Chapter 38: Who would have thought it would be such a coincidence!

On Jiayadao, a strange man with a head shaped like a chestnut crawled up from the edge of the coast.

This person was Mont Blanc Cricket, the descendant of the famous "great liar" Mont Blanc Noland.

As the descendant of a "great liar," Cricket had grown up bearing the mockery and insults of others. To prove the existence of the City of Gold and break the curse on the Mont Blanc family, he had staked his entire life on fighting against fate.

He had always believed in the conjecture made by his ancestor Mont Blanc Noland before his death, holding that the City of Gold had sunk into the sea. Thus, even though he suffered from diver's disease, he frequently dove into the depths of the ocean to search for it.

At this moment, Cricket had just finished an underwater exploration and crawled ashore from the water.

As soon as he came up, he saw his two companions—Masira the Monkey and Shojo the Orangutan—hurrying toward him, anxiously telling him a piece of news.

After listening, Cricket could not help but be greatly shocked: "You mean a large number of Marines have appeared near Jiayadao and are currently surrounding a few people who just arrived on the island?"

"Yeah, yeah!"

Masira and Shojo both nodded repeatedly.

Cricket then rushed to the port, and sure enough, just as they had said, over a dozen massive Marine warships had completely surrounded a small boat.

Seeing this scene, Cricket was also stunned: "Who on earth is on that boat to make the Marines go to such lengths?"

By this time, many others on Jiayadao had already been stirred by the commotion and were likewise watching from nearby.

Cricket could hear the people around him discussing it.

"The people on that small boat seem to be the wanted criminals the Marines just put a 200 million bounty on!"

"The ones who spread rumors in the newspapers about kidnapping a Celestial Dragon at Sabaody Archipelago and severely wounding a Marine Admiral?"

"That's them! I saw them dock their boat at the port just now; they are definitely the two people from the bounty posters!"

"Strange, what are they doing coming to our Jiayadao? And they actually left their boat here and headed south in a small skiff?"

Cricket gripped his binoculars, looking ahead while listening to the chatter of the crowd. A thought suddenly struck him: South? Could it be they are aiming for the Sky Island?

He suddenly found it ridiculous; he never expected that there were still people in this world who believed in the existence of a Sky Island!

However, it didn't matter. Looking at this formation, these guys were likely about to be captured by the Marines!

Thinking of this, Cricket looked toward the direction surrounded by the Marines, a hint of pity appearing in his gaze.

Yet, just then, he suddenly thought of something, and his expression shifted slightly: "No, today happens to be that day... given the position of these guys... they might actually be able to escape!"

Meanwhile, Lin Xuan and his group, who were being surrounded by the Marines, were feeling quite annoyed.

Uchiha Madara snorted, saying with an impatient look: "These Marines are truly like persistent ghosts!"

Senju Hashirama, however, showed curiosity, eyeing the surrounding Marines and saying: "Are they the so-called righteous Marines of this world?"

Lin Xuan’s gaze also swept rapidly across the surrounding warships, and he suddenly spotted a few familiar figures on one of them.

Marine Admiral Aokiji, and several Marine Vice Admirals!

Among these people, Aokiji went without saying, and those Vice Admirals were different from the random extras they had encountered before; they were all characters who had appeared in the original story, and their strength was quite extraordinary.

The corner of his mouth curled up slightly: "Aokiji? That’s an interesting guy! Who would have thought, just as we are about to head to the Sky Island, these guys would deliver themselves to my doorstep to farm some reputation points. What good people they are!"

While they were sizing up the enemy, Aokiji and the others were also cautiously sizing them up.

Especially when they saw Uchiha Madara, Aokiji and the others were somewhat astonished.

According to previous reports, shouldn't this Uchiha Madara have supposedly kicked the bucket shortly after leaving Sabaody Archipelago?

Looking at it now, he wasn't dead?

When looking at Senju Hashirama, Aokiji’s brow furrowed: "There’s actually one more person? I wonder if this guy is as troublesome as that Lin Xuan and Uchiha Madara?"

Vice Admiral Momonga on the side said: "How could that be? It’s already rare for one or two powerful characters to emerge on the sea; how could such high-level powerhouses appear again and again?"

Aokiji nodded: "Still, even if his strength is average, the strength of that Lin Xuan and that Uchiha Madara alone is not to be underestimated. Everyone, be cautious; we must not let them run away!"

"Yes, Admiral!" The Vice Admirals beside him immediately responded solemnly.

They had all seen the miserable state of Kizaru and Sentomaru with their own eyes; otherwise, Aokiji wouldn't have brought several Vice Admirals along personally this time.

Of course, because Lin Xuan and his group were still holding three Celestial Dragons as hostages, the Marines did not dare to act rashly.

Therefore, Aokiji spoke personally, using a megaphone Den Den Mushi to shout at Lin Xuan and the others: "You have been surrounded! Release the hostages immediately and surrender!"

Lin Xuan naturally couldn't be bothered to listen to the Marines' threats and looked toward Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.

Just as he was about to ask who was interested in taking care of them, he suddenly felt a vibration coming from the small boat beneath him.

He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, followed by a look of pleasant surprise on his face: "Who would have thought we would arrive at such a perfect time, exactly when the Knock-Up Stream is erupting?"

"Knock-Up Stream? What is that?" Senju Hashirama asked curiously. ===== CHAPTER 83 =====