Roger was like a Garp magnet.
After Shaya deliberately leaked Roger's whereabouts to the World Government.
Three days later.
As Shaya, under Stussy's care and accompanied by a group of CP0 agents, boarded the World Government's most advanced warship and prepared to set sail.
Sure enough, just as Shaya had expected, Garp came aboard Shaya's ship to escort him on his journey...
However, Garp's prejudice against the Celestial Dragons ran deep. Even after coming aboard Shaya's ship, unlike the other Marines, he had no intention of meeting Shaya or exchanging pleasantries...
It seemed that, to Garp, speaking with a Celestial Dragon was an insult to his beliefs and identity. It was practically an insult to the word "justice" behind him.
As if Garp had no need to deliberately curry favor with any Celestial Dragon...
Still, on the day they were about to sail, Garp reluctantly came before Shaya due to his position and greeted him.
Monkey D. Garp, a Vice Admiral and the highest-ranking man aboard this World Government warship, known as the Hero of the Marines, swaggered up to Shaya. After brazenly sizing him up from head to toe, he ignored him and muttered to himself, "He really does look alike! He looks exactly like that red-haired brat on Roger's ship. I see now. That kid on Roger's ship really was the child from the Figarland family who went missing during the God Valley incident..."
"Bastard! Saint Shaya is standing right in front of you! Why aren't you kneeling and greeting him?!"
Before Shaya could speak...
The servants behind Shaya roared at Garp first.
"..."
Garp merely raised an eyebrow casually, seemingly not taking Shaya or the words of those little lackeys behind him seriously...
After all, at Garp's level of strength, as long as he did not deliberately offend the Celestial Dragons, he did not need to care too much about the commands or words of ordinary Celestial Dragons.
As for the lackeys under the Celestial Dragons, Garp had even less reason to care.
"You bastard..."
However, Garp's behavior angered Shaya's attendants.
They were servants of a Celestial Dragon, after all. In the entire World Government system, who would not give them some face?
Even if the man before them was a Vice Admiral and the Hero of the Marines, so what?! Anyone who dared act arrogantly before a Celestial Dragon would die...
Of course, that was only if the Celestial Dragon they served became angry! In the end, they were merely borrowing a tiger's might. They had no real strength themselves.
"Heh."
Just as Shaya's attendants were about to say more...
"Say no more."
Shaya chuckled, then waved at the servants behind him, signaling them to remain silent. He was preparing to speak personally.
Then Shaya walked up to Garp on his own, just as Garp had appraised him...
After sizing Garp up from head to toe, Shaya said softly, "You are the legendary Hero of the Marines, Garp, right? I had already heard of your deeds back in Mary Geoise. Now that I see you in person, your reputation is well deserved. In that case, I shall entrust my future safety to you and the Marines under your command."
"At the same time, I hope Vice Admiral Garp can perform as actively before me as you did back at God Valley! Display your divine might to the fullest! I hope you will serve us Celestial Dragons diligently and do everything in your power to protect both our lives and property." Shaya narrowed his eyes and smiled softly at Garp. "Don't worry. If you serve me, I certainly will not treat you poorly. Fleet Admiral Kong is getting on in years as well. If you have ambitions for the position of Fleet Admiral, I can put in a good word for you with those above."
Shaya's voice was not loud, yet it pierced Garp's heart like a steel blade.
What happened at God Valley back then could be called a thorn in Garp's heart.
Now that Shaya had exposed it so openly, Garp felt utterly stifled.
"Since I have already met you, there is no need for this old man to remain here."
"This old man's duty is to guard your safety. I cannot protect you by staying here."
Without waiting for Shaya, the attendants beside him, or CP0 to speak, Garp turned around of his own accord and strode away.
"Damn it! You insolent bastard, how dare you treat Saint Shaya like this! Just wait! We'll report you to your Fleet Admiral..."
Shaya's attendants kept shouting angrily at Garp's retreating back.
"Heh."
As for Shaya, he watched Garp's despondent back with great interest.
What Hero of the Marines was standing before Shaya now?
That helpless, lonely figure looked like nothing more than an old dog that had been stripped of its fangs and claws, utterly wretched yet unwilling to accept it.
"Set sail."
After giving Garp one deep look, Shaya spoke softly to the attendants at his side.
"Saint Shaya, where are we going next?"
The attendants immediately looked at Shaya and asked.
"Wherever there are the most pirates, go there."
Shaya answered softly.
"Huh?!"
The attendants' expressions all changed the instant Shaya finished speaking.
"Do you have a problem with that?"
Shaya coldly asked the stunned attendants.
"N-No problem..."
The attendants immediately shut their mouths.
The crew adjusted the ship and let it drift aimlessly across the sea.
"Go wherever there are the most pirates?!"
"On this vast sea, where are there not plenty of pirates?"
As the warship set out, the Marine soldiers steering it wore bitter expressions.
Clearly, Shaya's attendants had already relayed Shaya's orders to the soldiers.
Although the soldiers had no desire to obey the orders of these arrogant Celestial Dragon attendants and World Government agents...
They could only suppress their resentment and follow Shaya's instructions, heading toward the waters with the most pirates...
Speaking of the Four Seas, which sea had the most pirates?!
Aside from the East Blue, which Garp frequently visited and was therefore known as a symbol of peace, the pirates in the other three seas were not few in number...
But if they had to compare them, there was the West Blue, where mafias constantly emerged.
Then there was the North Blue, home to Germa 66, the so-called kingdom of mercenaries and technology, which frequently stirred up wars for its own interests and possessed the cunning of a city of war experts.
Among the Four Seas, only the South Blue had relatively stable public order...
Thus, after much deliberation, the Marines ultimately steered the ship toward the South Blue.
And all of this was within Shaya's calculations...
"Reporting to Saint Shaya, the Marines are preparing to sail toward the South Blue!"
After the Marines made their move, a World Government official immediately came outside Shaya's cabin and reported to him within.
"Heh, so they really are heading for the South Blue?!"
Sitting in the luxurious cabin, Shaya enjoyed Stussy's massage with his legs crossed as he listened to the report outside, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.
The North Blue and West Blue were too chaotic and unsafe, while the East Blue was too peaceful and clearly did not fit Shaya's demand for a place with many pirates! Deceiving a Celestial Dragon was punishable by death.
Unable to go somewhere too dangerous, yet unable to go somewhere too peaceful either, the Marines could only choose a middle ground! And the South Blue was the most suitable choice...
Shaya's target was also the South Blue. More precisely, Baterilla Island in the South Blue.
If Shaya remembered correctly, Pirate King Gol D. Roger should currently be on Baterilla Island in the South Blue, living with his wife, Rouge, like an ordinary couple deeply in love.
Shaya's goal in setting sail this time was to claim Roger's inheritance! What exactly was Roger's inheritance? Roger's pirate crew? Ace, Roger's sword and one of the Greatest Grade Swords? Or the powerful Lineage Factor within Roger's body?
Only children made choices. Shaya wanted all of it!
However, in Shaya's eyes, Roger's most important inheritance was his wife Rouge and his unborn child Ace. Those were Roger's greatest legacies left in this world...
As for claiming Roger's inheritance, Shaya felt not the slightest moral guilt! After all, everything Shaya did was what Roger wanted.
Shaya still remembered what Roger had said before his death in his previous life.
The Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, who possessed wealth, fame, power, and the entire world, left behind these words before his death: "Want my treasure? If you want it, you can have it all! Go find it! I left everything in the world there..."
Yes, Shaya was not plotting against Roger. Roger had done so willingly.
It was simply that everyone defined treasure differently.
For example, Shaya had no interest in One Piece. What interested him was Roger's inheritance.
Sitting in the luxurious cabin, Shaya let the breeze from outside the window wash over him and murmured, "Roger, this is what you told me to find. Don't regret it..."
Roger: "I told you to find the Great Treasure. Why are you coveting my wife, you brat?"
Shaya: "Don't be afraid, Rouge! Let me, Cao Shaya, protect you!"
"Hm? You mean Ace? Isn't he the perfect lucky charm?"
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