Danger Brews And Happiness Slowly Fades

Some of Fire Masters still had qualms. One of them complained that they shouldn't trust in pirates, especially the most dangerous of the batch. That man was killed on the spot.

Goliath said: "You see brothers and sisters! This foolish man does not know the risks we have by letting those slave harvesters live! This Celestial Dragons come into our village, live on our land and demand our lives like we're sheep cattle! No, I refuse to accept this nonsense! We are The Shiranui People and we do not bow our heads to the weak willed!

With that short speech, the doubts of inviting the Rocks Pirates to the grand battle for the freedom of The Shiranui Island was set into motion.

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A scrawny looking man with blonde hair started to speak, "Yes, thank you Goliath for your encouraging words. Soon we will meet these pirates and they will help us with our goal. But after then we will betray them by informing the marines just moments before the incident. The marines will have no problems with killing them this time because they will be worn out due to the fight with those brain-dead bodyguards. Tomorrow we will finally be free from the clutches of those bastards."

The many Fire Masters cheered with joy. They had lost too many family members to the Celestial Dragons and wanted revenge, but they know that their fake ceasefire was the only thing stopping the Celestial Dragons from killing innocents just to get what they wanted. This was an opportunity to finish this viscous cycle of depression.

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At the same time somewhere on a small island, there stood an abnormally large man that could be compared to giants. He looked at the Den Den Mushi with a white snail connected to block any outside interference and contemplated over his decision to betray his captain. In his opinion, his captain was no better than the Celestial Dragons that left his home to its own demise. If not for him, then Sphinx would not have been the humble country land it is now.

He dialled a set of numbers, and someone answered on the other side of the call: "Edward, have you thought over my proposal." The man that answered was a man know of Gol D. Roger. "Yes, I'll tell you where Xebec is taking Rayleigh", said Edward. "Currently, Xebec is on his way to God Valley, he said that there was an opportunity to destroy the 'perfect' image of the Celestial Dragons. I won't be joining this battle because there were some issues I had to deal with in Sphinx. Only him, Linlin and Kaidou will be present for the battle. The rest are currently on other operations."

"Thank you, Edward, I won't forget this favour", said Roger. The call soon ended, and Edward stood in the middle of a field while looking at the starry sky wondered if he made the right decision. He continued stargazing of time passed.

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In an office there sat a man who had received intel that the Celestial Dragons would be attacked, by whom it was still not confirmed. Now he was face to face with a promising yet troublesome marine that had showed excellent results and had become a Vice Admiral recently. " Vice Admiral Garp, currently there are no Admirals on duty to help the Celestial Dragons as reinforcements and you're the only one strong enough within the Vice Admiral ranks I can trust to successfully execute this mission", said The Fleet Admiral of the Marines, Fleet Admiral Kong. "I refuse." Without missing a beat Garp declined the offer as his opinion towards the Celestial Dragons was 'disgust' to say the least.

Fleet Admiral Kong knew that Garp would decline however, he had no choice but to request him as all the Admirals were busy subduing problematic pirates all around the world, the Vice Admirals available now where needed to guard Marine Headquarters and as the Fleet Admiral he could not leave Headquarters.

He thought of a way to convince Garp since he can't force a marine to go on a mission if their personal beliefs will 'cloud' their judgement when doing missions without supervision. "Garp, there is intel that claims that Rocks D. Xebec of the Rocks Pirates will be targeting God Valley, but it is not confirmed yet", said Kong. Garp's face grew veins as they pulsed with rage, Conqueror's Haki seeped out and enveloped the whole room. A few seconds later he calmed down and accepted the request.

When Garp exited the office, Kong looked outside his office with contempt as he lit a cigar, "It's still hard to believe that Garp's wife was killed by Xebec when he attacked Marineford a few years ago. Ever since he stopped at nothing to find him and recently Xebec has been silent, too silent for my liking. What the hell is that monster planning. His 'associates have been seen in multiple places hence our lack of Admirals. Only Newgate seems to be idle. *Sigh*, this is giving me a headache."