Soon, Noah was inside the mechanical castle, where he transformed Dahlia and Shiru into Apostle.
[ The Chariot: Dahlia ( Arms-Arms Fruit )]
[ Temperance: Shiru ( Slow-Slow Fruit )]
Wood, the Zoan user, was also transformed into Apostle, but he belonged to the Minor Arcana Deck, and his Devil Fruit was the Chameleon form of the Lizard-Lizard Fruit.
However, Wood was successfully transformed into Apostle.
Noah discovered an unexpected surprise.
"Are you a CP4 agent?"
"Yes, my lord!" Wood replied respectfully.
"It was truly a lucky find, but Dahlia was really careless, allowing a CP member to infiltrate the upper echelons. No wonder she was later dismissed."
Just then, Mary walked in from outside.
"Brother, the result isn't good. Of the 573 people inside the castle alone, there are 16 spies from various factions. Among them, 3 are from the World Government, 1 from the Marine SWORD, 6 from underground giants, 1 from the Donquixote Family, 1 from Barak Studio, 2 from the Big Mom Pirates, and 2 from the Revolutionary Army."
Damn... Noah was speechless. It seemed that Dahlia's lair was leaky on all sides, and anyone and everything could get involved.
Kuro also frowned. "Lord Noah, if we let this go unchecked, Dahlia's situation will become very troublesome, and she could easily be secretly plotted against by other forces."
What are your thoughts?
Kuro's eyes turned cold. "Let's go all the way and, as Devil Fruit User, destroy the entire Stuka Island, let those spies and criminals die here in a reasonable way, and transfer all the barely qualified personnel to the Storm Archipelago."
"Excellent, this plan is very good." Noah was very satisfied with Kuro's suggestion. The family not only needs combat power, but also strategists who can coordinate and provide advice.
The Stuka Island has now been heavily infiltrated by various forces, and failing to eradicate them would only backfire.
If Mary were to use her abilities to secretly screen each person, with a population of nearly 30,000 on Stuka Island, it would take at least a month to complete the secret screening.
Noah immediately made a decision. " Kuro, you'll arrange this plan. The entire population of Stuka Island must be preserved."
"Clear!"
Soon, Kuro began to deploy troops, Noah began to block Den Den Mushi communications throughout Stuka Island, and at the same time released a large-scale stun fungus.
Less than half an hour.
All life on Stuka Island fell into a coma.
Wearing gas masks and protective suits, Mary and others used the temporary isolation room built by Galdino to assist Mary in screening everyone.
Due to the urgency, Mary adopted a cursory investigation method, questioning large groups of people at once to inquire whether they were members of other forces and whether they had committed any wrongdoings.
As for other in-depth questions, we can conduct a second review when we have more time.
In just six hours, Mary had completed the preliminary investigation of more than 30,000 people. All those with problems were poisoned here by Noah, and a total of 4,736 people were executed.
In particular, Dahlia's subordinates were almost completely wiped out. These guys had done plenty of murder and arson. Apart from a few who were physically strong and were kept as test subjects, the rest were executed.
As for those spies, Noah naturally wouldn't show them any mercy.
Early in the morning, just as dawn was breaking.
Ray used a wormhole to quickly transfer those who passed the screening to the Storm Archipelago.
In addition, to avoid giving himself away, Kuro also brought over the bodies of the West Blue Mafia members who had been eliminated from the West Blue's ice storage.
After all, there were hundreds of thousands of unqualified members from the five major mafia families back then, and these people were all purged. However, some of their bodies were preserved because they were intended to be used for camouflage.
These corpses were quickly covered by Noah's fungi, their bodies rapidly sprouting colorful mushrooms that obliterated their original appearance and characteristics.
Meanwhile, Noah also sealed away an important production line on Stuka Island, dumped a large pile of scrap metal, and then detonated a bomb.
Wood, one of the few surviving "spies," immediately reported the matter to his superiors at CP4.
By this time, Dahlia had already led the remaining troops to escape Stuka Island, completely escaping their previous predicament.
Seven hours later.
Three Marine warship docked at the pier on Stuka Island.
The mission was carried out by Vice Admiral Maynard, who was stationed nearby. Through his binoculars, he saw the devastated port area, with craters from the explosion, still-burning flames, and mushrooms covering the hillsides.
"How terrifying..." Maynard was terrified by what he was seeing.
Soon, the marines, dressed in protective suits and gas masks, entered the core area of Stuka Island.
The island was filled with corpses covered in mushrooms and wrecked machinery. The marines quickly estimated that the population of Stuka Island was almost wiped out, so they hastily evacuated.
Based on the marines' observations and photographs, Maynard quickly wrote a report for Marineford and recommended that Marineford designate Stuka Island as a restricted area.
After all, according to the marines' investigation, the mushrooms on the island were still multiplying, and the animals brought up for testing began to show signs of poisoning in less than an hour, clearly indicating that the island was already ruined.
This was also one of Noah's goals.
Although he seemingly destroyed Stuka Island, it doesn't mean he truly abandoned it.
After all, he possesses the power of the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit, which allows him to restore the ecology of Stuka Island to normal at any time.
On the other side.
Inside the Fleet Admiral's Office in Marineford.
Sora and the Five Elders communicated for more than ten minutes. Although both sides were dissatisfied with Dahlia's series of failures, they had no choice but to continue to accept Dahlia as one of the Shichibukai, given that there was no suitable replacement.
As for the spies lost by the Navy and CP, the Five Elders and Sky didn't care. After all, what spy agency doesn't lose people?
The following day, the World Economy News Paper published extensive reports on Dahlia's pyrrhic victory over the Fungus-Fungus Devil Fruit User and the destruction of Stuka Island.
This news made those forces that had planted spies on Stuka Island feel as disgusted as if they had swallowed a fly.
But they had no choice but to accept this outcome.
After all, no faction could have imagined that Dahlia would destroy the entire Stuka Island in order to eliminate spies.
However, with the destruction of Stuka Island, the price of weapons in the global Underworld immediately soared, which temporarily reduced the intensity of wars in various places.
After all, at this point in time, the Donquixote Family had not yet taken control of the Dressrosa Kingdom, Doflamingo had not yet colluded with Kaido, and Dahlia still held a monopoly on the underground arms market.
However, with Dahlia, this terrifying weapon, falling into silence, it is estimated that the Donquixote Family will accelerate their advance into the Grand Line.
Noah didn't care much about the result.
Because the Donquixote Family is such a mediocre power, they are nothing more than lambs to the slaughter in the New World. If the opportunity arises, Noah will not care about Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, and will directly take action to kill Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family.