Sabo in danger!

Ian watched as both the legendary pirates before him started to fly away after they got drunk a bit.

It was obvious they were not going to be buddies any time soon.

But Ian didn't mind.

He smiled in triumph.

He had gotten a promise from both of them to help when the time comes… Ian knew they would hold their words.

He was grateful for that.

One might ask why he was bothering this much… but when Ian thinks about what he came to know so far…

'Even Ariel and ones similar to it in strength still lost their war… what chance do we have?' Ian shook his head as he thought.

It was only natural that he gathers allies, he didn't want to lose… Ever.

Shaking his head from such thoughts, Ian got back to the thing at hand.

He needed to find the red Poneglyph that Kaido had.

Ian didn't need to ask the man, since he had already sensed its whereabouts.

He was currently still in his Raijin form, and he didn't bother to turn it off.

"Well, I'll go get the Poneglyph before I join the rest for a drink!" Ian concluded before he sped up flying towards the castle.

When he reached it he went inside. The castle had seven floors, two of which were underground. They were Ian's destination.

Ian moved fast by flying through the stairs until he reached the second basement floor and found a room.

"BOOM!"

He kicked the heavily armed door open with a single strike that destroyed it apart, and then his eyes laid upon three Poneglyph stones.

Two were blue, and the last one was red.

"It's only natural. Even big mom had two of the regular ones." Ian said as he saw them.

He then waved his hands and the stones were stored away.

Ian then got back and exited the castle before he looked at the whereabouts of his crew.

"There they are!" He found them soon.

He then flashed next to them before he turned off his Raijin form.

Just as he was about to join his crew sitting down and enjoy a drink he saw how Kin'emon and the rest all got up with serious looks on their faces.

"What are you doing you guys?" Ian asked them perplexed/

They then bowed towards him at once.

As if they had agreed to this, all the samurai that joined their alliance got up at once and bowed. Every person that was from Wano bowed towards Ian…

Included among them was Yamato who inclined her head towards Ian in thanks silently.

They then loudly spoke.

"Ian-dono… We cannot stress how important this is to us… But please accept our heartfelt thanks!" Kin'emon led the rest as they all yelled.

"Thank you for your help in freeing the land of Wano, Ian-Dono/Ian-Sama!" They shouted as they kept their heads lowered…

Ian was about to tell them to stop, but upon further looking at them, he noticed that they all had tears falling from their face.

This was important for them.

'Well, it won't hurt to accept their thanks!' Ian didn't like such things, but it didn't hurt to let it go once in a while.

"Then I'll accept your thanks… with a toast!" Ian brought a bottle of sake and grabbed it by the rope as he raised his right arm to the sky.

They understood his meaning and they all raised their own cups.

And then as one, they all downed their drinks.

"To victory!!"

****

The next day.

"Purupuru!"

Ian stirred awake from the bed as he moved his hand to grab the den-den mushi.

By his side were Robin and Elene each taking his left and right. Kin'emon had led them to this house where they could sleep yesterday.

"Gacha!"

"This is Ian," Ian said.

"I'm deeply sorry to call you young Ian at this time, but something happened." On the other side, a deep voice spoke up urgently.

"Give me a second," Ian said to Dragon that he recognized from the voice.

He then gently moved both girls before he was able to get up and sat on the side of the bed.

"Tell me what happened." Ian then asked Dragon.

Dragon took a deep breath.

"One of the most important plans of the revolutionary army is to acquire a certain treasure from Marijois… I do not know what it is, but according to Roger, it will help us greatly in the future. We had a plan to infiltrate Marijois and get the treasure, but complications arose. And I can't do anything now," dragon explained.

Ian raised a brow.

'There is a secret treasure in Marijois that would help them? If it can help then it must be harmful to the diávoloi…' Ian thought silently.

Dragon waited patiently on the other side… in truth, he was planning to study what the treasure was before he speaks to Ian about it. He was even willing to give it to Ian if he needed it. He understood the threat they were facing, and he was willing to bet on Ian.

"What went wrong then?" Ian asked after a bit.

"Two admirals were present in Marijois!" Dragon didn't need to say anything else for Ian to understand.

Ian sighed.

"It can't be Kizaru so it must be the two newest ones then… did anyone die?" Ian asked.

Dragon replied.

"No! But Sabo, who I'm sure you know as Ace and Luffy's brother, is being chased by them, he had bought time for the rest to escape. The last message from him was how he was going to escape from the two admirals and rejoin the other executives! I know this is too much to ask of you, but please help him young Ian, he is a good kid…" Dragon added.

Ian gave a short nod.

He did know about Sabo from Luffy. The three did manage to reunite. Sabo had lost his memory but at the news of the war, he had regained it.

"What about the operation?" Ian asked.

Dragon was the one who sighed this time.

"It was a fail!" He replied.

Ian thought it was only natural… for such a treasure, perhaps even if dragon went himself he still wouldn't be able to take it with him.

Ian didn't need Dragon to tell him what he wanted.

He understood everything. Dragon was powerless to do anything, not only against two admirals but also Im.

Meanwhile, although it was dangerous for Ian, it was still possible for him to succeed.

He can in fact destroy both admirals and he can escape Im…

Ian started to say.

"I'll help you save Sabo!"

"You have my thanks!" Dragon thanked him, while internally vowing to never forget this.

They then cut the call off, and Ian grabbed a shirt before walking from the room.

He was wearing a simple white t-shirt, blue shorts, and sandals.

"Well let's go save the kid!" Ian muttered as he rubbed his eyes with his hand.