Cavendish, who had suddenly called, brought news about the emergency summons for the Shichibukai.
Mord no longer tried to mess with Cavendish's head and asked directly, "What does the summons say?"
The Den Den Mushi transmitted the sound of Cavendish taking a deep breath and then exhaling, as though he were adjusting his mood. He repeated this several times.
Mord raised a brow and slowly lowered the receiver.
"Stop hanging up on me!"
Cavendish seemed able to see what Mord was doing. His voice suddenly turned somewhat shrill.
Before Mord could react, Cavendish continued:
"I asked, but the Marines refused to answer. They only said it was a summons of extremely high severity. If we don't respond, we'll be stripped of our Shichibukai titles."
"Is that so..."
Hearing this, a faint glimmer moved through Mord's eyes. He had roughly guessed the Marines' motive for issuing the summons.
Cavendish seemed to suddenly open the floodgates, speaking excitedly:
"Although I don't know what the Marines are planning, it definitely isn't some minor skirmish. Hmph, last time, I accidentally missed the war at Marineford between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marines, but this time..."
Stars appeared in the Den Den Mushi's eyes.
"This time, I'll surely shine brilliantly and make the whole world remember the name of Noble Cavendish, the White Horse!"
"..."
Mord fell silent.
Nearby, Luo stared at the Den Den Mushi, his face covered in black lines as stars flashed from its eyes.
He could almost imagine Cavendish's expression right now.
The others, meanwhile, also stared at the Den Den Mushi speechlessly.
So why had this guy gone to the trouble of calling them?
Just as Cavendish was immersed in his imagined glorious future, Mord said calmly, "Little Cav, the Marines' emergency summons of the Shichibukai is probably meant to