"Let's wait and see."
That voice came from the mouth of a Den Den Mushi much smaller than others of its kind, its entire body jet-black.
The five old men surrounding it wore varying expressions.
"What an arrogant fool!"
The bald Five Elder sneered. "Even now, does he still hope we haven't discovered anything?"
"Perhaps he believes that with his own strength, there is nothing we could do to him even if we wanted to?"
The blond Five Elder, who had seemed very friendly during his last meeting with Bright, now spoke with utter mockery. "It seems the government's concessions over the past two years have given him an absurd delusion."
"I said long ago that Bright could not possibly be uninvolved in the disappearance of the fish-man Tom. It seems I was right."
The Five Elder in white robes, holding a sword, spoke coldly. "He absolutely cannot be allowed to live any longer! Even Fish-Man Island must be thoroughly purged!"
Their subordinates' progress had gone even more smoothly than expected. Although most of those who had carried out the operation were either dead or captured, they had at least obtained the results.
The bribed fish-men said that inside the armory at Sea Forest, they had seen a yellow-skinned fish-man who was tall and fat.
After being shown several portraits of the fish-man Tom, they repeatedly identified him as the man they had seen.
With that, everything became crystal clear.
The fish-man Tom represented Pluto's blueprints. This was something they could not afford to take lightly in the slightest.
Now that they had confirmed Bright was hiding the fish-man Tom on Fish-Man Island, all that remained was to capture him, then erase Bright and everything else connected to Tom.
There could be no leaks regarding Pluto.
"What a brazen fellow.