Sengoku's doubts

In the middle of the forest, two children were talking to each other.

"Can I really not swim anymore?" Luffy asked the other boy.

Asdrerd sighed, had explained the concept several times, but Luffy kept asking for the same thing.

"I have already explained to you that these fruits unlock powers, in exchange for these you will lose the ability to swim and other small weaknesses."

Asdrerd was continuing his training, trying to turn only his finger into color.

While they were arguing, Shanks came from behind them, much more relaxed now that he had confirmed Luffy's safety.

Before Shanks could say anything, Luffy ran to meet him. "Is it true that I won't be able to swim anymore?"

Shanks noticed the boy's pained expression and explained everything well.

Luffy started to cry.

Irritated by the noise, Asdrerd who was trying to concentrate thought, 'But why did I save him when he was trying to dive into the sea? I thought that altering the story from the beginning would not have been good for me. The more I know the better it is, but now I'm regretting it...'

"Don't cry you're a man!" Shanks put a hand on Luffy's shoulder trying to comfort him.

"But I won't be able to swim anymore; I won't be able to become a pirate like you." He explained the reason for his sadness.

Shanks told him that he knew great pirates with the powers of the devil's fruits and that he had to train to learn how to use his new power so that he could protect the island during his absence.

The three went back and the time came for the pirates to leave.

"Are you leaving?" The boy was holding back tears by remembering the pirate's words.

"Yes, and this time I won't be back soon, it's time to start a new journey," he replied.

"All right!" Luffy said forcefully.

"You will see that I will become strong, create my crew and be the pirate king!"

"So your goal is to overcome us, huh?" Shanks put his hand on his head and took off his hat, and then handed it to Luffy, with the promise that one day, when he would become a great pirate; he would have to return it to him.

Days passed.

Asdrerd's routine was always the same, now he could use his finger as a brush, but not how to control the colors to be released at will.

In addition to him, Luffy also began training to check his power.

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Meanwhile…

[In a Navy room]

"This Naked Kid doesn't stop creating problems."

Sengoku had learned that the little plague knew how to use the conquering king's haki and that he had delivered bandits with a threatening message to the navy.

There are rumors that he is the son of Gol D. Roger and that he is looking for revenge against the navy, others that say he is an old monster who has returned as a child to create confusion in the world, etc.

"Even if he has great skills, I doubt he can deal with the organization's big guys," he said in a relaxed tone.

At that moment Garp entered the room with blood on his nose, this because he had just put his fingers in his nose.

"I'm back! I have known that you have had many problems with the Celestial Dragons, 𝗕𝘄𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮!" He laughed seeing the situation of his friend.

Sengoku raised his head to see the person who entered, even if from his voice and tone it could not be anyone else but Garp. Once he looked up he saw blood dripping from Garp's nose, also he had not yet changed his clothes since the clash with Asdrerd, so he was full of dust and cuts on the uniform.

"Garp, what are those wounds?"

Thinking he was referring to the bump, Garp laughed, "𝗕𝘄𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮 a brat flew over me."

"A brat?" Thinking about the Naked Kid's declaration of war, Sengoku asked, "Was this brat by chance?" He asked raising the photo of the boy.

"Umm?! Asdrerd?" Surprised to see Asdrerd, Garp asked for details.

After learning the details, Garp said he met Asdrerd in Sabaody, so as not to reveal his grandson position. Once explained, Garp came out the door.

Inside the room, Sengoku was immersed in his thoughts.

'Marijoa, Sabaody, Tratara, has traveled between these three places in a very short space of time, from what Garp told me, should now still be in the Sabaody archipelago ... what to do?'

Sengoku was undecided about what to do; he was walking back and forth across the room. Asdrerd's strength had once again exceeded his expectations. He could not send simple soldiers after seeing that he was able to hurt a monster like Garp, also the arrest warrant was <<𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎>>, an even more difficult task.

After reflecting, he decided to contact the five elders and told everything from the declaration of war, not to be taken as a joke anymore, to his powers, saying he discovered the target's name and location.

Several hours later, Sengoku wrote new orders for the entire Navy, received from the five elders:

1- Update the wanted poster: name Asdrerd, photo of the boy's face in the foreground, received by an anonymous and the bounty, which has gone from 200 million to 533 million.

2- Head towards the Sabaody archipelago and try to identify the target, and then contact the admirals.

3- Write an article intended precisely for the Naked Kid, that if he decides to join in the Shichibukai, his sins would be forgiven.

Sengoku after delivering the orders whispered, "Shichibukai huh? What are the elders going to do?

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In the hall of authorities, the Five Elder Stars were conversing with each other.

𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: "We have finally found a good element for the Shichibukai, we have too many vacancies."

𝐂𝐚𝐩: "Um, excluding the Naked Kid we only have 5 members."

𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐝 & 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞: "Boa Hancock, Drakul Mihawk, Crocodile, Gekko Moria, and Mysha Ranfeld, but among them, only Mihawk and Ranfeld are worthy of this title."

𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐝: "... If we continue like this, the balance will soon break; we must find other valid members."

𝐂𝐚𝐩: "If Asdrerd were to accept, we would have an excellent pawn, he is only a child."

𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝: "Yeah! It will be easy to manipulate and we could forge it to our liking. "

𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: "But even with him, we would only have 6 members, one is missing."

𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐝 & 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞: "Don't worry; I have a candidate in mind."

𝐂𝐚𝐩: "Ooh, and who would it be?"

𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐝 & 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞: "What do you think of <<𝚃𝚢𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝>>, the old king of Sorube?"

𝐂𝐚𝐩: "He umm ... I'm not sure, for now, we await the response of the Naked Kid."

All the other elders nodded before dissolving the meeting between them.