After Valthior hung up the Den Den Mushi, Spencer did not even need to ask. He looked straight at Sunbell and said, "Change course. We are going to Ohara first."
"I told you long ago that you should have kept Olvia and little Robin by your side," Sunbell said with a smile.
"I only wanted to give Olvia more time to do her own work," Valthior said calmly with a wave of his hand.
He was not worried about Olvia and Robin's safety at all.
As long as he had not been expelled from the Celestial Dragons, even if the Marines and CP were given ten times the courage, they would not dare harm Olvia or Robin.
On the contrary, they would have to treat them respectfully. If Marines or CP agents below Admiral level arrived on Ohara, they might even have to kneel and offer greetings.
So even without Spandine being involved, Olvia was not stupid. If she noticed something wrong and directly revealed her identity, nothing would happen.
There was no panic. The Oro Jackson still drifted leisurely through the Calm Belt, without even speeding up.
Only the destination had been changed to Ohara for the moment.
After lunch ended, Tofu once again came to the prison at the bottom of the ship.
Chinjao was bound tightly. After noticing movement outside, he raised his head and looked over.
"Tofu? Are you all right? Did they make things hard for you?" Chinjao asked with concern.
But before Tofu could answer, Chinjao said in surprise, "Your Seastone cuffs were removed?"
"Well…" Tofu looked at Chinjao awkwardly, then said, "If I said I became the chef of the Valthior Pirates, would you think that was ridiculous?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Even if your cooking is good, would he really give up fifty billion Berries just to make you his chef?" Chinjao said, not believing him at all.
"But he is a Celestial Dragon…" Tofu said, still shocked. "Damn it, Valthior is a Celestial Dragon! And not just him. There are two Celestial Dragons on this ship! That red-haired brat, Shanks, the one who brings us food every day, is also a Celestial Dragon! They really do not care about fifty billion!"
"I think you've gone completely insane! If you actually believe they're Celestial Dragons, you might as well believe I'm the king of the Kano Country!" Chinjao could not help saying.
This guy was far too easy to fool.
Celestial Dragons?
Was this a joke?
"The king called me through Den Den Mushi just now. He told me to work properly under Saint Valthior from now on and not forget my friendship with Kano Country…" Tofu said as he looked at Chinjao.
Chinjao: ???
What the hell are you talking about? I heard every word clearly, so why can't I understand what any of it means?
...
Meanwhile, Spandine had already taken a ship through the Gates of Justice and arrived at Marineford's harbor.
Marine Headquarters Commodore Momonga had been waiting there for some time.
After all, if Spandine wanted to pass through the Gates of Justice and come to Marine Headquarters, he naturally had to inform them in advance. Sengoku had sent Momonga to welcome him.
"Mr. Spandine, long time no see," the young Momonga greeted him with a smile.
Momonga was already an experienced Marine. In the original story, around four years later, during the Battle of Edd War, he would appear beside Sengoku as a Rear Admiral.
"Commodore Momonga." Spandine nodded hurriedly, then quickly said, "Take me to Admiral Sengoku. I have something very important to tell him!"
"It is about the mission, right? Admiral Sengoku has been waiting for a while. Please follow me," Momonga said.
He was not surprised, only a little confused about why Spandine seemed so anxious.
Soon, under Momonga's lead, Spandine arrived at the Justice Fortress, in front of Admiral Sengoku's office.
Garp, who had only recently returned, was sitting on the sofa, eating rice crackers and drinking tea. He said casually, "That guy is something else. Maybe in the future, if we want to settle the pirate problem in the New World, we really will have to start with him…"
"I thought you had gone easy on him…" Sengoku said, pushing up his glasses.
"I cannot explain it clearly in a few words. When you fight him yourself one day, you will understand… When we were his age, we were nowhere near that strong," Garp said with emotion.
Garp had always been called a monster among monsters, but even he believed that when he was in his twenties, he had not reached Valthior's level.
Of course, he still did not know that in the future, he would have a grandson who would be even more absurd.
That boy would not even need to reach twenty before he could run wild across the seas.
Hearing the knock at the door, Sengoku answered.
Soon, the door opened, and Spandine immediately walked in. "Sorry to disturb you, Admiral Sengoku!"
"Spandine, take a seat," Sengoku said with a smile.
The Marines had little goodwill toward CP, but Spandine was one of the rare exceptions. Sengoku naturally understood that both sides needed someone like him.
"There is a very important matter I need to discuss with you…" Spandine said, his gaze shifting toward Garp. He deliberately stressed the words "very important."
But Garp acted as if he did not understand at all. He simply smiled at Spandine, nodded, and asked, "Want some rice crackers?"
Spandine's cheek twitched twice. Then he looked at Sengoku again. "Admiral?"
"If he had not refused promotion to Admiral several times, Vice Admiral Garp would be sitting in this position now. He is one of the core figures of the Marines. There is no need to avoid him," Sengoku said openly.
In front of CP, he naturally had to stand on the same side as Garp and show the unity of the Marine high command.
"But this matter involves Saint Valthior…" Spandine tried again.
"Valthior?" Garp immediately became interested. "I only parted with him recently. He said he was going to the West Blue. What is it? Is he going there to do something big?"
After hearing Valthior's name, Garp not only had no intention of leaving, but became curious instead.
Spandine was left rather speechless.
But considering that the Young Master had already said these matters no longer needed to be kept hidden, and because Spandine had his own intelligence network and knew that Garp seemed to have a special relationship with the Young Master, especially since the two had fought in the New World and still traveled together for several days afterward, he hesitated only briefly before speaking.
"There is a major situation regarding the mission Mary Geoise arranged to wipe out Ohara!"
"What major situation?" Sengoku frowned.
"Ahem… As you know, I was the one in charge of the scholar matter before. Because of some special reasons, certain parts of the reports sent to Headquarters were hidden…" Spandine said with some embarrassment.
"What do you mean? The intelligence you gave Night Owl was wrong?" Sengoku froze.
Damn it. You look honest enough, but you actually betrayed your superior?
This intelligence had been sent all the way up. Even the Five Elders knew about it.
And now Spandine was saying there was a problem with it. Wasn't that asking for trouble?
"To be honest, I was acting under Saint Valthior's orders…" Spandine had no choice but to raise that banner again. "Several years ago, Saint Valthior had a great deal of cooperation with Professor Clover's team…"
"I know that. Keep going," Sengoku said with a nod.
He had heard about that in Mary Geoise.
"Well, after spending a long time together…" Spandine hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Professor Clover's assistant, Lady Nico Olvia, is Saint Valthior's woman. The two of them also have a child, a girl. Saint Valthior named her Jaygarcia Nico Robin. Do you understand what I mean?"
Hearing this, Sengoku's face turned pale, and his whole head buzzed.
He almost lost his balance and fell over from sheer shock.
At that moment, he was extremely glad that when Night Owl asked who to send, he had chosen Spandine.
Otherwise, he did not even dare imagine what would happen if he had taken warships to Ohara and killed the wife and daughter of Saint Jaygarcia Valthior, the young master of a Five Elders family, and Saint Saturn's own great-granddaughter.
His life might not be in danger, given his strength, but there was no way he would remain an Admiral.
He might even be forced to "defect" from the Marines.
If that spread, it would be the greatest joke in the world.
"I have already reported this matter to Saint Valthior. Saint Valthior ordered us to handle it properly, so I rushed here to discuss the next arrangements with you," Spandine added.
Beside them, Garp was so shocked that rice cracker crumbs fell from his mouth all over the floor. He said in surprise, "Valthior has a child? And it is a daughter?"
"Vice Admiral Garp, mind your status. Please refer to the noble girl as Princess Jaygarcia Nico Robin!" Spandine glared at Garp.
"Discuss?" Sengoku finally snapped back from his shock and glared at Spandine. "What right do the two of us have to discuss something like this? Come with me to Mary Geoise at once to apologize to Saint Saturn and report the matter!"
After saying that, Sengoku looked at Garp again, his tone very serious.
"Garp, this matter is to be kept at the highest level of secrecy. Do not let me hear any rumors about it from anyone else!"
"I know what is important," Garp said with a nod.
He had not thought much of it at first, but now he had reacted. The way he looked at Sengoku even carried a little pity.
This old comrade of his, who had always wanted to become Fleet Admiral, had almost been forced onto the path of "defecting" from the Marines just now.
That would have been even worse than Zephyr.
--------
Read Advanced Chapters on : www.patreon.com/c/ReadJin
~ Every 100 PS = Bonus Chapter!
~ Push the Story forward with your [Power Stones]