Roy saw that among them were martial arts such as Hasshoken, Geo-Fist, and others.
Aside from hand-to-hand combat manuals, Roy also saw all kinds of saber technique manuals and sword technique manuals. There were even sniper technique manuals! Those could be handed over to Yasopp to study.
Aside from these, there were also all kinds of rare treasures. Roy was not particularly interested in them, but he still collected every last one of them, along with the Devil Fruits, martial arts manuals, and famous blades, directly into his Spatial Ring.
With that, the World Government's accumulated wealth from several hundred years had all fallen into Roy's pocket!
Even after taking all of this, Roy still felt a little unsatisfied. He planned to come back again once this place was filled up again.
After all, the detection radar in Roy's hand could clearly inform him when the Devil Fruits here were replenished. Once enough Devil Fruits had accumulated, he could simply come back and make another sweep.
After storing everything inside the Spatial Ring, Roy vanished from the spot.
Aside from the things inside this core warehouse, chaos was still breaking out in the outer areas. The Celestial Dragons had already evacuated to the higher areas, but their homes still held plenty of good things.
And there were Devil Fruits too. Although they might only be ordinary varieties that the World Government provided for their amusement, they were still Devil Fruits.
More importantly, Devil Fruit development depended heavily on imagination. Some Devil Fruits that looked useless and ordinary could very well be developed into powerful abilities.
The clearest example was Katakuri.
Speaking of which, Eiichiro Oda might have done this deliberately. In order to maintain a certain balance, he gave some very powerful fruits to minor cannon fodder, such as Foxy, who ate the Slow-Slow Fruit, and Marine Captain Shu, who ate the Rust-Rust Fruit.
Some more ordinary fruits, on the other hand, were given to many powerful people, such as Lucci's leopard form, Katakuri's Mochi-Mochi Fruit, and Luffy's Gum-Gum Fruit.
While Roy was heading toward the residential district of the Celestial Dragons, the person in charge who had heard the alarm and specially come to inspect the inside of the warehouse opened the warehouse door and stepped inside.
"Hm?"
He casually glanced over, then his eyes widened.
"Strange. I haven't been especially tired these past few days, so why am I hallucinating?"
The person in charge muttered to himself, then rubbed his eyes hard and looked at the warehouse again.
With that look, his entire body stiffened. He fell silent for a long while.
"It's... it's not a hallucination!"
His lips trembled, and sweat poured down his face like a waterfall.
"Ah!!"
His fragile heart could not withstand such a blow. With a scream, he collapsed to the ground and fainted.
The other guards who rushed over after hearing the noise also saw the scene inside the warehouse. Their vision went dark, and they collapsed to the ground as well.
They simply could not bear such responsibility. After something like this had happened, the best possible outcome for them would probably be that their entire families were reduced to slaves.
The sky was falling!!
...
The next morning, the spreading flames were finally extinguished.
This incident was far larger in scale than Fisher Tiger's original action. The flames had spread to a very distant area.
Viewed from high above, all of Mary Geoise looked like charred ruins scorched by a blazing sun.
Although the Marines quickly took control of the situation after intervening, the one who came to suppress the chaos this time was Sakazuki. None of the slaves he encountered survived. They all died beneath his magma fists.
In his words, who knew whether those slaves had originally been pirates? In any case, better to kill by mistake than let one slip through. That was the creed he believed in.
The unrest in the Holy Land Mary Geoise lasted an entire night. Many Celestial Dragons were left battered and covered in soot because of this chaos.
Although not a single Celestial Dragon was harmed under CP0's protection, they had all been badly frightened.
And when they finally came back to their senses and looked at their residences that had been burned to the ground, as well as the completely empty slave prisons, there was no doubt that every Celestial Dragon flew into a rage.
"Where are the guards?! Where is the Army?! What were those damned bastards doing?! Someone infiltrated Mary Geoise, and they knew nothing about it! Not only that, the other party even succeeded! Our residences were burned down, and all the slaves actually escaped!! Damn it, I'll turn them all into slaves!"
Amid the Celestial Dragon's hoarse roar, his attendant walked forward tremblingly and said, "Saint-sama, the guard force has basically been wiped out. There are hardly any of them left. The Army also suffered a heavy blow and sustained disastrous losses."
"Hm?!!"
"According to the Marines' search results, this was done by the person who infiltrated Mary Geoise."
"Uh... the Marines and the CP organization are still investigating that person's information."
"They still haven't found out who did it?! What are they even doing?!!!"
As the Celestial Dragon roared, another attendant hurried over drenched in sweat and said in a trembling voice, "Saint-sama, terrible news! Everything in our household's storage is gone!"
"What did you say? Say that again?!!"
With the Spatial Ring in hand, Roy would absolutely not miss a single treasure.
...
The Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
Inside a meeting hall located at the highest point, five old men sat there with grave expressions.
The atmosphere at the scene was extremely heavy. If anyone else were here, they would be able to sense the chilling fury hidden beneath the five men's expressions.
"Speak. What are your thoughts on this unrest?" said one of the Five Elders. He wore a black suit, had white curly hair, a fluffy white beard, a flat hat, and a scar on the left side of his face. His eyes were filled with dark shadows.
"This is the first major incident we have encountered since the World Government was founded eight hundred years ago. We absolutely cannot treat it lightly. The chief culprit must be executed, or where will our authority stand?" The one who answered was a Five Elder dressed in a dark blue suit, with long straight white hair and a very long beard.
"The burned Holy Land can be rebuilt. Escaped slaves can be captured again. The Celestial Dragons' anger can be appeased. The chief culprit can be executed. But... what are we supposed to do about the losses inside our core warehouse?!"
The voice of the Five Elder who looked like a middle-aged man, dressed in a deep red suit with no necktie, blond hair, a golden beard, and a scar on his chest, grew higher and higher.
(End of Chapter)
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