Ivy was in charge of the office. As soon as Xia Le pushed the door open, he saw her sorting the documents on the desk. Her face lit up with delight at the sight of him.
"Sir Xia Le!"
Xia Le walked in and casually handed Ivy the Justice Cloak from his shoulders. She took it and gently hung it on the coat rack.
"How have things been?"
"There shouldn't be much work to handle in my office, right?"
He spoke with a smile.
"There is some! But it's all minor stuff. You've been in the Fleet Admiral's Office lately, so most of the documents have been sent there."
Ivy smiled as she spoke.
"But one document did arrive today."
"It's about the upcoming Shichibukai meeting."
A hint of surprise crossed Xia Le's face. After sitting down, he opened the document already laid out on his desk.
"They certainly work fast. They've already prepared a speech for the Warlord meeting."
He spoke with a smile.
He had to admit that Marineford's civilian officials had quite a way with words. The speech was so impassioned that merely reading it set his blood pumping. It seemed determined to awaken the pirates' consciences and persuade them to abandon piracy and become Marines.
"But this won't work on those people!"
"A brainwashing speech isn't what will convince them to act."
Xia Le smiled and pushed the speech aside.
"I think so too."
"Only strength will make those pirates submit."
Ivy spoke with a smile.
Xia Le nodded and opened another document.
Unlike the sprawling, impassioned speech that ran to ten thousand words, this document offered a detailed introduction to the seven Warlords.
Their abilities, histories, personalities, connections, and more were all laid out in detail on the pages, displayed in tree diagrams that made