Bab 39: “Celestial Dragon”
Yamamoto frowned at this, turned his head, and saw that not far from him, on one of the walls of the ship, there was a kind of box attached to the wall. From inside this box came the characteristic den den mushi call noise.
"You come here" said Yamamoto quickly calling out to the leader of the marines of this ship who quickly approached with a nervous expression.
Before he could say anything Yamamoto continued speaking, "If you tell them you are still in your designated position, will they believe you?" asked Yamamoto.
He had to think of a quick answer for this Marine to answer the den den mushi and not raise suspicion. So he asked this since, if they have a way to verify that he is not in his position, they will find out something is wrong.
"Don't lie or you will know the consequences" Yamamoto added with narrowed eyes.
"E-every day and a half, there's a change of position among nearby sentinel ships" the marine replied with a trembling voice.
*Then it's only a matter of time until they know their ship is gone and they find out something is wrong" Yamamoto thought in annoyance.
Just when he thought his position would be given away he came up with an idea, "Pick up the den den mushi and tell them you went to get supplies, try to come up with a believable excuse or else..." ordered Yamamoto putting a scary tone in the last sentence.
"Y-yes" said the marine quickly in fear as he attended to the den den mushi.
"Ship 38, what took you so long to respond?" asked a deep voice from the other side of the den den den mushi.
"S-sorry I was doing something and I was away from the den den den mushi" replied the Marine leader stuttering.
"What were you doing? Did you manage to find any suspicious ships?" asked the voice with some excitement, since for over a month they had failed to find anything.
"No..." replied the marine, "Then what?" asked the voice not understanding why it took so long if they were supposed to be on sentry duty.
At this Yamamoto frowned, as it seems he would know that this stupid marine is acting very abnormal, so he would have to keep his word and turn him and his subordinates into ashes.
"I was... taking a dump" the marine replied with the first thing that came to mind.
"..." The voice on the other side was silent for several seconds not expecting this answer, Yamamoto covered his face not believing that this was the best excuse he could come up with.
Olvia, Roche, and the others had strange expressions on their faces as well not believing such a response.
"It's okay it's my fault, everyone has to get their needs met. I've been through the same thing too" the voice finally said after a few seconds. For some reason, Yamamoto felt that the person on the other side now had more empathy toward the leader of these marines.
"Yes... thank you for understanding" said the embarrassed Marine.
"B-by the way, we ran out of supplies, we're on a trip to restock, and then we'll be back" he said quickly as he noticed Yamamoto's intense gaze on him.
"I guess if you spend so much time in the bathroom, it's understandable they have to restock supplies, hahaha" the deep voice on the other end said while laughing out loud.
"Alright, where will they go?" he asked.
Yamamoto sighed in relief as he doesn't seem to suspect anything from his tone of voice, the marine looked at Yamamoto as he doesn't know if he can tell the destination they will go to.
Yamamoto nodded they had no choice but to name that they were heading to the Kingdom of Ilisia since it was the closest place and if they named another island it would raise suspicions.
After answering where they were headed the voice on the other side replied, "Well once you get there do everything quickly. And then get to your new position."
"As you order" replied the marine in a serious tone, after that, he ended the call managing not to raise suspicion, thus saving his life and that of his subordinates.
"Well done, you saved your life and that of your subordinates" said Yamamoto while patting him on the shoulder. The marine made a strange face but nodded quickly so as not to make this old devil angry.
...
"Hahaha what a funny bastard, taking a shit during working hours" said a marine while laughing out loud. This person was the one who called Yamamoto's ship and was in charge of supervising all the ships in an area of West Blue.
"What happened? Why are you laughing out loud?" asked a huge man who entered the office. This was Rear Admiral Boo Kong.
"Oh... Rear Admiral Boo, welcome back. It was just some bastard who was taking a dump" the marine replied as he welcomed Boo Kong.
"Mm? Tell me" said Boo Kong somewhat interested in this anecdote. Quickly this marine told him everything that happened in the call and burst out laughing again.
On Boo Kong's part he remained serious absorbed in his thoughts, "What's wrong? Don't you find it funny?" he asked while wiping away some tears from laughing so much.
"Where did you say they would go to replenish supplies?" asked Boo Kong.
"Ilisia Kingdom. Why? Are you going? This is not the first time this has happened, even I had this happen to me of having to go to the bathroom while on watch" said the marine with a slight smile.
This person was not suspicious of this ship, since in this month they were not the first ones to ask for such a thing, after all, being stranded so long in the ocean as sentries made the supplies run out very fast.
"I'll just go take a look around. I'll just take my ship and my troops. In any case, I'll let you know" Boo Kong said as he left the office, although he also believed the same as his partner this time he had a hunch, so he would visit the Kingdom of Ilisia.
"Well, say hello to the shitty marine for me" said the marine as he dismissed Boo Kong and then burst out laughing again.
...
Kingdom of Ilisia.
In one of the main ports of this Kingdom, a very luxurious and spacious ship docked compared to the others. In the port, many people could be seen welcoming this ship.
However, the expressions of these people were not the common ones when you welcome someone dear to you, but expressions of fear and nervousness on their faces.
Out of this ship came a middle-aged man in strange clothing who was being carried by a man of large size, like his mount.
This was a World Noble or also known as a Celestial Dragon who was visiting the Kingdom of Ilisia. As usual, he was being carried by one of his slaves as if he were his pet and was being escorted by several men in black suits.
One of these men stood out the most, as he wore a strange mask and his height was far superior to all the others.
"Welcome Pluming-sama to our humble kingdom" said a person wearing luxurious clothes and a golden crown on his head.
This person was the King of the kingdom of Ilisia, and he had personally come to welcome this Celestial Dragon showing much humility when addressing him.
"It is good for inferior people to know some manners" said Pluming with a haughty tone.
The king had a flattering smile on his face in response to this comment, *Cursed old man... I hope he leaves soon* the king thought to himself, very different from the smiling face he had on the outside.
The king of Ilisia was named Thalassa Lucas a young king in his early 30 years who got the throne a few years ago.
"We have your first-class accommodation ready. Would you like me to take you there?" asked Lucas.
"Yes, I must drop some things off, then I will take a look at the capital" said Pluming as he whipped his slave man to start him walking.
As the poor slave man crawled like an animal, the other people in the port who were mostly nobility made way. And they knelt as Pluming passed by as a sign of respect for his god-like status.
"I have heard that in this Kingdom there are large slave stores ¿Is it true?" asked Pluming as his slave slowly led him towards his lodging and his bodyguards and King Lucas followed.
"You have listened well Pluming-sama. Our Kingdom has great stores that sell slaves. If you want later I can take you on a tour of the ones I considered the best" replied Lucas with a flattering smile.
"Fine, I look forward to it" said Pluming with an expectant smile to get new slaves.
On Pluming's way, all the citizens who saw him quickly dropped to their knees with fear on their faces.
*What is a Celestial Dragon doing here?" thought Tesoro who knelt to pass unnoticed in the crowd.
As a person who worked for a long time in the underworld he knows about the Celestials Dragons and every time one of them sets foot in a country, nothing good can happen.
Finally, when Pluming disappeared Tesoro stood up, "I must finish the job, and get the money as soon as possible* thought Tesoro as he resumed his drudgery.
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