Chapter 25: Minor Surgery

Law's heart raced as he realized the dire predicament he was in. The odds were stacked against him, he came to the market by himself, and he had no one to come to his aid.

Shachi, Penguin and Bepo wouldn't be able to take on so many marines anyway. In his mind, he quickly calculated his chances of escape and found them grim. Raising his hands in surrender, he went with plan B get taken and wait for a moment to escape.

But fate, it seemed, had other plans.

A deafening crash reverberated through the narrow streets of Swallow Island. Dust and debris filled the air, and the Marines turned their heads in shock and confusion.

From the chaos emerged a figure, cloaked in a swirling mantle and masked to conceal their identity. It was a mysterious newcomer, whom the marines had not expected.

The muscular mysterious man's voice, muffled by the mask, thundered with authority, "Release the young man at once! You have no right to harass him!"

The Marines hesitated, caught off guard by the sudden appearance of this mysterious savior. "Who do you think you are? Get lost before we deal with you too!" one of them retorted, trying to regain their composure.

Without a word, the The muscular mysterious man sprang into action. His movements were a blur of grace, precision and violence, a testament to his formidable skills.

With uncanny speed and grace, he disarmed the Marines, his strikes landing with surgical precision. The display of power and finesse that  from the man, left Law and the Marines dumbfounded.

Ignoring the marines that were falling like flies, you would think the masked man was performing an intricate dance of some sort.

In a matter of moments, the battle was over. The Marines lay defeated, scattered around the market square. Every punch and every kick sent a marine flying into one stall or another in the market.

There were a  lot of vendors selling flour that day, so there was plenty of flour and dust floating around. Being pelted by a human body at a 100 miles an hour will do that to flour.

As the flour and dust settled and the chaos subsided, Law and the mysterious man appeared to in the sight of the viewers, standing side by side.

The muscular mysterious man turned to Law, the mask hiding any hint of expression. He extended a gloved hand, his voice gentler this time. "Need some help kid?"

Law, still in shock from the sudden turn of events, nodded in a dumbfounded manner. "Thank you... I don't know who you are, but you saved my life...Who are you?"

The muscular mysterious man merely nodded in acknowledgment, choosing not to answer nor divulge any information. His identity shrouded in mystery. It was clear that he preferred to remain enigmatic.

Finally he said: "I sensed that you were in danger," they said. "And I couldn't stand by and do nothing."

"This is quite the commotion, I think we should make our exit now." said the mysterious man. Lifting Law over his shoulder the mysterious man disappeared in the blink of an eye, the only evidence of his presence being the many incapacitated marines in the market square.

At a desolate looking docks, the mystery man and the young Trafalgar Law stopped, far away from prying eyes. Having calmed down from his unexpected encounter with the marines, Law regained his composure and became guarded once more.

The mysterious man realizing that Law had his guard up decided that it was time to speak. 

"I am one who wishes to cooperate with you. As long as you are willing, I your benefactor will provide protection, training and help you to get stronger quickly..... In return you as the user of the ope ope no mi will perform a the personality transfer surgery no less than ten times."

Law eyed the mysterious man warily, he was now extremely suspicious as he had mentioned the Ope Ope no mi which no one should know he has. "How can I trust you when you know so much about me, and I know almost nothing about you?

" 1) those marines shouted that you have the Ope Ope no mi didn't they? 2) sorry kid, that was rude of me, let me introduce myself." said the mysterious man removing his mask to reveal a handsome dark skinned face with a bald head. With a dramatic flair, he then pulled on his face which also came off like a mask!

Underneath his face was a shocking scenery, one of only metal and circuitry but no blood or flesh.

"I am a robot not a human, and as you can see I won't be needing the immortality surgery that would take your life."

Law was shocked and aghast at the same time, stepping backwards warily, and he fell by accident. "Why do you seem to know more about my devil fruit than me!? And what are you? some weird devil fruit user?"

"No a robot! I can shoot lasers, pew pew! Body made of Metal" said the robot (who's is Calvin if you haven't figured it out yet) feeling exasperated.  Law stared him with a blank look. 

Having gotten a Bright Idea: "Alright you can watch me swim! Devil fruit users can't do that right?" 

To which Law nodded skeptical about what he was planning. Smiling the robot replaced his face with the human looking face, and dived into the waters of the sea.

Quickly he swam a lap  and back, before returning and climbing back to the dock. Shaking his body like a dog, to get water out of his non existent hair. "Well believe me now?" he asked with a smirk.

Law grudgingly admitted that, for the most part, he seemed to be telling the truth. 

"So let's get down to business, you have something I want, and I have something that you want." Said Calvin. "What do you have that I want?" asked Law suspiciously.

"Strength, the strength to defeat all your enemies, and knowledge that will help you to get strong, just as strong in the least time possible." Looking up Calvin smiles, "looks like our ride is here."

Turning towards the sea, Law spotted a Caravel that was coming in to dock. On the Deck of the caravel, was Dr. Kureha, Chopper, and Nami. 

"Woohoo! We finally made it !" shouted Decimo the minion as he came out of the cabin. "Sailing is so slow compared to flying" said the muscular Rabbitman hybrid. 

"Shut up!" shouted Kureha angrily while smacking him in the head. "We're here to blend in, go make yourself useful and drop the anchor and furl the sails." 

"Aye Aye! Captain Kureha" grumbled Decimo. Despite the fact that was unwilling, he quickly did it as he didn't want kureha (his boss's woman) to smack him again. Decimo docked the ship and threw in the mooring line to be tied to the dock, before jumping down to the dock and tying up the ropes himself.

Jumping back to the ship Decimo was about to laze around in his bed for a while, when a cloaked figure ran up the mooring line like a trained acrobat and flipped  unto their ship.

"Hey what the hell are you doing on this ship!" shouted Decimo throwing a punch. The cloaked figure dodged and countered with a punch laying out Decimo flat.  Pulling off his cloak it was revealed to be Calvin with Law held under his arm.

"Oyyyy! Decimo you ass kisser when did Kureha become captain of my ship?" bellowed Calvin. "My Lord I didn't see it was you!" said Decimo ingratiatingly.

"So as long as I'm not around kureha is your captain?" pressed Calvin.  "Why yes of course my Lord, she is the captain and you are lord of us all" said Decimo tensing for another hit.

"Good job!" said Calvin giving him an arm to help him up. Kureha and the others came out of the cabin. "Calvin? Is that you, is it done? I thought you said it would take longer ?" Kureha asked hopefully.

"This is only another robot body, I'm still working on it." Let me introduce you to Trafalgar Law, he will help to complete the plan. As long as you teach him your medical skills everything will speed up" said Calvin gesturing to Law.

kureha frowned at Law and the atmosphere became a bit tense. Unperturbed Law stretched out his hand for a handshake.

Kureha grabbed Law's hand and took his pulse, "Teach him my medical skills? He looks like he is sick and in need of a doctor."

"I had Amber lead poisoning and cured it myself Hanya!" asserted Law, "I'm in my recovery phase. "Amber Lead fatal is fatal and incurable little boy" said Kureha with a frown.

" Well it is fatal, but I cured it with my devil fruit and medical knowledge" refuted Law not willing to be outdone.  Kureha looked askance of Calvin who nodded.

"It is indeed curable with medical knowledge and a few well  utilized devil fruits, the ope ope no mi, baku baku no mi  or even the Nikyu Nikyu no mi.  It seems you are indeed qualified to learn from me brat" conceded Kureha.

With her pass the tense atmosphere cleared and Decimo and Nami greeted him while Chopper hid in plain sight beside the mast of the ship.

Law introduced himself to the odd group of  people. There was a young lady that felt like a Hanya, a little girl with orange hair, a tanuki and a  big man with bunny ears.

With the Marines defeated and the danger averted, Law found himself with an odd but powerful group of people forming an unlikely alliance. Law even got his motely crew of Sachi, Penguin and Bepo to join up.