# Chapter 140: Action
"No problem. As for Sengoku, I'll leave him to you, Shiki."
Hades naturally wouldn't refuse.
Precious Devil Fruits were simply too rare, especially the most top-tier ones.
Even though he had collected quite a few over the years, there weren't many abilities that could truly be considered powerful.
Although Hades was still young, he was already a father.
He had to consider his descendants.
The next day, Hades left the Base.
Compared to the actions at the start of the war, this mission was being carried out solely by the Pluto Pirates.
Aside from Titan, all the other High-Ranking Cadres remained on the War Frontline.
They didn't want to weaken the Rocks Army's combat strength on the Front Line because of this.
The scale of the Pirate Fleet was too large, and the Allied Forces had long been prepared.
Learning from the lesson of that previous action, the World Government no longer placed all their supplies in one location, to prevent repeating the same mistake.
Besides the G-1 Fortress and G-5 Fortress, the World Government had established numerous Secret Storage Bases in the Vast Sea Area in the New World Front, between the two Fortresses.
They were connected to various Navy Branches and Navy Fortresses, spread out like a spiderweb.
Even the supply shipping routes were absolute secrets, changing every time.
Regarding the intelligence on these Secret Storage Bases, even the Rocks Pirates couldn't confirm it.
They could only determine the approximate range of these Secret Storage Bases through limited intelligence.
Hades's Observation Haki could play a decisive role.
Under such circumstances, Shiki would never be able to complete this mission.
The Allied Forces' reconnaissance line was even tighter, with fewer weaknesses, covering like a spiderweb.
This required a large number of personnel and warships.
This ensured the stability of the Rear Area, providing solid support for the war on the Front Line.
In the past two years, the Rocks Pirates had attacked the Allied Forces' transport ships more than once.
In most cases, they were discovered by the Allied Forces in advance, and even if successful, they couldn't cause much impact on the Allied Forces.
The Marines' tight defense line, in Hades's view, was full of weaknesses.
The Farazul easily passed through the defense line and entered the Allied Forces' Rear Area.
This mission wasn't particularly difficult.
The Rocks Pirates determining the approximate location of the Allied Forces' Secret Storage Bases was sufficient for Hades.
"Titan, make your move in half an hour. Destroy that Navy Branch."
Hades said calmly, pointing in a direction.
In the distance, unseen, there was a Navy Branch.
"Yes."
Titan nodded, entered his Human-Beast Form, and spread his fleshy wings, flying towards that Navy Branch.
Why wait half an hour?
The time discrepancy would cause the Allied Forces to misjudge the Pluto Pirates' location.
As the war expanded, with the Front Line serving as the main Battlefield, the role of these Navy Fortresses and Navy Branches had become temporary transfer stations for supply transportation.
And also reconnaissance patrols.
Each time a Navy Branch was destroyed, a node in the great net built by the Allied Forces would collapse.
When the number of collapsed nodes reached a certain level, this great net would shatter, and the entire system would completely collapse.
Watching Titan depart, the Farazul continued sailing forward.
Hades held a pen and drew an 'X' on the sea chart at the location of this Navy Branch.
Half an hour later, the entire Navy Branch was completely silent.
Facing the sudden arrival of Titan, no one could resist at all.
Combined with the Poison Mist, in just five minutes, the entire Navy Branch was completely slaughtered.
Titan released the Poison Mist, activated a more advanced "Signal Jammer", and blocked the channel connecting this Navy Branch to the outside world.
Opening his large mouth, he devoured anything valuable that could be taken away.
Titan was quite familiar with all of this.
When he finished everything, all the Allied Forces in the entire Navy Branch had died under the Poison Mist.
In just half a month.
Five Navy Branches belonging to the Allied Forces in the New World were slaughtered, including one Navy Fortress.
All the remaining signs indicated that Titan had done it.
Even more important was "Pluto" Hades, who stood behind "Glutton" Titan.
The Marines and the World Government's Intelligence Force could completely confirm that the Pluto Pirates had left the Front Line.
All the Navy Branches attacked in the Rear Area now were the work of the Pluto Pirates.
Hades had a history of doing this.
"Search! We absolutely cannot let them rampage like this."
Kong roared furiously.
The war situation was already very bad; how could they allow unrest in the Rear Area?
The Pluto Pirates were now like a sharp knife, fiercely stabbing into the Allied Forces' main artery.
During these years of war, the Allied Forces' intelligence on Hades had also been continuously enriched.
One point among them was that Hades possessed ultra-long-range Observation Haki; this had already been confirmed.
The actions at the start of the war also proved this point.
And now they were doing it again.
How could Kong and the others not guess what they were trying to achieve?
"These are the sea areas where the Staff Headquarters speculates the Pluto Pirates might be."
Tsuru held the documents and handed them to Fleet Admiral Black.
But Black waved his hand, moving the documents in front of Kong.
He had already begun delegating authority.
In this war, the one currently in charge was also "Steel Bone" Kong.
Now, he was like Kong's Deputy.
At this time, Black was even more aged.
Although his strength was still great, compared to over two years ago, it had decreased significantly.
He was very old.
Intense, high-intensity great battles had consumed a large amount of his energy, accelerated his aging, and made it difficult to maintain his strength.
Especially during this period, Black had suffered heavy injuries multiple times.
If not for Kong's Devil Fruit ability awakening and advancing further under the pressure of Rocks D.
Xebec, he might have died long ago.
Even so, he still stood on the War Frontline; this was his duty as Fleet Admiral.
And in his heart, he had already prepared to die in battle on the Battlefield.
Even in death, he wanted to illuminate the Marines who held justice in their hearts.
He firmly believed that the Marines would overcome this dark age that belonged to them and move towards a more glorious future.
(end of chapter)