Vice Admiral Ryokugyu of the Navy…
Theoretically, he isn't an undercover agent for the Konoha Pirates.
However, as long as someone is willing to lend just a little bit of help, Vice Admiral Ryokugyu should look more like an undercover agent for the Konoha Pirates than anyone else in the Navy.
Bururu bururu bururu…
The Radio Snail on the desk started ringing.
Admiral Sengoku the Buddha finally made up his mind; in order to avoid the Navy suffering heavy losses in the Enies Lobby war, he decided to ask the Konoha Pirates he was colluding with for help.
"We need someone to stop the Enies Lobby war…"
Sengoku's voice was a little heavy as he brought up the past between the Navy and the Konoha Pirates again: "Right now the Navy has to face attacks from two Four Emperors' Pirates…"
"But you're still under the name of the World Government…"
Red Sand Sasori put down what he was working on and seriously spoke about their relationship: "Given the current situation, it should be the World Government stepping up. Back then we let a bunch of you Navy go, and even signed a pact to overthrow the World Government together…"
"Let's be straightforward."
"State your terms."
Sengoku directly cut off Red Sand Sasori; he didn't have time to keep wasting here, because the Whitebeard Pirates were on their way to Enies Lobby: "You people shouldn't want to see the Navy lose the Enies Lobby war either, right? Aokiji and Kagura on Enies Lobby are both our own, and it was you in the first place who used Kagura as an undercover agent planted inside the Navy…"
"You're right."
Red Sand Sasori's voice was somewhat slow and calm, as if he didn't care about the situation on Enies Lobby in the slightest: "However, there are still some people on that island who aren't our own…"
"You mean Fujitora and Ryokugyu?"
Sengoku thought of the two Vice Admirals brought in by the massive world conscription.
He had to admit…
The strength of those two Vice Admirals was indeed very strong…
It's just that for the current Navy, letting those two Vice Admirals collude with the Konoha Pirates wasn't a big deal anyway; after all, he, the Navy Admiral, and the two Admirals had long been doing the same thing…
"Fujitora is one of ours."
Red Sand Sasori's single sentence choked Sengoku on the spot.
"..."
Sengoku rubbed his brow with a headache.
No, seriously…
Exactly how many spies have the Konoha Pirates planted inside the Navy?
Why does this pirate crew casually planting spies all over the Navy never bother to tell him? When did Fujitora even join the Konoha Pirates? The Konoha Pirates have already colluded with the upper echelons of the Navy, and they still have to plant spies—does that mean they don't trust him?
Although he is indeed not very trustworthy…
But the fact that the Konoha Pirates really did this still made Sengoku, the Navy Admiral, a bit displeased; he had always wanted to maintain the internal independence and integrity of the Navy as much as possible…
However…
The Konoha Pirates clearly want to completely control the Navy…
"Next time, could you at least give me a heads-up on this kind of thing…"
Sengoku clenched his teeth and squeezed out a line of words through the gaps, suppressing his anger: "No matter what, I am the Navy Admiral!"
"It's not too late to tell you now either."
Red Sand Sasori's voice gradually became mechanical and steady, as if he were merely a sound device: "Besides, consider this the last warning we'll give you…"
"Admiral Sengoku the Buddha."
"Akihara Kagura was originally an undercover agent we planted into the Navy. We found the Rumble-Rumble Fruit for him, let him obtain powerful strength, with the goal of having him occupy a high position within the Navy to provide us with more information on the Navy and the World Government, not for you to win him over so he can shine under the Navy's banner and fulfill some so-called justice of reigning over the world…"
"Marshal Sengoku…"
"I want to ask you something…"
"That guy Akihara Kagura—was he a talent we trained and sent over to you in the Navy, or was he an undercover agent we planted inside the Navy?"
"..."
Sengoku fell silent for a while, intending to gloss over the question: "Does it make a difference? Akihara Kagura is a rapidly advancing Navy Vice Admiral, yet he still maintains close ties with you, doesn't he? I've always been trying my best to nurture him so that in the future there will be a successor to uphold the alliance between the Navy and the Konoha Pirates…"
"You know exactly what I mean."
Red Sand Sasori's voice suddenly turned icy cold, as if he had to make this issue perfectly clear today: "Our man seems to have become your Navy's man, Admiral…"
"..."
Sengoku really did feel a bit embarrassed.
Akihara Kagura was too clever; he just happened to obtain the Natural Type Rumble-Rumble Fruit that massively boosted his combat power, and he was deeply and closely connected to the Konoha Pirates, making him simply the best candidate for the future Navy Admiral…
"Forget it."
"His case will be the last."
Just as Red Sand Sasori had Sengoku at a loss, he suddenly magnanimously let it slide and continued: "At least he's still one of us…"
"He was one of ours to begin with…"
Sengoku simply followed the momentum and climbed down the ladder, speaking about his arrangements: "After I retire, Kagura will be the one to maintain the alliance between the two sides…"
"There's no need to bring him up again."
Red Sand Sasori cut Sengoku off and said coldly: "Just treat him the same as Aokiji and Kizaru, as one of your Navy's people."
"Now…"
"Let's talk about Enies Lobby!"
"Since you want us to stop the war at Enies Lobby, at the very least we need a justification to act, and we also need gains sufficient to warrant our intervention…"
"I heard…"
"There is a Woods-Woods Fruit user on Enies Lobby taking part in the battle, and his ability is quite similar to our Captain's. We need a test subject…"