chapter 27- the five elders

"Yo, Mihawk!" Shanks yelled to Mihawk as he saw him drift away from our ship. "Wow Luffy, what did you do to Mihawk? I saw a smile on his face and I haven't seen him smile in years". "FIRST MIHAWK AND NOW SHANKS?! LUFFY DO YOU PLAN ON BECOMING A YONKO AS WELL AS TH-", Usopp freaked out when he saw Shanks, and emperor of the sea, come to our shop right after Mihawk. "Wait until Zoro wakes up, I'll tell you both", I said to Shanks while blocking Usopp's mouth. 'Speaking of which, I should probably get Chopper soon. I can take care of this scar but we need a doctor in case he gets worse' I thought as I laid Zoro on the bed in his room so he could rest. "I see you have some good crew members", Shanks said, "how do you know my crew members are good?" I asked him. "that's easy, considering how Mihawk left and the new scar on this man's chest, I can say that he fought Mihawk and that takes courage to do. I know some famous pirates that are afraid to challenge him, much less some new swordsman from the east blue".

"But that's enough of that. I'm here to take you to meet the leaders of the world government, at least in the public eye" Shanks said to me while I boarded his small boat. After telling the crew where I was going I set off with Shanks to the holy land, we arrived a couple of days later and the guards let us in when we showed some documents, of course, we covered ourselves with robes and masks so no one knew our identity. We walked for some time before going into a big room with some chares and a sofa at the center.

"Now that you're here let's begin", one of the five elders said, "We called you today to discuss some things, Straw Hat Luffy", a bald elder with a sword said. "We want to strike a deal with you" the bald elder continued, "we are willing to lower your bounty and provide you with whatever you need, but in return, you need to lay low and not to cause further problems to the world government". 'They probably think that since I gathered a small crew of weaklings, at least when compared to me, I want to lay low and not to gather attention. I should probably play along since the crew isn't strong enough now' I thought as I planned my next words. "Fine, lower the bounty to around three hundred million, I need you to stop pursuing Nico Robin when she joins my crew, I need you to give me a lot of training equipment, and I need money. If you do that I will agree to lay low". The elders had a surprised look on their faces. After all, I was a huge threat to them and getting rid of me with only this much was great, of course, they knew that I would be back with those conditions, but they were still glad I didn't ask for too much. "Deal".