Public Auction of Drought Jack, an Unprecedented Event

"So you're saying that Drought Jack, one of the Beast Pirates' Three Calamities, led men in a surprise attack on Dressrosa, then lost to the new Shichibukai and is now going to be auctioned off as a slave?"

"Yes. The new Shichibukai, Uchiha Jobu, had his men spread the news. The entire New World knows about it now; only the Grand Line and the Four Seas have yet to receive the information."

"I'll notify Fleet Admiral Sengoku immediately. Keep Dressrosa under surveillance at all times. The moment anything happens, report to me at once! Understood?"

"Yes, sir!"

The Marines had never dreamed that Drought Jack, one of the Four Emperor pirate crews' top officers with a bounty of one billion berries, would lose to a Shichibukai and be captured.

If the entire sea learned that Dressrosa intended to auction off an officer of a Four Emperor pirate crew as a slave, it would surely shatter the uneasy silence between the Four Emperor pirate crews and the Marines.

The most troublesome matter, however, was the Celestial Dragons. If they learned that such a slave was going up for auction, they certainly would not miss this grand spectacle that would shake the seas. They might even travel to Dressrosa in groups.

The Celestial Dragons possessed the most supreme privileges in the world, with status and authority beyond imagination. That was why they were called the World Nobles. Once a Celestial Dragon encountered danger, a Marine admiral had to go rescue him unconditionally.

What the Marines feared was that the Celestial Dragons would leave the Holy Land to bid on Drought Jack, Dressrosa's captive. If any danger arose then, the Marines would be placed in a very passive position.

"Damn it! Idiot! That bastard Jack actually got captured by the enemy! And by