Akainu quickly left, leaving only Sengoku and Garp in the office.
"Garp, what do you think of this Hero-King?"
"Mysterious and bold!"
That was Garp's only opinion.
Infiltrating Impel Down, inciting a riot in the Infinite Hell, and then repelling Magellan and Aokiji before leaving in a grand manner—it was arrogant to the extreme. Before this, such a thing was unimaginable.
More importantly, no one knew the Hero-King's purpose.
"Boldness is one thing. His abilities seem troublesome. If he has the ability to infiltrate the sixth level of Impel Down, then he also has the ability to silently infiltrate Mary Geoise."
Hearing this, Garp glanced at Sengoku and said in a deep voice, "The Celestial Dragons are putting pressure on you?"
"I have no choice. This matter can't be hidden... When they learned that the other party has such an ability, they couldn't help but panic."
The World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons, live in the Holy Land Mary Geoise, under the protection of Marine Headquarters. They are usually high and mighty, looking down on everyone.
But now, knowing that someone has the ability to silently infiltrate the Holy Land, how could they not be alarmed? They immediately put pressure on Sengoku.
"Wahahaha... that sounds just like that bunch of trash."
"Garp!" Sengoku glanced at Garp.
Garp had a teasing look on his face, even picking his nose with his pinky finger, which made Sengoku not know whether to laugh or cry.
Sengoku knew that Garp had always disliked the Celestial Dragons' ways. It was precisely for this reason that Garp had always refused a promotion to Admiral.
Because once promoted to Admiral, he would have the responsibility and obligation to work for the Celestial Dragons. When the Celestial Dragons were threatened, he would have to be deployed.
"But, Garp... you might have to work hard this time."
"What? You want me to deal with those escaped prisoners?" Garp said with a look of disdain, as if he had seen through Sengoku's thoughts.
"Don't make that face. Kizaru, Aokiji, and Akainu are still young. They've only recently become Admirals. When dealing with those legends of the past, they lack experience. Even Aokiji was injured this time."
"To put it bluntly, you want me to run all over the world, right? I'm an old man about to retire. Can't you let me have some peace?"
"You're the most suitable candidate. Now is not the time for an old bone like me to retire. At least, not until the younger generation has fully matured."
Hearing this, Garp rubbed his chin and smiled. "Fine, fine. But you have to give me your hidden stash of rice crackers!!"
"Hehe, Garp... you bastard!"
Meanwhile, Rex's main body was sitting on Vimana, flying towards Amazon Lily at an extremely fast speed.
On the way, he caught a news coo and got a newspaper. In it, Rex found a bounty poster!
Vicious and Heinous,
Dead or Alive,
Hero-King!
Bounty: 800,000,000 Beri
"Tsk, tsk, only 800 million Beri. Who are they looking down on... Is the most ancient king of humanity only worth this much?"
The Hero-King had repelled Magellan and Aokiji, yet his bounty was only 800 million? It should be at least one or two billion!
"So imprecise!"
Rex smiled, not minding it. He threw the newspaper away and headed towards Amazon Lily at full speed.
Soon, Rex entered the Calm Belt. According to the Log Pose, in less than half an hour, a huge island appeared before him.
"I'm here. I wonder if the Pirate Empress is on the island!"
As a former member of the Supernova, Rex naturally knew of the Pirate Empress, but he had never met her.
Although her bounty was only 88 million, in terms of strength, she was absolutely terrifying.
As for why the World Government didn't raise her bounty further, it was probably because they considered her a candidate for the Seven Warlords.
Rex smiled and then controlled Vimana to quickly enter the island.
Inside Kuja Castle, the atmosphere was filled with a Chinese style. If the snakes on the buildings were replaced with Chinese dragons, Rex might have been mistaken.
After easily bypassing the guards, Rex sneaked into Kuja Castle.
Continuously avoiding the guards, Rex followed the system's directions and found the location of the Bath Palace. After scouting it out and finding no one inside, Rex entered.
"Looks like the Empress isn't here. Perfect. I just need to stay here for ten minutes!"
The system prompted that the check-in had begun. He could not leave within ten minutes, or it would be considered a failure!
Inside the Bath Palace, steam lingered, and a fragrant aroma filled the air.
Rex sat on the steps, wondering what kind of character template would be refreshed this time.
"If the template is good, I might be able to explore Amazon Lily and see if there are any Devil Fruits!!"
With the large Kuja Castle, and the fact that the Empress often went out to sea to plunder, the possibility of her having stored Devil Fruits was very high.
Meanwhile, inside Kuja Castle, in the Empress's chambers, a flower snake was coiled on a soft bed. Sitting cross-legged on it was the world's most beautiful woman in the pirate world—the Pirate Empress, Boa Hancock.
At this time, the Pirate Empress was in her early twenties, looking pure and innocent.
Beside her were her two younger sisters, Sandersonia and Marigold.
"Elder sister, there was another letter from the World Government today."
Hearing this, the Empress's beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly in displeasure.
"Is it about the Seven Warlords?"
"That's right!"
"Tear it up!"