Chapter 154: Kill the Pirate Buggy and Claim Credit with the Celestial Dragons!

Leaving the lounge, he returned to the conference hall.

When Sengoku spoke the Five Elders' order with a strange expression, the entire room was in an uproar.

"How is this possible? Could the prize actually be real?"

"Even the Celestial Dragon Bloodline exists; how on earth did that mysterious game merchant manage it?"

The Vice Admirals seated slightly toward the back felt the greatest shock and disbelief.

They were not individuals with such extraordinary talent as Onigumo, Higaruyama, or even the Marine Admirals, who possessed the foundation and will to ignore the authority of ordinary Celestial Dragons.

As Marine generals who had clawed their way up, they were well aware of the privileges possessed by the Celestial Dragons.

The weight of the World Nobles carried immense significance in their hearts.

Even if a Supreme Grade Sword or a Logia Devil Fruit were placed before them, it would not have the same shocking impact as the 【Celestial Dragon Bloodline】.

Because the former two, no matter how rare, did not transcend the scope of cognition; there was always a slim probability of finding them.

What was going on with the 【Celestial Dragon Bloodline】?

It was just like the fairy tales of the Liar of the West Blue.

The God said, "This world needs a Red Line," and so the Red Line that divided the world rose from the ground.

The God said, "I bestow upon you the Celestial Dragon Bloodline," and an ordinary Pirate truly becomes a Celestial Dragon?

Rewriting reality!

Only the three Marine Admirals, the two Admiral Candidates, and a portion of the Vice Admirals were still able to maintain a calm attitude.

Vice Admiral Tsuru nodded as expected and said, "It was anticipated. The mysterious game merchant deliberately set a trap, gifting an absurd prize like the 【Celestial Dragon Bloodline】 to Buggy, who is already a Celestial Dragon."

Although she was a user of the Wash-Wash Fruit, capable of hanging objects out to dry like laundry.

And possessed strength greater than an ordinary Vice Admiral.

The power that allowed her to stand out and become a core member of Marine Headquarters was the rich knowledge contained in her mind, as well as her skill in strategic analysis and her overall perspective.

Just by hearing the Five Elders' order, she had roughly deduced the key.

Her analytical voice,

caused the noise in the conference room to diminish slightly; some Vice Admirals realized what was happening and immediately wore expressions of "so that's how it is."

How could such an outrageous thing possibly happen?

As expected, Vice Admiral Tsuru was resourceful, exposing the mysterious game merchant's trick and allowing them, these Marine generals, to save face and not be led around by the nose by the other party.

She was worthy of being called the "Great Staff Officer," Lady Tsuru.

Akainu was more concerned with the Five Elders' order and asked with a frown, "So, we need to bring back the Pirate Buggy unharmed, and we cannot overstep the bounds of etiquette, as that would lead to the other party's scheme succeeding."

The Pirate Buggy, who should have been executed for provoking the Celestial Dragons, was suddenly being brought back to the Holy Land by the Navy with the etiquette reserved for Celestial Dragons.

Wouldn't this implicitly confirm the authenticity of the other party's reward?

Vice Admiral Tsuru rubbed her forehead and smiled bitterly, "Isn't this the style of the World Nobles? They don't care what kind of chaos the East Blue falls into, but if we show disrespect to Buggy, who is suspected of being a Celestial Dragon, our Navy will be the ones to suffer."

The Five Elders were not the pampered, foolish, ordinary Celestial Dragons; they possessed great strength, keen political minds, and held the World Government in their hands.

They were well aware that doing this would cause countless Pirates, Marines, and even the nobles of the affiliated nations to form incorrect judgments about the Samsara Game, triggering massive chaos.

But they did not care.

The wars that might be triggered in the East Blue, the plundering and slaughter by Pirates, the soldiers the Navy sacrificed to suppress them, the exploitation of commoners by nobles... they did not care about any of it!

They could have secretly brought back the Pirate Buggy at the fastest speed without causing any chain reactions.

Yet the Five Elders chose the most headache-inducing method.

Simply because a World Noble cannot suffer the slightest grievance; the bloodshed and sacrifice of countless ordinary people were not even worth a slight emotional fluctuation of a World Noble.

"How truly vile!"

Aokiji had not removed his sleep mask from beginning to end, causing his tone to sound somewhat half-asleep.

Akainu frowned deeply and said with dissatisfaction, "Aokiji, hold your tongue. For the sake of you being muddled with sleep, I will not argue with you, but such slanderous remarks against the World Nobles must not appear again!"

Aokiji ignored him and continued to snore away.

The remaining Marine generals were long since accustomed to this.

Of the three Marine Admirals, Kizaru Borsalino upheld "Ambiguous Justice," which, to put it plainly, meant he acted entirely according to his mood; but because he did not often interact with the regular Navy and spent most of his time with the Scientific Combat Unit, his communication with the other two was not frequent.

As for the remaining two, Akainu and Aokiji often clashed due to conflicting philosophies.

Sengoku already had a headache and couldn't be bothered to manage the conflict between the two, so he turned and said, "Vice Admiral Tsuru, I leave this matter to you."

"Understood, I will head to the East Blue immediately."

"What about Garp? He asked me for leave, saying he wanted to return to his hometown; he should be in the East Blue right now. Let him be the one to test the strength of the game merchant."

"Kill him!"

A battered and tattered large pirate ship,

Krieg stood at the bow with a sinister expression, ordering the crew behind him to quickly steer the ship toward the Buggy Pirates.

He was fully armed, clad in golden Armor equipped with countless weapons, and a heavy war spear weighing a thousand catties was gripped in his hand, ready to take Buggy's head directly.

"My hard-earned armada was all smashed to pieces by Mihawk."

"To make up for the losses, I must obtain the head of the Pirate Buggy. He actually dares to pose as a World Noble Celestial Dragon; the bounty must be extremely generous!"

After Mihawk had cut down the Krieg Pirates, he had no further interest in pursuing them.

Krieg had not been as wretched as in the original story, nearly starving to death; with only his flagship remaining, Krieg had happened to find a Contract Fruit and was also gathered in the East Blue Trial Tower area.

Thinking of Mihawk, Krieg was filled with hatred and whispered, "Just wait, damn Mihawk. Once I get the bounty, I can rebuild the Krieg Armada and then kill my way back to the Grand Line."

"Don't let him get there first, we charge over too!"

The remaining Pirates also scrambled to drive their pirate ships forward.

There were also nobles from the affiliated nations who realized that this was a good opportunity to curry favor with the World Nobles and could not let the Pirates get there first.

For a time,

Having obtained the game reward, Buggy unexpectedly became the target of everyone, scaring the crew members of the Buggy Pirates so much that they all shivered and retreated into the ship's cabin.

"Captain Buggy, after you are executed, we will hold a funeral for you!"

First Mate Mohji hunched his neck, looking through the round window of the ship's hull at the dense ships of the allied Pirate and Noble forces, feeling extremely terrified.

Although he had obtained the Contract reward and his strength had become slightly stronger, and his Taming Skill could make the lion Liji even more valiant, it was fundamentally impossible to deal with the situation before him.

"Do you have any conscience saying such things!"

Buggy was on the verge of tears, hurriedly tearing at the spacesuit, wanting to take it off.

He raised his head to look at the top of the Qiqiang Jita, at the smiling game merchant, and bared his teeth, saying: "It's all your fault, you bastard, this shitty game reward, I'm going to be killed because of you, hurry up and think of a way for me!"

(End of this chapter)