They Came One After Another

(P.S. There'll only be one update today, but it's a long one.)

Wu Pifu piloted the ship forward without the slightest hesitation. Everyone aboard had long since gone numb with shock.

Just like the World Government, they felt it was all happening too fast—far too fast. They hadn't even had time to react. First they'd been brought aboard this ship, then there had been one Admiral, six Admirals, an Admiral's cloak, the fall of the Supreme Marshal's Ascendant Body, and now the entire World Government had actually issued an order to retreat.

Everyone felt as if they were witnessing history unfold—and the sort of history where the heavens suddenly fell and the earth split apart.

And now Wu Pifu was heading to the territory of a Celestial Dragon noble. From the looks of it, he certainly wasn't going there for sightseeing or a friendly visit. Mei and the crew might not have known Wu Pifu for long, but they knew this man was utterly lawless—the kind of person who truly feared nothing, not even the heavens.

There was probably only one thing he would do when he reached the Celestial Dragon's territory... Kill every Celestial Dragon he encountered, along with all the lackeys who helped them commit their crimes.

There had been no shortage of assassinations, attempted murders, and even massacres targeting Celestial Dragons in the history of this world. But those had all taken place in the early days of the Grand Line's establishment. The further history progressed, the rarer such incidents became. Eventually, attacking or killing a Celestial Dragon became a taboo in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

And this taboo wasn't just a human one. Ascendants and other races all observed it, without exception.

Killing a Celestial Dragon, a Celestial Dragon noble, or a member of a