"This condition..."
Sengoku furrowed his brows, not willing to agree to this condition on the other side of the Radio Snail: "Ryokugyu is with the Navy, in a certain sense..."
Indeed!
He knew it!
The Konoha Pirates would not act easily, nor let Akihara Kagura's issue slide so lightly. They intended to capture Ryokugyu to punish their ally for abducting Akihara Kagura...
"This is your punishment for your actions."
"Moreover, we have been quite lenient, choosing a loyal Ryokugyu to the World Government instead of your Admiral Aokiji..."
Red Sand Sasori seemed to have guessed Sengoku's thoughts, firmly denying Sengoku's intention to oppose further: "Ryokugyu remaining with the Navy does more harm than good, and might even hinder our alliance..."
"I will not betray my subordinates..."
Sengoku's voice gradually grew despondent.
"He is a devoted lackey of the Heavenly Celestial Dragons."
Red Sand Sasori coldly continued to deny Ryokugyu's association with the Navy: "If you still insist on thinking so, we can guarantee not to kill him. His future fate depends on whether he remains loyal to the World Government and the Heavenly Celestial Dragons..."
"..."
Sengoku felt slightly hesitant.
Although the Konoha Pirates still intended to take Ryokugyu away, Sengoku felt a delusion in his heart that the Konoha Pirates had made a concession, securing a chance for Ryokugyu to survive...
"Your time for consideration is running out."
The sound of Red Sand Sasori tapping the table reverberated through the Radio Snail, gently reminding: "If you're still undecided, it doesn't matter if all the Navy on Enies Lobby perishes; we can just gather a group of replacements..."
"..."
Sengoku silently responded to everything.
The situation on Enies Lobby...
Truly can't afford to continue stalling time!
He still needs the Konoha Pirates to quickly head to Enies Lobby to deal with the combined forces of Whitebeard and Red-haired Shanks; the Navy has no means to stop this!
Meanwhile.
The battle on Enies Lobby changed again.
The Great Pirates who escaped from Impel Down soon arrived on Enies Lobby, plunging the entire battleground into chaos!
Because these Great Pirates...
have no distinct allegiances!
Some Great Pirates were attacking the Navy, others the Red Hair Pirates, and fierce battles were even erupting within these Great Pirates!
The World Government had been erasing traces of these Great Pirates, and most people present couldn't recognize them, suffering heavy losses in initial encounters!
However...
There were those who remained vigilant of these Great Pirates!
While Garp and Shanks were still fighting, their Observation Haki was constantly gauging the battle; they knew best who these Great Pirates are!
Especially one amongst them!
Shanks looked at a robust man, full of disbelief: "Douglas Bullet..."
Douglas Bullet.
A cadre of the Roger Pirates.
At least when Red-haired Shanks was an intern on the Roger Pirates, Douglas Bullet was already very powerful!
"How did this guy escape from Impel Down..."
Garp punched Red-haired Shanks away, looking grimly at the joyously fighting Great Pirates: "And those troublesome escapees, what is going on here!"
"Vice Admiral Garp."
Akihara Kagura raised a hand and killed a Great Pirate with a black lightning bolt before answering Garp's question: "Monkey D. Dragon led the Revolutionary Army to break into Impel Down."
"!!!"
Garp's face instantly turned even darker!
Dragon...
That bastard...
Didn't even come to Enies Lobby to fight...
Instead, seizing the interval while the Navy was embroiled with the Red Hair Pirates on Enies Lobby, secretly breached Impel Down, releasing so many troublesome Great Pirates!
That troublesome son...
truly causing immense trouble for the Navy and the World Government!
"Go rescue Vice Admiral Ryokugyu."
Akihara Kagura also stopped idling, while slaughtering those Great Pirates who escaped from Impel Down, he called for the Navy soldiers to rescue Ryokugyu, remove the Seastone Bullet from Ryokugyu's body, allowing him to immediately join the battle to hunt down these Great Pirates.
However...
Only one Ryokugyu...
seems unable to influence the outcome of the situation.
People across the world soon saw the increasingly chaotic battlefield of Enies Lobby on the Image Radio Snail, even unable to discern who was fighting whom, only watching the increasingly dazzling and eye-opening battleground!
Boom!
Just as Enies Lobby was about to descend into total chaos, the ground suddenly began to tremble, making everyone feel unsteady and want to fall!
"This is..."
"This kind of ability..."
Everyone involuntarily thought of one person!
This ability to tremble an entire area should only be possessed by one man!
Everyone present, whether Pirates or Navy, whether past era's Great Pirates or this era's Navy, knew that man!
"It's Dad!"
Ace's eyes instantly brightened.
"Dad has come too?"
Marco still lay weak in a deep pit, looking up at the sky.
"Whitebeard..."
A trace of fear appeared on the faces of every Navy personnel.
"Edward Newgate!"
Douglas Bullet's face instantly surged with fighting spirit!