Chapter 184 - Chapter 186 (1/2)
The doors slammed open to Amell's office, Shiryu walked in with quick steps and stopped right in front of his captain. ”Captain, urgent report from the kingdom of Alabasta!” He waited for Amell to finish whatever he was writing. He looked up after he was done and raised an eyebrow, ”You said it was urgent, so...”
”Right!” Shiryu cleared his throat and did ones over of the report in his hand. ”The Straw hat pirates invaded the Alabasta kingdom together with its princess, Vivi. An all-out war is currently ongoing between the royal army of the kingdom and the rebel forces. Minerva is requesting to know your orders at this time.” Shiryu stopped talking and observed as Amell's face underwent rapid changes in expression.
”Crocodile is compromised. Tell Minerva to observe, for now, whatever the outcome of that war is, make sure Crocodile doesn't die or lands himself in the hands of the Marines. He is one of my future emperors after all.”
”Yes, Captain! And another piece of information, Portgas D Ace, commander of the Whitebeard pirates was seen in Alabasta but has since disappeared. Should I have our agent investigate?”
”No, don't bother.” Amell suddenly looked up at Shiryu with a puzzled expression. ”I didn't tell you, did I?” He saw Shiryu tilt his head, ”Tell me what, captain?”
”Ace and I are family!” No chock came over Shiryu, just a smile. ”Yes, you did tell me. Not directly, but I know your family name, so connecting the dots wasn't hard.” He said proudly.
”Oh, how wonderful. Now, hurry up, I am sure Minerva is dying to receive her orders.” Amell waved away Shiryu and he left in the same hurry as he arrived.
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In Alabasta, Minerva stood on the street a pretty fair distance away from all the fighting. She stood leaning against the walls of a house with a hand to her ear. ”Observe? How boring... Yeah, yeah, I got it!” She said to what seemed to be no one, but inside her ear was the tiny little device that the Gotei used to stay in contact with agents out in the field. ”Have a good day, Sir!” She took down her hand and looked towards the direction where all the noises originated from. ”Now, where is Robin?”
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Back on Amell's island, a massive dragon was approaching at high speeds. It was a black dragon with hints of pink in its hair and on its body. You would expect panic to insue if you saw a big dragon approach you, but nothing like that happened. Everyone remained calm even after the dragon landed on the island. The dragon started transforming and moments later, a half-naked pale-skinned woman stood where the dragon had been. ”Is he in?” She asked the nearest pirate.
”Captain is in his office.” The pirate said respectfully. Ginrummy nodded and made her way up. She had stopped being nervous around him a long time ago now, so after a heavy knock on the door, she made her way inside. ”Boss, we need to talk!” Her gaze landed on the miserable-looking emperor that was completely buried in papers.
”Sure, what is it you want to talk about?” His voice was still calm and friendly despite looking like he could strangle someone alive. ”Did you put me in charge of Doflamingo and Caesar clown? I got a very disturbing message from Byakuya that told me he would behead me if I failed a task I didn't know I had!” The anger in her voice was quite justified since getting death threats from Byakuya was something you generally took seriously.