Why Do Good People Have to Be Held at Gunpoint?!

"It's nothing. This is what we Marines are supposed to do..."

"Dealing with pirates running rampant across the seas is the Marines' duty!"

Upon hearing that, Garp casually crossed his arms before his chest and gently shook his head at the merchant ship's captain. He did not care about such empty praise at all.

"Damned Marines! Couldn't you have come any sooner?"

"Do you know how much our convoy lost because you failed to arrive in time? How are you going to compensate us for those losses?!"

However, just as Garp shook his head at the merchant ship's captain and prepared to leave...

A rather discordant voice suddenly rang out behind them.

"Uh..."

When the merchant ship captain, who had been smiling ingratiatingly at Garp, heard that clearly inappropriate voice, his expression immediately changed...

Cold sweat beaded on his forehead, while what seemed to be a flash of disgust passed through his eyes. Clearly, the person who had spoken up to berate Garp was not someone the captain liked.

"V-Vice Admiral Garp, this is the young master of our merchant ship!"

"Sir Menrod Shien, Marquis of the Kakapo Valley Kingdom in the South Blue!"

"He is also the highest commander of our merchant ship."

With a somewhat panicked expression, the captain quietly introduced to Vice Admiral Garp the true identity of the man who had just angrily scolded Garp without bothering to learn the facts.

As the captain finished speaking, a short, round-bellied man with a fat face, large ears, pallid bloodless skin, and unsteady legs that looked as though they might give out at any moment swaggered up to Garp. No one knew where he got the nerve to so arrogantly lash out at Garp, the Hero of the Marines. "Useless Marines! Our Kakapo Valley Kingdom is a member nation of the World Government, protected by your Marines. Yet after our merchant fleet was attacked by pirates, you wasted a full hour before finally arriving! With such abysmal efficiency, are you worthy of the Heavenly Gold our nation pays to the World Government and the Celestial Dragons every year?!"

"Oh! So you pay Heavenly Gold to the Celestial Dragons every year?"

"Then that must really be hard on you..."

After hearing Sion's complaints, Garp casually yawned. Scratching his messy hair, he said indifferently, "So, do you have anything else to say? If not, I'll be leaving first! This old man still has other duties to attend to!"

"Duties? You still have the nerve to mention duties?!"

"Whatever task you have right now, I take priority!"

"Today, your Marines must take responsibility for the losses suffered by our merchant ship during this voyage!"

"Otherwise, I'll..."

Sion was thoroughly enraged by Garp's attitude. He glared at Garp, his words brimming with threats.

"Otherwise, what?"

Just as Sion was about to finish speaking...

An utterly cold voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

"Who dares interrupt me while I'm scolding the Marines?!"

Hearing the voice cut him off, a trace of displeasure flashed across Sion's face. He immediately turned around with a vicious expression.

However, the moment Sion saw who stood behind him, his face changed drastically. Disbelief appeared in his eyes, followed by deep fear.

"How is this possible? You..."

"No, y-you are..."

As Sion stared at the red-haired youth walking toward him, dressed in an outfit resembling a spacesuit and wearing a transparent bubble helmet, his expression shifted dramatically...

Then, with a thud, the previously arrogant and overbearing Sion immediately dropped to his knees at the red-haired youth's feet, not daring to utter another word.

Thud, thud, thud...

At the same time, as Sion, the great noble of the Kakapo Valley Kingdom in the South Blue, knelt before the newcomer, the sailors, wealthy merchants, and nobles from various nations traveling aboard the merchant ship all fell silent. Like Sion, they immediately bowed and knelt toward the red-haired youth.

"A C-C-Celestial Dragon?!"

"Why would one of the legendary World Nobles be here?"

"No! That's not right..."

"Could it be that the Hero of the Marines, Garp, appeared in our South Blue..."

"Because he is currently serving as a Celestial Dragon's guard and is responsible for protecting the Celestial Dragon's safety?! So it wasn't Garp who came to the South Blue—it was the Celestial Dragon who came to our South Blue?!"

"Us meeting him here was actually just an accident?!"

After the sailors, wealthy merchants, and nobles had all knelt before the red-haired Celestial Dragon, the pirates captured by Garp also showed looks of sudden realization.

"Who did you just say should be held responsible?"

"And who did you say Vice Admiral Garp should prioritize?"

"Vice Admiral Garp's current duty is to protect this Saint!"

"Are you saying that your trivial little affairs take priority over this young master's life?!"

"Look at me, you bastard from the South Blue!"

Before anyone could continue their wild speculation, Shaya—who had deliberately returned to the cabin while Garp was beating the pirates senseless and changed into the hideous, tasteless clothing exclusive to Celestial Dragons—strode over, looking even more like an ordinary Celestial Dragon. He had already arrived before the kneeling Sion and asked coldly.

"I-I-I..."

At this moment, Sion did not even dare breathe too loudly.

Sion dared to rage at the Marines because most Marines were kind. They were good people...

Good people deserved to be held at gunpoint!

But now, the situation had completely reversed...

Compared to the Celestial Dragon before him, he, Sion, was the good person.

At that moment, there was only one thought in Sion's mind: It's over. I've become a good person!

And a defenseless good person who could be crushed to death at any moment.

"I'm a bastard! I'm nothing but a son of a bitch..."

"My crimes deserve ten thousand deaths! I truly deserve ten thousand deaths!"

"I truly didn't know Vice Admiral Garp was responsible for protecting Your Excellency. If I had known even a little, let alone asking Vice Admiral Garp to come drive away the pirates for us..."

"Even if it cost me this old life, I would have fought those pirates who dared obstruct Your Excellency's voyage to the bitter end! I would never have allowed them to offend Your Excellency in the slightest..."

Naturally, Sion did not dare raise his head to look at Shaya. He simply bowed low, pressing his forehead tightly against the ground as he continuously begged Shaya for mercy. "Great Celestial Dragon, I am still useful! The Heavenly Gold our Kakapo Valley Kingdom submits next year will definitely be doubled! I beg you to spare my life!"

"Heh."

After hearing Sion's words, Shaya merely sneered and said nothing.

"Drag all the pirates Garp knocked down onto my warship, then inform the nearby Marine branch to come clean up this mess!"

"Send all those with bounties above one million to Mary Geoise. Brand them with the Hoof of the Heavenly Dragon and make them my personal slaves."

"As for those with bounties below one million, heh..."

"Let the branch handle them as it sees fit! Whether they are sent to Impel Down or detained in the holding cells of various branches, let them decide."

Shaya could not be bothered to spare another glance at the trembling noble from that small nation who was kneeling on the ground.

Instead, he looked directly at the pirates Garp had defeated with his Iron Fists and coldly issued orders to the surrounding Marines and World Government agents.

"We shall obey Saint Shaya's orders!"

As Shaya finished speaking...

The Marines and agents around him immediately nodded respectfully in acknowledgment.

Then, the pirates whom Garp had easily defeated were immediately transported by the Marines and agents to Shaya's warship.

During this time, the nobles kneeling on the ground seemed as though they wanted to say something...

After all, this was a rare opportunity to establish a connection with a Celestial Dragon.

Forget getting Shaya, a Celestial Dragon, to say a single word to them!

Even having Shaya glance at them once would give them enough to boast about for the rest of their lives.

But intimidated by Shaya's overwhelming presence, they still lacked the courage to speak to him. They could only lower their heads in silence, like frightened ostriches burying their heads deep into the ground...

"Damn it! My head is spinning?"

"Huh? Who are you people? Why are you surrounding me?!"

"Damn it! Let me go! Do you know who I am?!"

Just as the pirates Garp had defeated were being sent aboard Shaya's warship as slaves under Shaya's orders by the Marines and government agents...

Roz, known as Iron Jaw, whose bounty was as high as seventy million and whose jaw had been shattered by Garp, gradually regained consciousness. Clearly, Garp had held back.

He opened his bleary eyes and looked at the Marines and government agents surrounding him with iron chains. After a brief flash of confusion in his eyes, he immediately began trying to resist.

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