A bolt of lightning appeared on Jaya.
Houka teleported directly from the waters of the former Kozuki Village to the electromagnetic wave receiver he had left on Jaya, saving quite a bit of travel time.
"I never expected that Wapol guy to still be in the waters near Drum Island!"
Houka knew that Wapol would establish the Evil Black Drum Kingdom in the South Blue, so he had assumed that Luffy had sent Wapol flying all the way there.
But that was impossible when he thought about it!
Drum Island, located in the Paradise section of the Grand Line, was separated from the South Blue by a Calm Belt.
How could Luffy possibly have punched someone that far away?
Wapol had been wandering and developing his business on nearby islands all this time.
It would probably still be a long time before he could make his business bigger and stronger enough to establish a kingdom in the South Blue.
Houka turned into lightning again from Jaya and headed toward the island where Wapol was buying alloy toys.
Not long ago, Doflamingo, who had taught Bellamy a lesson on Jaya, had fortunately already left ahead of time and returned to Marine Headquarters.
Otherwise, if Houka had caught him, another Shichibukai might have fallen into Houka's hands.
By the time Houka found Wapol, the Straw Hat Pirates had still caused a huge commotion at the Human Auction House over the mermaid Camie and had even beaten up a Celestial Dragon.
This quickly brought down the punishment of Marine Admiral Kizaru.
Only, this time there was no Pluton Rayleigh to come to their rescue, nor was Kuma secretly protecting them.
They were all instantly defeated.
If Kizaru had not shown Garp some respect, the little brats of the Straw Hat Pirates would