Ch 16 : Unlucky Crocodile 2

A.N.: Sorry, I mess up with the order of the chapter >_<

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- The next day -

" Bastard!!!! Bastard!!! I, Crocodile, swore I would seek revenge against all of you!!! Sengoku, bastard… I will make complain to the World Government!!!!"

On top of ship rubble near the Sullivan Kingdom, Crocodile was seen swearing bad words.

As for what happens, we could only return to a moment before all of this happened.

Three hours ago, a huge Marine ship was sailing near Sullivan Kingdom territory.

And no, it was not the usual Marine ship.

The ship's crow nests are shaped like a dog house, and the figurehead is shaped like a dog head, which has a bone in its mouth. There are many sails for this ship, with the masts shaped like bones with dog paws. Undoubtedly, the owner of the ship was none other than the Marine Hero, Vice Admiral Garp.

At the bow of the warship, two old men stood side by side, looking at the distant sea.

If Cade had been here, he would have recognized the two old men.

They were Garp and Zephyr, two of the most respectable Marines in the One Piece Anime.

"Garp, I'm sorry for bothering you to come with me."

"Hahaha, what are you saying, Zephyr? I just want to tag along for fun, not to accompany old men like you."

Garp nonchalantly replied while his right hand never stopped putting Senbei in his mouth.

Still, Zephyr knew that Garp was just shy to admit it. And even his act of eating Senbei was to hide his shyness.

' Humph, what a tsundere old man.' Zephyr secretly thought, but he didn't say it out loud.

A smile emerged on his face when he remembered what had happened before.

When Ain looked for a battleship, Garp was coincidentally there, and without even thinking twice, he offered to accommodate them using his battleship.

Garp and Zephyr, though the two shared very different personalities, they were still old friends from the same era. And just like Zephyr, that incident with Zephyr's family and student also left a scar in Garp's heart.

It might be a simple act from Garp. But for Zephyr, his cold heart gradually grew warm.

Since he lost his family member and his students against Weibull, there was nothing much left of him. And the companionship with Garp and the other old guys was one that could make him remember the good old time.

Ain, who was watching the two walking side by side, could not help but to get her eye moist.

Her teacher, if not for Sengoku stopping them, half of the high ranker Marines would have come today. After all, Zephyr was the teacher of so many Marines, and he still had a lot of say in their heart.

It was just a pity that the scar on his heart was way too deep. So when there is a chance for Zephyr to heal the scar on his heart, a lot of Marines want to witness this happy event.

Unfortunately, this happy atmosphere didn't last long.

From below, Garp could hear the voice of his subordinate:

" Vice Admiral Garp, we have seen a pirate ship sailing nearby."

The moment his subordinate said this, the atmosphere immediately turned awkward. Even the smile on Zephyr's face disappeared.

Such a happy day. Why must it be messed up with the presence of a Pirate?

Zephyr had just about to move when he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder.

" Garp…"

" Don't worry. This is my Ship. I will let them taste my Fist Bone Meteorite!"

Hearing Garp, Zephyr nodded.

It was Garp's ship, and Garp was the one to take control here. Furthermore, he knew Garp's personality, and he would not be one that would be soft to a pirate.

Garp flew down and quickly instructed his subordinates to gather cannonballs for him to throw away.

But unknown to them, the one on the Pirate Ship was not your ordinary Pirate, but one of the Shicibukai Crocodile.

He used an ordinary Pirate ship because he didn't want to attract Yonko Shank's attention, but who knows that the entity he faced right now was one that was even scarier than Shanks.

One of the Baroque work members looked at Garp's warship and quickly informed Crocodile with an ashen expression.

" Boss, this…"

" Damn.. why are we so unlucky."

Crocodile was speechless. Was the world playing against him?

Yonko Shanks, and now Vice Admiral Garp? The world must be joking with him.

Nonetheless, he was quick to react. He was also a Shicibukai under the world Government, so the other side should also give him some face.

" Quick, try to contact them. Tell them that this ship is under Shicibukai Crocodile.."

BOOM!!!!

But before Crocodile could even finish his words, the sound of his ship hit by something hard could be heard even from the top of the boat.

And not only that, Crocodile could also see hundreds of Cannonballs thrown in his ship's direction with a super high velocity.

" Boss… it seems we are a bit too late. The other party shellings had started…"

" .... "

BOOM!!!!! BOOM!!!!! BOOM!!!!!!

In the end, Crocodile could only see his Ship was bombarded down by Garp's Fist Bone Meteor, and watch some of his important cadres fall one by one to the sea.

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Back to the present, at the Sullivan Kingdom, Nico Robin was watching the port with a rather speechless expression.

It had been hours, and based on her estimation, if Crocodile still wished to have her service, he should have come by now.

Of course, she didn't know that Crocodile had just met the old monster Garp that could even fight on par with the Pirate King and now was in a very bad situation. In her mind, Crocodile was a Shicibukai, and there should not be that much force in this world that could pose a threat to him,

In Robin's mind, Crocodile should know the relationship between the two was pure professional, so when he could no longer provide shelter to her, it would be the end of their relationship.

And now Crocodile leaving Robin in a place where the Yonko "Shanks" could have come at any moment, she really couldn't understand Crocodile's mind any longer.

' Still, maybe this is also good for both of us.'

Though it was a guess, Nico Robin could see that Cade didn't have any bad intentions toward them. As long as they didn't do anything in his territory, he would act with one eye closed.

Thinking about this, a rare smile of freedom surfaced on Nico Robin's face.

" Well, since it had been long since I felt this free, maybe I should go around this Kingdom for a bit. And in the meantime… maybe I should visit the rumored Illusion Brothel, fufu.."

And just like that, Nico Robin decided to put the matter about Crocodile on the back of her head, and at the same time, another beautiful woman fell victim to Cade's illusion Brothel.

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