One Piece: Unreal Adventure-Chapter 106: Marineford

It was a peaceful day in Marineford... well, as peaceful as the Headquarters of the World Government's military branch could get, anyway. Incessant mutterings broke out among the high-ranking Marines in the conference room before one of them spoke up.

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"We apologize, Commodore," one Marine said. "But do you really think that our Marine branches in East Blue will be unable to deal with this threat?"

The high-ranking marine in question nodded. "To be blunt, they won't even come close..." he said regretfully. He turned to three bounty posters that hung on the wall. "Buggy the Clown, 15 million Belly, Pirate Fleet Admiral Don Krieg, 17 million Belly, and Saw-Tooth Arlong, 20 million Belly. Taking into account that the average bounty in East Blue is 3 million, the fact that his crew crushed them all can't be ignored. These three had the highest active bounties in the eastern seas... not to mention he even cashed the bounties in while he was hiding himself as a pirate."

"And that's not adding the fact that the boy gained his fame when he single-handedly took down a 50 million Berry pirate. One that slipped away from the marine's capture... also having one of the immortal devil fruits." Another high-ranking marine said.

"It is not just their captain that has caught our attention, however. He also has Pirate hunter Zoro, and White Lady Kuina on his crew... not to mention taking in Gin and Hatchan from his enemy crew." A stoic old aged marine said, "I have seen a lot of pirates, but those that know how to make the enemy work for them are the ones that make a name in the sea..."

A few Marines shifted uncomfortably at this. Though a mid-ranking marine spoke up.

"Well, sir with due respect, shouldn't we re-evaluate Mario... or Luffy's motives," he said, even though he was a bit nervous, but as a hard-working, he couldn't help but voice his opinion. "His sudden turn to piracy, and his relation to Vice-Admiral Garp, along with his actions spoke far from a ruthless pirate that we usually hunt."

"Are you implying that we should overlook his crime of dawning a black flag and pursuing a selfish dream just because he has some relationship with a well-known figure in the marines?" It was Vice Admiral Stainless who spoke. "You should rethink your words before saying it."

"Ara ara... Stainy, don't scare the boy off. Let him speak his mind." A man who was also dawning the robe of Justice spoke. It was Vice Admiral Cancer who spoke. "And as for your question... the whole situation might look unclear, but don't let newspaper fool your judgment. The world government had inspected the case itself, and we all know how reliable they are..." he laughed at the end. Whether his last sentence was sarcasm or serious no one knew or questioned.

Those that were in the room all knew how things worked with the world government. So almost all of them had doubts about Luffy... more so when some of them knew who his father was.

It was not mentioned, but Garp only had one son. Said son turned out to be the most wanted man ever. And if Luffy was carrying the same family name, it became obvious who the father was. And so it was generally known, why the world government had an eyes on Luffy.

Still, they had to keep their mouth shut. While most of the marines in the Marinefrod were honest, and believed in justice... —mainly because of the hard work Sengoku put in to comb out weeds from the ranks, unfortunately, he couldn't do it all throughout the ranks, as world government agents tended to recruit questionable candidates now and then, using them as puppets to do their bidding— There were also some that were loyal puppets of the world governments hiding in their ranks. That is why most of the marines often acted oblivious to their actions.

Speak or act out of line, then you might get put on bubble man duty, and no one wanted that.

"Anyway, don't mind us... continue your report."

"Ahem... yes sir. Our sources suggest that the 'fallen Hero' Luffy, has taken under three other capable fighters amongst his ranks..." With that, they showed the pictures of Coby, Sanji and Usopp. "Though, their threat level is yet to be discussed. Still, they have contributed a lot in fighting from what our sources tell." That was also the reason why they didn't have bounties.

Coby had taken down Gin... before he changed alliance, and Sanji had single-handedly fought a Fishman alone. And won. Those were not ordinary feets. And not the mention the fact that the boy Usopp also had some good sniping skills, often using handguns along with his slingshots.

There was also another woman the crew, but the marine didn't deem her threat worthy yet to be discussed. The same can be said for the odd monkey that apparently had six legs, a pet they supposed. Also, they had no information on them, same with Johnny and Yoskau.

In actuality, the marine got their info from the spy set up by Big News Morgan. And because of the deal Luffy made only some of the information was reviled, where some were hidden. Such as Johnny and Yosaku being in the crew.

"If I may interrupt, Commodore," one Marine said politely. "What of the strange gossip regarding Pirate Hunter Zoro's alleged clash with the Royal Warlord, Dracule Mihawk?" More mutterings broke out among the Marines in the room.

"Wait, didn't Mario... no I mean Luffy clash with him?" another marine said.

Another, round of mutterings broke out...

"Sigh... this will take a while," Stainless said, while Cancer just lazily smiled.