Chapter 752: 752 Prosperity
Although this matter still carried a sense of weirdness alongside that obvious trap, it did not affect Dragon desire to save his own old man.
In fact, it wasn’t that Dragon hadn’t tried to rescue Garp beforehand, rather than waiting for the execution.
After all, even Luffy in the original story knew to break into Impel Down to break someone out, so Dragon naturally wouldn’t be foolish enough to wait ten days before taking action.
Regrettably, perhaps because Ivankov and the others had escaped from Impel Down not long ago, making the World Government no longer trust its security so much, or perhaps because the Revolutionary Army sudden appearance in Mariejois a while back had served as a warning to them...
There was also a lower probability that the Navy had a dedicated prison specifically for detaining internal personnel.
In short, Garp was not sent to Impel Down for detention this time, and very few people even knew the exact location of his confinement.
With the Revolutionary Army intelligence network, a mere ten days was simply not enough for their undercover agents planted in the World Government and the Navy to find out where Garp was being held.
Therefore, after trying to no avail, Dragon could only helplessly choose to raid the execution ground on the day of the public execution.
As for Sherwin, he didn’t care much either way. His own positioning was very clear anyway... he was just going there to help fight.
As for the specifics of how to save him and how to fight, that was all the business of Dragon, the main person involved. As an outsider, there was no need for him to interfere.
Of course, this didn’t mean that Sherwin and his group weren’t preparing at all some necessary preparations still had to be made.
Setting aside everything else, that "Uranus," which no one knew had been repaired or not, was the responsibility of their Felyne Team.
This time, they couldn’t just wait for it to launch an attack before running over to blow it up. Therefore, Purah Meow had been manufacturing drones on a large scale recently, planning to deploy them extensively over Marineford when the time came...
Although Sherwin felt that the World Government was unlikely to be crazy enough to use "Uranus" to bombard Marineford, if it came from Imu will, then the situation would be hard to say. After all, even the Fleet Admiral of the Navy was no different from an ant in that guy eyes.
And Klee Meow, the main attacker responsible for dealing with "Uranus," wasn’t idling either. The little girl, who had already improved the "Little Girl" multiple times, was still not satisfied and dragged the members of their "Little Girl Alliance" to conduct a new round of upgrades on the "Little Girl."
Sherwin: "..."
In other words, they still had to rescue people. Otherwise, there would be no need for any "Summit War" at all.
If they threw a "Little Girl" and then a can of cat food, Marineford would be lucky if even a few fragments were left!
Speaking of the "Summit War," Luffy, the protagonist, was obviously unavoidable. Therefore, in his spare time while petting the cats, Sherwin also flipped through the recent newspapers to pay a little attention to Luffy situation.
Unsurprisingly, after gathering his original companions in the East Blue, Luffy, who had entered the Grand Line, also pulled Chopper and Franky onto the ship.
Furthermore, he still walked down his "past" path. Not long after entering the Grand Line, his bounty reached over 100 million, making him one of the Supernovas of this generation.
It could only be said that the protagonist was indeed the protagonist, reaching a height in just a few months that other pirates took several years to achieve...
Of course, this "promotion" speed still couldn’t compare to a certain deserter king who had used an "effort hack."
However, Kuro had already been killed in advance by Sherwin. Without "Axe Hand" Morgan being hypnotized by him, that certain deserter king would in all probability not appear.
Setting aside that guy Koby, Luffy "promotion" speed was absolutely very exaggerated. Even in the original manga, Luffy took less than a year to do something similar.
It was just that the passage of time in the manga was relatively vague, so Sherwin wasn’t sure which Luffy "promotion" speed was faster.
After all, although the Luffy on this timeline was stronger, many "bosses" had already been farmed in advance by Sherwin, so his achievements were quite different from the Luffy on the original timeline.
Most importantly, because Robin had been abducted by Sherwin early on, the Luffy on this world line did not run off to attack Enies Lobby. Therefore, in the eyes of the World Government and the Marines, his "threat level" appeared to be much lower.
It was just that...
The Pirate King straw hat + the Nika Fruit + the son of Dragon.
With so many buffs stacked on him, Luffy actually wasn’t noticed much by the World Government, or rather, the Five Elders and Imu, before awakening into Nika, which also left Sherwin completely baffled in all sorts of ways.
Except for Robin, Luffy will likely be unable to recruit Brook either, a crew member who had been rescued ahead of time by Sherwin.
This was because, due to Uta live broadcasts, that guy had already run off to Elegia a while ago. Uta had even deliberately bragged to the Felynes in the Sing-Sing Fruit world, saying she had gotten to know a skeleton who was amazing at singing...
Afterward, Brook even participated in several of Uta live broadcasts and, just like in the original story, gained high popularity.
Of course, while there were changes, some things naturally remained unchanged. Another part of his achievements still fell upon Luffy head due to more "metaphysical" reasons like the convergence of world lines, or plot correction.
For instance, Moria, that dead fat otaku, still failed to escape the fate of being soundly beaten by Luffy. The corpse of the giant Oars, whom he regarded as his trump card, was presumably still dismantled by Luffy...
Looking at the latest news about Luffy in the newspaper, Sherwin twitched his lips speechlessly.
According to this pace, the Straw Hat Pirates had probably arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago by this time.
However, it was unknown whether Luffy had met Rayleigh at this point. Additionally, Brook, who had been rescued ahead of time by Sherwin, was also a question mark.
As for the Celestial Dragons, Luffy probably had nowhere to go to beat them up.
Following Sherwin slaughter of a wave of Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise, as well as some pirates making a huge name for themselves by taking out several members of the Holy Knights during the Battle of Egghead, news of Celestial Dragons being attacked had been continuously spreading from all over the world.
These were just the ones being reported many celestial dragons had been secretly eliminated by the Revolutionary Army in the shadows, so the actual number of celestial dragons who died during this period was bound to be even higher than what was reported.
Under such circumstances, it was estimated that very few celestial dragons would still dare to wander around aimlessly, even though the Sabaody Archipelago was right next to Mary Geoise and Marineford.
Aside from Luffy, the protagonist, there was also the familiar face of Law among this generation Supernovas.
As for the others who originally belonged to the same generation, they were either still spinning their wheels in their own little territories and hadn’t entered the Grand Line yet, or their reputations hadn’t grown yet.
Or perhaps...
They were unlucky enough to be wiped out by Akainu or Kizaru during the Navy previous sweep of the pirates.
It was actually quite ironic. Because many pirates had shifted their attention to Vegapunk and Egghead Island, combined with the Navy previous "anti-crime crackdown" meant to deter other factions, the massive drop in the frequency of celestial dragon outdoor activities, and the Revolutionary Army gradually moving from the shadows into the open...
So, despite the fierce battles raging among the three major factions—the World Government, the pirates, and the Revolutionary Army—for the vast majority of ordinary citizens, this period of time was actually much more peaceful than usual.
There were fewer invading pirates, the domineering celestial dragons vanished, and even the royalty and nobles who oppressed them on regular days might wake up the next morning to find they had been overthrown by the Revolutionary Army...
The Navy, which maintained "justice," suffered repeated setbacks, yet the overall trend of the world was actually thriving and prosperous. This was truly a highly ironic matter.
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