The third time was this [Erudite] advancement quest. (Continued)

It all came down to having brains and brawn, and standing firm when it counted!

Want to become a Shichibukai? Did he still have to bow to the World Government's whims?

Today, Adrian would tackle both fronts and stand firm on both. All he wanted was fairness!

That said, however...

As Adrian walked down the street, he was as strikingly handsome as ever, but he did not attract much attention, let alone cause any public commotion.

It came back to that same old observation.

Of all the top Great Pirates sailing the seas, practically every last one had some extremely distinctive personal trait.

Roger's [nose hair], Edward Newgate's [white beard], Shanks's [red hair], Charlotte Linlin's [childbirth-friendly pink mane], Kaido's [dragon horns], Golden Lion's [ship's wheel], Bullet's [uniform]...

Then there was Adrian.

Aside from his extraordinarily handsome face...

His only truly distinctive pirate trait was his [ghosts].

Without using his Devil Fruit powers, very few people besides professionals, such as Marines and reporters, would recognize Adrian's true identity.

On top of that, he had not set foot on the Sabaody Archipelago in years.

As a result, Adrian had wandered around the Sabaody Archipelago for almost half an hour, yet nobody had noticed that this legendary Great Pirate, with a bounty of nearly 1.7 billion Beli, had arrived in Sabaody!

"This won't do..."

Adrian frowned slightly and rubbed his chin.

"At this rate, I'll really just be a tourist sightseeing..."

"The World Government and Marine Headquarters are reacting way too slowly, aren't they? There's even a Marine Branch Base stationed here in the Sabaody Archipelago! They're so close to headquarters at Marineford, yet their response is still this slow. Aren't they going to lose their entire salaries?"

With no World Government Agents or Marine Branch soldiers coming to interfere yet, Adrian had