บท 7: the conditions

Calm belt ~

In the windless waters, a pirate ship that was controlled by two huge snakes was standing in the middle of the sea. Its crew were staring at a huge screen that had appeared in the sky not long ago.

"Hahaha, Jason-sama is so funny."

With one hand elegantly covering her mouth, Boa Hancock, the most beautiful woman in the world, was laughing at the joke that the most handsome man she had ever seen in her life had just told.

It's not known why, but the pirate empress began to call Jason in such a respectful way that her crew found it a little strange.

Her sisters, Boa Marigold and Boa Sandersonia were also laughing at Jason's joke and only they knew the real reason why Hancock treated Jason with such a high degree of respect. He's the man who killed a celestial dragon, imprisoned another, defeated a navy admiral and is talking to one of the goroseis as an equal. So this man deserves all the respect of the Boa sisters.

Hancock looked at Jason's smiling face and his cheeks flushed slightly.

"Do I get to see him in person?"

When this thought popped into her mind, Hancock became so shy that she let out a small cry and cringed a little.

What was going through her head, only she knew.

Mangrove 13 of the Sabaody Archipelago

Shakky's Rip-off Bar ~

After Jason rescued the caimie mermaid and returned her to the Straw Hats for the same amount he bought her for, Rayleigh and the Straw Hat Pirates gathered at Shakky's bar while they could watch the big screen through one of the windows.

They had already heard the true story of the pirate king's execution from rayleigh's mouth and were now watching the struggle of the people at the top of the world.

"This guy is very powerful."

Zoro said with a serious expression at the thought that they could have fought this guy at the auction house.

Sanji looked at the screen and saw the man he wanted to fight beating up an admiral and severing one of his arms.

"Q-how scary."

Usopp hasn't met Jason in person, but he's already very scared of the level of power he's displaying. That's the power a human possesses?

"...that's the level of the opponents on the grand line. Are you sure you can compete against them and conquer this mighty ocean?"

Rayleigh spoke with a serious expression, but even he was surprised by the proficiency that Jason was showing on the screen. Jason didn't look much older than Luffy and his crew.

Luffy looked at the giant screen and saw how Jason had finished his fight against Kizaru.

All the crew members were looking at Luffy and waited for his response.

Luffy looked seriously at Rayleigh and then spoke with a smile on his face.

"I don't want to conquer anything. I just think that the person who has the greatest freedom in the world is the pirate king."

Rayleigh was surprised by Luffy's words and saw a glimpse of his former captain in this boy.

"Oh yeah?"

Rayleigh smiled softly and made up his mind to train this boy for the challenges ahead.

"Your ship will take three days to get ready. You must be careful out there as the sailors are hunting famous pirates because of that man out there."

Rayleigh warned the rookie pirates, as he realized that there were some sailors after this crew.

Rayleigh looked at the person on the screen who had just told his joke and wondered if he would interfere to help the Straw Hats if the situation called for it.

"What's the matter, Saturn? Didn't you think it was a funny joke?"

Jason asked, since Saturn had been silent the whole time. Was it the joke or being called a clown? Only he could tell. After a few seconds of tension on the part of the elders, Saturn's voice was finally heard.

[So that's a refusal?]

Saturn's voice managed to get even colder.

"... It's not impossible for you to make me fight the Whitebeard pirates."

I said casually as I took wax out of my ear and blew on it.

""But you have to agree to three of my conditions. Do you want to hear them?"

I waited for Saturn to talk to his other four colleagues and make the decision to listen to my conditions.

[If they're not too absurd, we can reach a consensus. State the conditions."]

The whole world was silent to hear the demands Jason wanted to make of the world government. Ordinary people wanted Jason to join the side of the "good guys" and fight against the evil that was piracy. For them, that would be the best thing, since the path Jason has taken is leading him to be a criminal.

"My first condition is that you make me fleet admiral of the navy."

Jason spoke calmly and didn't give the whole world much time to be shocked.

"As you all know, Sengoku is very old and no longer able to lead the sailors to a better tomorrow, so it's good that he retires and lets me lead the Navy."

"My second condition is that all the sailors on all the seas just follow my orders. If I tell them to do something, they do it without question and that's that. No insubordination."

I shook my head with pride at my conditions, since they didn't seem absurd from my point of view.

"The third and final condition is that the world government and the navy are separate. That's right, the navy will be an independent body from the world government and will only follow the order of the fleet admiral."

Jason finished his three conditions.

"Do that and I guarantee you that in less than 3 years, we'll eliminate all the scum from this sea."

After I presented my humble demands and also made a promise to eliminate the scum of this world, I waited for the Goroseis to respond, but all I got was silence.

Not just from them. In fact, everyone in the world was silent and looking at me as if a second head had been born in me.

"Gurarara, is this boy playing with the Goroseis?"

Whitebeard laughed at Jason's absurd demands and could only imagine the anger that the five goroseis were going through at the moment.

** Marineford, Fleet Admiral's office.

Sengoku was staring at Jason on the screen with eyes red with rage.

How dare he say that I'm just an old, lame man to lead the Navy? He may be old enough to retire, but he still looks quite young.

Tsuru, who was still in the room, looked calmly at Jason and spoke his mind.

"It looks like he's playing with the goroseis... but the third condition would be the best thing that could happen to the navy."

Tsuru spoke his thoughts honestly. No matter how much they say they are the justice of this world, the truth is that the navy exists only to obey the orders of the world government. If they split up, wouldn't that be the best thing that could happen to the navy?

Sengoku also thought about it and mentally agreed. Too bad that will never happen, since the world government would never allow the navy to become independent.

A minute passed and the goroseis didn't say anything.

"Are you still there, old man?"

Bam~

This time, Saturn couldn't stand it and hit a table hard.

[You fucking bastard]

took a long time for Saturn to lose his temper with Jason.

"What do you mean? These are my conditions for fighting Whitebeard and I've even added a promise to you."

[Yes, eliminate the pirates in 3 years? As if it was that easy.]

Saturn spoke with disdain and scorned Jason's promise.

"When did I say it was only going to be the pirates?"

I raised an eyebrow at what Saturn said.

[By eliminating slags in 3 years.]

but the celestial dragons are at the top of my list. Those scum bags have priority on my elimination list."

I spoke with a confident smile on my face and waited for Saturn's reply.

In the mariejois meeting hall, the five elders were shaking with rage at being insulted by an arrogant brat.

"Who does this bastard think he is?"

the bald gorosei with a sword said angrily at Jason's arrogance. Does he think that just because he defeated an admiral, he can act arrogantly when talking to them?

"... Let's not try to recruit this boy into the Shichibukai anymore."

"Let's eliminate him and show the world what happens when you go against the world government."

Saturn said. They should have made that decision when Jason dared to call him a clown by making that joke.

"You've had your chance, Jason D. Winchester. From now on, you are an enemy of the world government."

[Oh, and I wasn't before? You mean if someone kills a celestial dragon and doesn't offend the goroseis, he might not become an enemy of the world government? Good to know.]

A vein appeared on the goroseis' foreheads and they felt like getting up and going down to Sabaody to kill that annoying bastard.

"You!"

[Hahaha, I'll give you a few days' rest, but keep this present I'm sending].

The goroseis heard Jason's enigmatic words and were confused.

"What does that mean?"

The gorosei swordsman asked in a confused voice, but the eyes of all five turned red when they felt something coming towards them at high speed.

Standing in front of the window that overlooked the big screen, the gorosei saw that Jason was looking in the direction of Mariejois and seemed to have thrown something in his direction?

Seeing something glowing in the distance, the gorosei swiftly drew his sword and defended himself against something that had gone through the window and was heading in Saturn's direction.

Clang ~

Booom~

"Khuu."

As the gorosei swordsman defended the attack with his supreme grade sword, he was pushed back a few steps and Jason's spear exploded like a mini bomb, destroying a large part of the room.

This scene was seen by everyone in the world. From the moment Jason threw one of his spears, to the distance the spear traveled to Mariejois and finally hitting the old man.

I looked calmly at Mariejois and already knew that this attack only served to irritate the goroseis even more.

"Do you think I hurt some of them, Kizaru?"

I asked as I looked at the world's fastest admiral, who had been awake for some time.

"Why haven't you killed me yet?"

Kizaru asked as he looked at Jason with a calm expression.

"You're weak and not worthy of being killed by me."

"The man who should have the speed of light is so weak. What a waste of good fruit."

I spoke with contempt as I looked at Kizaru. Although I know that this fruit was limited by Uncle Oda, this is the real world now and Kizaru can awaken his fruit if he trains diligently.

The way he's lazy, I don't think he'll train hard.

"Anyway."

Ignoring Kizaru, my attention went elsewhere and I disappeared from my position like a ghost.