Shichibukai Meeting

The Marine port.

Warships stood in row after row as the summoned Shichibukai members arrived one after another.

Marine Headquarters.

Five Shichibukai had already arrived in the round-table conference room: "Heavenly Yaksha" Doflamingo, "Tyrant" Kuma, "Sand Crocodile" Crocodile, "Empress" Boa Hancock, and "The Withered One" Post.

"Tyrant" Kuma said nothing, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Crocodile wore his hair slicked back, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and had the air of a mafia boss. Nobody would dare doubt his strength. As a Logia user with the Sand-Sand Fruit, he had grown more and more terrifying over the years.

If it weren't for Whitebeard, he wouldn't have come.

Boa Hancock held her head high, as if she didn't take anyone else in the room seriously.

Although she might be a little weaker than the other Shichibukai, she was only twenty-five, and her strength was already formidable. That alone showed her terrifying potential.

In a few more years, she would become even stronger.

By contrast, "The Withered One" Post seemed a little nervous. But as a Shichibukai, he was no fool, and his strength made him an unmatched pirate across the Grand Line. He knew how to carry himself.

He was still growing, and wanted to avoid entering the New World before he was strong enough.

That was why he had become a Shichibukai.

Now, he felt his strength was sufficient to establish himself in the New World. Once this war ended, the Whitebeard Pirates' vast territory would be left open. He felt that would be his chance to charge into the New World.

So before then, there was no point in offending the Marines or the World Government.

Perhaps he was bored waiting, or perhaps he was just being malicious. Doflamingo used his Parasite Strings to