Bastille said with worry, "But this is a mission that Fleet Admiral Sakazuki assigned. If we go back like this, it will be difficult to explain."
"You don't need to worry about this matter."
Fujitora waved his hand, and said, "I'll talk to him. Go get the Den Den Mushi."
Bastille didn't dare to disobey Fujitora. He immediately went to get the Den Den Mushi. After Fujitora took the Den Den Mushi, he dialed the phone number of Navy Headquarters.
"Moshi, moshi, this is Navy Headquarters. I am Fleet Admiral Akainu. You're Fujitora, right?"
Akainu's voice came from the Den Den Mushi. Fujitora opened his mouth, and said, "This old man is."
Akainu asked on the other end, "You're calling me at this time. Does it mean that the mission has been completed?"
Fujitora's reply was obviously going to disappoint Akainu. They only heard him say, "The mission failed."
"What?"
Hearing Fujitora's reply, Akainu's tone clearly increased by a large margin. He asked loudly, "You said the mission failed? Could it be that Trafalgar Law, that little brat, refused to become a Shichibukai? Does he want to die?"
Akainu was very unhappy. Since he had become the Navy Fleet Admiral, and had taken over this mess, many things were very thorny. He had finally overcome all opposition, and transferred Navy Headquarters to the New World, just to show his determination.
But this was only the first step. In order to revive the Navy's prestige, he had started conscripting soldiers from all over the world, and had promoted Fujitora Issho to the new Navy Admiral out of the ordinary, replacing Aokiji's position. As for Green Bull, who was replacing his position, he hadn't joined the Navy yet.
The Navy Headquarters, which had suffered losses during the Summit War, was also slowly walking out of its predicament under his leadership. Now, he had turned his attention to the Shichibukai.
After all, after the Summit War, Blackbeard and Jinbe had both left the Shichibukai position one after another. Now that the Shichibukai position was vacant, he wanted to fill it. Trafalgar Law was one of his targets.
For the sake of foolproofness, Akainu had even sent the new Navy Admiral Fujitora this time. In his view, it was easy for Fujitora to deal with a mere pirate.
Even if Law didn't agree, with Fujitora's strength, he would be able to suppress him. However, Akainu had never expected that Fujitora would actually tell him that the mission had failed.
Fujitora replied, "It's not Trafalgar Law's problem. Some changes happened during the process."
"Changes? What changes could make you return in defeat?" Akainu asked in a deep voice.
Fujitora said, "It's Death God, the Whitebeard Pirates, Death God. He appeared."
Akainu exclaimed, "What did you say? Death God? Are you sure you didn't say it wrong? It's really that man?"
Fujitora said, "It's him. He found Trafalgar Law one step ahead of us, and didn't know what conditions he promised, making Trafalgar Law agree to join his pirate crew alliance."
Akainu roared, "Then you just watched him take the person away?"
Fujitora said, "Of course not. This old man fought him. But I have to admit that even this old man doesn't have the confidence to keep him. If we were to fight hard, I'm afraid this old man and the people I brought would all be annihilated. Moreover, I don't even know if we can beat Death God. So, this old man finally decided to give up."
"Bastard!"
Akainu roared furiously. Every time he faced something related to Akira, he would lose his composure. Even if he had become the Navy Fleet Admiral now, he still hadn't changed.
"That bastard is so arrogant, ruining our good deeds again and again. He really deserves to die."
Listening to Akainu's angry roar, Fujitora said with an unchanged expression, "Actually, this old man feels that we don't need to be so anxious now. It can be seen from Death God's actions that he has already decided to go to war with the Blackbeard Pirates. This old man feels that we don't need to take action against him now. We just need to quietly wait for him and Blackbeard to decide the winner, because it's still hard to say who can make it to the end between the two of them."
Akainu took a deep breath, and said, "Alright, I understand. Go find the next target."
After saying this, Akainu hung up the phone, leaving Fujitora to sigh faintly, and say, "Shichibukai, what a useless system. It actually has to continue, sigh."
Over the years, Fujitora had seen a lot of harm caused by the Shichibukai system. That was why he rejected the Shichibukai from the bottom of his heart, and believed that this system should be abolished.
However, unfortunately, he wasn't a decision-maker in the Navy. Akainu had still decided to continue to use the Shichibukai, to use the power of pirates to deal with pirates. So, all he could do was to minimize the danger.
After Fujitora left, Law asked Akira, "Are we just going to let them leave like this?"
Akira looked at him, and asked, "Then what else do you want to do? Fight them to the death?"
Law smiled brightly, and said, "I don't mean that. I'm saying, aren't you afraid that he will spread what happened today?"
Akira said, "What's there to be afraid of? Now, I've prepared everything. The war with the Blackbeard Pirates is imminent. Do you think I would care about these things being known by others?"
"That's true."
Law nodded. He knew what Akira meant. For himself, perhaps he felt that he was very strong. But in reality, in the eyes of these big shots in the New World, he was nothing at all.
Blackbeard wouldn't put him in his eyes at all. So, even if Akira recruited him, it was estimated that he wouldn't have any thoughts about it.
Akira said to Law, "I'll give you three days. After three days, you have to come to the place I told you to meet."
Then, Akira told Law the location, and the plan for preparing to go to war with the Blackbeard Pirates.
Actually, Akira didn't have any amazing plan, because he and the Blackbeard Pirates understood each other very well. Blackbeard could basically guess 70% or 80% of how much power the Whitebeard Pirates had.
So, if he wanted to play any tricks, there was a 90% chance it wouldn't work. So, Akira didn't want to play any tricks. He wanted to fight Blackbeard head-on. This battle wasn't just to eliminate the Blackbeard Pirates, but it was also to show everyone in the New World.
He wanted to use this war to establish the Whitebeard Pirates' position. That way, after he defeated the Blackbeard Pirates, no one would dare to question him ascending to Whitebeard's position.
After listening to Akira's words, light flashed in Law's eyes. He suddenly asked Akira, "You told me these things. Aren't you afraid that I will betray you, and tell everything I know to others?"
Akira looked at Law calmly, and asked, "Will you?"
Law laughed, and said, "No."
"Then that's it."
Finally, Akira reminded Law, "Remember, going to war with the Blackbeard Pirates is a battle to the death. You have to go with the determination to die. Otherwise, there's no need to come."
"Captain, are we really going to join the Whitebeard Pirates Alliance?"
Bepo, the bear mink of the Heart Pirates, stood next to Law, and couldn't help but ask.
Law said, "Now that things have come to this, do you still need to ask this? The Whitebeard Pirates and Death God aren't people we can afford to offend. What's more, we just rejected the invitation from Navy Headquarters, and have been regarded as a thorn in their side. If we don't keep our promise, and join the Whitebeard Pirates Alliance, do you think we can still survive in the New World?"
The current situation had reached the point where he had no choice. Moreover, he wasn't the kind of two-faced person. Since he had promised Akira, going back on his word wasn't his usual style.
"Shachi, what do you think about us joining the Whitebeard Pirates Alliance? Is it right, or wrong?"
Law suddenly asked a man with an extremely tall figure. This pirate was the pirate that he had saved from the Celestial Dragons in the Sabaody Archipelago.
Not only was he powerful, but he was also more knowledgeable than them. Compared to the other rookies in the Heart Pirates, Law would often ask him when he encountered problems.
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