At the same time, inside the Sabaody Archipelago.
Due to the public beheading of the Celestial Dragons, the defeat of the two Marine Admirals, and the disappearance of the Skeletal Demon, the Marine Headquarters was fully mobilized.
Led by Garp, the Vice Admirals led a large force and blocked all the ports with the Sabaody Archipelago as the center.
All coated pirate ships, merchant ships, and so on were all seized.
The pirates who were lingering in the Sabaody Archipelago were all caught in one fell swoop.
This situation continued for three days, but it gave people the feeling that the Skeletal Demon had disappeared without a trace, like a stone sinking into the sea.
Inside Shakky's Rip-off Bar on Grove 13.
Compared to usual, the bar seemed unusually deserted.
Shakky was smoking a cigarette and wiping the wine glass in her hand.
Looking at the messy shop, this was already the tenth time it had been searched in three days.
After the Celestial Dragons were killed, even the targets that she could usually rip off were gone.
However, what puzzled her the most was that even her intelligence system couldn't find Uchiha Kai's whereabouts.
This made her, who had always prided herself on being an information merchant, have the illusion of doubting her life.
"Ding-dong!"
The sound of the door being pushed open suddenly rang out.
"Welcome!"
Shakky opened her mouth subconsciously, but the moment she raised her head, her pupils contracted suddenly.
"Kid, you're still on the island? Those guys are digging three feet into the ground to find you."
During this period, even her small bar had almost been turned upside down.
Not to mention other places where people could hide.
"What's wrong? Didn't I say that we would meet again?" Kai smiled amiably, sat in front of the bar, and said, "An old friend is here. Aren't you going to buy me a drink?"
"Old friend?" Shakky rolled her eyes helplessly and said, "You kid, we've only met once, and you're already trying to get a drink. However, the Sabaody Archipelago is too dangerous right now. You should quickly find a way to leave."
Shakky's mouth was unforgiving, but she still took out a wine glass, poured a glass of ale, and handed it to Kai.
However, before Kai could taste it, a burst of hurried footsteps rang out in a panic.
"Girl, quickly hide inside. I'll lead these people away."
"Rayleigh?" Shakky's expression froze, and she hurriedly flipped over the bar and walked quickly towards the door.
As soon as she approached the window, she saw that there were already many Marine figures approaching from all directions outside.
Rayleigh was rushing towards this side with Bonney.
"Kid, there's a tunnel behind the bar that leads to an abandoned dock five thousand meters away. There might be Marines guarding that place, but it's better than being surrounded here. You take that little girl and escape quickly. I believe in your ability to escape." Shakky said urgently.
The door was also pushed open in response, and the figures of Rayleigh and Bonney took the lead and entered their eyes.
The two of them also had a drastic change in expression when they saw Kai.
After all, this search had already passed for three days, and the Marine Headquarters hadn't even found a trace of Kai.
It could be said that the longer the time dragged on, the lower the probability of catching Kai would be.
It was because of this reason that Rayleigh had become Kai's scapegoat and was directly targeted by the Marines of the entire Sabaody Archipelago.
In Rayleigh's eyes, he originally thought that Kai had already relied on other means to escape from the Sabaody Archipelago at the first opportunity.
He never expected that he would still appear before his eyes.
"You damn kid, this old man has been harmed by you." Rayleigh was stunned for a moment, then immediately complained bitterly.
"However, you kid, you were hiding so well. Why did you suddenly run out? There are many Marines outside who are turning the Sabaody Archipelago upside down to find you."
"You quickly take this little girl away. The old man doesn't like to be burdened. They're almost here. You leave quickly."
The hurried words and the rapidly approaching footsteps outside made the atmosphere inside the bar suddenly become oppressive.
"You damn guy, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have been labeled as your accomplice, and I wouldn't need to run around everywhere." Bonney, panting, threw a punch towards Kai.
However, she was quickly grabbed by Kai's wrist, and no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't move at all.
"Rest assured, everything will be alright." Kai glanced at the window indifferently, then looked at Bonney and said, "Of course you're with me. Don't forget who bought you at the auction house."
"Now, sit obediently to the side and don't make a sound."
"Sit to the side?" Bonney was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, "You guy, I'm not your slave. I'm!"
Before she could finish her words, Rayleigh's face suddenly changed and said, "Someone important is here. Prepare to fight."
Bang! The door was kicked open, and then Onigumo, with a gloomy face and a sword hanging at his waist, walked in quickly.
Watching this scene, Bonney's expression changed drastically, and she was about to explode, but Kai grabbed her mouth.
He pulled her into his arms.
The sudden scene made Bonney's expression change drastically, and even Rayleigh and Shakky's faces changed.
Although Kai's strength was very good, Onigumo was a Vice Admiral. With this delay, if the other Marines arrived, it would be difficult to escape with the help of the tunnel.
Just as Rayleigh and Shakky were tensing their nerves, the words that fell in their ears made their expressions suddenly freeze.
"Where did the person go? Just now, an informant mentioned that a person similar to Dark King Rayleigh had escaped to this place." Onigumo muttered to himself with a gloomy face.
A pair of cloudy eyes scanned the narrow bar.
Unfortunately, no matter how carefully he looked, after briefly stopping on Rayleigh and the others, it seemed that he still didn't see their existence.
The strange scene made Rayleigh and Shakky suspect that they were intentionally letting them go and delaying time.
However, the rapidly approaching footsteps all around, and the Marine soldiers who rushed in next, when looking at the bar, gave them the feeling as if they were treating them as transparent people.
They didn't see any clues at all, let alone the exchange of blows that Rayleigh had imagined.
The inexplicable scene made Rayleigh and Shakky couldn't help but look at each other, and a trace of surprise flashed in the depths of their eyes.
They subconsciously associated this strange thing with Kai's words just now.
"Vice Admiral Onigumo, we didn't see Rayleigh and that girl anywhere. We've already searched this bar no less than ten times. I didn't expect that old woman to be gone either." A Marine adjutant couldn't help but say.
It could be said that right now, every Marine soldier who had rushed over in a hurry had a look of exhaustion on their faces.
They had gathered here three days ago, and besides a short rest in the middle, they didn't even have enough sleep time.
It could be said that if this continued, they would probably have fallen down before they had even found anyone.
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