Under the leadership of Vice Admiral Gion, the slave traders in this area were quickly wiped out. The plundered money and slaves were transported to the Marine Base. During this time, Gion caught hold of Hera and asked, "What should we do with those slaves? Do you have any ideas?"
Hera nodded. "Don't worry, Sister Gion, I've already thought it over. Aren't we short on people back in the four seas? Let's gather them up. Those who want to serve the Marine can be trained and sent to the branches. Those who want to go home will be given travel expenses. Let's destroy all their collars."
Gion nodded. "Let's do it that way then."
With the massive influx of Berries, Vice Admiral Gion also began to smile. The Marine was poor; the most important military funding was controlled by the World Government, and their desire for expansion was severely limited by tight budgets. With this large supplement of wealth, the Marine could have a prosperous year.
Kizaru was also somewhat surprised back at the Marine Base. He knew these people were wealthy, but he hadn't expected them to be this wealthy. He couldn't help but echo Gion's sentiment, "This really is... it's a good thing that Celestial Dragon died."
Hera added with a grin beside Gion, "Now we can take this opportunity to reclaim all the slave shops here. Later, we can convert them into other shops and sell them for another profit. Anyway, the Celestial Dragons won't be coming out for a while, so this is our chance."
Gion nodded but still reminded Hera, "Alright, stay low for a while. If it weren't for the special geographical location of the Sabaody Archipelago, Kizaru wouldn't have been the only one coming this time. Once a Buster Call is issued, civilian casualties would be even more devastating."
Hera nodded. "Don't worry, Sister Gion, I know what I'm doing. Besides, this person has nothing to do with me." In her heart, however, she thought, 'Next time, I'll have to break into the Holy Land. What a pity.'
Gion sighed. "As long as you understand whether it has anything to do with you. Just take it easy."
Soon, the incident in the Sabaody Archipelago was officially framed as slave traders daring to attack a Celestial Dragon. The forces behind those slave traders were even more thoroughly purged by the enraged CP0.
At this time, in Marineford, unlike the Marines in the Sabaody Archipelago who were immersed in the joy of striking it rich, Sengoku looked worried.
Beside him, Garp was eating rice cracker and patted Sengoku's shoulder nonchalantly. "Relax. Isn't this matter settled? Just a piece of scum died, what are you worried about?"
Sengoku rubbed his temples. "The one being yelled at by the Gorosei isn't you, so of course you don't have to worry. I'm just worried about the Marine budget; it's been cut significantly again because of this."
Hearing this, Garp stopped talking. Asking him to think about the budget was worse than asking him to take on a Four Emperors' crew alone.
Sengoku sighed. "I can only hope the seized assets are enough."
Out on the distant sea, Ace stopped a Delivery Bird and read today's newspaper.
"Mysterious powerhouse challenges Rayleigh, Celestial Dragon assassinated, Marine clear slave shops." Ace saw Hera in the accompanying photo, and his intuition told him this definitely had something to do with her.
"This really is quite a major incident," Ace remarked, his fighting spirit surging. "Alright, I need to do something big too. Let's start by challenging a Shichibukai." As his ship sailed away, it could be seen that Ace's target was the current Shichibukai, the 'King of Lizards' Hanafuda.
At the highest meeting of the World Government, five old men were in discussion.
"This incident is simply too atrocious!" said the warrior god of justice, Saint Topman Warcury. The death of a Celestial Dragon, something that hadn't happened in years, made the warrior god of justice quite angry.
The warrior god of environment, Saint Marcus Mars, appeared very calm. "Calm down. It's just a common Celestial Dragon who died. We should pay more attention to whether there's some conspiracy involved."
The Warrior God of Science and Defense, Jaygarcia Satan Saint, said, "Compared to that worthless Celestial Dragon, we should pay more attention to Rayleigh. He's starting to become active again; I wonder what he's planning."
The Warrior God of Finance, Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, disagreed with Satan Saint's statement. "The fellow who forced Rayleigh to act is even more suspicious. How could an unknown powerhouse suddenly appear in the sea?"
The Warrior God of Agriculture, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, asked, "Is there any news from That Lord?"
As the Warrior God of Agriculture spoke, the five men fell into a dead silence. A long time passed without a sound.
The five men instantly relaxed. It seemed the death of a single Celestial Dragon was not worth That Lord's attention.
"In that case, let's proceed according to the World Government's investigation. While we're at it, let's warn those worthless descendants not to wander off for no reason. The Marine also need a bit of a warning." With the warrior god of justice's final say on the matter, the other four also nodded in agreement with his thoughts.
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