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William still wanted to say something to Vegapunk, but Vegapunk's voice came through the Den Den Mushi. "Let's leave it at that for now! The World Government is watching me closely!"

As someone the World Government focused on and protected, Vegapunk was naturally surrounded by countless "bodyguards."

Especially after Donquixote Sun learned of William's "relationship" with Vegapunk, he naturally could not rest easy. Even if that relationship had begun before they crossed into this world, Donquixote Sun felt that he had to prepare for the worst and eliminate every possible means for Vegapunk to contact the outside world.

"I understand." William sighed and ultimately chose to end the call.

Although William also wanted to know what exactly Vegapunk's gift for him was, there was no need to rush. Once Bartholomew Kuma retrieved it, he would find out. William did not know how Vegapunk and Bartholomew Kuma planned to make the handoff, but that was not something he needed to worry about.

"This bastard actually knows Vegapunk?" Charlotte Smoothie had not expected William to know Vegapunk.

Back then, in order to obtain the Vinsmoke Family's technological power, her family had not hesitated to use a political marriage to "cooperate" with them. Yet William not only had Caesar Clown, a scientist second only to Vegapunk, at his disposal, but also seemed to have quite a close relationship with Vegapunk.

"Is that strange?" William asked calmly.

In truth, this was no secret. Anyone in intelligence work who bothered to investigate could learn that he had once been Vegapunk's bodyguard. Although Vegapunk's whereabouts and research had always been World Government secrets, William becoming Vegapunk's bodyguard was not classified. It had been an official internal transfer, with records still kept in the Navy's internal files.

Mary and Anne, worried that the Charlotte sisters might not