When Gion led a group of Marines, braving the heavy rain, deep into Mt. Colubo, and successfully found the Dadan Family's wooden house, the house was already empty.
Although the traces around the wooden house had been completely washed away by the sudden heavy rain, Gion still determined that the mountain bandits living there had only recently left, based on a kettle still on the stove inside.
"Vice Admiral Gion, we've checked everywhere, there's no one!"
The adjutant quickly approached Gion. Seeing Gion looking at the stove opposite, he quickly added, "According to the investigation, they should have just left. If we search Mt. Colubo now, we might find some clues!"
"No need ~"
Gion waved her hand, her expression solemn, "They were able to receive the news so quickly and evacuate in such a short time, there must be a powerful individual secretly assisting them!"
"What do you mean?" The adjutant's expression changed slightly, "Does Vice Admiral mean that someone in our ranks tipped them off? That shouldn't be possible. This order was personally given to you by Saint Ian. Before this, no one should have known that Saint Ian intended to arrest Luffy!"
Gion was also at a loss.
From Ian's reaction in the palace hall earlier, he must have acted on a whim. Otherwise, he wouldn't have called her into the hall to give such an order while he was with Princess Sally.
This also meant that, besides the Marines she led, probably not even Gunko knew about Ian's decision.
And the Marines she led had been with her the whole time, with no opportunity to tip anyone off.
Thus, there was only one explanation: from the moment Ian entered the East Blue, the Revolutionary Army had already made preparations in secret. After seeing Ian arrive at Goa Kingdom, for safety's sake, the Revolutionary Army decisively sent someone to move Luffy.
Because Ian's existence was not a secret, coupled with the pervasive infiltration of the Revolutionary Army, Ian's personal file had probably already appeared on revolutionary army leader Dragon's desk.
Just as she thought of this, Gion suddenly looked up at the window.
She had previously felt that this rain was sudden, because this was the East Blue's Goa Kingdom, not the Grand Line with its changeable weather. Such extreme weather, though it had occurred before, was not common.
And according to the information she possessed, Dragon, who had once served in Marineford, possessed the ability to summon wind and rain.
At the same time.
In the Foosha Village sea area, a large ship without a flag, swept by the sudden fierce winds, sailed towards the deep sea at an astonishing speed.
On the deck of the large ship, the corpulent Dadan held the deeply sleeping straw hat boy, looking towards Mt. Colubo with lingering fear.
If Dragon hadn't appeared in time, they would have been arrested by the Marines, and some might even have paid with their lives.
Because when Dragon took them away, they had already seen the figures of the Marines heading straight for the Dadan Family from their vantage point.
"Dragon, what exactly is going on?"
Withdrawing her gaze, she glanced at the straw hat boy who was still sound asleep. Dadan immediately looked up at Dragon, who was standing at the bow of the ship wearing a cloak, "Why did the Marines suddenly appear on Mt. Colubo? Also, why does that Celestial Dragon named Ian want to arrest Luffy?"
"Luffy's identity has been exposed!"
Dragon turned around and glanced at Luffy in Dadan's arms, his expression solemn, "Although I don't know how Ian found out about Luffy's relationship with me, the news that Luffy is revolutionary army leader Dragon's son will soon spread throughout the entire East Blue and even the Grand Line! If it were just Luffy's identity being exposed, it wouldn't be a big deal. The reason I personally came to take you away is because of this Ian!"
"According to the intelligence I have, Ian is the Young Master of the Nerona Family from the Holy Land. The Nerona Family was not a powerful family in the Holy Land before Ian's birth, but ever since Ian was born, the Nerona Family has become the most powerful family among the nineteen Celestial Dragon families in the Holy Land."
"Not only did Gringo, the commander of the God's Knights, personally teach him swordsmanship, but the Gorosei in the Chamber of the Five Elders are also very fond of him!"
"God's Knights?" Dadan looked bewildered, as if listening to gibberish, "I know the Gorosei are the highest authorities in the world, but these God's Knights... why have I never heard of them before?"
"Because they are a mysterious military force that maintains the rule of the Celestial Dragons. They rarely appear in the sight of ordinary people, but whenever they do, it means the World Government is about to launch a large-scale military operation!"
"They are not only the mysterious military force that maintains the rule of the Celestial Dragons, but they also possess the authority to judge Celestial Dragons!"
"Yet, such a mysterious military force, wielding the power to judge the descendants of the creators, is willing to become the personal bodyguard of this Young Master of the Nerona Family. When he came to the East Blue on this trip, he was accompanied by a member of the God's Knights, Gunzogū from the Holy Land's Manmaya Family!"
Dadan secretly gasped, "What kind of background is that? Just being a Celestial Dragon is enough to make us grovel, and he's surrounded by so many influential figures! Is he the king of the Celestial Dragons?"
"Also, why would someone with such an influential background come to trouble Luffy? Celestial Dragons are truly rotten to the core!"
"Wait!"
Suddenly, Dadan stood up abruptly, her face pale, "We're temporarily safe now, but what if Ian can't find Luffy and goes to Foosha Village to make trouble for the villagers? From what I know about Celestial Dragons, if they can't find Luffy, they'll definitely wipe Foosha Village off the map!"
Upon hearing this, Dragon fell silent.
The incident happened so suddenly that all he could do was immediately take Luffy and the Dadan Family away from Mt. Colubo; he simply didn't have time to consider anything else.
It was certain that since Ian knew about Luffy's relationship with him, he would naturally also know that Luffy was born in Foosha Village. Now the Marines had already entered Mt. Colubo and discovered the Dadan Family's wooden house.
This also meant that after the Marines' unsuccessful search for Luffy, they would definitely report the situation to Ian immediately.
If he couldn't catch Luffy, Ian would certainly go directly to Foosha Village to wait for him.
However, he dared not risk going to Foosha Village to take all the villagers away. All he could do was place his hopes on his father, who was a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral.
He believed that as long as his father rushed back to Foosha Village immediately, the lives of the Foosha Village villagers should be guaranteed.
After all these years, even though he caused trouble everywhere, leading the Revolutionary Army to conquer cities and liberate one allied nation after another, the World Government not only did not make things difficult for his father but also continued to entrust him with important responsibilities.
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