Chapter 323

The location for Ace's execution this time, just like in the original plot, is still chosen to be at the Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

However, because of the influence of the Ninja Guild, the military forces deployed are also much stronger than in the original plot.

This time, the World Government has made full preparations, not only planning to deploy numerous previously hidden military forces, but also utilizing many powerful weapons developed by Dr. Vegapunk!

At this moment, in the Fleet Admiral's office at Marine Headquarters.

Sengoku looks at the report in his hand, a grave expression appearing on his face.

Now is a sensitive period; besides making sufficient planning preparations, Sengoku is also constantly monitoring the movements of major factions.

Currently, including Red-Haired, Kaido of the Beasts, and BIG MOM, several Emperors of the Sea, none of the major factions have shown any obvious unusual movements.

However, the main target of this plan, the captain of the Bai Huzi Pirates, Bai Huzi, has suddenly disappeared without a trace!

"What exactly is Bai Huzi doing?" Sengoku feels a bit uneasy in his heart.

He subconsciously looks to the side, wanting to ask Vice Admiral Tsuru for her opinion.

However, he then remembers that Vice Admiral Tsuru is still recovering from her injuries.

During the previous war at Sabaody Archipelago, Vice Admiral Tsuru was responsible for activating Vegapunk's freezing device; while freezing the Sabaody Archipelago, she was also frozen by the ice.

Fortunately, Sengoku had people rescue her in time and provided treatment, which prevented her from losing her life.

However, Vice Admiral Tsuru, who is already quite old, still suffered significant impact, and after returning to Marineford, she has been recuperating.

And in fact, Sengoku, Garp, and others also suffered heavy injuries, only slightly better than Vice Admiral Tsuru, and currently, they have basically recovered.

Recalling the previous war at Sabaody Archipelago, Sengoku still finds it hard to let go, but soon he temporarily stops dwelling on these things.

Because, besides Bai Huzi's disappearance, several other pieces of information have also caught his attention.

First is that Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, has disappeared!

After Doflamingo fled early during the Sabaody Archipelago war, the Navy completely lost track of his whereabouts.

The second piece of information is that the Navy discovered that the Revolutionary Army seemed to have entered the Sabaody Archipelago not long ago!

Bai Huzi entered the Sabaody Archipelago secretly, even using the method of traveling along the seabed, so the Navy did not discover their tracks.

The Revolutionary Army, however, did not specifically hide, because they were not afraid of being discovered to have connections with the Ninja Guild.

Therefore, they were naturally monitored by soldiers near the Sabaody Archipelago.

Sengoku is not surprised by this; previously, when the Navy was disrupting the live broadcasts in various places, they were intercepted by the Revolutionary Army.

To say there is no connection between the two, Sengoku simply does not believe it.

Then, what exactly the Revolutionary Army went to the Sabaody Archipelago for at such a critical moment is truly intriguing.

And the final piece of information from Impel Down makes Sengoku frown.

A few days ago, unidentified individuals were discovered acting secretly within the prison at Impel Down, and their identities have not yet been confirmed!

Additionally, two people broke into Impel Down, attempting to rescue "Fire Fist" Ace!

Of course, they did not succeed in rescuing Ace in the end, because the Warden had transferred Portgas D. Ace in advance.

"So many troublesome things!" Sengoku grabs a handful of rice crackers and throws them into his mouth, unable to help but grumble and complain.

What the World Government is most concerned about right now is actually the movements of the Ninja Guild, but they haven't obtained any useful information.

Due to fear of the strange abilities of the ninjas from the Shinobi World, the Navy currently does not dare to get too close to the Sabaody Archipelago, and can only set up a garrison more than two hundred nautical miles away to monitor them.

Although the Ninja Guild hasn't made any moves, Sengoku always feels very uneasy in his heart.

Just as Sengoku is thinking about how to probe for intelligence on the Ninja Guild, a piece of news regarding the Ninja Guild finally reaches him.

A messenger soldier rushes into his office, salutes him, and says: "Report to the Fleet Admiral, messages have arrived from garrisons in many parts of the world, claiming that traces of Ninja Guild members have appeared within the sea areas under their jurisdiction!"

"What?!"

Sengoku stands up all at once, shocked and angry: "What is going on? Weren't people sent to guard the sea area near the Sabaody Archipelago? Why is there no news at all about the Ninja Guild people going out?"

The messenger soldier opens his mouth and says: "Fleet Admiral, although we deployed troops to guard outside the Sabaody Archipelago to monitor, the sea area is too vast, our people are too far away, and our manpower is limited; it is impossible to monitor all intelligence, so..."

Sengoku is momentarily speechless upon hearing this.

In fact, he is also very helpless.

Although they did send people to monitor the Sabaody Archipelago, because they were worried that Lin Xuan and the others would conclude they were preparing for war again, and also worried that Lin Xuan and the others would attack the Holy Land of Mary Geoise again, they actually didn't dare to send many troops, nor did they dare to get within one hundred nautical miles of the Sabaody Archipelago.

Moreover, Sengoku also suddenly thinks that the people of the Ninja Guild have strange methods and can run on the sea surface, able to go out to sea without ships; under such circumstances, the Navy responsible for monitoring might really not be able to discover anything.

Therefore, he can only helplessly say: "Did the Navy in various places explain what those guys from the Ninja Guild are doing?"

Speaking of this, the messenger soldier's expression becomes strange, and he says: "They said that the people from the Ninja Guild are... are maintaining world peace!"

"Nani?!"

Sengoku is stunned all at once, highly suspicious that something is wrong with his ears, or that his subordinate has lost his mind and said the wrong thing; otherwise, how could there be such absurd news?

The messenger soldier had already anticipated that he would be shocked, so he quickly says: "According to the reports from below, it is said that the Ninja Guild members appearing all over the world, besides a portion who are just wandering around, a larger portion are everywhere exterminating pirates. When someone asked them why they were doing this, they said they were here to maintain world peace!"

Sengoku: "..."

The guys from the Ninja Guild, going to exterminate pirates and maintain world peace? Why do I find that so hard to believe?

He always feels there is some conspiracy in this!

Added to the fact that the pressure the Ninja Guild puts on him is truly too great, after careful consideration, Sengoku decides to report directly to his immediate superior, Kong, and let him ask the Five Elders what their views are!

Kong and the Five Elders were originally in a meeting discussing the execution of Ace and the destruction of the Bai Huzi Pirates, but upon hearing Sengoku's report, they were all a bit stunned.

What is the situation? What on earth are that group of guys from the Ninja Guild up to again?