Chapter 126

Shiryu and Strawberry are standing opposite of each other, not moving an inch. They're both radiating an immense pressure that makes most think twice before daring to approach. Shiryu was the first to attack. He sent multiple sword slashes towards Strawberry, who jumped to his left and easily dodged them.

But Shiryu expected that and appeared there right after. Shiryu swung his sword towards Strawberry, who barely managed to block it. But the attack just started. Shiryu immediately swung his sword again, and again, and again, till strawberry finally showed an opening, and Shiryu immediately stabbed him in his chest.

Strawberry managed to slightly dodge, so he didn't hit any vital parts, but it will still hurt a lot. Strawberry immediately jumped back. Blood started gushing out.

"Hahaha, what will you do now? Even if you use Haki, you won't be able to stop that wound. If I just start dodging your attacks, you will bleed to death without me needing to do anything."

"Sigh, it seems like I have no other choice."

He put both of his swords right in front of his chest in an X shape.

"What are you trying to do? There is no that way I couldn't dodge that attack."

"But are you sure that those women behind you on Amazon Lilly can do the same?"

"Tsk, you marine idiots sure are righteous."

"They were our target anyway, so it doesn't matter who I kill first. Now take my slash! Strawberry Style: X of Justice!"

A huge sword slash in the form of an X came flying towards Shiryu and Amazon Lily.

"Don't underestimate me. If I couldn't even take care of this weak attack, I wouldn't dare face my Captain."

Shiryu put his sword back in its sheath and crouched down.

"Secret Sword Style: Blood Path."

He disappeared, and all you could see was a red zig-zag streak. He went right through the X-shaped sword slash, destroying it in an instant, and the next second, Strawberry was cut in half at his waist. He had a horrified look on his face as his upper body and lower body got separated. He fell down on the floor.

"Did you really think that I'm stupid? Sending a sword slash towards my allies so that I would block it, and as I'm preoccupied with it, you would suddenly appear behind me to take me out."

"Argh, to think that I would be defeated so easily. You pirates truly are detestable."

Before he could say anything else, Shiryu severed his head, killing him instantly.

'Easy? This bastard! If I didn't spot a tiny weak spot in his slash, there would be no way that I could take it out in one quick slash.' thought Shiryu

Shiryu looked at where Boa Hancock was fighting with Momonga, and all he could see were piles of rubble near her feet. She noticed him looking and smirked at him.

'She is stronger than I thought. It seems like she managed to take out Momonga faster than I could take out Strawberry. She even took out all the marines near her. And the Kuja's took care of the remaining marines.' thought Shiryu

He jumped to the ship Boa Hancock was standing on and glared at her.

"Captain told me to stay here for another week. So my men and I will be entering your island."

"Huh? How dare a guard dog talk to his boss like that! There is no way that I would allow any men on my island."

"You bitch! Then why did you let Captain on the island!?"

"He gave my sisters and I an amazing present. And since he is my friend, he can come and go wherever he wants."

"Tsk, it's not like I want to enter your stinky island anyway. We'll be docking our ship on the beach. If you're being attacked again after one week, don't count on anyone helping you."

He disappeared and appeared back on his ship. Boa Hancock just scoffed and jumped back to her island. She told her subordinates to get rid of all the marines, and then she went back to her palace, followed by her sister and stares full of awe from her subordinates.

[1 hour later

Marine meeting room]

There are 6 marines sitting at a round table. These 6 people are The Fleet Admiral Sengoku and 5 of the 6 Admirals. Aokiji, Akainu, Kizaru, Fujitora, and Haia.

(Haia is an oc that was mentioned in a previous chapter.)

While they were holding the meeting, someone came in after knocking and gave Sengoku a piece of paper. He left immediately after. Sengoku read the paper, and all he could do is sigh.

"What happened?" asked Haia

"The people we sent after Boa Hancock have been annihilated."

"I told you to send me there! I could have taken care of it!" screamed Akainu

"That wouldn't have been a good decision. The reason they were able to annihilate our soldiers is because Shiryu showed up. That means that someone has leaked our plans. And it would have been bad if you suddenly had to face all the Azure Pirates alone. There wouldn't have been enough time to send enough backup to help you out." said Sengoku

"Tsk."

"If we could just take care of either the Revolutionaries or the Azure Pirates, we would be able to relax. Since they are currently the only two that are giving us headaches." said Fujitora

Right after that, someone knocked on the door again. After Sengoku let him in, he gave another piece of paper. The messenger immediately left again. Sengoku had a smile on his face.

"Good news?" asked Aokiji

"The 150 million berry bounty pirate, Monkey D. Luffy, has been captured by Smoker."

"That brat was getting annoying, so it's good that he is finally caught." said Haia

"The report also says that Smoker had something important that he wanted to report to me. I guess we should call him first before we continue the meeting. It must be important if he didn't mention it in his report."

Sengoku took out his Den Den Mushi and called Smoker.

"Smoker speaking."

"It's Sengoku."

"Sir!"

"You had something important to say."

"Yes, sir. Are you alone?"

"I'm with the Admirals."

"That's fine then. After I captured Monkey D. Luffy, I found out that he could potentially be Dragon's son."

Everyone looked shocked except for Sengoku.

'I should have taken this call privately.' thought Sengoku

"How sure are you?"

"80%, sir. I'll give you a report with all my evidence. Once I arrive at Marine HQ."

"And what about his crew?"

"When I found him, he was alone and wounded, so it was easy to take him out. After I caught him, I sent my men to arrest his crew, but they couldn't. So I decided to not take any chances and retreated."

"Good job. If what you said is true, then you made the right decision. Take him to the new Impel Down immediately and have him Imprisoned in Level 6. After that, come to Marine HQ."

"Yes, sir! I will take care of it."

Sengoku hanged up the Den Den Mushi.

"Isn't this kinda bad?" asked Kizaru

"What do you mean?" asked Sengoku

"Isn't Luffy Garp's grandson? I might not know Garp as well as you, but I'm sure that he won't sit still after he finds out."

"He won't. I'll make sure of it. Now go, this meeting will end here today."

The Admirals left, leaving Sengoku behind, who looked out of the window with a worried look.

'Who am I kidding. I just talked big, but there is no way that I'd be able to stop him without it resulting in an all-out fight. This is his only grandson. No matter how indifferent he acts, he'll never let us do anything to him. I should go and talk to Kong about this.' thought Sengoku

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Quotes:

"We don't lose our friends. We just learn who our real ones are."

"No one was born ugly. The problem is we live in a judgmental society."

"I don't just want you... I want us."