Rescue Mission

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Enel walked around the battlefield with a scowl on his face.

Momonga was being tended to by a random civilian, the doctor of the village was busy, as there were dozens of people injured.

Enel couldn't help but be mad at himself when seeing the damage done to the village.

'This could've been avoided. I should've acted the second Garp told me that he got threatened... I didn't think they'd have the guts to do something like this...'

Enel also found the corpse of the Celestial Dragon, which he kicked over a bit, studying his clothes for a few seconds before sighing.

'I don't recognize this one, but that's not important... A celestial dragon died here...'

Enel sighed as he realised that there was little chance of the Government sparing the villagers from that point on.

'They're likely going to be branded demons... Just like back in Ohara...'

For a few seconds, the Sky King considered destroying the body of the Celestial Dragon and taking the blame for his death. But that really wouldn't have made any difference.

'The World Government never needed evidence to brand someone a criminal or demon... Even if I take the blame, nothing would change.'

In the end, he decided not to bother himself, he simply stepped over the body and continued to pull out people from broken down buildings.

After a few minutes, all of the stuck villagers were freed, and even the bodies of the ones that didn't make it were laid in the middle of the village square.

Enel continued to look around, surveying the wreckage and sighing once more as he felt two large marine ships approaching. More specifically, one was a Cargo ship, and the other was a Warship.

He could tell they weren't part of a Buster Call though.

There was no trace of other ships besides them, and Cargo Ships were not used in any military activities besides the transport of goods and/or weaker prisoners.

In the first place, a Buster Call was a mobilization en mass, moving a force even greater than the army of a developed country to take down a perceived threat to the Marines or the World Government.

'They're either here to survey the situation or are responding to some distress calls... Of which there should be many.'

Then, as Enel was contemplating jumping on their ships and questioning them, he felt two figures starting to approach the island.

More specifically, Enel could sense them hopping over to the island.

At first, Enel didn't know who they were, but after seeing them he did manage to recognize them.

Two Rear Admirals, faces that he had seen back in Marineford.

'Hmm? Followers of Akainu, if I remember correctly... At least I hope so, I've killed enough people for the day...'

Enel obviously had no way to be sure of the intentions of the people approaching the village. But he could somewhat assume that they were sent by either Akianu or Sengoku(or both).

Otherwise, there was no reason for two legitimate and Grand Line treading Rear Admirals to be in East Blue, the weakest of the 4 seas.

Enel smiled when seeing them, realizing that Akainu and Sengoku had actually taken more precautions to protect Garp's hometown than he had.

'Still, their precautions still weren't enough... Not that I have any right to comment. I guess the World Government was keeping an eye on them and they were restricted in what support they could provide.'

The two Rear Admirals also instantly recognized Enel noticed him approaching them and decided to land as soon as they could.

They didn't know the intentions of the Newbie Emperor, but they knew that fighting him in the air with only Geppo to rely on was actually suicidal.

Especially for them, who couldn't really push away all of the storm clouds gathered in the sky.

A fruit like the Goro Goro no Mi was actually impossible to face on most occasions. Very few even had the qualifications to withstand even one of Enel's hits.

And the Rear Admirals were somewhat aware that they didn't quite belong to that group.

They both ended up stopping at the shore as the former marine appeared in front of them. Startling them slightly as they immediately prepared for action.

The two of them had their hands on their blades and Enel was holding his staff, using it as a walking stick, but neither group decided to act.

Enel could tell that the Marines in front of him were extremely tense, but he could tell that they weren't outright hostile, which only further strengthened his assumption of them being there to help.

In the end, Enel decided to relieve the tension, by starting up a conversation.

"I'm assuming the two of you are here on Akainu's orders..." Enel's voice sounded somewhat tired, but he wasn't exactly physically exhausted. It was mere mental exhaustion, and he could ignore that for now.

He looked at the two Rear Admirals with narrowed eyes, waiting for their answer.

The two marines looked at each other for a bit, before they nodded and one of them decided to speak up.

"Indeed, we were stationed near this place, waiting for a signal from Akainu to intervene if something happened..."

The two of them looked at the state of the village with serious gazes, likely realizing that they were a bit too late in their intervention.

"Good. At least you aren't enemies..." Enel said as his cape flowed in the wind. Sometimes sparkling with electricity.

'The fewer people I have to kill the better... I don't wish to harm marines, but the people attacking the village before all seemed to wear Marine Clothing...'

Enel looked at the bodies of the CP agents he had fried.

'Well, they certainly weren't marines, that's for sure. Seriously, what shitty disguises. You'd think CP agents would do better than this...

I mean, all of them were decently strong, enough to have a decent rank if they were Marines. I would've certainly seen some of them in Marineford too if they weren't fakes...'

"Our warships already have been filled with enough supplies to transport the villagers living here over a long distance." The other Rear Admiral said as he looked back at their approaching ships.

Enel smiled when hearing that. Pleased that he no longer had to look for a way to get the villagers out of the island.

But his smile didn't last long, as the conversation continued.

Enel then proceeded to give the newcomers a rundown of the situation, as best as he could. Including the death of the Celestial Dragon.

Which made the two Rear Admirals freeze completely. Both of them looked genuinely scared when hearing that.

Enel could somewhat understand that. They were now basically involved in an incident that had a lot to do with the death of a World Noble.

If that was found out, then they'd simply be executed, or branded as traitors/pirates and be forced to flee and uproot their lives.

Enel decided to give them some reassurance.

"No need to worry... Akainu is sure to protect the two of you. If he doesn't, then I will.

You are making Garp a huge favour by helping these villagers, and, by extension, you are also making me a huge favour."

The Rear Admirals seemed to relax a bit when hearing that before one of them seemed to notice something strange.

"Wait... Is Vice Admiral Garp currently your associate?" The other one also seemed to snap his startled gaze at Enel when hearing that.

Enel just gave them a wry smile. 'I guess they wouldn't be informed of stuff like Garp's imprisonment and subsequent breakout...'

"Let's just say he is my friend. There's no way Garp would ever become a pirate, so you don't have to worry." For some reason, the two of them decided to believe Enel for now.

They also decided to ignore the fact that out of every person in the marine headquarters, Garp certainly matched the temperament and demeanour of a pirate the most...

They continued to speak a bit more, Enel bringing them to the middle of the village, where everyone was gathered.

The Rear Admirals received quite a few wary gazes from the residents.

Dadan was actually about to smash one of them with her club, but Enel got involved and calmed the villagers down.

Woop Slap was glad to receive help from the marines, and the villagers were all rather mortified to find out that they had actually been attacked by a secret Government organization posing as marines...

The Marine Ships had also managed to reach the island in the meantime, dropping their anchors and disembarking all at once.

They quickly got to work, marines were all trained in first aid on the battlefield, so they immediately started helping the injured.

Enel could tell that there weren't as many as one would usually have on a warship and a cargo ship, but that was likely because Akaniu couldn't use people sympathetic to the World Government for such a mission.

In truth, the majority of Marines were crazily loyal to the World Government, and only the higher-ups would criticize or even slightly go against the World Government.

Most marine recruits were born and bred with the idea that the World Government was the reason for peace in the world.

Still, Enel was impressed there were that many of them willing to go against the world government in order to do good.

The fact that they were helping in the Marine Hero's hometown certainly was a motivator though...

Regardless, after another hour, the citizens, as well as Dadan and her family, were all bandaged up and moved onto the ships for further treatment where needed and to prepare for fleeing the scene.

Momonga was already unconscious, his wounds were being tended to, but the marine doctor that was present didn't have high hopes of being able to reattach his arm...

He was the one that received the gravest injuries, it was a miracle he even survived long enough for Enel to arrive, let alone to be treated by the Marines.

Now that everyone was on the ships, and the marines were preparing to leave the scene, there was only one question left...

'Where do we go?'

The two Rear Admirals hadn't received any instructions on a location they could move the civilians to. They were not sure where they could even go...

Everyone, even the recruits, knew that the people of Foosha Village were going to be branded as criminals, so they weren't sure where they could safely allow them to continue living...

Enel had an odd look on his face when hearing that problem from the Rear Admirals.

'Did Akainu not think that far? Or did he simply not have the time and resources to find a secret spot for these people in case something happened...'

Enel sighed as he realised that the second option was the most likely one. At that point, it was already clear that the marines didn't have anywhere near as much leverage as before.

Akainu likely had to jump through countless hoops just to bring two ships to the scene...

So, it remained up to Enel, where the people of Foosha VIllage would end up.

'Well... The answer is quite obvious, isn't it?'

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