Marine Headquarters.
Flag Officer Office Area.
Xia Luo slowly lowered the newspaper in his hands, a half-smile appearing on his face.
"A mysterious force? It was clearly the Holy Knights!"
"They sent the Holy Knights out so soon. Looks like the World Government really is desperate this time, and clearly, they genuinely have no other options."
As the ultimate force protecting the Celestial Dragons, the Holy Knights were little known. They rarely left Mary Geoise, so the World Government usually sent the Marines or Cipher Pol to deal with matters.
This time, however, the World Government had deployed the Holy Knights.
At its root, this was because of the decline in Marine strength-or rather, the gap between the old generation and the new.
Xia Luo had contributed a great deal to that!
Of course, there was another important reason besides that: the Holy Knights wanted to take Shanks, who carried the Celestial Dragons' blood, back from the Roger Pirates.
Judging by Shanks's older twin brother, both brothers possessed absolutely first-rate talent and had an excellent chance of reaching Admiral level.
Once the Shanks Brothers matured, the Holy Knights would have successors.
Thus, the Holy Knights would never allow such an outstanding descendant of their bloodline to remain outside their ranks.
Of course, the two from the Donquixote Family were exceptions, because their parents had voluntarily given up their status as Celestial Dragons.
Since they had chosen to give it up, they could sink into the lower world forever!
They had to follow the path they chose, even on their knees.
After all, the Celestial Dragons were no public restroom where people could come and go as they pleased. Once they left, they could forget about coming back!
"Once again, my thanks to the Holy Knights for providing such valuable experience."