Pirates: The Salary Is In Place, The Four Emperors Are Kicked Out

After a period of climbing, Sakazuki walked towards the crater along the high ground that formed the shoulder.

He walked up to the crater, which was basically the same as the rest of the volcanoes he had seen in the World government white paper on Lava-Lava Fruit. That is to say, like a huge funnel, it gets wider and wider from top to bottom.

Although I didn't see the boiling magma, Sakazuki, who is a Lava-Lava Fruit person, clearly felt the unique smell of active volcanoes, and it was quite strong...

(It should explode soon...)

Thinking so, Sakazuki jumped into the crater without any hesitation, and turned into a cloud of black smoke surging magma in the air.

...

"Are you all ready?"

"It's all ready, ma'am!"

"Very good, then let's set off immediately! Sisters, it's time to hunt!"

"Oh--!!!"

The pirate ship, dragged by two giant snake-shaped Sea Kings, raised the flag of nine snakes like the sun and covered the skeleton, and sailed away from the port of Daughters Island.

...

Although it is said that the fate of many people in this world will be changed due to the butterfly effect caused by the traveler, Polsalino, but at least for now, Naval Headquarters Rear Admiral Monkey·d· Dragon, his destiny is still proceeding according to its due trajectory.

As the former Marine Sabaody base commander who committed a "crime of disrespect" to Celestial Dragons, the dragon was naturally unable to bring his original warship and subordinates while he was being punished. Therefore, in the past few weeks when he came to West Blue, he was on the warships of various branches of West Blue, or simply rubbed off on merchant ships, in short, it highlighted a purposeless.

What? A mission to track down and destroy the anti-government group?

Don't be kidding, when the World government was established and ruled the world for nearly 800 years, where is there any so-called anti-government organization?

Whether it is Long himself or the high-level officials who punished him, it is actually very clear that this punishment task that Long received is just a pretext for waiting for the Celestial Dragons to calm down.

Of course, although the quests he received did not actually exist, Long was not completely idle during his time in West Blue—when he was rubbing against the branch warships, he helped fight against the pirates, and when he rubbed against the passing merchant ships, he Just act as a guard...

On this day, the dragon was leaning on the armrest of the deck, looking out at the disappearing strait.

He has been on the archaeological ship under his feet for a whole week, and then he will follow this archaeological ship to Ohara, the archaeological holy site of West Blue and even the world.

After Ohara, the dragon will visit there the library of the tree of omniscience that he has heard about for a long time, and then continue like a wandering pirate hunter, randomly boarding the next ship and going to the next place.

"Mr. Long, that... do you want to drink black tea?"

The female archaeologist on the archaeological ship, Lucy, who was only in her early twenties, spoke to Long shyly. She had a tray in her hand with mugs still steaming on it.

"Thank you, I'm welcome."

Lucy accidentally caught sight of the dragon who stretched out her hand, and her body suddenly tensed. Long has been on this ship for a whole week, and even though Lucy felt as if she was used to this outsider, she was still shaken from time to time by the look in Long's eyes.

His black eyes were so deep that he seemed to be able to suck in all the light and sound, as if just meeting his eyes could take away her soul. Even more so in such emergencies.

Is it because the dragon has the accent of his hometown of East Blue, which he remembers very fondly? Or was it because the dragon had bluntly stated that he was the Marine Rear Admiral who had offended the nobles of the world? Or is it because he rescued himself and everyone on this ship from the pirates the day he appeared?

"……What's wrong?"

Long looked at Lucy's frozen face in surprise.

Lucy opened her eyes wide as if she had woken up from a dream, and said, "Nothing! Nothing!" and hurried back to the boat. On the tray she held in her hand, there was still the cup of black tea brought for the dragon.

What is this little girl doing?

Long tilted his head and looked back again.

Perhaps because the sea area where the archaeological ship was sailing was close to Winter Island, sunset came earlier than usual. The sea that spreads out in front of the dragon is so calm that you can walk directly on it, and the trail of the setting sun on the sea is like a bridge over the sea, shining brightly. Every roar of the waves shone with a dazzling orange light that filled the sea.

The old dragon didn't like watching the sea under the sunset, because it reminded him of the nameless fishing village that was looted, burned, and turned into a sea of ​​fire when he first performed the Marine mission. The sea reflecting the burning flames is like the sky under the setting sun, and the flames seem to burn to the clouds...

How many lives were lost in the flames of that day? Just thinking about it can drive a 15-year-old dragon crazy.

But fortunately, he didn't really go crazy because of it, and for the next ten years, he has continued to become stronger with his father Garp as the goal, successfully preventing one similar tragedy after another.

He became the youngest Rear Admiral in Marine history, stationed in Sabaody Archipelago, one of the most prosperous islands in the world, and the entire World government intends to use him as a model for propaganda of justice.

However, at this time when everything was developing in the best direction, he, the example of justice, beat the descendants of the most noble creator in public!

Everyone thought he was crazy, but Long himself didn't think so.

——The descendant of the creator who wanted to try to roast a living person just out of curiosity, the Celestial Dragons, isn't he a real lunatic?

Is not it?

It seems that it is not - at least, both the Naval Headquarters and the World government agree that the descendant of the creator cannot be a lunatic, otherwise the dragon will not be punished here in West Blue as a sinner at this moment.

Long now understands why his father, Garp Vice Admiral, repeatedly rejected the World government's offers for his Admiral promotion...  

Just as Long was recalling these things—

"Mr. Long."

A calm, low voice from behind stopped him.

The dragon turned around, and the leader of the archaeological ship, Guevara, who was about 60 years old, was standing at the entrance of the deck.

"The batch of artifacts you helped us get before, Lucy is working on them... Are you interested in coming over to take a look?"