# Chapter 82: Dragon's New Officer's Fire!
Sabaody Archipelago, GR66 Area.
This is the Marine Branch base stationed on the island. The adjacent GR62 Area is allocated to the Fish-Man Island Sea King Army. Basically, the entire Area 60 belongs to the Government Department, restricting access for general Citizens.
Just as Jinbe, Aladdin, and others were familiarizing themselves with the Environment of Marineford, Dragon, who had just been promoted to Vice Admiral and appointed as Base Commander, also spent the morning understanding the facilities and personnel situation within the Base. He also manifested as the invisible Wind and circled the Island once.
It must be said that in terms of covert investigation and infiltration Ability, the Hurricane Fruit is probably the most useful among all Logia Systems.
At this moment, he was in the Meeting Room, discussing the upcoming Operation Plan with the Right Minister of Fish-Man Island whom he had invited.
Originally, the Sea King Army had no obligation to cooperate with the Marines, but this Mission involved rescuing the Fish-Man Tribe and Merfolk Tribe, so Dragon invited him. The latter had no objections and even seemed slightly excited after hearing the Mission content.
"Originally, I should have applied to Headquarters for Fish-Man Unit Support, but Lieutenant Colonel Cecil and the others have just arrived at Marineford and still need to familiarize themselves with the life there," Dragon looked at the Right Minister and expressed his apology.
The Seahorse Fish-Man Right Minister, with orange-yellow skin, clad in Armor, and a Long Saber at his waist, replied solemnly, "No, it should be us thanking the Marines for allowing the Sea King Army to participate in this liberation Operation. Please feel free to give any instructions!"
"Since that's the case, I won't be polite then."
Dragon nodded and stopped talking nonsense, getting straight to the point. Looking at the Sabaody Archipelago Map on the Meeting Table, he said,
"I hope the Sea King Army can sneak into the sea and cooperate with the Warships to blockade the entire Island. The Non-Law Zone's District 20 and the Shipyard's Area 50 are the key points."
"Your Mission is that once any Pirate Ship or Slave Ship attempts to escape by sea, please directly drill through the Ship Bottom and hold them back. If anyone falls into the water, prioritize rescuing the Slaves and then hand them over to the Marines for handling. If they are from the Fish-Man Tribe or Merfolk Tribe, you can directly take them back to the Sea King Army's Base; we will not interfere."
After listening, the Right Minister felt that what Dragon said was fine and gladly agreed, saying, "Okay, leave it to us. I'll go make arrangements now!"
With that, he turned and left the Meeting Room cleanly and efficiently. This made Dragon, who was cooperating with Fish-men for the first time, begin to appreciate them. At the same time, he became more optimistic about the World Government's decision to allow Fish-men to join the Marines.
"The news of the Slave King's capture has been announced. The people in the Slave Trade on the Island should be wary of my arrival, but no one would have thought that I would launch a clearing Operation directly on the first day of my tenure, right?"
Dragon's gaze shifted from the Right Minister back to the Sabaody Archipelago Map. The smile on his face disappeared, becoming expressionless.
This Operation, while also including the Island's shipbuilding and Coating Industry, primarily targeted the Non-Law Zone from Area 1 to Area 29.
These three Areas are connected and filled with criminal gangs specializing in kidnapping and extortion. Areas 20 to 29 are concentrated with the most Slave Companies, Slave Shops, and Slave Auction Houses!
It's not hard to imagine that these Slave Trades, which have been rooted on the Island for at least a hundred years, definitely have a large number of Armed Personnel responsible for security and guarding, and there will be no shortage of Experts among them.
But for Dragon, these were not a problem. In his opinion, it's better a short pain than a long one. Rather than slowly wrangling with them, it's better to clear them all out in one day.
Chaos is bound to occur during this process, but to remove such a tumor, how can it be done without striking hard?
He felt this was also the reason Fleet Admiral Kong sent him here to be the Base Commander. His own Strength and Identity were sufficient to bear all the riots and retaliation.
An ordinary Vice Admiral wouldn't do!
However, a piece of Intelligence given to him by Fleet Admiral Kong made Dragon have to be cautious, even wary. He glanced at Area 50 on the Map.
"Silvers Rayleigh of the former Roger Pirates..."
To be honest, Dragon didn't really want to provoke such a strong enemy at this time, but given his personality, it was impossible for him to give up regulating the Coating Industry just because of Rayleigh.
As long as the demand for Pirate Ship Coating is strangled, they will be unable to travel to Fish-Man Island, let alone enter the New World. Most Pirates will also lose the Opportunity to come into contact with Armament Haki and Observation Haki.
Although some Pirates can self-learn and master Haki, that's either through a Fortuitous Encounter or Exceptional Talent. Anyway, they don't constitute the majority.
If this continues for a long time, the number of Pirates in the New World Sea Area will become fewer and fewer, and having lost the supply of fresh blood, the Influence/Power of the various Pirate Crews will also be curbed. It can also be considered to have completely become a Cage like a gladiatorial arena.
However, Dragon also knew that this Cage was not strong now because the Strength of the four of them was not enough to seal off the Strength of those Great Pirates.
But everything has a beginning; just take it slow!
Soon, while the Citizens on Sabaody Archipelago were still living peacefully and the big and small bosses of the Underworld were discussing what impact Dragon's arrival would have and how they should respond, Warships sailed out of the Navy Base's Port one after another.
They didn't immediately surround the two sides of the Island but sailed forward one Nautical Mile before turning back, forming a larger encirclement.
The Sea King Army Soldiers were much simpler; they just jumped into the sea and scattered. According to Dragon's instructions, most of their Military Strength was concentrated on the Seabed of Area 20 and Area 50, while other areas only needed monitoring in pairs.
In this way, looking down from above with perspective, it would be discovered that centered around Sabaody Archipelago, the Sea King Army and Marine Warships formed two encirclements, one small and one large, one visible and one hidden, and the outer encirclement was rapidly shrinking.
[Bang!]
At the same time, the Base Gate of the Marine Branch suddenly opened wide. Three Officers wearing Coats of Justice walked out first, leading a large number of Marine Soldiers behind them, holding Muskets and Long Sabers, and rapidly rushed towards three directions!
Colonel Eric led a team to Area 70, where Hotel Street is located. They needed to pass through there to enter Area 20.
Lieutenant Colonel Cecil led a team flooding into the Non-Law Zone's Area 0, namely GR1 to GR9. They were responsible for arresting all encountered Pirates and Kidnapping Gangs, so they had the most soldiers.
What's interesting is that the previous Black Cat Three-legged Cat and White Cat Fishing for Small Cats were also among them. Their clothing was no different from the Marine Soldiers around them; they were all Sailor Uniform plus a Seagull Hat.
The last team was personally led by Rear Admiral Aven. They directly crossed the bridge connecting the two Areas, preparing to launch a thorough investigation of the entire Area 50. Any Pirate Ship found undergoing Coating was to be seized.
However, in Vice Admiral Dragon's Order, he specifically reminded them not to arrest the involved Coating Craftsman, only to give them a verbal Warning.
Rear Admiral Aven was actually very confused about this Order.
But what he found strangest was why he wasn't sent to Area 20, where the Slave Auction House is located, but instead went to Area 50, a non-key target?
His own Strength was definitely much stronger than Colonel Eric!
But how could Rear Admiral Aven know that Dragon valued his steady personality to avoid causing unnecessary big trouble?
As for Area 20, he would personally go there!
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(End of this chapter)