Christopher's departure to sea quickly reached the Gorosei.
In the newly rebuilt Hall of Authority, the five old men, some standing, some sitting, formed a circle, their brows furrowed as they looked at the intelligence report just delivered by CP0.
Peter was the first to break the silence, his voice laced with suppressed anger:
"Christopher... that disgrace to the World Nobless, must be completely eradicated!"
He still remembered that among the beatings he took that night, Christopher had hit him the hardest.
If Christopher had heard his thoughts, he would surely have loudly protested his innocence.
After all, the long, cylindrical body of a sandworm was a swordsman's blessing, so easy to cut.
Every time he saw one, he wanted to give it a casual slash.
Warcury tapped his knuckles on the table, calmly interjecting:
"Eradicate? That's easier said than done."
"You should know how much power that guy's Devil Fruit ability can unleash on the high seas!"
"How many people do you think we need to send? Or are you planning to issue a bounty directly?"
Peter was left speechless by the retort; he sighed deeply and sat back in his chair.
Indeed, Christopher's situation was completely different from Doflamingo's back then.
Doflamingo could be wanted because his family had long ago voluntarily renounced their Celestial Dragons status.
So, when he was wanted, he was no longer a Celestial Dragon.
Christopher's was an armed coup!
The World Government had gone to great lengths to suppress information about him; once a bounty was issued, people would surely want to dig deeper into Christopher's identity.
At that point, the World Government would become a laughingstock again.
Seeing Peter convinced, Warcury continued:
"He is now a mad bull that has charged into a china shop."
"And our most foolish act now would be to loudly announce to everyone that this bull is our pet."
The other Gorosei all nodded in agreement, St. V. Nusjuro wiped his long sword, his gaze sharp:
"Exactly, a bounty means admission."
"Admission that a Celestial Dragon has fallen into piracy, admission that such a ugly traitor has emerged among us."
"We don't need to waste new bounty posters on a dead man."
"To the outside world, he never existed."
Saturn leaned on his cane with both hands, his eyes narrowed.
He spoke the most crucial decision in a low voice:
"As long as he doesn't actively step onto the world stage and challenge our authority, then non-existence is the most severe punishment for him."
After discussing for a long time, the final decision of the five old men was—
To pretend not to see him for now.
At least until Christopher caused a major disturbance, the World Government would act as if such a person did not exist in the world.
It must be said, this was very much like the Gorosei.
Although Peter had no objection to this, he was clearly not in a good mood.
He snorted coldly, a clear hint of irritation in his tone:
"Christopher's problem can be put aside, but those two audacious fellows... must be dealt with."
The people Peter was referring to were, naturally, Lafitte and Eneru, who were responsible for intercepting Marine reinforcements to Mary Geoise.
Since Christopher couldn't be wanted, the misfortune fell upon the two of them.
Warcury didn't even look up, his hand resting on the draft bounty poster:
"To be able to simultaneously hold back Borsalino and Kuzan for half a night..."
"This level of strength has exceeded the scope of a newcomer."
"We must use a sufficient amount of money to announce their danger to the world."
Mars added:
"And we need CP to investigate where they came from."
"Possessing such strength, yet never having appeared before this."
Saturn took a sip of red wine from his cup, his tone indifferent:
"So be it."
He threw out two photos with bounty figures, clearly stating—
Unidentified Male: Bounty 894,000,000.
Unidentified Male: Bounty 948,000,000.
The former was Lafitte, the latter Eneru.
Saturn made the final summary:
"Announce these two faces and amounts to the world."
Although Eneru and Lafitte were newcomers, they had, upon their first appearance, obstructed an Admiral and a famous monster Vice Admiral.
Naturally, they could not be treated as regular newcomers.
According to Kuzan and Borsalino, the reason they only arrived at Mary Geoise after the battle was over was entirely because they encountered two super strong individuals on the way.
The two sides fought fiercely, a chaotic, bloody battle with limbs flying!
In short, they exaggerated as much as possible, certainly not because they didn't want to support Mary Geoise.
Eneru, Lafitte: We are super strong individuals???
The reason why Eneru, who seemed like a brute, had a higher bounty was because he spent most of his time facing Kuzan, who had already been promoted to Admiral.
Thus, after dual certification from an Admiral and a monster Vice Admiral, Eneru and Lafitte's bounties directly soared to the level of an Emperor's First Mate.
Furthermore, since none of the four individuals in the battle that day possessed Conqueror's Haki, and Borsalino and Kuzan weren't taking it seriously.
This led Morgans's News Coo to directly photograph the two.
Morgans always loved big news; if there wasn't big news, he would create it.
So, he deliberately selected a few photos where Eneru and Lafitte were actively attacking, and Borsalino and Kuzan were passively defending, and published them.
At first glance, it almost made it seem as if the Admirals were even at a disadvantage... The strong individuals of this world actually had a very interesting characteristic.
Generally speaking, they wouldn't easily get injured until their stamina or Haki was depleted to a certain extent.
Even if they appeared to be badly beaten, they could immediately rejoin the fight after getting up, completely unaffected in terms of combat power.
Mandy and Koala's injuries were significantly less severe than Christopher's at the time, and they had now fully recovered.
However, Mandy seemed to have been stimulated by Rayleigh, becoming even more diligent in her training.
Consequently, Koala, the Hancock sisters, and the Kalifa sisters, who frequently participated in training at the manor, also began training frantically.
Blake was very satisfied with this.
Perhaps there would be a chance for the maid group to deal with Imu's Knights then.
Blake was curious to see if the World Government's 800 years of foundation could compare to his gacha luck.
However, after a period of dormancy, Blake also planned to set sail again.
His previous words to the Gorosei weren't just a casual evasion; he genuinely intended to travel the high seas.
In another two years, Kuina would face the greatest calamity of her life—the Unrivaled Grand Staircase.
It would be too much of a pity for such a talented future Great Swordsman to simply become Zoro's motivation for getting stronger.
Blake felt it was necessary to save her life!
He even felt it was necessary to save the lives of all the beautiful women in the original story.
Additionally, the Ope-Ope no Mi was also about to appear.
Blake was still considering whether he could use this opportunity to stir up some more trouble.
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