章 416: Chapter 415 - This is Straw Hat Territory!!
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"Seems like we already have some reception..." Fujitora murmured, looking at the port that was starting to fill with people. However, only a few of them seemed dangerous, their auras screaming through his Observation Haki.
Lami, Hugo, and Rebecca were approaching as people watched with curiosity, unaware of what would happen regarding the rumor of an admiral coming to Dressrosa.
"Why is the navy showing up now...?" Questions began to arise from the crowd.
"When we were being kept under the Donquixote family's lie, none of them showed up. Now that the country has been saved, they decide to appear?" Another questioned, clenching his fists.
"It doesn't matter if it's an admiral... they are the Straw Hats! You saw how they brought the marines to their knees..." Someone else said.
"Yeah... even so... the navy has a lot of nerve to come here after doing nothing for years... they're such shameless cowards!!" The crowd continued, as everyone focused on the approach of the Straw Hats towards the nearing ship.
"Seems like we're not welcome here..." Fujitora could feel the emotions of the people.
"What did you expect..." Someone behind him commented.
"I'm a bit surprised that you came... Sengoku-san." Fujitora couldn't help but remark.
"This is my duty... after all, all of this happened when I was leading the navy... I see no reason not to come here to redeem myself with this country as well." Sengoku, who at that moment appeared as an older man with white hair, began to recall several marines who came to this country to investigate some disappearances in the records, only to be turned into toys and forgotten, further increasing the strange records.
Sengoku couldn't help but frown at this; after all, he too was responsible, and when he heard that an admiral was coming here on a ship, he joined him and came along.
Sengoku was technically retired, but in reality, he was at the new HQ training new recruits, something similar to what Zeff did. However, the latter left the navy a year ago, and no one knows what he's doing now.
The ship approached the edge of the port as the marines began to slow it down, stopping in front of everyone, while the three Straw Hats stood at the forefront of the gathering crowd. The people made way for King Riku himself, who appeared and approached the Straw Hats.
Everyone just watched as a figure walked with a cane to the edge of the ship and jumped off, landing in front of them.
Landing calmly, another person descended beside him, while the marines began to lower the gangway from the ship, hastily disembarking to accompany their superiors.
Everyone stood in silence, staring at each other, as King Riku walked past the Straw Hats and advanced towards the arriving group.
"What do you want in Dressrosa?" He didn't seem very happy after everything that had happened.
"We came to check on the country. After all, there were even marine prisoners here..." Fujitora spoke in a calm tone.
"You haven't come here in the past years for that. If you wanted the prisoners, you could've just sent a marine ship, not a military force..." He spoke to the admiral in a dark tone.
"Dressrosa still belongs to the World Government... King Riku..." Sengoku was the one to speak from the side.
"You expect that to remain after a Shichibukai enslaved this country?!" He exclaimed, while the Straw Hats remained silent, except for Rebecca, who looked a bit nervous as this was her country. Her father, Kyros, landed beside her, having come as soon as he heard about the arrival of the marines.
What they expected—that the marines would simply argue that they had no responsibility—was frustrated because suddenly, everyone widened their eyes in the next moment.
A marine admiral had simply let his cane fall, dropping to his knees, bowing before King Riku and everyone in Dressrosa.
"I'm sorry for this!!" Fujitora pressed his forehead to the ground at that moment.
"..." Everyone was left speechless at this.
Sengoku saw this without showing surprise, taking a step forward in the next moment and falling to his knees as well. "I also apologize for everything that happened in this country, especially since I was the one managing the navy!" he declared.
"This...?" King Riku was quite stunned by this.
"I must admit... to do this, they must have a lot of courage..." Hugo commented.
"Rise... your apologies have been accepted..." Riku nodded, a bit embarrassed by this, unable to deny the courage of recognizing the navy's mistake, even though this admiral had only recently joined the navy and was taking responsibility for what happened in Dressrosa years ago.
They nodded while the other marines gathered around the two as they got up, but King Riku wasn't finished. "However... with what this country has suffered... we have no reason to remain part of the World Government..." he made clear.
"You might reconsider... we are developing a plan... a plan to dismantle the Shichibukai group at the next summit of World Government countries," Sengoku said.
"We can no longer be part of the organization that enslaved us and nearly led Dressrosa to its end!" King Riku argued, while his people seemed to agree with his words.
"You know you can't withdraw from the World Government, King Riku... The World Government will never forgive Dressrosa... and..." Sengoku continued, before looking at the three present Straw Hats... "You can't leave Dressrosa in the hands of a pirate group that is destined to be destroyed..." he spoke in a dark tone.
"This guy underestimates us..." Lami commented, raising an eyebrow.
"How can they say something like that...! It was these pirates who helped us! Don't mock us, navy!" Several people exclaimed from the crowd, not liking Sengoku's words at all.
"I won't accept that, Lord Sengoku... even if you don't like the Straw Hats, they were the only ones along with my granddaughter who fought to finally liberate Dressrosa. It wasn't the navy or the World Government, so remember that..." King Riku maintained a regal posture, speaking firmly, before making an official declaration to the world. Until now, there were only rumors and guesses, but now it was official. "Dressrosa is Straw Hat territory!!" he said, making his voice echo across the port.
"..." The echo continued for a while as people watched curiously, except for the marines who looked stunned.
"Hey, hey, is he really doing this?!" they exclaimed, not believing what they heard.
"They can't be serious..."
"To put such a big and important country under a pirate's flag, Yonkou or not..."
"What will the admiral and Sengoku-san do...?"
And they had a point in their questions because Sengoku was the one who spoke at that moment. "Do you know what you're saying, King Riku...?!" he growled.
"Yes." King Riku seemed resolute.
"Do you wish to become an enemy of the World Government...? Take it from me, the World Government is not happy with the way the world is now... they will begin acting much harsher against their enemies. I'm saying this for Dressrosa's sake!" he spoke in a dark tone while beside him, Fujitora remained silent.
"You underestimate the captain of the Straw Hats... they can guarantee our protection, so yes, Dressrosa will disband from the World Government!" he declared.
"It seems there's nothing we can do about it, after all, it's our fault that things have come to this..." Fujitora finally commented.
Then he took a step forward. "It's alright, King Riku... you have every right to take this path..." he declared, surprising everyone who expected some resistance from the navy.
"However... we are the navy, and we're here for more than just apologizing to Dressrosa... after all, there are some dangerous pirates here, and we are here to arrest them and bring them to justice!!" he simply declared, leaving everyone even more surprised, except for the calm Straw Hats.
"Finally... I've never fought an admiral alone... so I'd like to see your strength..." Hugo commented with a grin.
"Whatever... but we can't fight here... if they want to continue with this." Lami said, and Rebecca nodded, knowing the destruction it would cause in Dressrosa.
"You are right, pirate Trafalgar Lami..." Fujitora replied.
"That's why I'd like us to go to another island. I don't want to harm innocent people, even if it's to stop dangerous pirates for the entire world." Fujitora continued.
"I know an island nearby... we can go there." Rebecca said, having seen a deserted island while traveling in her dragon form.
"Guys." Someone approached them—it was Monet, joining the group as well.
"Monet... it'd be good if you stayed here... after all, we'll be facing two powerful enemies... it's better if someone takes care of Dressrosa for now." Lami said, and Monet nodded in agreement.
"Let's go then, lead the way." Hugo requested, and Rebecca nodded as she jumped into the air.
"Rebecca, wait!" Kyros quickly tried to follow his daughter.
"Wait..." Hugo placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's better if you stay to take care of Dressrosa... we need strong people here, and your daughter is strong enough to take care of herself..." he said.
"..." Kyros remained silent, but eventually nodded, trusting that his daughter would be fine.
With that, Lami followed Rebecca, and Hugo jumped into the air shortly after. Fujitora and Sengoku, seeing this, also jumped into the air, leaving their marines and ships behind as they distanced themselves from the port and the kingdom, following the pink-haired girl towards a deserted island in the middle of the sea.
Meanwhile, Luffy was on Enel's ship, with Enel now sitting on his bed. "It's good to see you behaving... don't try to attack our comrades without a challenge again... otherwise, you'll get beaten again." Luffy said with a smile, while Enel, beaten up with black eyes and missing teeth, could barely click his tongue.
The ship continued heading towards Dressrosa, with Luffy still unaware of what was happening there.
Elsewhere, the Black Pearl stopped alongside other pirate ships. Luffy had sent the Two Piece crew to fight against other pirate groups as training, but they had all ended up beaten by New World pirates. Now, Nami, Vivi, Lucy, and Hachi were rescuing this group that Luffy had some attention to, not really understanding what was special about them.
"What a hassle... there are no doctors on the ship, so you'll have to hold on until we get to Dressrosa..." Nami said in a dissatisfied tone, while Hachi picked up most of them with his arms after they defeated all the enemy pirates.
"How funny...!" Lucy laughed at them.
Back in Dressrosa, the marines who had stayed behind were passing information to the command. "I see, well... this could be used as an opportunity..." Akainu commented on the other end of the line, starting to put his mind to work in his treacherous schemes, seeing an opportunity at this moment, taking advantage of the fact that the Straw Hat crew was fragmented, with reports of various members acting in different areas of the New World.
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