Maya: "..."
Boss, please have mercy on me!
As soon as these words fell, Maya cried out in despair in his heart. However, he still forced himself to endure the fear within, raised his head slightly, forced out an ugly smile, and hurriedly shook his head.
"No, no, we just released the news that there were giant slaves in the Hogen's auction house..."
As if sensing Gerd's bone-chilling gaze, he hurriedly changed his words and said with an awkward smile: "Miss Gerd is with us and was not sold to the Celestial Dragons. Later, we can just say she was sold to someone else."
But just as these words fell, that calm voice from earlier rang out again.
"Fake."
This voice instantly drew everyone's attention. They saw Enel yawning and saying expressionlessly, "Earlier, the guards of the Celestial Dragons came to this island. This guy already told the Celestial Dragon's guards about it. That was also to provoke a war between the Celestial Dragons and us."
No, he was already as good as dead. Was there really any need for this guy to go that far?
At this point, Maya no longer dared to say anything. After wailing once in his heart, he lowered his head again, not daring to lift it even a little.
Ian, however, did not pay any further attention to this guy. He turned his head and glanced at Sakazuki, who was glaring angrily at Maya, but after only one look, he turned his gaze back to Garp. "Are you sure you want us to leave now?"
"This... the situation really is a bit troublesome!"
Garp immediately scratched his head in distress. "If those pieces of trash find out that what they had their eyes on was snatched away by someone else, they definitely won't let it go."
"Vice-Admiral Garp!"
"Oh? Retract, I retract it!"
Sakazuki: "..."
Sakazuki ignored the Vice-Admiral Garp, who had started laughing happily again. He directly turned his head, his eyes cold as he stared at Ian.
"Leave here. Everything else has nothing to do with you!"
Although the situation was somewhat bad, it was still better than starting a war here.
However, Ian seemed not to have heard Sakazuki's words at all. He continued to look at Garp.
"Are you sure you want us to leave now?"
"Why do you feel a bit strange, kid?"
Seeing Ian repeat the same sentence again, Garp muttered in confusion, then laughed cheerfully and said, "Forget it, forget it, I'm sure. If you really want to fight, wait until I'm not at Marine Headquarters before you start a war!"
As his words fell, this time Ian did not say anything further. Seeing that Ace had more or less finished eating, he directly stood up and waved his hand. "Let's leave."
After he spoke, the others also stood up, following Ian out without any hesitation.
Everything was smooth and fluid as they exited the restaurant.
This scene, however, caused both Garp and Sakazuki to frown.
Sakazuki even secretly glanced at Garp out of the corner of his eye. At the same time, a single thought arose in both of their minds.
[Could it be that this old fellow's face is really that influential?]
...
"Have they already left? Are you sure?"
"You saw them leave by ship? The Celestial Dragons' slave? I understand, you did very well."
"The most important thing right now is to get that group to leave as quickly as possible. As for the other matters, we can think of ways to resolve them later."
"As for the specific situation, we'll talk after you come back. Also, remember to keep a close eye on that old guy, Garp, don't let him run away."
"Click… Gacha!"
Inside Marine Headquarters, Sengoku hung up the Den Den Mushi and let out a heavy sigh.
The worries in his heart were also put aside after that Den Den Mushi call just now.
If it had been Garp calling, he might still have had some doubts, but since it was Sakazuki who called, it meant that Umbrella Corporation had indeed left the Sabaody Archipelago.
As for the slave that the Celestial Dragons had their eyes on being taken away by the Umbrella Corporation, it was indeed somewhat troublesome, but it was not a major problem.
If it could be resolved, then resolve it; if it could not be resolved, then forget it.
Anyway, it was not the Marines who released the slave. Even if the Celestial Dragons wanted to complain, they could not blame it on them.
And the North Blue…
Sengoku's eyes coldly looked at the map of the North Blue on the table. "The Hogen Family..."
They actually planned to make use of the Celestial Dragons?
This was absolutely unforgivable!
One had to know that once anything happened to the Celestial Dragons, it was likely that the entire island would suffer.
"It seems that the slave-hunting permits issued by the World Government have made these people's ambitions swell somewhat."
Sengoku sneered with a hint of coldness and disdain. "The Donquixote Family? Do they really think everyone is like that guy, Doflamingo?"
Thinking of this, Sengoku did not hesitate at all. He directly picked up the Den Den Mushi and was about to dial the number on the Branch Base in the North Blue when…
"Purururu!"
Instead, the Den Den Mushi rang at that moment.
Sengoku's eyebrows immediately twitched, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart, but he still answered the Den Den Mushi.
However, before he could speak, as if he heard something said on the other end, Sengoku was so shocked that he jumped up from his chair. "What did you say? Someone attacked a Celestial Dragon? Didn't you say that Umbrella Corporation had already left? It wasn't Umbrella Corporation?"
"Damn it, which lunatic was it? Could it be that the Whitebeard Pirates also came?"
Immediately after, it seemed he heard something else, and Sengoku's face went blank.
"What the hell? The Straw Hat Pirates?"
...
Umbrella Corporation's forceful landing on the island didn't draw much noise, yet their plain departure instantly drew everyone's attention. Even the supernovas who had originally been puzzled as to why such big figures had come here were no exception.
Especially after Basil Hawkins received news that the king of the West Blue had just left like that, his brows furrowed even more as he pondered in confusion what exactly that group had come here to do.