Fleet Admiral Sengoku: Having Tea and Reading the Paper-What a Delight

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The year was 1519 in the Grand Line Era.

The morning of New Year's Day.

Marine Headquarters Fleet Admiral Sengoku arrived at his office as usual, beginning his routine work day after day, just like he had done for ten years.

After dealing with some internal naval matters, Sengoku turned his attention to matters concerning pirates.

The first thing that caught Sengoku's attention was, of course, the movements of the Pirate Emperor of the New World.

"The Whitebeard Pirates..."

Sengoku began to peruse the intelligence and information he had gathered from the New World.

"The Second Division Commander left the Whitebeard Pirates and is now operating independently on the high seas. He has already gathered several subordinates and formed the 'Blackbeard Pirates'... Hmph!"

Sengoku looked at the pirate flag printed on the intelligence document.

Among the four evenly distributed, intersecting white bones, three chilling white skulls are scattered throughout.

This is the flag of the Blackbeard Pirates!

"They actually dared to name their pirate crew the 'Blackbeard Pirates'... Whitebeard's son has quite the ambition!"

Sengoku stared at the photos of the Blackbeard Pirates for a while before glancing at the names of the Blackbeard Pirates members.

"Gizas Jesus Burgess, Van Augur, Lafitte, Doc Q... they're all relatively unknown figures. As for the Captain's name..."

Sengoku fell silent the moment he saw the Blackbeard Pirates Captain's real name.

Marshall D. Teach?

Another "D"?

And.

Another "Teach"?

Sengoku quickly elevated the importance of the Blackbeard Pirates to a whole new level in his mind.

If he had only paid attention to the pirate crew before because of Blackbeard Teach's status as "Whitebeard's son" and "the Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates," then...

At this point, Sengoku was simply paying attention to the "Blackbeard Pirates Blackbeard Teach"!

"I hope this guy isn't as special as I imagined..."

Sengoku took a deep look at the intelligence documents in his hand.

Considering that the Blackbeard Pirates haven't made any major moves yet.

Apart from Blackbeard Teach, there is no other "famous pirate" in the entire crew.

Sengoku merely increased his vigilance towards the Blackbeard Pirates, but had no immediate plans to do anything to them.

There are plenty of Great Pirate in the New World.

The current Blackbeard Pirates are not good enough to warrant the Fleet Admiral's "special attention"!

Aside from the Blackbeard Pirates.

The rest of the intelligence information about the Whitebeard Pirates is rather unremarkable.

Sengoku then looked at the intelligence report for the next "Emperor Pirates".

Dawn Pirates!

"Recently, the Dawn Pirates have been planting their 'Red Dragon Flag' in the territories that originally belonged to the Red-Haired Pirates..."

The Red-Haired Pirates have not yet commented on or expressed any opinion on this matter...

"Considering the friction between the Red-Haired Pirates and the Red Dragon Emperor, as well as this 'territorial dispute,' a Great War between the Emperor Pirates is likely to erupt in the New World..."

Upon seeing this, Sengoku's brows furrowed at first, then relaxed.

A war between the Dawn Pirates and the Red-Haired Pirates seems inevitable...

The navy certainly needs to remain highly vigilant about this impending war.

But.

The New World is not, after all, the Navy's "home ground".

The Warring Sengoku wanted to use this war to make some small moves, but they didn't have enough power to get involved.

"Let's wait and see..."

Sengoku put down the intelligence documents in his hand and silently offered a prayer.

"It would be best if the Dawn Pirates completely defeated the Red-Haired Pirates!"

"In that case, the Navy will have one less major enemy in the New World!"

The intelligence data only contained information about the Dawn Pirates, but not about the movements of the Red-Haired Pirates.

The Sengoku did not deeply consider the significance behind this event.

In his view, there was a long-standing grudge between the Dawn Pirates and the Red-Haired Pirates.

Yasopp, a high-ranking officer of the Red-Haired Pirates, was killed by the Dawn Pirates.

The last small "war" that took place in the Sabaody Archipelago.

It ultimately ended with the Red-Haired Pirates suffering a crushing defeat.

This time.

The Dawn Pirates are "bullying" the Red-Haired Pirates again.

There has been no news from the Red-Haired Pirates for a long time.

It is estimated that...

Should we call for reinforcements?

Sengoku shook his head, then checked the movements of the Beasts Pirates.

The Beasts Pirates are based in Wano Country, deep within the New World.

It is difficult for external forces to enter Wano Country and observe the Beasts Pirates' actions up close.

Therefore, the information about the Beasts Pirates is very simple, consisting of only one sentence.

"Beasts Kaido is living in seclusion in Wano Country."

Sengoku frowned again.

Beasts Kaido, hasn't caused any trouble for so long...

It's really strange.

But this is also a fortunate thing.

Sengoku cleared his mind of distractions, took a deep breath, and solemnly read the intelligence and movements of the Last Emperor Pirates.

Storm Pirates!

"The large archipelago where Whole Cake Island is located was completely gathered together by an unknown force, forming a huge super-large island with Cake Island as its core."

"Punk Hazard Island landed on the original location of Candy Island —the island managed by Charlotte Perospero —and became the second core area of Totto Land, heavily guarded."

"Gild Tesoro the Gild Tesoro, Stussy the Pleasure District Queen, Morgans the Big News Bird, Crocodile the Sand Crocodile, Gecko Moria, and many other important figures have gathered in the Land of Totto Land, the specific reason for which is unknown..."

As Sengoku looked at the intelligence report about the Totto Land in his hand, he felt a throbbing pain in his temples.

Compared to the other "quiet" Pirate Emperor.

This "White Dragon Emperor" has made far too many big moves!

And what are the Gild Tesoro and his ilk doing gathered in Totto Land?

Are they planning to restart the "Tea Party"?

Sengoku felt a chill run down his spine.

He had initially thought that Storm's defeat of Charlotte Linlin and the Storm Pirates replacing the BIG MOM Pirates was a good thing.

However, judging from this intelligence data, the Storm Pirates have rapidly grown into a super pirate crew that surpasses the BIG MOM Pirates!

"Vongola Storm was originally a member of the Navy!"

The idea involuntarily arose in Sengoku's mind.

Why... did it turn out like this?

"Who made him the Pirate Emperor?!"

During this period of time, Sengoku often thought about this matter.

Watching the "White Dragon Emperor" continuously develop and expand his power in the New World.

Sengoku always fantasized that his opponent was still a member of the navy.

Occasionally, during the Sengoku, he would also imagine other scenarios, such as—

"I have Admiral, White Dragon, who can slay Whitebeard in battle!"

And so on.

But now.

The feeling during the Sengoku was one of regret.

I deeply regret it, I regret it terribly, I regret it to the extreme.

The Sengoku was filled with regret and fury.

Putting aside Topman Saint Warcury, the other four Gorosei are all idiots!!!

After reviewing the intelligence from Totto Land, Sengoku suddenly had the idea of "giving up".

This Fleet Admiral is really about to lose his position!

But work still has to be done...

Sengoku took several deep breaths to calm his agitated emotions and began to focus on other pirate information.

The Pirate Emperor of the New World, other Great Pirate crews, the Supernovas of Paradise, and special newcomers emerging from the Four Seas...

After reviewing the information throughout the Sengoku period, he eventually focused his attention on intelligence data related to the South Blue.

This isn't because he's from the South Blue, so he's particularly concerned about things South Blue...

It was only because news of three very special rookie pirates came from the Marine Branch base in the South Blue.

Killer, Devil Fruit User the [Kamaitachi Fruit).

Eustass Kid, Devil Fruit User the Magnet-Magnet Fruit.

And Portgas D. Ace!

According to information from the South Blue, these three rookie pirates are incredibly powerful, and the Marine Colonel at the branch base has no way to deal with them.

These three pirates are now heading towards the Grand Line...

Sengoku's gaze lingered on Killer and Kid for a moment before shifting away.

Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit User, and also Devil Fruit User the [Magnet-Magnet Fruit]...

It is indeed very special.

However, compared to the last person, Sengoku felt that the first two rookie pirates were insignificant.

"South Blue, Ace, and 'D'..."

If these three key pieces of intelligence were considered separately, the Sengoku wouldn't have placed such importance on them.

But they appeared together!

Sengoku connected these Vice Admiral his mind, and he immediately thought of one person.

Pirate King Roger!

Roger's last known location was in the South Blue...

Roger's sword was Ace, one of the Supreme Great Grade Swords Twelve Works...

Roger's full name is "Gol D. Roger," which also contains a "D"...

To be honest.

If it weren't for the fact that Ace's surname is "Portgas" instead of "Gol".

Sengoku almost mistook this young rookie pirate for Roger's son!

It should be noted that more than a decade ago, the World Government and the Marine Headquarters launched a brutal manhunt and massacre operation in the South Blue because of "Roger's children".

Unfortunately, no one knows whether Roger 'Roger wife or son were among the many pregnant women and children killed by the World Government and Marine Headquarters back then...

More than a decade has passed.

A new pirate, reminiscent of the Warring Sengoku, has stepped onto the high seas stage.

Roger's surname, Roger's sword, the sea area where Roger was last seen...

"This newcomer... he shouldn't be related to Roger, right?"

Sengoku couldn't help but pinch the bridge of his nose, immediately contacting the branch base in the South Blue and issuing orders--

The entire Marine Branch in the South Blue is doing everything in its power to collect and uncover intelligence about "Portgas D. Ace"!

After issuing this order to the South Blue branch, Sengoku finally relaxed.

After finishing his daily business, Sengoku Guo leisurely brewed himself a cup of hot tea, then took out a bag of large rice crackers from the bottom drawer of his desk, intending to read the newspaper and relax.

"Ah~ Drinking tea and reading the newspaper, what a wonderful thing..."

Sengoku blew on the hot tea, took a sip, and then opened the newspaper in front of him.

But just as the headline of today's World Economic Journal caught the eye of the Fleet Admiral...

"Puff--"

Sengoku spat out a mouthful of hot tea.

The warm tea, along with bits of tea leaves, instantly soaked the entire newspaper.

Sengoku stared incredulously at the headline on the front page of the World Economic Journal, nearly so frightened that he hid under the table.

"Hurry! Mary Geoise!! Pay homage to the Gorosei!!!"

Second update.

It was too late after all...

But I'd still like to say "Goodnight" to everyone!