At last, the Thousand Sunny finally descended. The Straw Hat Crew immediately clashed with the agents and guards sent by the World Government, fists and blows flying.
The World Government's guards were truly not weak. After being slapped in the face several times in a row, even the World Government had learned to take Mary Geoise's security seriously.
Under normal circumstances, a Navy Admiral should have been stationed here, along with more than a dozen agents and guards possessing Vice Admiral-level combat power. The number of ordinary agents and guards would have been even more countless.
However, because the Straw Hat Crew had "killed" more than a dozen Celestial Dragons, most of the forces had been dispatched to the Sabaody Archipelago to hunt them down. Even the Navy Admiral had left Mary Geoise.
No one had expected the Straw Hat Crew's ship to be able to fly. They had lured the tiger from the mountain and struck directly at the heart of the enemy. The remaining guards were no match for the Straw Hat Crew.
After knocking down the guards amid a flurry of blows, Oceanus transformed into an ocean current, supporting the Thousand Sunny as they prepared to continue onward.
Even Luffy, usually the most carefree of them all, suppressed his curiosity and did not head deeper into Mary Geoise.
But it was getting late, and large numbers of soldiers and guard units kept pouring in, chasing the Straw Hat Crew into a frantic scramble.
Still, they were used to this by now. So what if they were being chased? They had long since become experts at running away.
Amid the melee, Joker shouted, "Everyone, hide in Mary Geoise first!" Luffy, who was not exactly known for thinking things through, immediately took the lead. He stretched out his rubber