Chapter 264: Entrapment

New World, the new Marine Headquarters at Marineford.

In the Marshal's office, after receiving the report from the Den Den Mushi, Sengoku's expression became extremely dramatic.

"He escaped Blackbeard again?"

"Borsalino, you didn't let him go?"

Blackbeard is an unknown pirate; even if he is Rocks' son, it is impossible for him to escape from Aokiji, especially since he brought along the Warlord Tiger this time.

Tiger is the strongest fish-man of the current age.

Fighting in the sea, even a Marine Admiral is not necessarily Tiger's match.

And he escaped Blackbeard again?

What is going on?!

Is the Marine's operational efficiency really this low?

The Den Den Mushi, with a downcast face, said: "Let Tiger speak to you."

Not long after, the Den Den Mushi imitated Tiger's voice: "Marshal Sengoku, the situation is quite strange..."

Upon hearing that Blackbeard was swept away by a whirlpool, Sengoku instantly realized these things far exceeded his understanding and he must report to the Five Elders as soon as possible.

"You've worked hard; return to base."

After reorganizing his words, Sengoku called Saint Saturn and detailed this situation.

Holy Land Mary Geoise, the Red Line.

Inside the spacious and bright Room of Power, Saint Saturn squinted his eyes at the Den Den Mushi on the desk.

"Good, I understand."

"Given Blackbeard's special circumstances, the capture of Blackbeard is now assigned to Kuzan; Spandam will cooperate with Kuzan's operation."

Akainu and Aokiji failed in succession; it seems only Kuzan's Ice-Ice Fruit is somewhat effective against Blackbeard jumping into the sea.

Frozen completely, where can your Blackbeard jump to?

Moreover, since it concerns Davy Jones, Saint Saturn believes he must report to my lord Xiang Yimu as soon as possible.

Glancing at the empty Room of Power, Saint Saturn silently rose and headed for the Flower Room.

Davy Jones, cursed and imprisoned by my lord Xiang Yimu at the bottom of the sea, likely has his soul residing within Blackbeard's body; such a monumental merit is suitable for one person to enjoy alone.

As for the other four Five Elders, who told them to take a day off today?

Such a great merit is destined to be Saint Saturn's.

Saint Saturn's lips curled upward as he hurried to the entrance of the Flower Room to request an audience with my lord Xiang Yimu.

Upon hearing the news about Blackbeard, Xiang Yimu remained silent for a long time: This Davy clan is like an indestructible octopus, never fully eradicated.

Rocks was eliminated at God's Valley, and now another son of Rocks has appeared.

"Saturn, your plan pleases Mu very much."

"Order the Marines to capture him as soon as possible; if necessary, deploy the God's Knights."

You Davy Jones are not rebellious and unyielding? Mu will transform your bloodline descendants into biological weapons, ensuring your Davy clan has no heirs.

Filthy creatures, they only deserve to stay in the deep sea.

Or controlling Rocks' son with a Deep Sea Contract also seems like a good method.

Only the Abyss Contract slots are insufficient; the slot needed by Saint Saint Saiwen has not yet been freed up.

Xiang Yimu waved his hand in frustration.

"You may leave."

"Yes, my lord Xiang Yimu."

To date, among the living, only six people have signed an Abyss Contract with Xiang Yimu: the Five Elders and Xiang Yimu's exclusive vessel, Manmaiya Gunzi.

Xiang Yimu has found these six people quite handy.

However, Xiang Yimu is reluctant to part with Saint Saint Saiwen's body, which is considered the most formidable in eight hundred years.

After a moment's thought, Xiang Yimu prepared to grant greater power to the Five Elders, waiting to see which of the five makes a mistake first, at which point a decision will be made.

Commonly known as entrapment.

After giving the order, Xiang Yimu entered seclusion once more.

At the same moment, Inazuma.

Saint Saint Saiwen sat on the top floor of the Shogun's mansion and took out the Devil Fruit known as the national treasure of Elbaf.

【Do you wish to use the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nidhogg Form...】

【No】

Possessing only the Black Dragon Nidhogg Form, Saint Saint Saiwen cannot unlock the opportunity to consume a third Devil Fruit due to insufficient points.

Worse than an underaged child in an Inazuma kindergarten.

"This generation of transmigrators is truly terrible; they can't even cough up one million points."

With so many transmigrators, it is somewhat surprising that no one purchased the Pure Gold Rings.

This system platform isn't working either.

After complaining a few times, Saint Saint Saiwen listed nine more Pure Gold Rings at once and firmly refused to lower the price.

One million points each; buy it or don't.

Even if they all rot in his hands, he will never lower the price; after all, he monopolizes the Pure Gold Rings and fears no lack of buyers.

It's just a matter of waiting another two years.

That fellow who claims to be the little brother of the Ancient Dragon will surely buy it, even if he has to sell everything he owns.

Besides the Nidhogg Form, Saint Saint Saiwen also holds the Mythical Zoan Vampire Form, the Paramecia Sweet-Sweet Fruit, the Logia Snow-Snow Fruit, and the Smoke-Smoke Fruit.

Given Hancock's current status in Inazuma, she wouldn't even want to return to Amazon Lily; give the Sweet-Sweet Fruit to Hancock after some time.

There's no suitable candidate for the vampire form—Enel refuses outright to eat it.

The Logia Snow-Snow Fruit could perfectly allow the Morning Star Crew to create a young Kuzan.

Give it to Guina?

Or Black Maria?

The rest of the Morning Star Crew's officers and crew have mostly already eaten Devil Fruits, or like Mihawk and the Red Count, refuse to become ability users.

Guina is only four years old this year, and she pursues the same pure swordsmanship.

Saint Saint Saiwen had never imagined one day he'd be troubled by having no one willing to eat a Devil Fruit.

If all else fails… give it to Whitebeard's daughter?

Storing the Nidhogg form into the system space, Saint Saint Saiwen lay on the top floor of the Kamui Shrine's palace, pillow beneath his head, gazing up at the galaxy-lit star sea.

Meanwhile, the Suisui Fruit's ability constantly simulated the Devil Power sealed within his thumbnail.

After this period of effort, Saint Saint Saiwen had already mastered the most basic application of Devil Power—

Such as consuming Logia elements.

Similar to the technique Im used when Kozuki Oden attacked him—Im transformed into a massive black shadow and swallowed the fire fist.

More advanced applications, such as signing a Shallow Sea Pact with Devil Power, Saint Saint Saiwen still cannot simulate.

Seeing progress means Saint Saint Saiwen's approach of personally entering the pact to bind it is correct—only the simulation progress is slow.

Or perhaps it's related to the Shallow Sea Pact he signed.

Before heading to Elbaf, Saint Saint Saiwen planned to visit the Sacred Land Mary Geoise, to test whether he could sign a higher-tier Deep Sea Pact or Abyss Pact.

The last time he signed the Shallow Sea Pact, Im's condition seemed off—almost as if exhausted.

But Saint Saint Saiwen couldn't tell: was Im feigning weakness as part of his fishing enforcement, or had he truly entered a weakened phase?

If it was fishing enforcement, thank goodness Saint Saint Saiwen hadn't gone berserk and attacked Im directly.

But if Im had truly entered a weakened phase, Saint Saint Saiwen had missed a tremendous opportunity.

After all, before his transmigration, One Piece had not yet ended, so Saint Saint Saiwen lacked certain information—unlike in other completed worlds.

Saint Saint Saiwen would possess a complete God's-eye view, a God's-eye view with zero information gaps.

After training for over half a month in the Shogun's palace, Saint Saint Saiwen received a message from Gold Roger.

"Captain, come to Whole Cake Island."

"Lingling fears you'll steal her home."

Saint Saint Saiwen muttered, "Who do you think I am? If I wanted to take Whole Cake Island, would I need to steal it?"

"Wait a moment—I'm coming right away."