Chapter 16 - Chapter 17

Ginrei was sitting beside the giant and the little girl that was still sleeping. They had been sleeping for 11 hours at this point and Ginrei could finally see some signs of waking up.

"Good morning you two." Ginrei said to the duo that had by some miracle managed to wake up at the same time. He watched as both Robin and Saul turned their heads his way while simultaneously rubbing the tiredness out of their eyes.

"Good morning Mr Ginrei. It seems you have not left yet." Saul said and adjusted himself while laying on the ground.

"Honestly, it kind of surprises me that you kept your promise, that's a rare thing now a days. I'm happy that you were the person to come for us in our hour of need." Saul said seriously. He really was impressed that this old man really kept his promise of keeping them safe.

"What are you saying, boy. I never break my promises." Ginrei said and smiled a little towards Robin that was only watching him while holding on to Saul's huge finger.

"That's good to hear, Mr Ginrei. So i suppose we should talk about what to do now." Saul said and sat up properly and he place Robin on his shoulder again.

"I like to offer to join my organization again. We could keep you both safe, now that the marines and world government are chasing after you." Ginrei said and Saul frowned and glanced at Robin.

"I know that it would be best to take you up on that offer, but after leaving the marines and seeing the true colors of a massive organization like that. I have some doubts about joining another one so soon." Saul said in all truthfulness. There was not reason to lie to Ginrei so he didn't. He was also sure that the old man could see through any lies he tried to tell him.

"How about i tweak that offer a little bit then. We three will stay here on this island for an extended period of time and i will train Robin personally for a while." Ginrei said and smiled again. He accepted Saul's reason for not wanting to join, especially since there definitely was some truth to what the said. Gotei 13 would definitely cause large scale destruction eventually and innocent people might be caught in the crossfire.

"hm, if you would allow us to stay here then i would happily ask you to take care of Robin and me until we get a proper plan in order." Saul said and bowed to Ginrei. Robin saw Saul bow and she quickly followed his example and bowed as well.

"No problem. How about you two just follow me here. I will show you to your new home for the time being." Ginrei said and all three stood up and walked into the jungle.

They very quickly came upon the mountain that had Ginrei's base under it. Ginrei looked back and saw Saul and Robin looking at him with a questionable gaze.

"Stand back!" Ginrei kicked the ground in front of him almost like he was using earth bending. The ground opened up and revealed a massive elevator made out of metal.

"Follow me!" Ginrei said and saw Robin looking at him with stars in her eyes. He had shown the ability to fly and now he opened the ground with a kick. She was absolutely sold on staying here with him. She also wanted to be able to do all that.

They walked over and stood on the elevator and it started going down when Ginrei pressed a button. What they arrived at after a while was the most advanced base that Saul had ever seen. He used to be a Vice admiral and he had never seen anything close to this before.

It was all made out of stainless steel and what the duo didn't know was that this whole base was surrounded by a reality warping barrier of sorts. This made the actual base small, but the insides were almost continental sized. In this base you had to use teleporters to move about or it would take you days to walk from point A to B. Not the most convenient base, even Ginrei could admit to that.

"This is incredible. I know kind of understand how the Gotei 13 have managed to stay under the radar for so long. The marines don't have anything close to this anywhere in the world." Saul said with amazement.

This base was filled gravity training rooms and holographic computer screens. Suits of armor was walking around the base right in front of their eyes. The were cleaning and installing equipment. Essentially, this base had robot maids and butlers.

{Welcome back master Ginrei} A voice suddenly sounded out from what felt like every direction.

"What was that?!" Saul looked around in a panic, but could not find the origin of that voice.

"ha, ha, relax. It is the Gotei 13s AI overseer. Basically a living computer. She is inside every base and knows everything about anything. Her name is Sylvia." Ginrei said and couldn't help but laugh at Saul's reaction.

"THIS IS INCREDIBLE!" Robin yelled from her position on Saul. It appears her excitement couldn't be kept in check any longer. She climbed down from Saul's shoulder and ran around and touched every robot and all the walls.

"This is indeed incredible, Mr Ginrei. I appreciate you letting us stay here." Saul said and stepped off the elevator and it went back up towards the surface.

"No need. Let me show you to your rooms. Tomorrow, i can begin instructing Robin in some basic training methods." Ginrei said and all three started walking away toward the nearest teleporter.

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"GRANDPA GINREI, THIS IS TOO HARD!" Robin said as she was laying down on the ground completely exhausted.

"Oh, so today at breakfast, your declaration of beating me and becoming the boss of Gotei 13, what was that? Was that just trash talk then?" Ginrei said and pocked the side of Robin's head with a cane he had in hand. He looked like a proper noble now because he had on a white admiral styled suit with a black captains cloak over his shoulders and a beautiful cane in hand. A cane he used to beat up Robin with.

"Stop that!" She swatted away the cane like it was a fly that was annoying her.

"Then get up, i know you can do 10 more push ups. We are simply doing this to strengthen your body or i can't start to train you properly." Ginrei said and heard the door to the room open up. What walked in threw that door was Saul, but this version was a little different. He was only 400 cm tall instead of his usual 1950 cm. This was caused by Gotei 13 technologies to make it easier to move about the base.

"How is the new height working for you, Saul?" Ginrei knew Saul didn't like shrinking since he was proud of his height as a giant.

"It certainly makes it easier to move, but i still prefer my usual height compared to this one." Saul rubbed the bracelet that was around his wrist. This tiny thing was what they used to shrink him down with.

"ha, ha, Saul i think you look good!" Robin said and laughed just like he taught her back on Ohara.

"You, go back to training. You won't eat until you're done with 10 more push ups." Ginrei yelled at Robin to which he just received a pout from the little girl.

"Mr Ginrei, i came here to say that we have marines incoming. Momonga and Strawberry is on the two ships that's approaching." Saul said, not worried at all. Especially after this week here, he knew exactly just what a monster Ginrei was in terms of strength.

"You two just stay there. They will never detect this place. Not even haki can see through this so just leave them to me. It's time i start my little plan anyways." Ginrei said and glared at Robin one last time before walking out. She understood and started to try and continue the push ups.

"hey, Saul. You think Grandpa Ginrei will be okay." Robin said with worry in her voice. Ginrei had become the anchor that she attached herself to in her time of need. He meant more to her now then even she herself realized.

"ha, ha, no need to worry Robin. Nothing can hurt that old monster. Maybe just an admiral stand a fighting chance, who knows really." Saul laughed with his signature smile.

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