After Karasu agreed to join the Liberator Organization, Champagne didn't fully trust him.
Skepticism is a required course for members of the Distillery.
Therefore, Champagne specifically reported this matter to Tomani, Tomani then directly told Mary about it.
Mary quickly arrived at the secret training island in the Calm Belt of the North Blue through the Garganta. Enel, the deputy head of the Department of Supervision, arrived around the same time as her.
After being jointly examined by Mary and Enel, the Karasu passed the loyalty test.
Only five hours had passed since the Karasu left White Soil Island.
To avoid alerting the enemy, Champagne and Karasu used the Shadow General, who had been left behind on the uninhabited reef, to return there via the Garganta.
The two then returned together to White Soil Island.
Dragon remained oblivious to anything amiss, continuing to instruct Luffy and his brothers in martial arts and Haki.
at the same time.
The three leaders of the Liberator Organization's Department of Supervision and Chief of the General Staff Department Kuro, were also secretly discussing how to replace Karasu with him.
As he flipped through the intelligence, Kuro said calmly, "Dragon's staunch allies are Ivankov, Giant Morley, and Tyrant Kuma. However, Tyrant Kuma is not a threat; he has openly broken away from the Revolutionary Army. Therefore, our next task is to find a way to deal with Ivankov and Giant Morley."
" The Okama King has been active in the Alabasta Kingdom lately. Perhaps we could use her to do the dirty work and have the CP Agent and the Navy take action?" Mary suggested.
Kuro adjusted his glasses. "We have pawns in the Navy and the CP; it's very easy to use someone else to do our dirty work."
Tomani picked up Morley's photo. "Giant Morley has been active in the West Blue. Currently, she mainly operates in the High West Sea around the High West. We just need to find an opportunity to eliminate her secretly."
"Leave this Titan to me!" Enel volunteered to take on the task.
"OK." Kuro had no objections.
The four reported their discussion results to Noah for a final decision.
Noah had no objection and immediately approved the implementation.
The New World.
Naval G-5 Base.
Having risen to the position of base commander, Vergo, after reading today's newspaper, immediately picked up the hidden anti-eavesdropping Den Den Mushi and dialed Doflamingo's number.
"Young Master, what are your orders?"
"Fever... Vergo, I have a task for you..."
After hearing Doflamingo's instructions, Vergo nodded immediately. "No problem, leave this to me."
the next day.
Early in the morning, just as dawn was breaking.
Vergo then personally led his troops on a sea patrol.
At the same time, an arms transport ship disguised as a merchant ship slowly approached the direction of White Soil Island.
More than three hours later.
The two ships met in a shallow sea.
Vergo's gaze, hidden behind his sunglasses, instantly fell upon the distinctive markings on the transport ship. He immediately waved his hand. "Move closer."
"Yes, Rear Admiral Vergo."
The warship quickly changed course and moved rapidly toward the transport ship.
Upon seeing the warship approach, the transport ship seemed to panic and quickly accelerated in the opposite direction.
"Something's wrong. Prepare for battle."
"Yes."
The marines reacted quickly, loading ammunition into their cannons and Fire Pistol, adjusting their firing positions, and aiming at the rapidly fleeing transport ship.
Shortly after, the warships began firing warning shots, attempting to force the transport ship to stop.
Boom boom boom...
Suddenly, a shell struck one of the masts of the transport ship.
boom!
Crack... The mast broke, making a sharp creaking sound.
With the mast breaking, the transport ship quickly slowed down.
However, the artillery on the transport ship began to retaliate.
Boom boom boom...
As the two sides exchanged artillery fire, the distance between them grew ever closer.
When they were less than 300 meters apart, Vergo leaped into the air and then used Geppo to step into the air.
" Rankyaku - Kicking Bird."
The enormous Crescent Moon blade of air instantly sliced through the remaining two masts of the transport ship.
The next moment, Vergo stepped onto the deck of the transport ship.
A dozen or so crew members on deck, armed with weapons, rushed toward Vergo.
Vergo showed no mercy, killing all the men and capturing three of their leaders.
At this moment, the warships were also close to the transport ships.
First mate Chelsea led the marines onto the transport ship.
" Rear Admiral Vergo, thank you for your hard work."
"It's my duty." Vergo said expressionlessly, "You're in charge of interrogating these men. Find out why they tried to escape."
"Yes, ma'am." Chelsea nodded.
Half an hour later, Chelsea approached Vergo with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
Vergo, who was reading the newspaper, seemed to notice something was wrong and looked up to ask, "What happened?"
"I'm very sorry, those three prisoners committed suicide."
Vergo frowned. "What's going on?"
"After I brought them into the cabin, I found that they didn't say a word. I tortured and interrogated them for more than 20 minutes, but they showed no sign of loosening their grip. Just now, they suddenly succumbed to the poison and died."
Instead of blaming his adjutant, Vergo very understandingly suggested, "Since they're dead, report it to headquarters as an attempted attack on the warship!"
"No, Rear Admiral Vergo, although they are all dead, I still managed to find some things on them."
"Oh? What is that?"
Chelsea quickly informed Vergo about the munitions in the ship's hold, the Eternal Pose to White Soil Island, and several confidential letters.
After reading it, Vergo said, " Chelsea, you did a good job. It seems that White Soil Island is one of the Revolutionary Army's secret strongholds, and the Revolutionary Army is even plotting to overthrow the Alabasta Kingdom."
" Rear Admiral, should we report this matter as soon as possible?"
Vergo shook his head. "No, we can't report this to headquarters. Don't forget who the dragon's son is."
Upon hearing this, Chelsea realized what was happening, but he was somewhat puzzled. " Rear Admiral, if we don't report to headquarters, are we supposed to report directly to the World Government?"
After pretending to think for a while, Vergo slowly revealed his thoughts:
"We can split the intelligence in two. We'll report the information about White Soil Island to Admiral Akainu, and I believe Akainu won't bend the Admiral for personal gain. As for the intelligence about the Revolutionary Army's attempt to overthrow the Alabasta Kingdom, I know the head of CP9, so I can sell that intelligence to them. We can even give the brothers a bonus later."
Chelsea's gaze was somewhat strange, as if he were seeing Vergo for the first time. He hadn't expected that the seemingly rigid Rear Admiral Vergo would possess such shrewdness and adaptability.
However, Chelsea is happy to see this happen.
After all, doing so did not violate any naval regulations.
Akainu is the Admiral of the New World Navy and G5's superior, so it's understandable that they reported this matter to Akainu.
Selling another piece of intelligence to CP9 was due to the distance involved and concerns about the Revolutionary Army accomplices within the Navy. Furthermore, since CP9 is also an agency under the World Government, this doesn't constitute betrayal.
As for the possibility of making a quick buck, neither Chelsea nor the others mentioned it.
After dumping the bodies from the transport ship into the sea, the warship towed the ship back to G-5 Base.
However, no one noticed that the corpses thrown into the sea were quickly swallowed up by a dark shadow and returned to the Black Shadow Kingdom of the Thriller Bark.
On the other side.
Soon, two pieces of intelligence appeared in the hands of Akainu and Spandine, respectively.
Vergo also received 150 million Beli from Spandine, but this was only the first payment. If the intelligence was confirmed, he would receive the remaining 450 million Beli.
The generous Vergo distributed the money directly to everyone on board the warship.
Vergo, however, paid no attention to the chain reaction triggered by those two pieces of information.