Sailing: I Open Treasure Chests in the Pirate World

Halfway through the conversation, Aokiji suddenly realized what was going on and abruptly ended the pointless topic.

"You chose it yourself, sir."

Ian looked at the Den Den Mushi with a grin, and the Den Den Mushi mimicked his expression.

"Please mention the bounty to Granny He for me; she's the chief strategist in the General Staff."

"There's one more thing, about giving you credit for what I just mentioned..."

"Ian Adrian".

Aokiji paused for a moment, then said in a calm tone.

"If you still want to say 'child of the devil'—"

"I'm very curious, Admiral Aokiji."

Ian interrupted Aokiji.

"I didn't bring up Robin at all, did I?"

"It's always been you who unilaterally and constantly brings up that 'devil's son'."

Why are you so concerned about Nico Robin?

"Is it because your 'burning justice' back then burned the fate of this innocent girl?"

Faced with Ian's questioning.

Aokiji was speechless.

In the end, all he could do was say angrily.

"Subordinates are not allowed to talk back to their superiors!"

"Hey~"

Ian picked at his ear; he felt like he'd heard those words somewhere before…

"So, do you want credit or not?"

Ian was getting impatient with the repeated misunderstandings from the blue chicken.

"If you don't want credit, I'll just hand those scum over to the World Government!"

"Those scum?"

Aokiji finally realized that Ian wasn't joking with him about the "devil girl," but he was still a little confused.

"What have you done now?"

Upon hearing this, Aokiji was slightly taken aback.

He's almost forgotten how many times he's said similar things...

Ian responded.

"I have arrived at Banaro Island."

"Banaro Island? One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the territory of the Lizard King?"

Aokiji instantly cleared his mind and asked repeatedly.

"Weren't you in Alabasta? How did you end up on Banaro Island? And you even went to see the Lizard King?"

“You have too many questions, sir.”

Ian gave a simple answer.

"In short, I took care of Hanafda and also captured all the pirates on Banaro Island."

"I haven't calculated the exact number, but there are at least several hundred people."

"With so many pirates, I'm planning to filter them first. Do you want the rest?"

The so-called "screening".

Based on the past crimes of the pirates on Banaro Island, they should be killed if they deserve to be!

As for the rest, those who, in Ian's eyes, weren't worthy of immediate execution...

Let them go to the city and enjoy their lives.

Although these people have lost their freedom.

But at least it means I can live!

Ian is so kind.

"Hanafda has been dealt with..."

Aokiji was speechless for a moment.

Why is it that the mighty Shichibukai is described by Ian as as weak as a clay doll that he can knead at will?

Aokiji couldn't help but think of Crocodile.

He had also seen the news reports and knew that Crocodile had been defeated by Ian.

The words of that sharp-tongued young marine, spoken in the admiral's office, still echoed in Aokiji's ears...

If the Blade Force can launch an attack on a pirate emperor, then what about the Seven Warlords of the Sea?

A sense of comfort welled up in Aokiji's heart.

Ian really did point the "sword" of his "blade" at the "Seven Warlords of the Sea" first...

"The 'solution' you mentioned..."

Aokiji paused.

"Is it like Crocodile?"

"No, the Navy likes 'heroes,' so that Alabasta 'hero' is still alive and well."

Ian said indifferently.

"As for this so-called Lizard King Hanafda, I sent him to hell."

"Oh my, the 'hell' you're talking about, you don't mean 'Imperial City,' do you?"

Aokiji gave a dry laugh, but unfortunately received no response.

"Well, it seems one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea has died..."

"I will find someone to take over Hanafda's pirate subordinates as soon as possible."

"No problem, here's one last free message."

Ian offered a friendly reminder.

"Hanafuda is also an undercover agent; he is one of Kaido's men."

"Over the years, all the Devil Fruits Hanafda has collected have been given to the Beasts Pirates."

pat!

After dropping this intelligence bomb, Ian immediately hung up the Den Den Mushi.

"Zi-Zi-"

Aokiji listened to the dial tone from the Den Den Mushi and looked blank for a moment.

Is Hanafda, the Lizard King, also an undercover agent?

Is he even an undercover agent for Kaido, one of the Four Emperors of the Beasts?

"Ah la la..."

Aokiji sighed deeply, rubbing his forehead.

"The Seven Warlords of the Sea system, is it really such a complicated system?"

……

Banaro Island.

Ian returned to the earth from the sky.

Robin and her team of clay giants have already taken stock of the Lizard King's entire fortune.

She also used her Flower-Flower Fruit ability to gather information on the other pirates on the island.

Robin divided the living people on the island into three different teams.

"Boss, this is the complete roster of the Lizard King's subordinates. Every single one of them is a pirate who has committed numerous atrocities."

Robin handed a stack of bounty posters to Ian, then pointed to two other groups of people.

"I have never heard of this group of pirates doing anything that would anger both heaven and man."

"The last dozen or so people, without any bounty, may have been spies from other forces, or slaves who accidentally ended up on Banaro Island."

Ian took the thick stack of bounty posters and carefully read through them.

The bounties on the wanted posters for the pirates range from ten million to ninety million, with none exceeding one hundred million.

Even so, the crimes committed by each pirate are too numerous to count.

Ian shifted his attention from the bounty posters to the group of scum pirates tightly bound by clay.

Are there any Devil Fruit users among these people?

Ian was too busy fighting the Lizard King to pay attention to the bystanders.

The rest of the people on Banaro Island were all overturned by a single wave of "Giant Wave Clay".

Ian wasn't sure if any of the people in the group were Devil Fruit users.

But no matter what, these people are still subordinates of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Even if it can't compare to "teams of ability users" like Baroque Works or the Don Quixote Family.

But he should at least be better than that Maverick Hawkeye Mihawk, right?

Ian's question received an affirmative answer from Robin.

"There are three, the three top officers of the Lizard King, all of whom are Zoan-type Lizard Fruit users."

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Robin pulled out three bounty posters and put them together.

"Their abilities are the [Blunt-tailed Poison Lizard Fruit], the [Komodo Dragon Fruit], and the [Sea Iguana Fruit], respectively."

Poison lizard, monitor lizard, marine iguana...

What kind of deformed lizards are these!

Ian frowned upon hearing this.

"These three ability users will stay behind, as for the rest..."

Ian looked at the group of trash, manipulated the clay, and created a giant wave that completely submerged them.

One after another, blood-stained silver treasure chests leaped out of the void, densely packed and countless.

Ian felt cheerful after cleaning up a bunch of ocean trash.

Those three ugly-looking users of the [Lizard Fruit] ability suddenly became handsome...

We'll take their Devil Fruits in a bit!

Ian ignored the group of pirates who "hadn't done anything seriously wrong"—their fate would only be to be sent to Impel Down.

He walked up to the last dozen or so people who had been temporarily deemed "innocent."

"Woo-"

Just as Ian approached...

A man in a black suit in the crowd immediately let out a sob.

Ian raised an eyebrow and released the other party from the control.

"White Dragon!"

The man in the black suit immediately recognized Ian's identity, speaking rapidly.