"Quick! Sink these people’s ships! Then completely blockade Fabokto Island! We must absolutely not let those people escape!"

Seeing the several massive robots that had been activated before him, Sakazuki’s face suddenly changed drastically.

Although he had not seen the ancient giant robot hidden away by Vegapunk back on Egghead Island, and was completely unaware of its attack on Mary Geoise two hundred years ago...

Having been a Marine Admiral for so long, and being one of the primary agents of the Ohara Incident back then, Sakazuki knew a thing or two about the Ancient Weapons.

With these robots and a Poneglyph appearing at the same time, even if they weren’t the rumored three Ancient Weapons, they were definitely nothing simple.

Therefore, after ordering his men to quickly blockade Fabokto Island, Akainu also had his adjutant immediately notify Marineford.

While his ideals clashed with Aokiji’s, Sakazuki, the Red Dog, remained highly loyal to the World Government.

And these "ancient robots" before them were, of course, the counterfeits whipped up by Sherwin and his crew.

Since they chose not to provoke the World Government by having people praise Nika’s name, they naturally had to find another way to draw the attention of the Five Elders. Thus, Sherwin had Purah Meow reference the big guy on Egghead Island to create a few replicas that were a couple of sizes smaller.

As for making them look old, Bonney lent a hand. Under the influence of the Age-Age Fruit’s power, these robots had genuinely experienced eight hundred years of time.

In addition to that, under Robin’s guidance, Purah Meow also engraved the ancient characters for "Nika" and "Joy Boy" onto their bodies.

Of course, considering that most people couldn’t read ancient characters—and they weren’t even sure if the Five Elders could read them—Sherwin and his crew also went the extra mile and engraved a prominent sun totem emblem on the chests of the robots.

If even this failed to make the Five Elders pay attention...

Then enemies with that kind of brainpower didn’t seem like anything to worry about.

"Hellhound!"

After swiftly issuing the order, Sakazuki attacked the few robots that had shown aggressive intent.

With the smelting technology currently mastered by Purah Meow, supplemented by Suika Meow’s abilities, creating a metal that could easily withstand magma was not difficult.

They could even incorporate Sea Prism Stone, greatly reducing the power of the magma generated by someone with Sakazuki’s ability.

However, the purpose of creating these robots was not to defeat Akainu, so the materials used on them were completely replicated from the giant robot on Egghead Island.

Of course, the metal used for that robot wasn’t actually bad; after all, it remained sturdy even after enduring eight hundred years. It just seemed somewhat fragile when facing someone of an Admiral’s caliber...

Facing Akainu’s magma, these robots were initially able to hold out for a moment, but soon their bodies began to turn red and melt.

The internal mechanisms gradually deformed under the scorching high temperature, causing the robots’ movements to stutter or even come to a complete standstill.

This was only because Akainu thought the World Government might need to conduct research on these robots and held back slightly; otherwise, they would have long since been melted into a heap of scrap metal.

"Transmit the appearance of these robots to Marineford, and then move them all onto the ship."

After dealing with those counterfeit robots, Sakazuki directed his subordinates to carry away the robot wreckage while he led the remaining men into the ruins to begin searching for the few "archaeologists" who had escaped.

What he didn’t know, however, was that the archaeologists disguised by the Revolutionary Army had immediately used the Sheikah Slate lent to them by Sherwin to teleport back to the Dodo Advance, which was hiding in the clouds above Fabokte Island, the moment they broke away from the Marines’ line of sight.

Seeing Sakazuki blockade and search Fabokte Island just as they had planned, both Sherwin and Sabo, who had already removed his disguise, smiled.

"Next, it depends on whether the World Government, upon failing to find you, will send ’Uranus’ to pull the rug out from under us and directly destroy Fabokte Island."

While petting the Felynes crowded into his arms, Sherwin casually chatted with Sabo.

"It still depends on how the Chief’s plan is going over there, and whether they can keep the Marines’ forces pinned down."

Though he said this, Sabo’s tone was very relaxed, clearly not worried that anything would go wrong on Dragon’s end.

"Ancient Weapons, they sound absolutely magnificent! This one is looking forward to it immensely!"

An okama dressed with a multitude of swan elements twirled around on the deck and shouted.

To be honest, Sherwin hadn’t expected to run into Bon Clay here, whom he had missed seeing back in Alabasta.

But thinking about it, it made sense. Bentham was originally a fan of Ivankov, and when the Revolutionary Army infiltrated allied nations, they would definitely run into situations where disguises were needed.

Naturally, they would find a way, and have the capability, to recruit Bon Clay, who possessed the Clone-Clone Fruit ability.

It was just...

Wasn’t the number of LGBT+ members in the Revolutionary Army a bit too high?

While Sherwin and the others were leisurely waiting for the World Government’s reaction, the current Fleet Admiral, Kuzan, and the "highest authority," the Five Elders, were all having headaches.

This was because they had both received messages sent back successively by the two Admirals, Ryokugyu and Akainu.

Since Kuzan did not initially understand the "importance" of Fabokte Island, and Aramaki’s message had arrived first, he had already sent reinforcements to Egghead Island before the Five Elders’ orders came down, and immediately notified Kizaru, who was out on a mission.

But for the Five Elders, Vegapunk’s side should still be able to hold out for a while, while the matter on Fabokte Island was what needed to be resolved as quickly as possible...

The sun emblem on the chests of those few robots already explained everything; that ruin must have been built by worshippers of Nika, or perhaps even by the remnants of those days!

Based on this alone, the matter of Fabokte Island was far more serious in the eyes of the Five Elders than Egghead Island, even if Vegapunk were to be killed or taken away by the Revolutionary Army because of it.

Thus, upon receiving the latest orders from the Five Elders, Aokiji was completely tearing his hair out...

Why the hell didn’t you say so earlier! I’ve already sent the people out. At the speed of the Valstrax-type warships, those reinforcements have probably almost arrived at Egghead Island by now.

Even if they hadn’t reached Egghead Island yet, it was also very difficult for the Navy’s knockoff Valstraxes to turn around immediately.

Besides, lacking a "feline power source" like Klee Meow and Shermie Meow, if they wanted to rush back as quickly as possible, they would also have to top off their energy on Egghead Island first.

But Egghead Island right now was currently under attack by the Revolutionary Army...