With red soiled land beneath his feet.
Adrian carried Luffy, led by a Marine Vice Admiral, and slowly ascended in a special "bubble pod". A group of Marine soldiers who were ready for battle stood nervously behind the two. The invisible aura emanating from Adrian's body was too powerful, letting these people have a feeling of restlessness.
Soon, the group came to the top of the Red Line. It was different from the barren and dangerous situation in the Sabody. The Holy Land of Mariejois was calm, and the climate was mild and pleasant. Looking around, it was full of beautiful scenery of singing birds and fragrant flowers, just like a fairyland.
"It's a waste of such a good place for Celestial Dragons' idiots!" Adrian made no secret of his disdain for the Celestial Dragons, which drew the attention of the Marine Vice Admiral beside him. Before Adrian arrived, the Vice Admiral had received an urgent order from Marshal Sengoku: He must not offend the young man in front of him. Otherwise, this madman might do something amazing in Mariejois. So, even if he heard that the other party was slandering the nobles of the world, he could only suppress his anger and swallow his pride.
"We'll be arriving at Pangaea Castle soon. If you don't want to die there, you'd better control your mouth!" The leading Vice Admiral said something coldly, then walked forward first. At the end of the line of sight of the two, a huge castle surrounded by clouds stood in the very center of Mariejois. There was the center of world power, Pangaea Castle with supreme majesty and power. The supreme leaders of the World Government, the Five Elders, ruled every corner of world, from here.
However, Adrian knew clearly that the Five Elders were nothing more than five puppets placed on a table. The real big boss in Pangaea, the real master behind the scenes of the World Government, was the true ruler of the Void Throne... He usually lived among the flowers in the deepest part of Pangaea, and his existence was top secret to the whole world. Except for the Five Elders, only Adrian, a world-hopper, knew of his existence.
For him, there were many speculations in later generations. Some say he is the "alien" who led the Twenty Kingdoms to destroy the huge kingdom eight hundred years ago. And the most popular among the many sayings at present was that he was actually "Uranus" Uranus, one of the three Ancient Weapons. Although Adrian was curious about his identity, he came here for the identity of Shichibukai, and there was no need to take the risk of detecting the existence of the other party.
Soon, a group of people came to Pangaea. Looking closely, the huge castle was even more grand than Adrian had imagined. And at this moment in front of the huge doorway, a tall and afro haired figure was already waiting there, Marine Fleet Admiral Buddha Sengoku. Looking at Adrian, who was walking slowly, with Luffy in his hands, the look on Sengoku's face became extremely complicated. How much he had hoped to recruit this talented boy into the Marines. But things backfired, and the opponent finally chose the opposite of the Marines.
"Mr. Sengoku, we meet for first time!" Adrian greeted with a smile.
"Adrian, now that you know Luffy's true identity, you must be able to guess how much change this will bring to the public execution!" Sengoku asked bluntly, "What the hell are you trying to do?!"
"The identity that Mr. Sengoku is talking about, are you referring to the head of revolutionary army? Or... the Vice Admiral Garp who is known as the hero of the Marine?" Adrian asked back with a smile.
"You..." Sengoku's pupils contracted violently. He guessed right, this kid was really plotting against the Marines!
"Don't be so nervous Mr. Sengoku, I just want to exchange this kid for the title of Shichibukai!"
"As for what power is behind him and what unnecessary troubles it will cause, I'm afraid you won't tell me, right? How to deal with Luffy is not up to you, but depends on Marine's immediate boss, the World Government?" Adrian grinned, as if he didn't see Sengoku's burning eyes, and said leisurely when the two of them crossed each other:
"Mr. Sengoku, instead of playing with me here, why not use this time to think about how to persuade the Five Elders to not execute Luffy at the same time as on Ace's execution day!"
Finished talking, he picked up Luffy and walked into the castle laughing. The Naval Headquarters was, after all, just a tool for the World Government to control the sea. It had no real right to speak. Even if Sengoku was the Marine Fleet Admiral, in Adrian's view, the other party in this big city, was most likely not as dignified as a dog from the Celestial Dragons family.
Although this was a bit harsh, it was true. After all in the original, the Five Elders used similar words to reprimand the new Fleet Admiral Akainu. A descendant of a god, a nobleman of the world. In these years, the Celestial Dragons, a group of pig-like garbage, committed outrageous things, no less than a pirate. But in the end, which one of the Marine wasn't the one wiping their ass? In the final analysis, the justice pursued by the Marines was just a means to restrain the common people. And the Celestial Dragons, who really represented evil, were dubbed the descendants of the gods, which was enough to exempt them from everything, and to this day they continued to do evil.
This pedantic concept of Justice had long been in the blood of every Marine Admiral, including Sengoku. And it would continue to be passed down. This was why Adrian would rather choose the riskiest option than be a subordinate of Marine. Because Marine 'sucked'.
"Damn... this old man will definitely not let your scheme succeed!" Sengoku said through gritted teeth. Then quickly followed up. As Adrian expected, even though Sengoku was about to blow up in anger, he still didn't dare to attack in Pangaea City at all. This wasn't the Naval Headquarters after all. Even Kong, the former Fleet Admiral of the Marines and now the Commander-in-chief of the entire army, needed to act cautiously here. And, Sengoku, didn't have the guts and capital to act recklessly.