Spandine's Fear

"How was it? Sea Devil Allen didn't grow suspicious of you, did he?"

Spandine sat inside a civilian house in Water 7, narrowing his eyes as he watched the female agent he had personally trained.

Clearly, as the father of Spandam, the head of CP9, he had voluntarily requested to investigate the connection between Iceberg and the Pluton Blueprint for two reasons. One was to avenge his dead son; the other was to use this opportunity to earn another great merit and climb to an even higher position.

After all, the explanation the Five Elders had given the outside world was that the CP9 agents had collectively defected and murdered their superior, Spandam.

"Allen himself didn't, but the former CP9 member named Kalifa at his side seems to have noticed something. She was extremely wary," the woman in a short red dress reported softly.

"Kalifa? How strong is that bitch now?" Spandine unconsciously clenched the pistol at his waist, his face twisting into a savage expression.

The woman hesitated briefly before answering at once, "Very strong! At the very least, I'm not confident I could defeat her in a one-on-one fight. What's more, our people noticed that Franky, who joined the Straw Hat Pirates, has also appeared in Water 7, along with Trafalgar Law, who ate the Ope Ope no Mi. Right now, there are three targets of equal value on this island. With our manpower, there's no way we can handle them all."

"Damn it! First Alabasta, then Water 7. What the hell has been going on lately? It's like all the trouble in the world is gathering in one place." Spandine held his forehead, looking deeply troubled.

As the person in charge of the CP Intelligence Agency, he knew better than anyone that the Pluton Blueprint, the Ope