"Captain Vane?"
"You've been cut off from information on the Red Line. The Captain is now a pirate with a 400 million bounty. After this incident, there's an eighty percent chance the bounty will see a massive surge."
With such a large loss of slaves and wealth, the World Government will definitely launch an investigation. And since Vane plans to use these slaves, he'll certainly be locked onto.
That's assuming tonight's operation doesn't cause too much of a disturbance. If the commotion is even slightly bigger, he'll be identified immediately.
"That's wonderful, we can finally escape that damned hell."
"I don't want to go back there even for a single second."
"Long live!"
After learning they no longer needed to hide their voices, the Fish-Man all lost control of their emotions and began celebrating loudly.
Vane shouted, "I can see everyone's happy, but we still have to continue rescuing people. When we return to the sea surface, we may need your help as well."
"No problem! The ocean is the domain of us Fish-Man."
"Captain Vane saved us from those damned Celestial Dragons! We Fish-Man can't fall short either."
Tiger, as their leader, took the lead in responding to Vane.
Aladine and Hakuza followed one after another. All three carried considerable prestige, and the rest of the Fish-Man quickly nodded in agreement.
"Good. Today, there's no distinction of race here. We're all fighting for freedom, against those damned Celestial Dragons and the World Government."
"Once we're out, we're all comrades. We'll drink together and eat meat together!"
Vane was already preparing for what would come after—he couldn't let these Fish-Man develop resistance toward a human leader.
A significant portion of Fish-Man Island harbored resentment toward humans. These Fish-Man who had been enslaved by humans would hate them even more. That barrier had to be eliminated.
"Next target, the Hancock sisters."
Among the Fish-Man he at least knew Tiger. The Mink Tribe and other races had smaller numbers, so he set them aside for now and went to find the Hancock sisters.
The three Hancock sisters had a separate small cage. They were currently asleep.
In her daze, the future Empress, Boa Hancock, felt something pushing her. At first she thought it was her two younger sisters.
But the pushing grew stronger.
She saw a key floating in midair.
Her mind stalled for a moment as she watched it unlock her shackles and explosive collar.
"Don't make a sound."
The future Empress would not make such a mistake.
She nodded intelligently, then pushed her two younger sisters awake.
Boa Sandersonia, Snake-Snake Fruit python model.
Boa Marigold, Snake-Snake Fruit cobra model.
Two animal-type Devil Fruits Vane had not encountered before. Since both were Snake-Snake Fruits, he directly obtained one Poké Ball and one item capable of enhancing related Pokémon strength.
As for what Pokémon exactly, Vane didn't have time to check now. He would send Hancock and the others inside first.
The three Hancock sisters entered Meowth's castle space. Seeing the surrounding Fish-Man who had been imprisoned like them, and with Tesoro and the others explaining, they finally believed they had escaped that sinful place.
Only those who have experienced hell can understand how precious freedom is. No—in the hands of the Celestial Dragons, sometimes even death is a luxury.
"We are the Rocket Team pirates led by Lord Vane. This infiltration of Mary Geoise is to rescue as many people as possible and bring everyone to the New World, where the World Government's hand cannot reach."
For the human race, the recruitment was stated directly—this was instructed by Vane in advance.
Mary Geoise was not like the Sabaody Archipelago below. The slaves there were of relatively average quality and the risk was lower. If someone didn't want to follow him, letting them go didn't matter.
But Mary Geoise carried immense risk. There was no racial barrier between humans and them. They would be taken away directly, no negotiation. Even those unwilling would first be forcibly removed.
Hancock didn't care who Vane was. The outcome could not possibly be worse than staying in Mary Geoise.
This was the mindset of someone who had experienced the "roof-lifting effect." Since things couldn't get worse, she might as well follow someone else's lead.
There were over thirty Mink Tribe members. The Longarm Tribe, Longleg Tribe, and even Skypieans—these relatively rarer races combined numbered over a hundred.
Calculating like this, aside from the oversized giant slave, around 250 individuals of special races at this holding site had all been brought into Meowth's castle space.
Vane briefly appeared inside Meowth to check the density of the space.
"Looks like we can still fit another six hundred."
Aside from the giant, everyone at this holding site could be taken. And the people here were relatively skilled in combat.
There were many ordinary humans. Vane didn't bother waking them one by one—he simply marked out areas and threw them batch by batch into Meowth's stomach.
Once inside, they would understand everything.
During the process, there were some accidents. A portion of slaves woke up and saw others disappearing one by one, realizing it was likely a jailbreak.
There were indeed some who had been overly conditioned by the Celestial Dragons and wanted to shout loudly.
Vane read their minds and directly made them "shut up."
After several rounds of effort, everyone except the giant had been relocated. If Vane wasn't greedy, this operation could already be considered quite successful.
Two powerful Fruits, the Hancock sisters, special races, and over eight hundred strong slaves.
But how could anyone not be greedy? Everything had been obtained too easily. He wanted more.
"Meowth, you and Dragonite go back once. After placing everyone on the ship, return."
Originally this process had to be carried out by Vane, since he was the only one in the team who could fly.
Now it wasn't necessary. With Dragonite, Meowth didn't even need the Clear-Clear Fruit to leave Mary Geoise. He could simply use the Door-Door Fruit space to exit Mary Geoise, return to the real world outside, and then fly.
"Alright. You must be careful."
Meowth climbed onto Dragonite's body. The air door opened, and Dragonite and Meowth disappeared from the real world.
"Human."
Inside the prison, the giant had already opened his eyes. He had awakened long ago—the noise of transporting slaves behind them had been loud. Someone of his strength couldn't possibly fail to notice.
"Mr. Giant, we'll be back soon. There's no need to worry."
The giant opened his mouth. "My name is Mogan. Get me out of here, and I am willing to serve you for one hundred years."
For a giant, one hundred years might only be a third of their lifespan. For a human, it would be a lifetime.
Vane: "You've made the right decision, Giant Mogan."
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