Spandine, the Golden Den Den Mushi, and Dragon
The First Half of Grand Line: Enies Lobby That Island of Never-Night.
At this moment, Spandine was sitting at his desk, looking with great fascination at a Den Den Den Mushi) protected by a specially made glass enclosure.
He is still the commander of CP-9, but at times, he is also the commander of CP-0 Operations.
During the burning of Mary Geoise by Shiki and the Revolutionary Army, Spandine bravely covered the rear for CP-0 and was promised the position of commander of the CP-0 operations by the then-Chief of Staff.
Later, although the head of this CP was dismissed, before he was dismissed, he still fulfilled Spandine's wish to be promoted and made a fortune.
It's not that the Chief of Staff was a trustworthy person; it's just that he wanted to leave himself a way out. Most people in the CP Agency were cold and ruthless, except for Spandine, who was incredibly smooth. The Chief of Staff used to use him as a lubricant between the CP and the Marines, but now that he was about to step down, he naturally preferred Spandine was good at building relationships, to those cold and ruthless people.
If this position is given to Spandine, Spandine might remember his kindness and lend a hand if needed, allowing him to live a peaceful retirement.
Therefore, Spandine now not only the leader of CP-9, but also a key member of the CP-0 leadership.
How tall is it?
The CP-0 Operations Department is the key hub responsible for coordinating the various entities within the CP Agency to cooperate and complete missions.
For example, if CP-9 and CP-5 are to work together on a mission, then the Operations Department needs to coordinate and assign the mission.
Generally speaking, tasks involving this kind of cooperation are often high-level tasks with high difficulty, which means that the level of intelligence is very high.
For example, if the CP Agency discovers Dragon's whereabouts, it will definitely mobilize a large number of people and have all departments work together to capture Dragon.
Therefore, it would be impossible to bypass Spandine, the commander of the operations, and he would inevitably be able to obtain relevant intelligence through this.
This shows how crucial this position is.
Although he is the commander of the Operations Department, Spandine also holds a position in CP-9. He no longer wants to go to the headquarters on Mary Geoise, as that place is no longer safe for a 'second-rate' like him. Therefore, he has been working on Enies Lobby for a long time.
They finally moved the movement center from Mary Geoise.
At this moment, Spandine's fascinated gaze was fixed on Den Den Mushi that was entirely golden, a unified whole, so much so that it didn't even resemble a living being, but rather a golden sculpture.
"Golden Den Den Mushi... tsk tsk, I can never get enough of looking at it..." Spandine himself with satisfaction.
That's right, this is the legendary 'Golden Den Den Mushi', capable of triggering the Buster Call!
It is a great killing weapon that only Marine Admiral has the authority to use, or to authorize others to use, it.
By simply pressing this Golden Den Den Mushi, the Marine Headquarters and surrounding Marine Base will quickly locate the Den Den Mushi's signal wave and then dispatch the Buster Call fleet to completely destroy the area without any reason!
Previously, when Spandine went to the New World to hold a small meeting with Ortolan gave this Golden Den Den Mushi to his good friend Spandine as a gift.
The main reason he did this was that, among all his friends, Spandine was the weakest, and giving him a Golden Den Den Mushi would greatly improve his security.
In particular, Spandine currently being held hostage by Dragon, forcing him to cooperate extensively with the Revolutionary Army.
Although Ortolan intervened on Spandine and mediated between him and Dragon during that small meeting, Dragon shouldn't go too far.
But this kind of thing can't be guaranteed by others alone.
Therefore, when Spandine was about to leave, Ortolan gave him the Golden Den Den Mushi Spandine, which possessed the power of the Buster Call, so that he would have a stronger foundation when facing Dragon.
Secondly, Spandine now holds a high position within the CP Agency, Ortolan gave him a Golden Den Den Mushi to help their friendship develop further.
Furthermore, Ortolan felt that Spandine was a reliable guy; he probably wouldn't mess around with something like the Golden Den Den Mushi.
Clearly, Spandine valued this gift highly, and whenever he had free time, he would take it out of the safe and admire it!
However, this also meant that the more he looked at the Golden Den Den Mushi, the more he could think of Ortolan, and imperceptibly, their feelings and friendship deepened.
Just as Spandine admiring the Golden Den Den Mushi, his personal Den Den Mushi suddenly rang.
This startled Spandine, who thought he had accidentally activated the Golden Den Den Mushi!
He immediately realized what was happening and quickly pulled out his Den Den Mushi. Upon seeing the appearance of the Den Den Mushi, his expression turned bitter, showing utter helplessness.
Clearly, he didn't want to answer the Den Den Mushi, because... it was a signal wave from the Revolutionary Army leader, Dragon.
Reluctantly, Spandine answered the Den Den Mushi and greeted her listlessly, "This is Spandine, what's up?"
"I thought we were friends, but judging from your attitude, you still dislike me, Spandine," Dragon said with a laugh.
"How could we become friends? I'm being threatened by you. If you're willing to burn those photos, I might as well be friends with you, Mr. Dragon," Spandine, his tone slightly annoyed.
"I already told you, I burned those photos, why don't you believe me?" Dragon laughed.
Spandine's face twitched. "You'd be crazy to believe me."
Do you think I'm crazy?
He was too lazy to get entangled in such matters anymore. By now, he had cooperated with the Revolutionary Army many times and had barely gotten used to the situation.
"So, what do you want with me?" Spandine asked listlessly.
"Last time we cooperated in the New World, as the operation commander, you 'annihilated' more than two thousand of our Revolutionary Army. You must have gained a lot in the CP, right?" Dragon said with a smile.
Spandine didn't respond, and Dragon didn't wait any longer, continuing, "Well then, shouldn't you settle your payment for this?"
The so-called reward is providing some valuable intelligence.
Clearly, this wasn't the first time the two had done this.
After a moment of silence, Spandine said, "There hasn't been any valuable intelligence lately, and headquarters hasn't launched any major plans against your Revolutionary Army..."
However, Spandine to remember something and said, "Oh, right, there's something I don't know if you'd be interested in. Consider it payment for this. In Mary Geoise, they seem to have discovered a highly valued Devil Fruit in the East Blue, and it's currently being handled by CP-2..."
"Devil Fruit?" Dragon seemed uninterested in this thing, casually replying, "What kind of fruit is it? One Devil Fruit isn't worth the price..."
"The Rubber-Rubber Fruit is Paramecia. I've seen the encyclopedia; it's just average, nothing special. I don't know why the encyclopedia is so interested in this fruit and values it so much..." Spandine complained.
Upon hearing this, Dragon lost even more interest and said, "Forget it, it's just an ordinary Devil Fruit..."
"Ah, right, right..." Before Dragon could finish speaking, Spandine seemed to remember something and continued, "On Mary Geoise, I overheard an adjective related to this mission, something about Nika ... I don't know what it is, maybe it's related to ancient history or something. I think this Devil Fruit might be a decoy, maybe this Nika is the key."
Dragon's expression was now unusually serious. He said softly, "I understand. I'm satisfied with the reward this time..."
The Revolutionary Army has also been researching and investigating the history of the first hundred years of the sky, but progress has been slow, and they are unable to decipher the Ancient Script. In addition to the information in the Poneglyph, there is also a lot of oral history information about ancient times around the world.
The Revolutionary Army collected a lot of related information, and many of the information that has been passed down mentions 'Nika,' who in ancient legends seems to be the Sun God.
Therefore, Dragon immediately took the intelligence provided by Spandine seriously!