Pirate Guerrilla Squad

As a spy for the Donquixote Family, Vergo naturally possessed Doflamingo’s Vivre Card. What reassured him most now was that although Doflamingo’s Vivre Card had withered for a time, it had ultimately recovered.

Clearly, Doflamingo was no longer in mortal danger. As for why Vergo could never contact him, the most likely explanation was that he had been imprisoned.

Fortunately, Vergo was a Vice Admiral with the Navy backing him. Finding a way to request some support was hardly difficult.

Especially after receiving intelligence on Yota, he was even more grateful that he had not rashly gone looking for him. After all, even Kaido, Doflamingo’s backer, had been beaten flat. Yota’s strength was undoubtedly at the level of the Four Emperors.

Although Wano Country’s isolation meant that a certain big news bird had not obtained the actual details of the battle, even if Yota and the others had only driven Kaido away through a group beating, they were still far stronger than the Donquixote Family by an unknown margin.

Of course, Yota’s outstanding performance had likewise caused the Whitebeard Pirates’ threat level within the Navy to soar. After hearing Vergo’s report, they had truly sent quite a bit of support.

Unfortunately, even after learning this news, the Navy merely told Vergo to remain vigilant. The support they dispatched was only meant to strengthen his defenses.

As for the Donquixote Family? Doflamingo, one of the Shichibukai? The Navy deeply regretted his plight, and that was all.

Vergo had actually considered informing the World Government. After all, unlike the Navy, Doflamingo was more than merely a Shichibukai in the World Government’s eyes. He also held many secrets of the Celestial Dragons. If he were dead, that would be one thing, but once imprisoned, he could very likely reveal information to the enemy. Therefore, once the World Government learned of this, it would definitely not remain indifferent.

But in the end, Vergo abandoned that idea, because he felt the possibility of the World Government silencing Doflamingo was far greater than the possibility of them rescuing him.

Fortunately, he eventually found a powerful ally.

Upon the azure sea drifted several warships that looked very similar to Navy battleships, though their flags were different.

"Ain, how far are we from Dressrosa?"

A tall, purple-haired man with bulging muscles and a massive mechanical arm, looking no different from the Terminator, turned to the beautiful woman beside him, who had long, smooth, sea-blue wavy hair.

"About several dozen nautical miles. We should arrive in another hour or two, Teacher Zephyr."

The young woman glanced at the sea chart, calculated the distance again, and answered.

Hearing that, Zephyr nodded, a cold look appearing in his eyes.

Standing beside him was a man wearing sunglasses. He was none other than Demon Bamboo Vergo.

Clearly, the powerful ally Vergo had found was the previous generation’s Naval Admiral, Black Arm Zephyr, along with his Navy Guerrilla Squad.

Although Zephyr had little fondness for the Shichibukai, Whitebeard Jr., the man who had killed his students, had not yet joined the Shichibukai. Thus, he was still willing to show the Shichibukai system some respect and, at the very least, would not kill Doflamingo.

Moreover, Yota’s identity had also stirred Zephyr’s hatred. Although Whitebeard had never acknowledged Edward Weevil’s identity, the man had spent years wreaking havoc across the seas under the name Whitebeard Jr. Combined with his crescent-shaped mustache, it was obvious that, in Zephyr’s eyes, he had to be connected to Whitebeard.

Hatred for one person extended to everything associated with them. Zephyr’s hatred for Whitebeard Jr. had clearly spread to the entire Whitebeard Pirates.

But the former Zephyr had clearly known his own limits. No matter how confident he was, he could not possibly go looking for trouble with the Whitebeard Pirates.

In his old, weak, and crippled state, with only a handful of men under his command, if he went after Whitebeard, he would probably be gang-beaten by Whitebeard’s sons before he even got to see Whitebeard himself!

This time, however, Yota had already left the Whitebeard Pirates’ territory, so Zephyr did not mind crushing the soft persimmon first. Though rumors claimed that Yota was remarkably strong and had even defeated Kaido, the Navy’s intelligence department, after analysis, still leaned toward the conclusion that Kaido had been defeated by a group.

The entire Navy had analyzed the intelligence from the Whitebeard Pirates’ war with the Beasts Pirates some time ago. At that time, although Yota had shown off with the Great Waterfall Technique, his strength had at most been comparable to a Great Elite of a Four Emperors’ pirate crew.

In such a short time, even if Yota had improved, he could at most have reached the strength of an Emperor Vice-Captain. No one in the entire Navy believed he could defeat Kaido in a one-on-one fight.

Although Zephyr’s strength had declined considerably, dealing with an Emperor Vice-Captain was still no problem. Furthermore, according to the intelligence, Yota had few powerful subordinates, which was why Zephyr was so confident.

Almost all of the Navy’s senior officers had received Zephyr’s instruction, and Vergo was clearly one of them.

Although his undercover identity meant that he rarely communicated with his colleagues or teacher, Vergo still knew Zephyr’s strength very well.

In his view, with Zephyr’s strength, combined with himself and the several Vice Admirals sent by the Navy as support, this battle was absolutely in the bag!

"Purple hair, mechanical arm?" After hearing the intelligence Violet had brought, Yota rubbed his chin in thought. "Vergo’s pretty capable, huh? He even managed to drag out a former Naval Admiral!"

Violet’s expression changed slightly. She was also hesitating, unsure whether the Navy’s arrival would be good or bad for Dressrosa.

What she truly hoped for was to capture the entire Donquixote Family and save all the people of Dressrosa. If that was how one looked at it, she should actually have sided with Zephyr.

But she could not forget that Doflamingo held the status of both a Shichibukai and a former Celestial Dragon. Under such circumstances, whether the Navy would punish Doflamingo or support his rule over Dressrosa was impossible to say.

Yota could naturally see through Violet’s thoughts completely, but he only found them somewhat amusing.

What was the point of thinking so much with her level of strength? One could harbor countless thoughts, yet still lose to a pair of iron fists.

Kyros’s expression, on the other hand, showed that he understood his place far better—after all, he was not the main force in this battle. If a fight truly broke out, he only needed to do his best.

Yota guessed that Kyros was thinking that if Yota won, he would continue honoring their agreement. If Yota lost, he would go to the Navy and accuse the Donquixote Family of their actions. Whether it succeeded or not, he had to make the effort.

Until then, he would serve Yota.