Fujitora Actually Knows He Is Xi Yan

"Straw Hat, Law!"

Doflamingo, his face contorted with rage, stood up angrily and said, "You guys really did a good job!"

At this moment, Doflamingo had completely lost his composure. The feeling of being struck by someone he looked down upon was simply too infuriating.

"See!" Luo said through gritted teeth, "This move can't inflict a fatal wound on him at all!"

"The same tactic can't be used a second time!"

He had previously thought that the Straw Hat Pirates' hasty attack wouldn't work on Doflamingo, and now it seems that's indeed the case.

That's it, they've completely lost this secret weapon.

"Tactics?"

Doflamingo spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and said coldly, "What nonsense are you two brats spouting?"

Do you really think the gap between us can be closed by tactics?

As soon as he finished speaking, Doflamingo flicked his finger and summoned his string clones, then manipulated them to rush towards Luffy.

"Bump!"

"Another clone?"

Luffy frowned as he dodged the attack, then wrapped his hands in Haki and quickly engaged in a fierce battle with Doflamingo's clone.

"Bump!"

"Bump!"

"Bump!"

In the span of a single breath, the two exchanged several blows in mid-air.

"Hateful..."

Seeing Doflamingo's smile return, Luffy said unhappily, "That bastard is still smiling?!"

After letting out an annoyed snort, Luffy quickly charged towards Doflamingo himself.

Seeing this, Doflamingo beckoned with his finger, controlling his clone to attack Luffy from behind, forcibly forcing him back.

"Hateful."

"I'm not here to see a fake Mingo," Luffy said, annoyed.

After saying that, Luffy charged at Doflamingo again, but he still couldn't break through the blockade of Doflamingo's clones and was forced to fight him.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

While Luffy engaged in a fierce battle with Doflamingo, Sabo and Xi Yan were still fighting against the Marine Admiral and Smoker.

"Bump!"

"Bump!"

"Boom!!"

After a loud bang, a huge Wood Dragon burst out of the street and crashed heavily into an area in front of it, dispersing much of the smoke in that area.

But soon, the smoke gathered again, clearly under Smoker's control.

"The commotion over there is quite significant too," Sabo remarked, as he remained locked in a stalemate with Fujitora.

"Mr. Smoker's strength is indeed not to be underestimated," Fujitora said calmly.

Although the other party, like him, had only recently been promoted, their strength was genuine.

Fujitora was well aware of this.

"Do you know something?"

Sabo frowned; he felt there was something wrong with what Fujitora had said.

What does it mean that Mr. Smoker's strength is indeed not to be underestimated?

That makes it sound like he's challenging someone incredibly powerful.

From the Navy's perspective, Xi Yan is currently playing the role of a pirate with a bounty of 100 million Beli.

In this situation, should Fujitora have said that?

Even if Xi Yan is showing great strength now, he shouldn't be talking about Smoker.

Normally, he should have talked about Xi Yan's strength.

Therefore, Sabo felt that Fujitora might have already figured something out.

"What are you saying? I don't understand," Fujitora said calmly.

From that appearance, there was no useful information to be gleaned, but Sabo remained skeptical.

But since Fujitora had said so, Sabo didn't press the matter further, assuming that the other party genuinely didn't know that Xi Yan was still alive.

After all, this matter is also beneficial to them.

Then, Sabo distanced himself from Fujitora and looked at Fujitora with a suspicious gaze.

"The strength of Marine Admiral should be more than this," Sabo said.

The guy's performance was far below what he had expected.

"Could it be that my strength is only this much?"

"Don't forget, my opponent is the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army."

Fujitora showed no weakness whatsoever, maintaining his calm and composed expression.

"It is precisely because I am the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army that I have such thoughts," Sabo said.

From the start of the fight until now, he has never truly used his full strength, and he believes this guy is the same.

So he was very curious: what exactly was Fujitora thinking?

If they really wanted to capture Luffy and his crew, why didn't they fight me with all their might?

And that guy named Smoker, although he made a lot of noise fighting with Xi Yan, it always felt like a lot of noise but little action.

After all, these two guys have been fighting each other using their abilities since the beginning, and they haven't been doing much close combat.

So he was very curious: what were Fujitora and Smoker thinking?

Seeing that Sabo had figured out his thoughts, Fujitora simply stopped pretending and put his Cane Sword away.

"Not playing anymore?"

"Our objective has been largely achieved." Fujitora turned to look at the Royal Palace high above and said, "Now we'll see how this gamble goes."

"Gambling?"

Seeing that Fujitora had put away his weapon, Sabo knew that the guy didn't want to continue fighting, so he also put the Water Pipe behind his back.

He then continued, "What kind of bet?"

"A gamble that could affect the entire world."

Fujitora said in a deep voice, "We'll soon know whether this hand is big or small."

"This time... I'm prepared to stake my life!"

"However... if the Dice are lost before they are rolled, the game cannot even be played."

"Therefore... I need to ensure that this gamble can proceed smoothly, and fortunately, everything is developing in the direction I expected."

Seeing Fujitora's serious expression, Sabo felt a jolt in his heart.

This Marine Admiral seems to be serious.

But what is he betting on?

Just then, Sabo recalled his earlier conversation with Nico Robin and Xi Yan.

'Could it be that this guy really has feelings for Doflamingo?'

No, to be precise, it should be that they developed ideas about the Shichibukai.

If that's the case, then it explains why the other person would behave this strangely.

"So your target is Doflamingo?" Sabo asked.

This time, Fujitora did not deny it, thus giving Sabo the answer he wanted.

Fujitora really does want to make a move against Doflamingo... no, I should say against the Shichibukai.

It's just that the goal he wants to achieve cannot be accomplished by him personally.

"From the perspective of this vast ocean, our navy and Doflamingo are birds of a feather," Fujitora said. "Therefore, our navy is absolutely unqualified to save this country, nor is it qualified to be a hero."

His thinking was simple: if the Navy dealt with the Shichibukai again, the World Government would definitely try to suppress the impact of the incident.

At that time... the Shichibukai, this cancerous tumor, will still exist.

At that time, civilians harmed by the Shichibukai will appear on this sea again.

But that's not what he wanted to see!

Therefore, he wants to completely abolish the Shichibukai system and eliminate this cancer!

"If word gets out about your idea, you should know the consequences," Sabo said in a deep voice.

Although he had no interest in publicizing the other party's ideas, secrets don't stay hidden forever, so sooner or later the other party's thoughts would be known to the Navy's high command and the World Government.

What will he do when that time comes?

"No, no, no, I was simply stopped here by you, young man," Fujitora said.

"Heh heh, this really sounds like a high-stakes gamble," Sabo chuckled.

"Haha, I've always had good luck."

A smile appeared on Fujitora's face; he was clearly in a good mood.

After all, Sabo, the Revolutionary Army's second-in-command, already understood his ideas, so his plan should proceed smoothly.

As for the battle?

Their fight is different from Smoker's fight with the Blood-Eyed Ninja; it might not create a particularly big commotion, so he can just stay put somewhere.

As for whether his subordinates would reveal his actions?

He still had that much confidence.

"Since you don't want to fight anymore, then we won't."

Sabo waved his hand, then looked up at Xi Yan and Smoker, who were still fighting in the distance, and continued, "But... what about those two?"

"Does Smoker know what you're thinking?"

Although he had some doubts about this, he had no evidence to back it up.

"Mr. Smoker shares my thoughts," Fujitora said again, "But he has a different perspective."

"Oh?"

Sabo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean by 'different'?"

"It's partly a personal grudge," Fujitora said.

This statement is tantamount to him explicitly stating that he knows who is fighting Smoker.

Sabo's eyes flickered upon hearing this; it turned out that this guy had really figured out that person was Xi Yan.

That's true, anyone who can sit in this position can't be a fool.

But since the other party hasn't pointed it out, there's no need for him to reveal Xi Yan's identity directly; it's better for everyone.

Sabo then turned his attention to Smoker.

Fujitora said Smoker and Xi Yan have a grudge... that must be referring to the conflict that occurred between the two sides during the Marineford War two years ago.

According to intelligence, Smoker, who Admiral Candidate, was just a Marine Captain two years ago, but he became Admiral Candidate two years ago... I really don't know what happened in the past two years.

Forget it, there's no need to care about such things, after all, it has nothing to do with him.

After shaking his head, Sabo said, "Let them fight. We need to make some noise."

Fortunately, the commotion caused by Xi Yan and Smoker's fight was so great that it would attract most of the attention, preventing anyone from noticing that the two of them were slacking off here.

"That's what I think too," Fujitora chuckled.

This is also why he hadn't explained some things to Smoker in detail before; when the time came to fight, he still had to fight.

At least making some noise on their end would benefit them, and at the same time... it would also allow Smoker to vent his anger.

I just don't know if they'll really get into a fight and things might get out of control.

Thinking of this, Fujitora frowned slightly.

After thinking for a moment, Fujitora gave up on doing anything and decided to wait and see what happened over there.

"So we're not continuing from here?" Sabo asked again.

"There's no need for that."

Fujitora raised his head, glanced at the sky obscured by smog, and said, "With Smoker's smoke, not many people can see clearly what's going on here."

Because of the battle Xi Yan and Smoker, visibility in this area was already very low, and there were also many dark clouds in the sky, so Fujitora wasn't worried about the situation here at all.

Then, Fujitora turned and walked towards the distant area, intending to check the situation there.

"Fine, since you're not going to fight, then we won't."

Sabo shook his head, deciding to go find Klar first and see how things were going on her end.

"The Soba Noodles on my boat are quite delicious," Fujitora said without turning his head. "Would you like to try some?"

Sabo was taken aback. What was he thinking when he said that?

They even ate Soba Noodles...

After shaking his head, Sabo said, "Forget it."

"I have no right to eat at your place."

What kind of nonsense is it for him, the second-in-command of a Revolutionary Army, to go to the navy to eat noodles?

What should we say then?

Was he arrested by the navy, or did the navy collude with those Revolutionary Army?

Neither of these options was what he wanted to see, so he decided to let it go.

Fujitora wasn't surprised at all; after all, he was just saying it and didn't really expect the other party to go with him.

"What a perverse old man."

After shaking his head helplessly, Sabo rushed towards the distant street and quickly left the battlefield.

Then he saw Klar on a house.

"Klar?"

Sabo looked at Klar with some surprise, clearly not expecting him to be there. Was he watching the match?

"Aren't you going to fight anymore?" Klar asked curiously.

Sabo was fighting fiercely with Marine Admiral just now, how come they both suddenly stopped?

"I'm not fighting anymore. That guy didn't really want to fight me."

"Ha?"

Several question marks appeared above Klar's head. What did he mean by "that guy didn't really want to fight him"?

Shouldn't Marine Admiral be ready to kill Sabo, the Revolutionary Army's second-in-command?

Furthermore, the opponent's target also includes Luffy. Under these circumstances, it wouldn't be befit his status Marine Admiral to not go all out.

"This is a bit complicated," Sabo said, frowning. "Anyway... this guy isn't in any particular danger right now."

"Explain yourself properly, you bastard!" Klar roared, opening his shark-like mouth.

What does this extremely simplified explanation even mean?

This gave her a very frustrating feeling, like someone asking her to guess a picture from a drawing, and all they drew was a line.

Who could possibly guess that, you bastard!