Chapter 423 - Negotiating with Grandpa 01.

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The battle between the giants began without warning in the middle of that island. It started with the sudden appearance of a bearded man, who looked old, standing at 50 meters tall, floating in the air above the island, with a giant lightning bolt shooting into the sky from his body.

But rocky lightning circled his giant body, catching the attention of all the islands around Dressrosa, as his lightning resonated in the air like a violent serpent.

As the people from all the islands in the region watched, they wondered what the hell that was and where it had come from so suddenly. Even the dinosaurs on the island where Luffy and Sabo were became a little dazed by the scene, immediately retreating from the giant. Another explosion of fire appeared in front of him, and Ifrit himself emerged.

"What is this? Is Luffy fighting someone?" Kuina asked from a distance, surprised to see the transformed light. And before she could say anything else, Zoro spoke nearby, since they had been training.

"It's an Eikon too... That means Luffy gave the fruit he was keeping to someone." Zoro commented, narrowing his eyes, unsure of who might have eaten the fruit, though he had some options in mind within that kingdom.

"Hey, what is that? How did that thing appear where Sabo and Dragon's son had gone?" Koala exclaimed, stepping back, surprised to see that side, where it seemed Luffy was fighting another giant. She recognized Ifrit from the photos of Marineford and other newspapers: Ifrit was Luffy transformed, but the old giant generating lightning was unknown to everyone.

"Who is that, imitating the power of a god?" Enel murmured from a distance as he approached to see who had the same element as him.

Suddenly, the lightning giant began launching explosive attacks at Luffy, as he was out of control and would attack anything in front of him, lighting up the place and overshadowing the daylight. A cloud of smoke exploded around Ifrit, but in the next moment, the fiery beast emerged from it, electricity running through his body from Ramuh's attack, yet he seemed unaffected. In the next instant, Ifrit charged and struck Ramuh, sending him flying several meters as he crashed into the ground from the impact of the explosive punch.

A battle then ensued between them as Ramuh got back up, floating into the air once again. At the same time, Ifrit spread his wings and advanced.

"Damn, this is bad," Lami murmured from a corner of the city, quickly watching the fire and lightning blows flying in all directions as the two beasts began to fight. Even Hugo, Usopp, and a transformed Reiju had to help try to block any attacks that came toward Dressrosa.

It was after 20 minutes of fighting that Ifrit stood over the fallen body of a defeated Ramuh, and as Luffy said, beaten. After all, Ramuh didn't stand a chance once Luffy started hitting him as soon as he flew toward him.

Now, Ramuh glowed and began to shrink back down, turning into Sabo once more, defeated, with white eyes and his mouth agape.

Ifrit glowed a moment later, shrinking down to Luffy's size as he landed in front of Sabo. "It was a good fight, brother," Luffy calmly commented as he picked Sabo up and slung him over his shoulder, heading toward Dressrosa, leaving the devastated area behind.

It didn't take long for him to arrive in the middle of the kingdom, where Yamato was with her daughter as Luffy approached. Hancock had already brought her children to Dressrosa, while the mothers held their children with Hancock, crying sadly as they had to leave them behind.

Yamato's daughter, with white hair and red eyes, and small horns, pointed at Luffy as he still held Sabo, letting his brother fall unconscious beside him.

Yamato looked at him and smiled. The same could be said for Luffy, looking at her.

"How are you?" Luffy asked, looking at her and their daughter.

"I'm fine. The mission was easy. And look at her, how she's growing." Yamato smiled at Luffy as she replied like a loving wife and to her daughter like a good mother. Yamato, who had always said she was a man to try to be like Oda, saw the real value of being a woman when her daughter was born, experiencing the happiest day of her life.

"Yes, she'll be a good girl, won't she, Nymeria?" Luffy responded as he kissed Yamato, then placed a kiss on Nymeria's forehead as she reached out to her father.

The other crew members were approaching at this moment. Robin appeared as well, holding Lumem on one side and Sinbad on the other since Vivi was not around yet. Koala came running alongside the fishman, and she immediately saw Sabo lying on the ground next to Luffy, who was talking with his crew members. She rushed over to check on him.

"What did you do to him? How could you do this to your brother?" Koala began to cry.

Luffy gave a small smile. "Don't worry. I just had to help him control his beast. He'll be fine," Luffy said calmly. "Hey, Chopper, help him." He called out as he saw Chopper arriving with Usopp, Reiju, and Uta.

Luffy waited for them to come closer before approaching Uta to see how she was. "Is she okay?" Luffy asked as Uta hugged him.

"She's fine," Reiju calmly replied from the side.

"Good, maybe we have another month before this child is born," Luffy commented with a light smile, wanting his child to arrive before the war, knowing that Uta wanted to help as well.

"Captain, what do we do now? Should we wait for your orders or train on the islands? Many people are eager to see you." Jimbei approached at this moment.

"Well... first, I want to take care of a few things." Luffy nodded at hearing this and turned to his medic. "Reiju, I want you to check on Monet. She's still a bit hurt," Luffy requested, while Chopper was already treating Sabo at that moment.

His gaze fell on a woman watching him from a short distance away. "Lami, I want you to pass the instructions to Lola in Skypiea to make and bring construction materials. We're going to build a castle here, bigger than the previous one; after all, we need shelter..." Luffy turned back to Jimbei once he finished. "Inform the whole fleet to bring the materials produced by Lola from Skypiea here, got it?" Luffy asked, and the latter nodded to him.

Quickly, everyone agreed and began working. Lola started producing reinforced stones for a pre-fabricated castle, while her fleet brought the materials using geppo. The construction began swiftly, with King Riku being surprised by how fast the castle was going up. Hugo controlled the earth and rocks, helping to speed up the construction.

In less than six hours after Luffy had given the order, the castle was ready. He gathered with Robin, Yamato, Uta, Hancock, and Mikita, who had also arrived in Dressrosa with their children.

"Well, I want everyone to settle into the castle. We have a room as big as Shirahoshi's in Fish-Man Island to accommodate all of us," Luffy said to his wives. "Now, let's see." Luffy thought for a moment, as he would soon have to deal with the Marines, sensing the presence of someone powerful, someone he knew well, approaching Dressrosa.

"Well, I think I'll handle this alone," Luffy said in the end.

"Are you sure, captain?" Zoro asked, clearly wanting to join.

"Sorry, Zoro, but this is a family matter," Luffy gave as an excuse.

"Alright then," Zoro murmured at last, accepting it.

Luffy then left Dressrosa, shooting into the air and heading out to sea in the middle of the afternoon, with a few hours left before nightfall. He sped toward the horizon, moving at high speed, and all anyone could see was a trail of fire streaking across the sky.

At that moment, the Navy ships were gathering, their numbers increasing more and more until they formed a fleet of 20 ships, with an admiral and several vice-admirals aboard the vessels.

"Buahahahahaha!!" Garp began to laugh, looking out at the sea, while everyone waited for orders to move forward and enter the Yonko's territory. The one in the highest command, who would give the orders, was none other than Kizaru himself.

"I'm the head of this operation. How scary..." he murmured, though it was his usual way of behaving. Even so, one could feel the pressure he was under, after all, the lives of the men there were all under his responsibility, and they were entering Yonko territory.

"Come on, come on, man! Let's just go see my grandson!" Garp said excitedly, giving a few pats on Kizaru's back, causing the admiral to frown in pain.

While all the marines were stunned, even the vice-admirals were nervous, wondering how Garp could act that way in such a bad situation for them.

"Come on, men! I'm just going there to beat up my grandson and grab Fujitora and Sengoku!" Garp declared, while the crowd looked on, not knowing how to respond. It seemed that the marine hero had gotten drunk on eating biscuits.

A shadow appeared in the sky, with a marine suddenly looking up toward the direction behind the ships.

"What is that?" he murmured, seeing a dot in the middle of the sun. As it got closer, he started to make out what was flying toward them, becoming startled.

"Hey, a ship is falling this way!" he exclaimed, making everyone look.

The object advanced toward the sea and hit the water hard a moment later, generating a wave of disturbance, but without affecting the marine ships. All the marines stared in surprise at the flag of the ship and its black structure, as dark as the night.

"Isn't that the Black Pearl? That's the Straw Hat's ship!" someone pointed out, shocked.

"How strange... I thought Straw Hat himself was in Dressrosa. Why did his ship show up here?"

The gossip began, and when Garp narrowed his eyes at the sight, he sensed that Luffy wasn't there, but...

"Grandpa!" A female voice called from the ship, as a girl appeared atop the head of Ifrit, which was the ship's figurehead. She looked attentively and waved her hands forward, exclaiming after sensing her grandfather there through Haki.

"Lucy!" Garp murmured, shocked.

"Grandpa, it's so good to see you! Look, Coby and Helmeppo are here... and so are Tashigi, Smoker, and Gion!" She started to exclaim, as if she were meeting old friends. It didn't seem like she had left the Marines to become a pirate, and she still acted the same way she did when she was with the Marines, smiling sincerely at everyone. Everyone there was stunned and shocked by this.

Behind Lucy, however, the mood wasn't so cheerful. After all, following the Buster Call to reach Dressrosa faster, they hadn't imagined they'd end up in front of so many powerful Marine soldiers.

"What is this? How did we end up here!? What kind of luck is this?!" Vivi exclaimed, stunned.

"This is bad... we should have sailed normally," Nami murmured, stepping back, already aware of the trouble they always found themselves in without meaning to.

"Well, at least Lucy seems happy," Shirahoshi commented with a calm smile.

"Nee... This is bad..." Hachi murmured, while all the animals, Megalo, Laboon, and Karoo, along with the Two Piece crew, were right behind them, most of them trembling in fear.

While Lucy was on the ship, visibly happy, she didn't seem to realize that at that moment, standing in front of all that Marine strength could be something dangerous.

Meanwhile, far off in the sky, the air was being torn apart by the sound of flames. "Well, it looks like they got here before me," Luffy murmured as he flew through the air at high speed, getting closer to them, already sensing the presence of his favorite ship through Haki, along with his sister, his wives, companions, and even his grandfather.

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