A Hunting Competition

__________ POV Narration__________

Akainu looked at Enel with a raised eyebrow, not quite understanding what Enel was proposing.

"I understand that you like being a good boy, and you dislike going against orders... But I think both of us know that this mission is beneath us." Enel's voice rang in an almost melodic tone, as his excitement was rather obvious for Akainu to see.

"Huh? This mission may be beneath me, but you are nothing more than a slightly stronger Rear Admiral, don't get too complacent." Akainu said as he scoffed a bit at Enel's words.

"Seriously? Do you really think daily sparring with Garp only puts me at the same level as some random pirate on the New World?"Akainu looked away a bit.

On one hand, he wanted to say that the old man was likely holding back on Enel. But he had managed to catch a glimpse of one of their matches before departure.

Garp was using both Haki and all of his physical strength. While Enel was managing to evade and bat away most of the strikes.

Enel had even landed some hits himself, coating his fists with gold, forming a set of gauntlets, and cladding them in haki as well.

The Rear Admiral still lost that spar, but it wasn't a complete loss, the bout lasted for around 10 minutes. And lasting for 10 minutes against a somewhat serious Garp was something extremely few people in the marines could do.

"Let's see... How about we collect as many bounties as we can within a month, then return to Marineford. Whoever has caught the most pirates with the highest bounties wins." Enel's words slightly enraged Akainu once more.

"We can't just go around doing whatever we want in the new world! We have a mission given to us directly from the Fleet Admiral!" Akainu said, his irritated tone making Enel smile even more.

"We won't be going after actual Yonko's and their crews, we aren't starting a war. But if we want the marines to prosper, getting rid of more pirates in the New World would be a good start." Enel said as he tapped his staff on the ground.

A small strange boat was formed from the gold that came out of his staff.

"If our strongest just waste their time inside Marineford we will never gain a proper foothold within the New World. The Yonko's should be the ones intimidated by us, they are the pirates after all..."

Enel's words somewhat managed to sway Akainu, as the Admiral nodded a bit, agreeing with what was being said.

Still, the Admiral still was a bit apprehensive about disrespecting direct orders from his supervisor.

"You make a point... But what if Sengoku has other plans, and going out like this gets in the way of them?" Akainu had somewhat calmed down, asking a rather pertinent question.

"I will talk to him afterwards, the lower levels of Impel Down will be getting a surplus of new residents, unfortunately..." Enel stepped into the strange golden boat, sitting down on his golden throne-like chair.

"See you in a month, Admiral Akainu!" With that, Enel departed from the Marine Vessel. Completely ignoring the raging storms as his flying ship took to the skies without much build-up, making Akainu's eyes widen a bit.

"Hold o-!" Akainu shouted, but Enel was already too far away to hear him...

__________ POV Enel __________

Travelling above the clouds is extremely nice, especially during a storm.

It wasn't that hard for me to lose the Marines and gain some free time, this whole 'contest' with Akainu is more of an excuse to have some time for myself.

It also helps my mental state since I find his presence extremely annoying. I didn't even have any hatred for him at first, his demeanour and actions towards me are the only thing that spurred this distaste I feel for him.

If anything happens, this is also Sengoku's fault for sending the two of us on a mission like this. He probably knows that this was an easy mission to send me on, just to get me in the swing of things.

But I would classify it as 'Too Easy'. A pirate that has racked up this much bounty isn't necessarily too strong. From what I've read about him, he is mostly just a menace to society.

Sure, he's decent in strength, but someone like Doflamingo would kill him at any time of the day.

Still, this is only to clear my head, so I will take him down, along with his crew.

The Gorilla Pirates, this at least gives me some type of information on their abilities. Probably a Zoan of sorts, but he shouldn't be with Kaido. If he was part of Kaido's army Sengoku wouldn't have given us this mission.

Things are already strained enough in these seas, starting a war with the Beast Pirates isn't something the World Government wants right now.

It's a bit strange how a group of pirates can manage to do so much in this world, from taking over kingdoms to creating armies large enough to threaten the largest authorities of the world.

Honestly, if all of the emperors were to join hands the World Government would fall in a matter of weeks. Well, not that all of them would join hands, they have plenty of pride and rivalry between them.

I've always wondered if the rivalries between Yonko's were caused by the World Government itself. That would be the only way for them to truly control the most dangerous pirates, at least to some extent.

If I remember correctly, Big Mom and Kaido did end up teaming up in the end, during the Wano ark in the manga, but they were taken down anyway.

They waited too long and other powerful pirates rose to the occasion and took them down. Luffy's sun god fruit was also revealed in that arc.

It's a confusing power, it allows him to bend the world to his imagination, giving him absolute freedom.

It does make sense for the World Government to be afraid of it, especially in the hands of a pirate.

I wonder if Shanks knew the true identity of that fruit... I mean, he had sailed with Roger before, so maybe he did. But he never did reach Raftel, so it's hard to say.

This world is brewing with conspiracies, so many threads to count that you can easily lose your mind in them.

It's easy to observe everything within a screen, but it becomes a lot more real when these schemes have chances of affecting you personally...

Well, that doesn't really matter right now. I have quite some time to think about things before actually having to face the World Government... Although the clock is ticking.

I have to use this opportunity to gain as much experience as possible. I will go after as many powerful pirates as I can.

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