Chapter 66 (1/2)

Grandline, Paradise, Marine Headquarters

”Report!” Sengoku spoke into the mic of his transpondersnail, waiting for some news from the batallion he had sent to observe and possibly capture Nico Robin in Water 7.

”Yes sir! We followed your orders to the letter but were met by some unfortunate circ.u.mstances which leave me at a loss to be honest with you sir.” The marine answered through the mic, confusing the fleet-admiral.

”Unfortunate circ.u.mstances? Ellaborate marine!” Sengoku replied back, hoping for some details, which he normally didn't get many of due to being surrounded by incompetence...

”Sir! We confronted Nico Robin while she was eating in a caffee with someone. Just as we were about to capture the woman due to her not complying with a peaceful surrender that we offered, a young blond man in a black suit jumped in at the scene and reacted rather brutally to the situation, making me believe him to be a member of the strawhat crew and thus intimately related to Nico Robin. He attacked us which ended with a stalemate between us and the man. As we were about to continue the fighting the duo that was eating all the while in the caffee stood up and made to leave the scene, offering the young man called Sanji to join them, which we tried to stop. This is were it gets confusing. Some kind of pressure descended on every marine, me included and knocked us out cold in an instant which I simply do not understand...” The marine captain finished his report, letting silence reign between the two.

”Urgh, not again... you will stand down for now captain. I will send a vize-admiral to capture the strawhats, as it is possible that the young man you faught against was the origin of the altercation, though this needs further evidence to undermine. The vize-admiral will arrive in a few hours by seatrain and you will give any assistance that is required of you. Do you understand marine?!” Sengoku spoke, not in the mood to further deal with another annoyance that had emerged in recent days.

”Yes sir! Understood sir!” The marine replied, after which Sengoku put down the mic to focus once more on his paperwork.

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”I should be back in around an hour. Prepare whatever you need to prepare so we can get off of this island without much hassle.” Azul spoke with a giant piece of meet clutched in his hand, speaking to Robin who nodded shortly, while he went to the railing and jumped over it, giddy already to try out his new ship.

He went through the city and bought some more supplies and most importantly picked up his personal transpondersnail, a baby one, which over time would take on his appearance, that he had ordered a few days ago.

”Aren't you a cute one? Gudigudiguuuuu” Azul purred at the tiny snail which gave him a weird look as if asking what the hell was wrong with the man, making Azul laugh at the comical expression the snail was wearing.