Crocodile Captured!

Although thanks to Dragon's intervention, the three areas with the highest concentration of slaves—GR27, GR28, and GR29—were quickly resolved.

However, the Lawless Zone includes Zone 0, Zone 10, and Zone 20, totaling twenty-nine zones, and the number of criminals within it is estimated to be hundreds or even thousands.

This resulted in chaos and gunfire lasting for Heavenly One before gradually subsiding. The island's permanent residents stayed up all night with the navy, too afraid to close their eyes.

When the Asahi Saiba rose again from the eastern horizon the following day, the naval branch's thorough investigation was essentially completed.

During the process, due to the large number of One Piece and kidnapping gangs detained, Dragon had to request support from the prison ship from Enies Lobby.

While continuing the search, they also sent another batch of prisoners over. Even so, the cells in the base are now full of people, waiting for the next batch of prison ships to arrive.

At the same time, news of the navy's crackdown on the slave trade in the Sabaody Archipelago spread far and wide through various channels, immediately shocking and enraging many powerful figures behind the scenes.

The capture of the Slave King had alerted these people, but since it didn't involve their property, no one was willing to be the first to act; after all, they wouldn't feel the pain until the whip was applied to them.

Furthermore, the fact that the Sabaody Archipelago has always been under the jurisdiction of the Holy Land Mary Geoise and next to Marineford, the Marine Headquarters, without any problems for hundreds of years, made them feel that the Navy would not dare to touch this place.

As for the reason, most people believe it is because the Celestial Dragons, the World Noble, frequently visit the island.

But now his money-printing machine has been completely destroyed by Dragon —or rather, he overturned, smashed, and chopped up all the tables beneath it!

He even stomped on and destroyed the 'money printing machine' itself!

As the saying goes, cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents; destroying someone's rice bowl will surely create a deep-seated hatred for ten generations. Now, all the big shots involved in the slave trade can't sit still.

Even the undercurrents of the entire Underworld are flowing towards Monkey D. Dragon!

Meanwhile, more intelligence personnel began to probe into the Marine Headquarters, wanting to know whether this was a unilateral action by Dragon or an order from the higher-ups at Marine Headquarters.

Meanwhile, the royal families also used their influence to gather information about the Holy Land, Mary Geoise, as they needed to know the Celestial Dragons' attitude towards the incident.

There were also some hot-tempered big shots who didn't care about the consequences at all. When pushed to the limit, they sent their most skilled subordinates to the Sabaody Archipelago with bloodshot eyes.

In their view, regardless of who gave the order, since you Dragon, are the one carrying it out, they'll just kill you first!

What?

Are you the son of naval Garp the Hero?

So what?

Meanwhile, amidst this massive storm, Dragon remained calmly seated at his desk in the base, meticulously processing the documents in his hands. He was about to give a detailed report on the operation.

As for the coming storm from the Underworld, he wasn't unaware of it; rather, he only had one thing to say.

He is the storm!

Moreover, declaring war on the dark world suits his purposes perfectly!

In the Holy Land, Mary Geoise, within the Pangaea Castle, resounding blows echoed one after another.

[Bang!!]

The bright yellow beam of light bounced off the azure court, instantly grazing the oncoming crimson racket and flying out of the court with a surging wave of air.

A strong Tornado whipped Gion's bangs upwards, her long, black hair already soaked with sweat. Beads of sweat slid down her face and into her mouth, which must have tasted bitter, but she couldn't taste it.

"0:40, Saint Nerona score."

Stussy, acting as referee, stood on the sidelines watching the Rear Admiral helplessly, thinking to himself, "Why bother? Isn't he just asking for trouble?"

Gion was in the audience, was unaware of her thoughts, and even if she did, she probably wouldn't care.

She should be feeling sore all over, her legs and feet are shaking, and she might even be having some cramps, but that's just in her imagination; in reality, she can't feel anything.

She was kneeling on the ground, one hand gripping the racket handle, staring blankly as sweat dripped from her nose onto the floor. Her hand was numb, and her wrist was turning red.

But there is nothing in the world of Gion.

All he could see was darkness, he couldn't hear any sound, and he couldn't even feel the racket in his hand; only his Observation Haki was still at work.

It reminded itself that the racket was still in its hand, its current posture, and that Saint Nerona on the other half of the court was slapping the tennis ball, preparing for the final serve of the game.

Like a silent and colorless radar, it helped Gion slowly stand up and prepare to receive the ball.

"Um?!"

Suddenly, Gion was shocked to find that she had lost her sense of Observation Haki. She only felt a Formless wave sweep past for a moment, and then the screen went black.

Darkness, everything turned into darkness, there was no sight, hearing, taste, touch, or sensation.

But from the outside world...

[Bang!]

Another explosive sound of the ball being hit echoed throughout the Social Plaza. The tennis ball, struck by the racket, transformed into a golden streak of light, rapidly exploding at Gion's feet and creating visible shockwaves.

"Game score: 6-0, Saint Nerona wins!"

As Stussy announced the result, he glanced curiously at Gion, Gion motionless with vacant eyes, wondering if the girl had been beaten senseless or was simply exhausted.

"It seems to be working quite well."

Meanwhile, Imu, standing on the other side of the field representing the 'second half of the Grand Line,' had a strange smile on his lips.

He was well aware of the Gion; it was entirely his own doing.

By inflicting unparalleled pressure on the opponent, coupled with precise Divine Power control, the player deprives the opponent of their five senses during the game, causing them to mentally collapse and become unable to continue the match.

Yes, he tried to simulate Yukimura Seiichi's move 'Yips' from the Prince of Tennis, but he just added a third sense, the Sixth Sense.

The essence of Observation Haki is the application of Divine Power, and its core is controlling one's Sixth Sense. Therefore, as long as one uses stronger Divine Power to suppress Gion, it will be fine.

Interestingly enough, Gion actually asked him to increase the force and speed, saying she wanted to challenge her limits, and he was naturally willing to oblige.

However, as a price to pay, being a guinea pig for our own ball skills development is only fair, isn't it?

What's this called again?

Oh, right, equivalent exchange!

Stussy quickly realized something was wrong, and hurried over to Gion's side to pat her, only to find that the latter seemed truly stunned and didn't react at all.

"My lord, what's wrong with her?"

"It's nothing serious. Help her to lie down in a chair for a while. She should wake up in about an hour. Don't forget to give her some salt water."

Imu replied casually, Earth Flow nonchalantly to the shelf, put the racket back, and then washed his hands in the basin of water brought by the maid.

Just as he was thinking about what other ball skills he could simulate, another maid came over with Den Den Mushi), but didn't say anything.

Imu glanced at the Den Den Mushi, basking in the warm sun on his private beach chair, and asked with squinted eyes, "Go ahead and say it."

"My lord, CP0 has already imprisoned Crocodile in Impel Down's Level 6 Infinite Hell."

"Then let's keep it locked up for now."

"Yes."

The Den Den Mushi closed its eyes and lowered its head. The maid respectfully retreated and left, while Imu pondered the matter of the Sand Crocodile.

This guy is twenty-two years old.

Because he had just transmigrated two years ago and hadn't proposed the plan to Shichibukai, Crocodile didn't become Shichibukai after failing to challenge Whitebeard at the age of twenty, as was the case in the original story.

Of course, we have it now.

However, this Shichibukai is not the same as the other Shichibukai.

In short, after being defeated by 'Whitebeard', this guy returned to 'Paradise' in a daze, and then was arrested because of one of his own orders.

The problem now is how to use this Sand Crocodile. Unlike Moria, he doesn't have any bonds that can be used as hostages, so we need to put in more effort.

Hey, I really think I'm a conscientious author. Each chapter is around 2500 words, so two chapters would be over 5000 words.

Looking at the content of this chapter, it's basically packed with valuable information. I'm even impressed with myself! Someone else could easily have expanded this second chapter into three, right?

Considering how conscientious I am as an author, shouldn't you all give me some encouragement and support? Give me some monthly tickets, recommendations, or something similar!