Rowan's phone call completely ruined Sengoku's dinner.
While eating some snacks to fill his stomach, he ordered people to pull up all the detailed information about the recent major events involving the government ship and Water Seven.
Sengoku is, after all, Sengoku.
Based on the information he had, and with Ryan Rowan's strange attitude, he naturally came to a conclusion.
As Sengoku knew, one of the ancient weapons, Pluton, was made by shipwrights from Water Seven back then.
And the blueprints for Pluton were very likely being kept by the fish-man Tom.
The World Government had always wanted to get those Pluton blueprints, but they couldn't find a good chance to get them.
Tom was a person "being watched by the world," so if they forced the issue, the World Government would be at a disadvantage in terms of public opinion.
According to intelligence, the World Government probably put CP5 in charge of this matter, telling them to find a way to get the Pluton blueprints.
"Spandam..."
Sengoku was definitely familiar with this name.
His father was Spandine, who used his methods to launch the Buster Call on the archaeological holy land of Ohara!
Both father and son were base and fearful types, really not fit for center stage.
Did Sengoku know about this?
Of course he knew.
But Sengoku had to admit that sometimes it was more appropriate for a "fool" to come forward.
When a stupid person makes a mistake, it's expected, and everyone thinks it's natural.
This event was probably Spandam acting on his own!
Framing the fish-man Tom to get the Pluton blueprints.
But Spandam clearly underestimated Tom's beliefs.
That famous fish-man would never live a shameful life, and he would never hand over the Pluton blueprints.
Originally, this was just another "mistake" made by a "fool."
But the key problem was that this "mistake" was noticed by another "smart person," and it was brought out into the open.
So, this became a contest between two "smart people."
...
Tired...
Even Sengoku couldn't help but feel that, every time he dealt with the Four Seas Alliance and Ryan Rowan behind them in terms of strategy, it was exhausting!
It was a feeling that he couldn't relax for even a moment.
A little carelessness, and he would be consumed by the abyss of countless possibilities!
And this time, the gaze of that "abyss" was clearly focused on Water Seven.
What did Ryan Rowan want to do?
The matter of the Pluton blueprints was top secret even within the World Government. Rowan couldn't possibly know the blueprints existed...
No, maybe he already knew?
Countless possibilities flashed through Sengoku's mind.
Had the Four Seas Alliance already set their sights on the ancient weapons?
...
Tsuru shook her head with a smile after listening to Sengoku's analysis.
"Don't think so complicatedly, Sengoku."
Tsuru slowly analyzed, "I remember that emperor is friendly with the fish-man race. Maybe he just wants to save his friend."
"Tsuru-chan, don't joke around. It can't be that simple..."
Sengoku sighed helplessly.
"In any case, first stop the government ship from handing over Tom, and then have specific negotiations with the Four Seas Alliance."
The World Government couldn't admit that it was "wrong."
Therefore, the entire event would inevitably fall into a swirling mess of truth and lies.
Sengoku felt a terrible headache about this.
But Tsuru's voice reminded Sengoku at the right time.
"Hey, don't be led by the nose by that emperor."
"Hmm?"
Sengoku raised his eyebrows, and finally laughed helplessly.
"I should say, as expected of you, Tsuru-chan?"
"Hehe, even if you praise me, it's useless. Don't even think about pushing troublesome things onto me. It's exhausting to argue back and forth with that emperor."
Tsuru shook her head, rejecting Sengoku's suggestion in advance, but still added to her old comrade:
"If you get lost, you can talk to me. Since that Doflamingo kid went to prison, I've been a lot more free."
"Thank you for your hard work, Tsuru-chan."
Sengoku nodded slightly and began to arrange things on the government ship.
He had a lot more to do.
According to the functions of the World Government, the judicial island represented by the government ship was on the same level as the Marine headquarters and the underwater prison Impel Down.
So, in theory, the Marine headquarters had no right to interfere with the internal actions of the government ship.
But the key to this event was that, according to CP5, Tom used a batch of small remote-controlled boats loaded with heavy firepower to attack the government ship.
In this way, Tom's first offense was actually against Marine law.
--Civilians are not allowed to have a large amount of heavy firepower without permission.
The key point of this law was the standard for judging "a large amount of heavy firepower," so it was often within the scope of being "manipulated."
Tsuru watched Sengoku's actions, narrowing her eyes.
"What are you planning to do?"
According to conventional thinking, he would probably keep Tom under house arrest, delay the trial as much as possible, and bring the Four Seas Alliance into negotiations.
But Sengoku's thinking was definitely not that of an ordinary person.
He grinned and said slowly:
"I plan to hand Tom directly over to the Four Seas Alliance."
"Oh?"
Tsuru was a little surprised, "Why?"
"Because only by doing this will the Four Seas Alliance not dare to easily get Pluton's blueprints, otherwise it will give us a reasonable reason to fight back against them."
Sengoku shrugged. "Anyway, before the incident is investigated clearly, no matter where Tom is, his whereabouts must be known to both sides, right?"
...
Sometimes, the most complex thinking is just returning to the starting point after taking a big turn.
Therefore, if others looked at it at first glance, the final solution to this matter could be said to be quite "simple."
The Marine will strictly investigate the incident on the government ship, and Tom will go to the Four Seas Alliance as a witness to assist in the investigation.
This solution was quite reasonable, but there was a hint of strangeness in that reason.
Even the guards on the government ship noticed this strangeness.
"What is going on? Letting people go and then arresting them, arresting people and then letting them go. Are they messing with us?"
"Those high-level big shots like to mess with us."
Two guards responsible for guarding the deck were chatting idly.
This kind of guard work was just a formality, after all, no one in the world dared to attack the government ship representing the World Government.
Except for Tom's attack.
Even these two guards could see that the smiling fish-man didn't seem like the kind of guy who would do something so crazy.
"Hey, let me ask you something."
One guard suddenly asked, "Say, if someone really dared to challenge the World Government, what kind of person would he be?"
"Don't know."
Another guard shook his head. "But I'm sure that person must be a 'madman'!"
...
So, it seemed to confirm what the two guards said.
The shadow in the sky gradually fell.
The lion with swords on his feet snapped his fingers and walked down from his throne step by step.
He opened his arms and grinned, laughing out loud:
"Tsk hahahahaha, let me see how strong 'the World Government's laws' really are!"
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