"What should we do..."
"Explain the situation to Captain Dragon."
"After all, he's family."
Luffy had no idea how Drake would explain the situation. In the end, Drake had simply passed him off to the Inspectorate Department of the First Division, tossing them the hot potato.
He was living comfortably in his own little corner of the East Blue and didn't want to get dragged into too much trouble.
"Captain Dragon is always vanishing without a trace. How are we supposed to get in touch with him?"
"We can only try contacting Vice Captain Sade first..."
One of the Inspectorate Department members gave a wry smile. He knew Luffy would be difficult to deal with.
Drake had shoved Luffy onto them without a word, and now that things had come to this, they couldn't just keep passing him around.
"I heard Vice Captain Sade is also working to establish a foothold in the New World."
"Promoting human rights and the rule of law."
"Some foreign races and isolationist countries are difficult to deal with."
"Even when we bring them wealth and prosperity, they still refuse to cooperate."
"Some countries even cling to slavery."
"Liberating those regions isn't something that can be done overnight."
Another member shrugged, suggesting that this approach would be difficult too.
"Sigh."
A member of the Inspectorate Department sighed.
"I wonder why Captain Dragon's son would want to become the One Piece."
"Not to mention, does this so-called One Piece even exist?"
"Being a pirate is a profession that's been completely wiped out, isn't it?"
Another member nodded.
"Exactly."
"Ever since the North Sea Divine War, that lord ordered all the large pirate crews in the New World to be wiped out..."
"By now, pirate crews of every size have disappeared."
"The bandits who sail the seas