บท 180: That pigeon guy
Kaku had a grave face as he started walking back to Galley-la. Blueno had already left. There were many people around, so they just couldn't talk more. Due to secrecy purposes, Kaku and Blueno couldn't spend too much time together. It was because Kaku wasn't the person who would go to Blueno's bar for an exchange of information.
It was the work of Lucci, and only he would go to the bar to talk with Blueno and have fun with Paulie (the vice president of Galley-La) and other foremen. Kaku wasn't the one to drink, so he would always refrain from going to the bar. Plus, right now their secrets had been exposed, so hiding too much didn't really matter. They needed to get out of this island by today.
But the main problem was that Iceburg wasn't really on the island and was out with Califa at an auction on another island. Only Califa had the emergency contact den den mushi with herself, and that was the reason why Blueno couldn't contact them because Califa was out. All they could do right now was wait until Califa came in the afternoon and make the plans accordingly.
Slowly he reached the galley-la, where he saw the straw hats and the others indulging themselves at a small banquet made by one of the crew of straw hats. Blueno had made a mistake. When he revealed that their cover had been blown, he didn't mention that it was the Straw Hats crew who had blown the cover of CP9 because he didn't believe that the Straw Hats would come to their place to talk.
It would have been all sorted out if everything had gone to the actual story, but Ken came and messed it up, and the CP9 agents were a little panicked. Another reason was the Aqua Laguna. In the actual story, it came a little later, but because of the influence of Ken, it was coming faster.
Kaku reached Galley-la and declared about the condition of Merry and spoke of how they would need help from the best shipwright. Only Iceburg could help them, and thus they needed to wait. Luffy and others sighed in relief upon hearing that. At least there was hope for them, and they had the recommendation from Grandma Kokoro, so it should work.
Meanwhile, Kaku came to Lucci and whispered what Blueno had told him. Lucci's face didn't change at all after hearing this. He had too much arrogance to even care about it. Though he was a little angry and wanted to know who or what kind of organization had blown away their cover, There had been zero leaks during their mission.
Even the Straw Hats, who had apparently encountered Jabra, didn't know their identity, or at least that's what Jabra informed them. Lucci understood what they would need to do and needed to take action accordingly by the evening as he was the pseudo-captain of the CP9 ( operating in Water 7).
By afternoon, Iceburg was back with Califa. Luffu didn't bother with manners and went straight up to Iceburg, who had just arrived after enduring a long journey.
"Ice-no ossan.. I want you to help us repair our ship."
Luffy's directness infuriated almost everyone, including Nami, and she taught him a lesson. Nami apologized to Iceburg and spoke of the reasons why they needed help and that they were ready to pay a huge amount. Iceburg looked at the straw hats for a while and then said,
"No.. I have other work to do. I have another project that I need to finish."
This surprised the Straw Hats, and Nami immediately came forward and told him about the recommendation that Grandma Kokoro had given them.
"We met Grandma Kokoro, and it was she who had recommended you. Please don't reject us. We have been with Merry for a long time, and we don't want to lose her." Nami said. Ickeburg took the small letter and read it.
That was followed by a laugh. He said.
"Grandma Kokoro really has some weird friends. Fine, I will make the ship for you, but it will take time. The latest project needs my attention, and your ship can only come later." Iceburg said. This was enough for the straw hats, and they took the offer.
Califa was passed on the information about their cover being blown up, and she too wasn't surprised, just like the others. After thanking Iceburg, the Straw Hats left. After they had gone a little distance, they saw Ken and his group waiting for them.
"Ken.. Ken.. We got Ice Ossan to help us repair the ship. Isn't that cool?" Luffy jumped up with happiness and spoke to Ken.
"No thanks to you. You almost fucked us up." Nami was still a little angry after how Luffy had almost botched the entire thing.
"Hahahah. It ended well though." Luffy didn't care and spoke about the fun they had. Ussop and others were just happy that Merry would be fine, but soon they realized that Chopper and Robin had been acting weird. So Sanji asked.
"What is up? Did something happen?"
Chopper hesitated for a bit and looked at Ken, who had given him the green light to speak.
"There is CP9 here."
This made everyone stiffen. They didn't expect this. Luffy got into thinking and said
"That pigeon is a problem, isn't it?"
This took the others aback, including Ken. How the hell did Luffy know that the pigeon guy, i.e., Lucci, was a problem?
"How do you know this?" Ken asked.
"I don't know. He looked at me for a bit longer than a person does with me. And his eyes seemed to say that I was beneath him." Luffy answered. Everyone was more surprised now; they didn't expect such an observation from Luffy. Normally he was all goofy and didn't bother to look around, but he noticed the hatred in someone's eyes.
It seemed like he was slowly accessing some of the powers provided to him by the character of Jin Mori.
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