Chapter 168: The Decision of the Headquarters
Needless to say, these three warships on the sea were naturally Vice Admiral Flying Squirrels who were chasing after them.
The Navy sent out to hunt down the mastermind of Mary Joy's arson, as well as the escaped slaves, were two vice admirals, in addition to the flying squirrel, the other one was Vice Admiral Dauberman, a fighting dog.
It had been more than a week since they came out of the Navy Headquarters, but nothing had been found, and the Flying Squirrel had even wondered if it was possible that the black-clad masked mastermind had played a trick and returned to the first half of the Great Voyage without entering the New World.
After all, among the rescued slaves at that time, there were many Fish-People, and if there was help from the Fish-People, it would be difficult for the black-clothed masked mastermind to really return through Fish-Man Island.
However, although there are such suspicions, they can't say it, the world government and Fish-Man Island have been trying to alleviate racial contradictions, and raising this suspicion at this juncture may make both the world government and Fish-Man Island feel embarrassed.
This is also the reason why Jinping wanted to take those Fish-People away from Ian at that time, and Jinping couldn't let the World Government and Navy catch any tricks on Fish-Man Island.
Of course, Jinping took those fish-people away, in fact, he also indirectly helped Ian, if the flying squirrel learned that Ian even had the fish-people on their ship, then he would be absolutely 100% sure that he was the mastermind.
However, due to the lack of fish-people, the flying squirrel is a little difficult to judge, but very skeptical.
The patrol ship was attacked, a rear admiral was seriously injured, and Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel contacted Vice Admiral Fighting Dog, and pursued the so-called dragon hunter pirates all the way to Clockwork Island, but when he arrived in the open sea, he was hesitating whether to go to the island to arrest people.
If it were another island, the flying squirrel might not even think about it, so it would just do it, but Clockwork Island couldn't, this is the territory of the Whitebeard Pirates at all.
They were now able to pick up signals from the sea slugs.
At this moment, Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel, on his own ship, was talking to the fighting dogs about it through the phone.
"This matter must be cautious!" Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel said on the phone: "We cannot bear the responsibility of starting a war!" ”
Fighting dog Dauberman is a middle-aged man with scars on his face and cold eyes, in the navy, he also belongs to the ruthless faction, his philosophy is somewhat similar to that of Akainu, the envelope is absolute justice, and as a vice admiral, he once participated in the extraordinary summoning order, and was meticulous in the execution of the extermination order.
However, even he seemed a little hesitant after hearing the flying squirrel's words.
The prestige of the Four Emperors Whitebeard is well-known in the New World, and as a sea pirate in the same era as One Piece Roger, Whitebeard has the title of "Living Legend".
Originally, according to the character of the fighting dog Doberman, he would not spare any hands for pirates like Ian who dared to openly attack the navy, and directly chased them in and killed them all.
However, this is Whitebeard's territory, and once the navy dares to openly send troops to the island to search and arrest, it means that it is provoking Whitebeard's majesty, and it is very likely to trigger a war between Whitebeard and the entire navy.
"What then?" The fighting dog asked, "Is it only possible to carry out secret arrests?" ”
"It's hard!" The flying squirrel said: "That dragon hunter pirate group is very strong, it can easily defeat a rear admiral, even if you want to capture it secretly, it is estimated that we can only go in person!" ”
Fighting Dog frowned when he said this, whether it was him or the flying squirrel, they were all celebrities in the navy, how could the people of the Whitebeard Pirates not recognize them? Once they land on the island, they will be immediately discovered, and at that time, what is it called a secret arrest?
"Can you be sure that the dragon hunter pirates are the masterminds?" Fighting Dog asked, "If we can be sure, then as long as we contact the Navy Headquarters, even if we risk a war with Whitebeard, the Headquarters will agree to us directly enter the island and arrest him!" ”
"It's because I can't be sure!" The flying squirrel smiled slightly bitterly: "Otherwise, why am I so bothered?" ”
The two discussed for a while, but there was no good way, and finally decided not to land on the island first, but to guard the periphery of this island, and wait until the dragon hunter pirates left the island, and then attacked.
This is the prestige of the Four Emperors, just a territory under Whitebeard's name can make it impossible for two vice admirals to get close!
However, although they could not show their faces openly, the flying squirrels and fighting dogs still sent some naval soldiers, disguised, and took a small boat to the island to find out the news.
They had to keep track of the dragon hunter pirates.
However, it didn't take long for the navy soldiers who disguised themselves on the island to bring them a shocking news through the children's phone bug: the black-clothed masked man actually showed up on this island!
Moreover, it seems that they are also planning to join the Whitebeard Pirates!
As soon as they heard the news, the flying squirrels were directly stunned, and hurriedly asked through the phone bug: "Is the news true?" Has that mastermind already joined, or is he in contact with the Whitebeard Pirates!? ”
"It's in contact, it should be ......," said the Navy soldier who heard the news, "I heard that it was Marshall D. Titch of the Whitebeard Pirates who received him!" It seems that the two sides have reached an agreement, and after returning to see Whitebeard and drinking Yoshiko's wine, the black-clad masked man will officially become a member of the Whitebeard Pirates. ”
The wine of the righteous son is a standard process for pirates to worship the boss, and it is a ritual, especially if he is offered a bounty as high as 500 million Bailey, the black-clothed masked man can also be regarded as the number one person, so naturally it is impossible to be sloppy in this ceremony, it is the kind that needs to be announced to the world.
When they heard the news, both the flying squirrel and the fighting dog couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the wine of Yoshiko hadn't been drunk yet, which meant that they weren't really Whitebeard Pirates, as long as they could be arrested before they could do so, then even the Whitebeard Pirates couldn't say anything.
However, the flying squirrel was also a little surprised, he originally came to hunt down the dragon hunter pirates, but unexpectedly got the news of the black-clothed mastermind here, could it be that there is no relationship between this dragon hunter pirate group and the black-clothed mastermind?
Is it really just a coincidence? The flying squirrel's fingers tapped softly on the table, thinking.
After a while, he could only let go of this dragon hunter pirate group first, and the black-clothed masked man had already appeared, so he needed to ask the Navy Headquarters for instructions.
In order to avoid long nights and dreams, if the navy does not want this mastermind to escape, then it is bound to directly use force to arrest it, so it is imperative to invade Whitebeard's territory, and the flying squirrels and fighting dogs cannot afford this responsibility, so they can only consult the naval headquarters.
After the call was made to the Navy Headquarters, the World Government and the Navy were also a little hesitant, however, under the pressure of the Draco people, the World Government and the Navy finally gritted their teeth and made a decision, letting the flying squirrels and fighting dogs go directly to the island to arrest people.
They also don't want to go to war with Whitebeard, but the arrows have to be fired, the black-clothed masked mastermind must be caught, and the identity chip of the Draco must be retrieved.
So they can only wait until the aftermath to find a way to explain the situation to Whitebeard, hoping that they can appease Whitebeard......
With the order conveyed by the Navy Headquarters, the flying squirrel and the fighting dog no longer had any scruples, and directly drove the three warships towards Clockwork Island.
But what they didn't know was that far away from the Nine Snakes Pirates ship behind them, the Pirate Empress Boya Hancock listened to their communication.
On her white and slender wrist, she was wearing a small black phone bug, which was a special phone bug specially used for eavesdropping, although it was a little far away, and the signal was not very good, but intermittently, it also made her listen to six or seven percent.
Why are the Nine Snake Pirates here?
This started a few days ago, when Boya Hancock learned the truth about Maryjoya's arson, and when she learned that behind the arson was actually the Second Slave Emancipation Movement, she couldn't help it anymore.
Among the thousands of slaves rescued by Fisher Tiger back then, Boya Hancock and her two sisters were one of them, and they were very grateful to their benefactor Fisher Tiger for rescuing them, but at that time they were still young and couldn't give Tiger any help.
However, the good times did not last long, Fisher Tiger was seriously injured due to a naval ambush, but he died of his injuries because he refused a human blood transfusion.
When Boya Hancock heard the news, he couldn't believe it, Fisher Tiger was not only a benefactor to him, but also a hero in her heart, however, such a hero also died at the hands of the navy.
At that time, they got the news, it was too late, and Tiger's death was not only a pity for the Fish-People, but also a pity for the three Boya sisters, who had not yet had time to repay the favor.
However, after hearing about the arson incident of Mary Joa, this peerless pirate empress, her heart rippled again, she didn't know who the black-clothed masked man was, but she couldn't watch the events of the year repeat again, so she led her Nine Snake Pirates into the new world, and has been following the Navy Search Force from a distance, continuing to monitor, trying to find the whereabouts of the black-clothed masked man through the hands of the Navy.
Yes, she wanted to use Fisher Tiger's kindness back then to help this masked man in black and help him escape from the pursuit of the navy.
So, when the eavesdropping revealed that the man in black was on Clockwork Island, and that the navy had made a decision to capture him by force, Boya Hancock immediately stood up and ordered the ships to set off and go to Clockwork Island......
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