Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

However, the sheer number of these Devil Fruits is... terrifyingly large!

When Yann returned to the ship's hold where the fruit was stored, most of the several tons of fruit had already turned into Devil Fruits.

Having witnessed the entire transformation of these Devil Fruits, Baby-5 slowly floated up beside Yann and said, "What a...stunning scene..."

After a pause, Baby-5 swallowed hard and asked, "Lord Yann, did you wipe out everyone in Impel Down in one go?"

Yann paused for a moment, his gaze fixed on the "poison-poison fruit" in front of him, before speaking in a calm tone.

"In this way, both the final piece of the puzzle that I need and the significant gap in the organization's mid-level strength can be greatly alleviated."

[Chapter 773. The Tenth Hollow Soul-Slaying Blade]

Immediately, Yann selected some of the Devil Fruits with relatively weak abilities from this mountain of Devil Fruits and absorbed them, allowing the tenth "Hollow Soul Slayer" to successfully awaken.

Within the space of consciousness, on that side, nine terrifying, monstrous creatures were scattered among the stars.

With a silent roar filled with "anger," a muscular monster with twelve legs and an unprecedentedly large size appeared!

"Raging beast!"

Yaen slowly opened his eyes, unsurprised by the outcome.

Whether it's a coincidence or some kind of pattern, the nine "Void Soul-Slaying Blades" that Arn awakened before were all members of the "Ten Blades" in his memory, and the only one missing was the "Wrathful Beast".

"In that case, it does meet my expectations for the candidate I prepared in advance."

A slight smile appeared on Yann's lips as he turned to Baby-5 beside him and said, "Have Ivankov come to see me in the cabin."

"Yes, Lord Yann."

Baby-5's figure instantly merged into the ship's floor and disappeared, then reappeared on the ship's deck next to Ivankov, who was treating some of the prisoners.

Because Yann did not fully trust these prisoners, in order to prevent the destruction of the underwater prison from being leaked in advance, he made sure that the ship that Baby-5 had transformed into was docked in a position where the changes in the underwater prison could not be seen in the distance. As a result, most of the prisoners were still immersed in the joy of escaping the underwater prison and regaining their freedom.

"Ivankov, that lord wants you to see him in the cabin," baby-5 relayed Yann's order to Ivankov.

Seeing this, Enel couldn't help but walk up to Baby-5 and ask, "Didn't that person call me?!"

"Hip hop~~"

With his muscular physique intact, Ivankov struck a seductive pose and addressed Enel.

"Enel, do you want to know why? Hehe! It's because your level is far from enough. As a Newtype, your level of transcending worldly obstacles is still far from enough."

Seeing this, Baby-5 urged coldly, "Don't waste that man's time, Ivankov."

"no problem!"

Yinwankov quickly agreed, and then followed Baby-5 into the temporarily opened passage leading to the interior of the ship. As he walked, he didn't forget to turn his head and wink at the thoughtful Enel, and said...

"Don't use your 'Mind Network' ability to spy, Enel. What follows is a secret time between me and that person."

"boom!"

The next moment, baby-5 shut down the temporary entrance and then guided Ivankov to stand in front of Yann.

As Ivankov saw the mountain of Devil Fruits mixed with various fruits in the cabin, his eyes narrowed sharply. He stared at Arn in utter shock and stammered.

"This...this is..."

Before Ivankov, Yann did not wear a mask and calmly stated, "The underwater prison is now completely history."

Several breaths passed before Ivankov gradually processed the terrifying news.

Even Ivankov never expected that Yann would personally destroy Impel Down at this time, and that he would prepare so many fruits in advance to serve as new carriers for the Devil Fruits after the death of those Devil Fruit users.

That's... hundreds of thousands of prisoners.

Even though Ivankov had been infiltrating Impel Down for years, finding and rescuing a large number of prisoners who could be integrated into the Revolutionary Army and beneficial to the impending war, no one could say for sure whether there were any innocent people still imprisoned there who were worth saving.

Ivankov's throat bobbed involuntarily before he murmured, "If this gets out, the entire ocean will probably be shocked."

"There is no need to spread this information for the time being."

As he spoke, Yann casually picked up the "Venom-Venom Fruit" and examined it. "You know what to do with these Devil Fruits and the prisoners you selected from Impel Down, right?"

"I will get to Smo Island as soon as possible, and then use the 'Door-Door Fruit' to open a temporary passage to deliver the Devil Fruits to the areas where the organization's forces are short of manpower. The prisoners who are skilled in different types of skills will be assigned to the corresponding departments to supplement manpower," Yinwankov replied hastily.

“Yes, process it as soon as possible. There’s less than a week left until Ace’s execution. This is an extremely critical period. These Devil Fruits can greatly enhance the combat power of many comrades, significantly fill the gaps in mid-level combat strength, and have a huge chain reaction effect on the battle,” Yann said.

"I understand, Chief of the General Staff."

Yinwankov nodded heavily, then suddenly seemed to remember something and said.

"Chief of Staff, speaking of which, when I heard the guards in the underwater prison mention the news that Vice Admiral Sakura Ryu, the 'Naval Hero,' had been assassinated, I couldn't help but worry for a while. Sure enough, it was a false intelligence that was deliberately released."

"No, it's true..."

Yaen shook his head, then tossed the "poisonous fruit" back into the small mountain of fruit in front of him, and continued speaking.

"Even my body has probably been studied more than a dozen times by the Navy's medical team and the World Government's research team to verify the cause of death."

"what???"

Ivankov blinked, looking at Yann in front of him, his mind filled with questions. "But, Chief of the General Staff, aren't you right in front of me? That body is fake?"

"Whether it's real or fake doesn't matter. No matter what methods the World Government uses to judge, if the corpse has no flaws, then the corpse is real."

Ya'en replied dismissively.

"Phew, that's good..."

Yinwankov breathed a slight sigh of relief, and roughly understood what Yann meant, and then asked.

"Chief of the General Staff, it's such a waste that you faked your death. Otherwise, you could have joined the war between the Navy and the Whitebeard Pirates, and you wouldn't have been able to influence the Navy's subsequent strategic arrangements."

"pity?"

Yann glanced at Ivankov and said.

"If I don't do this, it will be meaningless for me to openly fight in the war between the Marine Headquarters and the Whitebeard Pirates, because the gap in combat strength between the two sides is too great."

"Only by faking my death can I ignite internal conflicts within the Navy, exacerbate suspicion and fear of the Seven Warlords, and cause the entire sea to lose confidence in the Navy Headquarters."

After a pause, Yann adjusted his glasses and said.

"As for the Navy Headquarters' subsequent strategic arrangements, there is no need to worry. I have already prepared the general strategic framework in advance. What is lacking is only a lot of details that need to be filled in. The Navy Headquarters no longer has time to make large-scale framework changes, so the general direction of the script will not be affected."

[Chapter 774. Katakuri the Rebel]

At this moment, even though Ivankov already had a considerable understanding of Yann, he still couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine when he heard Yann's calm, lake-like tone. Even after Ivankov left the cabin, he still felt a little uneasy.

"Indeed, this is terrifying. The Chief of the General Staff has become increasingly terrifying over the years..."

As Yinwankov murmured, the feeling of respect, fear, and dread he felt for Yann lingered in his heart. He looked towards the direction of the underwater prison with a slight cold sweat on his face and muttered to himself.

"That's hundreds of thousands of lives. Isn't the Chief of the General Staff being a bit... too cold-blooded?"

More importantly, Ivankov understood that the Chief of the General Staff's feigned death almost represented a complete break from his decades-long naval career, yet Ivankov could not detect the slightest regret or hesitation in the Chief of the General Staff's tone.

It is important to know that in the navy, the Chief of the General Staff not only has a large number of supportive subordinates and colleagues with whom he has a very good relationship, but also his adoptive father, the Sengoku-no-kami (Fleet Marshal).

Originally, as Yinwankov had anticipated, he thought that the Chief of the General Staff would maintain the past policy, continue to remain in the Navy as a pawn, and even seek the position of Fleet Admiral, waiting for the war between the Revolutionary Army and the World Government to reach a fever pitch before leading the Navy to deliver a fatal blow to the World Government.

"Moreover, the Chief of the General Staff's style is much more urgent than before. Could it be... that the Chief of the General Staff intends to end the stalemate with the World Government directly during the war between the Marine Headquarters and the 'Whitebeard Pirates'?"

Yinwankov murmured silently, then shook his head and said helplessly.

"Tsk, how could such a thing be possible?"

As one of the high-ranking members of the revolutionary army, although Ivankov had been hiding in the underwater prison for the past few years, he did not know as much about the organization's internal affairs as he used to.

However, Ivankov was very clear that the Revolutionary Army's established strategy was: "to launch revolutionary uprisings worldwide, first disintegrate all the world's member states, and then unite the world's forces to fight a decisive battle against the World Government."

Therefore, in Yinwankov's view, if the organization was able to proceed as planned in the early stages, and successfully dismantle and defeat more than half of the world's member states in one fell swoop before the World Government could react, then the expected goal had already been achieved.

"Hmm, perhaps the Chief of the General Staff has a different opinion..."

Yinwankov couldn't help but chuckle to himself before getting back to work.

In fact, not only Ivankov, but also Dorrag inquired about Yann's faked death, a change that contradicted the general policy agreed upon in the past.

However, Yann used the same excuse to deflect Dragon's request.

Inside the cabin, Yann lowered his eyelids slightly, considered for a moment, and then spoke. "Enel, come out."

The next moment, under Baby-5's somewhat annoyed gaze, the lightning that Enel had transformed into swept across the cabin and then stopped in front of Yann, kneeling down on one knee before him.

"Damn it, I'll add non-conductive rubber to the hull later..." baby-5 said with dissatisfaction.

Arn's gaze unconsciously swept down towards Enel, only then realizing the changes in Enel's body, and he quickly looked away.

Then, Yann took a set of Hueco Mundo's special clothing, which he had prepared for Hancock in the past, from the castle inside Xiao Jin's body, and threw it to Enel, who was shirtless, indicating that Enel should change into it.

Enel glanced at the clothes in his hand that were somewhat similar to those worn by Arn, and a strange joy appeared in his dead fish eyes. Enel, who was used to going shirtless, put them on without hesitation and said.

"Thanks be to my God for his approval."

Yan smiled helplessly, then was somewhat surprised to find that the clothes prepared according to Hancock's size fit Enel exceptionally well.

“Come with me somewhere, Enel,” Yann said.

“Yes, my god,” Enel replied without hesitation.

Seeing that Arn was about to lead Enel into Little Gold's castle and leave, Baby-5 quickly asked, "What about me, Lord Arn?"

Yern paused for a moment, then said, "After you send Ivankov to Smo Island, you can go to Marineford as a 'Supernova' and bring the other Supernovas along for some fun."

"Yes, Lord Yann."

Under baby-5's somewhat reluctant gaze, Xiao Jin gradually disappeared from sight.

……

Meanwhile, in the Mirror World, a large number of cadres personally led by "BIG·MOM" Charlotte Linlin are also advancing rapidly within the Mirror World.

“mamama~”

Charlotte Linlin's chilling laughter rang out as she asked, "Perospero, how much longer until we reach Marine Headquarters?"

Perospero quickly replied.

"Mom, our current location is roughly equivalent to being about 100 kilometers away from the Red Line. If nothing unexpected happens, we will definitely be able to reach Marine Headquarters before the execution."

"Mama~ It's good..."

Charlotte Linlin was in a great mood, and her smile became much more amiable. She continued to stuff various desserts and cakes into her mouth while saying this.