Vice Admiral Tsuru was utterly shaken.
Sengoku was the Fleet Admiral, a man standing at the very peak. If even he could not see through Lin Qi, then just how terrifying had Lin Qi's strength become?!
"Look, what's that?!"
"God! Even Sea Kings can fly now?"
Startled cries rang out from outside the Marine Base.
To save time, Lin Qi directly transformed into the several-dozen-meter-tall Candlelight Divine Beast and soared into the sky.
"Idiots, that's Vice Admiral Lin Qi."
Some seasoned veterans recognized the sight and enlightened the Marines beside them.
"Vice Admiral Lin Qi? I feel like I've heard that name somewhere."
"Idiot, if you don't even know Vice Admiral Lin Qi, don't hang around with me anymore." The officer's face was full of reverence. "He's a legendary figure who rose to Vice Admiral in just five years."
"Not only does he possess Conqueror's Haki, but he also ate a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit. He's the future hope of the Marines!"
So this was when the Shichibukai system was established. Lin Qi pondered in midair.
Did that not mean that Hawk Eyes, Crocodile, Doflamingo, Empress, Bartholomew Kuma—those renowned figures from the original story—would soon officially step onto the stage of history?
The tangled connections they represented behind the scenes were even less to be underestimated.
Kaido stood behind Doflamingo, Hawk Eyes and Red-Haired were friends, Bartholomew Kuma was a Revolutionary Army spy, Empress had Rayleigh behind her, Crocodile's relationship with Whitebeard was unfathomable, and Jinbe had Queen Otohime and the ancient weapon Poseidon behind him...
Thinking about it that way, the members of this Shichibukai organization all seemed to be double agents.
Poor Moria was the only honest one.
Then again, the later Moria first became a fat shut-in, suffered a brutal beating from the rookie pirate Luffy,