Sabaody Archipelago, Lawless Zone.
A big fat man carrying a big ax led a team of robots in the shape of Bartholomew Kuma in a constant search, killing and capturing the pirates with bounties on them one by one along the way.
The lasers never stopped, and all pirates with bounties on their heads were successfully identified and attacked.
Pirates with bounties ranging from 50 million to 90 million are vulnerable to these robots called pacifists.
Even the supernova Apoo, who had a bounty of 198 million beris, could not defeat a pacifist. He was attacked by Sentomaru and a pacifist together, and was easily beaten, but luckily managed to get away.
If Sentomaru and the others hadn't been searching for the Celestial Dragons, they would have been chasing Apoo to the death.
The pacifist team has slowly been searching and killing all the way to the Grove where Shakky's bar is located.
On the other side, a golden laser quickly appeared on the sea port, and the Marine Admiral Kizaru ordered to completely block Sabaody Archipelago.
His laser was constantly killing pirates who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape. He quickly searched the pirate ships for the whereabouts of the Celestial Dragons. If he didn't find them, he would directly sink the pirate ship.
The port suddenly turned into a sea of fire, and countless pirate ships were destroyed.
The entire Sabaody Archipelago has entered the highest level of martial law, and no pirate ship is allowed to leave.
Marine and World government officials stationed in Sabaody Archipelago were all out in force, just to find the Celestial Dragons as quickly as possible.
Kizaru also ordered a focused search for Silvers Rayleigh, an important suspect.
Although he doesn't want to face an old strong guy like Rayleigh, the disappearance of the Celestial Dragons this time is something too serious, and he must find them as soon as possible.
Even the Pirate King's right hand cannot be spared.
What's more, Aokiji and CP0 agents are coming now. Even if Rayleigh shows up, as long as Kizaru holds him back for some time, they can surround him and maybe capture him.
Although Kizaru is confident in his own strength, he doesn't think that he can beat Rayleigh easily.
But their battle would have too much impact, and he was worried that they would destroy the entire Sabaody Archipelago, and even accidentally kill the Celestial Dragons who might still be in the island.
So he still wanted to wait for a few more reinforcements to arrive before they could surround Rayleigh together.
Not only does this increase the success rate, but there is also someone else to share the responsibility with.
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Rayleigh had already led the Straw Hat Crew and quickly ran towards their pirate ship to see them off quickly.
Fortunately, the novices of the Straw Hat Pirates did not park their ship in the port, but landed in a remote place as usual.
Otherwise, he might really have to fight Kizaru in order to help them escape.
However, when he saw the small sailboat of the Straw Hat Pirates, he was a little numb!
Can this shabby little sailboat really sail in the bad weather of the New World?
Even the main mast seemed to be cracked, and it was only reinforced with some iron sheets, making it look a bit shaky.
Fortunately, this time they were not entering the New World, but escaping from the Sabaody Archipelago, so they could still make do with it.
"Luffy, if you enter the New World in the future, you must change to a better ship, otherwise with this small sailboat you will not be able to sail in the New World."
Rayleigh seriously reminded Luffy. Thinking that if you want to inherit Roger's will, you can't just rely on passion and innocence.
Even if they don't have a pirate ship built using Adam wood, they should at least have a larger and stronger ship.
"Rayleigh-san, Merry is also our partner!"
As the one who cared the most about the Going Merry, Usopp quickly spoke after hearing Rayleigh's words.
The Merry is a pirate ship given to them by Kaya, the girl Ussop likes.
The other crew members also have very deep feelings for this pirate ship and are full of happy memories.
"But it's definitely scarred and too damaged to keep going."
Rayleigh spread his hands and said, as a coating veteran and a legendary pirate who has been sailing for decades, he is also very familiar with pirate ships.
He could tell at a glance that this little sailboat had only a few days left.
"Yeah…"
Luffy whispered sadly, and although he was reluctant to part with the Merry, he would choose to change to a stronger pirate ship for the sake of his journey to become the Pirate King.
"Luffy, you don't really want to change ships, do you?"
Usopp looked at the silent Luffy in disbelief, feeling a little panicked.
"Let's talk about these things after we escape this manhunt! Get on the boat quickly and let's go!"
Rayleigh frowned when he saw that Luffy seemed a little uncomfortable with his crew.
Discord between partners is a bad sign.
At the urging of Rayleigh, the crew of the Straw Hat Pirates put aside their unhappy emotions and quickly boarded the ship.
However, at this moment, a yellow flash of light appeared.
"Hey, I finally found you. You really know how to hide in a remote place!"
"Dark King Rayleigh, Straw Hat Luffy, I never thought you were really mixed together."
'Yasakani no Magatama!'
As soon as Kizaru appeared, he immediately expanded his attack without saying a word. Countless golden laser bullets were fired at Rayleigh and the Straw Hat Pirates, also covering the Going Merry.
"It's really big trouble!"
Rayleigh quickly drew his sword and slashed with it, sending out a huge sword energy that directly destroyed the laser beams all over the sky and chopped Kizaru who was in the air into light elements.
This move is not much worse than the sword energy used by red-haired Shanks when he saved Uta.
"Oh~, so scary~"
A bunch of light particles quickly condensed into the shape of Kizaru, suspended in the air, with a fake frightened look on his wretched face.
"Luffy, go! I'll stop him!"
Rayleigh said with a solemn expression. It would be no problem if he fought Kizaru for a few hours, but if a large Marine force came to support him, he would have no choice but to flee.
In a protracted duel over several days and nights, he would most likely not be able to outlast Kizaru. After all, he was now in his seventies, an old guy born in the same year as Garp the Fist, and his energy was no longer what it used to be.
Kizaru is about 20 years younger than Rayleigh, and is now in his fifties, considered to be at the peak of his strength.
"I just wanted to compete with you."
Kizaru didn't care about Straw Hat Luffy and the others, because he saw Sentomaru coming over quickly with a pacifist.
In fact, Kizaru did not want to do anything to Garp's grandson himself.
After all, he didn't want to be on Garp's bad side. All he wants now is to laze about and work steadily until he retires.
"But, have you kidnapped the Celestial Dragons?"
Kizaru asked with a serious expression, it would be great if the Celestial Dragons could be rescued and everyone could go on their way.