Chapter 52
Chapter 52
Admiral Sengoku and Vice-admiral Garp, are leading three warships to recruit people for World Military Draft by the order of WG. Removing Fleet Admiral Kong from his position is suspended till the end of this mission but, the next fleet admiral Sengoku is thinking that, Kong stay long in his position. So, he is taking the mission slow while visiting an island for a long time.
And, it has been two days they have been staying on Sabaody to recruit some decent looking people. They found some and as they are about to head to next island, a subordinate reports them that, two people are coming from the sky, from the direction of Red Line. So, the two men takes the binocular to look and boy, they got the shocked. It is Embra and Esdeath. Granted, they do not know Embra's name but, they still knows that, Embra is the wives of three strongest women in Sunset pirates. Moreover, Sengoku and Kong has talked with Embra before while Garp was rampaging in the Sunset pirates headquarter. And, Sengoku knows that, Embra is not a bad man.
Though, the same cannot be said for Garp who is ready to move out to them. Sighing, Sengoku tells his subordinates to move the warships out of the way while they two approach Embra and Esdeath as soon as they arrive on the groves of a tree. To the surprise and jealousy of Sengoku, Embra is just here to have fun with just the two of them. Embra's lack of fighting intent and Esdeath's hatred glare towards Garp and Sengoku is the proof of Embra's statement. So, Sengoku sighs a breath of relax but, Garp charged at the two of them.
Sengoku is eager to catch the two of them but if it means that they can catch Esdeath, the most dangerous woman in the present, Sengoku wants to catch her. So, together with Garp, they starts the game of tug.
"Notice to all the marine on the island. The angel executioner- Esdeath is here on the island. Other members of Sunset pirates may also be here. Report to me immediately as soon as you see them." (Garp)
"Oi. Go looks around the Saboady and the surrounding water. Find the ships of Sunset pirates. Report to me as soon as you saw them. Do not engage, alright?" (Sengoku)
Garp orders the marine on the island while Sengoku orders his subordinates on the three warships to hunt Esdeath. Meanwhile, Esdeath and Embra are visiting a shopping mall. Esdeath is looking around the mall, pointing towards any dress that fancy her eyes. Embra also chose many jeweleries from the stands that caught his eyes and as soon as they are gathered on the counter, the notice from the marines come to the shop, alerting the shop employees.
"Y-y-yy-y-you. Es-s-sdeath. Oh my god!!!" (A Shop employee)
A shop employee who was doubting himself that, he may have seen Esdeath before, immediately remembers about her as soon as notice from the marines come. So, he shouted, alerting the other customers too but, Embra and Esdeath grins.
"Next shop, we go, my love." (Embra)
"Imm. Let's go." (Esdeath)
Embra waves his hand on top of the pile of clothes and jeweleries, leaving nothing but, a leather bag which contains one million of Beli. The clothes are kept in his inventory and as soon as it finishes, Embra takes Esdeath's hand to go out of the window. Reaching on the ground, they saw a barbeque shop, not far from here. They heads towards there to satisfy their hungers as they haven't had lunch yet. Someone on the streets shouted,
"I-I-Itt is her. Esdeath, she is here!!! (Some random people)
Embra and Esdeath just shrugs their shoulder at him and enter the shop before ordering the owner some food while dropping some money on the table.
"Oi, Owner. Give us something to eat. Be fast. Here is the money" (Embra)
The owner immediately forgets the fact that, a pirate over two billion bounty enters his shop as soon as he sees a stash of money worth 100 thousand Beli. He immediately put steaming hot barbecue sticks and hot pot on the table which makes Embra and Esdeath grabs some immediately to wolf down. Esdeath is lowering the temperature of the meat by freezing the steam, let out from the hot pot. So, it become a little easier to eat and before half of the food is finished, Embra got a future vision which makes him signal Esdeath immediately,
"Freeze" (Esdeath)
Extending her hand to the roof the restaurant, Esdeath freeze the falling momentum of Garp before grabbing Embra's hand and flash out of the restaurant. In the place of Embra's seat, a stash of another 100 thousand beli dropped and five seconds later, Garp falls down from the roof, making a mess in the restaurant.
"That damn woman and her troublesome ability. Where did they go?" (Garp)
"I-I-Don't know. They just disappeared." (Shop owner)
Garp grits his teeth grudgingly while sensing around but, as expected, he could not find their aura at all. Soon, Sengoku arrives from the entrance of the restaurant and shouts towards Garp,
"Garp, they are at the park. Let's go." (Sengoku)
Garp follows immediately after Sengoku while grabbing new barbecue sticks from the table where he sensed Embra and Esdeath. He already saw the stash of money. So, he grab every uneaten sticks before running out of the restaurant. The people in the restaurant or the streets are dumbfounded seeing the two powerful marines storming in and out of the restaurant before they could even register what is happening.
Meanwhile, in a game stand of the park, Embra and Esdeath can be seen playing a game while the people around them are staying away in fear but, you can still see some men admiring Esdeath's beauty while some women admiring Embra's look. But, the two are not even caring them a bit and continue catching the hooks of toy fishes with the hook from the fish poles.
"Ah! Close. I was about to get it." (Embra)
"Yosh. I get the number 23. Oi owner, give me that sunglasses my love fancy." (Esdeath)
"Y-Yes, here you go." (Owner)
Yep, they are playing for a sunglasses that Embra took a liking to and before long, they disappear in a flash again after dropping some stash of money. Again, they stops in front of a roller coaster which is about to start going. Dropping some stashes of money again, the two board the coaster before it started going fast.
"WHooo...hooo. We should definitely built this on the island." (Embra)
"Yes. More like, we should recreate a copy of the whole theme park of Saboady on the island." (Esdeath)
"Oh That is not a bad i-.... They are here. Let's go get some sweet." (Embra)
"This is also a fun, isn't it? Maybe we should do it often." (Esdeath)
"Please don't joke about that, my dear wife." (Embra)
And so, they disappears again while still on roller coaster as they heads towards a sweet shop not far away from there. Going inside, they orders some drink and sweets. And, because this is a restaurant in an alleyway, they stayed there for half an hour before a marine got sight of them and shouts. Thousands of marines are already spreading the whole island searching for the two of them but, even so, they could not catch the two of them because of Embra's future vision. And so, the whole afternoon passed and the game of tug between the marines and pirates ended as the could not be caught in anyway.
So, Sengoku give up chasing an just waits quietly in the direction of red line where he suspected the ship of Esdeath is. But, little did he know that, they did not come with a ship but, a plane and that the plane is already waiting underwater in the opposite direction of red line.
As for Embra and Esdeath, they are resting in a bar while drinking some alcohol. The bar they have entered is not a normal bar but, a bar that is isolated from other buildings as it is built not far from the pirate infected area, Glove 13. Moreover, the bar is infamous for being a rip-off bar and the owner is a strong woman who will beat up anyone who don't pay up. Here, Embra bought the evening hour of the bar as soon as he come in, by giving putting 100 million beli on the counter, which prompts the owner to kick out all the pirates and fully tend to Embra and Esdeath. And, of course, the infamous woman owner is one of the crew members of legendary pirate crew,
"I see, so, you are doing business alone. Hm? So, Shakky-san, you are not seeing anyone yet? " (Embra)
"Ara, Is Mr.handsome openly making a move on me, I wonder?" (Shakky)
"Ahaha. If I am making a move on you, I would not be doing this roundabout way, you know? Anyway, I just want to confirm some rumors about you and the vice-captain of some famous pirate crew." (Embra)
Shakky who was about to inhale some smoke stops a bit when Embra mentions that. But, it was just for a moment as she immediately relax after seeing that, neither Embra or Esdeath shows any intentions and continue drinking their drinks.
"... I am surprised. There should not be a rumor like that as I myself tied up the loose ends but, it seems it has reached you, Mr.handsome." (Shakky)
"Excuse me, if I offend you in a way, Shakky-san. I didn't mean bad, I just have a message I want you to convey to them." (Embra)
"I do not mind it but, what message do you want to convey, Mr.Handsome" (Shakky)
Embra laughs a little as he can sense the sharp gaze of Shakky. He can already tell that, her using his nickname for many times convey the hidden meaning that, Shakky wants Embra's name. By the way, Esdeath is relaxing on the side while savoring the best wine in the shop as she knows that, Embra is doing something for the future and so she decided not to interfere him.
"Ahaha. Please excuse me as my name is a bit sensitive. So, I cannot reveal to you but, when that vice-captain and his captain is troubled a bit, please tell them this, 'The last piece is in calm belt. Listen the voice and follow'. The message is just this but, you must only tell them when they are in actually troubled. Oh right. Here is a fee for your services." (Embra)
Embra just drops five luggage in front of the suspicious Shakky, without minding a bit about her questioning gazes. Shakky opens the top luggage and see that, it is all money. seeing them, her eyebrow raise a bit,
"Isn't this a little too much for a message? Or, is the message this important to you?" (Shakky)
"No, no. It is not important to me but, when the time come that, the captain and his partner are actually troubled, this message will be important than their own lives. But, I am not sure when will they be troubled. It maybe three years later or maybe five years. I am not sure. So, this amount... If it is not enough, feel free to name your price." (Embra)
Shakky was surprised again by the secrecy and intriguing words of Embra. Moreover, the fact that Embra is offering her any number gives her quite a surprise because she put downs her old roll, she has been smoking before taking out a new one.
"*take out new joint* You know, Mr.handsome, I would like to say that offering me to name my own price is a big mistake. *Light her joint* However, seeing how secrecy you are but also serious at the same time, I will accept your offer with this. I just need to tell the message when they are truly troubled, right?" (Shakky)
"Yep. I know I can count on you, Shakky-san. Please takes this as a gift." (Embra)
Smiling, Embra takes out a paper with numbers and a box of cigar from his inner pockets. Of course, they are from the inventory but, Shakky doesn't need to knows that. The numbers are for Embra's snail transponder which he left on the Castaway island. It is also the same number that, Esdeath gave to Fleet Admiral Kong and the box of cigar is just Embra's gift to Shakky. The cigars are the best cigar Embra had in his inventory and they are precious in numbers as they are from Earth and cannot be buy again.
The reason he gave that away was because he wants to create friendly relation with Shakky who is an information broker and the future wife of Silver Rayleigh. It is also the reason why he gave Shakky the message so that, Roger can reach the Agartha Island by using 'The Voice of all thing', an unique haki which Roger possess. it may seem like a foolish move, exposing the island but, Embra has some thing stored for Roger and it is more than the last Road Poneglyph.
As for Shakky, she is looking alternately between the five luggage of money, the box of cigar and Embra who is now drinking the same wine as Esdeath while making some talk with her. The money he gave for a message which is not important to himself is 500 million, which is not a little amount for Shakky. So, Shakky has a little doubt about things Embra did but, she is sure of one thing.
'... He wants to be friendly with me. Why? Did he want the connection to Ray-san? Did he know my past too? This young man is the husband of Esdeath whose bounty is 2.5 billion and throughout this talk, she has not intervene a bit yet. So, this young man may have her under his thumb and seeing the things they did on the island today, are they truly just couple or is it more than that?
Moreover, how did he know me and Ray-san's connection? How did he also know that, Ray-san and his captain would be troubled in the future? What does the message truly mean? ... The more I think, the more mysterious he become. Just, who is this young man?' (Shakky)
In the end, Shakky could not think of any disadvantage for her. So, she finally accepts Embra's proposal. The three makes some small talks after that, and Esdeath and Shakky are sharing their view of marine ad this is when Embra recalls that, Garp has not followed them yet. But, he do not want to endanger Shakky's shop. So, he decided to wrap up the conversation.
"Well now, Shakky-san, I think we should go now. We don't know when Garp will come. So, let's meet some other time." (Embra)
"Ara~ It is unfortunate. Oh right. Before you go, this is my number, Esdeath-san. Contact me if you want to know something at a price." (Shakky)
"Imm. Then, we will be going." (Esdeath)
And so, Esdeath and Embra disappeared after opening the door of the bar. They heads straight to Embra's plane which is hidden under water. Thus, they went towards another island without Garp and Sengoku knowing that, they are already gone. They are still waiting for Embra and Esdeath on every corner of the island but,little did they know, they never had a chance to capture Esdeath or Embra.