"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness. I will definitely pass on Fish-Man Island's kindness to our superiors, but now you don't need to push the boat any further, so do you Admiral Garp." Stussy said politely with a kind smile on her face.
"All right..." King Neptune actually breathed a sigh of relief. Pushing such a large and heavy ship to the surface of the sea was a fearsome task.
King Neptune issued the order to release the ark. Upon receiving the order, the exhausted soldiers of the Sea Army and the Sea Kings retreated one after another, which caused Noah's ark to sink a little.
But it sank only about ten meters before being supported by some force beneath the ark, and even began to rise again!
"Gar...Garp." King Neptune looked at Garp who was still gritting his teeth and pushing, and shouted anxiously: "What are you doing? Let go, you don't need to keep pushing!"
"Yeah, you better let it go and leave it to me." Stussy also advised from the side.
"Go away!" But Garp didn't appreciate it and continued to push Noah's Ark while gritting his teeth and cursing: "It belongs to me now. If you dare to touch it, don't blame me for punching you!"
Of course he heard what Stussy said, but he was even more dissatisfied because of this. He had decided to push Noah's Ark to the sea by himself, and he had to do it. How could he allow this woman to interfere randomly?
"Ah this..." Stussy didn't know what to say. She could only look at the officials who came with her, but the latter secretly shook their heads at her, signaling not to mess around.
They actually knew Admiral Garp's temper.
"But how long are you going to push this off? Your Excellency is still waiting..." With some resignation, Stussy brought up the subject of the Celestial Dragons.
"Then let those Celestial Dragons wait!"
...
At the same time, an official warship belonging to the World Government was approaching Enies Lobby.
When the warship arrived at the island, several men dressed in black disembarked. They were officials from the Supervision Department of the Audit Department of the Government Affairs Council.
After passing the first gate, they crossed a wide passage suspended over the vast sea abyss and arrived before the second gate.
There, they encountered two giants about sixteen meters tall.
As these men in suits approached, the giants opened the door behind them without saying a word.
But strangely, only some of them walked in quickly, while three others stayed in front of them, which aroused their curious eyes.
"Are you Mr. Oimo and Mr. Kashii?" A man in black who was in front shouted towards them.
The two giants looked at each other and then, Kashii spoke: "Yes, it's us. Aren't you going in?"
"I am the director of the Supervision Department of the Audit Department. My name is Grover. I am here just because of the fact that the two of you were deceived."
"What?!" Both giants were surprised, and Kashii quickly asked: "What deception are you talking about?"
"Twenty-six years ago, didn't they tell you that if you guarded this gate for a hundred years, they would free Captains Dorry and Brogy from Impel Down Prison?"
"That's right!" Kashii nodded heavily, then crouched down and looked at Grover, and said: "They said that as long as we guard the gate here for a hundred years, we can release the two captains."
"This is the deception I'm talking about." Grover looked at the two giants in front of him seriously and said solemnly. "According to the investigation, your captains were not arrested by us. You were deceived by some people on this island. We are here to handle this matter and find justice for you two."
"What?!" Oimo and Kashii erupted in fury.
"Please see, are they the ones who deceived the two of you back then?" Grover didn't panic at all from the giants' wrath, instead pointing to the three Justice Department officers who were being escorted by his subordinates.
Upon hearing this, Oimo and Kashii quickly turned around and instantly, their faces filled with anger as they roared: "Exactly! It's them!"
"Well, that's a relief..." Grover smiled evilly.
"Emerson, Jerome, Russell, do you admit to having deceived Messrs. Oimo and Kashii twenty-six years ago by falsely claiming that the World Government captured Captains Dorry and Brogy of the Giant Warrior Pirates?"
"And thus trick them into guarding the Gate of Justice for a hundred years." Grover questioned with a fair and firm tone.
"Yes."
"That's right."
After a moment of silence, the three nodded painfully. What else could they do? Should they say that they were also ordered by their superiors back then? But that would only drag their families behind them.
They are no longer newcomers to officialdom.
They knew very well that they had been discarded. Unable to resist, they could only accept reality and cooperate. At least, their bad luck fell on them alone.
"You! You bastards!!" Kashii roared angrily.
"Damn it! You all deserve to die!" Oimo also had an angry look on his face.
Although for giants, who have a lifespan of three hundred years, twenty-six years doesn't seem like much, the concept of time still mattered to them, especially when it came to being deceived.
"Mr. Oimo and Mr. Kashii, given their status as judges, cannot be judged by the court according to the rules. Emerson and Jerome will be responsible for our Supervision Division."
"But Russell is the president of the Court of Justice, a second-level senior official, and must be handed over to the Grand Committee under the Supreme Governing Council."
Grover's words once again attracted the attention of the giants.
"Then what are you going to do with them?" Kashii asked in a deep voice, holding back his anger. Oimo on the side was also staring at the seemingly powerful director.
"Emerson and Jerome, with the authority of the Director of the Inspectorate, I declare their qualifications as judges to be revoked and sentence them to death!" Grover said mercilessly. This ruling left Judges Emerson and Jerome trembling with despair.
"Furthermore, execution will be immediate!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before Kashii and Oimo could react, the supervising officers took out pistols from their jackets.
[Bang! Bang!]
With two accurate shots, Emerson and Jerome fell in a pool of blood, leaving everyone stunned.
Meanwhile, Russell, although he knew that he would not die there, could not help but shake violently from fear and was sweating profusely.
"Th-this..." Kashii and Oimo looked at the corpses in shock. It's not that the dead scared them, but that they didn't expect the execution to be so quick.
"On their behalf, I would like to express my most sincere apology to the two people who were deceived, but I also sincerely hope that they will not hold resentment against the World Government because of this, let alone affect our friendship with the giants." Grover raised his head and said in a deep voice.
The friendship between the World Government and the Giants in his words refers to seventy-four years ago.
The friendship formed when four giants who caused a catastrophe were saved by Mother Carmel when they were about to be executed by the Navy Headquarters.
Mother Carmel has since established the 'Sheep's House' in the Giant Kingdom of Elbaf, which specializes in sheltering homeless children, regardless of their race.
From this haven, they provided the Navy with a constant stream of giant warriors, known as the Giant Force.
Therefore, the relationship between the World Government and the Giants is indeed quite good. Although Elbaf did not join the World Government, who made them strong enough?
Kashii and Oimo were aware of this. After all, the four captured giants were members of his former crew of the Giant Warrior Pirates.
Now, seeing Grover's sincere attitude, they both nodded quickly. "Of course, we understand that there are bad people among any group. We don't blame you for that."
Although the giants are generally rough and heroic in character, what is interesting is that overall they are pacifists.
Yes. Real pacifists, they like to fight anytime and anywhere, but they don't like to start wars for no reason. That's why they are considered quite friendly.
"That's great. As I mentioned before, we need to take Judge Russell. But I can assure you that his fate will not be pleasant. He will probably be imprisoned in Impel Down." Grover said.
"Understood, we trust you." Kashii and Oimo responded after exchanging glances. Finally, a smile appeared on their faces.
As some men in black carried away the bodies, Grover seemed to remember something. "Correct... According to our information, Captains Dorry and Brogy are still fighting in the 'Little Garden' right now. Were you planning to go see them after leaving here?"
"That's right!"
"In fact, we need to see them." The two giants nodded.
"Great, can you please do me a favor?" Grover asked kindly, taking the opportunity.
"Just say it, just think of it as thank you for telling us the truth!" Kashii patted his chest and laughed heartily. In their view, the World Government was willing to tell the truth and punish the culprit, which would save them the next seventy-four years.
"Well, it turns out that a very important world noble is going on a long journey soon. Could you act as his escort for a while?"
Hearing this, Kashii hesitated and looked at Oimo next to him. "What do you think?"
The latter thought for a while and said: "There is no problem with the escort, but won't it conflict with our visit to the captains?"
"That won't be a problem. The world noble also wishes to meet the captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates. So, actually, they will be on the same path."
Grover explained briefly, which reassured Oimo. "In that case, we'll accept. How about a decade? It's a way to return the favor for ten years as a bodyguard."
"Okay, that's the least we can do." Kashii said, nodding solemnly. Then he said looking at the little headmaster on the ground: "We promise to ensure the safety of the world noble for the next ten years."
...
Kabane World.
Biba again took the Hayajiro back to Iwato Station. As soon as he arrived, he was shocked to see what was before him.
There was no more Kabane in the streets and alleys, and no gunfire or wailing could be heard in his ears.
Instead, he saw many people cleaning up residual blood, repairing damaged houses, and rebuilding affected areas, all of them with smiles on their faces.
Around the station, as well as on the city walls, there were black-clad soldiers armed with strange weapons, but they seemed to have no intention of interfering with the people's activities.
"You're Amatori Biba, right?" An army lieutenant colonel asked, approaching him. Biba looked away from the station and replied: "Yes, it's me."
"Come with me, Lieutenant General Crocodile wants to see you." Without waiting for a response, the lieutenant colonel turned around and walked down the stairs quickly.
Biba followed him, but frowned slightly as he perceived the disdain in the lieutenant colonel's gaze.
Biba looked at the back of the lieutenant colonel, who seemed to ignore him, and under the watchful gaze of the soldiers, he walked around the station.
After arriving at the city samurai office, Biba knocked on the door.
[Knock! Knock! Knock!]
"Happens."
Hearing the voice, Biba opened the door.
Instantly, the thick smoke that filled the room hit his face. For him, who did not smoke, it was extremely uncomfortable and unpleasant, but he maintained his composure and calmly looked at the giant sitting behind the desk.
"I heard that you are the person with the greatest military talent in this world." Crocodile said disinterestedly while holding a cigarette in his mouth, as if he had no intention of offering him a seat. Biba didn't bother to sit down either and responded in a low voice.
"Yes, you can say that."
"At least until you appeared in this world, I didn't see anyone more talented than me. Everyone around me was mediocre."
When Crocodile heard this, he felt an inexplicable pressure on him. He really didn't expect Biba to respond like this.
"Kuahahahaha!"
This left Biba speechless. Who was this guy? Not only was he strangely tall and possessed exceptional abilities, but even his laugh was so… distinctive.
"Interesting, kid. I appreciate you a little now. Sit down."
"Thanks." Biba calmly sat down on the chair, but as soon as he sat down, he suddenly found that he had to look up at Crocodile and thought to himself: 'It's better to stand!'
"I received an order from the base, asking me to take you during the process of our occupation of Kongoukaku, right?"
"And by the way, do you want me to hand you over to the Shogun, who is also your father, so you can kill him personally? Interesting! Sounds fun~~"
Crocodile took the cigar out of his mouth and showed an obviously sinister smile. "But I don't like to attack recklessly. What do you say about working together on a plan?"
Biba did not immediately respond when he heard this, but instead thought for a moment before raising his head and saying: "Having an absolute military advantage but not wanting a frontal attack, and considering my identity, are you suggesting an infiltration tactic?"
"Hm?" Crocodile looked at him in surprise and thought to himself: 'This boy...'
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