Carmel spotted the Silent Ship in the port from the air, but he did not recognize it. After all, the Red Tears was far better known.
Seeing the Silent Ship's futuristic design, his first thought was-Could that be a creation of the rumored Vegapunk? Have the old Whitebeard Pirates fallen so far that they're working with the Navy!?
But Carmel immediately dismissed the thought. Given the current situation, there was no reason to deploy something like that unless Marco and the others had sold Ace out to the World Government.
Those people playing house would never do that.
After considerable hesitation, Carmel decided to investigate first and find out exactly what had happened.
He landed on a deserted beach.
After a little thought, Carmel transformed into an ordinary member of the Whitebeard Pirates.
This unremarkable-looking man was a fisherman who did nothing but coast through life in the crew. He spent most of his time fishing alone.
One of Carmel's greatest grievances with Whitebeard was his insistence on playing house.
Ever since learning that Ace had become the second captain, he had disguised himself as various ordinary people under Whitebeard's protection to approach rank-and-file members of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Through those encounters, he transformed into those ordinary members, gradually approaching division commanders and the captain to copy their abilities.
Carmel had only obtained the Copy-Copy Fruit after leaving the Whitebeard Pirates, so he had to proceed one step at a time.
By now, Carmel possessed the abilities and techniques of most division commanders, including Marco, Vista, and Jozu. Only then had he decided to make his decisive move.
Carmel headed toward the central town, muttering inwardly, Could they have established a connection with Titans?
On the surface, Babylon and the Whitebeard Pirates had little connection. Carmel's speculation therefore did not