The sudden emergence of the Shichibukai added more fuel to an already boiling sea.
Although everyone despised these pirates who served as the World Government's dogs, the vast majority of pirates only resented that they had not been chosen themselves.
Lind was somewhat speechless when he saw the news about the Shichibukai. The plot had already been twisted this far, yet they had still managed to establish them.
Given the current situation at sea, never mind being the third major power alongside the Navy and the pirates-any top pirate crew could take on the Shichibukai.
Leaving aside Lind and Charlotte Linlin, could the Shichibukai even withstand the Beasts Pirates in the East Blue?
Even the Four Dark Kings entrenched in the West Blue might not take the Shichibukai seriously. They could only bully the small-time pirates who had just set sail.
The only thing Lind needed to take seriously was the intent revealed by the World Government's arrangements for the Shichibukai. After all, there were seven of them.
That corresponded perfectly to Paradise's seven routes, yet they had only stationed four Shichibukai along the four routes controlled by the World Government.
What did those five Old Geezers mean by this? Did they intend to seize the three routes controlled by the Oran Empire?
Lind's expression darkened. There was no way he would casually surrender those three routes through Paradise.
But aren't you still short of three candidates for the Shichibukai? As it happens, the three remaining Shichibukai from the original story are all in my hands. How about I send them over?
So Lind took out a Den Den Mushi and personally called Moria and Kuma in the East Blue, as well as Jinbe on Fish-Man Island, to discuss taking positions as the World Government's Shichibukai.
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