Chapter 16 - Chapter 17 (1/2)

Ginrei was sitting beside the giant and the little girl that was still sleeping. They had been sleeping for 11 hours at this point and Ginrei could finally see some signs of waking up.

”Good morning you two.” Ginrei said to the duo that had by some miracle managed to wake up at the same time. He watched as both Robin and Saul turned their heads his way while simultaneously rubbing the tiredness out of their eyes.

”Good morning Mr Ginrei. It seems you have not left yet.” Saul said and adjusted himself while laying on the ground.

”Honestly, it kind of surprises me that you kept your promise, that's a rare thing now a days. I'm happy that you were the person to come for us in our hour of need.” Saul said seriously. He really was impressed that this old man really kept his promise of keeping them safe.

”What are you saying, boy. I never break my promises.” Ginrei said and smiled a little towards Robin that was only watching him while holding on to Saul's huge finger.

”That's good to hear, Mr Ginrei. So i suppose we should talk about what to do now.” Saul said and sat up properly and he place Robin on his shoulder again.

”I like to offer to join my organization again. We could keep you both safe, now that the marines and world government are chasing after you.” Ginrei said and Saul frowned and glanced at Robin.

”I know that it would be best to take you up on that offer, but after leaving the marines and seeing the true colors of a massive organization like that. I have some doubts about joining another one so soon.” Saul said in all truthfulness. There was not reason to lie to Ginrei so he didn't. He was also sure that the old man could see through any lies he tried to tell him.

”How about i tweak that offer a little bit then. We three will stay here on this island for an extended period of time and i will train Robin personally for a while.” Ginrei said and smiled again. He accepted Saul's reason for not wanting to join, especially since there definitely was some truth to what the said. Gotei 13 would definitely cause large scale destruction eventually and innocent people might be caught in the crossfire.

”hm, if you would allow us to stay here then i would happily ask you to take care of Robin and me until we get a proper plan in order.” Saul said and bowed to Ginrei. Robin saw Saul bow and she quickly followed his example and bowed as well.

”No problem. How about you two just follow me here. I will show you to your new home for the time being.” Ginrei said and all three stood up and walked into the jungle.

They very quickly came upon the mountain that had Ginrei's base under it. Ginrei looked back and saw Saul and Robin looking at him with a questionable gaze.

”Stand back!” Ginrei kicked the ground in front of him almost like he was using earth bending. The ground opened up and revealed a massive elevator made out of metal.

”Follow me!” Ginrei said and saw Robin looking at him with stars in her eyes. He had shown the ability to fly and now he opened the ground with a kick. She was absolutely sold on staying here with him. She also wanted to be able to do all that.

They walked over and stood on the elevator and it started going down when Ginrei pressed a button. What they arrived at after a while was the most advanced base that Saul had ever seen. He used to be a Vice admiral and he had never seen anything close to this before.

It was all made out of stainless steel and what the duo didn't know was that this whole base was surrounded by a reality warping barrier of sorts. This made the actual base small, but the insides were almost continental sized. In this base you had to use teleporters to move about or it would take you days to walk from point A to B. Not the most convenient base, even Ginrei could admit to that.

”This is incredible. I know kind of understand how the Gotei 13 have managed to stay under the radar for so long. The marines don't have anything close to this anywhere in the world.” Saul said with amazement.

This base was filled gravity training rooms and holographic computer screens. Suits of armor was walking around the base right in front of their eyes. The were cleaning and installing equipment. Essentially, this base had robot maids and butlers.

{Welcome back master Ginrei} A voice suddenly sounded out from what felt like every direction.

”What was that?!” Saul looked around in a panic, but could not find the origin of that voice.