As a special agent, his perception was naturally extremely sharp, Agent 007 could still sense the presence of the three individuals in this location, but they had vanished without a trace!
Although Agent 007 was quite astonished, the immediate priority was to report this bizarre incident to his superiors.
Suppressing the shock in his heart, he dialed his leader number.
However, the one who answered the call was Admiral Aokiji, who had already arrived near the island! When Fleet Admiral Sengoku learned that this agent was tracking Whitebeard and his companions, he had redirected the agent call to the nearest available admiral, Aokiji Kuzan.
"This is Aokiji. What do you have to report?" Aokiji calm voice came through the phone.
"Admiral Aokiji, Whitebeard and his two companions disappeared right in front of me!" Agent 007 reported hurriedly.
"What?! Are you certain Whitebeard disappeared?" Aokiji' eyes widened in disbelief.
After all, when he had arrived here, he had sense Whitebeard from a distance. Whitebeard was far too conspicuous to miss!
How could he have vanished in less than twenty minutes? Aokiji had been patrolling the perimeter of the island and hadn't seen Whitebeard leave.
Aokiji hung up the phone and quickly made his way to Agent 007 location.
"This is truly bizarre!" the agent muttered to himself after hanging up.
.....
"What happened?" Aokiji approached with a frown.
"Ah! Admiral Aokiji" the agent was startled by Aokiji sudden appearance.
"Admiral Aokiji, right here, I witnessed Whitebeard and his two companions vanish into thin air amidst a flash of purple light!" The agent hurriedly showed Aokiji the photos he had taken.
"Let's set that aside for now. You mentioned earlier that Whitebeard and his group were here to meet with some of their subordinate captains, correct?" Aokiji asked directly.
"Yes, those captains are still on the island!" The agent replied, somewhat flustered.
"Good, take me to them. Fleet Admiral Sengoku has ordered that we must uncover the reason for Whitebeard sudden appearance here!" Aokiji turned and headed into the town.
The agent didn't dare delay and quickly followed, leading the way for Aokiji.
Half an hour later, Aokiji looked at the three captains, their hands and feet frozen and immobilized, and nodded in satisfaction.
The vice admiral stationed on the island had also received the news and arrived promptly.
"I will personally escort these individuals to Marine Headquarters at Marineford. You will accompany me. Fleet Admiral Sengoku has questions for you," Aokiji said to Agent 007.
....
A day later, Aokiji had already arrived at Marineford with the three pirate captains and Agent 007.
Sengoku was already waiting for them.
"Speak. What was Whitebeard purpose in seeking you out?" Sengoku asked with a furrowed brow.
"Hmph, don't think you can intimidate us just because you're The Fleet Admiral! We won't talk. If you're unhappy, just kill us!" The three laughed arrogantly.
After all, as pirates, they still had some pride.
"These guys are really troublesome," Sengoku rubbed his temples in frustration.
"Call Akainu over here!"
"He's the one who enjoys dealing with these kinds of people!"
After saying that, Fleet Admiral Sengoku left the interrogation room.
"Fleet Admiral, these are the photos I took of Whitebeard Edward Newgate this time!"
Agent 007, seeing Sengoku walk out, quickly approached him with a thick stack of photos.
"Hmm?"
"Who is this young man?" Sengoku frowned, pointing at Pryce in the photo.
"Oh, according to what I overheard, this man is called Pryce," the agent hurriedly explained.
"A newcomer to the Whitebeard Pirates?"
"He's actually traveling alongside Whitebeard and Marco!"
"This newcomer must be extraordinary!" Sengoku muttered under his breath.
"Extraordinary doesn't even begin to cover it, Fleet Admiral!"
"Based on my years of experience, Whitebeard and Marco have subtly positioned Pryce in the most protected spot at all times!"
"It's safe to say they're constantly guarding him!" The agent analyzed with a sharp mind.
"What?"
"Whitebeard and Marco are protecting him together!" This news truly shocked Sengoku.
"The CP organization must spare no effort to uncover everything about this Pryce!"
Sengoku tapped the photo of Pryce with a serious expression.
.....
At that moment, Akainu also walked out of the interrogation room.
"Those guys have been subdued, Fleet Admiral. If you have any questions, go ahead and ask them."
Akainu slowly rolled down his sleeves and wiped the blood off his face.
Sengoku then entered the interrogation room.
Seeing the three men on the brink of death, he understood exactly what methods Akainu had used.
"What did Whitebeard come to this island to do with you?" Sengoku got straight to the point.
"Whitebeard came here to teach us a lesson!"
The pirate captain, who had been tortured beyond recognition by Akainu, quickly answered.
"Don't just answer one question at a time. Spit it all out!"
Akainu slammed the table, his voice cold and ruthless.
"Yes, yes! It's because we were selling Senzu Beans on the black market!"
"That's why Whitebeard brought Marco and the inventor of the Senzu Beans to confront us!"
One of the captains blurted everything out.
"Wait, are you saying that young man is the inventor of the Senzu Beans?"
Sengoku was utterly shocked by this revelation. The inventor of the Senzu Beans, whom he had been thinking about day and night, was actually this Pryce!
"Yes. I've seen him. He joined the Whitebeard Pirates not long ago. His name is Pryce!"
"He's the one who invented the Senzu Beans. One of the division commanders mentioned it to me during a casual chat!"
The captain spilled everything without hesitation.
Akainu eyes widened in an instant.
After all, he was the one who had personally tested the Senzu Bean back then!
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