Chapter 363
Sabaodi Archipelago.
In a bar somewhere.
Shakki sat at the bar, looking thoughtfully at the various bottles of alcohol.
On the other side, Robin was sitting on the sofa, reading a book at a leisurely pace.
After learning the truth about the empty century, Robin lost the main goal in life that she had been pursuing for several years, and the reason for this was Yeruashi, so it was not very difficult for her to determine the next goal — she should perform her duties as a servant as best as possible.
"I'm back.»
Reilly entered the bar and greeted Shakki.
At the sound of Reilly's voice, Robin immediately put down her book and looked in the direction of the door.
Yeruashi followed Reilly into the bar.
"You're finally back.»
Shakki took a drag on her cigarette and looked at Reilly with a smile: "Did you teach the younger generation a cruel lesson?»
Reilly smiled helplessly, " Eh, what a lesson an old man like me can teach...pour me a whiskey on the rocks.»
Yeruashi sat down with Reilly and looked at Robin: "Did anything interesting happen during my absence?»
Robin nodded, " There's something...a few days ago, your reward went up to 1 billion 567 million belli. The World Government claimed that you destroyed three ships of the Sea Watch and ruthlessly slaughtered an entire city.»
"Ah?»
Reilly was surprised.
All this time, Yeruashi was in the Kalm Belt, practicing the will and the sword with him.
He never left the island.
"False accusations, ah.»
Shakki exhaled smoke, "The World Government wants to hide the fact of Sengoku's defeat, but Yeruashi's threat level is far above one billion belli, so they can only gradually increase the reward by attributing various crimes to him.»
Reilly shook his head, " That's their style...»
"Hahaha, so I've already become a celebrity?»
Yeruashi didn't get angry, but just laughed out loud.
Shakki took another drag on her cigarette and laughed sarcastically, " Ah, you really are a celebrity now, a few days ago, the newspaper said that you are madly killing civilians and trafficking people...heh-heh-heh.»
Yeruashi took the glass of whiskey Shaki handed him, took a sip, and turned his head to look at Robin thoughtfully, " Hmm, what would I do with Robin if I were really a slave trader...did you sell it or did you keep it?»
After saying that, he stood up and smiled at Robin, " Hmm, since they said I destroyed the city...maybe we should stop by Marinford and 'talk' about it. What do you think, Robin?»
"...ah?»
Robin was stunned.
Shakki and Reilly, who were sitting next to each other, immediately looked at Yeruashi.
Noticing that Yeruashi didn't seem to be joking at all, Shakki immediately visibly tensed up: "Are you planning on going to Marinford?! I wouldn't recommend doing that. Although the watch now has only two Admirals, one of whom was defeated by you, but in addition to them, there is Fleet Admiral Kong and the Hero of the Watch Garp, so even for you, such a journey will be extremely dangerous.»
In history, there are cases of invasion of the headquarters of the Marine Patrol.
Golden Lion Shiki, one of the three legendary pirates along with Roger and Whitebeard, once did it alone, destroying almost half of Marinford.
But in the end, he was defeated by Sengoku and Garp, and then arrested and sent to Impel Down.
Although Shiki still managed to escape, but the price of this escape was very high — he had to cut off his legs to free himself from the shackles.
Besides...
Marinford is located near the Holy Land of Marijoa.
If something really serious happens, the World Government will be able to send out support immediately.
For the sentinel side, Marinford is the safest place in the world, and for the people the World Government regards as criminals, the most dangerous!
"I'm a traveler.»
Yeruashi smiled in a relaxed manner, " How can you call yourself a traveler without visiting a place like Marinford?..Come on, Robin.»
He headed out of the bar.
Seeing that Yeruashi was going to take Robin with him to Marinford, Shakki felt that this was an extremely absurd situation and wanted to say something like: Are you going to give up?
But Robin looked into Yeruashi's eyes and stood up resolutely, following him without any hesitation.
It's very dangerous in Marinford, and there's bound to be a battle upon arrival, and the lookouts may even target it...a lot of things went through Robin's head, but she wasn't afraid at all.
Since Yeruashi wants to take her with him, she won't hesitate to go.
It has already achieved its main goal and is now completely owned by Yeruashi.
Wherever Yeruashi went, she would follow him without any hesitation or questions.
"Wait!»
Shakki exclaimed loudly as she watched Robin and Yeruashi leave.
But Reilly, who was sitting next to him with a glass in his hand, raised his left hand to stop it and looked at the departing Yeruashi: "Will you come back for a drink?»
"Of course, I'll come back later.»
With Yeruashi's calm words, they left the bar.
Shakki gave Reilly a tense look and said, " Marinford is no joke...»
Reilly chuckled, " Don't you think he looks like Roger when he was young? He always implemented any idea, even if it was followed by huge problems and chaos.»
He took a sip of his whiskey and shook his head, " Traveling to Marinford won't necessarily be a problem for him.»
...
Marine Patrol headquarters.
Here in the middle of the sea stands a huge fortress, built of extremely strong steel and stone.
This fortress is strong enough to safely withstand the bombardment of large guns, and is also considered the largest fortress in the world.
On the facade of the fortress, two huge hieroglyphs " sea " and "watch" are painted on the left and right, and in the center is the emblem of the Sea Watch, resembling a seagull.
At this moment.
On the top floor of Marinford, in the office of the Admiral of the Fleet.
The hero of the Watch, Garp, sat on the sofa, holding a newspaper in one hand, and digging in his nose with the little finger of the other: "The traveler destroyed the peaceful city of Mobik...what is this nonsense? Wasn't it destroyed because one of the inhabitants provoked the Sky Dragons?»
Fleet Admiral Kong, who was sitting at the table, folded his arms and said in a heavy voice: "Spreading the news that the Sky Dragons have ordered the destruction of a city belonging to the World Government will provoke unnecessary panic, this matter has been resolved by the Gorosei.»
"Ah, it's the same as usual.»
Garp put down the newspaper and leaned back lazily on the sofa: "It's because of this garbage that I don't want to be an Admiral.»
The senior officer ranks of the Marine Patrol include the ranks of Rear Admiral and Vice Admiral, but the Admiral does not belong to them, standing an order of magnitude higher.
An Admiral refers to a Vice Admiral and a Rear Admiral as a Commodore refers to a Captain and a Commander, which is a completely different level of authority.
Every Admiral has the right to command all the forces of the Sea Patrol.
The Admiral of the Fleet, like the Admiral, belongs to the highest rank of the Marine Patrol.
They have the highest authority.
Therefore, the Admirals and the Fleet Admiral are directly subordinate to the World Government, which is equivalent to becoming subordinates of the Heavenly Dragons.
It was precisely because the Sky Dragons were unpleasant to Garp in every way that he had repeatedly refused the position of Admiral.
He doesn't want to obey the orders of the Heavenly Dragons.
«...»
Kong said nothing.
If Garp had been another Vice Admiral, he would have been punished for disrespecting the Sky Dragons long ago, but the Hero of the Watch, Garp, who put an end to the terrifying Pirates of Rox and beat up a huge number of other powerful pirates, has countless merits and wide fame throughout the world. Even the Gorosei, who run the World Government, are also helpless before Garp, at best they can only reproach him irritably.
Garp took the crackers from the table and said, " It's been a long time since there were such strong newcomers in the sea, even Sengoku was defeated by this kid...I really want to try my steel fist on him, bwa-ha-ha-ha.»
"Don't underestimate him, Garp.»
Sengoku, who was standing nearby, visibly frowned and said seriously, " This guy...he can be stronger even than you, do not commit impulsive actions, let him calmly go to the New World.»
"He's probably already in the New World.»
Garp popped a cracker into his mouth and said, " We received information about his appearance in the Sabaodi Archipelago more than a month ago, where apart from the New World, this kid may now be...not in Marinford, is it?! Bwa-ha-ha-ha.»
Sengoku sighed helplessly.
"The New World Intelligence forces are already busy investigating, they will immediately start secretly recording his movements as soon as the first traces are found.»
Kong shook his head at Sengoku and Garp, then went back to processing the documents.
But...
Right at this moment.
The captain of the Marine Patrol suddenly burst into the office, " Fleet Admiral Kong!!!»
"What?»
Sengoku, Garp, and Kong stared at the officer who ran in.
The captain, with disbelief and some nervousness, said, " To headquarters...a ship is approaching...on its deck were seen...Devil's Child and Traveler!»