"Achoo!"
While Liu Chen and the others discussed their battle plan, Darren, far away in the North Blue, suddenly sneezed.
"Who's plotting against me?" Darren put down the documents in his hands, suddenly feeling a chill down his back.
"That shouldn't be possible. I've worked diligently all these years in the North Blue. Public safety has steadily improved, and even GDP has risen considerably because of it."
"The Marines shouldn't suspect my identity. Could those pirates in the North Blue be stirring up trouble behind my back?"
When it came to intuition, Darren had always believed it was better to trust it than dismiss it. That chill down his back just now had definitely been wrong, and he felt he needed to prepare early.
As he thought, Darren had his secretary notify the Marine officers in the North Blue and have them monitor activity there.
At the same time, he planned to contact home and borrow its intelligence network.
Without waiting for the end of the workday, Darren returned straight to his villa.
After entering his study, Darren swept the surroundings with Observation Haki. Once he confirmed no one else was nearby, he walked to the bookcase and moved a book titled "North Blue Cipher."
"Rumble!"
As Darren moved it, the bookcase began sliding apart to either side, revealing a pitch-black opening.
After checking his surroundings again, Darren quickly stepped inside.
Then the bookcase returned to its original position on its own, as though no one had been there.
Darren took a few steps down the passage and reached a carefully furnished secret room. Various tools, machines, and supplies were arranged systematically inside.
This was one of Darren's small secret bases in the North Blue, mainly intended to make it easier for him to do things he could not conveniently