Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

"By the way, comrade, a group of monsters known as 'supernovas' have arrived in the Sabaody Archipelago these past few days, and some Celestial Dragons have also been traveling there. You should be careful."

Upon hearing this, Kong felt a sense of unease creeping over him.

'It...it should be fine, right...? I've already explained all the precautions, and even the most unreliable Luffy made him recite them from memory...'

Kong thought to herself, trying to calm herself down and reassure herself that she should trust her friends.

Even if those guys are usually quite unreliable, they should still remember what I say.

'No problem, I trust my partner...'

……

Meanwhile, the Straw Hat crew, who were gradually venturing deeper into the Sabaody Archipelago, slowly dispersed.

Among them, Sanji, who was traveling with Reiju, suddenly caught a glimpse of the beautiful mermaid of his dreams out of the corner of his eye.

[Chapter 741. Don't resist, Sanji!]

At that moment, Sanji ran towards his love almost without hesitation.

By the time Reiju, who was standing beside him, reacted, Sanji had already slipped into a small alley and headed straight for the other side of the street.

Seeing this, Reiku quickly put down the ingredients she and Sanji were selecting, and followed after Sanji, trying to call out to him. "Tsk, Sanji, what are you doing, you idiot?"

However, all Sanji could see at that moment was the incredibly beautiful mermaid standing at the end of the alley on the street.

'Ah~ Is this love? That surging, passionate feeling…'

However, just as Sanji was about to step out of the alley, the beautiful mermaid was suddenly kicked to the ground.

The next moment, a fat man dressed in strange white clothes and wearing a bubble hood came into view of Sanji, who was frozen in place.

"You lowly merman, how dare you hurt me! Die! Die!"

"I spent tens of millions of Berries to buy you..."

"Don't you understand that serving the descendants of God is the highest honor for a lowly creature like you?"

The Celestial Dragons continued to curse and stomp on the mermaid, their vicious and angry words echoing through the street. Large numbers of civilians knelt on both sides of the street, followed by a large number of World Government agents and some Marines.

However, the World Government agents and Navy could only remain silent in the face of the Celestial Dragons' violent behavior. Some who couldn't bear it could only turn their heads away, trying their best not to look in the direction of the Celestial Dragons.

As for the common people, they knelt trembling under the Celestial Dragons' wrath, praying that the Celestial Dragons would not unleash their anger on them and that they could leave the street as soon as possible.

Faced with the Celestial Dragons' violence, all the mermaid could do was curl up her delicate and slender body to endure the torment. Her eyes, which inadvertently glanced in Sanji's direction, were filled with despair and numbness.

"Bastard... bastard..."

Sanji's expression froze for a moment, then an overwhelming anger surged within him, and he walked step by step from the dark alley toward the Celestial Dragons.

'How can a gentleman remain indifferent to such a scene?!'

Just as Sanji raised his right foot, preparing to deliver a powerful kick to the bastard in front of him, Reiju arrived just in time and tackled Sanji to the ground, scolding him in a low voice.

"Fool, what do you think you're doing? This is a Celestial Dragon."

"What Celestial Dragons?"

"Whoever did it, how can we just stand by and do nothing about how they so brutally violated a woman?" Sanji said angrily.

Reiju was taken aback when she heard this. She then remembered that when Sora had specifically mentioned the Celestial Dragons, Sanji had just been kicked into the sea by her, so Sanji had no idea what the Celestial Dragons meant.

Immediately, Reiju quickly spoke up to persuade her.

"Calm down. The Celestial Dragons represent the World Government. If you offend them, they will summon a Marine Admiral, and that will implicate all our comrades. Do you understand?"

After a pause, Reiju noticed that Sanji, who was pinned beneath her, seemed to have given up struggling, and then continued, "Even if you want to save him, you should think of another way. You can't confront the Celestial Dragons head-on."

However, at that moment...

"Hehehehe~"

A somewhat lewd and sluggish laugh rang out in front of Sanji and Reiju. The Celestial Dragon's obese figure seemed to block out the sunlight streaming into the alley.

'Oh no…' Reiko thought with a slight shock.

Sanji, pinned to the ground by Reiju, suppressed his anger and glared at the despicable bastard in front of him.

"You two have met the great Saint Rohrrud, why don't you kneel down?"

As Saint Rohrud asked from his elevated position, he reached out and grabbed Reiju's wrist, trying to get a clear look at her face.

"Hehehe~ You lowly commoner seem to be quite good-looking. Be my twenty-third concubine."

Upon hearing this, Reiju and Sanji's diaphragms shrank back!

Without waiting for Reju's consent, Saint Rohrud grabbed her and pulled her up. Then, several World Government agents behind him, as if they were prepared, stepped forward and put the explosive collar around Reju's neck.

Throughout the entire process, Reiju, not wanting to implicate her companions, did not resist and kept signaling to Sanji with her eyes not to resist!

In contrast to Sanji, who was completely absorbed in his culinary skills, Reiju, who was a bit older, understood better what Sora meant by Celestial Dragons. They were beings that even her father, Vinsmoke Judge, couldn't directly kneel before.

If you anger the Celestial Dragons, it means you are rebelling against the World Government, becoming its enemy, and even facing a Marine Admiral.

and so……

"Don't move, Sanji, absolutely don't move! Just stay there and lie down..."

"Don't worry, I'll find a way to escape. Our bodies have all been modified..."

"No problem, Sanji..."

Even as Reiju was led away from the street by Rohrud, who seemed to have received a new toy, she continued to mouth words to Sanji.

"Tsk, the Sabaody Archipelago is still so boring. Let's go around to Area 37 again, and then head back to Mary Geoise..."

"Yes, the great Saint Rohrrud..."

As the last two faint words reached Sanji's ears, whose eyes were bloodshot and whose expression was ferocious, the collar around the neck of the mermaid who had been lying dying in front of Sanji suddenly flashed red.

"boom!"

The violent explosion instantly turned the street into chaos!

As the smoke from the explosion dissipated, the mermaid's upper body was completely charred.

"boom!!"

Having witnessed this scene, Sanji slammed his fist into the ground and roared in a low voice.

"You bastard Reiju, do you think I'd listen to you? How could you allow something like this to happen?!"

Immediately, Sanji glanced in the direction of Saint Rohrold, then quickly turned and ran off in another direction.

Soon, Sanji burst into a tavern where Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and others were humming songs and enjoying the local delicacies and drinks of the Sabaody Archipelago.

When Luffy saw Sanji arrive, he waved with a bright smile and called out, "Hey, Sanji, are you done shopping? Come over here..."

Sanji slowly raised his head, a happy smile spreading across his face, and said in an excited tone, "Luffy, you can't imagine what I just encountered on the road!"

"What happened?" Usopp asked.

"Love, the love of mermaids..."

As he spoke, Sanji pulled a scale from his pocket and said, "Look, this is our token of love. I never expected love to come so suddenly and so overwhelmingly..."

[Chapter 742. Goodbye, Partner]

"Hahaha……"

"Congratulations, Sanji..."

"When are you getting married? We'll throw you the grandest wedding ever."

……

Faced with his companions' somewhat teasing reply, Sanji put the scale back into his pocket, raised an eyebrow, and seemed to radiate a happy smile as he spoke.

"Yes, I plan to take her back to my hometown to get married, and Reiju will come back with me..."

In an instant, the Straw Hat crew, who had been having a great time, were completely stunned.

Luffy slowly raised his head, stared intently at Sanji, and asked, "What do you want to say, Sanji?"

"I'm so sorry..."

Sanji scratched his head, his expression slightly stiff, and then said, "But love is definitely more important, so I won't be going to the 'New World' seas. We..."

At this point, Sanji's eye, hidden by his bangs, twitched violently, and he continued, "It's time to part ways, Luffy."

Luffy suddenly stood up, slammed his hand on the table, and roared angrily, radiating an invisible aura of power.

"Are you kidding me, Sanji?!"

Zoro, who was sitting to the side, also put down his sake bowl and asked incredulously, "Hey, Curly Eyebrow, are you serious?"

Sensing the change in atmosphere, Usopp quickly tried to smooth things over.

"Yeah, yeah, Sanji, what nonsense are you talking about? You can't joke like that."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Sanji suddenly burst into laughter, seemingly mocking, and said...

"Hey, hey, hey, what's with that innocent and incredulous look on your faces? I just hitched a ride with you guys to Fishman Island, I've never considered you any real partners..."

"Tsk..."

Suddenly, Sanji turned his back, took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, and said in a tone that seemed unchanged.

"Actually, I hate you guys. I've been thinking about breaking up with you as soon as possible. Now that I've found the love I want, there's no need to continue playing this childish pirate game with you."

Usopp said somewhat flusteredly.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're kidding, right? Sanji, isn't your dream 'All Blue'? You haven't found 'All Blue' yet..."

Luffy, his eyes red and his expression serious, asked, "Sanji, I'm asking you one last time, are you sure you want to quit?"

"Tsk, stop asking such naive questions, Luffy. That important person is waiting for me, so I'm not wasting my time with you guys..."

Sanji glanced at Luffy, then at the other crew members, and said, "Goodbye."

Then, Sanji strode towards the tavern door and headed straight for Area 37 of the Sabaody Archipelago, his tearful eyes now blazing with boundless fury.

"Leiku!!!"

"When I escaped from Germa 66 with you, it wasn't so that you could be thrown into a new cage!"