A person on the port saw Esdeath's warship speed into the alley street and shouted loudly.
Everyone was shocked by that shout!
"Who is that Esdeath?"
"Yeah, boss!"
"Who dares to call themselves 'adult' in front of you?"
A few rookie pirates, completely unaware of what was happening, directly called Esdeath by her full name without hesitation.
Gulp!
"Wh-what's wrong?!" The little pirate with the bandana looked around; everyone's eyes were on him.
Even the pirates he had gotten along well with these past two days moved away from him.
"I…"
"Brothers, beat him up!"
Before he could speak, a group of people surrounded the pirate with the bandana and started beating him savagely.
How dare you call Esdeath by her full name in Shambles? You may not want to live, but we do!
Just thinking about her methods sent shivers down their spines; they would truly die a miserable death.
Esdeath led a team of Marines into the street, and two or three pirates quickly blocked their path, fawning, "Lady Esdeath, you're back!"
Hearing this, Esdeath slightly frowned and smiled, "You don't welcome me? Do I need to tell you when I return?"
"No, no, how could that be? We little ones are overjoyed you're back!"
The pirate rubbed his hands together and quickly explained.
"Good that you're happy. Today, as a reward, go to the Navy Base and receive ten lashes." She looked at the pirate in front of her, feeling that this guy was hiding something.
"Ah!"
"Hmm?" The person in front of her just grunted in dissatisfaction without speaking, and the pirate immediately stood at attention and saluted Esdeath.
"Yes, Lady Esdeath!"
"Twenty lashes."
With that light remark, Esdeath led Tina and the others towards the Navy Base.
"Yes, Lady Esdeath!" The pirate, with a bitter expression, helplessly watched Esdeath's departing back, revealing the pirates behind him.
He gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "It's all his fault, otherwise why would I have gone up to talk to Lady Esdeath!"
"Beat him up again!"
The bandana pirate once again received a beating.
"Mmm~ I~ also want to be whipped by Lady Esdeath~"
Little Sadie looked at Esdeath with tender affection; that male pirate actually got to be flogged.
"Is that so?"
"Then come find me tonight."
Looking at Little Sadie with a half-smile, how could she personally whip a pirate? Naturally, there were specialized people for that; she didn't have that kind of free time, but Little Sadie was different.
...
"Oh, this is so annoying!"
Carina scratched her hair in the office; the daily work was driving her crazy, and that Smoker was useless!
Smoking all day, wasn't he afraid of smoking himself to death?!
He didn't help at all!
Lady Esdeath, on the other hand, took Tina and went off to live happily ever after with that female pirate!
She even appeared on the newspaper with that female pirate, calling herself the Pirate Empress. How could she be as beautiful as me?!
Knock knock knock!
The sound of knocking came.
Carina quickly tidied her disheveled hair, put on a cold, aloof expression, and called out, "Enter!"
She looked up and saw the person she had been thinking about day and night.
Esdeath!
And the group of women following behind her.
"Lady Esdeath!"
Ignoring everything else, Carina directly pounced into Esdeath's arms.
Having been left here for so long, Carina thought Esdeath didn't want her anymore.
"You've worked hard!"
She stroked Carina's purple short hair in her arms.
Holding Carina, Esdeath sat down on the office desk, and the others also came in and stood on both sides of the large office desk.
Now, Esdeath's people were finally all here!
Just as the atmosphere was peaceful, a rough voice came, pushing open the door.
Upon hearing that Esdeath was back, Smoker was so excited; he had long wanted to redeem himself.
"Esdeath!"
As soon as he pushed open the door, a bunch of gazes turned towards the entrance. Smoker looked blankly at the women in the office.
Including Esdeath, there were seven of them!
"I…"
"Did I come at a bad time?"
Smoker, who had just pushed open the door, instantly felt a bit awkward, feeling immense pressure from being stared at by seven women.
Whoosh!
An ice needle directly struck beside Smoker's cheek, and a trickle of blood flowed out.
"Call me boss."
"Hello, boss!"
Smoker instantly stood at attention. Damn it, when did this living father learn Armament Haki?!
How was he going to get his revenge now? A bucket of cold water directly extinguished Smoker's desire for revenge. He greeted her and left Esdeath's office.
He still had to work hard in the future; he couldn't let a woman ride on his head!
Immediately after, Carina arranged work for everyone, especially taking a liking to the somewhat serious Domino at first glance.
Finally, someone could help her share the work.
She wouldn't be so tired anymore and would have more time to stick close to Lady Esdeath.
As for Esdeath, she went to Shakky's Knocking Up Bar; she needed Shakky's help with some information.
...
"Whew!"
Slowly exhaling a puff of smoke, Shakky looked at Esdeath in front of her. Only half a year had passed.
Shakky actually had a feeling that she couldn't see through this little girl in front of her anymore.
"May I ask what brings the esteemed Navy Queen to our establishment?"
Holding a cigarette in one hand and supporting the other arm with the other, she gracefully looked at Esdeath.
Despite having Rayleigh's minuscule help, this little girl had managed to reorganize the Sabaody Archipelago in just half a year.
Based on her own estimations, it should have taken at least several years, but Esdeath not only resolved the issue on this island in such a short time but also did so without causing a riot.
Now, Esdeath could be said to be absolute in the Sabaody Archipelago!
Whatever Esdeath said, the entire lawless zone would go all out to accomplish it, as if it were an inherent charisma.
It made people unconsciously want to submit.
"I came here to buy some information."
Esdeath didn't react to this title; being called the Navy Queen by a pirate didn't faze her.
"What information?"
"My information here is very expensive."
She exhaled another puff of smoke. She had thought Esdeath was here to burn bridges, but she didn't expect her to be here to buy information.
"I'd like to inquire about Kuma's location. Do you have that here?"
She clearly remembered Kuma's unprovoked attack on her last time!
She didn't care if he was gentle or brutal; daring to lay a hand on her meant he had to take responsibility for his actions.
"Here!"
Shakky tossed a piece of paper into Esdeath's hand.
"I already had it ready. This time it's free, consider it my apology for Rayleigh's mistake last time."
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