Vol. 05 Ch. 36 – Next Destination

The Marine who received a report about the appearance of ART pirates in South Blue waters immediately took action by sending five of their warships. However, the highest level of the Blue Sea marine base was only captain level. The Blue Sea and HQ's power levels were also vastly different, so Law and the others were able to overcome them. The power of the devil fruit and the training provided by Arthur made them strong.

Robin and Monet make sure no one lives to witness Robin's new powers. All the victims on Law and Bepo's target ship suffered trauma because their bodies fell apart due to the power of the Ope Ope Fruit. Kuina strikes at close range with Sugar's support from afar, while Sabo and Koala take advantage of their Zoan-type devil fruit powers. But everyone still received support from Baby-5 with her Mist-Mist Fruit.

Arthur: "Good job, all of you."

Kuina: "If it weren't for Sugar and Baby-5's support then I would have had a hard time dealing with them." Kuina stared at the light injuries she received while fighting the marine.

Sugar: "The bullets I brought were not enough for that fight so I had to fight at close range. Fortunately, I have a Zoan devil fruit which increases my strength, stamina, and recovery rate." Sugar took out her rifle ready to maintenance it.

Koala: "Yeah, I would have lost too if it weren't for Sabo's [Body Clone] ability."

Sabo: "But this experience means a lot to us. So far, Captain has always taken a lot of opponents making it easier for us when we fight with many opponents. " Sabo spun his stick, remembering his experiences against many marine members.

Baby-5: "I was also inspired by Sabo's [Body Clone] to be able to make [Mist Clone] so my support did not just limit our opponent's visibility."

Hancock: "What about you, Law, Bepo?"

Law: "We have no problem."

Bepo: "With this, my bounty will increase." Bepo answered very excitedly.

Nymph: "Hmph ... how could those insects make trouble for us and important enough for the marine so they raise your bounty, Bepo." Nymph's cynical attitude made the little white bear depressed again.

Bepo: "Sorry"

Ikaros: "Nymph, don't say that. Even though they are only low-ranking marine soldiers, they are still members of the marine. So if anyone attacks them it will definitely get attention from Marineford HQ. " Ikaros tried to calm Nymph.

Bepo: "That must be true." Bepo became excited again hearing Ikaros's words.

Ikaros: "Even though Bepo is inconspicuous because all the marine on his ship fell victim to Law's Devil Fruit, Bepo might not get their attention."

Bepo: "Sorry." Ikaros, who kept on continuing her words, made Bepo depressed again.

Robin: "After this, get ready to get a bounty for you, Koala, Kuina, Sabo." The three of them don't have a wanted status yet, except for Angeloid created by Arthur.

Monet: "The marine is sending less and fewer troops to attack us, making the experience of fighting many opponents less." Monet complained a little while cleaning and sharpening her knife.

Arthur: "They are just low-level Blue Sea soldiers. Next time, maybe we will fight with the marine at the Grand Line level or HQ Marineford, which you shouldn't underestimate. But I am proud of you, with this I can raise the level of your training. Hehehe." Arthur's laughter gave them goosebumps.

Marineford, Sengoku received reports about the ART pirate fight with five warships belonging to the South Blue marine fleet. He knows that they won't be able to beat Arthur, but he's a little surprised that Arthur, Hancock, Robin, and Baby-5 don't seem to be fighting. That means the little kids in the ART pirates are already able to overcome the marine in South Blue.

Sengoku could not possibly send Admirals because their strength was needed to guard the Grand Line and the New World. There are not many who have the same strength as Admiral, Vice-Admiral Tsuru is pursuing the Donquixote Pirates. Zephyr was still in the hospital after experiencing the disaster and saw almost all of his students in the elite marine academy die in front of him with the loss of one arm. Vice-Admiral Garp, Marine's Hero, went somewhere with the excuse of hunting pirates or taking time off.

Sengoku: "Looks like I can only send the fleet of three of them, Tokikake with his Kenbunshoku Haki, Gion and also Rosinante who know Arthur well." Sengoku made a plan with all the files on his desk.

Sengoku: "You guys, please summon Vice-Admiral Tokikake, Rear Admiral Gion, and Commodore Rosinante!"

Marines: "Yes, Sir!" The marine manning the Fleet Admiral's room immediately carried out their duties when they heard Sengoku's scream.

Sengoku doesn't want to send his South Blue troops anymore to fight Arthur if he doesn't have to. He knew that Arthur would not be looking for trouble with ordinary citizens unless someone bothered his members or his wives. Sengoku hopes that there won't be any problems from the ART pirates in the near future.

Arthur and the others continued their journey. They had no problems with the marine during their journey. Only a few unknown and uninformed pirates tried to attack Athena, a ship that looked very unique and luxurious to them despite the obvious ART pirate emblem.

Bepo: "Island in sight !?" Shouted Bepo who was in front of the deck of the ship.

Arthur: "We've finally arrived at our next destination." Arthur smiled when he could see the island in the distance.

Hancock: "You haven't told us why we came to this island, what's on this island that makes you eager to visit it, Arthur?" Hancock who was standing next to Arthur couldn't help but be curious.

Arthur: "On this island, there is the Sorbet Kingdom, the kingdom that was once ruled by Bartholomew Kuma."

Robin: "You mean the RA Officers who have a big build and funny hat used to be a king, Arthur?" Robin was again surprised by the information that Arthur had.

Arthur: "Yes, but I heard that the kingdom is now ruled by a queen dowager."

Monet: "So you want to meet the queen, heh, Ar ~ Thur ~."

Arthur: "Why do you all always think that I'm only targeting women?"

Hancock + Robin + Monet: "Because you are an Art of Harem."

Arthur: "It makes me think that you were the ones who spread that nickname for me. Even though I do want to find a girl this time, but it's not for those purposes. If I'm not mistaken she is the granddaughter of the queen. "

Kuina: "The four of them started again." Said Kuina softly who saw the behavior of Arthur and his wives.

Sugar: "But Captain Arthur said he doesn't want to look for new members anymore, do you think he will change his mind to invite other girls to become our new recruits?"

Sabo: "I hope the captain invites a boy to become a new member. It's just me, Law, and Bepo here. " Sabo also spoke to hear questions from Sugar.

Bepo: "I hope Captain invites a beautiful bear to join us." Bepo also joined the others when he began to feel Arthur's conversation headed that way.

Law: "I don't think we will find any other bear beside you in the Blue Sea, Bepo. As long as our new recruits have enough strength then I have no other criteria. " Law's words destroy Bepo's dream.

Nymph: "Is that kingdom famous for the Sorbet Desert? That's the most important in my opinion."

Arthur: "Bepo! Direct Athena to the port! "

Bepo: "Ay, Captain !?"