"Hey, kid, don't get too cocky. Get back here now. If the Navy learns about you, they'll probably arrest you!" Whitebeard said anxiously.
"Don't worry, old man, I know what I'm doing. Once I've eaten and drunk my fill here, I'll head right back, haha!" With that, Ye Yu hung up the call.
"You brat, you'd better come back right away..."
Before he could finish, all that remained was the Transponder Snail's busy tone.
Whitebeard shook his head helplessly. Ye Yu was good in every way, except he was far too lazy. All he thought about all day was playing, eating, or sleeping...
Nothing in heaven or on earth was more important than eating, drinking, playing, and sleeping! Whitebeard could not control him either. After all, ten years ago, Ye Yu's Conqueror's Haki had already been on par with his own...
After hanging up, Ye Yu went back to catching up on his beauty sleep and slept until the afternoon mealtime...
When it was time to eat, he naturally woke up!
"It's mealtime again, haha! The food here is pretty good, but without a Television Snail or a game console, it's still a little boring."
When he arrived at the cafeteria, the Marines were still doing drills. Dinner would not be served until six in the evening.
Once the drills were over, the Marines swarmed toward the cafeteria. Ye Yu was no longer sleepy this time, so he simply stood to one side and listened idly to their everyday chatter.
At first, it was all trivial matters: how the Navy's training was too insane, how annoying Akainu was, how to treat seasickness...
This time, no officer reminded him that he was not wearing a Marine uniform.
Ye Yu found it amusing. Since he had no Television Snail or game console anyway, learning about the Marines' daily lives to satisfy his curiosity was not bad.
It was only when he heard the name Ace from a Marine colonel that Ye Yu's eyes lit up and he walked over.
"That's right. It won't be long before Ace's execution date is announced!"
"When that happens, the Whitebeard Pirates will definitely come out in full force, and what we Marines need to do is wipe them out completely!"
"But... if we do that, won't the Marines suffer tremendous losses as well?" a Marine lieutenant colonel beside him asked.
The senior colonel beside him fell silent for a moment, then raised his head and looked in the direction the warship was sailing.
"That's why our mission this time is so important. We must invite the Shichibukai, Heavenly Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo, to join us! We'll have the powerful Shichibukai take the lead!"
The lieutenant colonel beside him finally understood.
"I heard Donquixote Doflamingo is rather arrogant. When we reach Dressrosa, make sure not to clash with him. At such a critical time, we should just put up with those Shichibukai."
At that point, Ye Yu fully understood. The ship he was on had been dispatched by Marine Headquarters specifically to invite the Shichibukai Donquixote Doflamingo to discuss dealing with Whitebeard!
Now that he was already here, how could he possibly let the Marines complete their mission so smoothly?
Since the Marines wanted Donquixote Doflamingo to join their side, then Ye Yu would make him join his own side instead!
Using his search ability, he discovered that they still had one night before reaching Dressrosa.
Fine, he would stay on this warship for one more night. Tomorrow, he would go to Dressrosa and meet that Heavenly Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo!
If Donquixote Doflamingo knew what was good for him and joined the Whitebeard Pirates, all the better. If he refused, Ye Yu would not mind making this Celestial Dragon, Donquixote Doflamingo, vanish from the world!
After dinner, with nothing else to do, Ye Yu returned to the dormitory from before.
That evening, a Marine major with insignia on his shoulder came to the dormitory and berated Ye Yu.
"Where did this recruit come from? This is my dormitory, Major Benge's dormitory! You have no discipline at all. I sentence you to a ten-kilometer run, there and back!" the Marine major ordered Ye Yu.
Ye Yu merely glared at the major, who was putting on such an imposing air.
The major, who had been so arrogant just moments ago, instantly became terrified.
He felt as though an enormous mountain had been placed upon him, leaving his body rigid and completely unable to move!
His eyes rolled back, and his lips trembled nonstop. "Th-this... this is Conqueror's Haki! Who are you...?"
Before he could finish, he collapsed to the floor and passed out. He would not wake up for at least two or three days.
Still wearing his lazy expression, Ye Yu spoke to the major lying on the floor. "Sorry, I'll be borrowing your dormitory. The bed is mine, so you can make do on the floor for now!"
"Report! Vice Admiral Bastille, Dressrosa is in sight!!"
After a good night's sleep, Ye Yu stretched and climbed out of bed. They had finally reached Dressrosa. So the highest-ranking officer on this ship was Vice Admiral Bastille...
As he recalled, the vice admiral who had followed Fujitora to Dressrosa had long reddish-brown hair, wore a bull-horned mask riddled with holes, possessed a massive build, and wielded a long-handled saw blade.
Yet he was all show and no substance. In Dressrosa, Sabo had defeated him effortlessly.
The entire Marine force lined up in rows on the deck and began calling out their numbers.
"Major Benge! Major Benge!" Vice Admiral Bastille called several times, anger already showing on his face.
"Don't you know this is a critical time? He's still not out of bed! Someone, splash Major Benge awake with water and bring him here!"
That unlucky fellow I forcibly knocked unconscious with my Conqueror's Haki was Major Benge, right...?
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