I Was Thinking Too Small-I Beat Bullet

Chapter 215: Garp immediately agreed with Mu Chen's idea. Sengoku and the others gave it a moment's thought. "I think it could work. It really would reduce the negative impact." Sengoku agreed.

Vice Admiral He raised a question. "The idea works, but it has to go hand in hand with the third point. If the pirates are controllable, we can keep the impact down. But if uncontrollable pirates become Warlords, the consequences could be serious."

"And in the end, the Navy will have to clean up their mess."

That made everyone uneasy. They hadn't considered it. How many pirates were both powerful and controllable? If those pirates acted one way in public and another behind the scenes, the plan could backfire, leaving the Navy to clean up after them.

"Mu Chen, how would you address Vice Admiral He's concern?"

Zefa spoke gravely. He opposed the creation of the Shichibukai, but like Mu Chen before Wu Laoxin, he had no say in the matter. He could not bear to leave the Navy or abandon the justice he believed in. Only in the Navy could he put that justice into practice.

While they were still talking, a messenger knocked on the door. The sound drew everyone's attention.

Sengoku immediately called the messenger in.

The messenger froze when he saw the Navy's top brass gathered in the room. Looks like I picked a bad time.

Sengoku noticed his hesitation at once. "Go on. What is it?"

The messenger took a deep breath. "Fleet Admiral Sengoku, sir! We've received intelligence that Douglas Bullet, a former crewmate of Pirate King Roger, has been spotted on Raijin Island in the New World."

Everyone's faces turned grave. They had been hunting Roger's former crew for some time, but after Roger disbanded them, they had seemingly vanished. Every