Who told that Vice Admiral called Akihara Kagura to hog all the credit? As a Navy Admiral, there's no way Sengoku can tolerate his own subordinate stealing his achievements, right?
Because the Navy Admiral's position is too high, he's an important top brass of the World Government, even one of the especially important ones. The previous Navy Admiral, Steel Bone Kong, directly got promoted to Supreme Commander of the entire World Government military after stepping down, a rank only below the Five Elders!
Sengoku has always been known as a strategist; as a Navy Admiral bearing the name of justice, he absolutely cannot allow someone like Akihara Kagura to disgrace the Navy's reputation…
"Mr. Spandam, aren't you the one snatching the credit?"
Akihara Kagura glanced at Spandam, smiling squint‑eyed as he started lawyering up against him: "Wasn't it because I was here sitting in town that Nico Robin and Franky didn't dare resist when they were arrested? Wasn't it me who helped you perfect the Enies Lobby operation plan?"
"Fundamentally speaking, the operation to use Enies Lobby to purge the Revolutionary Army should also be led by me. I kindly invited you to participate in carrying out the mission, yet you wanted to seize the credit and even went so far as to attack your colleague, even trying to smear my reputation…"
"Huh?"
Spandam stared at Akihara Kagura in disbelief.
You bastard…
How can you have two faces like that!
Back on Enies Lobby, plenty of people heard you trying to steal the credit—Fukurou the Silent and Jabra's lot, plus Rob Lucci and the others, they can all testify!
This bastard…
How dare he lie through his teeth right here!
"…"
Spandam glared at Akihara Kagura's calm expression, face full of rage. He glanced at the Radio Snail still on the call next to him, forced down his anger, and said, "I have witnesses! I'll take this case all the way to the Five Elders—you're the tumor that needs to be excised!"
Tragically…
This case won't be getting to the Five Elders anytime soon.
"Arrest Spandam."
Sengoku didn't listen to Spandam's explanation at all. This Navy Admiral had long known that Akihara Kagura was the one grabbing the credit, and he even approved of Akihara Kagura's methods.
Sengoku didn't want the Enies Lobby operation to spiral out of control; according to the tacit understanding between him and Akihara Kagura, he pinned the crime of credit snatching onto Spandam: "For the sake of stealing credit, you framed a distinguished Vice Admiral; I will immediately report this matter to Saint Saturn…"
"No! It's reversed! It's all reversed!"
Spandam was furious, roaring angrily as he grabbed his own Radio Snail: "You've all turned traitor, I'm calling my father, I'll report this to the Five Elders!"
Bzzzt!
A bolt of lightning pierced through the Radio Snail in Spandam's hand.
"Isn't it better to just kill him?"
Akihara Kagura didn't even look at the pale‑faced Spandam beside him, nor at the CP9 agents who were starting to get restless: "And those agents are his accomplices. Should I just deal with them all together, so we don't have any future trouble…"
"Hm?"
Sengoku frowned. He knew Akihara Kagura was silencing them for secrecy's sake, but he still had to explain: "Spandam's father is Spandine, and the CP Department is also a special agency directly under the World Government. Killing them would actually be harder to explain. Just send them straight to Impel Down. I'll clarify everything to Saint Saturn; though it might cause some trouble…"
"If it's going to cause trouble…"
"Then why don't we just slap Spandine with a charge of colluding with the Revolutionary Army?"
Akihara Kagura's lips curled into a smile; he continued with interest: "The Konoha Pirates are rampaging across the seas, the Heavenly Celestial Dragons and the World Government are already on their last legs. Add to that the Navy killing Spandine's son, Spandam, today—so for a high‑ranking World Government official to seek revenge for his son and look for a new backer, and out of rage leak the Enies Lobby operation plan to the Revolutionary Army… that's perfectly reasonable, isn't it?"
"Spandine probably wouldn't do something like that…"
On the other end of the Radio Snail, Sengoku realized Akihara Kagura's murderous intent, because Akihara Kagura was openly plotting with him.
"Doesn't matter."
"If he really doesn't want to avenge his son, we'll help him avenge his son."
Akihara Kagura held his Radio Snail, speaking lazily, yet his words made Spandam and the CP9 agents all tremble in their hearts: "When the Enies Lobby operation starts, we secretly spread the intel, then just frame Spandine for colluding with the Revolutionary Army and leaking the operation plan. Isn't that enough?"
"You! You!"
Spandam looked like he'd been scared stupid; he stared at Akihara Kagura in panic: "Framing a World Government official—how dare you bastards do something like that!"
This method…
Was a million times more vicious than his father Spandine's!
This bastard actually wants to kill him, the son, first, and then use his death to frame his own father!
It's over!
This Vice Admiral called Akihara Kagura is a conspirator!
Spandam, nervous to the extreme, shouted loudly, trying to bolster his own courage: "My father and I are absolutely loyal to the Heavenly Celestial Dragons. Saint Saturn and the others definitely know our loyalty. Don't think you Navy bastards can cover the sky with one hand inside the World Government…"
"You got one thing wrong."
Akihara Kagura looked at Spandam, a warm smile hanging from the corner of his mouth: "It's precisely because you're absolutely loyal to the Heavenly Celestial Dragons that we want to get rid of you…"
"So please rest assured."
Akihara Kagura pressed a finger to Spandam's forehead, mimed a gun with his hand, and said cheerfully: "Once we kill loyal lapdogs like you who serve the Heavenly Celestial Dragons, the Navy will naturally be able to cover the sky with one hand inside the World Government…"
"Vice Admiral Akihara Kagura."
"Then we'll follow your plan and cleanse the World Government of its tumors."
After Sengoku finished speaking, he could only hang up the Radio Snail, thereby endorsing Akihara Kagura's plan.
Because…
How could something like this be openly said at a time like this?
Since a bastard like Spandam already knew about it, they could only kill him; and this Navy Admiral now had to start planning the next step—how to frame Spandine for colluding with the Revolutionary Army…