Chapter 196: Sea Calendar 1483, Shakky in Danger
Sea Calendar 1483.
Another year passed, and the Marines were suppressed for a full year again.
The seemingly "peaceful" Great Sea was actually surging with undercurrents.
A faint killing intent permeated the air.
Inside the Conference Room at Marine Headquarters, Kong's eyes flashed with excitement, his heart stirring, somewhat impatient.
As if seeing through Kong's thoughts, Tsuru, who was beside him, gently reminded him, "This mission is very important. Your target is too big, and it's very likely to attract the other side's attention."
"As the Fleet Admiral, it's better to remain at Headquarters. Leave this to others."
In the past few years, facing the attacks of the Rocks Pirates, Kong would often leave Headquarters to take action himself.
However, their enemy this time wasn't exactly the Rocks Pirates.
"I am a bit too excited."
Kong smiled and shook his head, his expression quickly turning serious.
His gaze swept across all the Navy Officer present in the Conference Room.
"According to World Government and Marine Intelligence, we have confirmed three core Intelligence Base locations of the Rocks Pirates."
"This time, we must completely eliminate the Intelligence Force of the Rocks Pirates."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present became excited.
As Marine High Command, they understood the importance of Intelligence Force, especially the Intelligence Force of the Rocks Pirates, which had caused them immense trouble over the years.
Especially since, every so often, some World Government and Marine Intelligence Officer would mysteriously "disappear".
Eliminating the Intelligence Force of the Rocks Pirates would be a huge victory, no less significant than the achievement of eliminating a Core Cadre of the Rocks Pirates.
"This operation must succeed. Failure is not an option."
"The Marines and the World Government will fully support this operation."
Kong said sternly.
When he was an Admiral, he already knew how troublesome the Intelligence Force of the Rocks Pirates was.
Several times they had discovered the whereabouts of the Intelligence Force, only for them to escape beforehand.
This time, having confirmed the locations of the core Intelligence Base of the Rocks Pirates, it was an unprecedented great opportunity that they could not easily let slip away.
However, what he didn't know was that the Intelligence Force of the Rocks Pirates was now "not what it used to be".
The Marines began their operation under the cover of night, Marine Warships sailing through Red Port towards the New World.
Led personally by Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr, three Top Tier Combatant were dispatched.
Zephyr, now thirty-four years old, had fully grown into a top Strongman within the Marines after years of combat tempering.
His powerful Armament Haki had earned him the name "Black Arm" on the Great Sea, making him renowned among Pirate.
The Rocks Pirates had three core Intelligence Base.
They used to have more, but now only three remained.
During the period when the major Superpower controlled the Intelligence Force of the Rocks Pirates, they could always detect the whereabouts of the World Government and Marine Intelligence Force in advance and relocate.
And now, they hadn't even noticed when the Marines and World Government had gotten a handle on them.
In short, the current Intelligence Force was still powerful, having undergone decades of development.
However, compared to before, it was not on the same level, and compared to the Intelligence Force of the World Government and the Marines, it had fallen behind.
In fact, three months ago, the Intelligence Force of the Marines and the World Government had already found a clue.
Over these three months, through continuous infiltration and searching, they finally determined the locations of the Rocks Pirates' core Intelligence Base.
Only after having a complete plan did they begin the operation.
Everything was done to ensure the operation was foolproof.
As long as these three core Intelligence Base were destroyed, the Intelligence Force of the Rocks Pirates would naturally disintegrate.
Relying on the intelligence advantage, Kong was confident he could gradually seize the initiative and reverse the gap between the Marines and the Rocks Pirates.
Allowing the Marines to rise again.
The Rocks Pirates still didn't know that their core Intelligence Base had been targeted.
And there were very few members of the Rocks Pirates who knew the location of the core Intelligence Base.
It's possible that even after everything had settled into dust, the Rocks Pirates still wouldn't know.
Warships sailed on the Great Sea, each following a safe Shipping Route.
These three Shipping Route were secretly explored by the Marines.
They were not on the Intelligence nodes of the Rocks Pirates.
The number of Pirate along the way was also relatively small, making encounters rare.
If any were found, the three Top Tier Combatant would take action in advance, completely destroying the Pirate Crew before news could spread.
In this way, the Marines advanced deep into the middle and later sections of the New World, considered the heartland of the Rocks Pirates, without being discovered.
For this moment, they had made too many preparations.
Everyone carried the determination to succeed.
In this dark era, a ray of dawn was about to arrive, allowing them to persevere.
After all, it could be said that being a Marine in this era was truly difficult.
"It's just ahead."
"Yes, the World Government Agent have been lying in wait for several days, just waiting for us to arrive."
"Then be careful. We'll go over in small boats. We'll bring the Warships over after the operation begins. Before that, we absolutely cannot alert the enemy."
Sengoku commanded cautiously.
Zephyr and Garp on the other two sides made the same choice; the operation had contingency plans prepared early on.
If it failed, everything these Agent had done would be in vain.
These Agent arrived several days in advance.
To avoid being discovered, some even buried their Body in the soil for days and nights without moving, which was definitely a powerful tempering of their will.
A seemingly ordinary Island, from the surface, showed no trace of human habitation.
The Marines had begun infiltrating the Island.
However, different leaders with different styles produced different results.
Zephyr infiltrated steadily and surely, without a single mistake, cooperating with the CP0 Agent to completely surround the entire Island.
Sengoku did the same, but as a silent breeze swept past, their whereabouts were already discovered.
A man at the core of the Stronghold suddenly raised his head, frowned, and quietly called over a few of his trusted confidantes, important Intelligence Officer.
While sending a message to Shiki "The Golden Lion", he used air currents to sweep up these important Intelligence Officer and shoot straight into the sky, quickly escaping.
His movements naturally could not be hidden from Sengoku.
This caused Sengoku, who was still in hiding, to change his expression drastically.
Accompanied by the explosion of a Signal Flare, the remaining Marines and CP Agent launched a joint attack.
But Sengoku's expression was extremely grim.
He knew that the most crucial figure had escaped.
"Reinhardt!"
He guessed who this person was: Reinhardt, the Deputy of Shiki "The Golden Lion", a Core Cadre of the Rocks Pirates, and an Air-Air Fruit Paramecia Type Ability User.
Realizing the subtle breeze from before, Sengoku knew he had been discovered in advance.
There was nothing that could be done about it.
On the other side, the reckless Garp was discovered immediately.
The Island was surrounded by traps, and Garp and the Marines he led undoubtedly fell into them.
The World Government Agent hadn't triggered any traps for so many days, but unexpectedly, Garp was discovered as soon as he arrived.
The operation began immediately.
The Marines and CP Agent attacked together.
The entire Island quickly descended into chaos.
Shakky didn't have an ability as convenient as Reinhardt's.
After realizing the danger, she destroyed some important documents in the shortest possible time.
Before the Marines arrived, surrounded by numerous CP Agent, she relied on her personal powerful strength to fight her way out directly.
Taking a few trusted Subordinate with her, she boarded a pre-prepared ship and quickly escaped.
However, she had been completely targeted by the World Government Agent.
Although they couldn't deal with Shakky, someone else could.
"Vice Admiral Garp, the most important core figure from this Stronghold has escaped, in that direction."
An Agent pointed out the direction for Garp.
Garp knew what to do.
"Chase!"
Although it would take some time to return to the warship, with the warship's speed, they could definitely catch up.
Shakky was slightly out of breath.
Compared to her usual instinct, she was now calmer after doing intelligence work for a long time.
She knew she was in danger.
The person pursuing her was definitely someone she couldn't handle.
She commanded the others to throw anything unnecessary on the ship that would affect their speed overboard.
In this moment of crisis, the first person she thought of was Hades.
(end of chapter)