King of Exile

"Stop screaming."

"Morgan and your subordinates are all this King's captives."

Wang Shi walked up to Klahadore and, with a snap, locked an explosive slave collar around his neck.

"Bandage him up!"

Wang Shi commanded the guards behind him.

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

A large group of guards swarmed forward, bound Klahadore, secured him with handcuffs, and carried him out.

Only then did Kaya and Merry emerge, trembling with fear.

"Your butler is the pirate Klahadore of the Hundred Plans."

"You are now suspected of harboring a pirate. Do you have any defense?"

Before Kaya could even ask about Klahadore, Wang Shi slapped a heavy accusation onto them.

Explain?

Voluntary explanations did not exist for him.

Only others explained themselves to him, the King!

"Audacious! Standing before you is the King of the Goa Empire, His Majesty Wang Shi!"

"Kneel and answer the question at once!"

A Goa Kingdom official barked directly at Kaya and Merry.

Terrified, the two collapsed to their knees, their faces deathly pale.

"Your Majesty, please forgive us! We truly did not know that Butler Klahabutter was a pirate."

Merry shouted in panic, while Kaya's eyes were filled with disbelief.

The gentle, kind-hearted Butler Klahabutter was actually a pirate?

"Seeing that you are ill, I will spare you this time."

"Once you have recovered, report to the Goa Empire. My Queen happens to need a group of female attendants."

Wang Shi spoke indifferently, showing no interest in pursuing the matter further, and turned to leave the mansion.

He was in a rush to attack the Moonlight Kingdom and had no time to waste on a little heiress like Kaya.

Once he conquered the Moonlight Kingdom, a single order would suffice.

Kaya would have to answer the summons to the palace.

It was just that overbearing!

Watching the guards and bounty hunters follow Wang Shi as he departed with such flair, Kaya and Merry, who had still intended to explain themselves, were both left stunned in place.

"It's over, Miss Kaya."

Merry let out a long breath, as if he had just escaped death.

The fierce gazes of those guards and officials had truly scared them half to death.

"Report to the Goa Empire once I've recovered?"

"Was he talking about me?"

Kaya looked bewildered, turning to Merry for confirmation.

"Miss, it seems the Goa Queen requires some female attendants."

Merry replied cautiously; he hadn't expected a King to conscript the sickly Miss Kaya.

"Female attendants?"

Kaya furrowed her brows. What was she to do if she didn't want to leave Syrup Village?

But for now, she could only take things one step at a time.

After all, they were in no position to defy a King.

As Wang Shi's party returned to the harbor, they did not see Usopp anywhere along the way.

That coward had likely hidden himself away long ago.

"Set sail for the main island of the Moonlight Kingdom!"

Wang Shi did not waste time; he had to conquer these kingdoms before the neighboring nations and the World Government could react.

If even Vinsmoke Judge could breach four affiliated nations and execute four kings in the North Blue in such a short time, there was no reason Wang Shi couldn't handle four kingdoms in the weakest of the seas, the East Blue.

Besides, the heads of these Marine branches were more incompetent than the last.

They were all evil captains who deceived their superiors, deluded their subordinates, and exploited the common people.

"Yes!"

Four warships sailed out of the port of Syrup Village, heading toward the Moonlight Kingdom to launch an assault.

Half a day later.

Jango, Sham, and Buchi served as the vanguard, acting as cannon fodder alongside Eric and Van Augur as they stormed into the capital of the Moonlight Kingdom.

Following Wang Shi's second exile of the fiercely resisting Moonlight royalty.

The title "King of Exile" began to spread wildly among the garrison forces and bounty hunters.

While traversing the islands within the territory of the Moonlight Kingdom, Wang Shi discovered a small island named Shimotsuki Island.

This caught his attention.

He hadn't expected Usopp and Zoro to be from the same country.

However, Wang Shi had no time to land on Shimotsuki Island, as he was busy with his campaign of conquest.

Three days later.

The neighboring Organ Kingdom also fell to the grand army of the Goa Kingdom.

The Organ royalty was likewise exiled by Wang Shi.

However, Wang Shi did not find the Buggy Pirates in Orange Town within the Organ Kingdom.

It seemed that Buggy, who possessed the luck of a Conqueror's Haki user, had managed to escape disaster.

In the span of a single week, Wang Shi had conquered three kingdoms, causing the entire Goa Kingdom to erupt in fervor.

Nobles and officials, both great and small, and even the commoners of the Goa Kingdom, actively joined the imperial war to take over the three nations.

By the time the World Government began to take notice of this expansionist war by the Goa Kingdom.

Wang Shi's conquest fleet had already struck into the heart of the Konomi Kingdom.

The pretext for the invasion was that the Konomi Kingdom had insulted King Wang Shi and Queen Sally by sending a mere "one hundred thousand in tribute and ten thousand catties of oranges" as a gift.

When the Goa Kingdom fleet breached the capital of the Konomi Kingdom.

Captain Nezumi of Marine Branch 16 was somewhat panicked.

He immediately reported Wang Shi's brutal actions to Marine Headquarters.

He hoped that Marine Headquarters would put a stop to the chaotic expansion of the Goa Kingdom and Wang Shi.

Captain Nezumi was truly terrified that his collaboration with the Arlong Pirates would be discovered by Wang Shi.

He was well aware that Captain Morgan of Marine Branch 153 had already been captured by Wang Shi.

At this moment, inside Marine Branch 16.

"Yes, yes, that brutal king of the Goa Kingdom has already exiled the monarchs of four kingdoms; now, the entire East Blue calls him the King of Exile."

"He even captured Captain Morgan of Marine Branch 153 without cause—it is a blatant disregard for the dignity of our Marines!"

"Wang Shi is utterly lawless!"

"His atrocities in exiling the four kings are just as evil as the Four-Nation Slash of Vinsmoke Judge in the North Blue!"

Captain Nezumi reported solemnly into the Den Den Mushi, painting Wang Shi as a tyrant and a great pirate.

At Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

Fist Garp was busy snacking on senbei in the office of Fleet Admiral Sengoku the Buddha.

Hearing of the Goa Kingdom's wanton expansion, Garp's brows furrowed.

He did not want his hometown to be turned into a kingdom of war.

"What kind of trash is this new king who ascended the throne, dragging my hometown into war?"

"'King of Exile,' indeed! I'll have to teach him a lesson with my Fist of Love!"

Garp cursed aloud and immediately pulled out a Den Den Mushi to call Woop Slap, the mayor of Foosha Village, to inquire about the situation.

He asked if the flames of war had reached the peaceful Foosha Village.

Even after learning that Foosha Village remained unaffected, Garp's rage did not subside.

"Sengoku, I'm going back to the East Blue! I will not allow the peaceful East Blue to be plunged into strife."

"And that king—didn't he capture a Marine captain? I'm going to teach him a lesson."

Garp started to head for the door of the Fleet Admiral's office.

"Stop right there, Garp!"

"The Goa Kingdom has already legally applied to the World Government for the merger of the three kingdoms!"

"Furthermore, the reports regarding Captain Morgan and Klahadore have already been submitted by the officials of the Goa Kingdom."

"Even before Captain Nezumi's report, the Goa Kingdom provided evidence of Captain Nezumi's crimes in shielding the Arlong Pirates."

Sengoku the Buddha rubbed his temples; this new king of the Goa Kingdom truly did things with such methodical precision that even he found no room to intervene.

The World Government had already authorized the Goa Kingdom's military actions.

Sengoku had already guessed that the Goa Kingdom must have reached an agreement with the World Government regarding the Heavenly Tribute.

That was the only reason the World Government had given them the green light.

Sengoku also found it difficult to interfere in the affairs of the Goa Kingdom due to the heinous issues involving Captain Morgan, Klahadore, Captain Nezumi, and the Arlong Pirates.

He even felt he owed Wang Shi a word of thanks.

Thanks to Wang Shi for purging these corrupt elements from the Navy.

Meanwhile, Big News Morgans had finally begun to take notice of Wang Shi's grand feat of "exiling the four kings."

He seemed to have discovered an evil king just like Vinsmoke Judge!