"It was them who did it!" Akainu was shocked. "Three executives... 'Ocean Overlord' Sea Dragon, 'Sky Overlord' Archangel, is there another Yonko-level executive!?"
Thinking carefully, since they were called the three great executives, they were obviously more advanced than ordinary executives. This Archangel was very likely to be on the same level as the Sea Dragon. Not only that, but by this calculation, there was probably also a 'Land Overlord'!
It was hard to imagine that within a mere pirate crew, the three executives were Yonko-level, and the vice-captain and captain above them... had already surpassed Akainu's common sense.
At this moment, Akainu couldn't help but tremble a little. If everything he guessed was correct, the overall strength of the Phantom might even exceed the sum of all the forces of the Navy Headquarters!
It should be known that in the current New World, there wasn't any pirate crew that could surpass the Navy, not even the Whitebeard Pirates!
"This is the worst news I've heard since Roger died!"
Akainu gritted his teeth, but his pace was even faster, "Notify Aokiji and Kizaru, and tell Fleet Admiral Sengoku about this news. Also... the higher-ups."
The higher-ups were naturally the Commander-in-Chief of the World Government Army, Kong!
"Yes!"
...
Leaving aside the Navy's actions, on Cake Island, after Vladimir finished notifying them, he directly hung up the phone.
He didn't expect the Navy to do anything. The reason for contacting them was just to have them seal off the sea area. When the fighting started, there would definitely be pirates trying to escape, and it would be enough for the Navy to wipe out the fleeing pirates outside.
Of course, this time, he was only hired to suppress the rioting pirates, so he had to tell the employer that he was about to start.
"Fufufu, I didn't expect you to join forces with the Navy!" Doflamingo chuckled, "They probably paid a high price."
Without thinking, it must be Devil Fruits, but he didn't know how many they would take out.
Vladimir glanced at him, and said calmly, "Stop talking nonsense, are you ready?"
"I was already ready when you contacted them. Do you want to take action?"
"Take action!"
As soon as Vladimir finished speaking, Doflamingo immediately took action.
He made a claw with his right palm, and suddenly slammed it towards the center of Cake Island, directly above.
"Birdcage!"
With a light shout, a thick thread suddenly shot out, and instantly flew to the target location.
In the next moment, this visible mass of threads suddenly exploded.
Immediately, hard threads that were enough to cut steel, like a meteor shower, covered all directions in the form of a celestial maiden scattering flowers.
At this moment, all the pirates on the island were shocked.
From their perspective, a cage was slowly opening in the sky, and the range it covered was large enough to include more than 90% of the pirates in one go.
"Crap...!"
In the center of the island, in front of the iceberg where the Red Stone was buried, the captain of the Lance Pirates had a stern expression.
"My premonition has come true. There really is a mastermind!"
...
"Crap...! My premonition has come true. There really is a mastermind!"
In front of the iceberg where the Red Stone was buried, the captain of the Lance Pirates, one of the five major forces, muttered with a solemn expression.
He watched a birdcage with fangs open in the sky, and his heart slowly sank.
"What is that?" Baber looked dazed. The birdcage that appeared in the sky, covering their heads, gave people a strong feeling of unease.
"Damn it! Who is it?"
A member of the Lance Pirates said angrily, "They're trying to trap everyone! What do they want to do?"
"What to do, Captain?" Someone else said in a panic, "If they just want to trap us, that's relatively simple, but I'm afraid the purpose isn't that simple."
Hearing this, Lance's expression was uncertain. After a long while, he said, "The mastermind's purpose is unknown, but we can guess. Trapping us, creating chaos, letting us fight each other, and then appearing at the right time to clean up the mess, the purpose of this force is very likely to be the Red Stone!"
They didn't take action at another time, but chose today, which was also the time when the Red Stone was discovered. Lance immediately thought that the other party's purpose was the same as other pirates.
Logically, it made sense, but Lance always felt that there was a sense of incongruity, but he couldn't say exactly what it was.
As for the truth, Lance couldn't even imagine it. He didn't even think about it in that direction, because it was too incredible.
What force could eat more than 100 New World pirate crews in one go? The Yonko couldn't do it, and the Navy couldn't do it either!
Therefore, he couldn't imagine that the purpose of the mastermind, from the beginning, was to suppress them.
Thinking of this, Lance's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "Let's not panic, don't conflict with other forces, save our strength and energy. As for the Red Stone, we just need to get a rubbing, let's go! Let's talk to the Unicorn people first!"
At this moment, there were already many pirates in front of the crack in the iceberg. The major pirate crews belonged to different forces. Because of the appearance of the birdcage in the sky, they all suspected that the other party had done it, and were very hostile to each other.
These people arrived here as soon as possible, but the iceberg cave where the Red Stone was buried had already been occupied by the Unicorns. After all, they were the closest, and their actions were the fastest.
At this moment, inside the cave.
In front of the frozen Red Stone, a young girl with a height of 1.5 meters was standing prettily.
The girl looked very young and inexperienced. She was a relatively rare female pirate.
She was wearing a water-blue coat, and her small hands, which stretched out from under the wide cuffs, were stroking the Red Stone.
"It's so beautiful... Hehehe, this outer layer of ice is the same as the ice in other places on the island. It was obviously done by the same person."
The girl said with a smile, "I just don't know why a crack appeared in the iceberg, and the Red Stone was hidden in this place? Well, let me think first, how to melt the ice, it's impossible to see the words and maps on it with it frozen like this."
Actually, it wouldn't matter even if she could see it clearly, she didn't recognize "ancient characters."
Just as she was thinking, fighting sounds came from outside, with constant roars.
The little girl frowned, and said angrily, "What's going on? You're disturbing my thinking!"
Hearing this, a subordinate ran over, and shouted, "Little Vice-Captain, the captain is fighting with that brute from the Storm Pirates."
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