At Navy Headquarters, news of Hashirama and the Third Raikage successfully becoming Marine Admirals was relayed immediately by a Den Den Mushi to Land of Light spies embedded in the Navy.
Along with this good news, Kizaru received a series of updates on the plans he had set in motion.
The Intelligence Unit led by Namikaze Minato and Kushina had successfully completed the mission Kizaru had given them. They had eliminated Shipping King Umit and smoothly taken over his forces.
Minato had also taken Umit's place, becoming the new king of the Underworld.
Meanwhile, after receiving word from Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi had chosen to cooperate with his student's plans and led a squad of ninja to take up residence on Fish-Man Island.
The others Kizaru had assigned to locations beyond the East Blue had also set out on their respective journeys.
Because Kisame looked similar to a Fish-Man and was skilled in Water Release, he had been assigned to the area near Fish-Man Island. With covert help from Land of Light ninja, he recruited quite a few Fish-Men in Fish-Man District and formed a Fish-Man Pirate Crew.
Jiraiya hadn't made much of a stir yet. Recently, he had been traveling aboard merchant ships, frequently visiting the flower districts on several islands under the pretense of gathering material as a writer.
Kizaru had his eye on the lazybones and was ready to go teach him a lesson at any moment.
After Might Dai and his son, Might Guy, dealt with a band of pirates, the Navy unexpectedly asked them to join.
However, the father and son turned down the World Military Draft and chose to work their way up from the bottom. According to Might Dai, he was doing it to teach his son the spirit of hard work.
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