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Ian could finally relax after they took care of the beast. His attacks took a lot out of him as he had to keep focusing on two things at the same time.

'What the hell was this monster?' He thought to himself while he was breathing roughly.

In the original anime, there was no such thing even close to this monster. At that time, the war went badly and Whitebeard and Ace had died.

Although Ian knew about the Diávoloi, neither he nor Whitebeard knew what their purpose was. The 'voice' had only told them to take care of them or they would bring the end of the world.

But Ian had a guess.

'The only thing that changed is that the old man is alive… And I was not in the original anime… meaning my presence could have got them out of hiding…' He thought to himself.

In this war, the old man Whitebeard was alive and kicking and even healthier than before. And Ace did not die as planned. There was a possibility that they had existed in the past anime but they just didn't show up as everything went according to plan in the war.

And since things were different now, they made an appearance to fix things up, but ended up underestimating the might of the humans.

And then there was the other option. Where they were here, for him. It was a bit farfetched but it could be possible. They may have found him a threat to whatever they were planning in the future.

'Either way, this world keeps on getting even more dangerous.' He thought. If he didn't rush to evolve his body with all those abilities, perhaps he might be dead right now. He was glad he had done so and resolved to continue as soon as possible on that path.

He momentarily put that thought to the side as he looked around.

Apart from Garp, Whitebeard, and Shanks, all people there were on the ground sitting from exhaustion.

Especially Aokiji who was laying down on the ground completely. Sengoku was down on one knee trying to catch his breath which was understandable as his last attack took everything out of him, While Kizaru was just standing there looking tired to move even a bit.

Ian turned to look at the huge downed body of the beast in front of him.

He did not even need to think before he stored it in his ring. It was so sudden that everybody was alerted as they took positions to attack, and even Aokiji stood up.

Ian played his part as he grabbed his spear with two hands and turned to observe the surroundings vigilantly.

"What the hell just happened?" Sengoku yelled as he grabbed his waist with one hand and kept turning to look around him searching for the body or who had taken it.

Ian then lowered his spear and spoke.

"There is no one here other than us. Whatever took the Body must have already left." He said.

And nobody could argue against him. He had proved his strength in this war. From this day onward, the whole world would know that Ian was as strong as an emperor.

They all understood that whatever took the body and runoff was extremely strong for them to not notice it at all.

Meanwhile, Ian knew from the looks they all were making that his plan had succeeded.

Although he took the body, it was not without a plan. He wanted to first use its bloodline to evolve his body once again, and the most important part of his plan is to make Garp and Sengoku and the admirals here vigilant of this new threat…

He knew that Garp and Sengoku would retire in a way. For Garp, it was as Ace had died to Akainu. And for Sengoku, it was the result of the world nobles covering the fact that many dangerous fugitives had runoff from the prison. While just one of them could bring a nation down to its knees… And Ian had noticed earlier in the fight that the crew of the now-deceased pirate Blackbeard, had vanished.

Although he had knocked them out, someone had possibly recovered from that attack and saved them.

So Ian wanted to make Garp and Sengoku see the truth about the diávoloi. So that he would gain an ally in them. Though he didn't know if he'll need their help in the future, it did not matter right now. He had heard from Whitebeard's mouth how he and Roger teamed up and still almost lost so he was not taking any chances.

So his plan had succeeded.

"Old man let's leave. There's nothing left to do now." Ian stored his spear, as he addressed Whitebeard.

The old man nodded.

Shanks too started heading to his crew.

While the admirals and the rest were approached by several doctor marines' to tend to their wounds.

Ian looked at Garp and Sengoku. He used his mental powers to deliver a telepathic message.

[In the coming days you will finally see the true colors of the world government. If, and I say if, at that time you wish to know more about that beast we fought, then contact the old man for a meeting. I'm sure you already have his number. I am giving you this chance because I know you are not really corrupt.]

Then when they turned to look at him in shock he gave a small nod, and before the eyes of the onlookers, Ian, And whitebeard were swallowed up in shadows, leaving nothing behind.

Once again they panicked before Garp calmly spoke.

"That brat really knows how to show off." He was looking at the Moby dick at the distance that was now turning and starting to sail at the sea. The rest followed his gaze before they too just got back to their things.

On its deck there appeared Ian and Whitebeard, before Ian was suddenly enveloped with a hug from Elene who had been worried ever since that unknown person had first attacked him.

Garp just shook his head. And continued to think about what Ian had meant. The same went for Sengoku.