The Lawless Island, Sphinx!

Grand Line.

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

The red-haired female Admiral kicked open the door to the Fleet Admiral's office and slammed her hand on the desk, demanding aggressively, "Old Man Sengoku, why aren't you letting me attack? I just fought that bastard Magnus, and no one knows his methods better than I do!"

"Cough, cough, Rona, calm down first."

Sengoku, the current Fleet Admiral, coughed lightly, signaling the female Admiral to calm down.

"I've already sent Sebas and Kong, and this is a request from above. You just fought White Wolf Magnus, and your injuries haven't healed yet."

"Those minor injuries healed long ago!"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Sengoku looked at Rona, who was furious and looked like she might draw her sword at any moment, and felt a terrible headache. He couldn't possibly tell her that the higher-ups believed Rona was at a disadvantage in her fight with White Wolf Magnus, thus doubting her abilities and deciding to send an Admiral with more seniority, could he?

Sengoku said in a soothing tone, "Rona, you know, the higher-ups are very angry about the Celestial Gold that the Marines lost. They've ordered the Marines to recover it within a month."

You must understand, Celestial Gold was the tax paid to the Celestial Dragons, and it was specially escorted by the Marines. For nearly a hundred years, no pirate had dared to provoke them.

For a pirate to dare to steal Celestial Gold was undoubtedly a provocation against them.

Therefore, the Five Elders, the highest authority of the World Government, were extremely displeased and demanded that the Marines recover the Celestial Gold and capture the provocateur within a month.

Otherwise, the Marines' military budget for the following year would be used to compensate for the Celestial Dragons' losses.

As the Fleet Admiral, Sengoku felt extremely helpless about this.

Because it was simply impossible to achieve!

Who knew where White Wolf Magnus would go after stealing the goods?

If White Wolf Magnus had also stolen the transport ship, they might have been able to track White Wolf Magnus by following the transport ship.

But now.

White Wolf Magnus hadn't taken the transport ship, only the cargo inside.

So, for them to find White Wolf Magnus and the White Wolf Pirates in this vast sea was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Moreover.

The Marines couldn't let all the Marine Admirals go after the White Wolf Pirates. After all, although there were no overlord-level pirates on this sea, the number of powerful pirates who dominated their own territories was as numerous as the hairs on a cow.

"Rona, the Giant Shark Pirates have been active near Dressrosa recently. If you can quickly deal with them, I'll let you participate in this operation against the White Wolf Pirates, how about that?"

"Deal?"

"Deal!"

Seeing Rona leave the office with a flick of her red hair, without looking back, Sengoku grabbed his few remaining strands of hair and sighed.

"At over seventy years old, you're still coming to cause trouble for me. Magnus, you scoundrel, wouldn't it have been fine if you just retired quietly?"

He had reached their territory without anyone noticing and stolen the Celestial Dragons' Celestial Gold. Looking at the report submitted by Vice Admiral Robbie of Marine Branch GL-9, Sengoku rubbed his temples.

"That Kong kid has really landed himself a tough job this time."

New World.

Seven dark green warships were sailing on the sea. Each warship was over seventy meters long, and each was filled with Marine soldiers.

If there were a few more warships, it would be almost enough to assemble the World Government's "Buster Call."

In fact, a Buster Call consisted of ten warships and five Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals. These seven warships already had three Marine Vice Admirals, one Marine Admiral candidate, and one Marine Admiral.

"It's never quiet."

A tall and thin old man with a lecherous appearance lay on a beach chair on a warship, enjoying the enthusiastic massage from two beautiful female slaves beside him, and said unhappily, "He never won before, but now that he took advantage of Little Rona's carelessness, defeated Little Rona, he's started getting arrogant."

"Can't I just retire peacefully?"

A middle-aged man with hair like a hedgehog said solemnly, "Admiral Jiang Ma, White Wolf Magnus is a legend who has roamed this sea for decades. We should be more cautious."

"Hmph, but he's just an old man like me."

Saying that, the old man lecherously patted the butt of a female slave beside him.

"And he's not as handsome as me! Don't you think so, Kong?"

Looking at the old man's lecherous donkey face, and recalling Magnus's appearance from a few years ago, Kong couldn't bring himself to agree with the old man's opinion against his will.

"In short, the command of the warships will be left to you, Kong."

The old man laughed heartily, put his arms around two female slaves with collars around their necks, and walked towards the ship's cabin. Kong and the surrounding Marines, as if accustomed to it, turned a blind eye.

Kong looked at the vast sea and muttered to himself.

"Now, where are you?"

"White Wolf Magnus."

Sphinx.

This was an island nation located in the middle section of the New World. It was not an island, but a country with a population of hundreds of thousands.

However, its remote geographical location and barren land made it impossible for this country to pay enough Celestial Gold annually, as other member nations of the World Government did.

Therefore, Sphinx could only become a non-member nation, not receiving protection from the Marines.

Magnus had visited this island once over a decade ago. At that time, the nation on this island was in a precarious state, facing invasion by pirates.

Using his reputation back then, Magnus eliminated some pirates and turned the island into a transit point for them.

Gradually, it became a place for pirates to fence stolen goods.

More than ten years have passed.

The residents on this island still live in hardship, but their situation is infinitely better than when they were simply plundered by pirates.

However, Magnus was not satisfied.

This was because he was too weak over a decade ago. While his reputation as a great pirate could intimidate ordinary pirates, it couldn't deter those equally formidable individuals who also held the title of great pirate.

After his prolonged absence from the island, the powers on the island had been divided and occupied by several great pirates.

Now, his flag was no longer on this island.

But to say that Magnus took over the island over a decade ago to help its residents would not be entirely accurate.

He was actually looking for someone.

A man named Edward Newgate.

However, he hadn't found him over a decade ago.

According to the normal progression of time, Edward Newgate might have just been born then, still a child.

Even now, Magnus didn't hold out much hope.

He only remembered that Charlotte Linlin had been abandoned in the Giant Country Elbaf by her parents two years prior, but he didn't know when Edward Newgate would set sail.

That man who would one day be known as the world's strongest, Whitebeard Edward Newgate!