After resolving the matter with the child, Li Yuan familiarized himself with Yadina's office. Looking at Yadina, dressed in professional attire, inexplicably lifted his spirits.
Li Yuan naturally lay down on the elongated sofa where Yadina was seated, resting the back of his head on her long legs, which were not covered by her black stockings.
"Madam, you've been working hard lately. Managing the South Sea remotely must be quite difficult, right?"
Li Yuan squinted his eyes and said comfortably.
"It's not as difficult as I imagined. Over the years, I've been training my subordinates. Now that I've sent them to manage the South Sea, it has relieved me of quite a burden."
Yadina set aside her work, gently pressing Li Yuan's head with her delicate hand to help him relax.
"By the way, where has that boy Ares run off to again?"
Seeing Yadina reminded Li Yuan of their second son, Ares, who was also Faraday's younger brother.
When they named him Ares, they hoped he would be like a god of war, unstoppable in battle. However, they never expected that Ares would grow up to be a prodigal, soaring through the skies with Comet Fruit.
While others drifted on the sea, he chose to drift in the sky, often going days without contact, truly a standard prodigal.
Or perhaps, all of Li Yuan's sons were prodigals. Instead of returning to inherit and enjoy the family business, they all preferred to run away and seek their fortunes elsewhere, leaving Li Yuan with no peace of mind.
Thinking back, daughters were better. After all, daughters at least weren't as wild as sons; they were willing to stay with the Infinite Pirates and remain by their side.
Maybe this is the helplessness of being a father. Even if he was the strongest man in the world, he didn't want to restrict his children's freedom.
"He? I heard he found a Sky Island in an unknown part of the sky and is currently there. He has already notified me to send someone to bring that Sky Island back."
When it came to her child, Yadina radiated maternal warmth.
Li Yuan knew without thinking that Ares was surely favored by Yadina. All his sons enjoyed too much maternal love, leading them to grow up wanting to leave home and prove themselves in the world.
"Tell him I have a task for him. If he doesn't complete it, he should come back obediently and stop wandering around!"
"Flying around all day, and after so long, he still hasn't found Uranus in the sky."
Li Yuan said.
Ares had eaten the Paramecia·Comet Fruit, which allowed him to fly through the air at comet-like speeds. Thus, Ares loved to fly around, especially at night, when he would soar through the sky like a comet. In his mind, this feeling was very free and cool!
"Darling, is that task difficult?"
Yadina asked kindly.
"Not really. It's just to capture someone alive and bring them back."
Li Yuan couldn't help but reveal a smile that was hard to interpret.
At the casino on the Grand Line's Jerant Island:
"Bets are locked in, bets are locked in! It's about to start, those who have bet, quickly let go of your hands!"
"Big, big, big! This time it has to be big! It's already opened small six times; it absolutely can't be small again!"
"Damn, it really is a leopard! Hahaha, I'm rich! I'm really rich this time!"
"…"
In this bustling casino, various gamblers were shouting madly. Here, there were navy, pirates, merchants, civilians, nobles, and so on; it could be said to be a mix of fish and dragons.
"Have you heard? The World Government and the navy have once again been defeated by the pirates. Now even the South Sea, one of the Four Seas, has fallen into the hands of the pirates. It will become another New World in the future!"
"There's no way around it. The World Government is in decline, and the pirates are incredibly strong, especially with the Infinite Pirates around. Li Yuan, the strongest man in the world, fought four alone in this war and ultimately killed two top-tier fighters. No one can restrain him; anyone who battles Li Yuan is doomed to die!"
"Hahahaha, isn't that even better? This way, our pirates will have even more power on the seas!"
"…"
While a group of gamblers were boasting, a blind man holding chips was listening intently with his cane beside them.
"Has the entire South Sea fallen? It seems this world is really getting worse."
After hearing this, Issho casually handed his chips to a nearby gambler and left the casino.
Upon hearing such sad news, he had lost the mood to continue gambling.
After exiting the casino, Issho suddenly felt someone was watching him, so he headed straight for the suburban wasteland.
"Everyone present, listen! In the name of the captain of the Infinite Pirates, I announce that a catastrophic strike will occur here. Everyone must leave immediately, either move north towards the island or leave this island directly, or bear the consequences!"
Not long after Issho left, a captain from the Infinite Pirates led many members into the town, using a loudspeaker to make the announcement.
"The captain of the Infinite Pirates has said so, hurry and run!"
Instantly, upon hearing it was the Infinite Pirates, nearly everyone began to flee. After all, that was the captain of the Infinite Pirates; even if nothing would happen here, their presence was a signal of impending danger.
"Sir, there's no one left here. You can come out now!"
Issho arrived at the suburban wasteland, confirming there were no ordinary residents before turning to the left. Although his eyes were blind, his heart was not.
"Your opponent is not us; we are just small fry. Your opponent is in the sky!"
Seeing that Issho had discovered them, the members of the Infinite Pirates immediately fled, not forgetting to remind Issho to shift his attention and save their own lives.
"Indeed, it's in the sky!"
Issho instinctively sensed the sky and suddenly noticed a presence rapidly descending from above. This reminded him of the meteorite attack he used to favor, except this time it was someone using it against him, and what was falling wasn't a meteorite, but a person!
Realizing this, Issho immediately sprinted to change his position. However, no matter how he moved, the person falling from the sky would adjust their descent accordingly, meaning he couldn't evade this strike with such simple methods.
As a meteorite master, Issho understood how terrifying the force of a meteorite's fall could be, let alone a person falling like a meteorite. Therefore, he didn't dare to underestimate his opponent.
Fortunately, he was a meteorite master himself and had considerable experience dealing with such meteorite-like attacks.
"Anti-Gravity Barrier!"
Issho drew his Supreme Grade Sword · Black Blade Firewire, and gravity surged from within him, forming an oval-shaped gravity barrier to protect himself.
At the same time, a Gravity Arc that inverted gravity upward spread into the sky, preventing the descending person from increasing their downward momentum through gravity, instead causing them to face resistance from anti-gravity as they fell.
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