Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

"Naturally, it is the future of the revolutionary army..."

Dorrag's expression turned serious, and he spoke.

"With the occupation of Wano Country and the demonstration of strength no less than that of the 'Emperors of the Sea,' the Revolutionary Army has probably become the World Government's number one enemy now, right? In addition, with the implementation of the 'Island Commune Project,' the Revolutionary Army has gradually begun to come into the open. It has finally come to this."

Then, Drag casually pulled a newspaper and a bounty poster from his pocket and handed them to Yann.

Yern took the newspaper and glanced at it, noticing the headline: "Drag?! The most dangerous man on the high seas, the new Emperor of the Sea?"

The detailed content on the page tells the story of Dragon's sneak attack on the "Beasts Pirates" and their illegal occupation of Wano Country, causing extremely serious damage to the sea, and so on, portraying Dragon as an evil being no different from a pirate.

The bounty poster features Dorrag's image, and the bounty has been raised to 30 billion.

As expected, Yann said.

"As expected, the news agency is ostensibly a neutral organization independent of the World Government, but the World Government is fully capable of manipulating and controlling the content of the newspaper. This newspaper can be used as perfect material to smear the Revolutionary Army."

"Tsk, treating me like a pirate, and even listing me as one of the so-called 'Four Emperors' of the pirate world," Dragon said helplessly.

"Isn't that a pretty cool name?"

Yann gave it full affirmation, saying, "It's much more interesting than things like 'Sakura Dragon'."

After a pause, Yann waved to Little Gold, who was sunbathing by the office window, signaling it to pour him two glasses of juice from inside the castle. He then handed one of the glasses to Dragon and smiled, saying...

"Moreover, from another perspective, doesn't this fully demonstrate that the World Government has not realized the true strength of the Revolutionary Army? And it has also completely failed to discover the shadow of the Revolutionary Army in the 'Island Commune Project'?"

Dragon finished his juice in one gulp, still somewhat dissatisfied, and said, "Being slandered as a so-called pirate really annoys me."

"What does it matter? As long as we can create a bright future, even if we can't bask in the sunlight ourselves, bearing the infamy of destroying the world is just a small matter, let alone being slandered as a pirate," Yann said dismissively.

Dorag looked slightly surprised and couldn't help but tease him. "I didn't realize my Chief of the General Staff had such awareness."

Yern couldn't help but roll his eyes at Dragon, then took a stack of documents from Little Gold's castle and handed them to Dragon, saying...

"This is a 'daily schedule' that I wrote in my spare time while I was 'recovering from my injuries'. Overall, it maintains a rhythm of small conflicts every two days and large conflicts every three days between the Revolutionary Army and the Navy, with rest on weekends and holidays. Overall, it keeps the conflicts between the two sides in a situation where there is back and forth and it is difficult to determine a winner."

"If there are no problems, let's proceed according to the schedule."

Dragon glanced through the documents and found that they contained dozens of conflict wars that the Navy and the Revolutionary Army could create based on Wano Country's terrain, culture, resources, and so on.

The purpose of these conflicts and wars, besides training the revolutionary army, was primarily to continuously attract the attention of the World Government and gradually lull it into complacency.

"Won't this seem...unrealistic?" Dragon asked with some concern.

"If Lieutenant General Garp were to serve as the base commander of the G-9 branch, it would naturally be more appropriate to have the Revolutionary Army take the initiative to provoke and attack. However, since I am the base commander, it is easier to take this approach. As for the specific details, I will arrange them, so there is no need to worry."

After a pause, Yann continued.

"Furthermore, even if the war between the two sides is temporarily declared to be a ceasefire, the World Government has still dispatched two more CP0 teams to Wano Country to provide support. We will have to find a way to eliminate them without leaving a trace."

"No problem, Yixiao and I should be able to handle this..."

Dorrag put the stack of documents away and then gave a reminder.

"By the way, the organization's spy planted within the World Government heard an interesting rumor."

"What rumors?" Yann asked.

"The World Government intends to strip Mihawk of his 'Shichibukai' title under the pretext of 'rescuing Shanks,' and has included Yamato as one of the new 'Shichibukai' candidates," Dragon said.

Yann stroked his chin, nodded, and said.

"Isn't this a good thing? The World Government's use of the title of 'Seven Warlords of the Sea' to win over Yamato, a local power in Wano Country, fully demonstrates the World Government's attention to Wano Country."

After a pause, Yann murmured to himself.

"In that case, the Revolutionary Army needs to cooperate with Yamato to demonstrate her value to the World Government. This way, the entire Seven Warlords of the Sea can be firmly under their control."

"Chief of Staff, even if Yamato's strength is still somewhat inferior to mine, he is definitely among the top tier in the Grand Line. Don't be too arrogant. If Yamato were to grow to the level of Kaido, even you would have a hard time controlling him, right?"

Dorrag reminded him.

"Furthermore, Yamato's ideology is entirely rooted in the samurai mindset of Wano Country, which may be difficult to reconcile with the Revolutionary Army's path. In addition, you killed his father, so who knows, that white wolf might turn on you later."

Hearing Dragon's reminder, Yann unconsciously tapped his fingers on the desk and began to ponder.

'Yamato...will you bite me?'

At this moment, Yann couldn't help but recall the bits and pieces of his interactions with Yamato over the past few days, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, I can still handle Yamato."

……

Meanwhile, Charlotte Snack and Charlotte Cracker, two of the four Sweet Commanders of the famous "BIG MOM Pirates," arrived at the edge of the North Blue.

Snack looked down at the direction indicated by the "Beasts" Kaido Vivre Card in his hand, then looked at the sea in front of him, which was as calm as the New World, and said incredulously.

"Is Kaido... in the North Blue?"

[Chapter 566. Life Factor Research Institute]

Beneath the surface of a barren island in Beihai, white steel tunnels almost cover the entire island's mountainside.

"Life Factor Research Institute!"

This is the research institute that Y'en established for Luo. Compared to its size six years ago, with Y'en's continuous investment of Bailey, the institute has expanded many times over, and the number of researchers alone has reached thousands.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~ I heard we've got some excellent research material, isn't that right?"

Caesar Cullen, who was as ethereal as gas and had ram's horns on his head, was speaking to a young man in a white coat with an indifferent expression.

"Hey, hey, hey, isn't this a bit inappropriate? Why didn't you tell me you had such excellent research material?"

"My research is also quite important, so could you share some of the research materials with me?"

"Luo, you bastard, are you even listening to me?"

Finally, Caesar became somewhat exasperated and blurted out, "If you ignore me again, believe me, I'll halve the number of 'SADs' produced this month!"

Upon hearing this, Luo paused in his busy work of mixing some kind of potion, his indifferent eyes turning to Caesar as he spoke.

"'SAD' is related to the number of 'artificial fruits' that lord needs. If you are determined to die, then I have no choice but to grant your wish, Caesar."

Instantly, Caesar's expression froze completely, and he dared not refute the man in front of him who looked as if he had just come of age.

(PS: Just to clarify, in the manga, although Law and Luffy are pirates of the same generation, Law is about 7 years older than Luffy.)

Although Caesar did not know who the "great man" Lo was referring to was, he was well aware of how terrifying Lo was.

Initially, Caesar, who was conducting research for the World Government on Punk Hazard Island, was attacked and brought to this laboratory. At that time, Caesar completely looked down on the rather young-looking Law, until... Law personally performed a surgical modification on Caesar...

From that moment on, Caesar clearly recognized that the man before him named "Trafalgar Law" was a monster who could trample on the forbidden zones of life at will, and was even more terrifying than Vegapunk in terms of biological research.

"Lord, don't be so harsh. I was just trying to get your attention with a joke," Caesar said weakly.

"Please figure out your place, Caesar."

Luo reminded him in a completely unwavering tone.

“If you don’t cooperate, I can simply remove your brain and extract the knowledge related to ‘SAD’ to another researcher to be responsible for ‘SAD’ production.”

Upon hearing this, Caesar felt a chill run down his spine. He had no doubt that Law possessed such an unscientific ability, and a twitching smile appeared on his face as he tried to ingratiate himself.

"Luo, don't say such scary things, it's terrifying."

"You think I'm joking with you?" Luo ignored Caesar's flattery and turned back to continue his experiments.

"Gurgle~"

Caesar swallowed hard, a sense of dread creeping over him.

To simply let Caesar escape or rebel against Law, aside from whether Caesar possessed such courage, the more important point is that Law had stolen Caesar's heart.

Yes, taking it away in a physical sense.

Caesar believed that if he dared to run away, Law would probably try to transplant his heart into other animals for experiments without saying a word, or even slice it up and fry it.

However, due to his passion for research, Caesar was still reluctant to give up.

After all, the data he accidentally saw last night was quite astonishing, and more importantly... he saw some interesting and familiar bloodline factor rankings in that data.

"Luo, that..."

Caesar said cautiously, "Last night I accidentally, really just accidentally, not out of curiosity about your research progress, but simply because I accidentally saw the pedigree factor analysis data of that research subject..."

Meeting Rona's frighteningly indifferent eyes, Caesar broke out in a cold sweat and stammered.

"That sorting seems familiar."

Only then did a slight expression appear on Law's face, and he murmured, "Oh?! That's right, you used to be Vegapunk's assistant, didn't you?"

Upon hearing this, Caesar instinctively retorted as if he had a stress response.

"Not an assistant! A colleague, a colleague, and a scientist who almost, almost surpassed Vegapunk in research level."

Luo nodded expressionlessly. "Oh."

"What?! What's with that look? I'm the second-ranked genius scientist in the entire World Government's science program, only a tiny bit behind Vegapunk..."

As Caesar finished speaking, he noticed Rona's somewhat impatient look, and his voice gradually faded.

After Luo calmly finished processing all the medicines in his hands, he turned and walked out of the research room, saying...

"Since you want to see that research subject, then follow along. I hope you can be of use."

Caesar was overjoyed and quickly flew after them, saying, "No problem, Law, please have faith in my strength!"

As for Caesar's assurances, Law remained noncommittal, leading Caesar deeper into the research institute with an indifferent expression. They passed through one security door after another and arrived at a large door that appeared to be made of seastone mixed with other metals.

"This place... I've never been here before?" Caesar murmured in surprise.

Luo ignored Caesar's mutterings and, after a series of tedious verifications, opened the nearly thirty-meter-high gate in front of him.

The next moment, a huge black stone tablet stood in the room, surrounded by nearly thirty cages, imprisoning a series of dark figures.

"That is……"

As Caesar unconsciously walked inside, his eyes widened as he looked at the cages.

"King the Flame, with a bounty of 1.39 billion Berries; Queen the Plague, with a bounty of 1.32 billion Berries; and these other famous Beast Pirates executives..."

"Gurgle~"

Caesar nervously swallowed, then turned to ask Law.

"How could this be? Why would the officers of the supposedly wiped-out Beast Pirates appear here, as the newspapers said?"

“Caesar, all research materials should be treated equally. The bounty amount only reflects their value in the outside world. In the laboratory, they should be classified according to their research value.”