Chapter 136: Revenge, Loyalty and Resolve

Chapter 136: Revenge, Loyalty and Resolve

_________ POV Narration_________

Kaido felt the chains surrounding his body as his eyes opened.

He was in a dark cell, tied by some chains, and with a seastone collar around his neck.

If he truly tried to, he could have escaped from his bindings. He had already trained his resistance to Seastone, and could somewhat use Haki while bound by it.

'I could slip away undetected with some difficulty, but my subordinates would still be left here.

Besides, since they haven't killed me they likely want me to speak to their leader...'

Kaido narrowed his eyes as he remembered Francisco naming his new captain at some point.

'Enel... That former marine turned Emperor actually managed to tame a wild beast like Francisco?'

To Kaido, that was simply hogwash. He was almost sure that Francisco had some type of agenda, some goal he wished to accomplish.

'I remember him being fiercely loyal to Xebec... No chance in hell he easily accepted a new captain.'

Now that he was stuck in a cell, recovering from the injuries inflicted by both Garp and Francisco, he had all the time in the world to wonder about reasons, and motives, and to try and see things from varying perspectives.

What annoyed him more was that he could sense that he was placed right beside his subordinates, a mere few rooms away.

'It would be oh so easy to break out, free them, and attempt an escape...'

Alas, trying to escape wouldn't really do much. Besides the seemingly relaxed security of the prison, Kaido was quite sure that both Francisco and Garp were keeping an eye on it.

Francisco alone could likely take care of them all, especially since Kaido was still injured.

And Garp's body, although weakened by age, was still a monster by all definitions. Someone that Kaido was certain he wouldn't be able to win when not in top condition.

'Why did all of this shit have to happen in tandem with the World Government becoming weaker?!'

The King of Beasts could only curse his bad luck on that front. As if he had not commanded his subordinates to take over the Sky Islands, then they likely wouldn't have gotten captured.

Then again, Kaido couldn't help but be at least a tad intrigued by this 'Enel' figure.

'Meeting him might not be so bad... Especially since this might give me some time to actually recover.'

Kaido had already started planning out his revenge. Against the people of Skypea, against Garp, against Enel, and most importantly for him, against Francisco.

"Heh, you are as predictable as ever..." Kaido sweated a bit as he heard a voice from his side, a figure finally registering in his senses.

Looking at that figure, Kaido narrowed his eyes as he took in the sight of the relaxed blonde man in front of him.

'I guess this ghost felt me waking up...'

"Your expression is as easy to read as ever..." Francisco dragged over a chair, and sat directly in front of Kaido, leaning into the seat as his relaxed smile seemed to irk Kaido somewhat, though the Emperor was struggling to not show that on his face.

"I bet you're planning out revenge already, that you're already imagining the broken bodies of those that have inconvenienced you already at your feet." Francisco's relaxed gaze turned into a cold stare as he spoke.

For a second, Roger's face did flash in Garp's mind, but the old marine shook his head a bit.

'Can't really lump everyone in the same group... But Francisco was quite literally one of the heads of that group.

I don't care what type of person he is, the acts he condoned from his former captain tell me that he doesn't fully care about the safety of others anyway...'

Xebec had been a more 'traditional' pirate. He mostly sought powerful people, as he wished to become the king of the world, but it wasn't below him to rape and pillage like any other pirate.

Garp could still remember as he, Tsuru and Sengoku tracked him down. The sight of the burnt villages they had come across, the lands that were pilfered and pillaged beyond recognition.

Xebec was not just a threat to the World Government's authority. He was also a true menace to the common folk. And it was clear that no one liked him anyway, as everyone had betrayed him...

All but one person.

Whether or not Francisco partook in heinous acts was unknown to Garp, but the fact that it was a possibility was concerning. Especially since the old marine no longer would have the power to stop him if something went wrong and he decided to show his true colours...

Garp could only clench his fists in annoyance. 'Maybe if I am returned to my prime... With my knowledge and current mastery of Haki, I could be his match... Let's just hope it doesn't come to that.'

The old marine could only sigh, as he turned his head and went back to the island, where a funeral was currently taking place.

Well, it was more of a period of mourning. The funeral had happened before Kaido had stepped foot on the island.

It was to commemorate those that had lost their lives in the attack of the Beast Pirates.

The casualties were minimal, sure. All things considered, things could've been worse, and the people that survived were all stronger for it.

But another thing was also true... The battle hadn't just killed a few recruits. It had ruined families and broken households.

Garp could only clench his fists when seeing the tears of the relatives of the ones he had let die.

'All for their improvement, my ass... We went and acted without thinking it thoroughly, and now others must suffer from our negligence...'

He was mad, mad at the Beast Pirates, mad at his formerly lacklustre training, mad at Francisco, but most importantly, mad at himself.

It was at that point, that Garp had resolved himself...

'I will make sure such a thing never happens again... I will build all of them into fearsome warriors... I'll make sure no regular pirates will even be able to take them on.'

The fire in the old marine's eyes burned brighter as his fists clenched so hard that his fingernails dug into his palm, and blood dripped to the ground.

With that resolve, Garp went on to plan his most demented training session yet. Scrapping the former 'relaxed' one entirely.

And while that was happening, the Sky Island was still drifting...

Slowly heading in a random direction, as they had no control of the engines and no energy to power them consistently.

Now, was that really a good thing?

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Sorry for the delay on this one. Changed some stuff at my job and basically had to run around for documents for two days :(( Couldn't even go to the gym

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