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"Vegapunk is the monitor of the science class."
"Rosen, how dare you kill him?"
"Your Excellency the Five Elders will never allow this to happen!"
Sironic knew that he was going to die, so when his life was about to end, he thought about how to make Stussy come back.
Only in this way can we avoid the Five Elders or the World Government from being stabbed in the back because of Stussy's betrayal.
"You and I are both members of CP0, so why are you still so naive?"
"Just look at those who died at my hands and yours over the years, as well as those whose entire families were implicated because of the missions. They already know."
"In this cruel world, there is no such thing as misfortune that does not extend to one's family."
"If it really existed, the family of former Admiral Zephyr would not have died, and the truth would not have been covered up by the World Government."
Stussy said expressionlessly:
"When Rosen first arrived at the First Branch, he said, 'If the enemy goes, I can go too.'"
"We, the CP0s, can kill our targets and even implicate their families with a single order from the Five Elders."
"Rosen, he can do the same to us."
"Especially since it involves the death of his most respected teacher, Zephyr's entire family."
"Even if Rosen won't do that, I can't gamble with Dr. Vegapunk's life. After all, if I don't gamble, I won't lose."
"So, for Dr. Vegapunk's safety, I can only ask you two to die here."
The words fell.
Stussy extended his index finger and used the Shigan again, hitting Sironic on the back of the neck and Barton in the heart.
As CP0, it is common practice to kill everyone and eradicate the roots.
Either don't do it, or if you do it, do it thoroughly.
Whether it is Barton or Sironic, they must all die.
Because she knew very well that these two people's loyalty to the Five Elders was above everything else.
Even after leaving Donquixote's base, neither Barton nor Sironic would choose to surrender just because their hearts were modified by Rosen to only beat for half a year. Instead, they would not hesitate to sacrifice their lives and report everything that happened today to the Five Elders.
Not to mention helping Rosen investigate the murderer who killed Zephyr's family.
Stussy didn't know who killed Zephyr's family, but she knew that the person who gave the order to cover up the truth about the killing of Zephyr's family was the Five Elders.
It is also known that the person who gave the order to erase all traces of Buckingham's whereabouts was the Five Elders.
Since all this is the order of the Five Elders, Barton and Sironic in CP0 will not betray them.
But such words would undoubtedly anger Rosen.
Stussy couldn't imagine what consequences would be caused by then.
She didn't dare to gamble, nor did she want to gamble.
I only have one bargaining chip.
She can't lose, and she can't afford to lose.
Therefore, these two colleagues in CP0 must die.
Plop
After finishing off two of his colleagues and making sure they were completely dead, Stussy threw the bodies of Barton and Sironic into the sea, one in each hand.
The blood slowly spread out, slowly dyeing the sea red.
Although the North Blue is not like the Grand Line, which is full of Sea Kings, it is not a Calm Belt, and is filled with Sea Kings' nests.
However, there are also countless sea beasts like the King of the Near Sea in the North Blue.
Attracted by the smell of blood, a giant sea beast soon followed the smell of blood and came to the two CP0 corpses that sank into the sea.
The bloody mouth opened wide and took two at a time.
then.
The giant beast sank to the bottom of the sea and did not continue to attack the ship where Stussy was on the sea surface.
After all, CP0's ships, like the Marine Headquarters' warships, have Seastone installed on the bottom.
In the eyes of sea beasts, it was not a ship, but part of the ocean.
kill.
Destroy the corpse.
Destroy all traces.
After finishing all this, Stussy lay down on a chair, first reviewing everything in his mind to make sure that he had not left any loopholes, and then began to think about how to report what happened tonight to the Five Elders.
She looked thoughtful.
Since Rosen's purpose is to bring CP0 into the game and investigate the murder of Zephyr's family, he must not attract the attention of the Five Elders before the results are found out, even if it means that they can associate it with the murder of Zephyr's family.
Otherwise, in order to cover up the truth, the Five Elders would be more ruthless than anyone else.
after all.
In the eyes of the Five Elders, even if it is CP0, it is just a chess piece that can be discarded at will, or even a bug that can be crushed to death at will.
It involves the scandal of the World Government and the game between the Marine Headquarters.
No CP0 is expendable.
"Hardly Donquixote Doflamingo, put everything on his head, and say that he didn't dare to betray Rosen and chose to kill Barton and Sironic by surprise."
"Anyway, he was once a Celestial Dragon, and is now one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The Five Elders need him as a pawn to balance the power between the Marine Headquarters and the Four Emperors, so he's a perfect candidate to take the blame."
"Whether the Five Elders choose to tolerate Doflamingo or directly revoke his title as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, they will not let them associate the deaths of Barton and Sironic with the murder of Zephyr's family."
As ideas flashed through his mind one after another, Stussy quickly finalized a plan.
That is to make Donquixote Doflamingo suffer and let him take the blame.
Anyway, Donquixote Doflamingo had indeed attacked her and others before, so she had no psychological burden in letting him take the blame.
Moreover, given Donquixote Doflamingo's fear of Rosen, even if it meant losing his title as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he could only remain angry but not speak out.
After all, this involves whether she can find out the truth about the murder of Zephyr's family.
In Stussy's opinion.
Even if Donquixote Doflamingo knew everything, he would be very happy to suffer for the sake of the overall situation and help her take the blame for killing two CP0s.
However,
Stussy was thinking about the overall plan, and she didn't notice that right above her head, on top of the sea of clouds that was hovering in the night sky, there were two people standing there. They could see everything that had just happened on the boat by looking down.
From Stussy's sudden attack, attacking Barton with a Shigan, to causing Sironic's emotional fluctuations, which made him unable to use his Observation Haki, and then using Kami-e: Afterimage to leave an afterimage in the original place to deceive Sironic, and then piercing his heart with a Shigan from behind.
The entire process was seen by two people standing above the sea of clouds.
"The betrayal you see isn't scary; the betrayal you don't see is scary!"
"turn out to be."
"That sentence refers to Stussy."
After Donquixote Doflamingo witnessed the horrifying scene of Stussy attacking CP0, he immediately turned to look at Rosen, who was also standing on the sea of clouds beside him, and a sentence the other person had said before involuntarily emerged in his mind.
Visible betrayal is not scary; what is truly scary is invisible betrayal.
Obviously.
Be it Barton or Sironic, these two CP0s cannot see the truly terrifying betrayal.
That is Stussy.
For this, both of them paid with their lives.
"Rosen."
"Did he already know that Stussy would betray the World Government and kill the two CP0 members?"
"The real horror is not the invisible betrayal, but you."
Donquixote Doflamingo thought of the three CP0s, who had been manipulated by Rosen from the beginning to the end, and were being moved forward at the mercy of the other party like chess pieces on a chessboard. He felt a chill in his heart and couldn't help thinking so.