Chapter 159 - Chapter 161

On the Grand Line, on the desert island, inside the Alabasta kingdom, Robin was walking down the dry and sandy roads leading to Crocodile's casino. She walked like royalty and she held her head high, looking down on anyone crossing her path. After meeting with Amell, she realized her identity once again. She was the granddaughter of the Enigmatic emperor. The strongest emperor, no doubt. After their meeting, she started to pay attention to how she carried herself and how she talked to people. Her entire aura had changed and you could see a mini version of an emperor growing inside of her.

From nowhere, Minerva appeared and snatched her away from her current path. They appeared on a random rooftop almost like teleportation. Robin had to take a step to steady herself. "Minerva, what did I say about doing that!" Her tone was audible and domineering, nothing like the previous her. But if you paid close attention you could still hear that timid and laid back personality through her tone, since she wasn't quite used to acting like Amell yet.

"Apologise, lady Robin, but I thought this was quite exciting news, so I got carried away." Minerva gave Robin a newspaper and Robin looked at the page Minerva had already pulled up.

"W-What!? A war? Is Grandpa okay?" Robin asked urgently after reading the first words on the page. Minerva nodded, "Keep reading!" she said impatiently.

"H-He killed Kaido? Grandpa!" Robin said and fell on her butt. She let go of the newspaper and closed her eyes.

"Isn't it awesome!" Minerva was almost bouncing around in excitement.

"No! It is not awesome!" Robin raised her voice and glared at Minerva. "Grandpa is all I got, and I just got him back! I don't wanna lose him again to some stupid war." Robin fully believes Amell was the strongest in the world, so it wasn't that she doubted his strength.

"But you didn't lose him, didn't you read the rest. Kaido lost big time. It was a complete slaughter."

Robin looked up at her and sighed, "Yeah, I know. But that doesn't mean I'm not allowed to worry about him. Losing focus for one second is all it takes to die in a war, it doesn't matter if he is the strongest in the world I still don't want him starting wars around the world. Especially not wars with emperors." Robin breathed in and out, trying to calm her beating heart.

"If you're worried about him, train and join him on the battlefield so you can look after him yourself," Minerva said and sat down next to her on the ground.

"Do I look like someone that belongs on the battlefield?"

"Not really, then the way I see it, you only have one option."

"And what's that?" Robin asked curiously.

"Believe in him. No one can hurt him. Believe that!" Minerva threw her arm around Robin's shoulders.

"You say that now until I am the one crying at his funeral." Robin laughed a little to herself. She felt a little pathetic for not being able to believe in her grandpa.

"That will never happen. I am serious when I say that I think the captain is immortal or something. The stories I've heard about him, I don't know how people survive things like that if they're not immortal." Minerva laughed out loud. She hit Robin on the back and stood up.

"If you say so,"

"Damn right I do! Now cheer up kiddo, you can't have that gloomy attitude when meeting with Crocodile." Minerva grabbed hold of her and they both disappeared and reappeared on the street again.

"Damn it, Minerva, stop doing that! I am gonna throw up!" Robin had to start breathing deeply and calmly so she wouldn't throw up.

"Get used to it, kiddo!" Minerva said and winked and disappeared from the street. Robin sighed and gazed up at the clouds in the sky. 'Grandpa, be safe!' she soon started making her way towards the casino.

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Marineford was one of the most fortified places in the world. Not since the Gotei invaded this base many years ago has anyone even come close to that feat again. Since that time, the Marines has gone through many changes within itself. Among the biggest changes is the Three Admirals of the Marines. Especially Bradely, his presence within the Marines changed everything for them. The emperors couldn't move freely around the New World anymore since Bradely could fight equally to Shanks, Whitebeard and Kaido without sustaining high amounts of injuries. He was a prized possession and the Marines and World Government regarded him as a stronger player on the board than even Garp The Hero.

Inside Sengoku's office, all the Marine Admirals and some extra personnel were having a meeting about the recent war between Amell and Kaido. The plan had been to intervene in the war, but it ended before they could reach Dressrosa. The Gotei had wiped the floor with Kaido at a speed Sengoku didn't expect.

"How do we go about this now? Anyone?" Sengoku asked the room filled with veteran Marines.

"Well, what do we know as of now?" Tsuru, a Vice-Admiral, and one of Sengoku's oldest friends spoke up calmly. Very few events would shake her anymore, but this war sure had done so. It came out of nowhere and ended almost immediately and the Gotei disappeared without a trace like usual. These were troubling times, and she would be the first one to admit that the Marines were losing ground against a single emperor.

"We know Whitebeard has come forward and personally defended Kaido's territory against Big Mom's advances. What we don't know is why he is doing this. We have information of Shanks meeting with Amell, but nothing of Whitebeard and Amell meeting. As of now, an allience between them can not be confirmed." A nervous-looking Marine that stood at attention behind Sengoku reported to the group.

"That's it?" Bradely asked stoically. As usual, he wore almost no emotions on his face.

"We also have reports of Marco fighting Katakuri on an island near Wano. The reports say Marco came out victories and nothing about whether Katakuri is alive or not."

"Fourteen years of silence, and as soon as he appears we may have two wars back to back. How is it possible for one man to cause such a headache for us?" Sengoku sighed out loud, he glanced at Garp, "Anything about the Gotei's location yet?"

"Nope, ghosts as usual," Garp said while leaning back with closed eyes. His tone was calm and relaxed, but his mind was anything but that. He really didn't like the direction the world was heading in.

"How is it that we know nothing about their movements but they know everything about ours?"

"There is the theory that they live in the sky, but that just can't be proven," Tsuru said.

"Should I travel to the New World to stop another war from breaking out?" Bradely asked, trying to change the subject.

"Yes, we need all the Admirals in the New World to stabilise the balance. We can do nothing until Kaido's territorial war has been dealt with. The emperors are needed to thoroughly maintain the balance again. We will observe for now, but we shall not allow another war to break out." Sengoku spoke diligently.

"Understood," Bradely said and under his eyepatch, his Sharingan lit up in a small bright red light.

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