"Drulcy's defeat initially didn't make the government take Grimm seriously. What truly caught their attention was his battle with Kaido.
"According to intelligence, Drulcy, who was originally belligerent, hasn't appeared for two months. This has given me an idea!"
Before Tsuru could finish speaking, Sengoku nodded: "I understand. You mean Drulcy might have died from his injuries, likely recently…"
"Why recently, Admiral Sengoku?" a Rear Admiral asked with a frown.
"Roger and Shiki have both been causing trouble in Whitebeard's territory recently. Even if he's angry, Whitebeard won't act rashly. He has to watch both monsters with caution."
Seeing Sengoku continue, Tsuru didn't add anything more. After all, Sengoku was the backbone of their team.
After hearing Sengoku's explanation, many nodded in agreement. Sengoku then continued, "But even so, we can still sell Grimm's information to Whitebeard!"
Saying that, Sengoku's gaze shifted upwards. "We also received intelligence earlier that Whitebeard's Twin Dragons Pirates were committing atrocities in Grem Town, is that right? Let's use them and see if we can achieve our objective!"
At this point, even if Sengoku didn't explain further, everyone understood his intention.
First, provoke a fight between the Whitebeard Pirates and Grimm, and then see if they could benefit from it.
Meanwhile, regarding the clash between Roger and Shiki in the New World, the Marines didn't intervene. They were waiting for both sides to be mutually injured before launching an annihilation operation.
Pirates…
However, Roger and Shiki were too close to Whitebeard's territory. To prevent the war between these two individuals, who were not inferior to him, from affecting his own domain, Whitebeard chose to personally oversee the situation, temporarily ignoring Grimm.
In other words, Whitebeard was planning to settle accounts later.
Sengoku stroked his beard and pondered, feeling that his plan was completely correct. After all, as a Marine Admiral, he relied mostly on his brain most of the time.
...
Grem Town was a medium-sized town located in the New World, about the same size as Dressrosa.
The Twin Dragons Pirates were a relatively strong pirate crew under Whitebeard. Their captain was two brothers who called themselves Twin Dragons, hence the title: the Back-to-Back Brothers.
After robbing a significant amount of treasure from the wealthy merchants of Grem, they swaggered into a tavern to drink heartily!
Just as the members of the Twin Dragons Pirates were laughing heartily, the two brothers suddenly overheard a conversation from a table not far from them.
"Is it true that Grimm, who fought Hundred Beasts Kaido to a draw, is on the Lulusis continent?"
As soon as he heard this, the boss of the Back-to-Back Brothers signaled the other members of the Twin Dragons Pirates to be quiet for the moment.
The conversation continued. Only then did another person say, "Nonsense. I have a distant cousin who is a soldier in the Kingdom of Etkexay. He said that just a few days ago, during the war, that Eternal Angel Grimm broke into the battlefield. He killed no less than ten thousand people for a Devil Fruit, and those he killed were reduced to ashes, supposedly sacrificed to an evil god…"
"Over ten thousand people died? Then why aren't the Navy and the Government doing anything? Why aren't they arresting such a heinous pirate!" the other person said in surprise!
"You're an idiot. If a kingdom wants to ask for help from the Navy or the World Government, they must be a member nation. If not, the cost is not something an ordinary kingdom can afford!"
"It's said that Grimm hasn't left yet. He's currently at…"
"..."
Hearing this, the Twin Dragons Brothers beckoned. Immediately, the members of the Twin Dragons Pirates put down their wine glasses and rushed out. The boss of the Back-to-Back Brothers quickly dialed Whitebeard's Den Den Mushi and told him what they had just heard.
Inside the tavern, the people who had been chatting took off their outer coats, revealing the iconic vests of the Marines.
After exchanging a look with the shop owner, the shop owner immediately hung a sign at the door: "Closed Today"!
One of them put on his Navy hat and dialed a Den Den Mushi, saying to the person on the other end: "Admiral Sengoku, the mission is complete. The information has been sold to the Twin Dragons Pirates!"
"Very good!"
Sengoku, on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, revealed a deep, aged expression: "You will secretly monitor the actions of the Whitebeard Pirates in this sea area, but do not expose yourselves. With three great pirates gathered here, you might die!"
"Yes!"
...
After Roger entered the New World, Shiki, one of his old rivals, immediately changed the course of his fleet and led his men to meet Roger. Finally, in the recent period, they encountered each other in a sea area extremely close to Whitebeard Pirates' territory.
Since this was his territory, if Roger and Shiki fought and affected the area, Whitebeard would lose face.
Therefore, even without meeting Roger and the others, Whitebeard remained very vigilant. He wanted to see what tricks these two old friends would play.
Another reason was that something was bothering Whitebeard greatly: the news of his brother Kouzuki Oden's wife and their two children, Momonosuke and Hiyori, running away. This made Oden feel that he had failed to protect his family, creating some rift between Oden and Whitebeard. Whitebeard felt ashamed to face Oden.
On the other hand, as Sengoku had predicted, Drulcy, the captain of the Second Division, was severely injured after his battle with Grimm several months ago and finally breathed his last two weeks ago.
Whitebeard was naturally furious. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call Drulcy his first son. How could he not be angry?
However, the father had to temporarily suppress his anger. Roger and Shiki were close by. At the same time, news came that Grimm and Kaido had fought for five days and five nights, ending in a draw, and then disappeared.
Due to these two reasons, Whitebeard did not deal with Grimm for the time being, but waited for the outcome of Roger and Shiki's meeting.
Drulcy's death went unnoticed, as he died several months after his great battle with Grimm.
However, today, Whitebeard's favorite son, Marco, suddenly reported that the Twin Dragons Pirates had obtained information about Grimm, who was on the Lulusis continent and had intruded into a war between two countries.
Currently, he should still be there.
Whitebeard could also predict why the news had not reported this matter. Drulcy's death was a grudge that had to be avenged, no matter what.
But, not at this time.
Although he hadn't fought Grimm head-on, he had clashed with Kaido twice.
That guy, even he himself couldn't kill him easily.
Grimm fighting him to a draw meant that none of his subordinates could handle him.
Even if they could suppress him with numbers, what good would that do? It would only cost the lives of more sons to avenge one son, which was not worth it.
Although Whitebeard said that everyone on his ship was his son, he was still human and had his own biases. For example, between his two newly joined sons, Marshall D. Teach and Thatch, he preferred Thatch. He strongly disliked Teach, but he couldn't openly say it. However, his actions clearly showed his favoritism towards Thatch.
For example, in the future Summit War, to save Ace, Whitebeard completely disregarded the lives of his other sons.
After rejecting the suggestions of Marco, Jozu, and others to hunt down Grimm, Whitebeard made a vow before his sons that after the meeting between Roger and Shiki concluded.
He would personally go and deal with Grimm.
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