After Fleet Admiral Sengoku finished speaking, all the vice admirals in the conference room turned their attention to Ivan.
Everyone was quite curious about this newly promoted vice admiral.
How would White Dove, who upheld Burning Justice, respond?
Ivan himself was also taken aback, not expecting the spotlight to suddenly fall on him.
After all, this was a difficult problem, especially since it involved the death of a Celestial Dragon and the reputation of the World Government.
After a moment of thought, Ivan had an idea. He spoke with righteous conviction, "The Fox is undoubtedly an extremely wicked individual. We must increase his bounty and capture him as soon as possible!"
"Very good," Sengoku nodded. "But we are currently facing a dilemma.
The Shadow Garden has always been elusive; we can hardly even track the Fox's whereabouts.
Even if we are lucky enough to find him, his bizarre spatial abilities allow him to escape easily, making capture nearly impossible.
Do you—have a way to apprehend him?"
Ivan stared at Sengoku in disbelief. Everyone could read the question in his eyes: You want me to capture the Fox?
Facing that gaze, Sengoku felt a bit embarrassed. However, he truly couldn't think of any other solution, so he had to push the matter onto Ivan first, buying himself some time to think. He hadn't actually expected Ivan to come up with a solution.
But to his surprise, after a brief moment of contemplation, Ivan actually proposed a solution: "Perhaps we can use Devil Fruits to lure out the Shadow Garden!"
Sengoku's eyes narrowed slightly, somewhat taken aback. "Explain in detail."
Ivan stood up and walked to the whiteboard at the front, placing photos of the Fox and the Tanuki side by side.
Facing the many admirals and vice admirals, his expression was calm and confident, without any trace of fear. "I consider myself to have some research on Devil Fruits. I've even managed to develop the Gravity Fruit to the point where it can absorb life force and infuse it into seeds.
So, after carefully studying the information on the Shadow Garden members, I unexpectedly discovered something incredible."
"What? Absorbing life force? So that's the source of Vice Admiral Ivan's ability to control trees?" The crowd exclaimed in surprise, looking at Ivan with even greater respect.
Among them, some less-informed vice admirals whispered questions to their colleagues: "Can gravitational abilities really attract something as abstract as life force?"
Their companions looked at them as if they were ignorant. "Of course. Logia-type Devil Fruits have the highest baseline, Zoan-type Devil Fruits grant the strongest physique, but in terms of pure ability, Paramecia-type Devil Fruits are the most powerful.
Take the Surgery Fruit, for example. Some users can only use it to make simple incisions, but a strong user like the recent rookie pirate Trafalgar Law can develop spatial movement abilities.
Among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Doflamingo can develop Sky Thread for aerial movement and even techniques like Bird Cage."
Charlotte Katakuri can even transform himself into mochi, achieving a unique form of Elementalization. So it's no surprise at all that Vice Admiral Ivan could develop the ability to attract life force.
What truly surprises me is that Vice Admiral Ivan is only 19 years old now, yet he has already unlocked advanced Devil Fruit abilities and possesses such formidable vitality, capable of rapidly cultivating an entire forest in a short time!
Besides this vice admiral, others also began to realize this point.
Formidable vitality undoubtedly signifies a powerful physique.
This also means that Vice Admiral Ivan is not just a Swordsman Master—his physical combat skills are incredibly strong as well!
Truly worthy of being a future admiral!
Ivan's words caught the attention of Sengoku, Garp, and the Three Admirals.
Aokiji curiously lifted his head, removing his eye mask. "I admit your ability to develop Devil Fruit powers is impressive. So, what are you trying to say?"
After all this buildup, Ivan finally revealed his plan: "I've discovered that the members of Shadow Garden all possess similar spatial abilities, and they master many different powers. This is abnormal!"
"Indeed, it's abnormal!" Akainu nodded in agreement, having noticed this phenomenon long ago.
Ivan nodded at Akainu, scanned the room, and spoke with an unusually serious expression: "Therefore, I suspect that Shadow Garden's understanding of Devil Fruits may far exceed ordinary imagination! It's highly likely they can use Devil Fruits to enhance themselves!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the conference room erupted into chaos, with the vice admirals unanimously declaring this impossible.
"This is absolutely impossible! A person can only eat one Devil Fruit!"
"That's right! Anyone who eats a second Devil Fruit will surely die. This has been true since ancient times!"
Faced with everyone's doubts, Ivan did not try to silence them. He believed someone would agree with him—someone in a high position who knew more, like Fleet Admiral Sengoku!
Sure enough, Sengoku abruptly stood up, a faint golden glow even appearing on his body. "Silence!"
Conqueror's Haki erupted, and black-red lightning suppressed all the chaotic noise. Sengoku motioned to Ivan, "Vice Admiral Ivan, your analysis is excellent. Please continue."
The others looked at Sengoku in disbelief, then at Ivan.
Judging from Fleet Admiral Sengoku's reaction, could Vice Admiral Ivan's analysis be correct? Could someone truly master multiple Devil Fruit abilities at once?
Ivan thought to himself, "Indeed, even Blackbeard managed to obtain two Devil Fruit abilities. Such cases are definitely not isolated, and the World Government has researched this as well. I bet right!"
With the final piece of the plan in place, Ivan laid his cards on the table: "Although I don't know how they manage to concentrate multiple Devil Fruit abilities in one person, or even replicate Devil Fruits, I do know this: with such abilities, they will inevitably lack Devil Fruits for research. We can use Devil Fruits to attract their attention and lure them in!"
As soon as he said this, the conference room fell into silence.
After a moment, Akainu was the first to voice his stance: "I support Vice Admiral Ivan's decision!"
Aokiji also nodded. "I agree as well."
Sengoku was also deeply intrigued. Knowing many secrets, he understood that Ivan's plan had a high chance of success.
However, as the fleet admiral, he had more to consider: "But how do we capture them? That special Spatial Movement ability is extremely difficult to deal with."
Ivan grinned confidently and said, "Perhaps we could use crushed Seastone powder mixed with seawater to create a mist. As soon as Fox appears, we can cover an area of one square kilometer with it."
"That way, as long as Fox doesn't possess future-sight Observation Haki, we can capture him directly!"
"I agree as well!" Ivan successfully persuaded Sengoku.
"But how do we crush the Seastone? That stone isn't just ordinarily hard!" Kizaru, who had been slacking off for half the day, finally asked a question now that a conclusion was being reached.
At this moment, Ivan turned his gaze toward Garp, who had been observing from the sidelines while munching on Senbei, and said with a bright smile, "That's where Vice Admiral Garp and Fleet Admiral Sengoku will have to put in the effort. I've heard that Conqueror's Haki Infusion can destroy Seastone!"