Gather!

"I knew Ochoku was useless after all. Bringing him over would have changed nothing. But Bai Ye really was much smarter than Rocks!"

When the Five Elders received news of Ochoku's death,

they were instantly struck by a sense of melancholy.

They had actually considered this possibility earlier, which was why they had not called Ochoku over.

If that guy came over, he would not be of much benefit to them anyway.

And he had a history of betraying people.

Since Ochoku had betrayed others before, there was also a chance that he would betray the World Government.

That was why they had no desire to bring in someone who could stab them in the back at any moment.

Though they also knew he had no choice. Unless he joined them, would Bai Ye have allowed him to come over?!

Most likely not.

After all, if Bai Ye knew about what had happened in the past, he would never have allowed such a thing to happen.

So if Ochoku came over now, he could only choose to join them.

But they had no use for someone like that for the time being. Ochoku's greatest use was betraying Bai Ye. Only if Ochoku betrayed Bai Ye could things possibly turn out as they had before.

Although Ochoku had not directly participated in killing Rocks,

he had handed over the knife every single time. So he could be considered to have made a significant contribution to the whole affair.

Naturally, they very much wanted to see Ochoku trick Bai Ye into coming over.

But that hope was incredibly slim.

Ochoku did not have much value to them.

In truth, once they learned about Blackbeard's identity, it had become impossible to accept Ochoku.

Were they supposed to bring Ochoku over now and have