Goa Kingdom, the royal capital.
The port.
All the bodies that could be salvaged from the sea were pulled ashore by residents of Central Street and the surviving navy soldiers.
Karp, seriously injured, sat cross-legged on the ruins of the royal palace hall.
Not far from him, Admiral Kizaru, who was the first to arrive from the navy headquarters, stared solemnly at the deceased Celestial Dragon, Charlos, who lay dead on the ground.
“A headshot, how terrifying!”
Kizaru, who only found one wound on Charlos, didn't bother to examine further. He walked directly to Karp, wearing his navy admiral's cloak, "Karp-san, are you sure all this was done by that red rabbit?"
“Old man saw it with his own eyes, how can it be fake?”
Karp glared at Kizaru. He couldn’t vent his anger from being beaten up by the red rabbit, so he vented all his anger on Kizaru. “Borsalino, are you doubting old man?”
“No no no.” Kizaru raised his hands as usual, shaking his head. "I am just shocked by the strength of this rabbit. Karp-san, you... are you okay? Do you want to go to the nearest base and see a doctor?”
“This little injury… cough…”
Karp waved his hand, coughed twice, and quickly covered his mouth, "It’s fine!"
“But, you are already spitting blood!” Kizaru stared intently at Karp, "That red rabbit is so scary, it made you spit blood!"
Hearing this, Karp hesitated to speak, and finally chose to remain silent.
Kizaru didn’t continue to stab at Karp with this issue, and asked seriously, “I searched the entire Goa Kingdom, but I didn’t find any trace of it! Karp-san, do you know where it escaped to?”
“How would old man know!”
Karp’s lips twitched slightly. He wanted to say that he was knocked into the sea by the red rabbit, and it was a miracle that he was still alive, but he held back when the words reached his lips.
After all, throughout the entire Grand Line, there were only a handful of people who could knock him into the air, or rather, none at all!
If he were to say this, not to mention whether he could bear to lose face, it would definitely damage the morale of the navy.
After all, he was a hero of the navy, a role model and idol in the eyes of countless recruits!
“Wait—"
Suddenly, Karp remembered Drupy who followed the red rabbit.
Based on his previous speculation, Drupy possessed the ability to instantly teleport, and the distance of the teleport was extremely far.
Now that the red rabbit and Drupy were gone, they had obviously teleported elsewhere.
Thinking of this, Karp quickly added, “Although old man doesn’t know where the red rabbit went, but there is a Duppy dog named Drupy who seems to have the ability to teleport! They are likely to have teleported to a faraway place!”
“Then it’s going to be troublesome!”
Kizaru still had a deadpan expression, lazily saying, "The East Blue is so vast, trying to catch them with the ability to teleport is like trying to find a needle in the ocean."
“However, Fleet Admiral Sengoku has already ordered Tsuru, Hina, Smoker, and Gion to lead the warships into the East Blue! If nothing unexpected happens, all the waters under the jurisdiction of the East Blue bases are now sealed off. No matter where they teleport to, they will be unable to escape!”
Hearing this, Karp’s facial muscles twitched violently.
A rabbit that could wipe out a country's royal family in just a few minutes, and didn’t even put the Celestial Dragons in its eyes, and also had a Duppy dog with the ability to teleport beside it, how could you say that it would be unable to escape?
Most importantly, the other party was a terrifying beast that had knocked him into the air with sheer strength!
Even if the navy arrived in time at the location where the red rabbit and Drupy teleported and surrounded them, even if Drupy's teleporting ability couldn't be used consecutively, the navy arriving in time would not be able to stop the red rabbit.
Although he had such complaints in his heart, Karp didn’t show it.
Because he understood this admiral of the navy headquarters, Kizaru. Although Kizaru possessed the Pika Pika no Mi, a natural-type Devil Fruit power, and was known as one of the strongest in the navy headquarters, compared to another headquarters admiral, Akainu, Kizaru didn’t seem to be so serious about his work for the navy.
Even though there were cases of Celestial Dragons being offended in the past, almost every time it was Kizaru who rushed to the scene first, but he only went through the motions.
It would be good if he could catch the offender, but if he couldn’t, Kizaru wouldn’t care, and would just clock out at the end of the day.
Now the red rabbit and Drupy had disappeared, and naturally, Kizaru was relieved. The reason why he said they would be unable to escape was probably just a polite remark!
However, the current situation was different from the past!
The Celestial Dragon was murdered, which showed that the other party didn’t even put these world nobles in their eyes!
And the Goa Kingdom, as one of the World Government’s affiliated nations, had its royal family wiped out. The World Government would definitely step in, because it involved the World Government’s ability to continue protecting its affiliated nations and its own dignity!
The two events happening at the same time were definitely the most impactful events in recent years.
Under such circumstances, the World Government would definitely spare no effort in pursuing the red rabbit, and even offer a high bounty.
And the navy headquarters, as the main branch of the World Government, would naturally be at the forefront, running around non-stop.
At this moment.
The Den Den Mushi in Kizaru's arms rang, "Admiral Borsalino, what is the situation in Goa Kingdom now?"
The voice coming from the Den Den Mushi was none other than Vice Admiral Tsuru who was ordered to assist Kizaru.
“The culprit has left!”
Kizaru looked around, then continued, "Just got the latest news from Karp-san, the red rabbit has a Duppy dog with the ability to teleport beside it! So, nobody knows where they will appear.”
Just as Kizaru finished speaking, the Den Den Mushi beside Karp also rang.
Seeing this, Karp no longer sat cross-legged to recuperate, but picked up the Den Den Mushi and walked to the other side of the ruins.
“Karp!”
Just as Karp reached the other side of the ruins, Sengoku's voice came from the Den Den Mushi, "Tell me the truth, does this have anything to do with that mysterious boy named Xia Yu?”
“Based on what old man saw, Xia Yu should have been unaware of it!”
Karp seemed to have been waiting for this call from Sengoku, and continued, “Because this was a random incident. Two minutes before the red rabbit killed Charlos and the Goa Kingdom’s royal family, old man even gave the red rabbit a pair of red canvas shoes! This means that the red rabbit, after parting ways with me, encountered Charlos by chance. You know the temperament of the Celestial Dragons. The red rabbit doesn’t even put old man in its eyes and beats him up, and it would definitely not be hesitant when encountering arrogant and domineering Celestial Dragons! After all, it is just a rabbit, and it doesn’t understand the rules of the human world!”
“There’s no point in saying all this now!”
Sengoku’s tone was very heavy, "The Holy Land is very furious. The Five Elders not only demanded that we capture the red rabbit as soon as possible, but also issued a bounty order ten minutes ago, offering five hundred million berries."
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