"What?"
In the Fleet Admiral of Marine Headquarters's office, Sengoku suddenly stood up, his eyes wide with disbelief as he stared at the den den mushi on his desk. "You captured Dragon, the revolutionary army leader?"
"Yes, Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
Tina's clear voice came from the den den mushi. "However, it wasn't Tina and Garp who captured Dragon, but Saint Ian and the God's Knights. Currently, the ones escorting Dragon are Saint Shamrock, Saint Kilingom, and Saint Somaz from the God's Knights. We are merely accompanying them!"
Hearing this, Sengoku's expression subtly changed.
To capture Dragon, Ian actually mobilized the God's Knights!
As the Fleet Admiral of Marine Headquarters, he was naturally very curious about Ian's background. It was undeniable that Ian, as the Young Master of the Nerona Family of the Holy Land, had an extraordinary status, but there were nineteen Celestial Dragons families in the Holy Land, and each family had a young master.
However, among these nineteen young masters, only the Young Master of the Nerona Family had been personally guarded by the God's Knights since birth.
It should be known that the members of the God's Knights are primarily selected from the nineteen Celestial Dragons families of the Holy Land, which means that at least one member from each family joins the God's Knights.
Out of affection for their own families, every member of the God's Knights would certainly show more favoritism to their respective families, and it would be impossible for all of them to pledge allegiance to Ian, let alone obey Ian's commands.
However, the reality was that the God's Knights not only showed unique favoritism towards Ian in the Holy Land but also rushed to the East Blue immediately upon Ian's command!
For the God's Knights to become personal bodyguards and accompany Ian out of the Holy Land to capture criminals, there could only be one answer: Ian's true identity was not merely the Young Master of the Nerona Family, but rather that the World Government wanted to cultivate a King among the Celestial Dragons.
The more he thought about it, the more likely Sengoku felt it was.
Because besides this answer, he truly couldn't think of what other identity Ian could have that would make the Gorosei so respectful and the God's Knights always on standby. Besides a King of the Celestial Dragons, who else could enjoy such treatment?
After a brief silence, Sengoku secretly took a deep breath, then calmly said, "Tina, be careful on your return journey. I believe the news of Dragon's arrest will soon be known by the Revolutionary Army's intelligence department, and they certainly won't let you easily escort Dragon to Marineford."
With that, Sengoku ended the call first and immediately dialed another den den mushi, getting straight to the point: "Tsuru, come to my office at once. I just received news from the East Blue that Dragon, the revolutionary army leader, has been captured by the God's Knights and is currently being escorted. This is a serious matter, and we must be fully prepared!"
Before he finished speaking, Sengoku ended the call without waiting for the other party to speak, then dialed another den den mushi again, "Gion, Dragon has been captured. Immediately contact all Marine branch captains in the East Blue and rush over to rendezvous with her to assist in escorting Dragon!"
As Sengoku's order was issued, the Marine branch warships, which were conducting a carpet search in various sea areas of the East Blue, turned around one after another, speeding towards the warship escorting Dragon... East Blue, a certain sea area.
Asshlu, the vice-commander of the Revolutionary Army's East Army, who had successfully transferred Luffy, held a telescope, his expression grave as he watched the sea ahead.
In the telescope's lens, several Marine warships, speeding from different directions, rapidly converged towards the same point.
On the sea surface in that direction, a medium-sized warship was steadily sailing forward.
Unlike the other warships, this warship had a huge iron-bar cage on its deck, surrounded by Marine soldiers standing by in full alert.
Inside the iron-bar cage, Dragon, clad in a green cloak and wearing handcuffs and shackles, sat cross-legged. Although he had become a prisoner, it did not diminish the natural kingly aura about him.
Capturing this heartbreaking scene through the telescope, Asshlu's heart trembled violently, and then tears silently streamed down his face, against his will.
As early as last night, when he transferred Luffy, he knew what had happened in Foosha Village.
Because Belo Betty's vivre card, which he carried with him, suddenly burned to ashes. A burning vivre card meant life was fading, and burning to ashes in an instant meant the owner of the vivre card had been instantly killed!
Not only Belo Betty, but the lives of the ten East Army Members who accompanied Belo Betty and Dragon to Foosha Village were also completely extinguished.
First, the East Army Members led by Belo Betty were completely wiped out, and now seeing the spiritual pillar of the Revolutionary Army arrested, Asshlu suddenly felt that the sky belonging to the Revolutionary Army had collapsed.
"Leader!"
Watching through the telescope as the warship escorted him towards Loguetown, with more warships constantly joining the escorting formation in the surrounding sea, Asshlu secretly called out in his heart.
It wasn't that he didn't want to rescue him, but he knew very well that rushing over recklessly now would only be like a lamb entering a tiger's den!
After a brief silence, Asshlu suddenly put away the telescope, then raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes and resolutely turned to look at the dozens of Revolutionary Army soldiers standing neatly on the deck, his expression determined: "Immediately send orders to all Revolutionary Army commanders! The Leader has also fallen into the hands of the World Government. Tell them to rush over to rescue him as quickly as possible!"
"Yes!"
As Asshlu gave the order, the East Army Members of the Revolutionary Army responsible for intelligence work all stepped forward, then each took out a den den mushi and began to contact the various commanders of the Revolutionary Army... New World, Red Hair Pirates territory.
Ever since he saw the scene of Luffy being killed by Ian, Shanks had been restless, waiting for the latest intelligence.
"Brrr-brrr—"
Suddenly, the den den mushi in front of him, after a period of silence, finally made a sound. "Boss, latest intelligence: Luffy has been successfully transferred by Dragon and is currently safe!"
"However, after transferring Luffy, Dragon inexplicably returned to Foosha Village. Not only were all the East Army Members of the Revolutionary Army he brought with him wiped out, but Dragon was also captured and is currently being escorted to Marineford!"
"What!"
Shanks suddenly stood up, staring at the den den mushi in disbelief. "How is that possible? Didn't you say Ian only brought one member of the God's Knights with him?"
"It wasn't Ian who captured Dragon, but four members of the God's Knights!"
"Besides Gunzogū, who has always been with Ian, the other three are Saint Shamrock, Saint Somaz, and Saint Kilingom!"
"They are also the ones currently escorting Dragon."
"Not only that, but to ensure foolproof safety, the Marine directly ordered all branch Marines in the East Blue to assist in the escort!"
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