The Risk of Time!

[Waaaah!]

The piercing alarm sounded throughout the entire G-8 Branch, and even the Navarone Fortress was in chaos. The steel gate, which required mechanical power to open and close, was forcibly opened by a huge gap running from top to bottom!

[Poluporu, Polluporu]

The tiny Navy Den Den Mushi chirped in Vice Admiral Dewitt's palm, but its pitiful voice was barely audible amidst the blaring alarm.

This made him irritable, as he clutched his chest wound and was in unbearable pain.

He abruptly turned his gaze away from the wreckage of the two warships in the distance, and glared fiercely at his adjutant beside him, shouting, "They're all gone, what's the point of sounding the alarm?!"

"Yes, yes, I'll tell them to turn off the alarm right away!" The adjutant Rear Admiral hurriedly ran into the base.

[Slap]

Just then, the Den Den Mushi was connected, and its expression changed instantly.

"Name, position, reason."

Vice Admiral Dewitt quickly reported, "Reporting to the Fleet Admiral, this is Commander Dewitt of the G-8 Branch. Just now, 'Red Count' Patrick Redfield launched a surprise attack on the fortress, destroying the base gate and two warships!"

"What!"

Steelbone, far away in Marineford, was stunned, then asked, "Why?"

"The reason is unknown. Redfield didn't give any explanation, he didn't even say a word to us!" Dewitt said, his face grim.

He was completely bewildered. What had gotten into the 'Red Count'? He rushed over, first hacking down the gate with a single blow, then the two warships that had arrived, and finally slashing himself. After those three blows, he simply left without saying a word!

What's this?

Was he just playing with them, or was he simply in a bad mood and wanted to chop something up?

This is just too much!

Fleet Admiral Kong also fell into deep thought. He found this matter very strange. Redfield had always been a very honest person. As long as no one provoked him, he would not cause trouble in the territory of any force.

He had been very well-behaved for so many years; to be honest, if it weren't for this incident, he would have almost forgotten that such a person existed.

It is precisely Redfield is so honest that his bounty is only 1.34 billion Beli so far, which is based on his strength. After all, he is a top-level powerhouse.

However, this 'Red Count' is an extremely lone wolf. He not only did not create his own faction, but he also did not join any faction, and he didn't even have any partners or subordinates.

In addition, its low-key style of not causing trouble has led to it being considered to pose a very low threat to the World Government.

"Redfield, why would he suddenly attack Marine Base?" The Fleet Admiral Kong felt there must be a reason. "Did one of your G-8 Branch's patrol ships provoke him?"

"Fleet Admiral!"

Vice Admiral Dewitt felt particularly aggrieved at that moment. "I've already asked my men, and not a single warship on patrol today was attacked!"

"You're saying that if a warship really did provoke the 'Red Count,' would it be able to return to base unscathed?"

"Yes, that's true too."

After listening, Kong also felt that it made a lot of sense. It was illogical for Redfield to swallow his anger and wait for the warship to return before causing a scene at the base!

"I understand. You take care of things over there first. Headquarters will handle Redfield's matter."

"Yes, Fleet Admiral!"

The Den Den Mushi hung up, and Sora rubbed his temples, his head aching. He exhaled a sigh of relief, picked up another Den Den Mushi to make the call, but his hand stopped a second later.

"By the way, Sengoku isn't at headquarters!"

A few days ago, several warships of the G-3 Branch clashed with the Roger Pirates and were annihilated as expected. The headquarters naturally could not ignore this, so Sengoku took three vice Vice Admirals and five warships to the area. Although it was unlikely that they could be captured, they had to fight them and force them out of the waters around the G-3 Branch.

Their navy's controlled area in the New World is not large to begin with. If they allow the Roger Pirates to come and go freely, and even attack their fleet, then anyone will dare to come and cause trouble in the future.

Therefore, the Sengoku period's visit was merely a gesture.

Let the pirates of the New World know that causing trouble will get you hunted down by the Marine Admirals. If you don't have the strength of Roger Pirates, you'd better behave yourselves!

Having no other option, Sora called another person, "He, come to my office."

Currently, the only person in headquarters who can discuss the 'Red Count' with him is Lieutenant Vice Admiral Tsuru, the Chief of the General Staff.

"Hey, what's going on here? It's one thing for the New World to be in chaos, but why is there so much trouble in the first half of this world lately?"

Sora, exhausted, lay back in his chair while waiting for Tsuru to arrive. Thinking it over carefully, he realized that the previous incidents had all been related to that kid Vidal. Could it be this time as well?

But this thought immediately made him laugh. "Heh, really, where would a kid who's only graduated a few years ago go to provoke a top-tier expert?"

Inside the Oxhead Battleship's office, Rabani and Isoka had already left, Combine-Combine Fruit was still quietly sitting on the table.

Or rather, the whole house was very quiet, except for the occasional sound of waves crashing outside the window.

Vidal fell into deep thought again, still about Rabani and the others. His previous thoughts had been interrupted by Rogers, but now he could pick them up again.

He remembered that in the 'Rainbow Mist Arc,' Rabani and his crew went to great lengths to ensure the Straw Hat Pirates could enter the mist smoothly, not only destroying a warship but also secretly helping them.

The goal is to Luffy blast their younger selves back fifty years into the past Vice Admiral they are in the mist, thus completing the timeline loop.

Their reason for doing this was that they worried if Luffy and his crew didn't complete this series of events, and their past selves didn't travel back fifty years, what if they had simply disappeared?

Indeed, Vidal felt that this idea could not be ignored.

The problem now is that, because of his appearance, he has already changed the fate of Rabani and others, and may even change the fate of the Straw Hat Pirates in the future. What will happen if Luffy don't go to Ruluka Island in 1522?

Thinking deeper, since Rabani and the others haven't disappeared, does that mean the Straw Hat Pirates will eventually complete the time loop again?

But how could that be?

Vidal knew himself fairly well; he wasn't the kind of person who was afraid of changing a familiar future and would do anything to ensure the 'plot was correct'.

The key point is, what's the use of a familiar future if he hasn't even seen the ending?

"However, the rainbow mist itself seems to possess immeasurable value!" Vidal thought with his eyes closed.

"If it can transport someone back fifty years, is it possible to travel to other points in time if the fog emerges from other directions?"

"Also, is it possible to return to the point in time Echizen through the rainbow mist? Is there any pattern to this? Unfortunately, these are all difficult to verify." Vidal couldn't help but sigh. It's clearly a good thing, but the risks are too high.

But after all this consideration, he felt more and more that it was the right thing to not give the Combine-Combine Fruit to Rabani.

Otherwise, if I give it to him and then he suddenly disappears one day, wouldn't I have wasted my time?

To put it bluntly, there's a risk associated with Rabani called time.