"Hehehe...! Oh! Oh! How arrogant can you get?" Doflamingo cackled.
Sengoku took his seat and said, "Let's begin... No one else is coming, no matter how long we wait. Two out of six showing up already exceeds my expectations."
"Indeed! I hadn't planned on coming either. If the island hadn't developed so well that I was bored out of my mind, I wouldn't have come."
"I see. That really is troubling. The more pirates flourish, the more we decline!"
"Hehehe...! Hey! You seem quite resentful. That hardly suits your title of Buddha, Fleet Admiral Sengoku."
Suddenly, footsteps rang out. A man walked over and said, "I've been listening for quite a while, and it's all been nothing but boring talk. Could I have come to the wrong place?"
"Hawk Eyes!!"
"If Navy Headquarters is going to confront the Seven Warlords of the Sea, then what is the point of this round table?" Hawk Eyes said.
Sengoku said, "I never expected you to come as well..."
"Well, well! Even the most unexpected man has arrived!"
"Hmph! I merely came to listen in. I'm simply interested in the man involved in this matter... nothing more," Hawk Eyes said.
Then another voice rang out. "Then may I join the listeners as well? Ah! Perhaps I will not merely be listening. Your expressions are truly serious!"
"Who are you? How did you get in here?"
"Crocodile has been stripped of his title for this gathering. I imagine you are all eager to find a successor!" the newly arrived man said.
Tsuru glanced at the man and said, "You're Lafitte, aren't you?"
"Oh...! To think someone knows my name. I'm truly honored," Lafitte said.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku looked at him, then asked Tsuru, "Chief of Staff Tsuru, who is this man?"
"He is a well-known