Meanwhile, Pangaea Castle in Holy Land Mary Geoise, countless guests invited to the wedding banquet were arriving one after another.
A naval representative from Marine Headquarters arrived.
"I never imagined I'd be sent by headquarters to participate in Celestial Dragons's wedding. What an honor!" Vice Admiral Mole, sword at his side, walked along the road with a serious expression, looking at the guests who were joining them one after another, and couldn't help but say.
"An honor?! Perhaps, but this marriage alliance between the Celestial Dragons might not be a good thing for our Navy!" Onigumo replied to him, puffing on a cigar.
"Alright, let's avoid unnecessary talk now that we're here. This is a matter between the Celestial Dragons. We're just here as invited guests. Let Sakazuki worry about those things!" Tsuru, who was leading the group, spoke up as well, offering a calm word of advice.
"Understood, Ms. Tsuru!!" Both Mole and Onigumo respected Tsuru, a veteran of the Navy from the same era as Garp and Sengoku. As soon as she spoke, the two immediately shut their mouths and stopped talking about these things.
" Gion, you need to pull yourself together this time. You can't be like before."
Sakazuki was already very dissatisfied with you for participating in the Navy's Buster Call and intentionally letting them escape. If anything goes wrong this time, I can't protect you either!!" Seeing that the two wisely shut their mouths, Tsuru nodded, then turned to Momousagi, who had been sent with her, and solemnly instructed her.
"I understand, Sister Tsuru, this time it definitely won't..." Momousagi heard Tsuru's message, gripped the Konpira at her waist, and solemnly nodded in promise.
He remained noncommittal to what she said, and before entering the room, he once again instructed the generals around him, "Hmm, I really hope it's as you say. Alright, let's go. Once inside the meeting room, try not to say anything offensive, lest you anger the host!"
"Understood, Ms. He, please don't worry, we know what to do!"
"Yes, we won't bring shame to headquarters here!!"
"Okay, let's go in!"
Thus, the naval representatives were the fourth to enter the meeting hall, following the representatives of the various Celestial Dragons families, Affiliated Nation, and high-ranking government officials.
After them, another group of people entered. They were members of the mysterious organization known as the King's Blade, the Seven Deadly Sins: Samael the Wrath, Gluttony the Beelzebub, and Asmodeus Lust.
"You all need to be on your best this time, or if you mess this up, not only will the boss punish you, but I'll tear you apart first, understand?" Following closely behind the naval representative Tsuru and her group, three people wearing gray cloaks walked over. Looking at the tall and sturdy city gate in front of them, the third- Wrath turned around and gave orders to his two companions.
"Understood, Boss Samael. I won't be showing up like I did with Mammon and Asmodeus, right...? Asmodeus!!" Beelzebub, codenamed Gluttony, glanced meaningfully at his companion before speaking.
"Hmph, Beelzebub. Just because you're ranked ahead of me doesn't mean you can talk nonsense about me. The main responsibility for the mistake last time lies with Mammon alone. It has little to do with me. Don't try to shift the blame onto me..." The person he reminded, Asmodeus, snorted and replied.
"Hehehe, is that so? I heard that you were too scared to step forward, which is why you let them escape in the end, and made Mammon take the blame for you!!" Unfortunately, Beelzebub didn't get rid of him and directly confronted him.
"I already said that the Admiral entrusted everything to Mammon and asked me to supervise and assist him. The failure is all his fault and has nothing to do with me..." Asmodeus defended himself.
"Heh, he's clearly just afraid of dying, yet he makes up so many excuses..." Unfortunately, Beelzebub didn't listen to him at all and pouted.
"Alright, stop arguing. Beelzebub Asmodeus, I don't care how much of a grudge you have, but you'd better hold back this time. After this wedding banquet, you can do whatever you want, I won't interfere."
"But as I just said, if you really mess up this banquet, then although I won't treat you like the boss treated Mammon, you know my methods. My punishment will definitely not be lighter than the boss's!" As the two were arguing more and more heatedly, Samael spoke up, coldly glancing at the two of them before speaking.
"Hmm!!" Upon hearing his words about the leader's handling of Mammon, the two trembled and fell silent instantly, not daring to utter another word.
They clearly remembered that a few days ago, Asmodeus had brought back a heavily injured Mammon to be punished by the leader, Lucifer the Pride. Under Lucifer's bizarre methods, Mammon was not even given a chance to explain himself before being turned into a mindless puppet to obey him. Just thinking about it was terrifying, so the two dared not say another word.
Seeing the two men lower their heads in fear at his words, Samael gave them a cold glance, then led the way inside, reminding them, "Hmph, let's go in!"
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Shortly after the three men stepped through the gate, three more men in white coats came over.
One of the coquettish female voices rang out with a laugh, "Hehehe, those three wouldn't happen to be members of our highest-ranking organization, would they?! They don't seem to be anything special, actually, they're not as impressive as you, right, Captain Lucci?!"
The voice belonged to Stussy, the queen of the Pleasure District who had appeared in Whole Cake Island, the Totto Land of the Four Emperors Big Mom, more than a year ago, and the person she was referring to was her superior Rob Lucci, the current captain of CP0.
"Don't exaggerate, Stussy. Although Lucci strong, he's not as strong as you say. Don't stir up trouble for others!" Before Lucci could speak, another person next to her spoke up first. He was Kaku, a former member of CP9 Devil Fruit User. He pulled down his hat and reprimanded Stussy.
"Hehehe, what's wrong Kaku? Do you think what I said is wrong? Or is it that in your heart, Captain Lucci is no match for those people?!" Hearing Kaku's rebuke, Stussy didn't take it seriously and covered her mouth with a laugh.
Caught off guard, Kaku immediately waved his hands and protested, "I... I didn't mean that at all!!"
"Oh, so what exactly do you mean, Kaku?!"
From their conversation, it's clear that Stussy, a former CP0 member, is not on the same page as Lucci and his group, who rose through merit and compromise. Whenever she has the chance, she tries to disrupt their relationship.
Just then, Lucci interrupted the two, giving Stussy a knowing look before saying, "Alright, that's enough. Stussy, shut up your plans. I know what you're thinking, but Kaku and I are comrades-in-arms who have risked our lives for each other. Your words won't separate us."
I'm aware of my own limitations. Two of those three were no weaker than me, and as for the leader, frankly speaking, his aura was probably no less imposing than that of the arrogant swordsman Hawk-Eye from the Shichibukai. I was no match for him at all!
Lucci shook his head and continued explaining.
"What!?"
"What!?"
The moment he opened his mouth, Stussy and Kaku were both stunned, exclaiming in disbelief.
Both Stussy and Kaku were taken aback by Lucci's words.