Counting Crocodile and Moria before him, this was already the third Shichibukai to be defeated. It was not that the Shichibukai could not lose to anyone; the issue was that Crocodile and Doflamingo had both committed offenses that crossed the World Government's bottom line.
Of course, if Doflamingo had not died, the World Government might have lowered its bottom line at the appropriate moment. Unfortunately, there were no ifs.
So the "clean" Gecko Moria remained a Shichibukai, but those two had already been expelled, leaving two positions vacant at once.
The Shichibukai, the Four Emperors, and the navy were the three major powers of the New World. With the Shichibukai now weakened, those positions needed to be filled quickly to maintain the balance between the powers.
Of course, that was all for the World Government to worry about. Ordinary people were merely enjoying the spectacle.
Just like that, another few months passed.
On this day, as usual, Su Yu was reading in the Wish-Granting Bar, Miland was wiping glasses, and a few customers were drinking inside.
Everything had been fairly harmonious, but that peace was soon broken.
With a creak, the bar's door opened. Yet the person who opened it did not come inside, instead holding it open, apparently opening the door for someone else.
Although tall and large, this person looked gloomy and dull-eyed. The reason was probably the slave collar around his neck. He was a slave.
Then three oddly shaped figures entered the bar one after another, followed by several masked people in white suits. Su Yu looked up at this, cast them a glance, and curled his lips into a mocking smile before lowering his head to continue reading.
At the sight of these three people, the customers who had been drinking merrily suddenly stopped what