You, Get Out!

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Happy times are always fleeting.

Sengoku is not Garp or Zephyr after all; his vacation time is limited.

Excluding travel time, he can only stay in Shurima for about a week.

In fact, the original plan of the Sengoku was to stay here for three days and then leave.

However, in order to help his friend Zephyr out of his gloom and regain hope in life, Sengoku resolutely and persistently fought for three days and three nights, finally clearing the Zabuza dungeon.

Although he didn't even catch a glimpse of Zephyr throughout the entire process, Sengoku still insisted that he was participating in Zephyr's rehabilitation treatment and was not indulging in frivolous pursuits.

Furthermore, in order to better help his brother Zephyr, Sengoku specially purchased ten helmet-style game Den Den Mushi from Ma Qiao before leaving.

Considering Marineford's need for digital transformation, Ma Qiao was happy to close the deal. He even specially instructed the processing plant to paint the naval emblem on the snail shells and write the word "Justice" in extra-large font.

The Sengoku was very pleased to see this.

"This is to fulfill my half-century-old friendship with Brother Zephyr, and more importantly, to uphold the justice of the Navy."

He carried a huge box, as big as a small mountain, and jumped onto the small, unmarked boat he had come on. Looking at the Shurima Town was even greener than a week ago, Sengoku felt a pang of emotion.

He came with two old brothers, but left all alone.

"It really is time to retire."

For some reason, during the Sengoku, he suddenly began to yearn for a leisurely retirement.

After seeing off his old comrades Garp and Zephyr at the dock, Garp turned to continue his treatment. duang!

Crocodile was just about to sneak away, got a big bump on his head.

"Old man, don't go too far! Even the Fleet Admiral Sengoku is gone, why should I stay here and play ninja games with you!"

The world of One Piece also has legends of ninjas.

Ace, Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Chopper, and even Roger —every boy has a longing and admiration for ninjas.

But Crocodile wasn't really buying into that.

If you're playing by yourself, you might still be able to give it a try.

But with Sakura Haruno constantly punching herself in the head with her iron fist, which Sasuke could possibly stand it?

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Crocodile saw a disheveled man.

He was wearing a chef's uniform and a woven face towel, but his chef's hat was gone, and his whole body was covered in footprints.

A large group of people followed behind.

They were carrying rolling pins, spatulas, frying pans, and even knives and forks.

Judging from their attire, there were both chefs and customers.

"Grab him! This guy poisoned the food!"

"He claims to be an excellent chef, but he can't even make a decent spicy pork head!"

"Others cook for money, this guy cooks for his life!"

"And I was in the kitchen, and I heard him spitting out Baron Ma Qiao through gritted teeth as he chopped up a pig's head!"

Cobra ran as fast as he could, losing one of his shoes in the process.

He simply couldn't understand why this was happening.

I'm clearly very good at cooking!

The milk powder I prepared myself and the instant noodles I cooked both tasted pretty good.

Igaram's wife, the strong head lady-in-waiting, had said it herself, "His Majesty the King is a culinary genius, just like he is a master of governance!"

Cobra can only be understood as the people of Shurima not being used to the royal cuisine.

Just as he was about to be caught by a mob of people who couldn't comprehend fine cuisine, a familiar figure appeared ahead of him.

Because of the shimmering sea behind him, Cobra couldn't make out the man's features clearly. But he could tell by his build, the hook, and the cheap, low-quality cigar.

"Daddy! It's me!"

Cobra shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Oh? Even a hidden character like Itachi has been triggered? Crocodile can have an older brother? That can't be right."

In the mayor's office, Ma Qiao listened to Ekko's report while taking a sniff of a ten-year-old premium cigar.

Cigars have a ripening period.

Crocodile is a guy with great taste and style.

His collection of cigars consists entirely of high-end items.

Storing a cigar for ten years won't spoil it; on the contrary, it will make its flavor more mature. Ma Qiao's knowledge about cigars all came from a man behind him.

Graves Warmog's Armor.

Although he has now been renamed Gunfire Warmog's Armor, Ma Qiao still prefers to call him the Haki name Warmog's Armor.

Recently, sales of Big Bird Den Den Mushi) have been very good.

The video website sector is currently profitable due to the lack of competitors.

Therefore, Ma Qiao also plans to conduct a "spring draft" for himself.

The main purpose was to expand their own guard.

After all, after obtaining the Sky Island Gold, Ma Qiao had mostly used the heroes he recruited for scientific research, factory management, and infiltration.

His bodyguard was still just the lone Tahm Kench and the Virtuoso.

That's far too little.

For his own safety, Ma Qiao decided to recruit a few powerful heroes.

There are several essential qualities that a bodyguard must possess.

First, you can't be too fragile; second, you have to be fierce in one-on-one combat.

Whether or not it has any survival skills is secondary.

After all, Ma Qiao already has Warmog's Armor, Guardian Angel, and Stopwatch.

The Stopwatch might be decorative, but the Guardian Angel is undeniably useful.

If your combat strength is insufficient, simply having the ability to revive is just waiting to die on the spot.

Graves, the Warmog's Armor, is a ranged hero, but thanks to his passive ability [True Grit], he becomes the toughest marksman, even daring to engage in close-quarters combat with melee heroes.

Furthermore, Twisted Fate has already joined Buggy Pirates as the 1.5th member, so Ma Qiao no longer needs to worry about Graves and Twisted Fate, these two old nemesis, constantly bickering.

At this moment, Graves was carrying a large gun, wearing sunglasses, looking like a henchman behind a Mafia godfather—cold and professional.

His image would be even more perfect if his eyes behind his sunglasses weren't fixed on the cigar in the boss's hand and he wasn't constantly swallowing.

There were four other men standing beside him.

That's right, Ma Qiao's bodyguard team is all men, plus a male catfish.

Well

To be fair, since Ma Qiao has no conclusive evidence that he has seen Tahm Kench, it seems a bit politically incorrect to assume his gender based on that.

But who cares? This isn't America.

Of the four men standing beside Graves, the Virtuoso remained unchanged.

Unremarkable, lacking any presence.

But only those in the know understand that this is precisely the talent of top assassins.

Another person was wearing a cloak and a mask, and was holding a long street lamp.

"Jax, move your streetlight a bit further away, it's dazzling!"

Ma Qiao dismissively gestured for Jax, the Jax, to move away a bit.

There's nothing I can do; he gets light-sensitive.

Even so, as the undisputed king of one-on-one combat in League of Legends, Jax is indeed very suitable as a bodyguard.

Ma Qiao also placed his full trust in him.

Although a certain distance was maintained.

Unlike Jax, who stood far away, a man with a single ponytail, dressed in a butler's uniform and holding a long gun, stood close behind Ma Qiao.

Xin Zhao, the Xin Zhao.

He was the personal steward of the Kingdom of Demacia, the Lightshield Dynasty.

Now he brings his loyalty to the Big Bird Consortium.

Ma Qiao has already tested Xin Zhao; he is proficient in handling all sorts of tedious tasks and can reasonably allocate employees' work, making him a truly high-quality management talent.

Ma Qiao made him take over the job of the Virtuoso's personal servant.

This allows the Virtuoso's assassination skills to be better displayed.

In short, Ma Qiao was very satisfied with his three tough bodyguards: Graves, Jax, and Xin Zhao.

But this fourth person left Ma Qiao slightly speechless.

A purple-haired man dressed as a ronin was lying against the wall, legs crossed, drinking and fiddling with a flute in his hand.

He was lazy and listless, completely like a Salted Fish.

"How the hell did I end up hiring such a piece of trash?"

Ma Qiao was extremely frustrated.

Yasuo, the Unforgiven.

Ma Qiao's original intention was to have him go to Wano Country as a special agent, along with the Zoan Devil Fruit Users, and infiltrate there as a samurai.

But now it seems this Salted Fish has absolutely no talent for being a spy.

Even their bodyguard duties don't seem to be going very well!

Who would lie down against the wall and drink while their owner is working?

Ma Qiao has put up with him for a day and five hours.

Finally, I could no longer tolerate it; there was no need to endure it any longer.

Ma Qiao decided to exile this worthless hero who only knew how to slack off to the frontier.

"Get out of here, you complete Salted Fish! You need a male protagonist from a shonen manga to give you some buffs!"

Ma Qiao kicked the Happy Wind Man out of the room and slammed the door shut. This good-for-nothing would be banished by Ma Qiao to East Blue Foosha Village.

There, King Luffy and his partner Liu Zoro are training hard to improve their strength, hoping to one day set sail and amaze everyone.

Ma Qiao believed that duos on the high seas were always unreliable, and that three was the only stable number.

Now that Sanji is already within the Navy and rising rapidly in rank, it's unlikely he'll join those two guys to form a trio.

This was indeed my own fault.

As compensation, Maggio decided to give Yasuo to Luffy and Zoro as their new partner, hoping they could feel his sincere apology and experience happiness.

With this, Ma Qiao's bodyguard team was officially formed.

Mount, cook, pet: The River King Tahm Kench.

Steward: Xin Zhao, the Xin Zhao.

Intelligence agent, sniper, assassin: The Virtuoso.

Fighter and martial arts instructor: Jax Jax.

Gunner, main damage dealer: Graves, the Warmog's Armor.

Ma Qiao temporarily entrusted the administration of Shurima to Nami and Vivi.

Then, accompanied by these capable bodyguards, he boarded the Golden Nico and set sail for Water 7.

Garen has been there for a long time.

The keel of the Commodore -class warships ordered by Twitch has already been laid.

However, Ma Qiao's trip to Water 7 wasn't for this warship.

The Dreadway.

Terror of the Seas's Gangplank, a pirate ship with terrifying combat power.

Ma Qiao has had his blueprints for quite some time now.

Ma Qiao's pool of heroes doesn't seem to contain any shipbuilding masters.

Therefore, in order to build this legendary behemoth, Ma Qiao would need that man's help.

And quite coincidentally, the World Government's Akainu recruitment was held in Water 7, a location with the most convenient transportation.

He had several younger brothers and sisters who were going to join the army, and as their host, Ma Qiao planned to see them off.

I wish all officers good sailing at Marine Headquarters.