Chapter 167: Reunion, Forgiveness and Departure

Chapter 167: Reunion, Forgiveness and Departure

_________ POV Narration_________

Enel didn't spend the full 3 days partying with the Red Hair Pirates. He only spent a brief 1 day instead.

He tried to take his mind away from finally meeting and talking to Sengoku. The old Fleet Admiral had been someone that had placed his trust in him, and Enel had walked all over that trust.

It could be said that it was Enel that had ruined the marines. Although the World Government was truly the one that decided the marines were no longer worth the trouble of keeping around...

It was clear even from their brief conversation at Baltigo, that Sengoku hadn't truly forgiven Enel, and he was right not to forgive him so quickly.

Enel had won his trust, and by all means had befriended the old Fleet Admiral, only to betray him in the end.

A stab in the back was not something that could be easily forgiven.

Garp may have forgiven Enel for aiding the Whitebeard Pirates, as his grandsons were saved that day.

And Sengoku would've also easily forgiven Enel if he had only defended Garp's grandsons. Even if one of them was the biological son of Gol D. Roger.

Still, Enel knew that he couldn't avoid talking to Sengoku, so he decided to not postpone it much longer.

Entering the room, Sengoku was lying in his bed still, he seemed to be asleep. So the lighting emperor simply stood by his side and waited for him to wake up...

And he sat there for the next few hours, at some point dozing off himself.

Sengoku was actually the one to wake him up.

"Oi! Enel... Wake up!"

His gruff voice startled the one-armed emperor awake.

Enel rubbed his eyes with his earlobes before turning and looking at Segoku.

The old man was indeed looking worse for wear. He was wearing a pair of short pants, covering his stumps and privates... If they were still intact, of course.

His torso was bare and bandaged, his arms were also completely missing.

" Well... You look like shit." The former fleet admiral said as he scowled at Enel.

"Heh... Could say the same about you." Enel didn't hesitate when biting back. He wasn't worried about making fun of Sengoku's condition, as he had already come out with the intention of fixing him.

Sengoku only gave Enel a dry chuckle, before he coughed a bit and looked at Enel with a serious gaze.

"First off... I'd like to say this now... I forgive you for your betrayal at Marineford." The old marine kept eye contact throughout that statement, and he easily noticed Enel's surprise.

"H-how come?" The One Armed Emperor truly hadn't expected that.

"Well..." Sengoku then looked at Enel's missing arm. "You already showed that you care about the connections you made in the marines. Which shows me that the friendship we had was at least real..."

Enel sighed when hearing that, smiling ever so faintly.

"However!" Enel's smile quickly became a bit forced when he heard Sengoku continue.

"I wish you could've told me about your plans beforehand... Maybe I could've helped you..." The old marine sighed in regret.

"... I wasn't sure you would ever help me face the world government in such a manner.

I mean, you had no way of knowing they would so easily disregard you and the other marines..." Enel shook his head slightly.

He was sure he had done what he needed to do. He remembered Sengoku to have been devout in his role as a Fleet Admiral, so he never expected him to be on board with a full-on betrayal.

"No... I always knew the World Government would get rid of us if we outlived our usefulness...

The 5 Elders never once trusted us, it was only a matter of time before they finally decided we were more trouble than we were worth...

Though I guess I would've been a lot more hesitant to assist you, not knowing what I know now..."

In the end, the tired old marine sighed once more, before shaking his head and turning back to Enel.

"... How are the rest?"

"I thought Shanks and Crocus kept you up to speed..." Enel raised an eyebrow at that, not exactly a question he expected.

"He did. But I want to hear it from you. I only know they left with Dragon..." Sengoku struggled a bit to sit up slightly, leaning on the bed frame.

Maybe the World Government had finally completely run out of luck, and the goodwill of the world had finally dried up.

'It was only a matter of time anyway...'

"Fine... I'll join you in this fight. Not that I have much of a choice. If I can help end this conflict sooner, then I will do my best." The old marine nodded in the end, slowly turning his head away.

"Good... We'll get going right away. A few weeks of flying is ahead of us... The sooner we get it done, the sooner you'll get better."

Sengoku simply nodded. Enel's cane turned into a small wheelchair, on which he placed the crippled marine rather quickly, but gently.

"Few weeks, huh?" Sengoku asked as Enel rolled him towards the door.

"Yep... It's pretty far from here, I can't exactly travel at maximum speed either." Enel nodded.

"What about Shanks and his crew? They're not joining us?" Sengoku was already well aware that Enel was allied with a multitude of pirates, including the Whitebeard pirates, so he had somewhat expected the Red-Haired Pirates to join as well.

"They are, essentially. But Shanks wishes to stay on the seas and keep up his information network as best he can... It's for the better if he continues sailing for now."

Sengoku just nodded when hearing that.

The pirates that were partying outside all made way for them to pass, the music quieting down slightly as they noticed Enel moulding a ship out of his gauntlet and earrings.

"Already off then?" Shanks appeared by his side and asked with a cheerful tone, obviously slightly inebriated.

"Yep! The sooner we get Sengoku's limbs restored the better." Enel nodded happily as he created a boat large enough for him and the old marine.

Shanks just nodded. "It's good that you've got a way to help him then! Though I expected nothing less from the man that shook the world..."

"Hah! Spoken like you haven't done the same in your time!" Sengoku said as he was wheeled onto the flying ship on a specially made ramp.

"... I may have rattled some cogs, but Enel here is close to breaking the entire machine..." Shanks chuckled a bit as he took another swig of his drink.

"Heh... We're still a few years off. Plenty of time before it breaks." Enel smiled as he stepped onto his ship, turning Sengoku's wheelchair into a special beach chair.

"You ain't putting my patient on no metal bed!" Crocus immediately came out of his cabin, as if summoned by the gods of medicine to scold Enel.

He even threw a bottle of disinfectant at the Lightning Emperor, which just bounced off the aluminium ship and into the head of one of the Red-Haired Pirates, knocking him out.

Shanks sweated a bit when seeing that.

He quickly gestured for his men to bring out a small bed, which they placed on the ship for Sengoku to rest on.

"Hah! Much better!" Crocus then waddled back into his room, as if nothing had happened.

Enel just placed Sengoku on that bed, embedding the frame into the ship and making it more stable.

"... Anyway! We're off for now." The Lighting Emperor's ship slowly started moving, as the pirates made way for its takeoff.

"Take care! I'll contact you if I get wind of anything interesting!" Shanks waved at the departing ship with a smile on his face.

His crew then joined in.

"Come back if you want another party!"

"Your voice was nice! You better pick up an instrument as well next time!"

"See you around earlobes!"

Enel smiled warmly at all but the last one.

'Shank's crew is sure filled with 'characters'...'

And so, Sengoku was being shipped off to the Sky Islands, in a rather comfortable manner(thanks to Crocus).

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Hope you liked the chapter!

Sengoku forgiving Enel was a long time coming, he was still on his ass for his betrayal during the Baltigo War ;))

First time a real bed's been on Enel's ships btw, till now his passengers slept on metal :))

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