Your partner looks good

"Send Garp to negotiate.. Didn't he go before to negotiate. And then tell him to kill the whole Straw hats. Last time we didn't kill them and it was a mistake."

"Garp will never be able to kill them."

"Then why do we have him as the Vice-Admiral. We should have kicked him out."

"Don't let the anger take your logic out. If we kick Garp away, the shambled navy will be morally demotivated to the bottom of the well. Send Kong with Garp for the negotiation."

"Agreed. Kong is a perfect fit."

That was the conversation between the 5 Gorosei.

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Meanwhile Ken was back in his ship and it flew away. Sabo was here with Jimbei as he was hurt a bit and needed some medical help from Chopper. Everyone was back in the ship thanks to Sabo who used magic to bring them to the ship. After everyone got together, the ship escaped in full speed from Marineford.

"Is Luffy alright?" Ace asked as he too was on the ship. He didn't leave with Marco and was following the Straw Hats at the moment.

"He has lost consciousness and his body exhausted. He will be fine." Chopper assured. Only Ace, Ussop and Ken had seen in the character simulation the world where Luffy got his powers so they had a idea of how powerful Luffy could be but since he hadn't completed even half of hos character, he had forcefully awakened the crown.

And thus forceful awakening took a toll on him. But thankfully he was fine.

Zoro and others were a bit exhausted and needed rest. In fact everyone was exhausted and proceeded to take a nap while the ship hovered above the Calm Belt. Everyone went into sleep mode. Even Vivi and Robin were mentally exhausted and they had been keeping an eye for everything.

In fact before Ken left, he had asked to use the railgun at the Marineford if everything went haywire, thankfully it didn't or else the whole island would have just vanished within seconds. Robin felt novel when Ken asked her to press the button if required. Once her own home was destroyed and now she had the power to annihilate the Marine HQ. Life really came to her fast.

Everyone actually slept for around 24 hours, and everyone felt famished. So Sanji went on to make food for them. Ace was sad and so was Jimbei.

"We will take you to Marco and others and leave for the New World." Ken said.

"Thank you." Ace said. Jimbei too thanked them.

"Jimbei, you don't have to go after some Yonko at the moment for protection of the Fishman island. Use the jolly roger of Straw Hats, that will do the job." Ken said. Jimbei who had been feeling, suddenly had his eyes open wide.

"Jolly roger of the Straw Hats? But Luffy isn't a Yonko yet." Jimbei said. He knew what Ken meant. Fishman island was under Whitebeard Pirates and now Whitebeard had died so there wasn't the same kind of protection even though the upper levels of Whitebeard Pirates were still alive. But now that Ken had said them to use the Jolly Roger of Straw hats, it meant that they would be under the protection of Straw hats. Both combined it would be more or less like the protection of an Yonko.

Jimbei hearing this almost had tears in his eyes. Though he was a Warlord, he was great friends with Whitebeard because they were protecting the Fishman Island for such a long time. Now that he had lost the title of Warlord, he was worried about the future of Fishman Island.

But now he could be relieved.

"Thank you.. Thank you."

"It's okay Jimbei, you have helped us a lot. Though Luffy isn't awake, I am sure that he will say the same thing once he understands your predicament. The only bribe you will have to give him is meat and he will be sold." Ken said.

"Meat?" Jimbei was confused but everyone around laughed. Soon the food was served and everyone had a fun time, while Luffy was still sleeping. His exhaustion was too much and it would take time for him to recover.

"I am going out for a walk." Ken said after eating his fill. The banquet couldn't start yet because Luffy wasn't awake so a huge banquet would have to wait. So a normal fill was all they could do.

"Are you going to talk with him?" Robin asked.

"Yes." Ken said and then his whole body vanished inside his own eye while the others just looked at the vanishing Ken with a bit of concern. Jimbei still didn't understand how Ken's abilities worked but he didn't ask.

Ken was now in the Kamui dimension. As soon as he entered as he saw that on the far Sengoku was sitting while closing his eyes, the moment Ken appeared, his eyes opened like a deer in headlights.

Sengoku didn't immediately attacked Ken as he didn't know where he was and thus needed to act cautiously. He had tried escaping the dimension but it wasn't possible. In addition, he wasn't alone. There was another guy in the dimension and Sengoku knew him.

He was just surprised how haggard and downtrodden the guy looked. This guy was once a genius never seen before in the CP organisation and now he was just bones and blood vessels. This guy was Rob Lucci and he had been imprisoned, tortured, mental abuse and even used as some kind of training dummy.

Ken would feed him and give him hope for getting stronger if he could beat Ken, but every time he got up, he would be pummeled b Ken and that too very brutally. It was so much so that Lucci had lost all the confidence he had and now he just wanted to be left alone.

"So you have met your partner. He looks good doesn't he?" Ken said as walked slowly towards Sengoku.

"You are a monster." Sengoku shouted.

"Monster? How about I destroy your homeland on the orders of your World Government and then I will see who calls whom a monster." Ken said with a calm tone. Sengoku wanted to say more but he didn't find the words.

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