"Any findings on your end?"
Late at night, Rob Lucci stood outside Tom's Shipbuilding Company, questioning the members who had returned from their respective assignments.
"Nothing. Iceburg's office and home yielded no discoveries."
Kaku shook his head.
He and Kumadori had practically torn apart Iceburg's house.
"Same with Tom's place..."
Blueno and Jabura also shook their heads.
They had literally dug three feet underground—Tom's house had nothing intact left except for the four walls still standing.
"That guy Franky's place was a complete mess! It was practically a pigsty!"
Kalifa said angrily, unable to hold back her frustration.
Fukuro followed behind her, nodding his massive head repeatedly and making "mmph mmph" sounds.
"You forgot to unzip before speaking again!" Rob Lucci sighed.
Click...
"Whoa, thanks, Lucci! I almost forgot again! What I meant to say was, I completely agree with Kalifa! Zaba-ba!"
After regrouping, every CP9 member wore an expression of unparalleled gravity.
Even Rob Lucci couldn't help but wonder...
Did the Pluton Design Schematics truly exist in this world?
A warship so vile it could destroy an island with a single shot—could such a terrifying weapon really exist?
Or... were the three Ancient Weapons, recorded in history as bearing the name of "Gods," actually real?
Rob Lucci didn't dare dwell on it further.
All their hopes now rested on Tom's Shipbuilding Company.
This was the last possible location where the Pluton Design Schematics could be hidden—and also the largest in scope.
Tonight... they would have to turn the entire shipyard upside down.
"Let's move. The success or failure of our mission hinges on this," Rob Lucci's expression grew increasingly solemn.
"If we don't find the Pluton Design Schematics directly... then what awaits us is a long-term undercover mission."
The other CP9 members all stiffened slightly and nodded in silence.
Though Spandam hadn't explicitly stated it, this was the reality of their situation...
Otherwise, there would have been no need for them to first join Tom's Workers through recruitment before taking action.
In other words, Spandam had long planned to keep them tied down here indefinitely.
They were geniuses within CP9, and Rob Lucci was a once-in-a-century prodigy!
An undercover mission like this was nothing but an obstacle to their personal growth... no different from exile.
"That damn Spandam... a useless fool who can't even beat an ordinary person, yet he gets to climb over us..." Jabura gritted his teeth, speaking with a sinister tone.
"What can we do? He has a good father, after all. Chapapa!" Fukuro opened his big mouth, daring to say anything.
"Speaking of which, Kalifa's father was also a high-ranking CP9 official once... chapapa!"
"Don't compare me to that idiot who only knows how to climb the ladder through connections," Kalifa snorted coldly.
"I joined CP9 purely through my own abilities... You all know that very well."
"Of course!" Jabura grinned as he sidled up to Kalifa. "So, Kalifa, when are you going to agree to go on a date with me?"
"Disgusting man..." Kalifa smoothed her silky golden hair, her eyes icy.
"This is sexual harassment."
"Hey! This is just a date invitation!"
...
"Next, the second agenda item," Nusjuro cleared his throat and continued, "Regarding the Ryugu Kingdom of Fish-Man Island rejoining the World Government as a member nation."
"Any objections?"
"Kano Country has no objections."
"Dressrosa has no objections."
"Alabasta has no objections."
"Germa Kingdom has no objections."
"Sorbet Kingdom has no objections."
After the various kingdoms voiced their unanimous approval, Nusujuro nodded.
This was within his expectations.
The Ryugu Kingdom of Fish-Man Island rejoining the World Government was beneficial for everyone.
If there had been objections... that would have been truly bizarre.
"Let's move on to the next agenda item quickly," said Angel D. Sora, Queen of Germa.
"Something no one would oppose should be settled promptly... I assume everyone here values their time?"
"The Queen of Germa is right. This matter isn't worth further discussion," Riku Dold III of Dressrosa nodded in agreement.
"Saint Nusjuro, let's proceed to the next item."
"Very well. Then the second agenda item—the Ryugu Kingdom's reinstatement as a World Government member nation—is officially passed with unanimous approval!"
Nusjuro nodded.
So far, the Reverie proceedings had gone remarkably smoothly.
So smoothly that Nusjuro kept glancing at Michael in the observation gallery.
This guy... had been sitting there quietly the entire time?
Such behavior was strange not only to the Five Elders but even to Garp, who was also observing.
But no matter what, Michael remained completely unperturbed.
"Now, we move to the third agenda item—the most critical issue of this Reverie," Nusjuro took a deep breath before continuing.
"It concerns... the Revolutionary Army."T
he moment the words "Revolutionary Army" were uttered, everyone at the meeting fell silent and turned their gaze toward Nusjuro.
"Do we really need to discuss the Revolutionary Army at the Reverie? Isn't that unnecessary?" a king from a small nation in the New World chuckled.
"In the New World, we've never even seen a trace of the Revolutionary Army."
"Even in 'Paradise,' their activities are limited. They just set up so-called 'relief stations' and 'offices' around Drum Kingdom and Alabasta," King Seki of the Lulusia Kingdom shrugged.
"What harm does that do? If you ask me, they're less of a threat than those pirates."
Meanwhile, the member nations from the Four Seas kept their heads down, pretending not to hear anything.
Countries from the Grand Line paid little attention to the Four Seas.
Otherwise, they would have realized that the nations of the Four Seas were practically in cahoots with the Revolutionary Army.
Of course, this was the result of the entire Revolutionary Army following Michael's directive to slow down their armed liberation of nations and instead focus on managing and consolidating their existing spheres of influence.
In the original timeline, Monkey D. Dragon had already been branded the world's most dangerous criminal at this point during the World Conference.
Now, despite Monkey D. Dragon having a bounty of one billion berries, his presence...
Was even less noticeable than the Donquixote Family led by Doflamingo.
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