Aftermath...Issho...Offer from Sengoku...Final decision ' Mercenary ' ...

Every single marine turned towards the new Vice Admiral as he had a smirk on his face as he knew who the winner was, well how could he see in the explosion and the dust? how you may ask? Well he is one of the gifted people ' Marines' got hold of, he has lost his sight a long time ago but still is recognised as one of the best swordsmen of marines if not the best and with his mysterious devil fruit he is invincible in close quarters. The newest Vice Admiral was never supposed to be here, he was just conscripted through a ' World Military Draft ' 6 months ago and should be set out after 18 months after his training, but due to various reasons two of them being his skills and power which are no less equal than an Admiral he was sent out on his first mission. To be precise he is the first person to achieve Vice Admiral status the fastest ever in history, and many say he may be one of the next ' Admirals '.

This person was none other than Issho or better known to most as Fujitora, though he has lost sight he has awakened one of the advanced form observation Haki which reads feelings, position and the truth. When he saw Infinite he was amazed to see someone having a pure soul which he sees as white and the rarest as he saw very few, the next thing was the energy inside Infinite was different he could feel spiritual energy but with a mixture of something else and that something he couldn't describe, it resembles close to devil fruit but not quite as well.

Fujitora now understood why Sengoku wanted him to reach this place a week ago.

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Slowly the dust settles and everyone could make some shadowy figures and after the dust was blown away by the general desert breeze none could believe it. Infinite was down but he didn't have a single scratch but that same wasn't for Crocodile as he lost his both arms, he was awake but couldn't move due to the pain of losing his arms. He regretted ever countering the ' Rook's Rasengan ' as it overwhelmed him right from the start, the balls he made from sand and spinning at high speeds were never their match and as a result, lost his arms.

Crocodile saw Infinite on the ground but soon his face became red, due to his pride and overconfidence he went for a direct attack and never stepped down and if this match was in the next half of the grand line he wouldn't have done that. He was currently angry, angry at himself for underestimating someone and in GrandLine which he always did after he became a 'Warlord' and he generally forgot it, angry at the rookie opposite to him whom he suspected to have some paramecia type devil fruit which produces energy or controls it.

Soon he broke out his thoughts, he wanted to kill the rookie to quench his pride, so he got up from the sand and walked towards Infinite but as he was walking he suddenly got on his knees he became heavy he couldn't move he fell and laid on the sand beneath him as a bed. All the spectators saw this scene in agape expressions as they never thought someone could deal such huge damage to Crocodile ( huge damage in the sense he lost his two limbs completely ).

Pell soon came forward and rushed towards Infinite who he saw as his family member even Infinite didn't know how but Favourable Points ( FP ) for Pell just skyrocketed. What Pell saw next made him contemplate about his life, Infinite was perfect he was down due to exhaustion and everything was normal.

To be exact Infinite wouldn't be normal If it wasn't for the B - rank Rock Armour which he learnt just in case and the only earth style he mastered, it save his life or else the recoil would have eaten his hands of quite literally.

Soon after the battle ended Hina and Smoker made Infinite their aim ... Well, they wanted to reach his power level if they wanted to do justice the way they wanted to do. Crocodile was bounded with Sea Prism chains and was taken to the prison in Marine Battle Ship,

( A/N: Battleships are the ones which are used during ' Buster call ' they are powerful and then normal ships )

the cleanup process began and all the people who supported Crocodile were captured, but few bounty hunters were freed and they were the ones who had some good records of catching pirates and marines who took permission from Alabasta for freeing them.

The battle between Infinite and Crocodile was discussed by everyone and the battle report made by the marines made Fleet Admiral Sengoku's blood boil as he wanted to recruit Infinite but he held his horses. The Warlords were shocked and few got interested in him as well

***** Somewhere near a castle

" Well report says he is a swordsman with devil fruit powers but both are trained equally ... Well I can't wait to meet him, I wonder how he shaped his air pressure into dragons never met someone like that in my path of being 'Strongest Swordsman ' well let's go for rounds and hope I meet him and have a battle "

***** Somewhere in sunflower fields

" Crocy lost huh kukukuku the world sure is changing hahahaha "

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Infinite woke up after 2 days and he was quite hungry and the first voice he heard was from April.

' Sunshine host '

" Huh April looks like you speak a little different now what happened to you and by the way what happened in the fight "

' I got upgraded and since Host was asleep it was automatically done ... You fought Crocodile but you exhausted yourself but had no injuries but for Crocodile, due to him underestimating you he lost his hands and is currently sailing towards Enies Lobby '

" I see .... So... Well nevermind "

' The hell my reserves increased by 4 folds, what happened to me and the hell my muscles feel relaxed my physical power increased .... exponentially '

" Itey, you are awake " soon a stretched hand wraps Infinite's face and Infinite struggles to get it off only for the stretched hand person to fall on his face. And after a few struggles, he freed himself from the clutches of the hands and saw who the culprit was.

" Luffy you fell on me, and by the way is Sanji here I need food ... ( Stomach gurgles ) Yeah really am hungry "

" Sheheh don't worry it's lunch now let's go, yahoooo "

' The hell, he amazes me for some reason well then I won't accept him as my crew captain until defeats me well I guess ... Gonna travel alone it would have been fine if I had a Pokémon with me * sigh * '

Infinite woke up and walked towards the dining room and sat at the table. He greeted everyone and ate almost 3/4th of the food all by himself. Even Luffy lost to Infinite in terms of eating, heck he was even surprised about this too but he just left it.

Infinite got out of the palace he was a war hero now, the whole Alabasta Kingdom knows his name as the legendary ' White Flash' which he didn't like it as it was like ' Konohagakure's Yellow Flash ' but he can't change the title people gave him all by themselves, he just sighed and went for a walk, he noticed his body improved tremendously and he was about to ask April but soon a presence was in front of him this was the strongest presence he has noticed in this world.

" Hello there, sorry for troubling you I would like to talk to you about something would mind eating soba with me? " Said a blind man with a coat on his back saying ' Justice ' and ' Vice Admiral ' Infinite gulped and nodded his head but he forgot the person ahead of him was a blind man so he said, " Sure I would love to ".

" Well it is 7:20 now why don't we have our dinner right now, Oh sorry by the way forgot to introduce myself, my name is Issho everyone calls me Fujitora and nice meeting you ' White Flash' "

Infinite also introduced himself and they both sat near a marine base operations tent and a marine cook bought some hot soba, though Infinite has heard of soba be never ate it in his previous life so he was curious and the taste was amazing he would give it solid 8/10.

Fujitora got down to business " You see Infinite-san, you possess a lot of power and the underworld is already on your sent you see ... Fleet Admiral Sengoku- San told me to ask you if you are interested in joining marines, if you want to there will be a year training then next you will be able to get a direct ' Vice Admiral ' seat and status. " Fujitora sipped his green tea while Infinite was thinking what to do. He wanted to be a pirate but it seems he has no strength to fight against the monster in Infront of him and he also got his share of news of this ' Underworld ' from Koza and Cobra so he knows pretty good about it and he also knows that many wanted him to join their army and some wanted him to be a slave. After some hard thinking Infinite came to a decision.

" Issho- San I know marines are powerful but if I become a marine I won't have freedom, I will be restricted and I won't be able to enjoy my travels ... So sorry for not taking up on your offer ."

Infinite said that and was about to leave but he got an idea and turned towards Fujitora and said " But I am gonna be working as a mercenary and if you have anything just call my den-den mushi for the right price and my morals except I will take on the mission "

Fujitora smirked as he already knew Infinite won't be joining but working as a mercenary meant he could take some missions from marines but also other kingdoms and pirates as well but what touched Fujitora's heart was the word ' moral ' and he knew a basic moral all pure souls follow protect innocent no matter the cost.

Fujitora informed Sengoku about the talk and Sengoku was ok with the results and Sengoku gave the order to Fujitora that he should get back to his training and he will be out as per the timing. Which Fujitora didn't say anything about and soon everyone started packing up for departure ( marines ).

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Marine Ford ( Marine HQ) -

" So he will be working as a mercenary huh ... hahahaha, Sengoku at least he knows that marines will restrict him and chose a path where there will be fewer restrictions "

" Shut up Garp .... It is at least a good thing he is willing to work as a mercenary and even gave his den-den mushi number, I already thought if a mission and I am gonna give it to him and also the mission will be with Tsuru, I know that she won't accept men but I will ask her to make an exception "

Garp " So he will be going to the new world huh ... That's quite early but his strength is high but ... I think Crocodile underestimated that brat ' Flash ' so I don't think he is as powerful as the rumours say but I will still consider him as powerful as the rumours just so you know HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA "

Sengoku " I don't care you idiot * sigh * I will contact him and tell him to board Fujitora's ship he will reach Marine Ford in 3 weeks ".

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Infinite opened his system and saw the notifications he got and he didn't what to say.