Hunting people with weak strength has no value for Skyler now.
He couldn’t even be bothered to waste that time.
South Blue is his hometown, having wandered with the Tils Pirates for a year, so he knows exactly what powerful figures exist in South Blue.
Killing Goti made Skyler realize a problem.
That is, starting to hunt plot characters now is somewhat disadvantageous; he is like a fruit grower, and those plot characters are the cultivated fruits.
The plot points given by the latter are tied to their strength.
If these people are not ‘mature’, picking the fruit now would be a huge loss!
However, some plot characters can be hunted because their growth is limited.
Even if given time…
they won’t get too much stronger.
Killing them early or late makes no difference.
For instance, Colonel Mouse and Morgan in East Blue.
After finishing the ‘negotiation’ with the mob, Skyler and Laffitte did not rush to South Blue immediately, but instead lingered in West Blue for a period of time.
They killed the three most prestigious pirate crews in West Blue at present, whose combined bounties totaled around tens of millions.
For pirate forces of this level, the officers on their ships still had some skills and could create some value for Skyler.
The consequence of his actions was that the Hell Pirates became completely famous in West Blue, making everyone pale at the mention of them.
For a time, not only the mafia, but even many pirate crews found places to hide…
not daring to show their faces.
No one knew what Skyler and the others intended; they felt like sheer madmen killing everywhere for no reason at all.
And the Marines…
During the time the Hell Pirates stayed in West Blue, the Marines never gave up their pursuit of Skyler and Laffitte.
However, with the military strength of the West Blue branch, trying to obstruct the Hell Pirates was like a praying mantis trying to stop a chariot—completely useless.
Therefore, after a few operations, all branches in West Blue received orders issued by Marineford.
Temporarily ignore the existence of the Hell Pirates.
Let Skyler and the other run amok.
…
Marineford.
“What on earth does this Skyler want to do?
Judging from his plundering of several mafia families, he undoubtedly wants to accumulate funds, as well as recruit security officers expelled by kingdoms…
Everything is to form a pirate crew.
He will definitely return to the Grand Line!”
Chief Staff Officer Tsuru crossed her fingers and fell into deep thought.
In front of the desk, Momousagi, a Marine Vice Admiral and candidate for Admiral, asked the old woman.
Recently, the momentum of this Hell Pirates crew has been too fierce.
Although they were in the Four Blues, the commotion they stirred up was no less than that of some felons running amok in the Grand Line.
Momousagi first heard the name Demon skyler from Hina.
Hina is a junior she values quite a bit…
Previously at Twin Capes, she almost managed to catch Skyler, but still missed him.
I heard that Hina developed a complex because of this and vowed to personally capture Skyler to close the case.
“Sigh…
The situation is probably even trickier than Sengoku thinks.
Although this Skyler is formidable…
relying solely on him and Laffitte to wipe out several colossal pirate forces in West Blue in such a short period of time is truly baffling!
Even with extremely strong personal abilities, the number of members in these pirate crews is around several thousand…
To some extent, that is enough to make up for the backwardness of individual disparities, yet they still pulled it off.” Tsuru, serving as the mastermind of the Marines, gently tapped her fingers on the desk: “According to the data in our hands, this Skyler’s strength must have improved extraordinarily once again.”
“You mean he concealed his strength back at Twin Capes?” Momousagi exclaimed.
“It’s not concealing strength.
If he had this ability before, Hina would probably be dead…
Demon skyler has always been ruthless and merciless.
It makes sense that he could seek out Laffitte; after all, birds of a feather flock together.” The old lady said softly: “Therefore, the only possibility is that after going to West Blue, he used some unknown method to advance by leaps and bounds.”
“It’s only about two months before and after.
How is that possible…”
Momousagi couldn’t believe it.
If it were a few years of time for Skyler to undergo a complete transformation, that would still make sense.
Two months?
What a joke.
“I can’t figure it out either…
Some time ago, Whitebeard and Kaido fought again over territory.
Although the Shichibukai system formulated by the government balanced the situation at sea, it had too little impact on those few people; it merely suppressed the arrogance of the new-generation pirates and controlled them in disguise, preventing the pirates from growing wildly.
The movements of the Four Emperors are the focus of our attention.
Right now, the manpower and energy of Marineford are placed in the New World, and we have no time to care about the situation in West Blue…
Coupled with the fact that West Blue is different from the other three sea areas—where the mafia reigns supreme—even we Marines actually find it hard to call the shots…
Skyler probably took a fancy to this point before going to West Blue.”
Tsuru analyzed calmly: “If that’s the case, this Demon skyler is not only startling in strength and talent, but his brain is also equally outstanding.”
“I will make a trip myself.”
Momousagi was silent for a moment and spoke.
“No.
In addition to going to the New World to monitor the Four Emperors, we also need to leave some people behind to stabilize the situation in the first half of the Grand Line…
I have already sent a message to West Blue telling them to stop keeping an eye on the Hell Pirates.
Demon skyler acts erratically; whether it is the mafia or pirates, their internal strife has nothing to do with us.
The carnage created by the Hell Pirates is instead helping us purge our enemies and better control West Blue.”
“As expected of Chief Staff Officer Tsuru.”
Momousagi’s eyes lit up, enlightened by the old woman’s words with a new line of thinking.
It was like a sudden enlightenment.
Thump, thump, thump.
As they were talking, a knock on the door came.
“Come in.”
A Marine petty officer walked in and saluted the two headquarters higher-ups.
“What is it?”
Tsuru raised her eyelids slightly.
“Hell Pirates Captain Skyler and officer Laffitte have appeared in South Blue, spotted by a patrol boat of the 96th Branch in the waters near Swallow Island.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku said he wants you, Chief Staff Officer, to make the decision.”
What?
As soon as these words came out, Tsuru and Momousagi exchanged glances, both somewhat surprised.
“Alright, I understand.”
Tsuru took a light breath and dismissed the person.
“Went to South Blue again?
So fast…” Momousagi murmured as the subordinate left.
“It seems just as I thought.
Demon skyler can ignore the restrictions of sea terrain and enter and exit the Four Blues at will…
When he went to West Blue before, he should have crossed Reverse Mountain…
Is it that flight ability?
His flight ability can accomplish long-distance transfers…” Tsuru frowned slightly.
“His abilities are too versatile—controlling corpses, flying…
Judging from the Devil Fruit encyclopedia and fruit abilities that have appeared at sea in the past, it doesn’t belong to any kind.” Momousagi continued: “Hina described that when the two fought back then, Demon skyler still had no way to emit flying slashes…
But now, he definitely possesses the level of a master swordsman.”
Momousagi herself was a top-tier master swordsman of Marine Headquarters, and she understood swordsmanship even more thoroughly.
Every master swordsman’s slash is different; swordsmanship skills, sword momentum, and so on are all closely related to their own comprehension.
An outstanding slash will even arouse sword auras of different colors.
Judging from the data, Skyler’s slash is gray…
lifeless, which is inseparable from his person and his sword.
It was the first time Momousagi had heard of this.
“Adopt the same strategy as in West Blue…
These two will not threaten ordinary people.
Even as a ruthless grim reaper, in Skyler’s eyes there are only those strong ones.
It seems that only this can bring him a sense of satisfaction to a certain extent.”
The old woman looked at a newly taken, blurry photo of Skyler on the data sheet and said steadily.
“Compared to us, what should be even more worried are those pirate crews in South Blue…
Pirates in South Blue are the most numerous and rampant among the Four Blues…
Now, the demon has come.”