Ace Defeats the Shichibukai Incident's Aftermath

Chapter 7: The Aftermath of Ace Defeating a Shichibukai

After a period of absence, Roy felt a sense of familiarity upon seeing Enies Lobby.

As the ship slowly approached the port of Enies Lobby.

"Finally, we're back!"

Standing at the bow, he stretched his arms wide, looking at the port within reach.

"Huh? Why are there so many pirates at the port? Did the Marines have a big haul recently?"

He looked at the Marine warships docked at the port of Enies Lobby.

It was clear that the number of pirates on the warships was far greater than usual.

He scratched his head, looking at the soldiers escorting the pirates.

"Whatever! What does the Marines' business have to do with me? We're not in the same department."

After a month and a half, he set foot on Enies Lobby again.

Roy and Bruno stretched and headed towards the CP9 headquarters.

The bright sunlight in the sky always brought a good mood.

However, it was clear that these pirate criminals, who had just disembarked from the warships, were an exception.

Because at this moment, they were acutely aware of their impending fate.

Although Enies Lobby was bathed in bright sunlight, it was the gateway to hell.

"Get out of my way! I don't want to go to Impel Down! My life has just begun, how could I possibly go to a place like that?"

Suddenly, two burly men broke from the straight line of pirates and sprinted towards the sea.

Mental breakdown was a common occurrence on Enies Lobby.

After all, these pirates knew that they were about to face the world's number one prison, Impel Down, from which only one person had escaped in hundreds of years.

Ah!

After two screams.

The pirates who attempted to escape were killed on the spot by the Marines.

With the example set, the pirate procession soon regained order.

The Turkey Pirates, who were following behind Roy, suddenly looked much paler than before.

"Hey, Jabra, look, Lord Roy is back."

At the CP9 headquarters tower.

A plump man called out to the man with the pencil mustache beside him.

A gentle breeze stirred the leaves on the street.

Suddenly, a yellow bounty poster blew past Roy's face.

"Huh? Who is this guy?"

He caught the bounty poster that was blown over by the wind.

"Lord Roy, what is it? Do you know this pirate?"

Seeing Roy's surprised expression, Bruno beside him tilted his head and looked at the bounty poster that had blown over.

A bounty of 50 million Belly?

What did this freckled kid do to get such a high bounty?

"Ha, know him? Well, we sort of know each other!"

He crumpled the bounty poster in his hand into a ball and threw it into a nearby trash can.

He clapped his hands and averted his gaze. "This kid, he's a man destined to stir up this sea!"

The Summit War.

It was the scene that made Roy feel a surge of excitement the first time he read the manga.

The most powerful violent organization on the sea clashing with the undisputed strongest man in the Pirate World.

"Honestly, I'm really looking forward to those famous scenes!"

After muttering a few words silently, the group soon arrived at another side of Enies Lobby.

"Oh, it looks like you're back from a mission! Owl, Jabra, long time no see."

About two streets away from the CP9 headquarters building.

Roy saw Owl and Jabra and waved hello.

Unlike Lucci and Kaku, who were undercover at the shipyards in Water Seven.

Owl and Jabra had always been cleaning up things the World Government didn't want to see.

"Lord Roy, long time no see. You're finally back. If you didn't come back soon, that Spandam guy would have gone crazy with worry."

The Owl, who claimed to be the most tight-lipped person in the world, spoke of Spandam's current predicament the moment he saw Roy.

"Oh, why is Spandam in such a hurry?

With his father's status, the missions within CP9 shouldn't be too difficult for him!"

Just as Roy was feeling surprised.

"Hey, Roy, you're finally back! Something terrible has happened, come on, hurry to my office, we're really in trouble this time."

Speak of the devil.

Just as Roy was about to ask the Owl what had happened, Spandam, with a look of urgency, rushed straight over.

With a sidestep.

Plop!

Spandam gave the ground an intimate embrace.

"Ooh, it hurts."

He rubbed his face, which had been reddened by the ground.

Spandam wasn't enraged as expected.

Instead, he got up decisively, grabbed Roy's arm, and rushed towards his headquarters office.

The sudden turn of events left everyone in the Turkey Pirates completely bewildered.

Watching Spandam run off in a hurry.

Bruno looked at the two figures disappearing and asked his colleague beside him, "Hey, Owl, what exactly happened? Why is Spandam in such a rush?"

While Spandam was usually a good-for-nothing, as Roy had said, he relied on his father's high-ranking position, and ordinary matters would never cause Spandam to lose his composure like this.

Spandam's uncharacteristic behavior today naturally made Bruno very curious.

"We don't know the specifics of why he's like this, we just heard it's related to that major incident in the Machino Sea Area.

Apparently, a newcomer named Ace defeated a Shichibukai, which has caused chaos in that sea area.

You must have seen it when you returned, all those pirates at the port, most of them were captured from the Machino Sea Area."

CP9 Headquarters High-Rise.

Inside Spandam's office.

"What did you say? The Krol Kingdom was occupied by pirates!

That's a member nation of the World Government!

Are you kidding me? Spandam, are you sure you haven't been drinking?"

The usual laziness on Roy's face was gone, replaced by a grim seriousness.

In reality, Roy and Spandam didn't care one bit about the state of the Krol Kingdom.

What truly made them feel stuck and anxious was that within the Krol Kingdom lay a weapons factory jointly built by Roy and Spandam.

And the weapons produced in that factory were mostly sold to anyone who dared to pay a high price, by Roy and Spandam, who were short on cash.

Under the guise of the World Government's authority.

Roy and Spandam's weapons factory had sold high-priced weapons to rebels like the Revolutionary Army and pirates.

Once this was exposed, the consequences would be almost unimaginable.

Whoosh!

"Just tell me all the bad news at once! I can still handle it, Spandam."

He rubbed his face.

Roy knew there had to be more bad news.

Because if the Krol Kingdom had simply been captured by pirates, then with the CP9 power Spandam wielded, he could have saved the kingdom.

His current urgency, based on Roy's understanding of Spandam's personality, meant something even worse had happened.

"Uh, well, Roy, you guessed correctly, there is indeed something worse that has happened."

"Because of the defeat of the Shichibukai, pirates in the Machino Sea Area have become excessively rampant lately.

According to my father's sources, the Marines are preparing to send Vice Admiral Doberman to the Machino Sea Area to suppress the pirates."

Bang!

Upon hearing the name Doberman, Roy slammed his palm down, shattering the solid wood table in front of Spandam.