Chapter 211

So,

Harboring the doubts in his heart,

He did not deliberately avoid Lu En, but casually took out the Den Den Mushi.

Bracing both hands on the wooden railing of the warship's deck, Aokiji held the Den Den Mushi to his ear and answered the call.

"This is Aokiji."

He spoke.

The next second,

From the Den Den Mushi came a voice full of solemnity and gravity.

"Aokiji, your return to Marineford may have to be delayed a little."

"Just now, the World Government personally issued me an order."

"They want our Navy to dispatch a powerful individual to take part in an emergency rescue mission."

The person on the other end of the Den Den Mushi…

Was unmistakably Navy Fleet Admiral Sengoku!

"Hm?"

"An emergency rescue mission issued personally by the World Government?"

Aokiji, holding the Den Den Mushi, narrowed his pupils slightly, and a subtle shift crossed his face.

He hadn't expected Fleet Admiral Sengoku to seek him out at such a particular moment in time.

Moreover,

The moment he sought him out, it was for something important.

Since the matter involved the World Government, it was clearly no simple affair!

An order issued personally by those few at the very top…

That alone was enough to show that something hidden and unfathomable likely lurked within this matter.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, why are those above so insistent on having our Navy dispatch personnel? Why don't they send out their proudest CP0?"

"As far as I know, the people within CP0 are absolutely not weak. Even looking across this sea, they are absolute elite powerhouses, and what they excel at most is covert operations like infiltration and assassination."

Aokiji asked, his heart full of confusion.

CP0, an elite organization under the direct jurisdiction of the World Government!

Taking orders directly from the World Government, not falling under the Navy's jurisdiction, it is an independent organization, and its authority is extremely vast, its status extremely special and transcendent.

Even a Headquarters Admiral has no right to command a single elite member of CP0.

This organization is one of the forces the World Government uses to rule the world.

"Those above naturally have their own considerations."

"This sort of thing is not something you or I can interfere with too much."

"Anyway."

"The order from above is only one: have our Navy dispatch one powerful individual, responsible for infiltrating the enemy camp's interior, in order to rescue a group of nobles."

"Precisely because of this, the number of participants in this operation should not be too many. Our Navy side will dispatch one powerful individual, and their side will also dispatch one powerful individual."

"This counts as a joint emergency rescue operation between both sides."

Sengoku's tone was very serious.

As for orders issued from above, even though he is the Navy Fleet Admiral, sitting in the Navy's top chair, he likewise has no right to oppose.

He can only obey the order!

"Rescue a group of nobles?"

Aokiji fell into thought.

A joint operation plan between both sides?

The Navy and the CP organization joining forces?

Is there a need to make it this complicated?

Aokiji originally wanted to refuse.

But, after thinking it over, he still asked for details: "Please, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, inform me of the specific situation in detail. I'll consider it; if it's convenient, I will go take part in this emergency rescue mission."

As a Navy Vice Admiral, he naturally has the right to refuse missions he does not wish to participate in.

Even if it is an order issued personally by those at the very top, Aokiji still has the right to choose to refuse.

When the time comes…

Sengoku would only need to find someone else to cooperate.

It wasn't necessary to have Aokiji personally go.

After a while,

Sengoku's voice came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

"The Rosud Kingdom, have you heard of it?"

The Rosud Kingdom…

Aokiji raised an eyebrow and fell into deep thought.

Then,

He said into the Den Den Mushi: "If I remember correctly, the Rosud Kingdom seems to be one of the World Government's allied nations. Due to its geographical advantage, a special kind of fruit has always grown within the Rosud Kingdom."

"And that fruit is one of the main ingredients used to brew fine wine. This fine wine, over the years, has often been used to tribute the World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons."

"It is a fine wine that only nobles have the qualification to taste."

"Relying on its unique geographical advantage, the special fruit trees planted by the Rosud Kingdom have become the kingdom's greatest source of income."

"And also let Rosed Kingdom serve as one of the wealthier kingdoms among the member nations of the world."

The words fell.

Kong spoke: "Just as you said. Due to the advantage of its geographical environment, Rosed Kingdom has planted many special fruits used for brewing fine wine."

"Precisely because of this, the entire kingdom has attracted the greedy gazes of some ill-intentioned pirates."

"For those utterly vicious pirates, Rosed Kingdom is far too wealthy."

"And precisely because of this, Rosed Kingdom has long focused on planting these special fruits, neglecting to organize a powerful elite guard force."

"This led to the current situation where Rosed Kingdom was attacked by a group of roughly three thousand vicious pirates."

"In the end, about a dozen or so nobles of Rosed Kingdom were captured by the pirates, along with five hundred of the kingdom's personal guards, who likewise suffered capture by this group of pirates."

An extremely wealthy kingdom without sufficiently strong military power.

What kind of fate would it meet?

Self-evident.

After the death of Pirate King Luo Jie, the Great Pirate Era opened by that single sentence of his caused even more pirates to emerge endlessly on this sea.

Wave after wave of utterly vicious pirates burned, killed, and plundered, committing every evil deed, turning this sea into a foul and murky place, with cases of pirate attacks and killings occurring every single day.

Under such circumstances.

Rosed Kingdom, as one of the member nations of the World Government, itself possessed an extremely wealthy economic system. Naturally, it became a fat sheep in the eyes of a group of greedy pirates.

Now,

Over a dozen nobles of Rosed Kingdom had become captives of the pirates; the situation was already beyond Rosed Kingdom's ability to control.

Therefore.

They took the initiative to contact the World Government, requesting the latter's assistance!

After all.

Every year, they regularly offered tribute of a certain amount of fine wine and gold to the World Nobles, which was equivalent to the protection fee they paid.

Since the protection fee had been paid…

When trouble arose in the kingdom, naturally one would request help from the other party to whom the protection fee was paid.

This was a matter of course.

The World Government was like a big brother leading the way.

And each member nation was its supporter.

Supporting it to become the ruler of this world,