Pangaea Castle

Fire and ice!

The two words sounded like natural opposites.

Ever since Ye Mu's name had spread across the seas, that had placed a burden on Kuzan he should never have had to bear.

Against Ye Mu's Flame-Flame Fruit, Kuzan's Ice-Ice Fruit naturally seemed like the perfect counter.

But they had faced each other twice.

If Kuzan had only been at a slight disadvantage in their first clash at Loguetown, then their second at the Sabaody Archipelago had been an outright defeat.

That had put him under immense pressure within the Marines.

And when Borsalino returned from Impel Down and told Kuzan that Ye Mu had somehow developed the Flame-Flame Fruit to produce the same effect as the Ice-Ice Fruit, Kuzan had been dumbfounded. He had even felt a little defeated.

He had always thought he simply hadn't developed his own fruit well enough. Now he knew the truth: You bastard, you were cheating!

After Kuzan spoke, everyone seemed to understand how he felt. They gave him sympathetic looks.

Sengoku spoke as well.

"That may be true, but the man admitted himself that he'd Awakened his Flame-Flame Fruit. So you three need to keep pushing!"

Everyone knew which three Sengoku meant.

"Zephyr can't remain the only Admiral at headquarters. You three, and everyone else, need to work hard. I hope that one day, I'll be the one to award you your ranks!"

Even Borsalino, who always acted so laid-back, showed interest in the Admiral position. Sakazuki, with his fiery temper, needed no encouragement.

With the matters concerning the Sky Pirate Crew covered, two more issues remained.

"We'll have to wait for our intelligence officers to report back on the Sky Pirate Crew. But we can start work on the other two matters now. First is the World Military Draft Plan.