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Regardless of the shock Garp aboard the warship and Roger on the island felt after discovering each other through Observation Haki.
Shaya sat calmly in a Zhuge Liang-style four-wheeled cart, gently fanning himself with a feather fan. Behind him stood Stussy, his exclusive multifunctional tool—responsible for wiping his sweat, massaging him, pushing the cart, warming his bed, and serving as an RBQ.
"Vice Admiral Garp and Stussy will accompany me onto the island. The rest of you will remain here and wait."
"I want to get some fresh air on the island. I do not want you following me."
Sitting in the four-wheeled cart, Shaya issued his orders to the World Government agents and Marines behind him.
"Huh? Saint Shaya, we cannot allow you, Vice Admiral Garp, and your personal maid Stussy to head onto the island alone!"
"This unfamiliar island is dangerous. You have no idea how disobedient the rabble raised in such a godforsaken place might be..."
"Exactly! Exactly! Vice Admiral Garp may be strong, but he does not obey orders! If some fool suddenly attacks you, who will take the bullet for you if we are not there?!"
As soon as Shaya finished speaking, the faces of the World Government agents changed. Looking at him, they all tried to dissuade him.
In the eyes of these government agents, there was not much difference between Shaya going ashore with Stussy and Garp, and Shaya going ashore alone...
"Oh? Are you questioning my orders?"
Shaya frowned slightly and snapped.
"No! No! No! We would never dare, it is just..."
When the World Government agents saw Shaya lose his temper, their expressions changed drastically. They waved their hands at him as they hurriedly explained.
"If you do not dare, then obediently follow my orders!"
"Otherwise, be careful, or I will send you to Mary Geoise to be slaves as well."
After glaring at the World Government agents, Shaya spoke coldly.
It had to be said that Shaya was truly playing his role to perfection—a lawless, spoiled nth-generation Celestial Dragon.
Honestly, when Shaya had first learned that he was a transmigrator and awakened the memories of his past life, he had always feared that a single wrong expression would expose him...
Yet now, even the Five Elders would pat Shaya on the shoulder and say, "Shaya, you should restrain yourself a little!"
"We obey!"
Although the agents were still concerned for Shaya's safety, there was nothing they could do since he insisted!
After all, the orders of the Celestial Dragons were absolute. Even if a Celestial Dragon insisted on courting death, these World Government agents could only accompany him to his death!
That was their mission...
"Good that you understand..."
As Shaya spoke, he lightly nodded to Stussy behind him and Garp beside him, signaling that they could now proceed deeper into the island.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
Thus, accompanied by the grinding sound of wheels against the ground, Stussy, Shaya, and Garp entered the island.
"Shaya, did you know something from the very beginning?!"
Garp followed behind Shaya and asked probing him.
"What do you mean?"
Upon hearing Garp, Shaya did not turn to look at him. Instead, he sat serenely and calmly in the four-wheeled cart, leaning back against the soft chest of Stussy, who was pushing him. As he narrowed his eyes and enjoyed the softness, he asked Garp beside him.
"I mean Roger being on this island!"
"It seems I underestimated the World Government's intelligence network..."
Garp lowered his voice and asked Shaya quietly.
Though Garp believed his voice was low enough, it still could not escape the ears of Stussy, a top agent...
"Huh?! That legendary Pirate King Roger is really on this island?"
As Garp's words fell...
Before Shaya could speak, Stussy's expression changed first.
Whether the World Government had grasped the whereabouts of Pirate King Roger was something that few in all of Mary Geoise understood better than Stussy, a member of CP0...
As for what Shaya had told Garp earlier—that the World Government had already found Roger's whereabouts—that had all been to deceive others. The truth was that the World Government had no idea where Roger was.
It was one thing to deceive outsiders with those lies, but he could not deceive his own people too...
Yet now, Garp was saying that Shaya had really found Roger?
For a moment, countless thoughts flashed through Stussy's mind...
From whether Shaya possessed an intelligence network she did not know about...
To whether the Celestial Dragons had other independent agents, nearly unknown to the public and separate from government departments, whom even she, as CP0, knew little about...
One thought after another ran through Stussy's mind.
Then, Stussy recalled something Shaya had once told her...
Stussy remembered Shaya claiming that he was omniscient and omnipotent.
Could Shaya really know anything in this world that he wanted to know?! Do the Celestial Dragons truly possess some special quality that we ordinary people do not understand?
Stussy looked at Shaya doubtfully and muttered to herself.
"What? That Pirate King Roger is really on this island?"
However, just as Stussy began to question Shaya...
Shaya, seated in the four-wheeled cart, suddenly spoke in utter shock.
"What? Shaya did not know either?!"
Could it really have been a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse by coincidence?
As Shaya's words fell, Stussy and Garp were both stunned.
Then they thought about it. No matter what, Shaya was only a teenager! What schemes could he possibly have? What could he possibly know?!
Although Stussy still suspected that Shaya might possess some unknown ability, the thick-skinned Garp had already cast aside his doubts and suspicions.
More accurately, Garp simply did not care about such things...
"So it was merely a coincidence..."
Garp muttered to himself, then turned a sharp gaze toward the distance.
"But regardless of the reason..."
"Whether it was merely a coincidence, or whether your World Government truly knew something!"
"That bastard Roger is indeed on this island right now!"
"I will be the one to take down that bastard Roger!"
"This time, he will not escape again..."
The instant Garp finished speaking, he shot toward a spot on the island like a cannonball! At that moment, Garp radiated overwhelming power, his fighting spirit blazing.
"So fast..."
Stussy's pupils trembled as she watched Garp vanish.
It had to be said that Garp was far too strong—strong enough to utterly crush her!
If Garp wanted to attack her, she would have absolutely no power to resist.
"Young Master Shaya, since Roger truly is on this island, we should quickly report to the World Government and have them dispatch warships!"
"As for now, we should leave this island as soon as possible..."
"Given the danger Pirate King Roger poses to the world, the World Government will likely dispatch ten warships, perhaps even over a hundred, to surround the entire island! They will launch a Buster Call on the whole island. It is too dangerous for us to remain here..."
Stussy spoke gravely to Shaya.
"Roger is on this island? Who said that?"
After hearing Stussy, Shaya asked in return.
"Huh? Naturally, Garp..."
Stussy was startled by Shaya's words, then answered.
"Did you see him?"
Without giving Stussy time to think, Shaya continued questioning her.
"N-No, I did not..."
Stussy answered honestly.
"Since you did not see him, how can you be certain Roger is really on the island?"
As Shaya spoke, his expression carried a hint of deeper meaning.
"This..."
Stussy froze, left speechless by Shaya's question.
"Then what should we..."
After a long while, Stussy looked at Shaya and asked helplessly.
"Follow him!"
Shaya answered plainly.
"Huh?"
Stussy had not expected Shaya to truly intend to follow Garp to see Roger!
That was the famous Pirate King! It was truly dangerous for them to head over there! If the Pirate King suddenly attacked, she had no confidence she could stop him...
"Who do you think I am? Push the cart over there!"
Shaya spoke coldly with the expression of someone who had the backing of a powerful patron.
"Y-Yes, sir."
Helpless, Stussy could only push Shaya onward in Garp's direction.
"Heh heh."
Yet in the brief instant when Shaya turned around, leaned against Stussy's softness again, and reclined backward, the fierce and savage expression on his face vanished without a trace. It was replaced by silence and the wise gleam flashing in his eyes.
With Shaya's ability to switch expressions so freely, if he had been in his previous life, he would have shocked Yimou no fewer than eight hundred times. His acting was simply too good—he truly deserved a Movie King award.
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