The next day.

Akainu and Drago also came to the floating island.

In a conference room located at an air force base, the atmosphere was somewhat depressing.

"Whitebeard, you just said that red hair was responsible for all this?"

"That's right, although I'm not completely sure yet, I'm more than 80% sure it's him."

"But that doesn't sound like a redhead's style, does it?"

"Style... This kid has been pretending to be stupid for more than 20 years. He has been acting stupid since he was still on Roger's ship, and he has been acting like this until now. He has tricked all of us into it. Can you tell me about his style?

"

Hearing this, Whitebeard glared at Akainu.

Isn't the style you call just what that guy has shown you for more than 20 years?

"Li Yan, do you have any information about the red hair?"

After being scolded by Whitebeard, Akainu was not angry and turned to ask Li Yan.

"Red hair... Although I have some guesses, like Whitebeard, I can't be completely sure!"

"What guess?"

"As for his true identity, if my guess is correct, red-haired Shanks should be the number one of CP0!"

"What..."

Hearing what Li Yan said, everyone present widened their eyes, especially Lei Li.

"Impossible, this is simply impossible. If that kid Shanks has such an identity, he will never be able to join the Roger Pirates. No one can deceive him in front of Roger without being discovered!"

Shaking his head constantly, Reilly retorted.

As he said, Roger's knowledge was extremely exaggerated, and it was simply impossible to hide under his nose as a spy.

The white beard on the side also nodded with deep understanding.

Although he doubted Shanks, he didn't think he would be CP0's number one!

"Rayleigh, please be quiet first!"

"As you said, it's really impossible to hide your identity under Roger's nose!"

"But what if Roger discovered Shanks' identity himself and deliberately pretended not to know?"

"After all, your captain has a lot of thoughts and even plans for the whole world. Even if someone tells me that he made some kind of secret agreement with Hongfa, I won't be surprised at all."

this...

Although he wanted to refute, Lei Li found that he seemed unable to refute.

As the former vice-captain of the Roger Pirates, he knows Roger better than anyone else.

Although that guy looks carefree on the surface and won't hide anything, in fact he is deeper than anyone else.

As Li Yan said, it would not be a strange thing if Roger had really known Shanks' identity for a long time and had made some kind of exchange or reached some kind of agreement with him.

"Li Yan, you said Hong-haired An is CP0, there must be some basis for it, right?"

"Well, do you still remember Aokiji joining the Red-haired Pirates?"

"Of course!"

Akainu nodded and said.

"After that, Aokiji suddenly became the marshal of the world navy. Didn't you doubt that there was something wrong with it?"

"Speaking of it, it is indeed strange, but since Aokiji was sent to Alabasta by you, you should have asked him this question, right?"

"I did ask, and I asked Aoki very bluntly, if the red-haired one is CP0's No. 1."

"What did Qing Pheasant say?"

Hearing this, Akainu also asked quickly.

After all, what comes next is the point.

"He said... he promised that person that he would not betray him!"

"Although it's not stated explicitly, it's already obvious, isn't it?"

So, the red-haired guy is really CP0’s number one?

Akainu, who was very familiar with Aokiji, had this question immediately flashing through his mind after hearing what Li Yan said.

But if this is the case, then this guy is very good at disguising, and he has been disguising for more than 20 years, so his plan must be quite big.

"Actually, I have been thinking about what kind of agreement the red hair and Roger reached, so that Roger knew his identity but still let him stay in the pirate group."

"It wasn't until that time, because of Garp, that I took Luffy to the 18th branch of the East China Sea, and I discovered something was wrong."

"Rayleigh, you've seen Luffy's hat, right?"

"How's it going? Does it look familiar?"

After changing his words, Li Yan directly asked Lei Li, who was a little confused.

"Perhaps, few people are more familiar with it than me... That's Roger's hat!"

"Back then, Shanks said that he gave that hat to a boy in the East China Sea."

"In order to save that boy, Shanks even left one of his arms in the East China Sea."

"Does this have anything to do with what we're talking about now?"

Riley asked with some confusion.

He does know this, but it seems to have nothing to do with what we are talking about now, right?

"Of course it is related."

"However, if you want to understand this matter, you have to start from the beginning."

"Many years ago, when Luffy was still young, the red-haired pirates stole a fruit from a navy warship."

"That's right, that fruit was the rubber fruit that Luffy later ate!"

"Here, are you wondering why a red-haired man who never attacks the navy would attack a navy ship for a rubber fruit that looks like trash?"

Hearing this, Akainu also recalled the time that year, and found that this incident indeed happened.

That year, a branch reported that it had found a Devil Fruit and arranged for a warship to be sent to the headquarters.

However, that branch does not have a devil fruit illustrated book, so it is not clear what kind of fruit it is.

And then, something happened.

On the way to the headquarters, they were attacked by a pirate group and the Devil Fruit was stolen.

The key is that at this time, all the sailors on the warship had lost their memory and had no idea what was happening.

But now that Li Yan said this, it turns out it was the red hair who did it?

Combined with Marco's amnesia, isn't this the same situation as back then?

But, rubber fruit?

Does the red-haired guy need to spend so much money on such a rubbish fruit?

"Marshal, do you think this fruit is rubbish? There is no reason for the red-haired man to go to such trouble to grab it, and such behavior is not in line with his character, right?"

"That's true, but from what you said, there is a deeper reason?"

"That's right!"

Li Yan nodded and continued.

"After snatching this fruit, the red-haired pirates also chose to avoid suspicion. After all, they had not yet become one of the four emperors at that time, and the red-haired pirates were not as powerful as they are now."

"If he is surrounded and suppressed by the navy, it will be difficult for him."

"So, in order to avoid suspicion, they came to Windmill Village, um, the hometown of old man Garp, and stayed there for a long time until the limelight passed."

"It's just that during their stay, an unexpected situation happened."

"At a banquet, Luffy swallowed the rubber fruit as if it were an ordinary fruit!"

"If it's really just an ordinary Superman-type rubber fruit, it wouldn't be a big deal, but the point is..."

"Could it really be an ordinary fruit that the red-haired man has gone through so much trouble to get?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard Li Yan's question.

Not an ordinary rubber fruit?
Chapter completed!