Chapter 52: What Do You Think?
The fundamental reason why Fujitora insisted on participating in the Seven Martial Seas Conference was that he did not recognize the Seven Martial Seas system.
So only by participating in it can we find the way to destroy the Seven Martial Seas system.
No matter how idle the peach rabbit and the tea dolphin are, they will not be interested in the Seven Martial Seas Conference.
They came purely for Maude.
In contrast, Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel, who had been defeated by Maude's sword, did not want to participate in this meeting of the Seven Martial Seas at all.
However, the boss just arranged this task to him.
At this time, seeing Maude walk into the conference room, Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel only felt a faint pain from the knife wound on his body.
As a navy, being spared by pirates is undoubtedly a shame that will follow you for a lifetime.
If it weren't for the fact that this body could continue to carry out justice, the flying squirrel even thought that if he had died directly under Maude's knife, it would have been a relatively simple result.
Maud noticed the flying squirrel's gaze, ignored it, and took the lead in one of the seats, and sat down directly.
Doflamingo deliberately made a half-circle and sat down in the seat opposite Maud.
Instantly, Doflamingo glanced around the people in the room, his gaze fixed on the flying squirrel's face.
In the entire conference room, the last people he wanted to provoke were Lieutenant General Tsuru and Fuji Tora.
Needless to say, the other Seven Martial Seas couldn't find fun at all on this occasion.
Therefore, among the remaining targets, there are only three lieutenant generals: Peach Rabbit, Tea Dolphin, and Flying Squirrel.
The first two are very strong, and it is estimated that there is no way to throw the parasitic line on them smoothly.
Finally, there's the flying squirrel.
As the weakest person in the entire conference room, there is still a chance to use parasitic lines to manipulate and kill time.
“!”
The flying squirrel seemed to be aware of this, and glanced at Doflamingo, who was hiding his malice, and frowned slightly.
Regarding some things about the Seven Martial Seas Conference, the flying squirrel had heard a little about it, and knew that Doflamingo, a thorn, would often use his ability to play with the lieutenant generals who participated in the Seven Martial Seas Conference.
Suddenly, the flying squirrel became secretly vigilant.
In front of such a group of strong people, he didn't want to become a joke.
On the round table.
Lieutenant General Tsuru glanced lightly at Doflamingo, who was idle, and seemed to be able to see Doflamingo's impatient thoughts.
Among the many vice admirals in the Navy Headquarters, there are strong and weak.
Lieutenant generals with relatively strong strength are generally heavy on tasks, so how can they have time to attend any meetings.
Therefore, the lieutenant generals who have always participated in meetings are basically not much stronger in terms of strength.
This led to Doflamingo's ability to kill time when he was in the conference room, always using the ability of the thread fruit to play with the lieutenant general who participated in the meeting.
Such a scene, for the navy, is always a loss of face.
This time, it happened that Peach Rabbit and Tea Dolphin, two lieutenant generals with upper strength, took the initiative to apply to participate in the Seven Martial Seas Conference, and Sengoku let Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel, who was also not weak, take over the last vacancy.
In this way, Doflamingo's bad taste was eliminated from the root.
Doflamingo looked at it several times, felt that he was not sure, and suddenly felt bored, so he simply gave up the idea of playing with flying squirrels.
This result, in the eyes of Vice Admiral Tsuru, was taken for granted.
As Maude and Doflamingo took their seats, the rest of the Seven Martial Seas also sat down one by one.
Hancock moved away from the group of men and sat closer to the crane.
Hawkeye sat down, arms folded, legs crossed and buckled directly on the table.
In terms of sitting posture, he is even more arrogant than Doflamingo.
The bear, who had been silent all the way, sat on the sofa near the balcony and did not take out the book he had with him to kill the time.
Maud glanced at the bear and pursed her lips.
After Blackbeard sat down, he patted the table and laughed loudly: "Thief, haha, such a big table, wouldn't it be a pity not to use it for drinking wine and eating meat, it just so happens that Lao Tzu is hungry, hurry up and let people serve food." ”
"Blackbeard, watch your words, this is not a restaurant."
The flying squirrel frowned and looked at Blackbeard seriously.
"Pay attention to the occasion when you say anything?"
Blackbeard squinted at the flying squirrel and said coldly, "Idiot, I'm a pirate, I don't need to follow those bullshit rules!" ”
"You ......"
The flying squirrel's eyes froze.
Blackbeard didn't pay any more attention to the flying squirrel, and continued to slap the table with a grin, shouting to serve the food, and at the corner of his eye, he glanced at Lieutenant General Tsuru with a calm face.
The tea dolphin and the peach rabbit frowned slightly, only thinking that the guy in front of them from the Whitebeard Pirates was very noisy.
Doflamingo raised his eyebrows at Blackbeard's shouting to serve food and wine, and suddenly asked, "How long will it take for Sengoku to arrive this time?" ”
When the crane heard this, he said lightly: "About three hours." ”
Every time the Seven Martial Seas Conference, the Warring States who are responsible for presiding over it, due to the relatively large workload, will be late every time, and this time is naturally no exception.
"Hey, three hours?"
When Doflamingo heard this, he said unhappily, "Is this to make us wait here?" ”
Tsuru glanced at Doflamingo and said calmly, "Yes." ”
“……”
Such a crisp and simple answer left Doflamingo speechless for a moment.
All of them have arrived, and they have to wait if they don't wait, so it's useless to say more.
Blackbeard slapped the table and shouted, "Since we have to wait, why don't we eat and drink first?" ”
Lieutenant General Tsuru thought about it, and considering that Sengoku would indeed need some time to arrive, he fulfilled Blackbeard's proposal and ordered the guards outside to prepare food and drink.
Seeing that Tsuru Zhong asked people to prepare the food and drinks, Blackbeard was satisfied and stopped slapping the table.
"Our 'fish-man friend' actually refused this emergency summoning order."
In his free time waiting for the food to be served, Doflamingo suddenly mentioned Haixia Jinping.
is also the Seven Martial Seas, and only Jinping was present who did not respond to this emergency summoning order.
Tsuru glanced at Doflamingo, but did not answer.
"It seems that our 'Fishman Friend' regards 'benevolence and righteousness' as more important than Fishman Island, Fufu ......"
Doflamingo also clasped his feet on the table, put his hands on the back of his head, and said to himself, with a slight mockery in his tone, and the words were a fish-man friend on the left and a fish-man friend on the right.
“……”
Tsuru clasped his hands together and calmly looked at Doflamingo, who was trying to stir up some topic at the round table.
Doflamingo sneered and said, "I'm curious about what the consequences of refusing to respond to this emergency call will be, so is our 'Fishman Friend' okay now?" ”
"Sent in Impel."
Tsuru's tone was very flat.
"Uh-huh, that's terrible, Navy ......"
Hearing this answer, Doflamingo sneered.
Hancock's eyes froze slightly.
She had previously thought about refusing the emergency call.
If she hadn't come, Haixia Jinping's fate might have been her turn.
Although it is not afraid, it is always troublesome.
In this way, it can also be seen how seriously the Navy attaches this summoning order.
"Jinping was sent to Impel......"
Hearing this, Maude pinched her chin and looked thoughtful.
The Straw Hat Pirates were not scattered by bears in the Chambord Islands with their abilities as in the original book.
Therefore, the plot of the Straw Hat Luffy making trouble in the original book will most likely not happen.
This means that until the end of the war at the top, Jinping may have to stay in the city.
Thinking of this, Maude suddenly glanced at Blackbeard.
In other words, this ruthless man had clearly responded to the summoning order, but on the day of the public execution, he did not appear on the stage, but secretly ran to the city.
How is that done?
Escape temporarily?
Maud then thought that if Blackbeard did the original book, he would sneak into the city while the war was at the beginning of the top.
so
I don't know if Blackbeard will have any effect on Jinping.
Maud shook her head slightly.
It is more important to snatch Whitebeard's head than to the possibility that it has not yet happened.
It's just a pity that Jinping is a strong fishman......
On the sea, which may overturn at any time, Maude knows exactly what a powerful fish-man represents.
With his current strength and capital, if there is a possibility of recruiting Jinping, he will definitely not miss it easily.
After a while.
Sumptuous drinks and dishes are served.
Blackbeard and Doflamingo took the lead in moving their chopsticks, while the rest, including Maude, only took a few sips of wine.
Three hours passed like this, and the Warring States were long overdue.
He held a thick stack of papers in his hand, and as he stepped into the conference room, he threw them to the guards guarding the door.
"Divide it."
Hearing Sengoku's order, the guards were stunned for a moment, and after reacting, they quickly distributed the documents to everyone present.
Maud picked up the file and looked at it a few times.
"Arrangement?"
On the document, it is about the layout of this war, but it is not very complete, and it is obvious that something is deliberately covered up.
In addition to the formation information, it is the approximate troop information of Whitebeard's side.
Maud took a cursory look at it for a moment.
Knowing the information about Whitebeard's troops is secondary to him, but it is this arrangement of formations......
The deployment of naval forces has changed from weak to strong, from outside to inside.
And their Seven Martial Seas were directly placed in the forefront.
That means that when the Whitebeard Pirates attack, they will bear the brunt of the Seven Martial Seas.
In order to prevent them from being passive and slacking off, the arrangement of the Warring States was really simple and rude.
Maude put down the document and couldn't help but look at the Warring States on the throne.
On the other hand, the other Seven Martial Seas are also looking at the Warring States.
Facing everyone's eyes, Warring States clasped their hands together and said calmly: "If you have any objections, you can raise them, this is also the purpose of the meeting." ”
“……”
No one spoke.
It is true that the Navy's approach is somewhat inappropriate, but with the strength of everyone here, it is not easy to protect themselves?
Not to mention how to paddle.
Moreover, even if an objection is raised, there is a high probability that it will still be dismissed.
Rather than bothering with words, it is better to acquiesce to the Navy's arrangement.
Jumping out like Doflamingo, there was no objection.
"I have an offer."
Maude flicked his fingers at the documents in front of him, and turned his head to look at the Warring States on the main throne.
It didn't matter what the formation was arranged, but he had to seize this opportunity and try to get the chance to go to Imper.
Sengoku turned his gaze, looked at Maude, and said bluntly: "I've heard Tsuru say that the proposal is good, but I don't trust you, more precisely, I don't trust pirates." ”
"Don't be in a hurry to refuse."
Maude smiled, "Didn't I give two options? If you don't trust it, your navy can take one of the options that doesn't need to bear the crisis of confidence. ”
"You mean the zombie legions?"
Sengoku looked at Maude calmly.
Maude nodded and said, "Yes, just create a zombie army to be used as 'cannon fodder', and your navy will have a lot less to worry about, right?" ”
Sengoku groaned.
Hearing the conversation between Maude and Sengoku, several vice admirals such as Peach Rabbit, as well as the Seven Martial Seas, all looked at Maude with a look of surprise.
This guy ...... Actually want to use the ability of the Shadow Fruit to increase the combat power of the navy?
Even if you shoulder the position of the Seven Martial Seas, you won't be able to do it to this extent, right?
People who don't know still think that your wanted warrant is fake.
Maud ignored the strange gazes from around her, stared intently at Sengoku, and suddenly took the initiative to reveal the weakness of the zombie army.
"Zombies made from shadows will have an unavoidable weakness, and that is - sea salt."
"Oh?"
Sengoku raised his eyebrows and looked at Maude in surprise.
The same goes for cranes.
She had an instant insight into Maude's thoughts, and couldn't help but glance up at Maude.
In order to increase the persuasiveness, he did not hesitate to take the initiative to reveal the weaknesses of the zombie army.
Is it just to help the navy?
Tsuru sensed that something was wrong, but she suddenly thought of Maude's origin and experience, combined with what Maude had done to the pirates after becoming the Seven Martial Seas......
In terms of motivation, it is somewhat reasonable.
Maud didn't actually expect that the navy would be inclined to reject such an offer with no disadvantages, and it was just as Sengoku said.
The most critical issue is because of trust.
Therefore, of the two options given, it is the best choice to stuff the shadow into the body of the sailor to directly increase the strength of the individual.
But the Navy will certainly not easily agree.
After all, the shadow used to enhance his strength is controlled by Maude, so it is difficult to guarantee that Maude can also directly control the navy through the shadow.
This potential hidden danger is enough for the Navy to simply reject the proposal.
On the other hand, if it's just a zombie army, it's barely acceptable.
"With just a small amount of sea salt or seawater, you can easily force out the shadow in the zombie's body."
Maude elaborated on the weaknesses of the zombies, looked at Sengoku, and said seriously: "Therefore, if you agree to this proposal, you have to be cautious in the layout of the formation, so as not to lose even the value of the zombie army." ”
When the Warring States heard this, they were a little moved.
He didn't directly agree, but asked, "It's not difficult to take a shadow, but do you have the corresponding number of corpses?" ”
"Huh?"
Maud was stunned for a moment, and then said the solution in a natural tone.
"Wouldn't it be enough to kill half of the prisoners?"
“……”
As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence on the round table.
Take half of the prisoner's shadow and kill half of the prisoner to get fresh corpses.
In this way, it is possible to create a legion that is not weak in size anytime and anywhere......
It's just that although the prisoners in the city are all deserving of their crimes, they are all bright red lives.
And Maude ruled their fate in such an understatement, which made people feel a chill in their hearts.
In this man's eyes, life seems to be just a string of cold numbers.
"Thief haha, ruthless enough!"
Blackbeard's eyes flashed with a glint as he laughed and gave Maude a thumbs up.
Maude ignored Blackbeard's praise, but looked at the frowning reactions of Peach Rabbit and several other lieutenant generals, and said coldly: "What, could it be that you are taking pity on a group of pirates who are about to lose tomorrow?" ”
“……”
Feeling Maude's targeting, the Peach Rabbit and the others fell silent.
The corners of Maude's mouth twitched, and he looked at Sengoku.
"So, what do you think, Marshal Sengoku."
.........
Two days later.
A warship arrives at Impel's Advance City prison.
"Here we are."
The flying squirrel stared at the man beside him.
Maud nodded, and jumped straight to the shore without waiting to get out of the gangway.
Such a move frightened the navy on the shore.
After all, the Whitebeard Pirates could attack Impel at any time, so much so that the navy stationed here was nervous all day long, but if there was a little bit of trouble, they would overreact.
Under the leadership of the flying squirrel, through the fence drawbridge, and the heavy guards, finally came to the entrance of the advancing city,
It was just when the mist was filling, but there was an unusually solemn atmosphere around it.
As soon as Maud arrived at the entrance, he saw the two staff members of the Advance City who were in charge of greeting him.
Immediately after, a pair of Hailou stone handcuffs were handed to Maude.
"Heh, are you an idiot?"
Maude's eyes were cold, and he looked at Hannibal, the deputy warden of the Advancing City, who was holding the handcuffs of the sea tower stone.
"Huh!?"
Suddenly scolded by Maude, Hannibal couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
In addition to being scolded by the prison warden Magellan, how could he, who held power in the city, ever suffer such grievances?
Immediately, Hannibal glared at Maude with wide eyes.
"Huh?"
He was about to open his mouth to fight back, but he was shocked by the momentum that Maude exuded.
All of a sudden, it turned out to be a dumb fire.