Son of the Pirate King??

"Rumble..."

On the Sabaody Archipelago, with Borsalino and Kuzan taking action, the chaos that had engulfed the entire island was quickly brought under control.

A large number of pirates were arrested, while the small number who stubbornly resisted were killed on the spot by Borsalino and Kuzan.

Looking at the many familiar faces among the arrested pirates, Yaen remained silent, pretending not to have noticed them. He even personally directed their transfer onto the Marine Warship, after which they were to be sent to Impel Down for detention as quickly as possible.

The next stage of these deliberately arrested "Supernova"s' mission was not in the waters of the "New World," but inside Impel Down.

All in all, Yaen felt that things were proceeding quite smoothly.

The only unexpected development was that Marine Headquarters had dispatched both Kuzan and Borsalino to the Sabaody Archipelago at once. Otherwise, Yaen would not have needed to show himself in front of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Still, such an insignificant detail would not have any real impact.

After all, neither Kuzan nor Borsalino was the kind of person who liked to wipe out pirates completely, unlike Sakazuki, who upheld "Absolute Justice."

If the one who had appeared on the Sabaody Archipelago had been Sakazuki, Yaen could almost guarantee that only one-tenth of these captives would have survived. That would already mean Sakazuki was in a remarkably good mood today.

However, Yaen knew very well that Sakazuki was still at the G-1 Branch, so it was impossible for him to appear on the Sabaody Archipelago and cause any unexpected disruptions to the plan.

Just as Kuzan and Borsalino thought everything had been settled and were preparing to return with Yaen to Marine Headquarters at Marineford,

"Yohohohoho..."

A sinister, bizarre laugh suddenly rang out.

Immediately afterward, a