"No one's come to arrest me?" Linton was currently in the legendary "Shambles" bar, sitting next to Rayleigh.
"I said... can you please not come here? If the Marines find out, I won't be able to stay hidden anymore," Rayleigh said.
"Do you think the Marines are idiots? Haven't they received any news about you yet?" Linton said, "The main reason they're not coming for us now is probably because they're busy."
"With Ace's situation..." Rayleigh said.
"I thought taking out an Admiral would at least attract a few people, but I guess getting rid of the bloodline of the devil is more important." Linton said.
"If they knew you claimed to be Roger's brother..."
"I don't want to attract the entire Marine force." Linton said.
Linton's original intention was to see if he could attract another Marine unit. He knew that it was impossible for the Marines to mobilize everyone at this time, as they were still preparing for the Summit War. Currently, his importance was definitely not as high as the son of the Pirate King. However, he didn't expect the Marines to actually hold back and not send anyone. They were probably planning to deal with him after the Summit War.
The news of Ace's execution had been sent all over the world. This matter was urgent and it was really not suitable to cause any extra trouble. But that didn't really matter. After all, Linton was just killing time. It would be best if they sent someone, but if no one came, Linton would just go find them himself. See you at the Summit War.
"I just received a message." As the two were talking, a black-haired woman walked over. This was the owner of the Shambles bar, Shakky, who used to be a pirate. "Three years ago, Whitebeard Edward suddenly announced that he was giving up the title of the world's strongest. Many people thought he might have been defeated, but Whitebeard didn't say much, and the matter was dropped. Currently, in the eyes of others, Whitebeard is still the strongest man in the world..."
"That old man knows what's good for him." Linton said directly.
"It really was you?" Shakky was just speculating, but she didn't expect Linton to confirm it.
"Of course it was me, I said... uh... have I said it before? Anyway, I'm invincible." Linton said.
"So you really defeated Whitebeard?" Rayleigh was a little convinced. Indeed, because he had seen Linton's strength, this made sense. Whitebeard was definitely not the kind of person who wouldn't admit defeat, so after losing, he gave up the title of the strongest. However, he didn't say who defeated him. The main reason was Linton's identity.
Whitebeard obviously knew that Linton was Roger's brother. According to his personality, he wouldn't expose Linton's identity for revenge or anything. He wouldn't do that kind of thing. Moreover, Ace later became a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, so as Ace's uncle, Whitebeard wouldn't deliberately harm him. Therefore, Linton's name hadn't really spread these days.
"The times have really changed." Rayleigh took a sip of his drink. Whitebeard was also old... He didn't know if they could save Ace this time. But seeing Linton, he was slightly relieved. This guy could still be counted on.
"But besides this, I haven't heard any other news about you in these three years." Shakky was very interested in this mysterious person, Linton, and asked directly, "Where did you go? Deep in the mountains cultivating?"
"I still need to cultivate? I'm already..."
"Invincible, I know, I know..." Shakky also had a bit of a headache dealing with Linton.
"Uh... anyway, it's almost time, I'm ready to go." Linton suddenly said.
"Go? To Impel Down?" Rayleigh asked.
"To Amazon Lily." Linton said.
"Amazon Lily?" Rayleigh was confused.
"To find my other nephew first." Linton said, "The execution time is still early. I'm planning to directly intercept the execution. Whitebeard should be planning the same thing. This way, we can meet up. It's much better than me going to Impel Down alone."
"I see." Rayleigh said, "Is the other nephew you're talking about Luffy?"
"He's kind of like my adopted nephew." Linton said.
"That little guy is also an interesting person." Rayleigh said, "Shanks didn't choose the wrong person. Is he on Amazon Lily now? Did that bear tell you? Can that guy be trusted?"
"So you were there at the time." Linton said.
"I didn't show up when I saw you were there." Rayleigh spread his hands.
"Anyway, I'm leaving." Linton said.
"How are you going? Amazon Lily is in the Calm Belt, it's quite a distance from here. Are you going to fly over with your flying giant? Do you know the direction? Do you need a Log Pose?" Rayleigh asked.
"No need to bother." After Linton finished speaking, he waved his hand, "Thank you for the drink, goodbye."
With a "swoosh", Linton disappeared from the spot, leaving the two people present stunned.
"That guy, I still wanted to charge him for the drink." Shakky said after she came back to her senses.
"The era of young people..." Rayleigh sighed, "Hopefully, Roger's will can continue to be carried out..."
Linton had deliberately let Luffy touch him before, naturally to leave a mark on Luffy so he could teleport directly there using the Flying Thunder God technique.
His figure flickered, and Linton appeared in a prison cell. Such a familiar scene made Linton facepalm.
"Why is it this place every time I see my nephew." Linton looked at Luffy, who was wrapped in bandages, not wearing any clothes, and sleeping soundly beside him.
"Huh?" "Eh? Eh? Eh? What's going on?" "Where did this person come from?"
Suddenly, a series of voices came from outside the cell. Linton looked up and saw that outside were the female warriors of Amazon Lily. A large group of women were watching Luffy, the legendary man. Of course, they were also confused by the sudden appearance of Linton.
"Wake the hell up, how can you still sleep in this situation?" Linton raised his foot and kicked Luffy's head. This guy was a rubber man anyway, and he was very resistant to blows without using Armament Haki.
"Mmm... mmm..." Luffy woke up in a daze. Of course, he was excited when he saw Linton. "Uncle! Why are you here? Wait, where is this? I remember I flew for several days and then landed on an island... Wait, what's going on?"
"Alright, alright, hurry up and put on some clothes first." Linton said.
"Huh? Why am I naked? Where are my clothes?" Luffy shouted.
"Here... here." A little girl outside the cell held up his clothes.
Luffy quickly took them and put them on, only to find that there were many small flower patterns on the clothes: "What the hell is this? Right, my hat..."
Seeing a woman wearing his hat outside, Luffy quickly took it and put it on, which of course caused another commotion.
"Uncle, why are you here? Were you also sent flying by that bear?" After putting on his clothes, Luffy quickly asked Linton, "Did only you come? Where are Zoro, Sanji, and Nami?"
"Your crew is fine, they're all on other islands." Linton said.
"Then I'm relieved." Luffy breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately said, "I have to meet up with them quickly!"
"There's no rush to meet up." Linton said, "There's something more important now."
"Huh?" Luffy was a little curious, "What is it?"
"Ace... something happened." Linton said.
"What? What happened to Ace?" Luffy became anxious.
"I just received news that Ace was captured by the Marines, and they're going to execute him in a few days." Linton said, "There's no time to meet up with your crew now. We have to save Ace first."
"What? Ace was captured!" Luffy was naturally anxious, "Then we have to save him."
"Yes." Linton nodded, "But it's not that easy to save someone."
"The Marines or whatever, if they dare to touch Ace, I'll send them all flying!" Luffy shouted.
"It's not about whether we can beat them or not." Linton said, "We're currently in the Calm Belt, which means ordinary ships can't sail here. So if we want to leave this island, we need someone's help."
"Who?" Luffy asked.
"The owner of this island." Linton said, "A woman named Boa Hancock, she's the Empress here."
"A female Empress?" Luffy was a little surprised.
"This is Amazon Lily, a country of women. As you can see, look outside, they're all women, there are no men at all," Linton said.
"Whoa, you're right!" Luffy looked around, and indeed they were all women. "So, should we go find that Hancock person now? I'll ask her to lend me a ship to leave, right?"
"No need to rush, she hasn't returned yet," Linton said. "We can wait here for a bit. And you, hurry up and recover your stamina. With your current strength, you'll only be a burden if you try to save Ace."
"I..." Luffy initially seemed a bit不服气 (unconvinced), but then he remembered what had happened before and was taken aback. He then bowed deeply to Linton, "Uncle, please teach me how to become stronger!"
"Why are you just like Ace?" Linton facepalmed. "I'm not very good at teaching people, but I'll find someone to teach you."
"Huh? Find someone to teach me? Who?" Luffy asked.
"That old guy named Rayleigh," Linton said.
"He..." Luffy wanted to ask more, but suddenly there was a commotion outside the cell. A bunch of women had been watching the two strange men, trying to figure out what they were talking about, when suddenly a group of Amazonian soldiers arrived. As soon as they got there, they immediately raised their weapons and aimed them at Luffy and Linton.
"Why are there two of them?" the female captain in the lead asked curiously. The report she received said they had captured one man.
"I don't know, the other one just appeared suddenly," one of the women replied.
"Never mind, Snake Princess-sama will be back soon. Hurry up and kill them, otherwise, if she finds out, it will be a big problem," the captain said. "Fire!"
(End of chapter)