"My fans?"
"A Barrier-Barrier Fruit user?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up from his paperwork.
The recent expansion of their forces had been truly outrageous. Even Sarutobi Hiruzen had to get personally involved and help handle the affairs.
Hearing Nico Robin's words, he looked somewhat astonished.
Sarutobi Hiruzen vaguely remembered the name Bartolomeo. In the original story, he had been Luffy's die-hard fan. He hadn't expected that to change now.
"Then bring him into the fold..."
"We happen to need an army."
"This guy's ability is pretty interesting."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said.
He remembered that the Barrier-Barrier Fruit's barriers seemed to be a rule-like ability. In the original story, they had never been broken through.
"I could try testing its defensive limit with my Light Release."
"Hawkins is an old friend, too. The Straw-Straw Fruit is an interesting ability."
"As for that Cavendish..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen raised an eyebrow.
"Keep him around, too."
"If he won't listen, give him a beating..."
"And threaten him with his reputation or something."
"Serving as a top officer under me will earn him a much greater reputation than messing around on his own."
Sarutobi Hiruzen remembered this guy. His talent for swordsmanship was terrifying. He had barely trained at all and was already at the level of a swordsman.
Besides, this guy only cared about his fame and reputation, which made him very easy to control.
"That means we've more or less assembled the strength of an Emperor."
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought.
"Of course, that's not counting me."
With Fujitora at Admiral level, Crocodile at Admiral-candidate level,
Fujin and Raijin as top-tier Shichibukai, along with several Supernovas, members of Blackbeard's crew, and various other people who had joined them, they had more or less assembled a force on the level of an Emperor.
They could barely manage to secure