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"you!"

Feld glared furiously at the tall, thin man, never expecting that this guy, who would stutter nervously when speaking to him, was actually a CP agent of the World Government.

This scene also surprised John.

Before the tall, thin man was exposed, his "inner network" had no sound of "spy" in his heart, as he was completely immersed in the role of a crew member.

Could it be a form of self-hypnosis, where one deceives themselves?

The World Government's training of CP agents is truly terrifying!

"Alright, there's no need to ask questions when you already know the answer."

John waved his hand to stop the rabbit from making things difficult for Field.

He still has a use for this guy.

"Since no contraband was found on the ship, let's let these poor guys go and head straight to Punk Hazard to capture the criminal Begabank."

As he spoke, John grabbed Feld's left hand, who was thankful to have survived the ordeal, and forcefully ripped off his thumbnail.

Feld's face trembled with pain, but he stubbornly endured it without screaming, only looking at John with fear and unease.

"I will contact you again in the future."

It gently patted Feld on the head, then floated up and flew back to the warship.

Seeing John leave, Rabbit recalled Saint Satan's orders in his mind. Since there was no mention of arresting merchants who supplied contraband, he decided to obey Saint John's orders.

Punk Hazard

Inside the research institute, Begabank sat on the sofa, his tongue drooping, looking dejected.

He recently encountered a very troubling problem: he clearly remembers that he is a Paramecia-type Brain-Brain Fruit user, but inexplicably he has become unafraid of seawater.

Even the Devil Fruit powers have disappeared.

Begabank was certain that he wasn't experiencing memory loss, but rather that he had lost something very important.

"Who exactly is behind this?"

Just as they were racking their brains, a red light suddenly flashed in the laboratory, and a piercing alarm beeped.

Startled, Vegabank immediately stood up, rushed to the equipment, and turned on the monitor. He saw squads of marines in sailor suits landing on the island.

"The Navy? Did they discover that I'm researching lineage factors?!"

In his memory, Vegabank knew clearly that what he was doing was explicitly forbidden by the World Government, but he didn't understand how he was discovered while doing it so secretly.

After some deliberation, Vegabank decided to hide for now, hoping that the Navy had simply stumbled upon the island by accident.

Meanwhile, on the island.

John took the lead, heading towards the research institute with a clear objective, while holding a Den Den Mushi and communicating with Satan Saint.

"It's just researching some kind of lineage factor, is it really necessary to ban it?"

He was trying to get information out of her.

"This is a taboo of the World Government. John Saint, you have only recently returned to the Holy Land, so it is normal that you do not know."

The Den Den Mushi mimicked Satan's calm and expressionless face, making it impossible to discern his current emotions.

"All you need to do now is arrest this taboo-breaking guy, Begabank."

"What if he resists? Shouldn't we execute him on the spot?"

John stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, making himself appear cruel and ruthless.

Upon hearing this, Den Den Mushi's expression clearly showed panic.

"No! We must capture Vegapunk alive. The World Government must interrogate him to find out who else was involved."

"After I finish asking my question, can I execute this lowly person who has offended the World Government?"

John still wouldn't let go of the idea that he was going to kill someone.

At this moment, Den Den Mushi's expression turned serious, and it gave the order in a deep voice with an unquestionable tone.

“John Saint, this is an order!”

"Begabank must be alive; he must be handed over to CP0 for imprisonment!"

"What if Begabank is very strong, and I'm not capable of capturing him alive?"

John wasn't buying it at all, relentlessly testing the waters like a stubborn mule.

"Then don't do anything. Leave everything to CP0, they'll handle it."

Satan threw out a sentence and then hung up the phone, no longer wanting to argue with John.

Looking at the sleeping Den Den Mushi, John clicked his tongue, feeling an urge to rush to Mary Geoise right now and cut Satan's head off.

That old bastard dared to hang up on him first!

That's incredibly rude!

If it weren't for Im protecting this old beast, how could Satan Saint be so arrogant?

But then again...

John recalled Emmett, the enormous ancient robot hidden on the island of Egherd by Satan, which was created nine hundred years ago and attacked Mary Geoise two hundred years ago.

Where did such a huge robot come from?

If one were to climb the Red Earth from the location of the Sabaody Archipelago to reach Mary Geoise, its massive size would certainly be detected and shot down beforehand, leaving no chance to enter Mary Geoise.

Could it be that they traveled from the location of Upside Down Mountain, along the top of the Red Earth continent, and circled half of the world before finally arriving at Mary Geoise?

Only in this way can we avoid being detected and intercepted in advance.

In front of Reverse Mountain lies the end of the Grand Line, the closest point to Laugh Tale.

Could Emmett have escaped from Rafdru?

And coincidentally, Emmett was able to awaken from his slumber by relying on Nika's laughter and the sound of drums.

This perfectly explains why the Roger Pirates were all grinning like idiots when they arrived at Laugh Tale...

It's a pity it's not Nika; no matter how loudly a lowly commoner laughs, it's useless.

“I remember Im ordered Emmett to be destroyed, but Satan did not do so. Instead, he secretly had Begabank conduct research on it.”

John knew that Saint Satan was also ambitious, but he just didn't know what direction the old beast was seeking for power.

Is it mechanical or biological?

One of these two directions likely corresponds to Im's weakness!

At least in terms of "black to domination", it is definitely useless against robots.

However, John has made considerable progress in the field of "lineage factors" in biology.

It is possible to handle both biological and mechanical aspects, but this would increase Begabank's workload and consume more time and resources.

"But I don't have much time left."

A very serious problem was facing John.

It is known that Im will inevitably be defeated by Nika; this was destined long ago.

Defeating Im is like finding Laugh Tale first and becoming the Pirate King.

If Nika defeats Im first, then it's highly likely that Dragon will establish a new world government. Given his character and ideals, the new regime will definitely develop very well at the beginning and satisfy the vast majority of people.

Under such circumstances, if John were to forcibly attack the New World Government out of ambition, he would be considered an "unreasonable troublemaker."

Putting everything else aside, even Begabank would distance himself from him because of this, and he wouldn't get much support from talented people at all.

Although this is a world that values ​​individual power, one person can't really accomplish much on this vast ocean.

John needs a lot of support!

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Therefore, if Nika gets there first, John will face a situation.

Wait!

Only when the new world government rots and decays with the passage of time, and public resentment boils over, can he raise the banner of justice and, with overwhelming momentum, sound the horn of attack against the supreme power.

But! Who knows how many years this will take? It could be years, decades, or even centuries!

John wasn't willing to wait that long!

Therefore, Im must be defeated as quickly as possible, and must be done before Nika, so that he can rightfully establish his own regime.

Then, taking advantage of the prevailing trend, we'll play along with Nika at our own pace!

"Then let's stick to the path of biological ascension for now. Once we hit a bottleneck and can't break through it in the short term, we can switch to researching machinery."

As John made his decision, the arrest team arrived at the institute's massive alloy doors.

Just as CP0 was about to break down the door, John raised his leg, and a flash of purple lightning blinded everyone present.

Immediately afterwards, boom

After a loud bang, the lightning gradually dissipated, and everyone slowly opened their eyes.

What came into view was a research institute that had been split in two!

The foundation of the research institute was also cut open from the left and right, revealing a bottomless ravine. The rock and soil at its edges were faintly red under the high temperature, almost melted into magma.

This monster!

The rabbit was shocked. Just when she thought that Begabank in the research institute would perish under this terrible attack, a head with an M-shaped hairline emerged from behind the wall of the room in the front of the building, which had been cut open.

It was Begabank.

Begabank leaned out, still shaken, staring in utter shock at the ravine below, his tongue lolling out.

"World Government...you've gone too far!"

"Do you even know how many important instruments and data are inside the research institute? You are destroying the world's property!"

After the initial shock, Begabank was enraged and, undeterred by the prospect of death, reached out to sternly rebuke John and his group.