"Yes, it's him."
"Whether he can satisfy me or not depends on his capabilities."
Kazu smiled confidently; he was now very confident.
Even when Imu Gaban fought desperately, he got injured, which suggests he couldn't match his own strength.
In Kazu's eyes, the current Admiral and the Four Emperors are nothing special. He can't think of anyone else who could hurt him, at least not Gaban, that college student.
Meanwhile, Imu, far away in Mary Geoise, has also been quite troubled lately.
The deaths of the Five Elders and the entire Holy Knights also dealt him a significant blow.
After all, he would suffer some backlash if those contracts were forcibly destroyed.
After several days of recovery, his injuries had healed considerably, but he lacked capable subordinates.
There was no other way but to continue selecting from the useless Celestial Dragons. In the end, it took three days to barely assemble a low-level version of the Five Elders and six members of the Holy Knights.
However, his strength is too weak. With the support of his contract, the new Five Elders are only at the level of Marine Vice Admiral, far inferior to the Five Elders who were once Admiral.
The Holy Knights are even worse off. Apart from the leader, who has the strength of Marine Vice Admiral, the others are lucky to have the strength of Rear Admiral.
These are all pure-blooded Celestial Dragons. Just a few days ago, Imu asked the Five Elders to quickly recruit powerful rogue soldiers from all over the world.
Anyone who is willing to show loyalty and sign the Deep Sea Contract can become an external force of the World Government, and thus be considered one of the Celestial Dragons recognized by the World Government.
This method is usually used to fool those with extraordinary strength, such as Harald the Giant King a few years ago, so not everyone has the opportunity.
However, these are special times, and the loose policies were introduced because more cannon fodder is needed to withstand the impending crisis.
In the past few days, a total of five people have been recruited to form the God's Guard. The leader is Aramaki, who has the strength of Admiral and Devil Fruit User. His strength is quite good.
The other four members also possess the strength of an ordinary Vice Admiral general.
With the enhancements from the Imu Deep Sea Contract, veteran Admiral like Aramaki and Aokiji are now holding their own in battle.
Those members of the God's Guard also possessed the strength of elite Vice Admiral.
With these newly assembled makeshift teams, Imu finally had some usable people under his command.
"Lord Imu, according to the latest intelligence gathered by CP, the Red Hair Pirates have been very active lately. They've been at Sabaody Archipelago for several days now, and there haven't been any other developments."
"And the Revolutionary Army, it's highly unusual that they haven't been carrying out any liberation activities in other parts of the world recently."
"And the Blond Hair Pirates you specifically mentioned, they are still sailing in the West Blue and show no signs of heading towards Mary Geoise."
Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Imu remained silent, sitting quietly on his throne in deep thought.
I pay attention to the Red Hair Pirates because Shanks is Celestial Dragons and was previously bound by the Shallow Sea Contract, but he later betrayed the World Government and returned to the path of a pirate.
In the past, Imu would not have cared about such trivial matters, but now the World Government is riddled with problems, and someone like Shanks, who has Celestial Dragons blood and the strength of Four Emperors, is exactly what Imu desperately needs.
As for the Revolutionary Army and the Blond Hair Pirates...
If the Revolutionary Army attacks Mary Geoise, he will personally take action to eliminate this major threat.
If the Blond Hair Pirates were to come, he would need these cannon fodder to hold them off for a while, as he planned to secretly observe just how powerful this Her Kazi really was.
If he really couldn't resist, he would have time to escape from Pangaea Castle and hide outside for a while.
He absolutely could not give up on Mary Geoise. He used a special ancient secret technique combined with the power of Devil Fruit to grant himself immortality.
This also comes at a price: he cannot leave Pangaea Castle for an extended period of time, otherwise he will suffer irreversible consequences.
If he is away for too long, he may even lose his ability to live forever and be completely erased by time.
This ability was also incorporated into his contracts, which is why the Five Elders were able to achieve immortality.
The price is their lives, forever under Imu's control, unable to disobey him in the slightest, otherwise Imu can take back his power at any time.
"By order of Mu, send someone to Sabaody Archipelago to contact Figarland Shanks. Mu is willing to offer him the position of the head of the Five Elders."
Imu's words were devoid of any emotion, but the Five Elders kneeling below were visibly shocked.
Imu's meaning is quite clear: Shanks will replace one of them and step on the heads of the other four.
The person whose position as one of the Five Elders was taken away...
Perhaps death is the only path left for that poor person.
The five people exchanged glances, their eyes filled with wariness and suspicion.
No one wanted to give up their position as one of the Five Elders, nor did they want to be abandoned like this, dying a pathetic death.