Sabaody Archipelago.
In a bar somewhere.
Shakky sat at the bar, looking thoughtfully at the various bottles of alcohol.
On the other side, Robin was sitting on the couch, reading a book at a leisurely pace.
After learning the truth about the Void century, Robin lost the main goal in life she had been pursuing for several years, and the reason for this was Yeruashi, so it wasn't too difficult for her to determine the next goal: she should performing her duties as a servant as best she could.
"I'm back."
Rayleigh entered the bar and greeted Shakky.
Hearing Rayleigh's voice, Robin immediately put down her book and looked in the direction of the door.
Yeruashi followed Rayleigh inside the bar.
"He's finally back."
Shakky took a puff on her cigarette and looked at Rayleigh with a smile, "You taught the younger generation a cruel lesson?"
Rayleigh smiled helplessly, "Hey, what lesson can an old man like me teach you...pour me a scotch on the rocks."
Yeruashi sat down with Rayleigh and looked at Robin, "Anything interesting happen during my absence?"
Robin nodded, "There is something... a few days ago, your bounty went up to 1 billion 567 million belli. The World Government claimed that you destroyed three Navy ships and mercilessly slaughtered an entire city."
"Oh?"
Rayleigh was surprised.
All this time, Yeruashi was in the Calm Belt, practicing Haki and sword with him.
He never left the island.
"False accusations, ah."
Shakky exhaled smoke, "The World Government wants to hide the fact of Sengoku's defeat, but Yeruashi's threat level is well over a billion belli, so they can only gradually increase the bounty by attributing various crimes to him."
Rayleigh shook his head, "That's his style..."
"Hahaha, so I've already become a celebrity?"
Yeruashi didn't get angry, he just laughed out loud.
Shakky took another puff on her cigarette and laughed sarcastically, "Ah, you really are a celebrity now, a few days ago, the newspaper said that you are killing civilians and trafficking people like crazy... heh, heh, heh."
Yeruashi took the glass of whiskey Shakky handed him, took a sip and turned his head to look at Robin thoughtfully, "Hmm, what would I do with Robin if I was really a slave trader... would I sell her or keep her?"
After saying that, he stood up and smiled at Robin, "Hmm, since they said I destroyed the city... maybe we should stop by Marinford and 'talk' about it. what do you think, Robin?"
"...Huh?"
Robin was flabbergasted.
Shakky and Rayleigh, who were sitting next to each other, immediately looked at Yeruashi.
Realizing that Yeruashi didn't seem to be joking at all, Shakky immediately tensed visibly, "Are you planning to go to Marinford? I wouldn't recommend doing that. Although the Navy now only has two Admirals, one of whom was defeated by you, but in addition to them, there's Fleet Admiral Kong and Navy Hero Garp, so even for you, such a trip will be extremely dangerous."
In the story, there are instances of invasion of the Navy headquarters.
Golden Lion Shiki, one of the three legendary pirates along with Roger and Whitebeard, once did it alone, destroying almost half of Marinford.
But in the end, he was defeated by Sengoku and Garp, then arrested and sent to Impel Down.
Although Shiki still managed to escape, but the price of this escape was very high: he had to cut off his legs to free himself from the shackles.
Also.
Marinford is located near the Holy Land of Marijoa.
If something really serious happens, the World Government will be able to send support immediately.
For the Navy, Marinford is the safest place in the world, and for people the World Government considers criminals, the most dangerous!
"I am a traveler."
Yeruashi smiled in a relaxed manner, "How can you call yourself a traveler without visiting a place like Marinford...? Come on, Robin."
He walked out of the bar.
Seeing that Yeruashi was going to take Robin with him to Marinford, Shakky felt that this was an extremely absurd situation and wanted to say something like, Are you going to turn yourself in?
But Robin looked into Yeruashi's eyes and stood up decisively, following him without hesitation.
It's very dangerous in Marinford, and there's likely to be a battle upon arrival, and the marines may even attack her.... Many things went through Robin's head, but he wasn't afraid at all.
Since Yeruashi wants to take her with him, she won't hesitate to leave.
She has already achieved her main goal and is now completely Yeruashi's property.
Wherever Yeruashi went, she would follow him without any doubts or questions.
"Wait!"
Shakky exclaimed loudly as she watched Robin and Yeruashi leave.
But Rayleigh, who was sitting next to him with a glass in his hand, raised his left hand to stop him and looked at Yeruashi who was leaving, "Will you come back for a drink?"
"Of course, I'll come back later."
With Yeruashi's reassuring words, they left the bar.
Shakky gave Rayleigh a tense look and said, " Marinford is no joke..."
Rayleigh chuckled: "Don't you think he looks like Roger when he was young? He always implemented any idea, even if it was followed by big trouble and chaos."
He took a sip of his whiskey and shook his head, "Traveling to Marinford won't necessarily be a problem for him."
...
Navy Headquarters.
Here, in the middle of the sea, stands a huge fortress, built of extremely hard steel and stone.
This fortress is strong enough to safely withstand bombardment by large weapons and is also considered the largest fortress in the world.
On the front of the fortress, the word "Navy" is engraved, one on the left and one on the right, and in the center is the Navy logo, which is a pattern of a seagull.
At this time.
On the top floor of Marinford, in the Fleet Admiral's office.
Navy hero Garp sat on the couch, holding a newspaper in one hand and picking his nose with the pinky finger of the other: "The traveler destroyed the peaceful city of Mobik.... What is this nonsense? wasn't it destroyed because one of the inhabitants provoked the Sky Dragons?"
Fleet Admiral Kong, who was sitting at the table, folded his arms and said in a deep voice, "Spreading the news that the Sky Dragons have ordered the destruction of a city that belongs to the World Government will cause unnecessary panic, this matter has been settled by the Gorosei."
"Ah, it's the same as usual."
Garp put down the newspaper and lazily leaned back on the couch, "It's because of this garbage that I don't want to be an Admiral."
The senior officer ranks in the Navy include the ranks of Rear Admiral and Vice Admiral, but Admiral does not belong to them, and is on a higher order of magnitude.
An Admiral refers to a vice admiral and a rear admiral as a commodore refers to a captain and a commander, which is a completely different level of authority.
Every Admiral has the right to command all the forces of the Navy.
The Fleet Admiral, like the Admiral, belongs to the highest rank in the Navy.
They have the highest authority.
Therefore, the Admirals and the Fleet Admiral are directly subordinate to the World Government, which is equivalent to becoming subordinates of the Heavenly Dragons.
Precisely because the Sky Dragons were distasteful to Garp in every way, he had repeatedly refused the position of Admiral.
He does not want to obey the orders of the Heavenly Dragons.
"..."
Kong said nothing.
If Garp had been another Vice Admiral, he would have been punished for disrespecting the Heavenly Dragons long ago, but the Hero of the Navy, Garp, who put an end to the terrifying Rocks Pirates and beat a host of other powerful pirates, has countless merits and wide fame throughout the world. Even the Gorosei, who run the World Government, are also helpless before Garp, at best they can only scold him with irritation.
Garp took the cookies from the table and said, "It's been a long time since there have been such strong newcomers in the sea, even Sengoku was defeated by this child.... I really want to try my steel fist on him, bwa-hahaha."
"Don't underestimate him, Garp."
Sengoku, who was standing nearby, frowned visibly and said seriously, "This guy...may be stronger even than you, don't commit impulsive actions, let him go calmly to the New World."
"He's probably already in the New World."
Garp popped a cookie in his mouth and said, "We received information about his appearance in Sabaodi Archipelago more than a month ago, where other than the New World, this kid may be now... not in Marinford, right? Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha."
Sengoku sighed helplessly.
"The New World intelligence forces are already busy investigating, they will immediately begin secretly recording his movements as soon as the first traces are found."
Kong shook his head at Sengoku and Garp, then went back to processing the documents.
But...
Just at this moment.
The captain of the Marine suddenly burst into the office, "Fleet Admiral Kong!!!"
"What?"
Sengoku, Garp and Kong looked at the officer who rushed in.
The captain, with disbelief and some nervousness, said, "To HQ... a ship is approaching... on its deck were seen.... Demon Girl and The Traveler!"