"Not affected by seawater?"
The Five Elders were utterly shocked by this report.
Everyone who ate a Devil Fruit became a helpless swimmer. It was common knowledge across the seas, something everyone knew.
It was already outrageous enough that someone with six Devil Fruit powers had appeared. But he was also unaffected by seawater?
"We're not in the mood for jokes," one of the Five Elders replied gravely, his voice hoarse.
It wasn't that they didn't believe him. It was simply too absurd. In the eight hundred years of the World Government's history, no one like this had ever appeared.
Having the powers of two Devil Fruits was already unheard of. Now a man with the powers of six Devil Fruits had appeared—and he was unaffected by seawater!
Unless they saw it with their own eyes, they simply couldn't believe it.
"I have no reason to joke with you. The man's name is Patri Vic. We've identified him as the greatest potential threat aboard the Rocks Pirates," the Fleet Admiral said solemnly.
"Your Navy is truly incompetent. What good is it to identify him as the greatest potential threat? Can you capture him or kill him?"
The Fleet Admiral remained silent. After personally fighting the Rocks Pirates, he now fully understood how terrifying the crew's strongest members were.
Especially the gigantic wooden golem Patri Vic had summoned. It radiated a truly terrifying aura.
Patri Vic's future threat would undoubtedly surpass Rocks's.
Yet the Navy could do nothing about the Rocks Pirates.
The Buster Call against the Rocks Pirates had left the Navy severely weakened. For a while,
the Navy would be unable to take any further action.
"Withdraw," one of the Five Elders ordered gravely after a moment of silence in the hall.
The Fleet Admiral said nothing and left