An intelligence blow, God's Premonition

Alongside the warships of the Rocks Pirates, large and small, sailed other vessels.

Pirate ships flying all kinds of flags followed them, each also bearing the flag of the Rocks Pirates.

They were all pirate crews affiliated with the Rocks Pirates.

They, too, had to take part in the war between the Rocks Pirates and the Navy. They could not stay out of it.

That was the price of the Rocks Pirates' protection. Some of their captains were even major members of the Rocks Pirates themselves, though their own crews had never disbanded.

Even Shakky's Kuja Pirates took part.

At present, Shakky was only a minor figure in the intelligence organization, a low-ranking leader.

She played no particularly important role in keeping the entire intelligence organization running.

Once she truly became a core member of the Rocks Pirates' intelligence organization, her status would be equal to that of their senior and core officers.

Then she would no longer need to fight in their wars.

Only then would she truly operate behind the scenes and enjoy exemption from the Rocks Pirates' wars.

Few people in the Rocks Pirates currently qualified for that privilege. Hades's mother, Nyx, the "Night Lady," was one of them.

Rocks D. Zebek alone likely knew the actual list.

The Rocks Pirates had set sail, and the World Government and the Navy had already received word.

What terrified them, however, was that they had previously lost contact with a group of important intelligence agents and operatives.

Now, at this critical moment, another group of intelligence agents had gone silent.

Hades had been extremely busy these past few days, constantly searching for suspected intelligence agents of the Navy and the World Government.

Rather than eliminating those agents immediately upon discovery, he had waited for this particular moment to strike