Spy

Hearing this, Yota was both annoyed and amused. But considering this big newsman’s usual conduct—he would even defy the World Government for a story—he truly had the kind of personality that valued news over his own life.

Thinking of that, Yota actually felt a little admiration for the man’s professional integrity. Whatever his personality was like, whether he was a good person or a bad one, his professional ethics alone surpassed ninety-nine percent of the journalists from Yota’s original world.

Still, admiration aside, Yota would not go easy on him. He could be spared from death, but not from punishment. No matter what, he had to pay the price for his reckless writing back then!

A wave of black mist swept over him. When Morgans reappeared, he felt an odd coolness all over his body. Then he lowered his head in disbelief.

"Cawww—where are my feathers?!"

Morgans’s miserable scream rang out across Cake Island.

Albatross Morgans had evolved into White Cut Chicken Morgans. Using the Munch-Munch Fruit’s modification ability, Yota had directly destroyed every follicle on Morgans’s body. From now on, not a single feather would ever grow on him again!

Everything, including the battle, had been settled. Yota and the others finally left the banquet hall. Halfway there, Violet secretly gave Yota a meaningful look. Yota nodded without changing expression, transformed into a dragon, and soared into the sky with his companions.

At the same time, on Cake Island.

"Where is that woman Stussy?"

"Who knows? She probably took the chance to run away."

"Damn it! If I ever run into that woman again, I definitely won’t let her off!"

Yota’s group quickly found their ship, which had been left on a deserted island near the outskirts of Cake Island. Yota transformed back into human form and landed. At that moment, Violet’s eyes suddenly changed, revealing the Mangekyo Sharingan. She then raised a hand, opening a void in space that spat out a figure. Wasn’t that Stussy?

"Captain, I’ve caught this woman." Violet gently covered one eye. "The power of these eyes is truly terrifying."

Before Yota had gone looking for trouble with Charlotte Linlin, he had already transplanted the Kamui Mangekyo Sharingan into Violet, the weakest among them. At the same time, he had instructed her to seize the opportunity to stash Stussy in the Kamui dimension.

Yota could have demanded Stussy directly at the time, but if he had done so, the World Government would never trust her again. At the very least, they would inspect her soul, memories, and mental state several times over.

So Yota had Violet secretly rescue her instead. That way, everyone would think that she had slipped away on her own, and no one would connect it to them.

Stussy was still badly injured, but fortunately, as a top CP0 spy, she had clearly mastered Life Return. Thus, her life was not in danger.

Stussy looked up at Yota and the others, wariness appearing on her face. But before she could speak, Yota did not waste words with her. He simply glared and directly used Kotoamatsukami on her.

"Name?"

"Stussy."

"Identity?"

"Queen of the Pleasure District, CP0 agent, codename Queen Bee."

"What is your position within CP0?"

"I am the organization’s third-ranking member, responsible for intelligence gathering. The other two are the Leader, who directly serves the Celestial Dragons, and Iron Wall, who is responsible for military force!"

A trace of delight flashed across Yota’s face. In truth, he had suspected from the beginning that Stussy was likely CP0’s intelligence chief.

After all, an identity like Queen of the Pleasure District was not something an ordinary agent could possess. Or rather, any agent capable of becoming the Queen of the Pleasure District could not possibly hold a low position within her organization.

Yota then narrowed his eyes and asked, "Does CP0 have any Devil Fruit ability users with mental powers, mind-reading abilities, or anything similar?"

"CP0 has agents with hypnosis abilities, but their level is mediocre. They can only hypnotize ordinary agents."

Upon hearing that, Yota finally breathed a sigh of relief. The reason he had not dared to place people in Navy Headquarters using Kotoamatsukami was because he feared Vice Admiral Tsuru’s Wash-Wash Fruit. Since CP0 had no such person, he naturally would not hold back.

He stretched out his hand, and black mist surged forth. A moment later, Stussy was spat out from the Dark Space, but her injuries had now completely healed.

Yota had also implanted a Biological Chip in her brain. It served as another safeguard, while greatly enhancing Stussy’s Life Return ability.

For Stussy, whose combat style centered around Rokushiki, the Biological Chip was like giving wings to a tiger. At the very least, it gave her combat strength no weaker than a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral.

However, for someone like her, combat power was only a minor consideration. That was not what Yota truly valued about her.

"Now that the Big Mom Pirates know your identity, what are you going to do next?" Yota asked directly.

"It doesn’t matter." Stussy narrowed her eyes. "This time, the Big Mom Pirates have practically fallen out with every force in the underworld. If they still had Pudding’s Memory Fruit ability, they naturally would not care. They could simply alter everyone’s memories."

"But under the current circumstances… as long as I find a way to kill all the Dark Emperors and frame the Big Mom Pirates, then no matter what they say, no one will believe them!"

That was true. Everyone had gone to the Big Mom Pirates, only to end up dead. That would naturally be the Big Mom Pirates’ responsibility. When the time came, even if the Big Mom Pirates claimed Stussy was a CP0 spy, everyone else would only think they were trying to excuse themselves.

On the surface, the others naturally would not dare cause trouble for the Big Mom Pirates. But in secret, the other underworld organizations would clearly keep their distance from them.

In terms of brute force, the Big Mom Pirates far surpassed Stussy. But when it came to schemes and conspiracies, Stussy, who had spent years in CP0 with her spy skills maxed out, was clearly superior.

The only issue was that this world ultimately still depended on strength. If Stussy kept provoking them like this with her level of power, she might end up getting killed by the Big Mom Pirates.

That was precisely why Yota had increased her strength somewhat. A Navy Vice Admiral’s strength was neither particularly strong nor particularly weak. Within the Big Mom Pirates, only figures at the level of the Sweet Four Generals could take her down.

But with Stussy’s intelligence-gathering abilities, if she could not defeat the Sweet Four Generals, could she not simply hide? After all, the movements of Great Pirates of that level had always been relatively easy to track.