An Orderly Plan in Motion
The Tea Party on Cake Island lasted for a week, and Ortolan made many friends from the Dark World there.
Doflamingo is a complete monster; he even introduced Ortolan to a bastard in the Dark World who smuggles human organs.
At first, Ortolan was quite surprised. Why did you introduce this guy to me? I'm not going to sell the organs of our Marines soldiers.
Later, Doflamingo secretly told him that he had already learned from Moria that those zombie laborers could still operate even without organs.
Ortolan suddenly Satori that this guy was planning to sell the organs of dead pirate slaves!
Jian Zi is not human!
As a righteous Marines, Ortolan naturally couldn't interfere in such matters; otherwise, it would be too dark.
Therefore, he warned Doflamingo that he would not do such a thing, as it was too cruel.
Doflamingo naturally gave his answer: he was a born scoundrel, and if he didn't like it, he would do it!
Ortolan didn't say anything about it. After all, Doflamingo wasn't his subordinate, but just a partner. Ortolan couldn't care less about that. In the end, he could only shake his head and express his regret for those pirates who couldn't even rest in peace after death.
The Tea Party proceeded smoothly without any incidents; everyone who received an invitation attended, and no one complained about causing any trouble.
After that came a whole host of arranged marriages. At Charlotte Linlin's Tea Party, she selected some men she deemed suitable and used some of her own children of marriageable age as tools for these marriages, securing engagements with those men she had approved of.
This further expanded the Big Mom Pirates' network of connections, and also elevated their intelligence network to a new level.
Actually, every Tea Party ends with a marriage proposal. The brothers and sisters of the Big Mom Pirates are used to it. They get married when they want and do whatever they want.
And it wasn't just her children; Charlotte Linlin also chose a new husband after the Tea Party and prepared to hold what she had already done countless times: a wedding.
Ortolan had no interest in participating in this nonsensical farce. After the Tea Party ended, before Charlotte Linlin could say anything to him about her mother getting married, he quickly left after saying goodbye to Katakuri.
When he arrived, he had Moria with him. When he left, Moria insisted on staying on Whole Cake Island so as not to go with Ortolan, saying that he had to witness Charlotte Linlin's wedding in person as a sign of respect.
He also told Ortolan that he had arranged to meet Doctor Hogback on some island after that, and that once he reached an agreement with Hogback, he would immediately go to Ortolan to discuss the next steps of their cooperation.
Ortolan suspected that Moria was planning to escape, so he gave his partner another earnest warning, telling him that if he dared to run away, the G-5 Marines would find him no matter where he was and skin him alive.
Moria was so frightened that he repeatedly promised that he would never run away!
On his way back Ortolan G-5 Marine Base, after the Tea Party on Cake Island ended, the World Government was preparing to hold another big meeting.
Indeed, the once-in-four-years World Conference is about to be held soon, and the Marines has been busy preparing for it, dispatching a large number of Marines commanders to form an escort fleet to Affiliated Nation families of Mary Geoise who are participating in the World Conference.
However, even after Ortolan returned to G-5 Marine Base, there were no orders from the headquarters to escort anyone. It seemed that this escort mission was none of Ortolan's business.
At this moment, at G-5 Marine Base, in Ortolan's office.
The Momonga held a Devil Fruit in its hand, and said with surprise and disbelief, "If I eat this thing, can I really gain the same power as Kaido?"
"More or less, but the color is different. It looks like a dragon that turns pink, so it's not a blue dragon, it's Pink Dragon..." Ortolan replied casually, then said, "Are you going to eat it or not? If you're not going to, don't play with it like that. Show some respect for the food, okay?"
Upon hearing this, the Momonga casually tossed the precious Devil Fruit onto Ortolan's desk, shaking its head. "I'm not eating it. I have no intention of becoming a landlubber. Wait until Gion returns and ask her if she's interested..."
The topic of Devil Fruit was dropped. The Momonga, sitting on the sofa, asked again, "Didn't the Department of the Underworld give you any notification about this Underworld Conference?"
"What notification?" Ortolan asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Our Marines also participates in the World Conference. In the past, we would send a delegation. It seems you weren't in the delegation..." the Momonga said with a look of disdain.
"You look as if you were inside. Mary Geoise isn't a nice place, and I have no interest in going there. As for what you're talking about, the Admiral Sengoku asked me about it on my way back, and I told him I wasn't interested," Ortolan said dismissively.
He wasn't lying; the Admiral Sengoku had indeed asked him about it, and Ortolan truly had no interest in this so-called World Conference.
I heard that Garp also refused the invitation to go to Mary Geoise as a representative of the Marines, and under Sengoku's coercion and enticement, he brought Borgard to the New World overnight, and is now conducting a large-scale manhunt for Jora Mihawk in the New World.
Before Garp came to the New World, he specifically contacted Ortolan and gave Ortolan a thorough dressing-down on the Den Den Mushi, saying that he had finally gotten some free time at headquarters, only to be tricked by that bastard Ortolan.
At first, Ortolan denied it, saying that he hadn't tricked him, but Garp told Ortolan directly that Sengoku had already betrayed him, which forced Ortolan to apologize politely.
At the same time, he was also thinking to himself, "This Admiral Sengoku is really unreliable. I should avoid cooperating with such scheming guys in the future. I still need to learn from Teacher Zephyr is kind and honest."
However, during his conversation with Garp, Ortolan finally confirmed an interesting piece of information: after causing trouble in the South Blue, Dragon had been lying low on an island in the East Blue recently.
He didn't tell Garp the exact location, but he did tell Garp that he had found his true love, an ordinary farm girl whose family ran a dairy farm. They had already held their wedding in a small village in the East Blue, and his wife was pregnant.
This has actually made Garp quite happy lately, because he'll soon have a wonderful grandson.
Dragon even discussed it with Garp, saying that because he was currently engaged in a dangerous business, he would definitely not be able to take good care of the child. He would send the child to Windmill Village after the child was born, hoping that Garp would take responsibility for his grandson and take care of him.
Garp was quite pleased with this. From what he said, he boasted to Ortolan that he would raise his grandson to be an excellent Marines.
Ortolan offered his insincere blessings, hoping that Ortoren wouldn't be so angry he'd vomit blood in the future.
Garp also revealed to Ortolan that at this World Conference, the World Government planned to formally respond to the issue of the Revolutionary Army.
I reckon Dragon won't have many good days left in the East Blue.
While the world situation is constantly changing, there is nothing particularly noteworthy happening on the G-5 side.
The New World is still the New World. It won't just stop after the World Government holds a meeting. However, it's worth mentioning that the infrastructure on Shipbuilding Island is now complete, and the pirate laborers are all happily taking up their posts, beginning to contribute to the Marines's justice.
The original plan was to establish a system within a month of construction starting, and ships should gradually be put into service, giving the G-5 Marines the initial capability to build warships independently.
However, Ortolan brought back the Seastone technology from Dr. Vegapunk, which Master Tom hasn't fully mastered yet. It's estimated that it will take another ten days to half a month before they can build warships.
In addition, Ortolan also sent the ancient technology he obtained from Moria, namely the Island Warship Technology, to Master Tom via fax, hoping that they would study the technology as soon as possible. If it was feasible, G-5 Marine Base would serve as the primary experimental site, fully cooperating with them to fortify and transform G-5 Marine Base into a warship!
While Ortolan was busy with these matters, Doflamingo had once again crossed the Calm Belt and returned to the North Blue. He had decided to launch his major operation during the World Conference.
During the World Conference, the vast majority of the Marines's top command will be concentrated in Mary Geoise to ensure the orderly conduct of the World Conference.
As a result, their control over various regions has weakened to some extent. It was at this time that Doflamingo planned to take action against the Celestial Gold, and he had even found out the route.
Ortolan also expressed his blessings, hoping that he could achieve great success and take the position of Shichibukai one fell swoop.
On the Marines's side, since Admiral Sengoku knew the deeper meaning behind the Donquixote Family's cooperation with G-5, the Marines would cooperate as long as Mary Geoise did not make the demands of Doflamingo's Shichibukai.
From this perspective, everything seems to be moving in the direction of the Ortolan plan.