Chapter 177: Emperor of the Sea

"Gugugu~"

Hearing that God-Slayer Lin Yu would arrive at Sabaody Archipelago tomorrow, Kaido poured himself another drink and said:

"I heard this guy killed Whitebeard in the Summit War?"

Queen laughed: "I have already investigated clearly; he just succeeded in a sneak attack after Whitebeard was severely wounded by the joint efforts of Sengoku and Akainu."

Kaido waved his hand: "Regardless of whether it was a sneak attack, he successfully killed Whitebeard, so, I am prepared to take him under my command and educate him personally; you guys keep a close watch tomorrow, and as soon as there is news, notify me immediately."

Queen immediately guaranteed: "Okay, Boss."

Since the boss had come in person, Queen planned to mobilize all the eyes and ears on Sabaody Archipelago to keep a close watch on all the ports entering and leaving.

Sabaody Archipelago, a secret coating factory.

Red Hair Shanks sat in a bar, looking at the newspaper in his hand, his brows tightly furrowed.

The newspaper described how the Marines annihilated the Whitebeard Pirates, but there wasn't a single description of Lin Yu on it, obviously concealed by the Marines.

Of course, Red Hair knew that in the underworld information of pirates, because the news of Lin Yu killing Whitebeard was widely spread, many people were secretly regarding Lin Yu as the new Emperor of the Sea.

Creak!

The second-in-command of the Red Hair Pirates, Beckman, pushed open the bar door and entered, sitting down beside Red Hair.

Red Hair Shanks poured a glass of wine and pushed it to the other party.

"Gugugu~" Beckman drank the beer in his hand in one gulp, then said:

"According to rumors, God-Slayer Lin Yu might come to Sabaody Archipelago tomorrow."

"Of course, the source of the news cannot be traced, so it's not clear if it's true."

Hearing this news, Red Hair Shanks touched his chin and asked:

"About how long will the coating take to complete?"

Beckman poured himself another glass of wine and said casually: "They are already working overtime to do it, it's estimated to take a few more hours."

Hearing this, Red Hair Shanks said in a deep voice: "Let all the secret sentries on the island pay close attention to all the ships arriving on the island tomorrow."

"Once you discover the traces of God-Slayer Lin Yu, tell me immediately."

Beckman glanced at the straw hat in front of Red Hair and said indifferently: "The Straw Hat boy hasn't woken up yet?"

"Right!"

Red Hair Shanks casually put the straw hat on his head and nodded: "I heard from Ivankov that Luffy overextended himself too much, and coupled with suffering a huge blow, it will take several days to wake up."

"Hoo!"

Beckman exhaled a smoke ring and asked: "Then how do you plan to arrange the Straw Hat boy?"

Straw Hat Luffy had his own itinerary, so it was impossible for him to follow Red Hair and the others all the time.

Red Hair played with the straw hat in his hand and laughed:

"I just saw Rayleigh; the old man's health is still good, he should be a good teacher."

Beckman thought for a while, "Why didn't Rayleigh go to the Summit?"

Red Hair waved his hand: "Even I only recently learned that Ace was Captain Roger's son, let alone Rayleigh."

"I see."

The Holy Land, Mary Geoise.

The spire tower where the Five Elders were located.

"The strength of the prisoner Lin Yu is getting stronger and stronger; although it was a sneak attack, being able to find the right timing to kill Whitebeard in one blow is still not to be underestimated." The bald Five Elder holding the cursed sword looked at the intelligence information about the Summit War in his hand and frowned slightly.

Although Lin Yu's information was concealed by Sengoku, the Five Elders still obtained detailed information about the Summit War.

"And he also attacked Impel Down, causing a large number of prisoners to die; it's truly unforgivable!" The long-haired Five Elder said angrily.

Although Sengoku issued a gag order to all relevant personnel regarding Impel Down and Blackbeard at the first opportunity, it was still known by the CP0 organization and reported to the Five Elders.

Forced by circumstances, Sengoku, in order to conceal the connection with Lin Yu.

Had no choice but to describe Lin Yu's help in suppressing the prisoners as him taking a fancy to Vice Warden Domino and Chief Jailer Sadie, and then going to Impel Down to abduct people, but happened to encounter Blackbeard causing chaos in Impel Down, and slaughtered the prisoners along the way.

And in order to compensate Lin Yu, Sengoku was also prepared to agree to the other party's request.

Regarding this explanation from Sengoku, the Five Elders thought of Lin Yu abducting the Celestial Dragon Charlos and the kingdom princess, as well as traveling thousands of miles to the East Blue to abduct beauties, and believed it to be true.

Such things were really possible for Lin Yu to do.

Not far away, the Five Elder with short golden hair in a black suit said:

"Moreover, the women who appeared around him are not ordinary people either, including Big Mom Pirates' Sweet Commander Smoothie and Beast Pirates' Flying Six."

"With these people by Lin Yu's side, he can no longer be counted as an ordinary pirate."

"The current Lin Yu is enough to replace Whitebeard and become the new Emperor of the Sea."

"In addition, he also obtained Nico Robin; we must pay enough attention to this matter."

"Not bad, it should indeed be so." The mustachioed Five Elder agreed.

Nico Robin was a scholar of Ohara who could read ancient texts, which was a very big hidden danger for the World Government.

The bald Five Elder holding the cursed sword pushed his glasses and said:

"Since that's the case, then raise the bounties of him and his crew; as long as we catch his crew, we should be able to track his whereabouts."

"In addition, the war with Whitebeard has been fought, and the special action department specifically targeting Lin Yu should also be established."

This proposal was immediately agreed upon by the other Five Elders.

The feat of prisoner Lin Yu killing Whitebeard should indeed raise his bounty.

And establishing a special action department against God-Slayer Lin Yu was something they had already determined.

Subsequently, the curly-haired Five Elder said:

"The matter of the Seven Warlords of the Sea should also be considered."

"Gecko Moria didn't come to participate in the war, Blackbeard caused chaos in Impel Down, and Jinbe leaned toward the Whitebeard Pirates, so they are no longer qualified to be Seven Warlords of the Sea; we still need to select three Seven Warlords of the Sea."

The matter of Gecko Moria was also concealed by Sengoku, and the Five Elders didn't know the news of his death.

Hearing this, the Five Elders immediately felt a headache.

Removing three Seven Warlords of the Sea at once was the first time they had seen it.

Candidates for Seven Warlords of the Sea who have strength, prestige, and can deter other pirates are not so easy to find.

After thinking about it, the Five Elders, who couldn't make up their minds, unanimously agreed to throw the selection of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the bounty problem of Lin Yu to Fleet Admiral Sengoku, letting him have a headache; they only needed to see the results.

Subsequently, the Five Elders began to summon members of the Holy Knights, preparing to use the Holy Knights as the main force to build a special action department specifically to deal with Lin Yu.

The name of Lin Yu as a God-Slayer existing for one day was an insult to their world nobles, the Celestial Dragons.

Therefore, they absolutely would not allow Lin Yu to continue to be at large!

The next day at noon.

Lin Yu's Thriller Bark finally arrived in the sea area near Sabaody Archipelago.

After leaving Perona to guard the island ship, Lin Yu took Reiju and the others on the God Slave to Sabaody Archipelago, preparing to hunt Black Maria.