Chapter 108
A massive upheaval!
The entire square was engulfed in a strange atmosphere.
Everyone was baffled as to why Senior Mondo, who had such a promising future, would do such a thing.
Had he gone mad?
Garp was equally perplexed!
"Mondo, are you crazy?" Garp shouted.
He had never had such high hopes for a young person, even considering taking him on as a disciple. But now, this young man had pulled such a stunt...
Fortunately, Sengoku had advised him not to rush into accepting Mondo as a disciple. If they had established the master-disciple relationship and Mondo did this, Garp might have had a heart attack.
"Old man, I'm really sorry to have let you down!" Chen Ye said.
"Colonel Mondo, do you know what you're doing?" Marshal Sengoku yelled angrily.
The person with the most furious expression had to be Sengoku!
As the Navy's Marshal, having such a grave incident occur right under his nose meant he couldn't escape responsibility.
"Colonel? Marshal Sengoku, I am not a Navy Colonel!"
Chen Ye said, then suddenly turned to everyone and loudly declared, "I, Mondo, am a pirate! Remember my name! Because from today, I, Mondo, will kill all the Celestial Dragons!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Ye moved to act!
Sengoku's face changed drastically: "Stop..."
He tried to say something but was too late.
Chen Ye had already swung his blade, severing the Celestial Dragon's head.
Splat!!
Blood spattered, covering Chen Ye completely.
The round, chubby head rolled to Sengoku's feet, its eyes staring lifelessly at him...
"Buzz—"
Sengoku was on the verge of losing his mind!
His body swelled like a balloon, rapidly growing larger and starting to glow with golden light.
In a few breaths, Sengoku transformed into a towering golden Buddha!
The Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Type: Buddha Form!!
This was Marshal Sengoku's Devil Fruit ability.
Hence, he was often referred to as "Buddha Sengoku."
Transformed into his Buddha form, Sengoku threw a massive punch at Chen Ye.
At this moment, Sengoku's fist was bigger than Chen Ye's entire body!
Faced with this overwhelming attack, Chen Ye only smiled faintly, revealing a bracelet in his hand.
This bracelet was a special item he had obtained from the "A Wicked Ghost" instance world.
Not only could the bracelet dispel vengeful spirits' resentment, but it also had an extremely useful function:
Random teleportation!!
After use, it would transport Chen Ye a certain distance away, potentially up to 5000 meters, with direction and location being random.
Of course, such a convenient function came with a limitation.
It could only be used once every 24 hours!
Without this bracelet, Chen Ye wouldn't have dared to execute such a reckless plan!!
Kill a Celestial Dragon without an escape plan?
Did he think he could outrun the three Admirals?
...
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sound of powerful air displacement echoed.
A massive golden fist, like a locomotive, bore down on Chen Ye.
And the fist was surrounded by a layer of white shockwaves.
That was a Shockwave!!
Clearly, Marshal Sengoku, in his fury, had used his ultimate move...
However.
He struck nothing but air!
The next moment!
Chen Ye vanished right before everyone's eyes.
He genuinely disappeared.
It wasn't a trick or high-speed movement.
Even Issho and the Admirals couldn't sense his presence!
Boom!!
Sengoku's fist still fell.
The solid high platform was nearly halved by this punch, collapsing heavily.
Normally, such destructive power from Sengoku would shock the recruits.
But now, no one reacted to Sengoku's destruction.
Because something monumental had happened!
A super major incident!!
A representative of the Celestial Dragons, here to confer titles, was beheaded by a pirate posing as a Navy officer, right at the Navy headquarters...
And the imposter had escaped...
If they hadn't witnessed it themselves, they wouldn't have believed it even in their wildest dreams!!
Mondo's actions not only slapped the entire Navy in the face but also smeared it with a heap of filth!
Countless faces were pale with terror, no one dared to speak.
Everyone looked at the high platform, at Marshal Sengoku, waiting to see how he would handle this.
"Whoosh! Huff! Whoosh! Huff..."
Marshal Sengoku was breathing heavily.
He was furious...
Slowly, he dissipated his fruit ability, his body rapidly shrinking back to normal!
"Everyone, immediately capture Mondo!!"
"Also, issue a bounty on Mondo immediately, 2 billion Berries. This matter must be reported to the World Government and broadcast worldwide. Mondo must not escape!!!"
Marshal Sengoku roared his commands.
Hearing the bounty set at 2 billion Berries, all the Navy soldiers gasped in shock.
Issuing a 2 billion bounty was unprecedented since the World Government was established.
Such a high bounty was on par with the Yonko!
Even the three Admirals and Garp were surprised by Sengoku's decision.
"Sengoku, you need to calm down! A 2 billion bounty shouldn't be placed on a newcomer!" Garp said with a stern face.
Hearing his old friend's words, Sengoku shook his head and said, "2 billion is actually quite low. Mondo killed a Celestial Dragon! And what he said earlier was a challenge to all Celestial Dragons. Such a dangerous man deserves no less than 2 billion, and the Celestial Dragons will support this!"
The last sentence was crucial!
Everyone realized.
The 2 billion bounty was meant to appease the Celestial Dragons.
After all, if the bounty for a Celestial Dragon killer was just a few billion... what would that imply? Disrespect towards the Celestial Dragons?
No one had any objections to Sengoku's bounty order after that.
Many even thought that with such wisdom, it was no wonder Sengoku could be a Marshal.
"Like I said, it's no wonder Sengoku is the Marshal!"
Just with that wisdom, it was obvious why he held the position.
"Garp!" Sengoku suddenly asked quietly, "Are you interested in taking my position?"
"What? What are you talking about at a time like this?" Garp was confused.
Sengoku sighed, "Such a major incident requires someone to take responsibility. As the Marshal, I can't escape blame... When I step down, I haven't decided who will succeed me."
Garp was stunned, remaining silent.
A Celestial Dragon had died, and at the Navy headquarters no less; it was indeed a super major incident.
Only the resignation of a Marshal could quell the fury of the Celestial Dragons.