In the world of pirates, starting with Roger's execution

"Godfather, the Soviet Chamber of Commerce has been quiet lately. They haven't made a single move, as if nothing happened."

A man in a black suit and black hat stepped forward, bent down with his eyes lowered, and whispered to Capone Bege.

"Oh?"

Bege paused in cutting his steak, a trace of surprise crossing his cold face.

"Could they have something else to fall back on?"

"We're not sure. We've already uncovered pretty much everything about them."

"They're just a bunch of lucky bastards who happened to get their hands on part of the Donquixote Family's legacy. If it were the actual Donquixote Family, we might have reason to be wary. But these people..."

"Heh heh..."

The subordinate in the black suit curled his lips in a contemptuous sneer.

As a prominent mafia organization in the North Blue, their intelligence network naturally had deep, tangled roots. Almost nothing that happened in the North Blue escaped their eyes and ears.

The so-called Soviet Chamber of Commerce certainly appeared mysterious, and the several ability users they had revealed were enough to make people fear their strength.

But on closer inspection, their story was full of holes.

First, hadn't the Soviet Chamber of Commerce risen at almost exactly the same time the Donquixote Family fell?

Even if that was merely a coincidence...

The abilities they had revealed left the Capone Family with no room for doubt.

As the largest broker in the North Blue's underworld, Doflamingo had naturally done plenty of business with the Capone Family.

And Bege, with his love of blades and firearms, was one of the Donquixote Family's biggest arms buyers.

As luck would have it, they possessed a list of goods for the Donquixote Family's next auction—one of the minor privileges Doflamingo granted these major powers.

The cursed sword