Chapter 85

Grandline, Paradise, marine Headquarters

While Azul and his group were sailing past the now closed gate of justice the marines inside of the headquarter and the ones sailing the buster call sh.i.p.s after the escapes had established a permanent connection per transpondersnail between each other to coordinate in the most efficent way.

That connection though lost its use not soon after its establishment when the giant gate of justice closed before the warsh.i.p.s noses, cutting of any sightings they may have been able to report back to headquarters. On top of that slight inconvenience were the warsh.i.p.s now imprisoned between the gates of justice which brought even more chaos into the communication center at headquarters as they had practically a livestream to the marines that were beginning to get s.u.c.k.e.d into the gigantic whirlpool in the middle of all the gates. Thus they had to on the one hand help their fellow marines escape their deathtrap by oppening one of the gates and still keep track of the now out of sight escapes on the other hand.

Thus it came as no surprise to anybody when admiral Akainu exploded in rage at the marines being made absolute fools of by a single group of escapes. In the end nobody wanted to stand in the admirals temper and swiftly moved aside when he rushed outside and borded a ship to sail towards the command post that was responsible for the gate of justice that lead to headquarters. Why he did so? Maybe to help, maybe to try and chase the escapes. But honestly nobody really knew and the admiral was not known for being the smartest when he exploded in a rage.

While Akainu set sail, Aokiji and Sengoku tried to find out where the runaways hoped to achieve by sailing towards headquarters. Garp meanwhile only stood at the side while munching on his ricecrackers while madly laughing at the cat and mouse the runaways were playing with them.

'...What is there in headquarters that could help them escape? Sh.i.p.s? They already have one. And on top of that Azul seems to be able to walk on air, however that can possibly be so they should have no problem escaping in any direction. Hell they probably could have just walked upwards from the middle of the gates of justice and possibly escaped over them instead of through them. Though he does have quite alot of folks with him on the ship. Hmm, where could he possibly want to g-...No f.u.c.k.i.n.g way!' After mulling over the map that had been spread before the fleet-admiral to help him understand the situation better a shiver ran down the mans spine while his eyes widened in disbelieve.

Knocking over his chair with a crash while standing up Sengoku silenced the whole room with the so uncharacteristical action, freezing all action for a second before Sengoku rushed out of the room, Aokiji hot on his heals.

"Kuzan, you need to head towards Mary Geoise immediately! Grab whomever you need and move it while I'll contact the Gorosei. The five elder's are about to receive an unwelcome guest rather shortly!" Sengoku g.r.o.a.n.e.d out at the madness he was confronted with while Aokiji froze in his tracks in shock for a moment before he rushed towards one of the faster sh.i.p.s the marines possessed, hoping to reach the elevator that lead towards Mariejois before the runaways did.

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'So far so good. I wonder if the marines have caught up yet with my plan. No matter. Even if they did they are far too late to do anything about it and by the time we'll arrive at the cesspool of imbeciles all help will be for naught' Azul grinned with a sharp light in his eyes while he was keeping his eyes focused on the towering mountain range that was the redline that had come into view not soon after they had passed the gate of justice.

Next to him Robin stood with a small smile on her face, content for the moment while basking in Azuls aura. Still her mind had not needed long to catch up with Azuls idea and she couldn't help but grin internally at the unabashed fast one Azul had pulled over all opponents with his decision to sail towards headquarters.

Ivankov all the while had found a transpondersnail and made contact with Monkey D. Dragon, the revolutionary army's leader, informing him about what had happened and where they were currently heading, making Dragon cough at the other end as if he had swallow something the wrong way.

Not soon after Ivankov had gotten the order to free as many slaves as possible and cause alot of 'incidents' so to speak. Though Ivankov didn't doubt for one second that their trip to Mary Geoise was anything but a coincidence and many such 'incidents' were bound to happen one way or another if he had judged Azul correctly.

After about an hour of sailing the group arrived at the redline and promptly found the elevator that would bring them upwards to Mary Geoise, bording it while throwing all the guards and/or staff into the ocean without pity.

'Time to visit the gods it seems. Rather early if you ask me but no matter. Let the fun begin!' Azul grinned while his eyes began to burn dangerously, his aura intensifying along his thoughts, making Robin take another step closer towards him, wrapping her arms around his large torso once more, no words needed to be spoken as it seemed they had reached a mutual understanding for the time being. Though it wouldn't be long anymore that they would have to have a conversation...

Meanwhile admiral Akainu arrived at the outpost and after wildly looking around only came upon the destroyed keyboard, increasing the heat at the piece of dirt to enourmous levels as a roar of rage echoed over the waves.

Kizaru and his subordinates though weren't as lucky as Akainu who was standing on dry land right now. No. They had to fight against the vicious currents of the whirlpool. All staff cursing the mad bastard that had locked them inside this hellish rollercoaster hoping they would get released form there sooner rather than later. Not far away from them next to the redline a tall man wrapped in tender arms couldn't help but sneeze a little while his grin intensified, knowing fully well why he had to sneeze all of a sudden and wishing the marines all the fun in the world, hehehe...