Chapter 55: Chapter 55

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East Blue – Loguetown

Before heading to the square, Luffy wandered around the city, trying to find signs of the revolutionaries' presence.

While walking through a shopping mall full of restaurants and cafes, he suddenly spots Sabo sitting at a table in the corner of an outdoor cafe, trying to go unnoticed as he watches a middle-aged man in a suit sitting outside of an outdoor restaurant across the street.

Unable to hold himself back, Luffy runs over, jumps over the café's low wall, and sits down in front of Sabo with a huge smile on his face.

"I missed you so much, Sabo! You have no idea how happy I was to find out you were alive", Luffy says with a big smile, his eyes welling up with tears.

"Who... ugh", Sabo begins, about to ask who this person is talking to him like they know him. Then, as he sees Luffy's face, a mild headache comes on as a flood of lost memories resurfaces in his mind.

Meanwhile, Luffy simply watches happily as his brother begins to cry, realizing that he's regained his memories.

"Luffy, it's really you? How could I forget?", Sabo says, tears streaming from his eyes as he looks at his younger brother with a complexity of emotions.

"Shishishishi, yep, I finally became a pirate, and I'm heading to the Grand Line. I'm so glad I got to see you so soon", Luffy says, wiping away the tears that threatened to fall from his own eyes.

"I... I'm sorry I didn't remember sooner", Sabo says, standing up and hugging Luffy tightly, feeling guilty.

"It's okay, what matters is that you're alive and well. Ace will freak out when he finds out you're alive", Luffy says, comforting and reassuring him.

"How's that idiot? What's he been up to? Has he gone out to sea?", Sabo steps back from the hug and asks, holding Luffy by the shoulders.

"He went out to sea about three years ago and ended up joining Whitebeard's crew. He's the second-division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates", Luffy explains, telling him where Ace is.

"Wait, Fire Fist Ace is Ace? Our Ace?" Sabo asks in surprise, having never seen a photo of Ace in the newspaper, only having heard about him.

"Yep, same name, so it's him", Luffy says as if it's obvious.

"Man, how time flies. I wish I'd regained my memories sooner. And look at you, you're huge, all muscular, you don't even look like the crybaby from before", Sabo says, wiping his tears and smiling as he looks at Luffy.

"Ha ha, very funny. Listen, Sabo, my dad's in Loguetown, right? I want to talk to him, I have some information I think the revolutionaries would be interested in", Luffy says seriously.

"Your dad? Who's your dad?", Sabo asks, confused.

"Man, are you serious? Are you sure spying is really your thing? Monkey D. Garp, Monkey D. Luffy, who else in the Revolutionary Army has the name Monkey D.?", Luffy asks, raising an eyebrow.

"Wait, Dragon is your dad? And I'll just ignore the fact that you just called me an idiot", Sabo asks, surprised.

"No, I didn't call you an idiot, maybe a little slow; they're two completely different things", Luffy says, not wanting to hurt Sabo's feelings but also not wanting to lie.

"…Sabo, hey, Sabo", a female voice suddenly calls Sabo's attention through his earpiece.

"Oh, hi, Koala, is something wrong?", Sabo asks, putting a finger to his ear to adjust the Den Den Mushi earpiece.

"You tell me. Did something happen? Do you want to call off the mission?", Koala asks, concerned.

"No, no need to cancel. Something important came up, and I need to go talk to Dragon. Cover for me while I do that", Sabo says, reassuring her.

"Alright, but tell me what happened and who's that guy with you later", Koala says, curious.

"Sure thing", Sabo replies before moving, with Luffy following him. As he leaves, Koala takes his place in surveillance.

"Who was that? Your girlfriend?", Luffy asks with a playful smile.

"Stop being an idiot; Koala's my friend. We're here on a mission, and Dragon decided to tag along for some reason", Sabo says, blushing slightly.

"Shishishi, so what's the mission?", Luffy asks after bursting out laughing at seeing his brother embarrassed.

"We're investigating a businessman with deep ties to the World Government. We believe he's involved in the slave trade. That guy I was watching is one of his trusted employees, and we were waiting for him to slip up or show us something", Sabo explains, describing what they're doing there.

"And if he really is a slave trader, you'll dismantle the operation, right? But will that make a difference? Wouldn't it be better to focus on the World Government?", Luffy asks, uncertain.

"No, we don't think it will make a long-term difference. What we really want is to annoy them, disrupt them, cause problems to divert their attention while we move around on the board. We suspect that this businessman is currently one of the main sources of slaves for the world nobles, so dismantling his operation will cause a lot of problems for the World Government", Sabo says, explaining their true objective.

"That's actually a good plan. You guys are fighting a guerrilla war, just on a global scale. If I were you, one thing I'd do is systematically attack the food supply going to Mary Geoise, trapping them in a siege by cutting off the incoming of food and water. They would still have stockpiles, so the next step would be to attack and destroy those reserves. That's one idea. You could also carry out multiple simultaneous attacks in different places to grab their attention while secretly completing an important mission elsewhere. That way, even if they find out, they won't be able to mobilize reinforcements properly because they'll be too busy with the other distraction attacks", Luffy says, musing as he shares his ideas.

"We've thought about things like that and plan to use these strategies at some point. But changing the subject, since when did my idiot little brother get so smart?", Sabo asks, finding it strange to see 'Luffy' and 'smart' somehow associated.

"Three years ago, something happened to me, but I'll explain it better when we meet my dad. It's related to the information I have that I think you guys will be interested in", Luffy says, not wanting to talk about it there in the middle of the street.

The two then walk for a while, navigating through the city's alleys and narrow streets until they find themselves in a dark, deserted alleyway facing the back door of an establishment.

Sabo knocks on the rusty metal door in a specific pattern and then waits. After a moment, a middle-aged man opens the peephole and, seeing Sabo's face, says, "A lovely morning, right?"

"Definitely, a great day to take my dog for a walk", Sabo replies with a smile.

"Sorry, but did it rain today?", the man asks as if it were a completely normal conversation.

"Not yet, but it looks like it might rain soon", Sabo replies casually, not noticing the strange look Luffy is giving him.

The man then closes the peephole, and after a few seconds, he opens the door and lets the two in.

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