Fairy Tail: Vector Manipulation

"Yes! I hadn't wanted to come in the first place. 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 troublesome. The more the pirates prosper, the more we decline!"

"Hehehe... Hey! You seem to have quite a few complaints. That hardly suits your title of Buddha, Fleet Admiral Sengoku."

Suddenly, footsteps sounded, and someone walked over. "I've been listening for quite a while, but it's all been boring talk. Could I have come to the wrong place?"

"Hawk Eyes!!"

"If Navy Headquarters and the Seven Warlords of the Sea are going to stand opposed to each other, then what is the point of this round table?" Hawk Eyes said.

Sengoku said, "I never expected even you to..."

"My, my! The most unexpected man has arrived as well!"

"Hmph! I'm only here to listen in. I merely have some interest 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? My, perhaps I won't merely be listening. Your expressions are certainly serious!"

"Who are you? How did you get in here?"

"Crocodile's title was stripped away at this gathering. I imagine you are all eager to find a successor!" the newcomer said.

Tsuru glanced at the man. "You're Lafitte, aren't you?"

"Oh...! To think someone knows my name. I'm deeply honored," Lafitte said.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku looked at him and asked Tsuru, "Chief of Staff Tsuru, who is this man?"

"He was a well-known sheriff in the West Blue, a man exiled from his country for abusing violence," Tsuru said.

"Hehe! Those are all old matters, and none of them matter now. I'm here to recommend someone for the Seven Warlords