Sailing: I Open Treasure Chests in the Pirate World

“I met Edward Weebull.”

Ian's calm voice came through the receiver into the cabin.

"To be precise, I have already caught him."

Snapped!

Zefa's left hand clenched unconsciously, the powerful force crushing the surrounding air with a loud bang, demonstrating his astonishment.

"Who? Ian! Who did you say you caught?"

"Edward Weevil!"

Ian said solemnly.

"Edward Weevil, who attacked the recruit training camp three years ago and caused significant damage to the Navy!"

"Where are you now?"

Zefa stood up instinctively and said impatiently.

"I'll go right away!"

“Zeffa, aren’t you an instructor at the recruit training camp? Calm down.”

Ian offered a reassuring sound, then continued.

“I’ve got Edward Weevil now, and you can see him whenever you want.”

"Good! Good! Good!"

Zefa shouted "Good!" three times in a row, showing how excited and thrilled he was.

"Edward Weevil! That damned whitebeard!"

"Ahem! Professor Zephyr, please don't get so agitated."

Ian coughed lightly, offering a helpless reminder.

"Your health isn't good right now, and if you have a relapse because of Edward Weevil..."

"Yeah, anyway, don't get so worked up."

"You brat! How dare you talk to a teacher like that?"

Zefa laughed and cursed.

"However, now that you have captured Edward Weevil, send him to Impel Down immediately!"

"Or I could arrange for a naval warship to escort him to your location..."

Given Edward Weevil's level of power and the crimes he has committed in the past.

Once he is taken to Impel Down, he will be imprisoned in Infinite Hell.

Impel Down...

Ian pursed his lips and asked softly.

“Professor Zephyr, haven’t you heard about the Infinite Hell?”

"You mean you killed all the prisoners in Infinite Hell? But that wasn't true, was it?"

Zefa thought for a moment and then spoke directly.

"They staged this whole thing to get you out of the Navy."

"It's not fake... I really killed most of the prisoners in Infinite Hell."

Ian said seriously.

"Last time, we might have missed a dozen or so, but last time, we killed so many that only three were left."

"If it weren't for Admiral Kizaru stopping me, I could have killed the remaining three."

"..."

Zefa fell silent.

How come he didn't realize Ian was so radical before?

It's even more radical than Sakazuki...

Even Sakazuki wouldn't go to Impel Down specifically to forcibly execute prisoners!

"From what you're saying, you don't want to send Edward Weevil to Impel Down?"

Zephar thought he understood what Ian meant.

"You want to... just kill him?"

"Actually, I haven't thought about killing him yet..."

Ian hesitated for a moment, but finally confessed.

“Professor Zephyr, are you aware of Edward Weevil’s condition?”

"I'm not talking about his strength, but his intelligence... He's a complete idiot who doesn't understand anything."

Upon hearing this, Zefa's lips twitched slightly.

Ian means... that a fool chopped off his right hand?

"Here's what happened: I first heard about Crocodile's movements from Marshal Sengoku..."

Seeing that Zefa remained silent, Ian gave a brief account of what had happened that day.

"In short, Edward Weebull was a fool, and all his actions were manipulated by Buckingham Stussy."

"Now that Buckingham Stussy is dead, I am confident that I can control Edward Weevil."

　5.5 “In any case, Edward Weevil did inherit the power of Whitebeard in his youth.”

"Putting aside his intelligence, Edward Weevil's strength is in no way inferior to that of an ordinary Shichibukai."

"So I want to recruit Edward Weevil."

"However, I knew what Edward Weebull had done for the Navy, so I contacted Professor Zephyr specifically."

“Professor Zephyr, if you want to punish that idiot Edward Weevil, I can send him to you immediately and do whatever you want with him.”

"Or, I could personally kill Edward Weevil for you... so there's no need to send him to jail."

“But, Professor Zephyr, if you don’t want to punish Edward Weevil…”

Ian didn't say his last words.

But his meaning was very clear.

If Zephyr doesn't want to punish Edward Weevil.

Then Ian would naturally recruit this "Whitebeard III".

Zefa fell into deep hesitation.

He himself did not like killing.

Throughout his life, he fought countless pirates, yet he never killed a single enemy.

But Edward Weevil...

"Bring him to me, Ian. Let me see this pirate with my own eyes!"

Chapter 181 Eight-Star, Armament Haki!

"Long Ring Island? Okay, I understand..."

Ian held up the Den Den Mushi and spoke calmly.

“I will take Edward Weevil there as soon as possible.”

After saying that.

Ian then hung up the Den Den Mushi.

This year's naval recruit training camp has only just begun.

The naval warships, filled with elite recruits, have only just passed the waters around Enies Lobby.

Long Round Island is the next destination for the recruit training camp.

Ian remembered that last year's naval recruit training camp did not go through Long Island, but this year they did go to that island.

However, there's nothing to be surprised about.

The routes of naval recruit training camps are not fixed and change every year.

Ian recalled some information about Long Ring Island.

There seemed to be nothing on the island that would interest him, except that everything on it was rather "long"...

In comparison.

It was Zefa's decision that concerned Ian more.

"Is it just a meeting?"

Ian shook his head, recalling what Zephat had said earlier.

　Although Zephyr has not yet made a final decision.

However, by saying "let's meet," he was practically indicating that he didn't intend to kill Edward Weevil.

The current Zephyr is not the "Z" of the future.

A pirate who slaughtered recruits at a training camp and cut off his own arm was unexpectedly invited by the World Government to become a legitimate great pirate—one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Completely disillusioned with the World Government and the Marine Headquarters, Ze19 took a group of disciples and broke away from the Marines to form the "NEO Marines," intending to annihilate all pirates on the seas.

At that time, Zeff, or "Z," no longer adhered to "justice without killing," but rather a more radical justice than Akainu's...

Akainu's "complete justice" is merely to kill all the trashy pirates in front of him.

Z's justice is to try to detonate all the explosive rocks in the New World and completely destroy the pirates along with the New World!

The New World will be destroyed, and the Western Sea and the Northern Sea will naturally not be spared. The Red Line will follow suit, and the whole world will suffer a great disaster as a result.

In other words.

Z's radicalism is at the level of wanting to destroy the world!

However, for the time being...

Zephyr is not "Z" yet; he is still just "Zephyr," the admiral who "does not kill."

Even if Zephyr were to meet Edward Weevil, he probably wouldn't kill him...

"That doesn't seem absolute; it's more accurate to say that the probability of killing Edward Weevil is extremely low..."

Ian stopped dwelling on the question of whether to "kill" or "not kill".

He has handed over the decision-making power to Zefa.

Whether Edward Weevil lives or dies depends entirely on Zephyr's decision.

Ian put away the Den Den Mushi and was about to control the Blue-Eyes White Dragon to fly down and take Edward Weevil away.

But when he glimpsed Buckingham Stussy, still lying dead in the wilderness like withered grass...

After a moment's thought, Ian decided to ride the Blue-Eyes White Dragon to Buckingham Stussy's location first.

Edward Weebull was the executioner who slaughtered recruit training camps.

But the real culprit, the real "knife-wielder," was that old woman, Buckingham Stussy!

Ian flew over to Buckingham Stussy's side, raising his right hand with the mindset of taking a shot even if it seemed hopeless.

The power of the Ring of Control was released, enveloping Buckingham Stussy's corpse.

Found nothing.

"It's still too slow... Buckingham Stussy's Devil Fruit ability has completely disappeared."

When a Devil Fruit user dies, the power of their Devil Fruit leaves their body and is randomly reborn somewhere on the sea.

If you're lucky enough, this Devil Fruit might "regenerate on the spot," meaning its Devil Fruit power could attach to a nearby ordinary fruit and transform it into a completely new Devil Fruit.