There's nothing wrong with the vessel's capacity, but looking at this, if the successor takes over, the person will certainly be gone.
The immortal guys disappear without a trace; this makes Sage even more certain that the Five Elders, the center of world power... are actually just puppets of the one on the throne.
However, puppets that can live for hundreds of years, or even longer...
It doesn't seem like a bad deal.
"Sage, you made this call to declare war on us? Your ship has reached Red Harbor. If it's war, just one ship is not enough for you, you're not one to underestimate us," Figarland·Garling said.
"Just letting you watch an experiment. Recently, I acquired a weapon, and it's ready to be activated. Initially, I planned for all countries to come and see it by forcibly connecting signals through technology, but upon reflection, provoking such panic would make your World Government want me to take the blame."
The issue of the rising sea levels last time has still not been explained, Vegapunk only knows it was stolen, he might guess it was the World Government, but they have no evidence of using ancient weapons.
Cannot be made public.
If Sage were to call upon all nations to witness, then the blame would certainly be placed on him, making him become the greatest enemy in history. It wouldn't matter to him, but there's no need to become the Debt-King.
Sometimes he wonders if Laugh Tale is the ultimate debt-clearing place, if the Pirate King is the Debt-King of a new era, all the bad history is cleared by finding Laugh Tale, the past forgiven, and everyone lives well afterwards.
Anyway, whatever was lost can be found in Laugh Tale, maybe there's endless gold and silver treasure, food to feed everyone, tools to unify the Four Seas. Regardless, the ending is beautiful; in the meantime, everyone can laugh and hold a feast and forget the debts.
What nonsense!
Sage sneered, "So, I only plan to invite you important ones to watch, to see if the power I now hold can talk fairly with you."
The Radio Snail fell into silence on the other side.
"Pluton huh..."
Nusjuro's voice sounded, "There were indeed a few insignificant intelligence leaks. You seem to have discovered Pluton, but due to the source being too small, it was not taken seriously, and no significant intelligence was mentioned. At that time, we didn't take it seriously. But now, thinking about it, you went to Egghead and took Vegapunk, likely because of this matter, right?"
"What do you mean 'took away', that's unpleasant to hear."
Sage chuckled, "It's cooperation, it's joining, Vegapunk chose me over you."
"Cut the nonsense, the most important thing is, what do you want to do?" Warcury's voice emerged.
"Just watch. Time's not up yet, let's chat first... Hmm, I'm filled with confidence about this, so let's discuss the terms first."
Sage comfortably leaned back on the throne, "First, my ship enters Paradise to do business, you cannot obstruct, whether you manage them or not, all must clear the way for my business."
"And then, Fujitora is imprisoned by you, isn't he? Why not hand him over to me, you won't put him to use properly. I want to use him. Of course, you can ask Doflamingo that fool, if he wants to come out, I'll leave a place for him."
"Lastly, don't trouble the places I shelter and do business... forget it, doesn't matter, pretend I didn't say it, trouble if you want, but you probably can't do anything now."
"That's all for now. I'll think about it later, either add more if needed or finish now."
Once again, the Radio Snail fell into silence, and Figarland·Garling spoke up, "Do you know what you're talking about, Sage? Even a Great Pirate must have limits to their dreams."
"Ha! Aren't pirates those who make dreams come true? If you don't dare to dream, how can you dare to realize it?"
Sage laughed, "Don't be in a hurry to spit harsh words, wait until the time comes, when you see it, then you can respond to me. For now, let's just treat it as idle talk."
"An interesting Pirate... Just like Shanks."
Figarland·Garling said, "I hope you keep your intentions intact against the passage of time. I've seen too many of you straightforward guys become despondent or drown with all your dreams over the decades."
"Ho, ha, ha, ha, ha! Maybe I'll live longer than you!"
Sage laughed loudly, "Also, don't compare that guy to me. I'm no fool, nor do I need fate's guidance, the only thing I believe in is what I can control…"
He glanced at the clock on the wall, baring his teeth and said, "Power!"
"Boru Boru Boru."
Another Radio Snail rang, Sage didn't hide from the call with the Five Elders, directly answered it, set up the two microphones to hear both conversations.
"Moshi Moshi, Brother Sage? It's been fully debugged here!"
The sound from the Radio Snail was hearty, very much like the Straw Hat voice.
Sentomaru.
He hadn't initially intended to bring this guy along, but when leaving Egghead, he happened to withdraw too, later drifted into Sage's territory, discovered by his men, so he joined Vegapunk.
Sage didn't expect Sentomaru to join them, rather, like before, he could continue being Vegapunk's bodyguard.
But the guy was faithful, and after leaving the Navy, believed if Vegapunk joined the Calamity, he should join too. His strength was actually okay; Sage let him lead his domestic Peacekeeper project, specialized in keeping order and patrolling.
Anyway, he had authority himself, no need for Sage to give him a chip for permission.
The Peacekeeper he obtained was Vegapunk's creation, just upgraded, but the authority hadn't changed. Since Vegapunk was here, appropriate modifications could be made.
Replace the Five Elders with Sage at the top authority, followed by the Three Phases and Vegapunk authority, then the Seven Stars and Sentomaru authority, beyond that, a command chip would be needed.
"Debugged, then aim at the target."
Sage grinned fiercely, watching the clock on the wall, then at the live feed of Red Harbor, "How much longer?"
"Five minutes."
"Start the countdown to ten seconds before."
Sage spread his hands, "A lot of people are watching, Vegapunk, don't disappoint me."
"It won't fail! We've calculated repeatedly, bagus!"
Renedia's voice also sounded from the Radio Snail, "There absolutely won't be any accidents."
"Indeed, Governor."
And Queen's voice, "The technology is as relentless as then, Vegapunk that bastard is even more formidable now."
They previously worked as a team; how could they not be familiar with each other?
With Vegapunk's addition, Queen jubilantly ran over to lend a hand.
He originally intended to surpass Judge's technology, never thought to surpass Vegapunk. In his mind, Vegapunk would always be first, just like Sage for the Pirate Realm.
"It's about time."
Vegapunk's calm voice came from the Radio Snail, "Ten, nine, eight..."
As the countdown began, Sage spoke into the Five Elders' Radio Snail, "Remember my words, I hope when you see it, you give me a satisfactory answer."
"Three, two, one... launch."
No accidents, no need for pauses; after the calm voice finished the countdown, the Radio Snail first emitted a roar, then in the roar, the signal was disrupted, causing the call to disconnect.
At the distant enough location of Red Harbor, as well as the Navy who retreated to a distance, and Kizaru while hosting on the Death Star, along with the pirates on board, all simultaneously gazed upwards at the sky, where an undefined red flash resembling a star appeared.
Carrying an ominous oppressive feeling that chilled the bones.
It has arrived!