Thanks to the eager, "unreserved" reports from Snake, the Oykot Kingdom's "rat" of a colonel, and King Francisco III's loaded offer of "friendly assistance," Boer quickly untangled the basic organizational logic of Cipher Pol in the East Blue.
With the central intelligence headquarters in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise as its absolute core, the surveillance network radiating outward followed a simple but rigorous pattern: near every Marine Branch, there was invariably a military surveillance post under its direct command; within every World Government Member State, there were both an overt Cipher Pol office and intelligence outposts hidden in the shadows.
Colonel Snake, who had honed the art of embezzlement to its "pinnacle," even fawningly divulged a crucial piece of intelligence.
-These secret agencies answering directly to the World Government enjoyed resources beyond the reach of even elite Marines, particularly their downright extravagant allocations of Devil Fruits.
Regional outposts typically fielded multiple Zoan Devil Fruit users as their assault force, supported by various Special Paramecia users suited to detection, infiltration, covert entry, and control, weaving a silent, efficient surveillance net.
"Sure enough, no one knows their own people better than their own people."
Boer's fingertip traced the nautical chart of the East Blue spread across the table, a cold curve lifting the corner of his mouth. Racking his brains while cooperating with Kaido had yielded only a few vague locations, yet with a sweep of their hands, this "pragmatic" kingdom dignitary and Marine parasite had clearly marked ten affiliated nations, ten Marine Branches, five intelligence stations along key shipping routes, and the first-tier central command headquarters in Loguetown.
He licked his somewhat dry lips. Deep within his azure eyes, faint electric arcs flickered and vanished like the tongue of a snake that had spotted prey.
"Then... let's start with the