While Garp and Staff Officer Tsuru were busy, Sengoku, in his office, immediately contacted the Gorosei to explain the entire situation, especially hoping they would agree to hand over a useless person like Spandine as leverage.
However, this was a massive loss, and Enies Lobby, which represented the authority of the World Government, was completely annihilated, leaving not even a small island reef behind. The Buster Call was destroyed, and Admirals and Vice Admirals were captured.
After Sengoku finished speaking, the Gorosei on the other end were naturally furious, and one of them immediately cursed, spluttering into the transponder snail.
Sengoku was speechless and his face was grim; he knew this would happen, but he still immediately said,
"Lord Gorosei, please calm your anger. Our Navy initially underestimated them because they were a new Pirate Crew and a group of young girls. However, their growth far exceeded our expectations. The opposing side now has at least three Vice Admiral-level powerhouses infinitely close to Reserve Admiral status, two Reserve Admirals, three Admirals, and one genuinely Yonko-level powerhouse."
"It is precisely because of this that our Navy suffered a great loss, allowing the other party to commit such heinous crimes. But the most important thing is that their captain, Luna, is truly difficult to deal with. Her Devil Fruit Ability is a rule-based ability, which makes her very hard for us to counter. We still haven't found an effective method."
Sengoku spoke a lot, and after listening, the Gorosei fell silent. Although it sounded like a small group, their combat power configuration was indeed very strong. In their eyes, in terms of strength, they were certainly no weaker than the Yonko.
What they lacked compared to the Yonko was merely a large number of people, their own occupied territories, strong influence and fame, and years of accumulated experience.
Especially since they had three Admirals—good heavens, they were already on par with the Navy, even if they were slightly weaker than the Three Admirals of the Navy and had less experience.
The Gorosei had never paid attention to the Pink Hat Pirate Crew before, so this was their first time hearing about them. They had no idea that Tornado already possessed the strength to contend with any Admiral.
Although Kuina and Shiro were still somewhat lacking, they would soon also possess the power to contend with the Three Admirals of the Navy.
But all in all, after hearing this, the Gorosei also began to take the Pink Hat Pirate Crew seriously.
At the same time, they also became curious: a rule-based Devil Fruit Ability?
"What kind of Devil Fruit does this little girl named Luna have?" one of the Gorosei immediately asked curiously.
"According to the information Garp brought back from the East Blue, this was our Navy's first encounter with her. Her ability is called Nothingness, or Void. She can release various energy attacks with powerful destructive force. It is said that she can also grow stronger by absorbing energy. This point is still unconfirmed, but I think she likely has this ability."
Considering that Luna had released Magma and Freezing abilities in the video, Sengoku actually had some suspicions.
Based on the intelligence they had gathered, Luna's energy attacks included lightning, darkness, and light, and Magma and Freezing were not ruled out.
However, there was another possibility: if Luna could absorb energy, could she also replicate those abilities?
Sengoku continued,
"But the most important thing is that the opponent can transform into nothingness, instinctively and quickly evading our attacks, or passing through them. Martial arts, swordsmanship, Haki, Akainu and Kuzan's abilities have all been tried, but they are useless against her. It's as if she is truly nothing, and we are fighting something that simply doesn't exist."
The Gorosei on the other side were stunned after hearing this. Void Ability, multiple energy attacks, immunity to attacks—what kind of terrifying Devil Fruit was this? How did they not know? They had lived for hundreds of years and had never seen anything like it.
"No, Sengoku, you still haven't said what kind of Devil Fruit it is. You should know by now, and you also need to mention her and her Pirate Crew's achievements."
One of the Gorosei suddenly spoke, which immediately made the other Gorosei realize, "Ah, yes, Sengoku, you old fellow, you still haven't said what kind of Devil Fruit this little girl has! And what achievements she has—we want to know that too."
"Bogard was suppressed by Shiro and Kuina, who are the crew's 'Scientist' (third-in-command) and 'first mate' (swordswoman) respectively. Momousagi and Tokikake were beaten by Luna. Garp was completely helpless against her Void Ability. Momousagi and Tokikake were again suppressed by Kuina and Shiro at Reverse Mountain. Staff Officer Tsuru was also beaten by the opponent's sniper and Shipwright—one with lightning ability, the other with Space Ability."
"Akainu was also beaten by Luna at the time, and his ability was ineffective against her. Later, Kuzan lost to Tornado, the current second strongest on the other side, whose ability is psychokinesis. You know what happened after that."
"Oh, and according to Luna, her Devil Fruit should be called Mythical Zoan, Void Demon God Greeza Form."
Upon hearing these achievements, the Gorosei, who were already incredibly surprised, immediately had expressions of horror when they heard that name.
This, this is too similar, could it be... could it be that another Devil Fruit with a god's name has appeared? But the abilities described earlier indeed sound very close to a powerful Devil Fruit with a god's name.
The Gorosei fell silent at this point. At the same time, they also took this matter very seriously and agreed to Sengoku's previous request. After all, Spandine was just a useless person in their eyes, and the Navy would bear the cost. Exchanging him for one Admiral and five Vice Admirals was more beneficial than detrimental.
At the same time, they also stated that they would remain vigilant about this incident, as they heard that the New World had been restless recently. The Red Hair Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates seemed to be planning a meeting, and with two Emperors converging, it was no wonder they took it seriously.
Moreover, it was also due to another matter: Crocodile's removal, which meant they needed to find someone else to fill the vacant Warlord of the Sea position... Meanwhile, in the Paradise of the first half of the Grand Line, at an altitude of about a thousand meters, there was a huge airship primarily powered by a hot air balloon. Its overall design was bird-like, and many News Coos were circling nearby. This was clearly the World Economic News Agency.
Morgans' territory, his airship, and his newspapers departed from here to be delivered to every corner of the world.
At this moment, in Morgans' office, a News Coo, specifically responsible for finding and filming news (fundamentally different from a Newspaper Seagull; the former is a reporter, the latter is a delivery bird),
immediately handed over everything it had filmed to Morgans. After watching, Morgans' initially puzzled expression slowly turned to one of astonishment, and then he was immediately overjoyed.
"Hahaha, excellent, excellent! Big news, absolutely big news!" Morgans burst into laughter, even running out from behind his desk and dancing, showing how happy he was.
"Caw caw caw---."
The News Coo beside him was also very happy, flapping its wings and squawking.
Because with the President so happy, wouldn't he get a raise and a vacation? It had thought it would be dangerous passing through the Enies Lobby sea area on the way back, but it never expected to stumble upon such big news, and it had filmed the entire thing.
"Haha, good job! Your salary and food for this month are doubled, and you get a month's vacation." Morgans turned around and said with a laugh.
Such a great contributor absolutely deserved a good reward; he was not a bad boss who exploited his employees.
"Caw caw caw caw." Hearing this, the News Coo immediately danced with joy, tears of emotion streaming from its eyes. A happy day had come too suddenly.
But then there was another bird cry, as a Newspaper Seagull burst in, crashing through the door.
"Hmm, what the hell are you? How did a Newspaper Seagull get into my office without anyone stopping it? Of course, the most important thing is you. If you can't give me a good reason, I'm having roasted seagull tonight."
Morgans, who had been in a pleasant mood, was startled, and his mood soured. He extended a feathery hand and pointed at the Newspaper Seagull, saying,
"Caw caw caw---" Hearing this, the Newspaper Seagull, already sweating with fear, immediately reported. It turned out this was the Newspaper Seagull that Luna had asked to deliver the video transponder snail to Marineford for the Navy High Command before flying away immediately.
It immediately recounted the entire story, especially mentioning that it had secretly watched the video during delivery, which was its purpose for this situation. Otherwise, how could Morgans possibly believe its words, since it couldn't even give a rough account of the cause and process of the event?
But it was very clear on the key point: Luna's final threats and demands to the Navy.
Morgans, whose mood had initially soured, became overjoyed once again after hearing this. He also gave this Newspaper Seagull a reward, though not as substantial as the previous News Coo's.
After the Newspaper Seagull turned its tears of sorrow into joy and cheered, Morgans invited both it and the News Coo out. He immediately began writing a sensational report with great fervor.
It wouldn't be long before the news of the arena once again severely damaging the World Government and the Navy would spread across the seas... Meanwhile, on the other side, after the Straw Hat Pirates escaped, they were joined by two giants, Kokoro and her group, two King Bulls, and Franky's subordinates. Later, they met Iceberg, whose Galley-La Company ship came to pick them up.
They cheered for the Straw Hat Pirates' triumphant return, but at that moment, the Going Merry finally gave out, even with Luna's arrival, the destruction of Enies Lobby and the Buster Call, and the Straw Hat Pirates' early departure.
The ship's hull broke directly into two pieces, and the keel also snapped.
Luffy anxiously ran to the bow of the ship and shouted to Iceberg in the distance, hoping he could save the Going Merry, because he knew Iceberg's Shipwright skills were exquisite.
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