Barn muttered the name that had been so familiar in his previous life, his brows tightly furrowed. His instincts told him this slave-trading organization had to be connected to that man. With that question weighing on him, Barn returned to the Sabaody Archipelago.
The Sabaody Archipelago was still under lockdown. A squad of Marines stood at every port on every island, and it seemed this level of security would continue for some time. Because of that, the archipelago, where pirates had once run rampant, had entered a relatively peaceful period. Not a single pirate could be seen on the streets. Perhaps they had suffered through no fault of their own because of Barn.
News that Barn had appeared here and killed yet another Celestial Dragon had spread like wildfire. Those Celestial Dragons who considered themselves above everyone else seemed to have finally recognized the seriousness of the situation, though most still believed they had nothing to fear and thought little of Barn.
The higher-ranking Celestial Dragons, however, took it very seriously, especially Jelforin, whose son had died. He wanted nothing more than to chop Barn into mincemeat for repeatedly trampling on the dignity of their supremely noble race.
The Celestial Dragons had even dispatched warships for a Buster Call, but Sengoku had blocked it. Admiral Kizaru, on the other hand, had been punished over the incident. At that moment, he was probably vacationing on some island in Marine Territory.
It had to be said that Sengoku was a rare sort of Fleet Admiral among the Marines. He might not have been a good one, but he was at least competent. Most importantly, unlike his subordinate Admiral Akainu, he had not been brainwashed by the Marines' so-called absolute justice. At least he still retained a human conscience.
Sitting inside Laboon's belly,