Chapter 129.5 – Cross Guild

Watching the Buggy Pirates gradually disappear into the distance, a name suddenly popped into Arton's mind.

"T-Bone."

Arton murmured to himself.

"Captain T-Bone, Arton, do you know him?"

Hearing a familiar name, Tashigi instinctively asked Arton.

"You could say I know him."

Arton nodded, staring intently in the direction where the Buggy Pirates had disappeared.

"This world has undoubtedly changed."

"Will Buggy still become an Emperor and the head of the Cross Guild in the future?"

"If he becomes the head of the Cross Guild and puts a bounty on the Navy..."

"That Captain T-Bone will probably still die."

Thinking about this, Arton couldn't help but feel a bit of regret.

In the Navy, it's rare to find someone as pure and genuinely good as T-Bone.

It's precisely because of his kindness that he will die.

[The Navy Headquarters' T-Bone, I suddenly thought of this guy's name.]

[He is currently a captain at Navy Headquarters. If nothing goes wrong, he will become a vice admiral at Navy Headquarters in the future.]

[There are a lot of trash in the Navy who don't deserve the word justice on their capes.]

[T-Bone is one of the rare hard-core men who truly deserve those two words. His compassionate nature should make him get along very well with Fujitora.]

[Unfortunately, this man's future death won't be in the line of duty for justice, but at the hands of the civilians he sought to protect.]

Hibari: "How... how could this happen?"

Gion: "Foreseeing a Navy officer's death?"

Doll: "Killed by the civilians he protected, why would that happen?"

[I don't know if the Cross Guild will still come into existence under these circumstances.]

[If the Cross Guild is established, they will still put bounties on the Navy.]

[When that time comes, T-Bone might still be killed by civilians and turned in for a bounty.]

[Who told this guy to be so trusting of civilians.]

[T-Bone's personality is such that if he knew the ordinary person who killed him did so because their family was starving and needed the bounty, he would probably forgive his killer.]

Sadi: "What kind of joke is this, putting bounties on the Navy? Will there be an organization offering bounties on the Navy in the future?"

Doll: "Sigh… that sounds like it will be a very troublesome organization."

Baccarat: "Wealth is indeed powerful. Civilians will turn their blades on the Navy for the sake of a bounty."

Nico Robin: "If the Navy has to protect civilians while underestimating them, it will truly be a disaster for the Navy."

Ulti: "Hahaha~ putting bounties on the Navy~ this Cross Guild is even more ruthless than us."

Gion: "Cross Guild? That organization exist on the seas now?

Gion: "Why did Arton suddenly mention the Cross Guild? Did he think of it because he saw someone or something that reminded him of it?

Gion: "Could it be Buggy? Will he meet T-Bone in the future?

Gion: "Or is Buggy simply a member of the Cross Guild? No, according to Arton, Buggy is a future Shichibukai, so he wouldn't be a member of the Cross Guild!"

At this moment, Arton had no idea that his casual mentions in the diary had already sparked interest in the Cross Guild among countless people.

Some were already planning to investigate whether the Cross Guild had any presence on the seas.

Hina and Tashigi noticed Carina, Nami, Uta, and others frequently glancing at their diary copies and then at them, causing them to frown.

They could tell that Arton was currently writing in his diary.

Uta and the others' expressions only made them more curious about what Arton was writing.

At that moment, Arton's voice drew their attention.

"Kaya, prepare a medicinal bath for me."

"I need to fully recover my strength."

"By the way, clean up the traces of the battle with Shiki earlier," Arton said, turning to Kaya after seeing the Buggy Pirates sail away.

"Understood, Captain Arton," Kaya nodded. "But what should we do about Miss Tashigi and Miss Hina?"

At this moment, Kaya's cheeks were slightly flushed as she recalled Arton's earlier diary entries about how to deal with Tashigi and Hina.

Nami, Carina, and Uta also looked over. As pirates, they naturally wanted Tashigi and Hina to leave immediately. However, without Arton's word, they couldn't act.

Arton turned his head and raised an eyebrow, saying, "So you're still here? I thought you two had left with those civilians."

"Do you plan to stay here?" he continued. "As Navy officers, shouldn't you be trying to escape?"

Hearing this, Tashigi and Hina exchanged glances, each remembering their reasons for staying. Tashigi lowered her head, unsure how to ask Arton to show her more noble phantasms. She couldn't just quit the Navy and join Arton, after all.

Hina took a deep breath, her eyes firm as she looked at Arton. She was about to speak when Arton waved his hand and started walking towards the cabin.

"Forget it, I'm tired. I'll take a medicinal bath first. We'll deal with your situation later," he said.

"Carina, Uta, adjust the course back to our previous heading," he added, disappearing into the cabin entrance.

Kaya quickly followed him. Hina, seeing this, couldn't help but twitch her lips, muttering to herself, "This is the first time Hina has been ignored like this."

Uta placed her hands behind her head, smiling brightly at Hina. "It's because you're a Navy officer. Otherwise, Arton would have invited you to join us."

"If you did, you could become stronger like us~," she continued with a playful smile. "So, how about quitting the Navy and joining us?"

"Don't joke with them, Uta," Carina said while adjusting the ship's course towards the Baratie, the sea restaurant.

"If these two leave the Navy, we'd still have to guard against the possibility that they're spies."

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