"What's that?"
Usopp stood by the ship's railing, peering through a telescope. A short distance from the harbor ahead, he spotted a dozen or so ships lying in wait. "Their sails bear the Baroque Works emblem."
"Enemies?"
"They might be the Billions," Vivi replied.
Earlier, she had briefed everyone on the basics of Baroque Works.
There were twelve pairs of senior agents, codenamed Mr. 1 through Mr. 12. Each was partnered with a woman, except for Mr. 2...
...because he was an okama.
The chief agents, those codenamed Mr. 5 and above, only appeared for major missions. The Billions served as their subordinates and were also candidates for promotion.
"If they're enemies, we just have to cut them down, right?" Zoro drew his sword.
Enemy = cut them down. Very Three Sword Style.
"Let's not. We have the advantage while they don't know we're here. There's no point exposing ourselves just to deal with a bunch of nobodies."
As the ship drew closer to the harbor, Lina began summoning the remaining powerful undead, apart from Blue Ogre Red Ogre.
There were spies everywhere here, so once they went ashore, they'd need to avoid summoning undead as much as possible.
The Merry didn't dock at the harbor. Instead, they found a secluded stretch of nearby coast and landed there. Lina even summoned all the fish-man undead to guard the ship.
"All right! Let's go beat Crocodile up!"
"Don't be reckless, idiot." Sanji lit a cigarette and suggested, "Besides Crocodile, the situation in this country is urgent too. A war involving a million people is no joke.
"Let's gather the latest information here first, then head back to the ship and put together a battle plan."
"Yeah, let's do that first."
Lina agreed, then glanced to the side. Vivi was holding an