"Take him as well."
Akihara Kagura raised his hand pointing at Sentomaru.
After all, Sentomaru, known as the most tight-lipped man in the world, never kept any secrets. Leaving this guy here would only cause trouble...
"Where... are we escaping to?"
Bartholomew Kuma looked up, wanting to hear the answer from Akihara Kagura, and also wanting to discern Kagura's attitude from his answer.
"Anywhere..."
"As long as we don't get caught by the World Government..."
"The first stop, ideally, would be Shampodi Archipelago..."
Akihara Kagura suddenly smiled, looking at Kuma who lowered his head again, and continued slowly: "That island is about to hold a Heavenly Celestial Dragon slave auction. It should be lively inside with lots of new generation pirates going there. I heard there's a newcomer named Jewelry Bonney..."
"!!!"
Bartholomew Kuma's hand was pressed tightly on the ground.
This situation...
Did the other party know about it too?
No...
It's no exception that Akihara Kagura knows about this...
Because he's always been observing this world...
A god who has been watching the world without intervening even when his own family suffered hardship...
Is this... a god?
Bartholomew Kuma suddenly felt a tinge of sadness, even tears appeared in his eyes, which he quickly forced back.
"Bonney is also at Shampodi Archipelago!"
Sentomaru and Vegapunk both showed a slight smile, they both knew Bonney!
Moreover...
It's also safe there.
Because it's the territory of the Konoha Pirates.
The World Government and Heavenly Celestial Dragons would never chase them to the Shampodi Archipelago.
"Kuma, you can see Bonney now!"
Sentomaru turned back, excitedly shouting to Kuma.
As one of the witnesses to the tragic life of Bartholomew Kuma and Jewelry Bonney's father-daughter story, Sentomaru knew well how much Kuma missed Bonney. It was only due to the World Government's orders that they couldn't meet. Now, there was a chance for them to meet!
"Is there an opportunity?"
Bartholomew Kuma's mind went blank for a moment, a big smile spread across his face, instantly putting aside the coldness of Akihara Kagura, the so-called god.
"Don't get too happy yet..."
Akihara Kagura slowly curled his fingers, squinting his eyes: "If you want to leave, you still need to create some trouble..."
Ten minutes later.
Everyone here left the Takamagahara space.
A bolt of lightning suddenly shot from the battleship into the sky. As the bolt of lightning flew into the clouds, a massive thunderstorm cloud appeared over this sea area, with countless bolts of lightning striking down from the clouds above, striking the sea densely!
In the next moment!
A golden flash shot into the thundercloud!
The marines immediately recognized it as Kizaru's Flash-Flash Fruit ability. It seemed Kizaru knew why the thunderstorm cloud appeared and went to deal with the troublesome issue within it!
"Get out of here quickly!"
All the marines in this fleet hurriedly urged the ship to sail, trying to leave this sea area as soon as possible, looking back with some trepidation at the thunderstorm in the sky!
But then...
Trouble arose!
Just as the fleet was about to leave the thundercloud area, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Bartholomew Kuma, suddenly struck, raising his hand to unleash a Bear Paw Impact that sent the commander on one of the warships flying, smashing through the sealed cabin with one palm!
"Bartholomew Kuma, what do you think you're doing!"
A Navy Colonel looked at Kuma in horror, tightly holding a knife in his hand, staring firmly at Kuma, knowing he was not a match for the other!
However...
A worse problem arose!
The Peacekeepers on this fleet also quickly joined Kuma in launching an attack!
Sentomaru and Vegapunk controlled the Peacekeepers, seized a warship, and loaded all of Vegapunk's experimental materials into it!
Bartholomew Kuma's figure appeared on that warship, his Bear Paw lifted to release a massive shockwave onto the sea, providing tremendous propulsion, causing the warship to quickly disappear from the Navy's sight!
Bartholomew Kuma...
He ran away with Sentomaru and Vegapunk!
A group of marines watched the distant warship in disbelief!
But...
They were no match for them.
The only person who could stop all this from happening, Admiral of the Navy Headquarters Kizaru, was still dealing with the thunderstorm cloud in the sky, and Vice Admiral Akihara Kagura was nowhere to be seen...
These marine soldiers were somewhat helpless and could only notify the World Government of the situation through a Radio Snail, hoping the World Government would quickly send someone to pursue Vegapunk and the others.
After a long time...
The thunderstorm cloud in this sea area finally calmed down.
Kizaru and Akihara Kagura appeared on the command ship of this fleet. A marine soldier hurriedly came over with a Radio Snail: "Admiral Borsalino, Vice Admiral Akihara Kagura, Saint Saturn wants you to answer the call immediately..."
"Hello, Kizaru!"
Saint Saturn's chest seemed full of rage, he angrily cursed: "What's going on, why did your fleet's communication break for a while, how did Vegapunk and Kuma suddenly escape, why didn't you stop them!"
"A little tricky problem arose..."
Kizaru regretfully smiled, speaking indifferently: "It seems we've fallen for Dr. Vegapunk's trick!"
"What do you mean!"
"..."
Kizaru glanced at Akihara Kagura, seeing that Kagura remained calm, he slowly spoke: "It seems Dr. Vegapunk wanted to escape for a long time..."
"This is confidential."
Kizaru glanced again at the nearby marine soldier, motioning with a wave for the soldier to leave, then he pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket.
The paper...
Was filled with densely packed writing.
Kizaru adjusted his glasses, seriously reading the script, then directly looked at the paper and calmly read word by word to the Radio Snail.
"Hmm..."
"How to put it..."
"This matter is quite tricky..."
"The accurate content I received from Vice Admiral Akihara Kagura..."
"It's just... some things... I still don't quite understand. It seems Dr. Vegapunk insidiously used Vice Admiral Kagura's Rumble-Rumble ability somehow, how he did it I haven't figured out, but what I do know is..."
"Dr. Vegapunk privately conducted a scientific experiment on the warship. I thought he was just helping Vice Admiral Kagura awaken, but he privately tried to implant some other Devil Fruit abilities... Bloodline Factors... into Vice Admiral Kagura's body, causing the Rumble-Rumble fruit ability user within him to go berserk due to the presence of other Devil Fruit abilities, resulting in an internal explosion of the Rumble-Rumble demon..."
"What!"
Saint Saturn's voice suddenly intensified!
Clearly...
Even this member of the Five Elders...
Was extremely shocked by such an occurrence!
"Truly frightening indeed..."
"Perhaps they've long had a conspiracy..."
Kizaru pursed his lips and continued reading from the paper in his hand: "While I was dealing with the thundercloud caused by the demon rampage within Vice Admiral Akihara Kagura, the Tyrant Bartholomew Kuma of the Seven Warlords suddenly made an attack, and the Navy Science Team's Sentomaru and Dr. Vegapunk manipulated the Peacekeepers to assault the Navy, seizing a warship and disappearing without a trace..."
"Kizaru, you always neglect your duties..."
Saint Saturn snorted coldly, evidently displeased with Kizaru, and suppressed his anger, coldly reprimanded: "You should be aware of Vegapunk's importance, the fate of a mere Vice Admiral... Even if he's a Natural Type ability user, it's inconsequential..."
"However..."
"Things don't seem to be what I expected..."
Kizaru glanced at Akihara Kagura beside him, then refocused on the paper in his hand, continuing to read to the Radio Snail: "I'm unable to judge the current situation, but Vice Admiral Kagura survived the demon rampage within him and even gained the Flash-Flash Fruit ability..."
"In conclusion..."
"From the outcome perspective..."
"Dr. Vegapunk's experiment with multiple Devil Fruit abilities seems to have succeeded..."