"Looks like this matter has come to an end. Farewell, Mr. Rayleigh."
Seeing that every member of the Straw Hat Pirates had been sent flying, Kizaru grinned and decisively turned into light, departing at once.
He felt that if the battle continued, he might end up injured again.
Only after leaving the Sabaody Archipelago did he finally let out a breath of relief, cursing inwardly, Damn it, that old geezer Rayleigh was actually living in seclusion here. When I get back, I'm definitely making the Fleet Admiral lodge a complaint against Cipher Pol. Have all their intelligence efforts over the years gone to the dogs?
Among the World Government's subordinate departments, Cipher Pol and the Marines were the two major factions, and they had never gotten along. Whenever there was an opportunity, attacking each other was commonplace.
Besides, Cipher Pol specialized in intelligence gathering, so this blame naturally had to be pinned on them.
After Kizaru left, Rayleigh also put away his shoddy longsword. He glanced toward where Luffy and the others had vanished, adjusted his glasses, and headed into the distance.
"Good luck, little ones!"
As for the Straw Hat Pirates who had been sent flying, each of them headed toward their own landing place.
But there was a problem with Luffy. According to the original storyline, he should have landed on Amazon Lily and met the Pirate Empress, then learned about Ace and infiltrated Impel Down.
But here, the Pirate Empress had gone to the New World more than ten years ago and taken Kaido's place as one of the Four Emperors. Even if Luffy landed there, the story would probably unfold in an entirely different way.
Therefore, Luffy landed somewhere else this time.
As for the reason, naturally, someone had tampered with things.
West Blue, Ohara!