Chapter 289: Departure
"Then make your preparations."
Jiang Qize said coldly.
"Wind God!"
He called out to the sky.
"Sir!"
Wind God responded. His enormous body descended from the sky, whipping up a violent gale as he landed.
A few minutes later—
With a powerful beat of his massive wings, Wind God shot straight into the sky, soaring upward, riding the raging winds as he pierced into the clouds.
On Wind God's back were the Emperor Crocodile, the Poison Dragon, the Thunder Dragon (a dinosaur formed from Zeus), the Fire Dragon (a dinosaur formed from the Sun Prometheus), the Ankylosaurus, Camon, Buck, Wyper, Kamakiri, and Enel.
These were the ones heading to Marine Headquarters this time.
Jiang Qize stood there, staring at the boundless sea of clouds ahead, his expression utterly cold.
He didn't even know why he was so furious. Ever since arriving in the world of One Piece, he had never been as angry as he was today.
Crocodile was his only friend—the only one who dared to talk back to him.
When he heard that Crocodile had been captured, he completely lost control.
If he didn't turn Marine Headquarters upside down this time, then he wouldn't be a summoner!
…
Meanwhile, on an unnamed island within the Calm Belt—
This island was not far from Marine Headquarters and the Holy Land Mary Geoise. And since it lay within the Calm Belt, pirates simply could not enter.
On the island stood a massive dock.
Men in black suits guarded the entire coastline.
On the dock, figures resembling shipwrights moved about.
Beside the dock was an enormous shipyard.
At that moment, a gigantic ship over a hundred meters long slowly sailed across the sea and docked at the pier.
The shipwrights who had been waiting for a long time lit up with excitement and boarded the massive vessel one after another.
Standing on the dock was a handsome and imposing young man dressed in a white suit, wearing sunglasses, with a rose tucked into the decorative pocket on his chest. He watched calmly.
Half an hour later—
"Commander Shuya, we can confirm that this is Pluton. The weapons mounted on it are extremely powerful—we cannot replicate them."
A one-and-a-half-meter-tall elderly man in white clothing stepped down from the ship and said excitedly.
"Then dismantle the weapons."
Commander Shuya looked at him indifferently and said coldly.
"Dismantle them?" the old man asked reluctantly.
He had built ships his entire life, yet he had never seen one as perfect in structure as Pluton. Taking it apart pained him.
"Hmm?"
Commander Shuya shot him a cold glance.
"Yes!"
The old man trembled and quickly agreed.
Soon, the shipwrights aboard the vessel began working busily.
…
Half a day later—
Above Marine Headquarters.
"So this is Marine Headquarters?"
From above, the massive Gates of Justice delivered an overwhelming visual impact.
Marine Headquarters was built upon an entire island, divided into many zones—training areas, recruit districts, work sectors, shipbuilding yards, residential quarters, and more…
"Captain, can we give them a couple of cannon shots first?"
Camon's eyes turned blood-red as he licked his lips and looked at Jiang Qize.
"Rescue them first."
Jiang Qize replied coldly.
Before coming, he had already contacted Akainu and learned that the entire Baroque Works pirate crew had been sent to Impel Down and were not at Marine Headquarters.
"Let's go. Over there."
Jiang Qize said to Wind God.
Impel Down was not far from Marine Headquarters. From several thousand meters up in the sky, they could already see Impel Down beyond the Gates of Justice, appearing like a tiny black dot in the distance.