, if you don't want to die, absolutely don't accept this invitation!"
Ian didn't elaborate on the connection to Ace, but Ace has an advantage, that is, he trusts his friends very much, so he nodded and grinned: "Well, Ian, I listen your!"(.)