One Piece : Admiral Falcon is Pissed off again today!

Chapter 579 579

"Ran off? Where did he go?" Michael's interest was instantly piqued, "Although I advocated for and made the decision to disband the Youth Class, which was meant to deal with turbulent times... how could Brother Dragon possibly let his son go? After all, no matter what, Luffy is an Awakened devil fruit user, destined to be the Angel Republic's top combatant... and most importantly, the kid is only nineteen this year! He's absolutely the future of the entire Angel Republic."

"That's true... but as you said, this kid is an Awakened Nika fruit user..." Imu smiled.

Every time she saw Luffy, she was reminded of that friend from over eight hundred years ago, "You and I have both spent time with Joy Boy... do you think Nikas would be content being confined by rules and regulations, trapped in offices, suffering both physically and mentally?"

"You have a point..." Michael raised an eyebrow and smirked mischievously, "Most importantly... even if Dragon wanted to force his son to stay, his strength wouldn't allow it."

Monkey D. Dragon isn't weak.

But as the price for his exceptional intelligence, his combat power falls short of the absolute top tier...

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been beaten into stripes by Garp with a slipper back in the day.

"But you said he ran off with some of the Youth Class?"

"Yeah." Imu released Michael and began counting on her fingers, "Zoro, Kuina, Tashigi, Sanji, Nami, Nojiko... just them."

"Tsk tsk."

Michael laughed.

Combined with Red-haired Shanks coming to discuss legal adventurers with him a few days ago...

Michael understood that Luffy must have taken his restless little companions to become adventurers of the new era.

However...

Though unexpected in some ways, it was still within expectations.

"This works out perfectly... After all, for cracking down on professions like pirates and bounty hunters, we need a pilot program and a promotional team."

From the very beginning, Michael had seen Red-Haired as a crucial link in the future elimination of pirates as an entity.

After all, Red-haired Shanks was currently the number one active pirate...

Having this top figure take the lead couldn't be more appropriate.

This way, pirate crews similar in nature to the Red-Haired Pirates could smoothly transition into their new identities...

As for those who remained obstinate... they would naturally become new targets for the Angel Republic.

As for Luffy and his crew, whether they formed their own adventure group or joined Red-Haired... Michael would be happy to see either outcome.

In this new era, these young men and women should naturally pursue new forms of freedom.

"I've already prepared a promotion plan for what you mentioned... I'm currently contacting pirate crews that aren't evil and have no record of attacking civilians to offer them amnesty." Imu nodded and continued.

"Also, regarding those pirate adventure legends, I've already instructed the propaganda department to sanitize the positive adventure stories into 'adventurer' personal exploits, completely separating the concept of 'adventure' from pirates."

When it came to work, Imu—who had exhibited workaholic tendencies since over eight hundred years ago—quickly got into the zone.

Pulling Michael along, she began discussing the specific operations for cracking down on pirates.

This matter was also a personal obsession for Imu herself.

The concept of "pirate" was brought over eight hundred years ago by Rocks, who had also traveled through time.

But in the end, it was Lily who applied it to Joy Boy.

Recording him as the first "pirate" in history.

For Joy Boy, for their friends...

This was absolutely an insulting act of defamation.

However, in this enclosed space with just the two of them, even while discussing work, they kept getting closer and closer.

Not to mention that Imu herself had long been coveting Michael...

Michael, too, after the revolution truly succeeded, completely let go of the shackles in his heart.

Previously, all his attention had been focused on destroying the Celestial Dragons and the World Government...

But now, his gaze finally returned to the people around him.

So...

When Communications Department Head Ginny kicked open the office door with a mighty stomp, Imu was already sitting on Michael's lap...

In panic, Imu jumped up like a rabbit, hurriedly wiping a trace of moisture from the corner of her mouth.

Startled, Imu moved with speed comparable to Sandersonia after eating the Speed Fruit.

Ginny didn't notice the strange atmosphere between them at all, instead shouting furiously.

"Michael! You bastard, give me back my daughter!"

Ginny yelled as she charged up to Michael.

Her eyebrows and hair tips uncontrollably transformed into fiercely burning flames—she was truly getting worked up.

But Michael unhurriedly wiped his mouth and said with a smile, "I suggest you regulate your endocrine system before looking for Bonney. Your natural transformation is getting a bit out of control... If you burn my documents again, I really will have to discipline you!"

"It's easy for you to talk tough when it's not your daughter who ran away from home! Have you forgotten all the bullshit your daughter has pulled over the past eight hundred years?"

Checkmate!

If it were anything else, Michael would definitely have argued with Ginny.

But when it came to his own daughter's "glorious achievements," Michael instantly fell silent.

What's it like to have a daughter who was originally the final boss?

Answer...

It's like swallowing a bitter pill—you can't speak of the bitterness. Walk down the street and meet a hundred people, and ninety-nine of them would count as victims.

But this is Michael we're talking about.

If anyone else had a daughter like this, even as the supreme leader...

Not being directly purged after the war would already be considered a testament to their virtue and prestige.

"Stop, tell me clearly, what exactly did Bonney go off to do?"

"How should I know?" Ginny said, pulling out a letter. "I found this in Bonney's room this morning!"

"Wow, this handwriting is atrocious... I told you not to neglect the child's education..." Michael opened the envelope, squinting at the messy, chicken-scratch writing.

"Goodbye, Mom, tonight I'm sailing far away... What kind of nonsense is this?"

Michael complained.

After filtering out the seemingly lyrical lines and various chuunibyou declarations...

"What the hell? She went chasing after Luffy? And something about 'feeling a resonance after seeing Luffy's free form'... Why resonate with that idiot Luffy?"

"See what I mean?" Ginny slammed her hand on the table. "Hurry up and give me back my daughter! Otherwise, I'll have my Kuma go on strike! Without Kuma, transporting construction materials and such will be incredibly time-consuming and laborious!"

Michael was speechless.

It wasn't him who kidnapped Little Bonney!

It was that weird charm of Luffy's at work!

Plus, Bonney's appetite and stubborn mule personality, exactly like Ginny's...

"Uh, if it really comes down to it..."

"How about I give you and Kuma a few days off..."

"Why don't you two just start over with a new account?"