Roger: I asked you to find the One Piece! Who let you kid be interested in my wife?!

Roger was like a magnet for Monkey D. Garp.

After Saint Shaya deliberately leaked that the World Government was aware of Roger's whereabouts.

Three days later.

When Saint Shaya, under the care of Stussy and accompanied by a group of CP0 agents, boarded the World Government's most advanced warship to set sail.

Sure enough, just as Saint Shaya had anticipated, Monkey D. Garp had arrived on the ship to escort him on his journey.

It was just that Garp held such deep-seated prejudices against the Celestial Dragons that even after boarding the ship, he had no intention of meeting with Saint Shaya or engaging in any unnecessary chatter like the other Marines.

It seemed that for Garp, conversing with a Celestial Dragon was a disgrace to his convictions and his status. It was practically an insult to the very word "justice" he stood for.

It was as if he, Garp, had no need to go out of his way to curry favor with any Celestial Dragon.

However, on the day they were set to depart, Garp still felt compelled by his position to reluctantly approach Saint Shaya and offer a greeting.

I saw the man known as the Hero of the Marines, a Vice Admiral and the highest-ranking officer on this World Government warship, swaggering up to Saint Shaya. He then proceeded to look him up and down with complete lack of decorum. Ignoring Saint Shaya's presence, he muttered to himself, "He really does look like him! He looks exactly like that red-haired brat on Roger's ship. So that's how it is. That child on Roger's ship really was the one from the Figarland family who went missing during the God Valley incident..."

"Insolent! Saint Shaya is right before you, why haven't you knelt and paid your respects?!"

Before Saint Shaya could speak...

The servants behind him roared at Garp first.

"..."

To this, Garp merely raised an eyebrow, seemingly not taking Saint Shaya or the words of his underlings to heart.

After all, once one reached Garp's level of strength, as long as one didn't intentionally offend the Celestial Dragons, there was no need to be overly concerned with the commands or words of ordinary Celestial Dragons.

As for the lackeys under the Celestial Dragons, Garp cared even less.

"You guy..."

However, Garp's behavior annoyed Saint Shaya's attendants.

They were, after all, the attendants of a Celestial Dragon; who in the entire World Government system wouldn't give them a bit of face?

Even if the man before them was a Vice Admiral and a Hero of the Marines, so what?! Anyone who dared to be arrogant in front of a Celestial Dragon ended up dead...

Of course, that was provided the Celestial Dragon they served was actually angry! In the end, they were just foxes borrowing the tiger's might. They possessed no real strength of their own.

"Heh."

Just as the attendants were about to say more...

"That's enough out of you all."

Saint Shaya chuckled softly, then waved his hand at the servants behind him, signaling that no more needed to be said, as he intended to speak for himself.

Following that, Saint Shaya walked up to Garp, looking him up and down just as Garp had done to him.

After sizing Garp up, Saint Shaya said softly, "You are the legendary Hero of the Marines, Garp, right? I heard of your exploits back at the Holy Land Mary Geoise. Seeing you today, you truly live up to your reputation. In that case, I shall entrust my safety to you and the Marines under your command."

"At the same time, I wish for Vice Admiral Garp to perform as actively and display as much might before me as you did back at God Valley! I hope you will serve us Celestial Dragons with all your heart and do your utmost to protect our lives and property." Saint Shaya squinted his eyes and smiled softly at Garp. "Rest assured, if you serve me well, I will never treat you poorly. Come to think of it, Fleet Admiral Kong is getting on in years. If you have your heart set on the position of Fleet Admiral, I could certainly put in a good word for you with those above."

Saint Shaya's voice was not loud, but it felt like a steel blade piercing Garp's heart.

The events of God Valley were, in many ways, a thorn in Garp's side.

Now that Saint Shaya had laid it bare, Garp felt nothing but a heavy, suffocating gloom.

"Since I have already seen you, the old man is no longer needed here."

"My duty is to guard your safety, and I cannot do that by staying here."

Before Saint Shaya, his attendants, or the CP0 could speak, Garp turned around on his own and strode away.

"Damn it! You disrespectful wretch, how dare you treat His Highness Saint Shaya like this! Just you wait! We will file a complaint with your Fleet Admiral..."

Saint Shaya's attendants watched Garp's retreating figure and continued to roar.

"Heh."

As for Saint Shaya, he watched Garp's lonely, dejected back with great interest.

Who was this standing before him? Was this really the Hero of the Marines?

That helpless and dejected figure looked like nothing more than an old dog that had had its teeth and claws pulled out—utterly wretched and filled with resentment.

"Set sail."

With that, Saint Shaya took one last deep look at Garp before speaking softly to the attendants at his side.

"Your Highness Saint Shaya, where are we heading next?"

The attendants immediately looked at Saint Shaya and asked.

"Wherever there are the most pirates, that is where we go."

Saint Shaya replied calmly.

"Huh?!"

As soon as Saint Shaya finished speaking, the expressions of all the attendants present changed.

"Do you have a problem with that?"

Cao Shaya looked at his stunned attendants and asked in a cold voice.

"No! No problems at all..."

Upon hearing this, the attendants immediately shut their mouths.

The group adjusted the ship and began to drift aimlessly across the sea.

"Go wherever there are the most pirates?!"

"In this vast ocean, where are there not many pirates?"

As the warship set sail, the naval soldiers manning the helm wore expressions of deep distress.

Clearly, Cao Shaya's attendants had already relayed his orders to these soldiers.

Although the soldiers had no desire to carry out the commands of these arrogant Celestial Dragon attendants and World Government agents...

Bound by protocol, they suppressed their resentment and could only do as Cao Shaya said, steering toward the waters with the highest concentration of pirates...

Speaking of the Four Seas, where exactly were the most pirates?!

Aside from the East Blue, which was known as a symbol of peace due to Garp's frequent visits, the other three seas were all teeming with pirates, no matter which one you looked at...

However, if one had to make a comparison, it paled in comparison to the West Blue, where mafias emerged one after another.

And then there was the North Blue, home to the so-called kingdom of mercenaries and technology, Germa 66, a city of war experts that frequently incited conflict for its own interests.

Among the Four Seas, the security of the South Blue could be considered relatively more stable...

Therefore, after much deliberation, the naval soldiers finally steered the ship toward the South Blue.

And all of this was exactly as Cao Shaya had calculated...

"Reporting to Saint Shaya, the navy is currently steering the ship toward the South Blue!"

After the navy made their move, a World Government official immediately came to the door of Cao Shaya's cabin to report to him inside.

"Heh, so they really chose the South Blue, did they?!"

Sitting in the luxurious cabin, Cao Shaya enjoyed a massage from Stussy while crossing his legs and listening to the report outside, the corners of his mouth curling upward.

The North Blue and West Blue were too chaotic and unsafe, while the East Blue was too peaceful, which clearly didn't fit Cao Shaya's requirement for a place with many pirates! Fooling a Celestial Dragon was a capital offense.

Since they couldn't go to a place that was too dangerous, nor one that was too peaceful, the navy had no choice but to pick a moderate sea! All things considered, only the South Blue was the most suitable...

And Cao Shaya's target was also the South Blue, or more precisely, Baterilla Island in the South Blue.

If Cao Shaya's memory served him correctly, the Pirate King Gol D. Roger should currently be on Baterilla Island in the South Blue, living like an ordinary couple in love with his wife, Portgas D. Rouge.

The goal of Cao Shaya's voyage was to inherit Roger's legacy! What exactly was Roger's legacy? Was it Roger's pirate crew? Was it Roger's blade, Ace, one of the Greatest Grade Swords? Or was it the powerful Lineage Factor within Roger's body?

Children make choices; Cao Shaya wanted it all!

However, in Cao Shaya's view, Roger's most important legacy was his wife, Rouge, and his unborn child, Ace; this was the greatest legacy Roger had left behind in this world...

As for Cao Shaya accepting these legacies of Roger's, he felt not a shred of moral guilt! After all, everything Cao Shaya was doing was what Roger had wished for.

Cao Shaya still remembered the words Roger spoke before his death in his previous life.

Possessing wealth, fame, and power! Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King who possessed this entire world, left behind these words before his execution: "Want my treasure? If you want it, I'll give it to you! Go find it! I left everything in this world in that place..."

Yes, it wasn't that Cao Shaya was plotting against Roger; this was Roger's own volition.

It was just that everyone defined "treasure" differently.

Take Cao Shaya, for example; he had no interest in the One Piece, but he was very interested in Roger's legacy.

Sitting in the luxurious cabin, Cao Shaya blew on the breeze coming through the window and whispered, "Roger, you're the one who told me to go find it, so don't you dare regret it..."

Roger: "I told you to find the Great Treasure, you brat, and you're eyeing my wife?"

Cao Shaya: "Don't be afraid, Rouge! Let me, Cao Shaya, protect you!"

"Hm? You say Ace? Isn't that a top-tier lucky charm?"

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