Shaya: I am a benevolent person, so I'll send their whole family to the Holy Land as slaves.

"Oh? You ask if we know who you are? How ridiculous..."

"Do you even know who stands before you right now?"

The World Government agents were all stunned by this pirate's words.

Seeing the pirate about to break free from his chains, one agent directly drove a Finger Pistol into the belly of this seventy-million-berry pirate.

"Thud."

"Ow, that hurts..."

With a soft sound, the seventy-million-berry pirate collapsed to the ground, clutching his abdomen in agony.

"Open your eyes wide and see! Standing before you now is the descendant of the twenty greatest founders of this world, the great Celestial Dragon, Lord Figarland Shaya Saint! Lord Shaya is right here—why aren't you kneeling?!"

Hearing Roz's words, the group of agents bared sinister grins, revealing a glimpse of Shaya, whom they had been shielding behind them...

So that this prostrate pirate could witness with his own eyes the glory of the gods' descendants.

"What? A Celestial Dragon?!"

"Why is a Celestial Dragon here? This isn't Sabaody Archipelago..."

Roz's expression shifted in shock at the sight of Shaya.

"But you're quite lucky..."

"From today onward, you will become a Celestial Dragon's slave, heading to the place closest to the true god—Holy Land Mary Geoise—to live! You will serve the Celestial Dragons for life, forever basking in the radiance of the true god! Now, quickly give thanks for the Celestial Dragon's blessing and prepare to welcome your new life."

The Marines and World Government agents first forced Roz to the ground...

Then, with mocking smiles in their eyes, they taunted him.

"What? I'm going to be a Celestial Dragon's slave?"

"Don't joke around! I'd rather die than be a slave..."

"Sion, save me—you promised me you'd help me hijack this merchant ship!"

"You also told me that after this job, not only would we split the ship's money and cargo eighty-twenty, but you'd find a way to make me a baron in your country! You can't use me and then watch me become a slave without lifting a finger!"

Roz, pinned to the ground by the World Government agents, looked around in panic and confusion, his eyes darting across the faces of those nearby before finally locking onto the kneeling Sion.

Feeling Roz's intense stare, Sion's already pale face grew even more ashen. He tried to shuffle backward, hoping to avoid Roz's notice. But once Roz spotted Sion, he clung to him like a last lifeline, roaring at Sion and blurting out their secret in front of everyone present...

"You damned fool!"

Sion's face twisted at Roz's words, and he cursed at him.

"Sion, so all of this was your scheme!"

"Yeah! Sion, how could you do this? You don't deserve to be a noble in our country..."

"I'll report you to the king! You bastard, sacrificing your people for your own gain—you should be publicly hanged..."

As Roz exposed the dirty dealings between himself and Sion, the surrounding merchant ship crew erupted in fury, shouting at Sion.

They had already tolerated him for far too long...

"Shut up! You bastards, who do you think you are to judge me?"

"Don't forget, my sister is the queen, and I myself am a hereditary noble! In my brother-in-law's kingdom, I do whatever I want..."

"Even if I did collude with pirates, what can you commoners do about it? Are you going to make my sister and brother-in-law try me? Sentence me to death? Don't make me laugh..."

"Don't you know the rule that nobles are not judged by the same laws as commoners? Before you try to judge me, why don't you first find a way to climb to my level and stand before me!"

Hearing the crew's accusations, Sion's face flushed red...

Feeling his dignity trampled, Sion roared back at the crew. In his fury, he even blurted out the names of his backers.

"Uh..."

At Sion's outburst, everyone present changed expressions.

They knew full well that in that kingdom controlled by nobles...

Getting the foolish king, who was utterly bewitched by Sion's sister, to judge Sion was a complete fantasy.

Just as Sion said—when a noble makes a mistake, can it really be called a mistake?

It's just a misunderstanding.

"Hm?"

Meanwhile, Shaya, watching Sion's tantrum, blinked in surprise. He thought he himself was arrogant enough, but who knew there was an even bigger hotshot out there?

Some petty noble from a country he'd never even heard of dared to act more arrogantly than him, a Celestial Dragon? No Celestial Dragon's fate, but sure enough of the Celestial Dragon's disease...

If this Sion dared to bully commoners in front of him today, tomorrow he might bully Celestial Dragons in front of Imu!

"Take him too. Send him to the Holy Land as a slave."

Shaya didn't indulge Sion at all. With a calm expression, he slowly raised a finger, pointing at Sion, who had unconsciously risen from the ground in his rage.

He addressed the marines and World Government agents behind him in this manner.

"Understood!"

As Shaya finished speaking, the marines and government agents behind him stepped forward, flipped Sion onto the ground, and pinned him down.

"A slave? I won't be a slave!"

"My sister is the queen, my brother-in-law is the king!"

"I, I, I..."

Sion panicked, shouting and yelling incessantly.

"Oh? It seems you're quite close with your sister and brother-in-law?"

Shaya clasped his hands behind his back and asked Sion.

"Yes, yes, yes..."

"My sister and brother-in-law dote on me the most."

"If they don't see me for a day, they'll die!"

Sion nodded frantically in response.

"That won't do..."

"This Young Master is the kindest of heart and can't bear to see partings of life and death!"

"How about this! Since you like your sister and brother-in-law so much, and you're always throwing their names around..."

"Then today, This Young Master will be merciful and let your family reunite!"

As Shaya spoke, he walked up to Sion and kicked him right in his chattering mouth. Then, turning to the agents beside him, he said, "In a few days, go grab his sister and brother-in-law too and send them to the Holy Land as slaves..."

"Understood!"

The agents commanded by Shaya replied respectfully.

"What..."

As for Sion, after taking Shaya's kick, he finally shut his mouth.

He rolled his eyes and passed out cold.

"By the way, what are your king and queen like as people?"

Shaya seemed to think of something and asked the crew members of the merchant ship, who were all kneeling around him.

Though he had already guessed from Sion's behavior that the king of Sion's country was probably just as rotten as the kings of the Lulusia Kingdom and the Goa Kingdom in the East Blue, he was still merciful enough to ask the commoners for their opinion.

"Uh..."

After Shaya asked the question, no one dared to answer.

"You—you answer."

Shaya frowned, looking at a young boy, and asked.

"My parents told me the current king and queen are a pair of beasts!"

Perhaps because the young calf fears no tiger, the boy knelt before Shaya and spoke sincerely.

"Yours."

Shaya tossed a gold coin to the boy and walked away without looking back.

"This is..."

The boy stared at the gold coin in his hand, stunned. Its value in Berries was more than he could earn in a year of sailing.

"Hurry up and thank the Celestial Dragon lord?!"

At that, a nearby sailor patted the boy's head and reminded him loudly.

"Th-thank you, Celestial Dragon lord!"

The boy kowtowed to Shaya, realizing that not all of the world's nobles were bad.

Shaya paid him no mind. He returned to the warship and gave orders to the World Government agents and marines inside: "Within three days, I want to see photos of this idiot's sister's family working as slaves in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise!"

"If you can't manage it, then don't bother being government agents anymore. Go be slaves in the Holy Land yourself, or haul bricks at the 'Country of Bridges, Tcherra Wolf'! The Figarland family has no use for incompetent agents..."

"We humbly obey the command of Figarland Shaya Saint!"

"We will surely deliver the entire royal family of the Kakapo Valley Kingdom to the Holy Land as slaves within three days..."

As Shaya finished, the government agents knelt and replied respectfully.

"Now then..."

Shaya turned his gaze into the distance.

Next, it was full speed ahead toward Baterilla Island.

And so, a week later.

The World Government warship carrying Shaya finally arrived at Baterilla Island in the South Blue.

The moment Shaya's warship approached Baterilla Island—

Garp on the warship, and a certain Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, who was living a secluded life on Baterilla Island and unwilling to reveal too much of his identity, both changed expressions.

"This is... powerful Haki!"

Garp and Roger nearly looked into the distance at the same time, speaking softly.

Then, both almost spoke in unison:

"That's that old bastard Roger's Haki!"

"Not good, that's that old bastard Garp's Haki!"

When Roger used Observation Haki to detect Garp's presence, he furrowed his brow and said in confusion, "How did that old bastard Garp find me? This is really strange..."

As for Garp on the naval warship, he stared in shock at Shaya, who was lying on a deck beach chair, leisurely soaking up the sun, and spoke up, "This kid... he actually really knew where Roger was? Did he just stumble onto it by blind luck, or..."

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