Chapter 59 (1/2)
Grandline, Paradise, Marine Headquarters
Marine Headquarters, no matter what some people may say, had always been a focus point where decisions concerning the mortal world were made and this very day it was no different than on other days, except that some kind of undecipherable weight hung over all the personnel that worked or lived at headquarters.
Said weight had been brought upon headquarters after the messege from one of their strongest, an admiral, had been received, who a few hours later arrived at headquarters, sedated and heavily injured many thought impossible for someone of the admirals strength. The older generation though knew that the admirals weren't the strongest their was on the oceans but still, their strength was nothing to caugh at. That's why they were titled as the strongest fighters the marines produced.
A few hours after Aokiji had been brought in and been treated accordingly an emergency meeting of marines had been called to order, to discuss what they had found out so far from the admiral in the moments that he had been lucid enough to be questioned.
Heavy boots echoed over the wooden panels of headquarters as some of the vize-admirals arrived to judge and give a verdict concerning the situation, all of those available at this moment sitting around a big round table, serious frowns marring their faces, plunged in silence until the one leading this meeting arrived. Vize-admiral Momonga.
”I hereby call this meeting to order! Now, what do we know so far about the one responsible for this mess?” vize-admiral Momonga asked into the room that at first remained eerily silent until one other vize-admiral spoke up, having been the one that had questioned Aokiji in the infirmary.
”The one responsible is a tall man, nearly four meters in height, though still seemed to be rather young. He has short-shaved hair of the darker sorts and wears nothing but a pair of beige trousers. He arrived shortly after Aokiji confronted the strawhat pirates and rescued them from further injuries by the admiral, so I think it is safe to assume that he knows them personally. He arrived alongside Nico Robin, also known as 'the devil-child' with a bounty of 79.000.000 Berry on her head. Shortly after the young man had brought Nico Robin to safety, the two of them began their fight. From this action alone it is possible that these two are allies. Anyways, the fight brought a few startling facts to light. First of all, the young man possesses the abilities of a mystical zoan. Though which is hard to guess as not many have yet been discovered. His fruit transforms him into some kind of canine which is able to produce flames of enormous heat and seems to enable him to walk on air. Not hopp like with geppo of the rokushiki, no. Literally walk. I believe it has something to do with the mythology of his mystical zoan, so it could be possible to find out which one he possesses going by that. Still, it would at best be a good guess.
On top of his devilfruit abilities, which were a strong counter to the admirals own powers, the young man seems to be able to use all three types of haki to a high degree. From what the admiral implied he even seems to have created a new way to use the conqueror's haki, which speaks of a deep understanding of his haki and makes him all the more dangerous. This is all we have discovered so f-” The vize-admiral spoke in a serious voice, making a lot of eyes sharpen, until a marine captain barged into the room, interrupting the meeting of the vize-admirals, who turned around to see the captain panting from running up to their meeting room in the upper floors of headquarters.
”Apologies sirs, but we have just received word from our spies stationed in Jaya, as is routine every end of the month. For those that don't know, Jaya is a haven and safespot for pirates and thus has a high priority order on the list for observation. This time though, the spies nearly missed the window to report in, due to them having only recently recovered from numerous injuries sustained from a large fight that leveled Jaya's town nearly completely.” The captain spoke in a rushed voice, straightening his back when all the vize-admirals leveled their eyes upon the captain, making him sweat slightly.
”Urgh, another one causing problems. Pirates I presume?” Momonga grunted out, developping a headache from all the happenings of the past few hours.
”Not completely sir! One party of the ones fighting was identified as a former member of the Whitebeard-pirates, namely Marshall D. Teach, alias 'Blackbeard' as the spies supplied.”
”Blackbeard? Isn't that the one that was recommended for the open spot amongst the shichibukai by that bird-fellow the other day?” vize-admiral Tsuru threw out amongst her collegues.
”What do we know so far about this Blackbeard?” Momonga asked, while turning back towards the captain, who hadn't moved a muscle from his former position.