Chapter 96: 2 Admirals and 1 Vice Admiral

"Welcome to the Kingdom of Prodance, the higher-ups of the Kingdom of Fortis" Iru immediately walked over to Lowellmina and the others smilingly welcoming them.

"This is a very lively welcome, Commander Iru" Lowellmina said with a smile, "Thank you for welcoming us all and for preparing a place for us to recruit workers"

"That is a young thing for us to do, Miss Lowellmina" Iru said excitedly then continued, "If I may ask, do you guys have any other duties assigned by King Fortis?"

"Please don't misunderstand, Commander Iru" Lowellmina immediately said, "The only ones receiving assignments from His Majesty are me, Hashirama, Eina, Isshiki, Nezuko, and Megumi. While the others, they just come along to enjoy the holidays while also shopping in other kingdoms like they did before."

"Ah~ I see" Iru nodded and continued, "Well then, feel free to enjoy all that our kingdom has to offer. Our residents will definitely welcome your arrival."

"That's good news." Lowellmina nodded and continued, "If I may, Commander Iru. I want to meet the King of Prodance. Does the King of Prodance have time to meet up?"

"Your Majesty always has time for each of you to come here" Iru said quickly and continued again, "We have already prepared the vehicle to be used. Who will be coming along?"

"Only alone. They have things they want to do" Lowellmina said calmly.

"Okay" Iru nodded.

Lowellmina's gaze then looked at her companions, "I'm going to the royal palace to greet the King of Prodance. You guys do your job while the others please do what you want to do."

They all nodded. Meanwhile, Lowellmina was immediately guarded by the troops belonging to the Prodance Kingdom and headed straight for the royal palace.

"It's about time we showed up" Garp said excitedly, "Let's go and let Iru help introduce us to them"

Garp immediately stepped towards Iru and the others followed by Aokiji who looked at each of the high ranking royals with concerned eyes, "They really are beautiful. Too bad~ I'm no longer young like them"

The arrival of Garp and Aokiji immediately got the attention of Hashirama and the others.

"Navy?" Rin immediately frowned upon seeing Garp and Aokiji.

"Miss Rin, please calm down" Iru said quickly, "The two of them are Vice Admiral Garp and Admiral Aokiji. The purpose of the two of them coming here is because they want to meet you."

"Meet us?" Shiina asked in confusion, "Why would the Marines want to meet us? We are their fugitives. Do they want to arrest us?"

"Bahahahaha..." Garp immediately laughed and said, "Don't worry, Young Lady. I didn't come here because I wanted to arrest you. Even if you have a fugitive. However, our side of the Navy has no enmity with you. We came here because we wanted to meet you high-ranking officials from the Fortis Kingdom."

"Hmph!" Rin sniffed in a dissatisfied tone, "Is that true? The Navy is an organization that works under the World Government. Of course you guys should be hunting us. We did something with them, you guys should retaliate, right?"

"The job of the Navy is to hunt down pirates and not to take care of the kingdom's political affairs." Aokiji immediately said, "Regarding your hunting matters. That's not our job."

"Is it true? You may—"

"Rin!" Hashirama immediately said with a sullen face and continued, "Don't make any random provocations. Otherwise, I will report this to His Majesty."

"Hmph!" Rin sniffed back in a dissatisfied tone.

Hashirama's gaze then turned to Garp and Aokiji, "Please forgive our friend's attitude. Rin herself is quite annoyed with the nickname on his wanted poster. Rin previously heard that it was you who gave him that nickname, this also caused him to be very angry and irritated with you."

"Why do you have to say that, Hashirama?!" Rin immediately looked at Hashirama with annoyance.

"I think it's better that way" Nezuko also nodded, "I'm also a little annoyed with the nickname I got? Little girl? It doesn't suit me. Huuu~" Nezuko showed a sullen face looking at Garp and Aokiji.

"Can't you guys change some of the nicknames you've been given?" Kaguya asked calmly.

"That's a bit difficult, Miss" Aokiji said while scratching his head, "Right now your wanted posters have been spread all over the world. Even though we replaced it with a new one, your first wanted poster is now embedded in every citizen's mind. So, even if we change your nicknames, the first nickname will always be remembered by everyone."

Rin and Nezuko immediately collapsed hearing this and this could only be soothed by Eina and Shiina who were with them.

"Witch…."

"Little girl…"

"Are you two really that sad about that nickname, young girl?" Garp asked with interest and then suddenly lowered his head, "If that's the case, I apologize from our side. For giving you two inappropriate nicknames."

Rin and Nezuko became a little calm listening to Garp's request, especially both of them knew about the identity of Garp who incidentally was a Marine Hero.

"Alright" Hashirama said as he clapped his hands, "Eina, Isshiki, Megumi, and Nezuko. You do the work you have. As for Kaguya, Shiina, and Rin. You are free to do what you want to do. Gin, you accompany me to entertain our two guests especially they seem to want to try the dishes made by you"

Gin became interested in this.

"Bahahahaha… Did you find out too?" Garp immediately burst out laughing excitedly then continued, "Well, can we really try that dish?"

"What do you think, Gin? Can you make a meal for the three of them? Regarding the matter of food ingredients, later I will buy new food ingredients using my money for us to eat for a while" said Hashirama.

"Three?" Gin was confused about this, "Who's the other one? You?"

"No" Hashirama shook his head and stared at a building, "How about you get out, Admiral Kizaru"

Immediately a light appeared beside Aokiji and Garp. The person who appeared was either Borsalino or Kizaru. Everyone who was there was immediately shocked by the appearance of Kizaru especially the residents who were there.

"It's really surprising that you know where I am, Hashirama" Kizaru said quietly, "How did you find out?"

"I have enveloped this entire Prodance Kingdom with my Observation Haki. It also helps me to feel the threat we will get later."

"When were you here, Borsalino?" Garp asked in confusion.

"I arrived before you two arrived here" Kizaru said calmly.

"Before we arrived? Borsalino, did you get Sengoku-san's permission?" Aokiji asked strangely.

"It's impossible to get permission from, Sengoku-san, Kuzan. You know that too" Kizaru said as he stretched his arms, "After all, you two also came here without Sengoku-san knowing, didn't you?"

"Bahahahaha… Don't think about it" Garp said with a laugh "Anyway, there's currently no scary threat and also nothing interesting to do at the base. We can have fun here."

"Hmph! What an old man who doesn't know the rules" Rin muttered then looked at Kaguya and Shiina, "Let's go. Also, we went to see Iowa so we could go shopping together."

Kaguya and Shiina nodded and immediately left to separate themselves from them. Meanwhile Eina and the others had already started to make preparations at this time and were now assisted by Iru to do the preparations. Kizaru's arrival only slightly surprised the people there. However their attention was immediately diverted as Eina and the others made preparations.

Previously, the existence of a Navy Admiral had always been the center of attention. However, right now their existence was almost like ordinary pirates coming to a place.

"Well, can you do it, Gin?" Hashirama asked with a smile, "Don't worry about the ingredients. All the food ingredients that will be used will be immediately replaced by me using my own money. I think it's fine to serve them, right?"

"If you change it it's fine" Gin nodded, "However, you have to replace it soon, Hahsirama especially we have to use those ingredients during the day"

"Don't worry. I'll ask some of the crew to go buy new groceries" Hashirama nodded and looked at Garp and the others "Let's get on the ship"

Hashirama, Gin, Garp, Aokiji, and Kizaru immediately boarded the ship. Garp, Aokiji and Kizaru are currently quite curious about the ship owned by the Fortis Kingdom, especially this ship itself getting direct praise from people who have been on this ship. They even directly enveloped the ship using their Observation Haki.

"This is a very luxurious ship…" Aokiji muttered with jealous eyes especially the large number of luxurious rooms in this ship.

"I want to get one also ship like this as my means of transportation…" Kizaru muttered under his breath.

"Hey, Hashirama" Garp directly said, "Is your kingdom ready to sell ships to the outside world? Are models of warships with this luxurious design for sale in your kingdom?"

"I don't know about that, Garp" Hashirama shook his head, "The duties of managing ships both making and selling are not part of my department. That is the job of the Ship Construction Department. I am not aware of such things…"

"Regarding warships. Our kingdom will sell them later as well" Gin suddenly added, "However, the price will probably be slightly higher than the current price of ships being sold at the shipyards. This is because the warships that we will sell later have various kinds of technology that are quite sophisticated and no one has used that technology at this time."

"Oh~ Advanced technology? One of them?" Kizaru asked with great interest.

"As is the case with warships used by the Navy. The warships that we will sell later will be able to sail even without wind. We use an electric power source to drive it. Furthermore, there is also a technology that can purify seawater into water that is ready for use. Like the technology used by this ship. With this technology, we don't have to worry about the lack of clean water to consume every day. Apart from that, there are also other technologies. It's better for you to wait, because I'm not an expert in this field myself."

"Technology to purify seawater?" Aokiji said with great interest, "I am interested in this. If our Navy ships have this kind of technology, we don't have to worry about the availability of water on our ships."

"How about I take you guys around this ship? While waiting for Gin to finish the dish you are about to taste, you can take a look at this ship."

"Is it okay?" Garp asked excitedly like a child.

"Of course. It's no big deal for you guys to see this ship" Hashirama nodded and looked at Gin, "I'll take them. You prepare the dish quickly. If so, contact me using den-den mushi. Also, you can ask the crew to come directly to my room and take some of the money that is there to use to buy the ingredients that have been used."

"I understand" Gin nodded and immediately went to the ship's cabin to prepare food along with asking Hashirama's clones to carry out the task.

Hashirama's gaze stared at the three of them, "Come with me. We'll walk around waiting for Gin's dish to finish. After that, we will talk about the things you want to talk to us about."

Vice Admiral Garp, Admiral Aokiji and Admiral Kizaru were not surprised that Hashirama knew they wanted to talk to him. Meanwhile on the other side.

Grand Line, Naval Headquarters, Fleet Admiral's Office.

"Garp!" Sengoku shouted loudly after receiving a letter Garp left on his desk this morning.

"You don't have to shout so loudly, Sengoku" Tsuru who was there said calmly, "Let Garp do what he wants to do. Besides, with Garp going there, we also have high hopes regarding Garp being able to talk to Hashirama or the higher-ups of the Fortis Kingdom who are in the battle division. If we're lucky, Garp might be able to get them to fight then we can analyze the source of that power called chakra."

Sengoku finally calmed down a bit hearing this and his gaze turned to the adjutant who was carrying the letter, "Go and check on the Admirals. Who's still holding on?"

"Okay, Fleet Admiral Sengoku" The adjutant immediately ran quickly to leave the room so as not to become the subject of anger from Sengoku.

Tsuru sighed then continued, "It's possible that only Akainu is holding out for now. I believe Aokiji is currently following Garp and Kizaru… He might as well have slipped away"

"Those bastards…" Sengoku's face instantly darkened and immediately released his Observation Haki covering the entire area of Marine Headquarters. His face was even darker upon learning that Kizaru and Aokiji really weren't in the base at the moment.

"These two bastards… Just wait for the two of them" Sengoku growled, "When they come back… They have to write a report of more than 100 thousand words!"

Tsuru sighed tiredly.

Things like this themselves have become their daily life. Tsuru quickly got up from his seat and walked away from the room.

"Where are you going, Tsuru?" Sengoku asked in confusion.

"I just received a report from my subordinates who previously vacationed on Saboundy Island. The human auction house that Doflamingo opened several years ago was currently closed. All the slaves there were freed. While all of the workers have been killed by Doflamingo"

"Ha?" Sengoku was surprised by this information.

"There's been something strange with Doflamingo lately. I want to go investigate and find out what really happened to this person" Tsuru said seriously, "There's no way someone like him would do something like this to even harm him"

Tsuru then turned to look at Sengoku, "What about the spy search? Is there still no progress?"

"That guy is too great" Sengoku frowned, "Until now we haven't been able to get a trace of him"

Tsuru sighed, "The person we are currently fighting is Doflamingo. If it's really the one he sneaked into the spy, of course it will be very difficult to track him down."

"No" Sengoku immediately said seriously, "Even though Doflamingo is indeed a genius and cunning. However, every crime will surely leave a mark. There will definitely be a trail for us to find the spy's whereabouts."

"It's best not to show our movements too much, especially to all Vice Admirals. Because they are also currently on our list."

"Don't worry, I understand" Sengoku nodded.

Tsuru immediately turned to leave Sengoku's room while Sengoku sat there quietly looking at the front, "Just wait! If I find you… I will definitely destroy you to avenge Rosinante's death" Sengoku muttered as he clenched his fists tightly.