The situation was already obvious. The Tier Four contractors' mission was also related to the Sabaody Archipelago, but they were unlikely to be tasked with killing a Celestial Dragon. A mission opposing humanity of that difficulty could only be triggered by something like Su Xiao's combined promotion and main-line missions.
When Su Xiao killed contractors in Dressrosa, he received half of their existing reputation as a reputation reward. If that mechanic was still in effect, then the situation in Area 21 made perfect sense.
Su Xiao rose and left the restaurant. Although he was very interested in Area 21, he had an even more important place to visit first.
Area 1. This was where the human Auction House was located—the planned site of Su Xiao's assassination of a Celestial Dragon.
A large number of pirate ships were docked at the port in Area 1. These people were both pirates and slave-hunting crews. They burned, killed, looted, and captured humans, fish-men, and Minks, then sold them to the Auction Houses for profit.
Su Xiao climbed onto Grove 1 and stood atop the hundred-meter-tall mangrove. Through his binoculars, he observed the area below.
There were at least dozens of human Auction Houses in Area 1. The largest, of course, belonged to the Donquixote Family. No Auction House could possibly compete with the Donquixote Family.
The Sabaody Archipelago was located in the first half of the Grand Line. Here, a pirate with a bounty of 100 million Beli was already a major figure. It was completely different from the New World, where a pirate with a bounty of 100 million was only a minor leader under one of the Four Emperors.
If the New World was an infernal difficulty zone, then the first half of the Grand Line was roughly hard difficulty. Someone