One Piece: Reborn and Skypiean

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Chapter 262

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The Marines are devastated when they learn of Tsuru and Tokikake's death. Sengoku was the one who announced the news, and his expression was colder than any marines had ever seen.

Garp knows why. Sengoku was listening to Tsuru's battle sound and he heard an explosion that took his partner's life. He could only imagine the internal pain that Sengoku felt back then.

"You think of something, Sengoku?" 

Under the clear blue sky, GARP placed a hand on Sengoku's shoulder as the two of them stood in front of the grave. "Remember, you can always talk to me."

The wind blew past his gray beard, as Sengoku nodded. "I have something on my mind."

After a short silence, he spoke again. "Since the Sins of Lust have moved, we can be sure that other Sins will also begin to move." He raised his head to the sky. "When we get news of Sin close to any Navy base, you and I will go there soon. Then..."

He let his words hang in the air as GARP sighed from beside him. It was not a bad idea, but for the Fleet Admiral to move on his own. It would make the novice Marines assume every Sin as strong as the Fleet Admiral.

But GARP agreed that even sending an Admiral might not guarantee victory, so it was time for the two of them to start moving again.

After spending another five minutes in front of Tsuru's grave, his two old friends walked out of the grave. However, they stop at the gate when Koby, a boy whom Garp has brought to train, is waiting for them with a newspaper in his hand.

"I. I think you want to see this, Sir Garp." Koby submitted the paper to Garp who received it with******* relaxed.

He had just experienced the worst, there shouldn't be many things that made him even more angry.

...The thought shattered in his mind as his eyes flashed by the title of the news just as a blood vessel appeared in his head.

`See! The beastly beauty of the Revolutionary, the Cat Thief of the Straw Hats, and lastly, the Red Hair's Shanks lover! Each of the three of them is now available for one night! Only in Sky Fall Brothel!`

There are photos of the three women, and GARP recognizes them all. However, he personally had a good relationship with the two of them. Nami, and. Makino .

Someone sold Makino, the woman who had been Luffy's older sister for years, as a prostitute.

...There's only one person in the whole fucking world who would dare to do such a thing. Garp knows exactly who.

Garp clenched his jaw as he lifted his face into the air. "The next time I meet that bastard, he'll fall, Sengoku."

Although it will definitely happen when he kills Ace viciously.

—★—

After the war at its best, Shanks came to the headquarters of the Revolutionary Army, with Dragon's permission, to meet Luffy. 

After Luffy received a proposal to train under Shanks, Monkey D. Dragon used his devil fruit to move his entire headquarters inside the large hole and empty place within the red line wall.

They have lived there since then, along with a few more people. Sabo, Koala, and the entire Shanks crew. Shanks suggested that his crew be here as well because he was afraid Amon would use them to try to contact him—even if his crew were unaware of his location.

Dragon accepted it because there was no problem with it. Seeing that, Luffy asked to bring his crew here as well, but Dragon rejected the idea. Since Amon had no reason to harm the Straw Hats, on top of that they also practiced on their respective islands where they were sent. Taking them away from there would be a mistake if there was one.

But there's an anomaly…

Amon gets some weak spots Luffy and Shanks.

The Celestial Emperor sells Betty—one of Dragon's own commanders, Nami—one of Luffy's crew, and Makino—that seems to be Shanks' lover, although Dragon has never heard of him.

Dragon honestly wasn't too worried about Betty. She was a strong woman, and had accepted death when she joined the Revolutionaries. 'His sacrifice' he's honorable.

He doesn't care about Nami either. She is just her son's crew, the same son that Dragon left alone at birth. He has no emotional connection with her.

Yet ... While he also doesn't care about Makino, Shanks cares. While Amon mistook Betty for his weak spot, he didn't seem to mistake the other two girls for the weak spot of Luffy and Shanks. He makes them good.

Shanks usually read the newspaper after Dragon was done, and it was an important thing to do for the two of them because the outside world was in turmoil now that Amon was declaring a great war against the World Government. Therefore, he would not be able to hide the newspaper from Shanks…

So, when Shanks asked him for the newspaper today, Dragon only gave it away with a long sigh.

"...I do feel sorry, but you should have told me about him before." Dragon said as he looked at Shanks looking at the newspaper with a frozen expression. "I can bring him here too."

Shanks was silent for a moment before he opened his mouth to say something. However, he closed his mouth again and licked his dry lips. In the end, his remaining hand gently slapped his forehead as he sighed deeply.

"I. I don't want to bring him here, just in case Amon somehow found out about this place. I'm sure the blues will be fine, and I'm sure Amon doesn't know about him." Shanks' voice started to tremble at the end. "I haven't spoken to him at all for months, I haven't even told him about my hiding. She must have been so worried that I hadn't contacted her for so long... All so I can make it look like I don't have anything to do with her."

They were also supposed to have a child together in the coming year, although Shanks had put the idea on his mind because he wasn't even sure if he would survive next year.

"..." - ".Finally, Shanks looked at Dragon with a hint of hope. "Do you think you can move it here ...?"

Dragon gave an apologetic smile. "You know, I can't teleport to a place I can't feel, or can't see, or I've never been before. I've been to Alabasta before, but unfortunately the island where the brothel is located is not Alabasta. It's an artificial island made with germ technology, from what I understand through pictures." He continued. "I cannot immediately teleport there, meaning I have to teleport to a nearby island first, and only then slowly travel there in the usual way. I'm sure Amon has guessed how my fruit works, or at least that's the basics."

"..."

"Continuing, as you know, the clones of Amon are everywhere." Dragon continued while observing Shanks' expression of hope that somehow collapsed. "He'll notice me if I go out for too long, which will make the rescue mission meaningless, and even more destructive if he somehow kills me before I can escape."

Shanks remained silent for the next few minutes. Just then, Dragon spoke again, this time more gently.

"Shanks, think carefully. We have one goal, to overthrow the government. But now we have another one in our hands. If you make a hasty decision, all our plans will be for naught. Luffy hasn't woken him up. Fruit, and we're not two of Amon's matches." He let the silent suggestion sink in before saying it out loud. "The best way is to let Amon destroy the government slowly, which will complete our original goal. In the meantime, we will try to get Luffy up as soon as possible, and only then begin this rescue mission. You realize, he's not dead."

After a while, as he digested those words, Shanks clenched his jaws tightly. He agreed with everything the Dragon said except the last part.

He did not die, of course, but he would be used by hundreds, if not thousands of men if they delayed even a month. Is that better?

Every average joe wanted to feel him knowing he was the lover of a sea Emperor.

" The Fuuu ."

...Dragon's right.

Unlike going out meant he could free her.

It better guarantee his death.

So he has to hold on.

By putting all his trust on Luffy's shoulders, he had to hold on.

Like that, as Shanks let out a long sigh, the deepest sigh in his life, 9 months passed. 

—★—

"The Pirate King Without a Crown" Morgan murmured to himself as he looked at the article he wrote with a satisfied smile. "How does that sound?"

His assistant, looking at the article from behind him, applauded as they showed their favoritism with that title.

"Good, good. It's time for Big News Morgan to make the latest news again!"

With Morgan, everyone laughed in the room.

With Shanks out of the public eye for over a year, Amon is rumored to be the only Emperor left.

On top, because he has the largest army in the whole world now, with the number of Marines and Revolutionary Forces— who are actively fighting Amon in the hope of revenge for Betty— lower than before, the number of Marines and Revolutionary Forces who are actively fighting Amon in the hope of revenge for Betty is lower than before, he was basically the ruler of the strongest faction in the world.

That faction just so happens to be a pirate crew.

Because of all this, Amon was almost called the second "Pirate King. But he made his debut in Morgan's office, saying he wouldn't claim such a title before reaching Laughtale and claiming One Piece, and Morgan honestly agreed. 

Ammon fulfilled the qualities of the Pirate King and even exceeded a few. But without getting One Piece, which Morgan was unsure why Amon did not claim even though he had an eternal log pose, Amon could not be called the Pirate King.

That is why, this new title will replace the one that has recently become popular.

"Hehe, I can't wait for his next move."

To be exact, Morgan was waiting for the big news.

Over the past few months, Amon's new stunt gave him the chance to make the biggest news in recent history. The New World portion of the Grandline was completely conquered by its people and even Paradise was taken over in half. The amount of blood that was spilled for it over the past decade was combined.

The Ammonites were also invincible, of course. The blood belongs to his people, just as the blood belongs to his enemies.

In the early stages, his sin was sometimes confronted directly with the Fleet Admiral and the GARP, who ran to the base that was being attacked at that very moment. In such a scenario, the winner is clear. Ammon is stronger than two Emperors combined, people know it from war at its best. However, his sin was not so strong. None of them would be able to deal with Garp and Sengoku, which Morgan knew as strong as two Sea Emperors.

That's why Amon made a smart move. Just when Garp and Sengoku were about to defeat Sin who was attacked, Amon just teleported between them and disappeared with Sin, leaving two angry old men.

Now, each of the six of the seven sins has met GARP and Sengoku more than once, and while they have not won, they can last longer than before.

In other words, as Morgan had observed, Amon used two Sea Heroes as.

However, not everything was bright and bright for Amon.

Amon sent many pirates on one base attack, but if the base had a Vice Admiral in it, most of the time things got dirty for the Enherjar. After all, those soldiers were mostly unnamed pirates who did not even have a good bounty.

But , in some cases when the targeted base was important but the Enherjar still lost, everyone had to see something .

Sea Kings, sized from a house to the rest of the island, rose from under the sea before crashing into the island that had survived the attack. Thus killing both the Marines and the soldiers that Amon had sent.

Due to the last point, the people of the world almost thought the sea king was controlled by an outsider. But. Morgan is different.

Instead, Ammon set an example to those who failed in their mission even though it was important.

"But how did he call the sea king?" - It was a question on everyone's mind.

Morgan needs a lot of research to figure out what happened to that ... But as a man whose whole life is about uncovering secrets, he learns the truth. In fact, the Ancient Weapon, Poseidon, worked under Amon.

The weapon was the famous Mermaid Princess, Morgan learned. 

It was 'Ah!' a moment for Morgan. Few people in the world knew about Ancient Weapons, but among them, Morgan was an expert. As a journalist, he knows things that no one else does.

For decades, the Government theorized to hold Uranus, one of the three Ancient Weapons. Morgan only got that confirmation when Skypiea was destroyed, and he released the news as soon as possible — which was just two days after Amon declared War.

It stopped the world. Ammon had Pluton, and the World Government had Uranus. This made the two factions look equal, at least in the eyes of the citizens. However, when Morgan learns that Amon also holds Shirahoshi, Poseidon, he knows who will win this War.

After all, the Government only had one Ancient Weapon, but Amon had three as long as he counted by himself.

With more than a few pieces, each capable of destroying the island, it is no wonder that Amon possesses equal raw power, if not exceeding the power of weapons of mass destruction.

—Chuchut~

Suddenly, the earpiece in Morgan's ear buzzed as exciting news flowed in. Morgan chuckles at his beak.

"Guess the Big News Morgan's gonna be busy again."

It seemed that the world would be turned upside down after the move that Amon had taken at the moment.