One Piece : Admiral Falcon is Pissed off again today!

Michael had full confidence in the character of his subordinates.

Even the Boa sisters, Hawkeye, and Crocodile couldn't be considered truly evil individuals.

Besides, with him keeping watch, there was no way he'd let them plunder a bunch of unlucky souls who'd been driven from their homeland.

Truth be told, these Shandians were pathetically poor...

Dirt poor, one might say.

It was only because this vast forest was rich in resources, combined with their sparse population, that they could maintain a normal life.

If someone like Luffy or Ace were thrown in here, they'd eat the entire forest bare in a matter of months.

After fully understanding what Michael intended to do, the Shandian Chief completely let go of his reservations.

*****

A few hours later, Michael looked at the over two hundred Shandians aboard the Seraphim Ship, then turned his head and gave Gan Fall a rather disdainful glance.

"Though it might not be my place to say this… but your so-called 'Kingdom of God' has tens of thousands of people, right? Yet you've been fighting tooth and nail against these few hundred for years? And most importantly—you still lost!?"

"I advocate for peace, peace." Gan Fall's face showed a hint of embarrassment.

"And I've never interfered in the conflicts between the Skypieans and the Shandians…"

With that, he rode off on his bird—which had eaten the Horse-Horse Fruit and transformed into a Pegasus.

Michael chuckled.

Quite thin-skinned, this one.

This "God of Skypiea" had always been like this.

Less a matter of weak character, more an excess of soft-heartedness.

Too soft-hearted, allowing the war between the two races to drag on for decades.

Truth be told, with his strength, wiping out the current Shandians wouldn't have been difficult.

But compared to Enel from the original timeline…

Well, this kind of leader was far preferable.

Michael nodded to Issho, and the Seraphim Ship set off once more.

******

"Holy shit! So the legendary City of Gold actually exists!?"

With the Seraphim Ship and Issho, they naturally skipped all the troublesome procedures—like climbing the giant beanstalk to reach the upper ruins—to witness the legendary golden city of Shandora.

Everyone simply let Issho carry them effortlessly.

For someone with Issho's Devil Fruit abilities and terrifyingly vast Observation Haki, flying a battleship around was child's play.

Now, hovering above the golden city aboard the Seraphim Ship, Issho surveyed it briefly before nodding to Michael.

Meaning…

The size was manageable.

"In that case, let's begin."

Everyone looked at Michael in confusion, only to find him standing still while Issho stepped forward.

"Michael, are we returning this island to its original location?"

"Huh? Why would we do that? The people on Jaya aren't exactly saints." Michael smirked.

"Besides, we can't just drop it into the sea—it'd be discovered too quickly. The Marines patrols cover a lot of ground, after all."

"Then where do you propose we send it?" Issho showed no impatience. "If not the sea… then somewhere inland?"

"Bingo." Michael grinned. "Alabasta's vast territory includes a massive desert… Hiding this island deep in the wasteland, beyond the reach of both the Marines and pirates—wouldn't that be perfect?"

"That is indeed a good place..." Crocodile's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "And in Alabasta, I can use my fruit's power to completely conceal the traces of the legendary golden city, Shandora."

In other regions, the Sand-Sand Fruit might not rank among the top-tier Logia fruits.

But in Alabasta, it is undeniably the meta-defining T0.

Apart from protagonist plot armor, there's nothing to fear here.

"Very well, let's move this legendary golden city into the deserts of Alabasta then!"

After saying this, Issho placed both hands on the railing of the Seraphim Ship.

"Michael, give me a few rejuvenation spells. Though my fruit power and Observation Haki at full strength are enough to manipulate the entire golden city, my stamina... is really pushing it."

"Tsk, Issho, you're only in your thirties. Already running out of steam?"

"Do you think everyone is a monster like you?"

Issho shook his head.

It was precisely because of Michael's existence that the common sense of those around him had become somewhat distorted!

Did they really think manipulating an entire island with the Gravity powers was some simple feat!?

This was a calamity-level ability on par with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Float-Float Fruit!

Michael noticed the helpless expression on Issho's face and chuckled, tossing a dozen rejuvenation spells his way.

Then, turning back, he softly said to the Shandians,

"Say goodbye to Skypiea."

"We're about to return to the world ten thousand meters below."

*****

"What!? CP0's assassination attempt… failed!?"

"Correct. Although we haven't found the bodies of Guernica, Maha, Joseph, or Guernmond, according to our intel, Michael has already appeared in Alabasta."

"Damn it!"

The Five Elders all wore expressions of fury.

It wasn't that they particularly cared about the CP0 agents, but rather that they were enraged by the fact that these agents had died without delivering the expected value.

A tool's purpose is to achieve its goal!

Failure to do so means the tool is completely useless.

In fact, compared to Michael, they were even more infuriated by CP0's incompetence.

But after calming down for a while, the Financial Elder, Ethanbaron V. Nasujuro, was the first to shake his head.

"You all know Guernica and the others' capabilities. Sending the four of them to hunt down an Admiral might be asking too much, but how could they fail against a newly promoted Vice Admiral?"

"Either Michael had help…"

"Or this guy has been hiding his strength all along."

The other four Elders nodded repeatedly at his words.

According to their intel, Michael was just an unremarkable Marine officer.

They had even assumed his rapid promotion—faster than those elites Vice Admirals —was due to his familial ties with Sengoku…

But now, their perspective was finally beginning to shift.

Once they focused their intelligence efforts on Michael, they immediately noticed inconsistencies.

How could an ordinary Marine officer withstand Rayleigh's pursuit?

Or take down four seasoned CP0 agents?

Frankly, they hadn't paid much attention to Michael before.

But after carefully cross-referencing the locations where Michael had appeared…

"Wait… that mysterious unit whose designation was never reported…"

"Could it be led by this bastard?"

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