129 cleaning east blue 4 (1/2)
After they take care of the hundred of marine on the ship, Arlong had decided to bring it back and loot it on place, before sinking it. As he had nothing to say on this, Nezumi had dragged Tashigi back in his cabin, barely bothering to stop the bleeding only because he wanted to keep her alive for a little while.
On the deck, the corpse of the, not-always complete, marines, have been thrown carelessly into a large pile were Arlong would throws one every once in a while to Meuh-Meuh, the seas monster, who was towing the ship.
Because of the large pile, they had missed the fact that not all marines were dead. Is wounds weighing on by the corpses of his fallen comrade, a warrant officer from Logue town had survived.
Woken up by the sunray, he had wormed his way in the mountain of bodies, toward the voices he could barely make from where he was. fumbling in the pocket of his uniform, he was able to retrieve the sleeping denden mushi inside.
”Hello...”
”'koff koff' warrant officer 'koff koff' Mikado, long 'koff koff' Logue town, code 18869. I 'koff koff' I have an urgent transmission.”
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On the other end of the line, the marine hearing the weak and marine transmitting, stop and carefully listen. From the past three days, they had received a transmission from east blue, all urgent and about a single individual, a marine killer. In the room, he had heard another transmission from there. They have been ordered to immediately warn an officer if other pieces of information were sent, so rather than verify the man code, he had called for the higher up. What he never thought was to see the fleet-admiral, vice-admiral Garp and one of the shishibukai entering the room not even a minute later. Keeping his professionalism, he re-take the transmitter on his boss sign.
”We are listening, soldier, the fleet-admiral Sengoku, vice-admiral Garp and Shishibukai Jimbei are here to listen, speak freely.”
”Roger, 'koff koff' the ship transporting the hundred of marines sent to investigate 'koff koff' investigate the still unknown pirate, has been attacked the at midnight this morning.
'Koff koff' A group consisting of Arlong, his lieutenants and a sea monster had appeared out of nowhere and 'Koff Koff' and lay waste on us. As far as I am aware, I am the only survivor of the attack.”
On the background, Sengoku grit his teeth. He had heard of Nezumi report and if what he was thinking had happened...
”Colonel Nezumi had shown itself being the investigator of the attack, after shooting down Enseign Tashgi, status unknown.”
His fist lands on the wall near him, breaking the concrete. On his side, Garp had lost his dumb expression and was fully listing to the report, like the rest of the room, while Jimbei was thinking of Arlong.
”I ... 'Roar'.”
”What was that?!” Demand Sengoku.
”Warrant officer Mikado answer!”
”Our ship had stopped, we are now on the shore on one of Konomi archipelago' island. 'Koff Koff, it seems to be the ... Someone approach.
'”What have you done to my park?! Where are my brothers?!”'”
”Arlong!”
All present turn their head to Jimbei, now knowing the identified individual.
'”Their dead and your park had fallen, fish.”'
”To think he was hiding there, Nezumi couldn't, not know” Say, Garp.
”I know.”
All turn their head again at the transmission when they hear Arlong angrily shout.
”You think your superior to us, fishermen?! Your nothing that a puny human! I...”
”Hahahahaha” Arlong was cut short by Alex laugh and sudden transformation. ”Fishermen and Human aren't the only species in those seas Arlong.”
”Report sir, 'Koff Koff, the pirate killer feature had morphed, sir. He now sports two round animal ears and a tail, his hair white, 'koff koff' and eyes blue.”
”Devil fruit?” Ask Garp to himself, but heard by those around him. The idea had also crossed the mind of Sengoku, but the next word dismisses their idea and gives them the answer.
”A mink?! What are you doing in those seas?!”
This surprise the two veteran and Jimbei, all wondering how a Mink had travelled from the new word to here without the government or the marines knowing.
”Half mink to be honest, but more powerful that one.”
Jimbei eyes widen at this, a mink half-bred was unheard of as he knows that the tribe of peaceful animal, living on the giant elephant, hadn't mingled with others since Nekomamushi and Inuarashi had sailed with Shirohige.
”They are no need for us to fight, why not join me, we could lord on those seas with our strength.”
In the H.Q both high ranked and the fisherman wait anxiously at the response of the boy, knowing what would happen if the two worked together, they would be unstoppable in east blue.
”Their two problem with that, the first, you are the reason my woman has been crying the past 8 years, the second, you are worse than the piece of shit calling themself Tenryuubito. You dare to enslave human after being a past crew member of Fisher Tiger ?! Shame on you! You are one of the reasons why so much anger is festering between human and Fisherman, why queen Otohime had lost her life! You are trampling on the pride and hard work your queen had shed tears, blood and given her own life, all for the betterment of your race and humans relation. You are one of the reasons why the children are still barren to peacefully gaze at the sunlight, walk the earth and enjoy their life in Shabondy park!”
While Sengoku and Garp frown at the anger in the young man words when spoking to the Tenryuubito, tear start to swell in the shishibukai eyes at the evident respect he was spoking of the past queen. The young man seems to hold the passed queen in great respect, or even awe, it learns why rapidly.
”Because of your savageness, your people are seen as nothing more than fish to capture for the sick pleasure of pigs that brand them like cattle! You called Jimbei a traitor to your kind, right? You, Arlong, his the most disgusting piece of trash I have never seen in my life, and its time that someone starts to clean the seas. I could only hope than your death would bring queen Otohime dream a little further to completion, that her children could one day freely walk the earth along with their people, with pride in their heart that all this was their mother doing.”
Those words were striking the sea knight right through his heart, that someone knows of his queen plight, even wishing to continue her work after her death, to secure the children a future, we're giving him hope that, perhaps, the dreams hadn't died with queen Otohime.
”He, 'koff koff', he had executed Arlong, sir, without any difficulty.”
Jimbei didn't stay for the rest of the report. Once sure that no one was around, he takes out the weeping denden mushi from his kimono sleeve.
”Jimbei, Jamon.”
”Yes, King Neptune?”
”I want you to keep an eye on the young, Jamon. If he made it to Shabondy Archipelago, I want you to guide them to our Island and bring them to me.”
”I will, King Neptune,” Solemnny say Jimbei, before cutting the call.
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Under grand Line, on the other side of the word, inside the Ryuugyu palace, the entire royal family, the two minister and the guards present were all shedding tears, having heard the kind words of the young toward their past queen.
”Otou-same, will we able to visit the land above like mother wished one day?” Asked the teared-eyes giant mermaid princess, squeezing her trusty shark, Megalo in her arms.
”I could only hope, Shirahoshi, Jamon.” The old king responds, but all could see that he too, would be waiting for the day his children would be able to walk the ground above without fear.
Unbeknownst to him, Alex action had deeply engraved his existence in the royal family.
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In the transmission room, all were silent after they hear the last information. Tashigi willingness to join the pirates because of the marine action had shocked the low-ranked agent, but Sengoku and Garp had gritted their teeth, knowing that they lost a precious recruit this day. The execution of Nezumi and the marines had also greatly shaken the marines.