"If that is the case, then it seems the Marines must conduct a search across the entire sea. Such an ability user cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of the Revolutionary Army or pirates."
"Otherwise, they would cause severe harm to the Marines' righteous cause and our brave soldiers."
Raleigh's tone became extremely serious.
"Please wait a moment, Lord Five Elders. I will immediately send someone to investigate this matter. Give me a little time, and I will definitely capture this ability user."
After saying that, Raleigh decisively hung up, giving the Five Elders no chance to speak again.
The Five Elders once again fell into silence.
Only after a while did the member carrying the cursed blade slowly speak.
"You heard all of that, yes?"
Shanks' voice came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi, his mood extremely low.
"I am sorry, everyone. I have troubled you with this matter."
Then Shanks also ended the call.
This scene happened only inside this small building where no outsiders were present.
Otherwise, anyone who learned even the slightest bit of information would have been completely erased.
No one would ever imagine that the Five Elders, the highest authorities of the World Government, actually had dealings with Shanks, an Emperor of the Sea in the New World.
Moreover, Shanks could even cooperate with the Five Elders to a certain extent.
Inside the new Fleet Admiral's office, Raleigh, who had put down the Den Den Mushi, looked extremely pleased.
The fact that the Five Elders had made this call undoubtedly confirmed once again that Shanks' identity was not simple.
A pirate who could contact the Five Elders had to have an extremely mysterious background.
Unless Shanks was a Celestial Dragon.
...
Raleigh tapped the desk, then spoke to Momonga beside him.
"Since the Five Elders called, Shanks must know that we did it. He just cannot be certain yet."
"Tell Fujitora Issho to stop Big Mom's offensive. Recall Kuzan to defend New Marineford. At the same time, transfer Borsalino to the front line in contact with the Red Hair Pirates."
Red-Haired Shanks was a troublesome opponent.
Not only was he powerful, but his thinking was different from others, and the connections behind him were mysterious and unpredictable.
But what Raleigh liked most was challenging impossible things.
For example, making the usually calm Shanks lose his mind in rage.
"Pass down the order. Tell them that we have found the true culprit behind the Elegia Kingdom massacre and will publicly try her the day after tomorrow!"
...
All at once, public opinion across the entire sea was stirred up again by the Marines' intelligence network.
On the newspapers scattered across the sky was a photograph of a girl tightly shackled with Seastone cuffs.
Beneath the photograph, the Marines thoughtfully explained the entire sequence of events.
The most important parts were Uta's introduction and the full account of the Red Hair Pirates' alleged destruction of a kingdom years ago.
In this article, they directly pointed out that the true culprit behind the Elegia Kingdom massacre had not been Red-Haired Shanks, but this sweet-looking girl.
As for why Red-Haired Shanks had carried the blame for this girl?
The article did not say it outright. It merely hinted that Uta was very likely Red-Haired Shanks' daughter.
Perhaps even Raleigh had not expected that the people of this world would be equally interested in gossip.
If it were only about the true culprit behind a kingdom's massacre, perhaps public attention would not have been so intense.
But once the protagonist of this incident was possibly the daughter of Red-Haired Shanks, the matter was spread like wildfire.
"Hey, did you hear? Red-Haired Shanks actually has a daughter."
"Big news! Big news! Red-Haired Shanks' daughter is called Uta!"
"The Marines captured Red-Haired Shanks' daughter, and she will be publicly tried in three days!"
After the Marines released their report, other smaller news agencies immediately seized the opportunity and compiled a series of eye-catching headlines.
Then the topic spread across the sea at an even more explosive speed.
...
On the deck of the Red Force, everyone stared at the newspapers in their hands, their eyes turning bloodshot.
Because the person in the newspaper was the Uta they had been searching for.
"Marines! I will kill you!"
Shanks' Conqueror's Haki burst out uncontrollably once more.
This time, however, even Beckman did not stop him.
Because he was equally furious!
Uta was not only Shanks' daughter. In their eyes, Uta was also their daughter.
But there was simply not enough time.
Unless they abandoned the Red Force and everyone flew there using Geppo.
"Where did Kuma go?"
In his fury, Shanks suddenly remembered Kuma's special ability.
That man could repel people to places he had been before. Kuma should have visited New Marineford.
"Kuma left after delivering the items. Right now, we don't know where he went."
Yasopp's brows kept twitching.
No wonder the Marines' condition had been that Kuma could leave on his own after delivering the items.
Otherwise, they could have used Kuma's ability to instantly appear at New Marineford.
"Contact Kuma and see if he can come back."
Shanks instructed Beckman.
"I will try."
Beckman nodded, took a Den Den Mushi, and walked aside.
Blu blu blu… blu blu blu…
A Den Den Mushi aboard the ship suddenly rang, drawing Lucky Roux's attention.
"Whose Den Den Mushi is this?"
Lucky Roux took the Den Den Mushi out from a corner.
"This… seems to be one of the things Kuma gave me."
Yasopp sounded somewhat uncertain.
At the time, after Shanks suddenly erupted, everyone had gone to suppress his Haki.
No one had paid attention to a single Den Den Mushi. Unexpectedly, it had not been killed by the burst of Haki.
"Hello, Shanks. Why are you not answering the call? If you don't answer, then all my goodwill will go to waste."
"This is a program I prepared specially for you."
"If you want to watch, I can activate the image function."
Raleigh's voice came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.
At this moment, Shanks was overflowing with killing intent.
With a ferocious expression, he stretched out his hand, took the Den Den Mushi, and activated the image.
...
In the South Blue, the Sorbet Kingdom had already become busy.
Countless Revolutionary Army fighters were transporting all kinds of supplies, loading them onto newly built ships one after another.
Inside the palace, Dragon, Sabo, and the other high-ranking Revolutionary Army officers and regional commanders were all staring closely at a screen.
On the screen was the square of the Marines' New Marineford.
At that moment, a tall execution platform had been erected there.
Dragon's brows were tightly furrowed.
From the moment he learned the news, he had already judged that the cooperation with the pirates was basically over.
Red-Haired Shanks was very likely to fight the Marines to the death.
However, for the Revolutionary Army, this was also an opportunity.
If this execution successfully enraged Red-Haired Shanks, then the Marines' forces in the Four Blues would weaken.
"Sabo, order all regions to enter a state of war."
"The Revolutionary Expeditionary Force inside the Sorbet Kingdom is to be ready at any moment to board the ships and head to Mary Geoise for the revolutionary struggle."
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