"What exactly is Shiki trying to do?"
Sengoku carefully studied the intelligence on the Flying Pirates.
Quiet. Far too quiet.
That unnatural calm made him feel that something was very wrong.
The Flying Pirates were definitely plotting something.
He was not the only one who thought so. Tsuru and the World Government shared his suspicions, as did Cyrik.
But they had no evidence.
"Naturally, he wants a force capable of standing against the World Government."
Cyrik sat nearby and leisurely sipped his tea, seemingly under little pressure.
"Something like the mysterious weapon Byrnndi World brought out."
"Or perhaps an ancient weapon."
This was Cyrik's first time attending a secret meeting like this.
Sengoku valued his intelligence, and Chief of Staff Tsuru had recommended him as well.
Cyrik was also one of Tsuru's subordinates, and he had performed very well on the few assignments he received from the General Staff.
Few people were allowed to attend such meetings. If Kyle had been there, he would have been eligible too.
But Kyle had already returned to the East Blue. Not only that, he had also gained a new position as the government–Navy steward.
In other words, all matters involving the Navy's requests for funding and supplies from the World Government were now handled by Kyle.
Previously, the Fleet Admiral had needed to deal directly with the World Government's Finance Minister. Now a government–Navy steward stood between them.
The Navy only needed to deal with Kyle.
Meanwhile, the World Government would hand the Navy's funding and supplies directly to Kyle, or Kyle would go and request them.
Besides his Navy position, Kyle was now a full-fledged senior government official.
And he held the Navy's lifeline in his hands.
This was naturally good news for the Navy. Kyle's background made him inherently sympathetic to