To Alabasta

Under Rey command, everyone boarded the Marine ship and waited for his word to set sail.

Rey arranged a meeting with high ranking officers on the ship who are above the level of Ensign. In total, 12 members assembled, including Rey and Mia.

In the ship, there are five Ensign's, two Lieutenant Junior Grade officers and three Lieutenant officers. Apart from them, there's Mia and Rey who are Lieutenant Commander and Captain themselves.

"Hello Everyone, Maybe some of you may know me and some not, so I will introduce myself. I am Rey Silver, Headquarters Captian under Vice-Admiral Garp."

"From today, you are all my assistants and so, I expect everyone to follow my orders unquestioningly. Apart from that, you can be as you like in the Ship and I won't question." Rey spoke.

"Next, We have been tasked to capture a certain pirate who entered the Grand Line, recently. This is his information; you all can share your thoughts freely." Rey presented the details for everyone to examine.

Everyone saw the Wanted poster and details of the pirate crew provided by Garp. They were surprised to see the wanted poster of the pirate with 70 Million Berries.

Some are excited and some are afraid of going after such a notorious pirate with high bounty. But when they looked at Rey who looked fearless and didn't have any expression on his face, they regained their confidence.

Meanwhile, Rey also viewed at the information of the pirate group. The pirate group is called Silver Gale pirates who originated from North blue with more than 50 members on their crew.

According to the latest report, they made a huge ruckus on the last Island of North blue and even sank the marine ship which belonged to one of the North blue bases.

After that, they escaped the Marine fleet pursuit and entered the Grand Line. From the report, he saw the Captian of the Silver Gale pirates and his crew slaughtered many innocent civilians and even marine soldiers.

"Who's responsible for contacting the Headquarters?" Rey asked.

"Captain, it's me." One of the five Ensign responded.

"I want to know at which Island in Grand Line they were last spotted. It's been five days since they left the last Island in North blue, which is more than enough to cross the Grand Line. I want to know the exact location." Rey ordered.

"Yes, Captian." The Ensign spoke and ran outside to contact the branch which gathers intelligence.

They have a special Marine Headquarters Den Den mushi on their ship to communicate with Headquarters for anything.

"Let's discuss how to deal with them."

"The Silver Gale pirates are strong in both strength and numbers. Apart from their captain, who has the bounty of 70 Million berries, their Vice-captain is also strong with a bounty of 30 Million berries and there are also some pirates with low bounties in their crew."

"Once we confirm their position, we will set sail," Rey declared.

"Yes, Captian"

Inside the meeting room, other officers are discussing the plan about the possible ways to catch the pirate while Rey chatted with Mia.

After 10 mins, the ensign who went out to uncover the location came back and reported the Silver Gale pirates were last seen in Kyuka Island.

"Kyuka Island?" Rey questioned and soon realized it's the umbrella-shaped Island where Mr.3 and his partner gone for vacation.

'Then, it may be possible that their next stop will be Alabasta' Rey thought.

"Captian, In the report, it was stated the Silver Gale pirates acquired the Eternal pose to the Alabasta Kingdom from someone in Kyuka Island. They departed yesterday and their next stop is possibly Alabasta." The Ensign reported again.

"Ok then, we will set sail to Alabasta and discuss how to deal with pirate crew on our route."

Soon, their Marine ship departed from the Marine Headquarters and sailed towards the Alabsta Kingdom. Rey even got the eternal log pose to the Alabasta Kingdom from the headquarters as that made their travel easy.

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Next day,

Rey was training in his private workout room, which is installed with various training equipment.

He was training in a headstand pushups, while the entire body is supported by his two fingers. Rey's entire body is drenched in sweat and even so, he continued his pushups.

'Three thousand!'

Rey concluded his training, cleaned himself and came outside to check the situation. He was told, they are on the right course and will reach the Alabasta Kingdom by tomorrow morning.

"Rey, I am feeling bored. Why don't we spar for a bit?" Mia asked feeling bored.

"Sure, only hand combat without any techniques, otherwise, we both will destroy the ship," Rey spoke.

Soon, both of them begin their combat and tested their skills without any using techniques. After sparing for a bit, Rey went to his cabin and meditated according to his Nine Heavenly gates technique to nourish his body.

Rey could sense, he has grown stronger during the past few months but if he wants to compete with some powerful existence he needs to open his third gate or train in his Haki.

It's been some months since he opened his second gate, but till now he wasn't able to locate his third gate. Meaning, his physical body is not up to the standard of unveiling his third gate so he needs to further nourish his entire body.

But lately, he noticed that normal physical exercise has almost no influence on his body. His body is now as strong as someone who uses basic tekkai, and his fist is capable enough to shatter anything in his way.

So even if he trains for twenty-four hours daily, his strength won't increase like before.

He could feel, he was missing something crucial when he was practicing his technique; If he is able to find the reason, his strength will soar to a whole new level. But, he couldn't pinpoint what he is missing.

'Sigh! It's a waste of time to think about meaningless things. I will eventually find the reason if I keep walking forward as my heart desires.' Rey mused.