[T/N: Extreme Gor* & Mild Ca*nib*lism Alert]
[Drum Kingdom, Rosse's Temporary Residence]
"Saint Arlin? I don't remember having any dealings with you," Rosse sat beside the Den Den Mushi, his gaze filled with indifference.
He didn't have any good feelings toward this group of Celestials, especially those among the God Knights.
Among them, only Shamrock could be considered normal. The rest could all be called perverts, in every sense of the word.
["Saint Rosse, don't say that. The Marcus family still needs to thank you for the warning. If it weren't for you, how could we have caught those disgusting rats of the Freedom Fighters so quickly?"], Arlin stood beside the execution platform, which was filled with a heavy stench of blood. The once elegant noble expression on his face had long since vanished.
Now, his face and body were splattered with bloodstains, making him appear especially ferocious and terrifying, like a demon from hell.
Shiing!
Arlin suddenly swung the longsword in his hand. The head of a prisoner on the execution rack was instantly cleaved by the blade, and the scalding hot blood splashed like a fountain, soaking him once again.
Yet he didn't show the slightest disgust. Instead, being bathed in blood seemed to excite him to madness, as if blood were the best stimulant, with every drop stimulating his twisted nerves.
["Ah, the blood of the lowly, how wonderful,"] Arlin licked the blood on his face, trembling all over uncontrollably.
"Say what you want to say, Saint Arlin," Rosse's voice remained unchanged, completely unaffected by Arlin's deranged tone.
Having seen so many of these Celestial Perverts, Rosse always felt a sense of disconnection. Compared to these lunatics, he really considered himself a good person.
["I've caught a few little prey here. One of them claims to be someone hidden in the Freedom Fighters by the Jaygarcia family,"] Arlin's eyes flickered with excitement. If it were just intel on the Freedom Fighters, he wouldn't have contacted Rosse.
But if the intel involved the Jaygarcia family, then it was a different matter.
Such minor details weren't suitable for direct communication at the Five Elders' level. And he just happened to want to see for himself how capable the junior praised by his father really was.
"Do I need to explain to you?", Rosse said blandly.
He had indeed selected a few ordinary people and inserted them into the Freedom Fighters to monitor Dragon's movements in real-time.
But these people weren't of high status and could only understand the general direction.
The reason Arlin found the Freedom Fighters so quickly was thanks to Zannie continuously guiding them with intel.
["Hahaha, intel on spies in the Freedom Fighters indeed doesn't need to be explained to me. But what about Kohler's case, shouldn't you explain that one, Saint Rosse?"], A glint of crimson flashed in Arlin's eyes. He dragged his blade across the decapitated corpse, slicing off a palm-sized piece of flesh and skewering it on the blade.
He stuck out his tongue and licked the blood and flesh, his face full of enjoyment.
The owner of that headless corpse was Kohler, the one who had been passing Freedom Fighters intel to him.
"You've already killed the guy, what else do you want me to explain? Just make something up yourself," Rosse sneered, completely uninterested in entertaining the madman on the other end.
He hadn't personally dealt with this lunatic of the God's Knights, but since he had higher-ups, he knew a lot about their internal members.
And even among the lunatics, Arlin was one of the craziest.
Still, Arlin was a madman with a brain. From the details, it was clear he'd figured out that Rosse was guiding him toward the Freedom Fighters and even dug up Kohler. That wasn't too surprising.
Kohler wasn't technically a member of the Jaygarcia family. Strictly speaking, he was an ordinary staff member of the World Government. And judging by appearances, he probably spilled everything before dying. Rosse felt no pity.
["Refreshing!"], Arlin laughed heartily, then took a bite from the flesh skewered on his blade, tearing and swallowing it down.
["Then I'll just say it straight. Don't expect the Marcus family to clear the way for you anymore. I'll sweep up the Freedom Fighters for you, and you'll hand over the fruits of what you won from Figarlands. How about it? Pretty fair trade, right?"]
"Very fair, just afraid you won't be able to take down the Freedom Fighters," Rosse chuckled, "Their leader, Dragon, is Garp's son. Kuzan, who has admiral-level strength, is also in contact with him. What if you just get yourself killed?"
If it were Saint Mars, Rosse might actually believe the Freedom Fighters could be eradicated.
But with someone like Arlin, at best he could cause Dragon some trouble.
In fact, to Dragon, he might even be a kind of shield.
After all, once this madman sets his eyes on a target, he wouldn't let anyone else have a bite.
["Haha, no need to worry about that. Just get the fruit ready. I'll trade you Dragon's head for it,"] Arlin let out another burst of maniacal laughter.
His gaze suddenly shifted far away, where a few CP agents were carrying over a cage. Inside was a blonde woman with wavy hair and a high top hat. She looked disheveled and covered in wounds.
["Saint Rosse, I heard you like women from the lower realm. I've caught a captain of the Freedom Fighters here. Consider this a gift from me to you,"] Arlin didn't care about the Freedom Fighters captain herself. He was a smart man. This call was to tell Rosse: if you want to deal with the Freedom Fighters, pay the price. Don't always think you can play tricks behind the scenes.
"I'll be waiting for the gift you're giving me. I'll send someone to keep in touch with you and pass on intel on the Freedom Fighters's movements. But one thing, I'm warning you. If you kill my people again, I'll kill ten of yours," Rosse didn't care about any Freedom Fighters captain. According to the current timeline, Ginny had probably only just joined the Freedom Fighters and couldn't possibly be a captain yet.
This batch of Freedom Fighters members, aside from Dragon and Ivankov, probably wouldn't live to see twenty years later.
["Sure, sure, sure. No wonder you're the next head of the Jaygarcia family, and the one said to be a guaranteed successor to the Five Elders. This time the Heavens Hunt Commander wanted to boost Shamrock's reputation, so I didn't go. But next HeavenS Hunt, I'll come play with you,"] Arlin said with a wicked grin.
"Tell me that again if you survive your run-in with Dragon," Rosse finished speaking and directly hung up.
Based on the information available, Arlin was only A+ level in strength, with almost all of his potential exhausted. In a few more years, he'd start to decline.
He didn't even compare to the useless Shamrock in terms of potential. Rosse didn't think much of him, he probably wouldn't even get past Dragon.
In Rosse's estimate, Dragon had at least S- strength, maybe even approaching S. Definitely no weaker than Sakazuki.
But Arlin's identity wasn't bad. He was the biological son of Saint Mars. If he happened to die at Dragon's hands, maybe the Marcus family would be driven to destroy the Freedom Fighters at all costs.
So why had the World Government tolerated the Freedom Fighters for so long? Maybe it was just because they were too arrogant to think Dragon could ever overthrow them.
Even though Dragon had already toppled several allied nations, unless someone like the Nika Fruit's destined child appeared, the Five Elders wouldn't pay attention.
No, more accurately, even the Five Elders didn't care about the Nika Fruit. The one who truly cared was the one on the throne.
In order to get Saint Mars involved, Rosse planned to eliminate Arlin.
By continuing to guide Arlin to kill more Freedom Fighters members, he was forcing Dragon to act personally.
If Dragon still didn't dare to make a move, well, Rosse wouldn't mind giving him a little help.
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