As mentioned before, Red Port in Mary Geoise can directly connect the Four Seas and the Grand Line.
Therefore, those Celestial Dragons who wanted to find Shamrock have now entered the East Blue.
As for Grothius and others who wanted to compete for Pirate King, they directly entered the most dangerous sea — the New World.
Even Blake's sanctuary, which twice entered the New World, once made him almost seasick, and another time he had to rest in Dressrosa.
These unprepared Celestial Dragons plunging in, who knows what kind of trouble they will stir up.
If they accidentally encounter a shipwreck and one or two of them die, the commotion will be even greater.
So, requesting the Marine to escort and assist them is… reasonable?
It's outrageous! It's absolutely outrageous!
Compared to Sengoku's restraint, Sakazuki had already stood up, his eyes wide with fury, Blake smoke starting to rise from his entire body.
Magma dripped onto the floor, burning large holes in the ground, but he was completely oblivious.
Sakazuki is actually a relatively pure person.
No matter how many bad things the Celestial Dragons did, it had nothing to do with him.
His underlying logic had two points—
1: Execute orders issued by the World Government.
2: Eliminate all pirates on the sea.
But now, Celestial Dragons are running off to become pirates, even wanting to form a "God Pirate Crew," and even compete for Pirate King.
These two underlying directives suddenly clashed, almost causing Sakazuki's CPU to burn out.
You're trying to glitch me, aren't you?
Sakazuki now wished he could pulverize Grothius.
Sengoku's head was also throbbing at this moment.
Logically speaking, the Celestial Dragons' demands absolutely cannot be refused.
But this matter would severely damage the Marine's reputation, even the World Government's prestige, and was far too absurd.
Just as he was preparing to politely decline, Tsuru, who was beside him, whispered a reminder:
"Agree first, then quickly contact the Gorosei."
Sengoku then realized he could completely remove himself from this matter, so he responded to the transponder snail:
"Alright, Saint Grocis, I will immediately contact Admiral Akainu."
After hanging up the phone, Sengoku motioned for Sakazuki, who was still fuming, to calm down, waved for him to sit, and hastily dialed the phone to the authority room.
"What is it, Sengoku?"
The transponder snail was quickly answered, and Saturn's voice came through.
Sengoku hurriedly recounted Grothius's words in detail and explained the potential impact of this matter.
Saturn, however, was completely unconcerned:
"Sengoku, you're taking this matter too seriously."
"This is just a few children acting up."
"Once their interest wanes, they will obediently return."
"Nothing will go wrong in such a short time; you're making a mountain out of a molehill."
"That's all for now. Have Sakazuki, who is stationed at headquarters, escort them for a while."
After speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for Sengoku to argue further.
For a moment, everyone in the room exchanged glances.
Sengoku looked at Sakazuki, whom he had just appeased, but who was now fuming again, and didn't know what to say.
He now only wanted to rush in front of the Gorosei, grab them by their collars, and ask if they were suffering from elderly dementia.
Sighing deeply, Sengoku still stood up and walked in front of Sakazuki, who was constantly dripping magma, ignoring the sulfur and scorching air that permeated the office.
Looking at Sakazuki, who was breathing heavily, Sengoku's voice was low, overriding the sizzling sound on the floor:
"Sakazuki, I know this request is difficult for you to accept. But…"
He stared intently into Sakazuki's angry eyes:
"Precisely because of this, you must go."
Sakazuki said nothing, only clenching his fists tighter, the Blake smoke on his body growing denser.
Sengoku could only continue to persuade him:
"This is a direct order from the Gorosei, and you and I both know the consequences of disobeying an order."
"Precisely because this matter is absurd, we must maintain outward order and not fall into disarray."
He pointed to the still-steaming transponder snail:
"The Gorosei have already defined this matter, and you and I both heard it."
The office fell into a brief silence, with only the sound of magma burning the floor and Sakazuki's heavy breathing.
After an unknown amount of time, the Blake smoke on Sakazuki's body gradually dissipated, and his hands returned from their elemental state.
He turned and left, only letting out an extremely suppressed cold snort.
Blake had no idea that his casual action could cause such a massive butterfly effect.
You know, don't look at Sakazuki as the most obedient among the several Admirals in the original story, aside from Aramaki.
In reality, his hatred for pirates was deeply ingrained… Meanwhile, in the East Blue, far from Mary Geoise.
The sun was shining brightly, and the sea breeze was blowing.
The unsuspecting Red Hair Pirates were having a banquet on the red force.
"Cheers!"
Shanks, who was clearly drunk, held Uta in one hand and gestured to his crew.
His smile was hearty and infectious, as if he had no worries at all.
Although the others burst into laughter at Shanks's behavior, they still raised their wine glasses.
"To today's good weather!"
Yasopp responded with a laugh.
Lucky Roux looked even more excited, holding a cup in one hand and freshly grilled meat in the other:
"No, it's for our fisherman friends we met on the last island!"
"Yes! To that!"
Lime Jones, who was singing off-key loudly with others, arm-in-arm, loudly agreed upon hearing this.
Hongou and Beckman, who was smoking a cigarette, leaned against the ship's rail, smiling as they watched the joyful scene.
That's how the Red Hair Pirates were; whenever they wanted to have a banquet, no matter how ridiculous the reason they found, they would just start one.
At this moment, none of them imagined that the storm caused by the Celestial Dragons' collective departure to sea was heading towards the East Blue.
The center of the storm was the Red Hair Pirates… On the sanctuary, Kuina began her training for the day with Mandy.
"Your foundation is very solid; you don't need to start with the most basic sword grip."
Mandy's tone was as calm as ever, and she twirled the rapier in her hand:
"Watch closely, the essence of this sword strike is 'to guide' rather than 'to strike'!"
Kuina focused intently, holding the Wado Ichimonji that Genzo had given her before she left, her eyes sharp, concentrating on mimicking Mandy's every movement.
Clang!
After a crisp sound, Kuina took two steps back, but her eyes were shining:
"I think… I understand a little!"
Mandy nodded:
"Then train!"
Blake looked at the two training with a strange expression; he had never heard Mandy say so many words at once:
"It seems she really likes Kuina; that's good."
On the other side of the deck, Perona was holding her breath, tiptoeing, secretly approaching Olga.
But Olga had already spotted the sneaky fellow in the reflection of the mirror and decided to pretend to be unaware:
"Perona wants to scare me from behind. I'll suddenly turn around and catch her in a bit!"
Perona: …As Olga muttered softly, the plan was completely exposed, and Perona quickly giggled and jumped away:
"Haha, I heard you!"
Olga became angry out of embarrassment, and the two immediately burst into laughter and mischief, running from the ship's rail to the resting area, knocking Robin's chair to the ground.
Robin, who was reading, wasn't paying attention and fell directly to the ground.
Robin got up with a displeased expression, tidied her book, and looked at the two little girls who wanted to pretend nothing had happened, crossing her arms.
Suddenly, two hands extended from the cabin wall behind them, grabbing one each.
A mischievous smile appeared on her lips:
"It's so hot, you two should go play in the water!"
With that, Perona and Olga were thrown into the nearby swimming pool.
Blake pulled down his sunglasses and lay back in the lounge chair.
Today, the weather was just right.
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