"Hmph! You're overestimating yourself!"
The leading agent didn't hesitate, aiming his gun directly at Tom's heart and pulling the trigger.
Bang!
"Mr. Tom!"
"No!!!"
Iceberg and Flam's eyes were bloodshot with fury, and Eina was so frightened she closed her eyes.
Before the bullet could hit, Wayne casually raised his right hand, and gently clenched it.
Using devil fruit awakening right at the start was definitely overkill for clearing out small fry.
An Absolute Domain exploded outwards from Wayne, and the scene seemed to be put on pause.
The six CP agents were instantly immobilized by an invisible force, unable to move, their eyes filled with horror, and even the bullet hung suspended in the air less than half an inch from Tom's chest.
The next second!
The six immobilized CP agents were uncontrollably lifted off the ground, their eyes wide with terror, but they could only watch as they were launched like cannonballs into the air.
At the same time, Wayne's Haoshoku precisely knocked Eina unconscious and used his ability to gently lower her to the ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The six bodies slammed violently into each other, the dull crunch of breaking bones making one's ears tingle.
"Boom!" Wayne opened his right hand.
The six CP agents were blasted in all directions, crashing into the workshop walls, tool racks, and the keels of ships.
Wood chips flew, metal parts clattered and rolled across the floor, and the once relatively tidy workshop instantly became a chaotic mess.
Tom, Iceberg, and Cutty Flam stared at the scene, dumbfounded, their minds blank.
The perpetrator, Wayne, stretched his neck and smiled at Tom and the others: "It's done. With their bodies, my plan will be more convincing. But now it's your turn. Are you ready?"
"Wait a moment!" Tom stopped Wayne, turned, and walked into the workshop. Soon, he returned with a roll of blueprints.
"Mr. Wayne, please take these blueprints. They'll be safest with you." When he was building Roger's ship, he actually wanted to give them to Roger, but Roger didn't agree.
Through Wayne's actions, Tom was convinced that he wouldn't hand the blueprints over to the World Government, which is why he felt at ease entrusting them to Wayne.
"Oh, Mister Tom, didn't we agree you didn't have to give them to me? After all, these are the blueprints for the Ancient Weapon Pluton… Sigh, you really…" Wayne waved his hand while accepting the blueprints, afraid Tom would change his mind.
"Only by entrusting them to you can I feel at ease. Let's start now. Be a little rough, just leave us alive."
Wayne shook his head helplessly and pulled out Griffin D. Wade's wanted poster from his pocket: "If anyone asks, just say this person did it, understood?"
"The most evil criminal in history? This… isn't a good idea, is it? What if he finds out…"
"Don't worry, he won't care about such a small matter." As soon as he finished speaking, Wayne lightly waved his right hand.
"Ah! It hurts so much!" "Ow, ow, ow…"
Accompanied by the painful cries of the three, Wayne, with Eina in his arms, left Tom's Workshop, leaving a bomb at the entrance for good measure.
After Wayne had gone far, a bang was heard, and the door of Tom's Workshop was blown off, successfully attracting the attention of the onlookers.
Wayne then left, his good deeds hidden…
Mariejois.
"Speak!"
A panicked and urgent voice came from the other end of the phone: "Saint Saturn, emergency! Something happened in Water 7! Griffin D. Wade! He appeared!"
Saint Saturn's brows furrowed instantly: "That damned lunatic? What has he done now?!"
"He attacked Tom's Workshop! According to my subordinate's guess, his target should be the pluton blueprint!"
"What did you say?!" Saint Saturn suddenly stood up from his chair, roaring furiously, "How could he possibly know Tom has the pluton blueprint? Didn't you say no one knew except you?"
"My… my sincerest apologies! He was already gone when our people arrived. The scene was a mess, all six elite agents were dead, and the Fishman Tom and his two apprentices were also severely injured and are still unconscious."
"If Tom hadn't pointed to Wade's wanted poster before he passed out, we wouldn't even know who did it."
"Useless! A bunch of good-for-nothings!!!" Saint Saturn's veins pulsed on his forehead. "That damned bastard! I knew he was up to no good! Attacking the Holy Land, slaughtering Celestial Dragons, and now he's set his sights on an Ancient Weapon!"
"He just wants to destroy this world!"
It was finally his turn to be the main speaker, but bad things kept happening one after another. If Imu held him accountable, he would have no way to defend himself.
"Saturn?" Saint Nusjuro put down the katana he was wiping and looked at Saint Saturn, "Is it that guy again?"
Saint Saturn forcibly suppressed his surging anger and said with a dark expression: "Haven't we always suspected that Tom had the pluton blueprint?"
"That's right, it was my order back then to have Spandine send people to monitor this guy."
"Wade has also set his sights on him. He attacked Tom's Workshop. Although I don't know what happened, his target can only be the pluton blueprint. Otherwise, I can't think of why he else would attack a shipwright!"
The other four Gorosei instantly changed color. Pluton, the legendary Ancient Weapon, possessed the terrifying power to destroy islands. Its blueprints falling into the hands of a madman who dared to attack the Holy Land… The consequences, just imagining them, sent a chill down their spines.
Saint Ju Peter said after a moment of silence: "Saint Saturn, Wade is extremely mobile. If he doesn't show himself, it will be very difficult for us to find him."
"Therefore, my suggestion is to immediately strengthen the monitoring of all large shipyards in Water 7, especially Tom and related shipwrights!"
"As long as Wayne dares to start building Pluton, he will inevitably leave clues, and we can then make targeted decisions."
Saint Saturn slowly sat back in his main seat and said in a deep voice: "Do as Peter says!"
Water 7, Tom's Workshop.
Spandine breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Saint Saturn didn't blame him, otherwise his career would have been completely ruined.
But thinking about it, the god's enemy with a bounty of 5 billion, if he could deal with him, then the person sitting in Mariejois would be him.
"No, I can't stay in Water 7 any longer, otherwise my promotion will be hopeless. I'll leave this mess to my son to handle in the future."
Although the pluton blueprint might have been stolen, Tom might still have a backup.
Even if there's no gain then, it doesn't matter, as long as he gets promoted, he can always pave the way for Spandam.