To be honest, Wood has had quite a few female confidantes on the seas so far, and all of them are so-called high-quality beauties, including the world's most beautiful pirate empress Boa Hancock and the mermaid princess Shirahoshi, who is known as the most beautiful creature.
However, among these many women, the one who Robin has always felt most threatened is not the Pirate Empress Hancock, nor the mermaid princess Shirahoshi who idolizes Wood, but the two Marines standing in front of Wood at this moment.
Compared to others, the two female naval officers in front of Wood at this moment were his adopted sister, whom he had met and gotten to know first, and she held a very important position in his heart.
The other woman was Wood's classmate at the naval academy. She not only had many emotional entanglements with Wood, but was also the other woman besides herself who knew the most about Wood's secrets.
"Perona, use that on them!"
Perona had never met Momousagi and Ain, so she didn't know their relationship with Wood. Hearing Robin's words, she thought the two in front of her were enemies, so she didn't hesitate to use her signature move, "Negative Ghost," on them.
In the past, if it were someone like a Navy Admiral or Rear Admiral, Perona wouldn't have even bothered to attack them; she would probably have turned and run away at the mere sight of them.
However, things are different now; Perona is no longer a lackey under the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
He's just a Marine Admiral, right? Perona spent a whole year training someone like that recently. Besides, Wood and Robin are right beside her, so Perona is very confident right now.
However, just as several "negative ghosts" were about to pass through Momousagi and Ain's bodies, the two of them disappeared from Perona's sight at an astonishing speed.
By the time Perona came to her senses, her "Negative Ghost" had already passed through the afterimages left behind by Momousagi and Ain.
As for Momousagi and her companion, one had already passed Perona and appeared in front of Wood, while the other came behind Perona and held a pistol called "Gebrushott" pointed at the back of Perona's head.
"Gion, it's been a long time. What are you doing on this island?"
Looking at the grinning Wood in front of her, Momousagi first gave Robin a cold glance at him, then said in an extremely calm, mature tone, "Stop pretending, Wood. Ain should have already told you why we came to this island."
All I want to know right now is what you're doing on this island. Akainu's target isn't you, is he?
Momousagi had always been with Ain, making it extremely difficult for Ain to keep it a secret from her and inform Wood.
Even though Momousagi knew that Ain was tipping off Wood, she didn't stop her. The reason was simple: Wood was "one of our own."
As a candidate admiral in the navy, "Mo Jiao" had no problem knowing some of the navy's deployments and operations.
Moreover, Momousagi is also curious to see what Woodru thinks about the Dressrosa situation.
Undeniably, ever since her time at the naval academy, Momousagi has always regarded Wood as a rival and competitor. Even after Wood left the Navy on a secret mission, Momousagi never stopped pursuing him.
And she had to admit that, not only in terms of swordsmanship and strength, but especially in terms of grasping the overall situation and using strategies, Wood was far superior to her.
In Momousagi's view, every mission that Sengoku gave Wood when he was the Fleet Admiral could only be described as tricky. But no matter what, Wood was able to complete the mission perfectly and handle the aftermath properly.
Momousagi couldn't argue with that, so she wanted to hear Wood's opinion on the increasingly chaotic situation in Dressrosa.
Of course, it's not impossible that Akainu's elaborate plans might be aimed at Wood, as she had previously worried.
After all, Akainu still doesn't know Wood's "true identity," and Sengoku and the high-ranking officers of the Marine Headquarters probably didn't expect that Wood, an ordinary Marine, would eventually grow into such a behemoth on the sea.
"Akainu has made so many arrangements, the person he wants to deal with shouldn't be me, since even Aokiji doesn't know I've come to the island."
His target might be all the pirates on the island, or, based on some information from Aokiji, he might also suspect that some of the Four Emperors' forces would be involved.
"Will the forces of the Four Emperors be involved? Will it be the Big Mom Pirates or the Beasts Pirates?"
Hearing Wood's words, Momousagi was quite surprised and continued to ask. She did not say "Red-Haired Pirates" because, according to her information, Doflamingo should have no connection with the Red-Haired Pirates.
"I'm not sure about that, but the situation on the island is indeed very chaotic right now. It's not just the Navy and pirates, but maybe the Revolutionary Army has come too."
Seeing Momousagi's expression turn serious, Wood continued to drop bombshells.
If he remembers correctly, the Revolutionary Army still exists on the island, including Luffy's other brother, Sabo, who is now the Revolutionary Army's Chief of Staff.
As the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army, Sabo's strength is not actually that great before he has eaten the "Flame-Flame Fruit," at most on par with Doflamingo.
However, the arrival of the Revolutionary Army means that Dressrosa is now like a melting pot, a mixture of various forces.
"Wood, do you have some special intelligence source?"
The Revolutionary Army might also be on this island, something Momousagi never expected. For the World Government, the threat posed by the Revolutionary Army is actually far greater than that of the pirates.
Doflamingo is a member of the underworld, and now that he's facing a desperate situation, it's not impossible that he might resort to desperate measures and seek cooperation with the Revolutionary Army.
As a former "world noble," Doflamingo possesses many things that the Revolutionary Army is interested in. If Doflamingo were to join the Revolutionary Army, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"I do have special intelligence sources, but I have no reason to tell you."
Don't forget, Miss Gion, my current identity is that of a neutral arms dealer.
The Warring States Marshal is now semi-retired; if I could, I'd like to live a life of leisure and idleness.
Wood naturally couldn't tell Momousagi about the Revolutionary Army, since he still held the position of Logistics Minister of the Revolutionary Army.
Sengoku had promised him that he would retire after the Marineford War, and he had indeed kept his word. Even with the huge turmoil in Dressrosa, the other party had not contacted him, which showed that Sengoku was now choosing to remain on the sidelines.
"Are you planning to stand idly by and do nothing about this? What about the justice you've always upheld?"
Compared to everyone else in the Navy, Momousagi was the one who always firmly believed in Wood.
Regardless of Wood's sudden betrayal in the past, or even now that he has become an uncrowned "Four Emperors" on the sea, Momousagi still believes that Wood has his own sense of "justice" in his heart.
This can be seen from the fact that when it was still quite weak, it dared to offend the Celestial Dragons and release a large number of slaves in Mary Geoise.
As Wood's power on the high seas grew after his "betrayal" of the Navy, even Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru, who trusted Wood quite a bit, worried that one day Wood would become arrogant and betray them because of his power.
However, Momousagi never doubted Wood about this, because she had seen Wood's "justice" in him.
"Then let me ask you, Gion, do you think the current navy can truly represent the justice in your heart?"
Why did Zephyr defect from the Navy and create the "New Navy"? And why did Fleet Admiral Sengoku choose to retire?
That's because they're either disheartened or feel they can no longer change anything.
"Whitebeard is a remnant of the era, and so are the Warring States Marshals and others."
Do you really think the so-called "wise general" is a fool? The Warring States Marshal should have guessed what I did long ago; he was just pretending to be stupid.
But that's fine too. Since the remnants of the era can't change the world, they can retire comfortably and let us, the younger generation, turn the tide!
This was the first time Wood had seen Gion since the Marineford War, and Gion's expression grew increasingly surprised by what Wood had said.
Because she could see that Wood was playing a very big game, and that it could very well turn the world upside down!
"Wood, what exactly are you planning to do!"
When Gion questioned him again, Wood did not answer, but instead turned and left.
And as he turned to leave, Wood said again, "Gion, you're a decent navy officer, but that's all you are, just a navy officer."
Your so-called justice can only help a limited number of people in a limited place and at a limited time, but that alone is not enough.
I remember a quack doctor once said that the world is sick, and very sick, and I wholeheartedly agree.
To restore the world to its healthy state, drastic measures are needed, even if such measures are not acceptable to most people.
Momousagi had only intended to ask Wood about his views on the situation in Dressrosa, but she hadn't expected to suddenly hear such a heavy topic, so she fell silent.
This was the first time she had met Wood today. In the past, no matter what they talked about, he always had a frivolous and joking manner, and his gaze would mostly linger on her thighs.
But this time, Wood was so serious that Gion was afraid. The last time she encountered Wood like this was when he had just betrayed the Navy.
With her long sword, Kinpira, drawn, Momousagi caught up with Wood with her incredibly fast "Shave" after a brief silence, and slashed at him.
Momousagi certainly didn't want to kill Wood, because she knew that Wood could easily handle such an attack. Right now, she just wanted to get an answer from Wood, just like she did twenty years ago.
"clang------!"
The metallic clang of longswords clashing echoed through the air.
The peach rabbit, wielding the golden scythe with both hands, was blocked by Wood, who held the morning dew horizontally with one hand.
The moment the two longswords clashed, black Armament Haki instantly spread from their arms to the blades at a visible speed.
The two powerful auras and sword energy clashed and collided in mid-air, exploding instantly between the two.
"boom------!"
The collision of sword energy and domineering aura caused the ground where the two stood to crack at a visible speed. A large number of rocks that were shattered by the impact are now forming floating rocks in an anti-gravity manner.
As the sound of longswords clashing rang out, a powerful shockwave swept across the surroundings in an instant.
Not only did it send Robin and Ain, who were standing nearby, flying, but it also instantly turned an area of hundreds of meters in radius into ruins!
After the collision, Wood's body slid backward several meters, his feet carving two deep furrows in the ground.
As for Momousagi's side, the opponent originally came with a jumping attack, but now they were repelled by the repulsive force and bounced back nearly ten meters before finally landing steadily.
Chapter 589 How could such an important person appear here?
"Gion, you've gotten a lot stronger than before."
Feeling the slight numbness in his arms, Wood looked at Momousagi in front of him, who was doing a split with her long legs in a "丿" shape, and sincerely exclaimed in admiration.
Wood's praise was not insincere, but rather a heartfelt expression of admiration.
Compared to Wood, who had just defected from the Navy twenty years ago, he is naturally a different person now, but his strength has indeed been accumulated through repeated simulations of life in various worlds.
But Momousagi is different. She is a native of the One Piece world. She has no cheat codes and is not a so-called "protagonist". Yet, over the past twenty years, her strength has steadily improved.
To put it bluntly, if Wood hadn't had some kind of cheat code, he probably wouldn't even be worthy of carrying Momousagi's shoes.
"I know I'm no match for you. If it weren't for the secret mission, this position of Admiral should have been yours."
"Wood, all I want to know now is, what exactly are you doing? Just like Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru said before, will you one day really stand against the Navy?"
Waving her Kinpira sword, Momousagi stared intently at Wood in front of her with a serious expression, trying to get a negative answer from him.
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