The Dark Throne of Pirates

Area 12, not far from 'Xia Qi's rip-off bar'.

At the top of a huge mangrove tree with a diameter of more than [-] meters, two figures wearing red clouds and black robes were watching the fierce battle between the Straw Hats and the 'pacifists' led by Zhan Momomaru.

There were three sealed wooden boxes of different sizes floating at the feet of the leader of the men in black robes. The three boxes were wrapped in bubble wrap.

A thin wire connected the three boxes together, floating slowly in the air like a balloon. The other end of the wire was stepped on by the man in black robe.

The box shook slightly from time to time, and there seemed to be some kind of living creature inside that was constantly bumping against it.

"Vander Deken, make sure nothing goes wrong and be careful." The leader of the black-robed man hissed in a low voice:

"Now is not the time to be exposed. Take them and hide under the sea for a while. Then I will come to you with the life card."

Vander Deken looked at the leader carefully and suggested softly: "I can use the fruit ability to fly them directly back to G5."

"No, do as I say. Your target fruit's ability can be blocked during flight. I don't want to see any accidents happen!"

Glancing at Daken, he continued coldly:

"Take them to the deep sea and find a place to hide first. They have oxygen masks in their boxes, so they don't have to worry about dying in the sea.

When you get to the place, feed them some food on time, so they can't die yet. "

"After this is completed, I will ask Moriah to return the shadow to you. Just obey the order now!"

If you look closely, there is no shadow under one of the men in black robes, and his whole body is tightly wrapped in black robes.

There is also a swimming coating on the outside of the black robe as a protective measure to completely isolate the sun.

This person is none other than the fishman Vander Deken IX who ate the superhuman target fruit.

The leader is naturally Wayne. As for why there is also Wayne in the headquarters conference room.

As early as a few days ago, after Wayne returned from the deep-sea prison, he used a phone bug to contact Brother Ming at the headquarters.

Just as the Shichibukai recruitment order was issued, Brother Ming also came to the headquarters in advance. After a discussion between the two in the conference room.

Brother Ming used the Thread Fruit to create a clone of Wayne, which he kept lying inside the conference room so that others could see it.

As for the real Wayne, he swam from his headquarters to the Shampoo Islands a day ago and made some arrangements.

Vander Deken IX carefully took the box containing the living creatures from Wayne's feet and quickly evacuated to the coast.

Seeing no one around, he jumped into the water with the box in his arms. After diving for several hundred meters, he took off his black robe on the seabed where the sun could not reach.

He stretched out his four legs and sped up again. Looking at the box in his arms, the scene of meeting Wayne for the first time came to mind.

One night a few days ago, Vander Deken was hiding in a dark room in Noah's Ark deep in the Forest of the Sea as usual.

The screams of the boy outside the door woke up Daken who was about to fall asleep. As soon as he left the room, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

From the time he heard the screams to when he went out, in less than ten seconds, the little brother was dead.

There were corpses all over the ground, mutilated and lying on the ground, and the thick smell of blood kept assaulting Daken's sense of smell.

"Vander Deken IX? A target fruit user, right?" The man in black robe hissed: "It is such a waste to only use your ability to harass a little girl."

Before he could answer, he declared domineeringly: "From now on, you will work under me."

After saying that, the man in black robe took off his blindfold and looked directly at Daken with scarlet eyes. The bloody and domineering look made Daken feel cold in his hands and feet, and he did not dare to say the words of rejection.

Because he felt that if he didn't agree, he might lose his head and body in the next second.

Then he was brought to the sea by the men in black robes and landed on a small pirate ship.

There was also a pot-bellied man about seven meters tall on the boat, also shrouded in a black robe. He smiled strangely and used a pair of scissors to cut out Daken's shadow.

Afterwards, he stayed on standby at the bottom of the sea near the Shampoo Islands according to his instructions. Before leaving, he was given a phone bug for communication and a black robe of the same style.

After Daken came back to his senses, he wiped the non-existent cold sweat on his head, tightened the iron wire in his hand, and looked back nervously at the box tied to the other end of the wire from time to time.

He knew who was in the box, and he also knew exactly what consequences he would face if he was exposed.

The four legs kept paddling the water and dived crazily towards the depths of the ocean.

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Wayne, who was above the mangrove tree, stared attentively at the battle between Kizaru and Rayleigh below.

The reason why he has not left the island until now is to confirm an important piece of information and to ensure that the plot will not deviate from the scope he expected.

In the original work, General Kizaru knew the ability of the tyrant bear, and actually watched the bear let the Straw Hats escape, even with Rayleigh standing in the way.

Wayne still didn't believe that if Kizaru got serious, he would really be stopped by an already old Rayleigh and a Shichibukai who had been half transformed by the World Government.

In the original work, the Celestial Dragon was only knocked unconscious, but he was still alive.

He was also escorted back to the Holy Land by the navy, so Kizaru didn't try his best to capture the Straw Hats, which Wayne could understand.

After all, Kizaru also knew the identity and family background of Straw Hat Luffy.

He didn't want to cause trouble, and with Xiong, the Shichibukai, to help take the blame, he could still explain to the Warring States Period and the government if he was let go.

But the situation is different now. The life and death of the three Tianlongs are unknown, and there is no news at all.

If the Straw Hats are allowed to be rescued right in front of their eyes, Wayne will doubt whether there is really a problem with Kizaru's identity.

Wayne could also judge at the scene whether Kizaru had used all his strength and whether he had deliberately released his weapon.

Vern stayed on the island only after confirming Kizaru's identity and ensuring that Luffy and others could escape smoothly.

You must know that Warring States at the headquarters may call him at any time, just in case at this sensitive time when the Tianlong people disappear.

If no one else can be found, the senior officials of the Warring States Period and the World Government will definitely become suspicious.

If Kizaru really loves the World Government and the Navy, and goes all out to arrest the Straw Hats, that's not what Wayne wants to see now.

Therefore, Wayne will take risks to stop Kizaru at critical moments.

It's not that Wayne wants to protect Luffy, but that he needs to use Luffy to continue to grow and become stronger.

Help him explore the hidden secrets of the World Government. Similarly, Wayne also needs time to continue to grow and continue his layout.

After all, once the identity is revealed, there is no way back, either to overthrow the Void Throne of the Celestial Dragons in the Holy Land, or to turn into a pile of bones after the war.

That's why Wayne is so careful and cautious. Every step must be polished and thought over and over again, leaving no loopholes.

Not to satisfy his boring desire for power, but just to ensure that he can live well and live well with the people he cares about in this world.