Chapter 138: Sabaody Archipelago

New World, Punk Hazard.

Punk Hazard is not far from the Red Line. At the speed of the escort ship, it is enough to arrive in half a day.

Karl stood in front of the railing drinking coffee, watching the prisoners being sent to the island one by one.

Recalling the past, the last time he came here was last time.

"These prisoners are sent here to be experimental subjects, right?"

Karl glanced at Smoker: "Otherwise?"

Smoker let out a contemptuous sneer: "Cut, I knew it, the World Government always likes to do some inhumane experiments."

"Why care so much? Just a group of criminal pirates, isn't it just waste utilization?"

"It's much better than directly grabbing civilians for experiments, right?"

Smoker probably had another episode, snorted coldly and said: "Easier said than done. What if the World Government asks you to grab civilians for experiments? Will you go or not?"

"First of all, the situation you mentioned is unlikely to happen. Secondly, even if I were really asked to do such a task, I would grab them without hesitation."

"Hmph! In your eyes, the lives of civilians are not as important as the mission, right?"

Karl shook his head: "Of course not. As the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below."

"If you are asked to grab civilians, you just grab civilians? I grab a group of pirates and then say they are civilians, is there a problem?"

Smoker widened his eyes and looked at Karl in disbelief. Damn, there's such an operation?

"Are you sure this is feasible?"

Karl said proudly: "I am the commander, I do whatever I want. The reason you can't think of this method is because you have always been someone else's subordinate, you have no right to resist!"

"Of course, it's the same now."

Smoker's expression suddenly became very foul, feeling both annoyed and happy in his heart. Annoyed at why he was so stubborn in the past, insisting on arguing about right and wrong with others instead of making wrong behaviors correct.

Happy that Karl is worthy of being Karl, he learned another trick from him, so he won't be impotently furious when he encounters this situation in the future.

"Report Rear Admiral Karl, the prisoners have been escorted, should we return immediately?"

"Return! Just send us back to Marineford!"

"Yes!"

A day later, the escort ship arrived at Marineford, and Karl and Smoker got off the ship.

"It's getting late, go back and have a good rest, gather at the warship tomorrow morning."

Smoker nodded: "What is the mission this time?"

"You'll know when the time comes!"

The next day, 9:00 AM, Fleet Admiral's office.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Warlord Boa Hancock has safely returned to Amazon Lily. Regarding the mission to Fish-Man Island, what do you think..."

Sengoku sighed: "Alright! This mission will be handed to you! But don't force it. It doesn't matter if you can't find out, just treat it as a vacation to Fish-Man Island."

"Remember, you only have one month. By then, whether you have found out or not, you must come back to me, do you hear me?"

Karl revealed a smile: "That goes without saying, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, then I'll go first!"

Returning to Crescent Moon Bay, the Seastone warship was already docked at the port, and Ain and Smoker were ready to go.

"You finally came, what is the mission this time?"

"Get on the ship and talk!"

Under Nelson's command, the warship sailed away from the port and set off toward the Sabaody Archipelago.

"Can you say it now?"

Karl nodded, brought Ain and Smoker into the lounge, and said straight to the point: "Our mission this time is to go to Fish-Man Island to investigate the true cause of Wang Fei Otohime's death."

"Fish-Man Island?" "Wang Fei Otohime?"

Ain said first: "I remember Wang Fei Otohime was assassinated by pirates on Fish-Man Island, right? Is there a hidden story?"

"That's right! I even saw the news back then! It's because of this incident that Fish-Man Island's attitude toward humans is not friendly at all! Why go there?"

Smoker expressed that he couldn't understand. The three of them are all ability users! If something goes wrong on the way, it would be total annihilation!

"Stop, stop, stop, don't be so nervous. Actually, I'm just going to Fish-Man Island for a vacation, and by the way, see if I can find some clues."

"Whether this mission can be completed doesn't have much impact."

Ain bit her lower lip and then said: "But, we are all ability users, what if we encounter an accident on the way to Fish-Man Island....."

Before she finished speaking, Karl interrupted: "You don't need to worry about this, see?"

I saw Karl take out a route map and continued: "This was given to me by Fleet Admiral Sengoku. It is said that it was handed over to the Marines when Jinbe became a Warlord."

Smoker looked carefully and breathed a sigh of relief: "That's more like it. With this route map, the danger coefficient of going to Fish-Man Island is not that high."

Knock, knock, knock!

"Report Rear Admiral, we have arrived at Island 66 of the Sabaody Archipelago. Base Commander Brigadier General Gregory is already waiting for you!"

"Got it!"

Karl stood up from the sofa, hung Autumn Water and Raiu at his waist, and Raven squatted on his shoulder.

"Let's go!"

After getting off the ship, Karl saw a tall figure with a weathered face, a long beard, and a large axe on his back, looking very fierce at first glance.

"Hello, Rear Admiral Karl! I am Gregory, very happy to see you!"

Karl instantly transformed into a fake-smile boy and chatted cordially with Brigadier General Gregory.

"By the way, let me introduce you. This is Major Ain, this is Major Smoker, they are both my assistants."

"Hello, hello!"

After a simple introduction, the few of them entered the guest room in the branch together.

"By the way, Gray, how long will it take for my warship to be coated?"

Gregory patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, I have already arranged for people to notify the shipwrights of Sabaody. At most two days, your ship will be able to launch!"

"That's good. Since that's the case, I'll trouble you for these two days, Gray."

Gregory waved his hand indifferently: "Too polite, we are all Marines, what is such a small matter!"

"Then I won't disturb you, Gray, we happen to go to Sabaody to play!"

"No problem, by the way, Islands 1~29 are illegal zones, you'd better be careful."

Smoker frowned: "This place is so close to Marine Headquarters, how can there still be places that the Marines cannot control?"

Karl patted Smoker on the shoulder, signaling him not to talk too much.

"Let's go!"

After leaving the Marine branch, Karl said to Smoker: "The water here is very deep, not as simple as you imagine!"

Smoker said in confusion: "But, clearly this place is so close to Marine Headquarters!"

"You only need to know that the current situation of Sabaody is the result of mutual compromise between multiple forces." ===== CHAPTER 140 =====