Marineford.
Sengoku and Garp, along with others, looked at the chaotic Marine Headquarters, their faces grim.
What made it even harder to accept was that many within Marine Headquarters were spies for the Xuanwu Navy.
After Grand Tengu Qingfeng distanced himself from the battlefield, he seemed to return to Gourmet Island. However, he simply changed direction and then attacked Marine Headquarters.
Especially after Kong, the Marine Fleet Admiral, left Marineford, Grand Tengu Qingfeng, who had been hidden, also revealed his true intentions.
He directly attacked the headquarters prison where Wang Zhi and Yin Fu were held and, with the help of Xuanwu Navy spies, easily rescued them.
Facing resistance from the few remaining high-ranking officials at Marine Headquarters, these spies turned into suicide attackers, blocking them and buying Grand Tengu Qingfeng a little time. They repelled the secret force stationed at Marine Headquarters, the Artificial Devil Fruit Unit.
Yes, within Marine Headquarters, there was a hidden force of Kong. m..oΓg
Unfortunately, this Artificial Devil Fruit Unit, apart from eliminating the Xuanwu Navy spies, did not pose much of a threat to Grand Tengu Qingfeng.
"Grand Tengu Qingfeng, he hid his identity so well." Sakazuki, furious, punched a damaged statue and said.
"His identity had always been suspicious," Borsalino said softly from the side.
Garp and Sengoku remained silent.
They had already suffered enough.
Compared to Grand Tengu Qingfeng's 'betrayal,' the heavy losses sustained by the Navy were their primary concern.
Most importantly, their Fleet Admiral Kong had died.
This outcome was something no one had expected.
The World Government, and even the Five Elders, had deployed their means. If the Whitebeard Pirates, the Beast Pirates, and the Big Mom Pirates, all three pirate crews, had joined forces, they could have been annihilated.
However, their opponent was the Xuanwu Navy, which was full of mystery yet caused them immense trouble.
Now, this outcome was both expected and unexpected.
Either the Xuanwu Navy would be wiped out, or they would be wiped out by the Xuanwu Navy.
"The Xuanwu Navy fleet is approaching, and we no longer have enough strength to resist."
"More shells might fall on us. If we stay here, we will only be passively beaten."
Vice Admiral Tsuru sighed after a moment of silence.
Sengoku and the others fell silent.
With the war having reached this point, how could they still fight the Xuanwu Navy?
The high-ranking combatants possessed by the Xuanwu Navy were superior to even the devils within Devil Fruits.
"The devils within Devil Fruits, what do you think?" Garp suddenly asked.
Immediately, Sakazuki, Borsalino, Sengoku, Tsuru, and others who possessed Devil Fruit powers were stunned.
Beside them, Kaijin, Ruyin, Ryokugyu, and others were also in the same state.
They were all Devil Fruit users, and their development of Devil Fruits had reached a very high level. Moreover, some had even awakened their powers.
Based on the performance of Fleet Admiral Kong, it seemed that after reaching a certain level of strength, the hidden devils within their bodies would appear after death.
However, if they were still alive, and the devils appeared for some reason and controlled them?
For a moment, Sakazuki, Sengoku, and the others felt a sense of complexity.
The devils they had once disbelieved in had now become a reality.
...
Xuanwu Navy Fleet.
Grand Tengu Qingfeng, along with Wang Zhi and Yin Fu, had returned to the fleet.
The appearance of Grand Tengu Qingfeng shocked the Xuanwu Navy's high-ranking officials. Gourmet Island was the Fleet Admiral's, and Grand Tengu Qingfeng was also one of them.
Gourmet Island was also a force to be reckoned with. Since he was one of them, it meant another powerful force for the Xuanwu Navy.
"The World Government people modified you?"
Benedict looked at the wounds on Wang Zhi and Yin Fu. They had been sewn up, and Yin Fu's left hand was not his original arm but a modified artificial one.
"When we woke up after that battle, we were already captured by Blackbeard."
"Then we were handed over to the World Government. Blackbeard planned for the Seven Warlords position in exchange for this."
"And we were controlled and sent to a secret experimental base."
"They injected us with some drugs, causing us to fall into a coma. When we woke up, we had already been modified."
"After waking up, they also attempted to control us."
"But because we could not be controlled, and the modifications were not ideal, they planned to publicly execute us to attract a large force for a devastating strike."
Wang Zhi said what he knew with a sense of helplessness.
Wang Zhi had been specially treated, with many modifications, even undergoing cranial surgery.
For the current Wang Zhi, although he had a powerful body and decent self-healing abilities, this body was not his, and there was a clear lack of coordination in his abilities.
Therefore, even if Wang Zhi regained his strength, it was impossible for him to exert his past combat power, or even break through.
Benedict and the others expressed sympathy for Wang Zhi and Yin Fu upon hearing this.
After all, after being modified, they had become much more unsightly.
And Wang Zhi's spirit and energy were clearly insufficient.
Especially Yin Fu, who was wrapped in bandages all over.
"Do you know where that base is?"
Benedict immediately inquired.
"No!" Wang Zhi and Yin Fu both shook their heads.
Benedict was somewhat regretful.
The World Government possessed extremely advanced technological means and, at the same time, hid them very well, making it impossible for people to discover them easily.
Otherwise, the Xuanwu Navy's intelligence systems, spread across the globe, would have already found it.
"Although we don't know where it is, there are suspicious places," Yin Fu said.
"What is suspicious?" Benedict asked curiously.
"After I was modified, I was sent to a gladiatorial arena several times to fight a group of modified people."
"During that time, I noticed that it was supposed to be daytime outside, but it was dark."
"Furthermore, the gravity there was problematic. With my weight, I could jump higher by using the gravity there, and fall much slower."
Benedict pondered this.
"It's outer space."
"If this isn't the effect of some scientific technology, then outer space has such gravity issues,"
Kuchi, wearing sunglasses, suddenly said.
Kuchi's answer immediately brought Benedict back to his senses.
The Moon.
This world, a still mysterious existence.
Even in the original story, there were legends about the moon.
However, were Wang Zhi and Yin Fu really sent to the moon?
And how were they sent there?
"Marshal, is Marineford within range? Shall we launch an attack immediately?"
Bai Qi noticed that the fleet had approached Marineford, walked over, and reminded him.