"World Noble… Celestial Dragon?!"
The Revolutionary Army executives in the room's pupils widened.
…
Whitebeard Pirates' Territory, "Pops, the outside world must be anxious that we haven't acted yet."
Before an island where the Moby Dick was moored.
Marco leaped from the Moby Dick, landing before an old man with a white beard curving upwards like a crescent moon, tall and commanding even without anger.
Marco's words revealed the man's identity.
The man was the world's strongest, the closest to the Pirate King's throne, Whitebeard!
"Guhahahaha, that's exactly what my old friend Sengoku wants to see. Without sufficient preparation, the Navy wouldn't have delayed revealing the news about Ace."
Whitebeard looked at his hometown in the distance, then stood up, gripping Murakumogiri. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
"But to touch my family, even the Navy must consider the consequences!"
Feeling the aura emanating from Whitebeard, Marco murmured in admiration:
"As expected of Pops!"
Suddenly, an albatross flew by, dropping a newspaper.
Whitebeard instinctively picked up the newspaper.
Marco, nearby, didn't think much of it.
Whitebeard, however, was taken aback.
Reading the newspaper, Whitebeard suddenly laughed heartily,
"Interesting… that something like that happened in the North Blue."
"Interesting? Pops? What happened in the North Blue?"
Marco was stunned.
What could have happened in a place like the North Blue to interest Pops?
"Guhahahaha, an opportunity has presented itself. As for the interesting thing…"
Whitebeard handed the newspaper to Marco.
Hearing 'opportunity', Marco's eyes lit up.
Had Pops decided how to counter the Navy's plan?
As for the interesting thing… Marco glanced at the newspaper.
Marco froze, his pupils widening. It took him a while to react.
He couldn't help but look at Pops Whitebeard.
"Wa-wait a minute, Pops? This is 'interesting'?"
Marco's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
The moment he saw the newspaper's content, he almost dropped it.
Before seeing the content, Marco never imagined… that the interesting thing was that 'a madman in the North Blue had killed a World Noble Celestial Dragon'!!!
"Guhahahaha, isn't that interesting?"
Whitebeard laughed.
Then, looking at the photos taken by the albatross in the newspaper, "Compared to the dead Celestial Dragon, the man in the picture is far more interesting."
"Yeah…"
Marco nodded in agreement.
"But daring to kill a Celestial Dragon, neither the World Government nor the Navy will let it go. It remains to be seen if that old man can withstand the consequences."
Marco looked at Ignis Glow in the newspaper.
He murmured, He tried hard to recall this Ignis Glow, but he had no memory of him whatsoever.
So Marco classified him as a 'madman'.
At this moment, Marco didn't yet know, what kind of devastating blow this 'madman' would inflict on the World Government and the Navy.
The Consequences of Attacking a Celestial Dragon, Ignis Glow's True Identity: A Retired Soldier?!
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Thirty-eight years after the end of the Rocks era, news of someone daring to attack, and even kill, a Celestial Dragon appeared on the sea again.
This explosive news overshadowed the world's concern for the Whitebeard Pirates within half a day.
At the same time, a man, wearing a pristine white shirt, a katana with an 'East-Law Spark Purple' hilt, a man whose age seemed to have left no mark on his strong physique, entered the public eye.
His identity became a subject of speculation, attracting countless gazes.
After all, daring to attack a Celestial Dragon was unimaginable.
Let alone directly killing one?
Nearly forty years after the Rocks era, this act, was tantamount to a provocation, no, it would be seen as a declaration of war against the World Government!
How many years had it been since anyone dared to challenge the World Government's might?
Even a single stomp of their foot, could cause an unprecedented earthquake worldwide!
It's conceivable, at this critical time, with the Navy about to clash with the Whitebeard Pirates, the World Government's response to this challenge would be terrifying!
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Navy Headquarters, "De-dead…?"
"How…!"
"How many years… has a force like Rocks appeared on this sea again?"
In the conference room, upon learning of the Celestial Dragon's death, everyone exchanged glances, the shock evident in their eyes.
They felt their throats dry, swallowing hard.
Even Vice Admiral Momonga, sitting at the back, wasn't spared.
His heart trembled uncontrollably.
Dead?
Dead…!
Killing a World Noble Celestial Dragon, was on a completely different level of severity than merely threatening one!
As high-ranking members of Navy Headquarters, the Vice Admirals present were mostly privy to the truth of the past.
Not all, but almost all Navy members who could participate in this meeting knew that before Gol D. Roger's rise, there was an even more vicious pirate era.
That was the Rocks Pirates!
Although the history of the Rocks Pirates had been largely erased, their influence had not vanished.
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