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Chapter 179 - 179. Annoyed Heavenly Yaksha

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"Let's go find another place," Rayleigh said calmly after boarding the Explorer.

"With the strength you and I possess, if we really fight here, I won't be able to live peacefully in the future."

"Alright, I'm not very familiar with this area. Do you have any recommendations for islands?" Ikki asked with understanding.

"The Calm Belt," Rayleigh replied.

"I know there's an uninhabited island there. And if we fight in the Calm Belt, no one from the Marines or World Government will bother us."

Rayleigh reached into his coat and pulled out a nautical chart.

As the navigator aboard the Explorer, Nami stepped forward and took the chart from him.

"Shakky, are you coming with us too?" Ikki asked, looking at the bar owner curiously.

"Of course I want to go," Shakky said with a smile, taking a puff of her cigarette.

"After so many years, this is the first time I've seen Rayleigh take out his sealed sword. Also, I'm quite interested in knowing how you learned about Roger's son."

"Is it just groundless speculation, or does he really exist?"

Shakky had a mysterious smile on her face. As someone who also dealt in intelligence, she was quite interested in information she didn't already know.

Ikki nodded in understanding and, after giving some instructions to his companions, the ship soon left port and headed in the direction Rayleigh had indicated.

At the same time, back at the auction house.

"Young Master, this is terrible!" the auction house manager shouted anxiously into a Den Den Mushi.

"All the slaves in our inventory have escaped! Even the slaves that the Celestial Dragon bid on are gone, and the berries he paid are missing too! What should we do?!"

Not long ago, he had awakened from unconsciousness. After seeing the chaotic condition of the slave auction house and facing pressure from the Celestial Dragon's guards, his heart had turned ice cold.

"Fufufufu, you actually messed up the operation," came Doflamingo's deep voice from the other end of the call.

"Any idea who did this?"

"I'm sorry, Young Master. I don't know. I only remember suddenly feeling a terrible pressure in my heart, then I passed out."

"Oh, that must have been Conqueror's Haki. It seems some impressive people have landed at Sabaody Archipelago recently and even visited the auction house."

"Impressive people? Could it be that Ikki?"

"Ikki? He went to the auction house?"

"Yes, Young Master. That man also bid on many slaves. But when I woke up, he and his companions were gone. Moreover, he never paid the berries for his bids."

"Interesting. That guy isn't planning to pay, fufufufu."

"That... that's right! That must be it! Young Master, should we arrest that man and make him compensate for our losses?"

"Our loss? No, you're wrong—that's your loss. From today on, that auction house belongs to you."

"Mine? Young Master, are you abandoning me?"

"Fufufufu, the world is about to change. The slave business is no longer profitable. It's useless for me to keep such things. Handle it yourself."

After Doflamingo finished speaking, he hung up the call directly, leaving only the auction house owner with a crazed look on his face.

"Fufufufu, that Ikki didn't just kill my subordinates—he wants to affect my business too? What an interesting man."

"It seems I'll have to go see him personally."

Aboard a Marine warship heading to Marine Headquarters for the Shichibukai meeting, Doflamingo put away the Den Den Mushi with a ferocious smile.

Although he was no longer interested in the auction house and didn't particularly care about Ikki killing the Spring-Spring Fruit user, Ikki's continuous provocations were enough to make him want to meet the man personally.

"Hey, Doflamingo, what's got you so happy?" asked the Marine Vice Admiral responsible for escorting Doflamingo as he approached.

"Nothing much. I just learned there's someone I want to see at Sabaody Archipelago," Doflamingo replied, turning around.

"Marine, before going to Headquarters, could you take me to Sabaody Archipelago?"

"Flame Breathing: First Form - Unknowing Fire!"

BOOM! CRASH!

With explosive sounds, a tall man with white hair and white smoke surrounding his body was knocked away by a slash wreathed in flames.

"Smoker, you lost again," Hina said, dispersing the flames from her sword and speaking quietly.

"Tch, if it weren't for that weird swordsmanship Ikki taught you and the Armament Haki he helped you awaken, your abilities wouldn't be effective against me at all," Smoker said in a low voice as he stood up from the Marine warship's deck.

At this moment, Smoker's emotions were complicated. As Hina's contemporary, being unable to gain any advantage against her was affecting his confidence somewhat.

"Commodore David from Sabaody Archipelago informed us that Ikki and his crew have landed there," Hina said matter-of-factly.

"Don't you have a good relationship with Ikki? You could ask him to teach you swordsmanship too."

"Come on, this time I'm just escorting you and Tashigi there," Smoker replied.

"Speaking of which, Fleet Admiral Sengoku actually gave Ikki the sword from Impel Down. It seems Vice Admiral Gion's improvement in strength has been recognized by Fleet Admiral Sengoku as well."

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