"We should have guessed long ago. But what exactly is that guy trying to do?"
At G-1 Fortress, a connection had been established with Marine Headquarters, and the Navy High Command, including the Army General, were all pondering the matter.
Shiki was the only man on the seas who possessed such influence and could direct so many Great Pirates.
But if his sole objective was to rescue the Roger Pirates, then he had clearly achieved it.
The Navy's plan to encircle and destroy the Roger Pirates had failed. They had found no trace of the crew and had no idea how they had managed it.
Even without Shiki's help, the Roger Pirates could have escaped the encirclement.
Now, the Navy and the World Government had focused most of their attention on this new Pirate Allied Forces.
News of the Roger Pirates had also arrived from the first half of the Grand Line. Someone had spotted members of the crew in Water 7.
Yet the many pirates gathered around the New World Front, threatening G-1 Fortress and the Red Line, still had not left. That meant the Flying Pirates had something else planned.
Shiki had yet to appear, and those Great Pirates seemed to be waiting for his arrival.
"This is getting more and more dangerous."
Tsuru frowned, having roughly guessed what Shiki had in mind.
The Flying Pirates had already become a top-tier power in a class of their own.
"Golden Lion" Shiki had also become the strongest and most respected Great Pirate in the New World.
Rumor had it that Shiki possessed both the standing and the ability to command countless pirates, but that was still only a rumor.
If he succeeded this time, he would truly establish it as fact.
Shiki could command numerous Great Pirates, assemble a