Ryuen was quiet, his eyes fixed on Sharmock, as if trying to see through his eyes into the depths of his heart.
Sharmock also looked back at Ryuen without showing weakness. The atmosphere between the two became extremely tense, and time seemed to freeze at that moment.
At the same time, on the edge of the battlefield, Sengoku, Akainu, Vice Admiral Tsuru, Aokiji, Kizaru, and some other Marine Vice Admirals focused all their attention on Admiral Fujitora.
Because they knew that among everyone present, Admiral Fujitora had the widest range of Observation Haki and the longest sensory distance.
If anyone could detect the existence of Uranus, the King of the Heavens, in the sky... or even in the distant outer space, it would be none other than Admiral Fujitora.
Of course, that is assuming Uranus, the King of the Heavens, is really above Mary Geoise.
However.
Only a dozen seconds passed, and time seemed to freeze. But in this brief silence, Admiral Fujitora slowly shook his head.
His heavy, low, and steady voice, like a thunderbolt, broke through the suffocating silence:
"After my careful sense and investigation, I can confirm that there are no suspicious targets or abnormal signs in the sky above Mary Geoise. Therefore, it is judged that the rumored Uranus, the King of the Heavens, should not be in this place, Mary Geoise."
Hearing this, Vice Admiral Tsuru's originally calm face instantly became even more serious.
She frowned tightly, her wise eyes revealed deep worry, and she seriously replied:
"From the current situation... things are probably as we feared. They really didn't place Uranus above Mary Geoise.
Moreover, based on my many years of understanding of those Celestial Dragons, I seriously suspect that among the Celestial Dragons still alive today, besides Imu and Sharmock, there must be other deeply hidden figures."
Sengoku stood aside. After a moment of silence, he nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with Vice Admiral Tsuru's view, and said in a deep voice:
"What Tsuru said is very true. In my opinion, these Celestial Dragons who have not shown themselves are likely to be the key figures controlling Uranus, the King of the Heavens."
After saying that, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and began to think about the enemy's next possible actions.
At this time.
Vice Admiral Tsuru looked around, her eyes swept across the faces of everyone present, and then she guessed again:
"Since Uranus is not in Mary Geoise, then their real goal must not be here.
But where exactly will they choose as the focus of their actions?
You must know that the place that can force us to make concessions must have extremely special and important strategic significance.
Everyone might as well think together, in today's vast sea, which place can become their first choice?"
As her words fell, the scene fell into silence again, and everyone was rapidly searching for possible answers in their minds.
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At this moment, the war reporters had already pointed their live broadcast Den Den Mushi at Kaido, Garp, Dragon, and Imu, who were fighting fiercely.
However, unexpectedly, although this duel attracted countless people's attention, at this moment, the people on the sea did not show too much concern for the thrilling battle between these four.
Because the focus had already quietly shifted when Ryuen and Sharmock started talking.
At that time, everyone clearly heard the four words "Ancient Weapons" through the live broadcast! You must know that in today's vast sea, very few people truly understand the existence of ancient weapons.
Therefore, when this mysterious and legendary word was mentioned, it immediately caused a huge uproar.
At this moment, no matter where they were, the audience's hearts were burning with curiosity.
They eagerly wanted to know how powerful and shocking these three legendary ancient weapons – Poseidon the Sea King, Pluto the King of the Underworld, and Uranus the King of the Heavens – really were?
Why could they make the allied forces of Marine, the Revolutionary Army, and the Dream Research Team, who had originally had the upper hand, feel so nervous, as if facing a formidable enemy?
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On the other side, Ryuen and Sharmock were staring at each other, the atmosphere between the two as tense as if sparks could fly.
However.
At this tense moment, Ryuen suddenly raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a calm smile.
Then.
He completely ignored the eyes of the people around him and sat down on the ground very casually.
Ryuen raised his head and shouted into the air, "Nami, hurry up and get me some wine, and prepare some snacks to go with it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a spatial door that had already been opened slowly appeared in the void next to Ryuen.
From that door came Nami's clear and pleasant voice: "If you want to eat and drink, come in and get it yourself...".
Hearing this, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Ryuen's face, but he quickly returned to normal and replied: "Oh~ okay!"
As soon as he said that, Ryuen rushed to the spatial door and stepped in without hesitation.
After an unknown amount of time, a crackling sound was heard from inside the spatial door, accompanied by Ryuen's slightly embarrassed cry: "Ouch, these things are really heavy!"
Before long, Ryuen struggled to squeeze out of the spatial door, holding a large pile of food and several bottles of wine.
Then Ryuen went back to where he had been sitting and sat down again.
At the same time, Nami seemed to have completed her task. With a gentle wave of her sleeve, the magical spatial door disappeared in an instant, as if it had never appeared.
"Want some? This is a special wine from our East Blue, you can't buy it anywhere else." Ryuen's face was as calm as water, and he spoke slowly.
Sharmock naturally understood that this was directed at him, so he didn't hesitate. He walked straight to where Ryuen was sitting, and sat cross-legged on the ground like Ryuen.
At this moment, Ryuen waved his arm, and a bottle of wine shot towards Sharmock like a shooting star.
Sharmock was quick-witted and quick-handed, and caught the bottle of wine firmly in his hand.
"Mr. Ryuen, you seem not to care about this matter at all." Sharmock said expressionlessly, his tone indifferent.
As soon as he finished speaking.
He stared at Ryuen deeply, as if he wanted to see through his eyes into the depths of his heart.
However.
Minute after minute passed, but Ryuen remained silent, seemingly not intending to respond at all.
Seeing this situation,
Sharmock shook his head helplessly, stopped waiting, and uncorked the bottle himself, tilting his head back and gulping down a large mouthful of wine.