Chapter 87 - Let them fight

It wasn't long before Bob saw another wave of citizens rushing all over Dressrosa looking for the Donquixote pirates. He grinned under his mask.

As the citizens of Dressrosa were hunting down the Donquixote pirates, the marines were sent out to deal with the chaos in town.

"Vice Admiral Comil! We have failed to recover the devil fruit of former admiral Akainu!"

One of the marnie captains said in a pained voice. He hated being the bearer of bad news, but this was something that couldn't wait.

Vice admiral Comil is a tall man with a bald top, but has blonde spiky hair flowing down the back of his head. His skin tone is dark and he has a mustache, which looks like something one would get after drinking milk.

He sat in a large wooden chair with his legs crossed and arms crossed.

"I can't believe I was forced to be stationed here after what happened at Marineford. These marines here act on a slower beat than what i'm used to."

He said to himself as he gazed out of the window that overlooked a part of Dressrosa.

A second later, he finally noticed the marine captain saluting him.

"What do you want?"

He asked.

"Sir! I've come to tell you that we failed to recover the devil fruit of former admiral Akainu!"

The man said again, he's heard stories of Comil, but this was his first time seeing him in person.

"Well, spit it out or are you just going to stand there?"

Comil said in an irritated tone.

The marine captain was confused for a moment, but soon understood.

"Right sir! There were these pirates that caused a scene at the colosseum and during the commotion the devil fruit was stolen! We tried to retrieve it, but they were too strong!"

He quickly reported.

"Pirates? What pirate crew are we talking about?"

Comil asked.

"I do not know this pirate crew, but I did see John the Demon. It's been a while since he's grown much stronger. He basically vanished for two whole years. There are also a few others that I have no idea about."

"John the Demon… i've heard of him a while back. What happened to Captain Cho? He was the one leading the marines to retrieve the devil fruit right?"

Comil asked.

The captain started to sweat bullets.

"Captain Cho fell in battle sir. John has partners working with him, and strong ones. This man who is associated with John is like a monster, with a swing of his polearm he nearly killed our entire squad of marines!"

Comil was startled.

"Tsk! Damned pirates, what is Vice Admiral Onigumo doing?"

Comil asked, as it was Onigumo who was in charge of selecting marines to retrieve Akainu's devil fruit in the first place. Comil was just a little bit above him in terms of status, so he was the leader of this marine base here.

"Vice Admiral Onigumo was enraged and went to the colosseum himself to handle the pirates."

Comil nodded.

"Then there is nothing to worry about, except the Donquixote pirates. What are they doing?"

"They've dispatched most of their crew to deal with John and his crew, but other than that we haven't heard much from them. It might be due to that other situation that is occuring right now."

Comil looked at the captain and sighed.

"You're talking about that masked man and his little game. I find it interesting."

"Sir, what are your orders?"

The marine captain asked.

"Let the two groups clash with each other, but gather all our marines up and get ready for a full assault. Once they tire each other out, we will move in. Let's show the citizens of Dressrosa that listening to a foolish masked man is the wrong choice, when the world government is in control."

Comil said.

At the colosseum John held Amane in his hands as it was covered in armament haki. He had a fresh cut on his forehead where blood was flowing. Beneath his feet was a mask that was cracked in half.

In front of him was Diamante, who had cuts all over his body.

John licked his lips, tasting a bit of iron due to the blood.

"You're stronger than I imagined. Cutting my mask in half just signed your death, it would have been better if you left it alone."

Diamante laughed as she held his arms out to the side.

"Look what you've done, you ruined my event. For that, I won't show you any mercy!"

All around the colosseum there were bodies, some dead, some crawling and crying about. The whole stage he set up was ruined.

"I haven't even used a tenth of my strength!"

John said as he changed stances.

The colosseum walls were destroyed and rumble was on the ground. Outside of the colosseum, John could hear Dalton clashing against Pika and Sasha fighting Senor Pink.