This was an open provocation against the world! They were trying to disrupt the ruling order of governments across the world! They had to be sanctioned!
To the governments of the world, these pirates had crossed their bottom line.
In the ancient city of Santiago!
Beneath the lofty throne, a sword fell to the ground. These swords belonged to the twenty Celestial Dragons who had founded the world a thousand years ago.
Above the throne sat Im, the supreme ruler of the Celestial Dragons.
Unlike before, she wore magnificent white-and-gold robes this time. Her long hair was tied high.
She looked down at the figures crawling beneath the towering steps. Her right hand gripped a face, her eyes icy.
"Five Elders..." Lord Im spoke.
As her words fell, the faces of the Five Elders sprawled on the floor turned grave. Cold sweat had already covered their faces.
"Yes!" the five of them answered respectfully at once.
"Have you found the last intruder who infiltrated Mariejois?" Im asked in an exceptionally calm voice.
"No... no!" The Five Elder with long white hair and a triple beard answered tremblingly.
There was none of the usual lofty bearing on his face, only fear, because he knew that Im was questioning him now, and she was furious!
It was not only this Five Elder. The other four were trembling as well, their faces pale.
"Have you captured Gol D. Roger's criminal son?" Lord Im asked again, her voice still cold and merciless.
"No... no!" the same Five Elder with long white hair and a triple beard replied.
"Has the Buggy Pirates been dealt with?" Lord Im asked again.
"No...!" By the third question, cold sweat already covered the Five Elder's face.
"Where are Golden Lion Skroge, Byrnndi World, and Loric Redfield?" Lord Im asked