"Huh? You're asking whether we know who you are? How ridiculous..."
"Do you know who is standing before you right now?"
The World Government agents were all dumbfounded by the pirate's words.
Seeing that the pirate was about to break free of his chains, one of the agents drove a Finger Pistol straight into the stomach of the great pirate with a seventy-million bounty.
Bang.
"Ow, that hurts..."
With a soft sound, the great pirate with the seventy-million bounty clutched his aching stomach and collapsed onto the ground.
"Open your eyes and look carefully! Standing before you is the descendant of the twenty greatest creators in this world, the great Celestial Dragon, Shaya Saint Figarland! Saint Shaya is before you, so why aren't you kneeling?!"
After hearing Roz's words, the agents immediately revealed vicious grins and exposed a glimpse of Shaya, whom they had been protecting behind them...
Allowing the great pirate crawling on the ground to witness the glory of the descendants of the gods with his own eyes.
"What? A Celestial Dragon?!"
"Why would there be a Celestial Dragon here? This isn't the Sabaody Archipelago..."
Roz's expression changed drastically the moment he saw Shaya.
"But you're really lucky..."
"From today onward, you will become a Celestial Dragon's slave and go live in the place closest to the true gods, Mary Geoise! You will serve the Celestial Dragons for the rest of your life and forever gaze upon the radiance of the true gods! Now hurry up and give thanks for the Celestial Dragon's gift, then prepare to welcome your new life."
The Marines and World Government agents first forced Roz down onto the ground...
Then, with amused looks in their eyes, they mocked Roz.
"What? I'm going to become a Celestial Dragon's slave?"
"What kind of joke is this?! I'd rather die than become a slave..."
"Sion, save me! You were the one who promised me that if I helped you hijack this merchant ship..."
"You also told me that once this was done, we'd split the money and cargo on the merchant ship eighty-twenty! You said you'd find a way to make me a lord in your country! You can't just use me and then stand by while I become a slave! You can't leave me to die!"
Pinned to the ground by the World Government agents, Roz's eyes were filled with panic and confusion. His gaze swept across the faces around him before finally locking onto Sion, who was kneeling on the ground.
When Sion felt Roz's intense stare, his already pale face became even more bloodless. He tried to shuffle backward so Roz would not notice him! Unfortunately, the moment Roz saw Sion, it was as though he had found his last lifeline. Roz kept roaring at Sion, blurting out every secret between them in front of everyone present...
"Damn idiot!"
Sion's expression changed at Roz's words. He glared at Roz and cursed.
"Sion, so you were the one behind all of this!"
"That's right, Sion! How could you do such a thing?! You don't deserve to be a noble of our country..."
"I'm going to report you to the king! You bastard, sacrificing the lives of the people for your own benefit! You should be publicly hanged..."
As Roz exposed the filthy dealings between himself and Sion...
The merchant ship's crew went mad with rage and shouted at Sion.
They had tolerated Sion for a long time already...
"Shut up! You mongrels, what right do you have to judge me?"
"You should know that my sister is the current queen, and I myself am a hereditary noble! In my brother-in-law's country, I can do whatever the hell I want..."
"Even if I really colluded with pirates, what can lowly peasants like you do? Are you going to make my sister and brother-in-law judge me? Sentence me to death? What a joke..."
"Don't you understand that nobles and commoners are not punished by the same laws? Before you dream of judging me, why don't you first find a way to rise to my level and stand before me!"
Sion's face turned bright red after hearing the crew's words...
It seemed Sion felt that he had lost all face. He roared at the crew around him, and in his panic, he even exposed the backing he relied upon.
"Uh..."
As soon as Sion finished speaking, everyone present changed expression.
They knew perfectly well that in that country controlled by nobles...
It was utterly unrealistic to expect that foolish king, who had been utterly bewitched by Sion's older sister, to judge Sion.
Just as Sion had said, could a noble's mistake even be called a mistake?
It was merely a misunderstanding.
"Hm?"
At the same time, Shaya stared blankly at Sion's hysterics. Shaya had considered himself arrogant enough, but he had not expected there to be someone even more outrageous in this world.
A noble from some tiny country he had never even heard of actually dared to be more arrogant than a Celestial Dragon like him? He had none of a Celestial Dragon's fate, yet somehow caught a Celestial Dragon's disease...
If Sion dared to bully ordinary people in front of him today, would he not dare to bully the Celestial Dragons in front of Imu tomorrow?!
"Take him away too! Send him to the Holy Land as a slave."
Shaya had no patience for Sion. With a calm expression, he slowly raised a finger and pointed at Sion, who had unconsciously risen from the ground in anger...
Then he gave the order to the Marines and World Government agents behind him.
"Yes, sir!"
As soon as Shaya finished speaking, the Marines and government agents behind him stepped before Sion and forced him to the ground.
"A slave? I won't be a slave!"
"My sister is the queen, and my brother-in-law is the king!"
"I-I-I..."
Sion panicked and kept screaming.
"Oh? It seems you're very close to your sister and brother-in-law?"
With his hands behind his back, Shaya asked Sion.
"Yes, yes, yes..."
"My sister and brother-in-law dote on me the most."
"If they can't see me for even a day, they'll die!"
Sion hurriedly nodded.
"That won't do..."
"I am a most kind-hearted young master. I can't bear to see loved ones separated by life and death!"
"How about this? Since you love your sister and brother-in-law so much and keep bringing up their names at every turn..."
"Then today, this young master will be merciful for once and let your family reunite!"
As he spoke, Shaya walked up to Sion and kicked him straight in his endlessly babbling mouth. Then Shaya turned around and said to the agents beside him, "In a few days, arrest his sister and brother-in-law as well and send them to the Holy Land as slaves..."
"Yes, sir!"
The agents who had received Shaya's order immediately answered respectfully.
"What..."
As for Sion, after taking Shaya's kick, he finally shut his mouth.
His eyes rolled back, and he fainted on the spot.
"By the way, what kind of people are your king and queen?"
As if recalling something, Shaya asked the merchant ship's crew, who were kneeling all around him.
Although Shaya had already roughly guessed from Sion that the king of Sion's country was probably just as rotten as the kings of the Lulusia Kingdom, the Goa Kingdom in the East Blue, and the like, he still mercifully asked these people for their opinion.
"Uh..."
After Shaya asked the question, not a single person dared to answer.
"You. You answer."
Shaya frowned and looked at a young boy.
"My parents told me that the current king and queen are a pair of beasts!"
Perhaps because a newborn calf feared no tiger, the boy knelt before Shaya and spoke sincerely.
"This is your reward."
After saying that, Shaya casually tossed the boy a gold coin and left without looking back.
"This is..."
The boy stared blankly at the gold coin in his hand. Converted into Beli, it was worth more than he could earn from sailing for an entire year.
"Why aren't you thanking the Celestial Dragon-sama?!"
At that moment, a sailor nearby noticed it and immediately patted the boy on the head, loudly reminding him.
"Th-thank you, Celestial Dragon-sama!"
The boy kowtowed toward Shaya. He realized that not all of the World Nobles were bad people.
Shaya ignored him. After returning to the warship, he gave the World Government agents and Marines aboard the ship an order: "Within three days, I want to see a picture of that idiot's sister and her family serving as slaves in Mary Geoise!"
"If you can't do it, then stop being government agents. You can go to the Holy Land and become slaves yourselves, hauling bricks in the Country of Bridges, Tcherra Wolf! The Figarland family has no need for useless agents like you..."
"We humbly obey Shaya Saint Figarland's command!"
"We will absolutely send the entire royal family of the Kakapo Valley Kingdom to the Holy Land as slaves within three days..."
After Shaya finished speaking, the government agents immediately knelt on the ground and answered respectfully.
"Now then..."
After saying that, Shaya turned his gaze into the distance.
Next, they would head at full speed toward Baterilla Island.
And so, a week passed.
The World Government warship carrying Shaya finally arrived at Baterilla Island in the South Blue.
The instant Shaya's warship approached Baterilla Island...
Garp aboard the warship, as well as a certain Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, who was living in seclusion on Baterilla Island and did not wish to reveal too much of his name, both changed expression.
"This is... such powerful Haki!"
Garp and Roger nearly spoke at the same time as they looked into the distance.
Then, almost in unison, they said:
"It's that old bastard Roger's Haki!"
"Oh no, it's that old bastard Garp's Haki!"
After using Observation Haki to catch Garp's presence, Roger furrowed his brow and said in confusion, "How did that old bastard Garp find me? This is really strange."
Meanwhile, Garp stood on the Navy warship and stared in shock at Shaya, who was lounging on a deck chair and sunbathing. "This kid actually knows where Roger is? Did he just stumble onto it by dumb luck, or...?"
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