Konoha: A golden flash from the tomb

"Mr. Long!"

As soon as Sabo and Kella docked, Sabo rushed out and broke into the revolutionary army's headquarters in a hurry.

"Do not worry."

Dragon, who saw Sabo's anxiety at this moment, comforted him with a calm voice: "Here is the latest information. Ace is fine. He is currently being held in the Impel City Prison and is safe for the time being."

Without enough time to thank him, Sabo quickly took the page with intelligence information written on it. There was not much recorded on it. Although the Revolutionary Army also had internal agents in the navy, it was obvious that Ace's matter was classified under the confidentiality level in the navy. It's very high, and we can't provide more detailed information at the moment.

"With Ace's arrest, the Navy is likely planning to use this as an excuse to weaken Whitebeard's strength and suppress the pirates' arrogance."

"There is no more appropriate way to take action against Whitebeard, one of the Four Emperors. The navy has mobilized elite sailors from all over the world and summoned naval sergeants from the Grand Line. The ability of this matter is very questionable."

Long was talking eloquently about this matter, and he was also analyzing the connection for Sabo.

"Kaido is at the peak of his strength, and so is Big Momo. The red hair is the strongest among the four emperors, and only the white beard who is constantly injured is the tiger's beard that today's navy can stir up."

"His physical condition is not a secret. The hidden injuries left in his youth have made his body far worse than before. Even if it was not clear before, if Blackbeard is to become the King of the Shichibukai, this secret will no longer be a secret."

"Sabo, are you ready? The water in this whirlpool is not as fast as usual. Are you prepared?"

"I....."

After reading the information, Sabo placed it on the table, then looked into Long's eyes seriously and nodded vigorously.

"I must rescue Ace."

"By the way, Mr. Long, where is Luffy?"

"That kid..." Long shook his head slightly, "If he knew, his plan must be the same as yours, but Luffy is... still too weak now."

"Just yesterday, Luffy had a conflict with the Celestial Dragons in the Shampoo Islands. Kizaru was sent to deal with the problem, but fortunately the bear saved them."

"It's just that if you bear him..."

Long sighed slightly in his heart. Bartholomew Big Bear was a staunch and tenacious revolutionary soldier. Although he was rumored to be a 'tyrant', he was actually a very gentle man. He volunteered to join the navy as a pawn to fight for the revolution. Paving the way for military career.

"His time should be running out. After helping Luffy leave, the Navy's experiment on him should enter the final step."

Long, who was thinking about something in his heart, sounded a little low. These things had already been decided long ago. They had discussed and decided them together before Xiong left the revolutionary army to become the king of the Shichibukai and a loyal lackey of the world government. .

But at this moment, for some unknown reason, Long's heart was filled with unhappiness. A stinging pain caused by debt flickered in his heart. He was about to witness his former partner leave him forever, but as a revolutionary soldier, he The leader, but could not take any action.

"I want to ask you a question, Sabo."

Long stood up from his chair, pushed open the wooden door on the side, and came to a stand overlooking the desolate land with Sabo. The wind and sand here were noisy, but there was no disturbance from others.

"Why do you want to save Ace?"

Sabo was stunned by this overly simple question.

"why?"

"This question is..."

Sabo, who was suddenly stuck, looked at the dragon with strange eyes.

"It doesn't need a reason, it doesn't need a reason at all."

"Ace is Luffy and I's brother, so whenever Ace is in trouble, isn't it natural for me to save him?"

"Mr. Long?"

Sabo, who always felt something was not right, looked at Long carefully. Mr. Long today seemed different from usual ones.

The silence lasted for a while. After hearing Sabo's answer, Long just leaned on the railing and looked into the distance. His somewhat hollow eyes were not staring at any specific things, as if his eyes were following the roar in the Gobi. The wind on the rocks continued to drift into the distance.

"Yeah, some things don't need a reason."

Shi was replying to Sabo's words, which seemed to be addressed to himself. Long's attitude also changed subtly with the appearance of these words.

"Ivankov is in Impel Down, and Lightning is also there. Although it is not easy to contact them now, I will make arrangements for you."

"The revolutionary army itself still needs to lurk temporarily and accumulate strength. It is not yet time to turn over the cards, so I can't provide you with more help. Saving Ace is an important thing, but the revolutionary cause itself, It’s more important.”

"Can you understand, Sabo?"

"I'm fine." After hearing Long's reply, Sabo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He had no intention of involving the revolutionary army to save Ace. He could just go by himself and he could tell the difference. The matter is serious.

"Then just let go and make your plans. I will send you into Impel Down City in three days. We all have things we must do."

After Sabo left, Long, who was still in the stands, looked calmly into the distance and murmured in a low voice.

"If you choose to give up at this time, and after going through so much, choose to fall short before succeeding, maybe you will be very angry, right?"

"Can...."

"Just be angry when you're angry."

"After all, I said no at the beginning, but you had to go...Bear."

"Mr. Long!"

Saab suddenly turned back and pushed the door back.

"What else?"

"I almost forgot just now, regarding Ace, the Navy's operation this time is probably not just targeting Whitebeard."

Speaking of this, Sabo's face became serious.

"I remembered that when we were young, Ace, Luffy, and I once met an old pirate..."

"That's when Ace talked about his life experience for the first time. He was the son of the Pirate King Gol D. Roger. The navy probably knew about it."

"Deploy elites from all over the world, and mobilize elites from the Grand Route and branches to gather at least [-] naval soldiers..."

"Even if it's to deal with Whitebeard, there shouldn't be such a big battle."

"But if the only son of Pirate King Roger can be publicly executed, then all this will be worth it."

"The execution place was placed at the Navy Headquarters, and so many people were blatantly gathered. Maybe it was to prevent Whitebeard from coming. Compared with executing the son of the Pirate King, it would be less effective to attack Whitebeard's arrogance than to attack the pirates' arrogance. Not worth mentioning."

“Isn’t the beginning of the Great Pirate Age due to what Roger, the Pirate King, said before his death?”

"So this is ah....."

The suddenly enlightened dragon finally understood the root cause of the navy's actions. At the same time, he was also surprised by what his father, Monkey D. Garp, had done.

But...only Garp can do this kind of thing, and only he can do it. If he dares to do it, he can do it!

During the high-profile search, only the naval hero Monkey D. Garp could take Ace away and successfully grow him up, and only he could be entrusted with this task by Roger the Pirate King. thing.

Although one is a naval hero and the other is the Pirate King, while their identities are similar, they are also companions who once fought side by side. The battle that established Garp's reputation was the battle between him and Roger.

"I understand, go ahead Sabo, I know what to do."

Maybe before, Long had the intention of watching. He couldn't bring all the revolutionary troops in to save Ace, so the manpower he could use was very limited.

But now, Sabo told him that Ace is Roger's son, then the nature of the matter has changed.

Pirates are not a good thing, Dragon thinks so, and civilians in the world think so too, but One Piece and pirates are two completely different things.

The title of Pirate King was placed on Roger by the world government. At that time, there was only the word "overlord of the sea". The Rocks Pirates defeated by Garp and Roger were the original overlord of the sea.

Even the navy was afraid of them. Rocks was the most terrifying and powerful maritime overlord on this sea.

If Garp and Roger hadn't joined forces to defeat the Rocks Pirates, it's very likely that there wouldn't be any Yonko in the world now. This man who dreams of becoming the king of the world would be able to get at least half of it. world.

The current Yonko, except for the young man with red hair, the remaining three are all members of the Rocks Pirates, and the only great pirate who escaped from Impel Down Prison, the Golden Lion Shiki, is also .

Although there are essential differences between Roger and Pirates, the title of Pirate King can bring together pirates.

If you want to change the world, it is not enough to overthrow the world government. Long wants to make the world glow with a new color, so the problem of pirates is a big trouble in the future that he must solve.

These hyenas roaming the sea are the fundamental factor of instability in the world. After overthrowing the world government, the revolutionary army and the pirates will inevitably have an extremely confrontational battle.

He can allow adventurers like Roger to travel across the sea, but he can never allow pirates who do all kinds of evil to travel through the world that he has finally completed the change.

Ace's identity is more important than he knows. He is a flag, a flag that can make pirates swarm.

Ace can't die, at least now, Ace can't die.

Long's previous plan was disrupted again. After a short period of thinking, he quickly made up his mind.

"The revolutionary army needs you now, Xiong. Compared to the previous plan, your existence is a more valuable asset."

"Dr. Vegapunk, I'm sorry."

After a whisper, the dragon formed a single seal on his chest.

"Bang bang bang bang~"

As the sound of smoke exploded, four people who looked exactly like him appeared in front of Long.

"Can you even share part of the power of the fruit? Although it is a little weaker, it is enough."

"Since the navy has now given up its defense in all directions, let's capture them now!"

"Assist the commander of the Fourth Army to gain as much control over the four seas as possible and not give the navy a chance to return again."

The four shadow clones nodded, then turned into a gentle breeze and disappeared from the stands.

"I'm here to take you home, Bear."

After the words fell, the dragon's figure also disappeared.

----

The Grand Line - on an unnamed island.

This is an island that only exists in the secret documents of the world government. It is far away from all shipping routes and avoids the locking range of the pointer. The magnetic field modified by special technology makes it a hidden place hidden on the sea. .

Just like Ravdru, the end of the legendary Great Line, this unnamed island is also invisible.

Among the huge navy, there are very few people who can come here. Including Navy Marshal Sengoku, except for Admiral Kizaru, no one knows how to get to this island.

After finishing the small incident in the Shampoo Islands, Kizaru, whose vacation was over, escorted Sen Momomaru back here. As an admiral, he needed to participate in a public execution soon, so Vegapunk's guards could only Leave it to Zhan Momomaru and the people from the Naval Science Corps.

At the same time, in addition to sending Zhan Taowan here, there was another person he was escorting.

Bartholomew Big Bear, a member of the King's Shichibukai, was sitting quietly in the cabin at the moment, without saying a word.

Suddenly, a breeze blew by, and Xiong, who had been sleeping with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes at this moment. A tall man suddenly appeared in the cabin and cell where there should be no one except himself.

The person coming is a dragon.

But Long's eyes did not fall on the bear immediately, but looked at the door of the room.

Almost the moment the dragon appeared, a beam of light penetrated the grille and condensed a tall and thin human figure in front of the dragon.

"You...you really dare to come, dragon."

Kizaru, who was picking his ears and speaking casually, looked lazily, without any expression of fear of facing a powerful enemy, as if what he saw was not an extremely vicious wanted criminal who had been issued the most wanted order by the world government.

"I was on the phone just now. If I hadn't hung up quickly, as long as I shouted, there would have been a huge number of marines coming over to surround you."

"I didn't come until you finished calling, unless you redial."

"Eavesdropping is not a good habit."

Kizaru stopped picking his ears. The dragon fruit's ability was really hard to guard against in terms of intelligence gathering. The whole world couldn't be mute, right? Otherwise, no one would be able to escape his monitoring.

"Xiong, the experiment is over. Come home with me."

After the chat with Kizaru, Long turned his head and looked at the bear behind the stone fence of the sea tower, and said in a calm and firm voice.

"........"

The bear didn't respond, just stood up silently.

"you....."

Before Kizaru could finish his words, Long interrupted him.

"Didn't you just say you were sleepy? Then you should be sleeping now, right, Porusalino."

"I....."

"I thought you were asleep, and deeply asleep."

Kizaru, who was once again interrupted by the dragon, had a hint of annoyance on his face.

"Should I let you sleep, or should you go to sleep yourself?"

"Even light cannot escape my grasp at such a close distance."

The dragon opened his right hand and squeezed it gently, and the solidified space filled the entire room. With the cooperation of the overlord's color and domineering, the dragon's armed color had filled the place. Even if Kizaru used elementalization at this moment, he could The light cannot penetrate this invisible and transparent wall.

"It's scary."

Kizaru curled his lips unmoved, indifferent to this.

"Maybe I can wait a little longer until the ship docks..."

"I was asleep. Bartholomew Big Bear's arms were modified and he was freed from the shackles of the sea tower stone. He secretly broke the deck and escaped. I was sleeping at the time and didn't know anything."

Kizaru said dryly, although he could not defeat the dragon, as a general, especially a user with the Shining Fruit ability, it would not be difficult for him to entangle the dragon.

It's just that compared to running away an insignificant test subject, the exposure of the Nameless Island is a more serious matter.

If Xiong ran away, he would be deprived of a month's vacation at most, and the island would be exposed, and even Vegapunk would be kidnapped. Then even if Sengoku didn't destroy him, the World Government would come to trouble him.

Even if he doesn't care about those troubles, trouble is trouble, very troublesome, and he doesn't want to cause more trouble to Warring States. The navy already has enough trouble.

"But how are you supposed to compensate me for the vacation I've been deducted?"

Before the dragon was about to leave with the bear, Kizaru said lazily: "Don't make it too difficult for me. Being woken up by a phone call while sleeping is very troublesome."

"I will show up in the East China Sea in one week."

"make a deal."

After getting what he wanted, Kizaru turned around and left without even looking at it.

For him who insists on ambiguous justice, he has never placed the navy in the position of absolute justice. No name can represent justice, and no name can represent evil.

He, Kizaru, was not an admiral who neglected his duties, he was just sticking to his own justice.

As long as what stands in his way is not evil that needs to be cleaned up, then why not give way to justice?