Capturing Grount

Basire exited the half-dragon state and carried the young Marine with a tuft of red hair on his head with a smile on his face.

Whether it is killing Grount to recover his devil fruit, or using Grount to recruit his master Aokiji Kuzan, they're both good choices.

Demonic Blood Ape is the new codename Basire just gave to the red-haired giant ape. He would change it later when he really knew its name.

"Then let's go!!"

Basire looked at Grount's horrific injuries. He was about to die if he didn't receive treatment. He quickly stuffed a few blood crystal dandelions into his mouth to hang on to his life.

The transformation into a full beast almost killed Grount.

No wonder this irritable young Marine couldn't even fully control his transformed left arm.

His talent is really poor, or the starting point of his devil fruit is really too high.

The lower limit of the ability of this demonic ape may be the upper limit of the combat power of most ordinary Zoan species, or even the limit of awakening.

The gap between devil fruit's abilities can be quite terrifying.

There are only useless ability users, but there are no useless devil fruit abilities. This sentence is obviously a lie.

He didn't know who's theory this is.

Maybe he himself is extremely eager for top-level devil fruit abilities and looks down on ordinary or junk abilities.

Take for example his dragon fruit. It has three attributes: wind, fire and thunder. How can those ordinary zoan fruits be compared to it?

Basire carried Grount back to mangrove No. 55, and Breed, the pet fruit user, also left with the Big Daddy Pirates.

The slaves in the human auction in this illegal area were all released by Nico Robin and Nami. The owners of the black shops could only bear the loss when they saw Basire.

At this time, the Ark Maxim had already been coated. After being inspected by the Big Daddy Pirates and confirmed to be complete, Basire and the others set off directly and dived into the sea to go towards Fish-Man Island.

The events from Sabaody Archipelago also began to spread.

The Yonkō Big Daddy Basire unexpectedly appeared in Sabaody Archipelago again and captured a young Marine genius.

Is this a provocation to the Marines?

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Naval Headquarters, Marineford, Fleet Admiral's office.

"That bastard is going too far!!"

Akainu smashed the desk into pieces with an angry slap. Not only did Basire use Big News Morgans' help to slander the Marines, he also came to Marineford and Mary Geoise's doorstep, Sabaody Archipelago, and kidnapped a young Marine genius.

This is a clear show of disdain for the Marines and justice.

Akainu felt aggrieved when he thought about how much he had been scolded by the Five Elders in the past few days.

In order to show his determination to fight the pirates to the end, he decided to move the Naval Headquarters to the New World!

From now on, the New World G1 base will be the new Naval Headquarters, and Marineford will be converted into the G1 branch.

Akainu didn't want to see the disgusting faces of the Five Elders anymore, so he decided to swap Marineford with the G1 division.

This resolution immediately gained support from many hawkish Vice Admirals, who all clamored to enter the New World.

Inspector General Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru could only support the new Fleet Admiral's decision and improve all the work for approval by the Five Elders.

After the meeting dissipated, everyone left, including Sengoku and Tsuru. They also left Akainu's office together.

"Basire personally captured Grount. I don't know what conspiracy he is planning, or maybe he just took a fancy to Grount's devil fruit ability."

"Unexpectedly, Grount's devil fruit ability is not just to transform his left arm, but a terrifying red-haired giant ape."

Sengoku was worried, and now that the secret of Basire's ability to plunder devil fruits has been spread throughout the sea, can Grount survive in his hands?

Has his devil fruit ability already been robbed by Basire?

Based on the level of destruction in the outlaw zone of Sabaody Archipelago, it seems they truly underestimated Grount's devil fruit.

The Marines seem to have lost another powerful devil fruit, which may be a mythical zoan and they never discovered it!

"What I fear most is that Basire might use Grount to plot against Kuzan."

Tsuru was also worried. Grount was Kuzan's apprentice, and Kuzan had left the Marines injured after failing to become the Fleet Admiral. They had not heard from him for a long time.

The last time they received a call from him was when he notified them that he was quitting the Marines.

At that time, the entire Naval Headquarters was shaken, and the Five Elders were completely furious.

If Aokiji Kuzan hadn't left and there was no information about his location, the Five Elders would have really rushed out to capture this ice fruit user.

"When Garp comes back from his vacation in East Blue, let him give Kuzan some good advice."

Sengoku pressed his temples and said with a headache.

After the death of Fire Fist Ace, Garp requested to resign, but Commander-In-Chief Kong did not approve it, and instead he gave him three months of leave to adjust the justice in his heart.

Sengoku could also feel the changes in Garp, which made him very uncomfortable. After Black Arm Zephyr and Aokiji Kuzan betrayed or quit the Marines one after another, this former Fleet Admiral felt even more guilty and powerless.

He failed too much.

"It's useless, people's hearts have been scattered."

Tsuru could see all the contradictions and flaws in the Marines, but she couldn't change them.

The World government is the one who dominates the Marines.

The Marines' justice is nothing more than justice based on serving the World government and the Celestial Dragons.

Sengoku has strayed far away from the justice he originally wanted after joining the Marines.

Garp, Sakazuki, and Kuzan are all working hard for their own justice in their own way.

But they are contradictory. No one feels that their justice is wrong.

After Kuzan failed in the decisive battle, he knew that he could no longer achieve justice by ascending to a high position in the Marines, so he could only leave and practice his justice in his own way.

After Tsuru sighed a few times, she suddenly remembered something.

"Where are Whitey Bay and Namur? Call them right away and inform them that Basire is around and ask them to be careful."

Tsuru was a little worried about the safety of the two new Shichibukai. Now that Basire returned to Paradise, could it be that it is to wipe out these Whitebeard Pirates' remnants?

"Basire won't go looking for them, right?"

Sengoku's expression also changed. He immediately ran to the communication room and asked someone to notify Whitey Bay and Namur.

He remembered that these two Shichibukai were recently developing in the waters between the Florian Triangle and Sabaody Archipelago.

If Basire went to look for them specifically, he might actually meet them.

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