9 CHAPTER 9

New World, Dressrosa Island, Dressrosa Kingdom, Castle.

The Kingdom of Dressrosa is one of the kingdoms affiliated with the world government. This kingdom was previously ruled by the Riku family but has now been replaced by the Donquixote Family. The Donquixote family is a family led by a Shichibukai, namely Donquixote Doflamingo. While the Donquixote Family itself is not only known as a family but as a Pirate who is quite famous in the New World even in the Underground World their leader Donquixote Doflamingo is very famous with the code name "Joker".

At this time in the front yard of the Castle there was a lively party attended by the leader of the Donquixote family, namely Donquixote Doflamingo, the cadres of the Donquixote family, members of the Donquixote family, as well as various beautiful girls who only wore bikinis and were having a party at this time.

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Doflamingo who was currently sitting on the main seat of the party along with the girls was suddenly surprised to hear the Den-Den Mushi's voice. The sound of this Den-Den Mushi comes from the Den-Den Mushi which he keeps in the right pocket of his clothes which indicates this Den-den Mushi is something important because this Den-Den Mushi is a means of communicating himself with the spies implanted by him in his body. The Navy is Vice Admiral Vergo.

"Stop! Everyone get out of here!" Doflamingo immediately shouted so loudly that the party immediately stopped.

Everyone didn't ask the reason for stopping the party. All of them who were not the core cadres of the Donquixote Family immediately walked out of the castle's forecourt until there was nothing left then one of the highest cadres of the Donquixote Family, Trebol, walked closer to Doflamingo while his head drew closer to him, "Hey, hey, Doffy, what is that? a call from Vergo?"

"Unlucky! Get away from me" Doflamingo immediately pushed Trebol away from him and then nodded, "Fufufufu~ Looks like Vergo has important information to pass on to us"

Doflamingo immediately took out a Den-Den Mushi and held it up, "Yo, Vergo"

"Doffy" Vergo greeted briefly. Because Vergo is one of the highest cadres of the Donquixote family and also one of the people who previously followed Doflamingo, it can be said that Doflamingo is not angry with the greeting that is often called to him. This also applies to the two highest cadres of the Donquixote family, Diamante and Pika. The two of them were also now right near Doflamingo and wanted to hear the information that Vergo would have to convey.

"Fufufu~ Vergo, you haven't called in a long time. Is there something important to tell us? Is the Navy up to something?"

"There is no significant move being made by the Navy at this time, Doffy. It's just that Sengoku gathered all the top Marines to discuss something about an island that suddenly appeared in the East Blue region."

"The island that just appeared? East Blue?" Doflamingo from behind the glasses he was wearing frowned. Doflamingo himself felt quite strange about this information conveyed by Vergo. Due to the East Blue region being called the weakest sea, usually the things that were there would not attract the attention of people who had sailed in the New World. However, Doflamingo still listened because Doflamingo believed that it was impossible for Vergo to call him without conveying important information.

"Doffy, the island is called the Nine Beast Kings Island. The island itself is surrounded by a mist that protects others from getting inside. There are only two ways to enter the island, namely that the person has a pure heart and the second way is to be guided by the creatures who live on the island. For anyone who enters this island does not meet these two conditions, that person will be lost in the fog for a month before being able to get out. The island itself is very special, Doffy. No, it's not this island that's special but the creatures that live within the island are special." Doflamingo could feel the tone of Vergo's voice seem to fluctuate.

"Fufufufu… Hey, hey, Vergo. How special is the creature that lives on the island to the point of attracting the attention of the higher-ups of the Navy." Doflamingo smiled grinning because Doflamingo was currently very interested in the island, especially since this island attracted the attention of the higher-ups from the Navy.

"The creatures that live on the island are very special, Doffy. Every creature that lived there was a beast but possessed human-like intelligence and wisdom. Besides, that's not all that's special. The creatures that live on the island have mastery of Haki abilities and also have abilities similar to devil fruit abilities. However, unlike someone who has a devil fruit ability, the creatures that live there have no weakness against the sea and sea stones."

"..." The entire Donquixote family fell silent listening to this information.

"Is this information true, Vergo?" Doflamingo said in a serious tone.

"This information is correct, Doffy. Vice Admiral Garp had entered the island and confirmed all of that. Besides, Doffy. Among all the beasts that lived on the island, there were nine beasts that were known to be leaders. They had the nicknames of the Nine Monarchs of the Beast. The strength they possess is said to be comparable to that of a Sea Emperor."

"..." The entire Donquixote family fell silent again at the information they had just received. One island has strength comparable to nine Sea Emperors? Even in the current New World, there are only four powers that reach the Sea Emperor level, but in East Blue which incidentally is the weakest sea has the combat power of nine Sea Emperors? Is this a joke?

"There's one more thing, Doffy. Watch out for a kid who will be sailing two years from now named Ares" Vergo said in a serious tone.

"Ares? Is this kid a resident of this island, Vergo?" Doflamingo is someone who is intelligent. Doflamingo could immediately guess.

"Yes. According to the information submitted to us. There is only one human living on the island. The human named Ares and currently he is only 15 years old. Delivered to us through the previous meeting, Ares will go to sea two years from now to become an adventurer. Doffy, don't underestimate this kid. This child's strength is very strong. Even Vice Admiral Garp said, this Ares' strength was stronger than that of the Sea Emperor. We never provoke him. My suggestion is that it's better for us to maintain a good relationship with him so that we can specifically enter the island. However, I think it will be difficult."

"Difficult? Why? Does that kid hate Pirates?"

"It seems so. Because in the report submitted to us. Ares' hometown has been destroyed by the Pirates. Because that's what makes him dislike Pirates. It will be difficult for us to build a good relationship with him in the future."

"Fufufufu… Don't worry about it. Everyone's attitude will always change over time. Maybe now he hates it but maybe in the future he will like it. We just need to do good and help him in the future in order to have a good relationship with him" Doflamingo smirked and then continued, "Vergo, do you know the name of Ares' hometown?" Doflamingo already had a good plan to be able to establish a good relationship with Ares.

"Ares' own hometown is called Matali Village. That's all we were told. About the location of the island or whatever, we don't know. Do you need me to track the whereabouts of this village?"

"Yes. If you can track down the village and also track down the whereabouts of the Pirates who destroyed Ares's village." Doflamingo grinned viciously.

"Do you want to destroy the Pirate who once destroyed Ares' hometown, Doffy?"

"Fufufu… Isn't that so?" Doflamingo smirked.

"I see. I'll send the information as soon as I find it." Vergo paused and continued again, "By the way, Doffy. I hope our family can have a good relationship with him. Because the current Navy has taken such actions. The Navy currently has the goal of establishing good relations with Ares in order to gain full access to the island. The Navy wants the island to be a training ground for young Marines to develop. While the island itself supports these facilities with a battle arena in the middle of the island and whoever is there has the right to fight in the battle arena as long as there is an opponent."

"Fufufu….. Don't worry about it. As long as we can find out the Pirate who once destroyed Ares' hometown and captured him and handed it over to Ares, we will be able to establish good relations with him maybe even we can get full access to the island." Doflamingo paused for a moment and then resumed, "Vergo, keep an eye on all developments made by the Marines. Anything related to the island as well as Ares, as long as there's even the slightest bit of information, you immediately pass it on to me."

"I see, Doffy" Vergo then continued, "Finally, Doffy. Next month Garp will be fighting against one of the Beast Kings on the island. The battle will be recorded by Ares and sent to the Navy for us to watch and analyze everything. I will try to get the videotape to be able to send it to you."

"A battle between Vice Admiral Garp and one of the Beast Kings? Interesting. If you can get the tape, get it and send it to us right away. However, if it's too difficult. Better to forget. Don't let it reveal your long-established identity. However, if you can, try taking pictures of Ares' appearance. So that we can try to build a relationship with him as early as possible."

"I understand, Doffy"

"By the way, Vergo. Why didn't Ares join the Navy? Did Sengoku tell you this at your meeting?" Doflamingo himself was interested in this answer. What is the reason Ares does not want to join the Navy. Since at this time the Navy has communicated with Ares and also sees his background, Ares has a great opportunity to join the Navy.

"Yes. The reason why Ares didn't join is because his concept of justice is very different from that of the Marines."

"Fufufu….. A different concept of justice?" Doflamingo became more attracted to Ares.

"That's right, Doffy. Ares' own concept of justice does not look at anyone. As long as it is guilty, he must be punished according to the punishment it should be even if it is a Tenryuubito. As long as he makes a mistake or breaks the rules, Ares will immediately punish him."

"..." Surprise immediately appeared on the faces of each of Donquxeto's cadres until there was a burst of laughter from Doflamingo. They never thought that someone would boldly act on a tenryuubito.

"Fufufufu…. Hahahahaha…. Interesting, very interesting. I'm sure once Sengoku knows this concept of justice, there's no way they'll invite Ares to join the Marines. Ares will only cause them trouble." Doflamingo was very happy to know that Ares didn't view the Tenryuubito like other people.

"Sorry, Doffy. I'll close first. Looks like someone is coming to my house right now." Without waiting for Doflamingo's response, Vergo immediately closed the communication because he didn't want his identity to be known by others.

There was no expression of anger on Doflamingo's face towards Vergo's violent actions because Doflamingo himself knew that Vergo's actions were to save himself from being exposed by the Marines. Doflamingo put back his Den-Den Mushi and then looked at all the cadres.

"This information that you guys just heard will be top secret. No one can divulge this information to outsiders. If such a case occurs, I myself will immediately hunt and kill you on the spot. I don't care if you are core cadres or not, do you understand?' Doflamingo said seriously as his King's Haki was instantly released.

"We understand, Doffy/Young Master" All the Cadres answered in unison.

Doflamingo said this because he didn't want anyone else to know about it now, especially Big Mom and Kaido. Because if these two got to know about the island's information and also the creatures that live there, these two people would definitely immediately invade the island to become their base or they would go directly to recruit the beasts that live there to be their troops.

Big Mom himself is a Sea Emperor who has a desire to create an island where all races in the world live on the island while Kaido himself has a desire to create a Pirate where all pirate members are beasts. Doflamingo was sure that if this information was leaked to the two of them, they would immediately invade the island.

Doflamingo himself had the belief that if he leaked this information, Ares would surely find out. Because with the power Ares has, it is not difficult for Ares to get the information he wants. Doflamingo didn't want to be Ares' enemy, moreover, Ares' strength surpassed that of the Sea Emperor. Doflamingo wants to be friends more. Even if he couldn't make friends because of Ares' background, at least Doflamingo didn't want to have a bad relationship with Ares.

"Diamante. Immediately deploy our troops and send them to the East Blue area to monitor all activities that occur in the area. The monitoring distance should not be too close so as not to damage the relationship with Ares. In addition, as long as there is even the slightest information such information. You tell me right away."

"I see, Doffy." Diamante immediately stood up from his seat and went to carry out Doflamingo's orders.

Doflamingo then looked at Pika, "Pika, you must use all the intelligence we have to track the differences between Matali Village and the pirates who destroyed the village. We will use the heads of the pirates to establish good relations with Ares."

"I understand, Doffy" Pika also immediately went to carry out Doflamingo's orders.

"Hey, hey, Doffy. Do you think what Vergo said is true? Related to Ares' concept of justice?" Trebol walked up to Doffy and asked.

"Fufufufu…. Who knows?" Doflamingo smirked sadly without telling him the answer. Doflamingo himself had the answer in his heart and firmly believed that this kid named Ares would definitely do it. However, Doflamingo didn't tell him but kept it in his heart.

"But Young Master, if Ares's concept of justice is as Vergo says. Wouldn't it be difficult for us to have a good relationship with him?" Asked Gladius who was one of the Donquixeto family cadres.

"I think so too, Old Young. Wouldn't it be very dangerous for us to have a good relationship with Ares? After all, you are a pirate." One of the Donquixeto family cadres, Violet, expressed her opinion as well.

"Fufufufu…. Do you think so?" Doflamingo laughed and then continued again, "Ares' own concept of justice will only be carried out when he joins the Marines. However, he couldn't have done that when he wasn't a Marine. Then, what's the problem with us being Pirates? We can still have a good relationship with him. We can use the Pirates who once attacked his hometown to get on good terms with him. Everyone will change their judgment after taking revenge."

"As expected of the Young Master." One of the Donquixeto family cadres, Sugar, expressed his opinion happily.

However, no one would have guessed. No matter how great their intelligence skills are, they might not find any trace of the existence of Matali Village or a history that there were Pirates attacking the village. Due to that background everything was only composed by Ares in order to perfectly integrate in this world.

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East Blue, Dawn Island, Foosha Village.

Foosha Village is one of the villages in the East Blue region. This village itself is the hometown of Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp. Due to this village being Garp's hometown, no pirates dared to commit robbery and other heinous acts in this village. Even the Goa Kingdom itself does not dare to collect taxes in this village because of the existence of Monkey D. Garp. The result is that this village itself is classified as a peaceful village and full of laughter from the people.

On the community members who were working on the pier of Foosha Village, suddenly they saw a Navy Ship that was quite familiar. The ship is a Navy Ship belonging to Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp.

"That…. Isn't that Vice Admiral Garp's ship?" One of the villagers asked.

"Yes yes. It was indeed Vice Admiral Garp's ship. Is Vice Admiral Garp on vacation and wants to see Luffy?" One resident also expressed his opinion.

"Well, it looks like Luffy will be suffering these few days due to Garp-san's presence" One of the parents also expressed his opinion.

Garp himself had a very good reputation in Foosha Village. Not only Garp but Luffy also has a very good reputation and is also very well liked by all the villagers. The news of Garp's arrival immediately spread throughout the village so that many people had gathered at the dock to welcome Garp's arrival, especially a woman with a good appearance, Makino and the Mayor of Foosha Village, Slap.

Makino herself is a girl who always helps Garp to take care of Luffy when Luffy was a child. Makino can also be said to be Luffy's second mother. Meanwhile for Slap is an old man who has the duty as Mayor of Foosha Village. Slap has a good friendship with Garp.

Vice Admiral Garp's Navy ship slowly began to land on the dock. The wooden bar used to get off the Ship was immediately lowered and Garp, Bogart, and Ares immediately descended with Garp in the lead while Bogart and Ares walked in front of him.

"Welcome back, Garp-san"

"Hahahahaha….. Thank you for the welcome." Garp smiled very happily seeing his well-preserved hometown and the smile that every Foosha Villager had.

"Garp" Suddenly a voice called out to him. Garp immediately turned his attention and looked at Slap and Makino walked towards him.

"Long time no see, Slap, Makino" Garp smiled.

"Welcome back, Garp-san." Makino returned the greeting.

"Welcome back, Garp. By the way, did you get your vacation back? How long will you stay here?" Slap asked curiously.

"Ha ha ha ha…. Yes, I did just get a vacation after completing an assignment from Sengoku. For the time, I won't be long. I just want to pick up Luffy and Ace"

"Picking up Luffy and Ace?" Makino asked curiously.

"Um… I want to take those two little rascals to train on an island so they can become even stronger and become a strong Marine like this old man" Garp said confidently.

"I see." Makino nodded.

"By the way, Garp. Who's the boy behind you? It's my first time seeing it? Is he one of your subordinates?" Slap suddenly asked Garp because he was quite interested in Ares standing behind Garp. However, Ares himself wasn't wearing Marine clothes but just plain clothes. Makino also turned her attention to look at Ares.

"Ha ha ha ha…. You're wrong, Slap." Garp laughed and then said, "Slap, Makino. Introduce this child's name is Ares. From now on Ares will be the Teacher of Bastards Luffy and Ace"

"Teacher?" Slap and Makino were surprised to hear this. Both were surprised to see Ares' appearance, Ares has almost the same age as Ace.

"Hello, both of you. My name is Ares. I was asked by Garp-san to help train Luffy and Ace to be strong. Nice to meet you." Ares said in a polite tone.

"Hi too. I am the mayor of this village. My name is Slap. Nice to meet you." Slap himself was quite surprised by Ares' politeness and also introduced himself in a friendly manner.

"Nice to meet you too, Ares-kun. My name is Makino." With a gentle smile, Makino immediately introduced herself.

After introducing himself, Ares immediately turned to look at Garp, "Then Garp-san. I go first. I'll come back here after I'm done."

"Okay. If your business is done, just come to Makino's Bar. I will take my grandson there to meet you"

"I see" Ares immediately used his devil fruit ability and immediately flew towards the Goa Kingdom to buy a camera as he wanted.

Everyone in the place was quite surprised to see Ares flying towards the Goa Kingdom.

"Garp, is that kid a devil fruit user?" Slap suddenly asked.

"Yes. He is a devil fruit user. By the way, don't underestimate the kid. He's so strong that even this old man probably wouldn't be able to beat him one on one, Hahahahahah….." Garp ended his sentence with a happy laugh and didn't really care about it.

However, in contrast to Garp. The faces of all those who heard this were shocked. They themselves knew the power that Garp had. However, they didn't expect that there was a person who possessed strength beyond Garp even at such a young age.

"Alright, then Slap, Makino. I go first. I will look for Bastards Luffy and Ace to introduce them to their new Master" Garp's gaze then turned to Bogart, "Bogart, tell the others that they can do whatever they want. However, don't disturb the activities of the local residents."

"I see, Vice Admiral Garp." Bogart nodded and immediately turned away to deliver the order.

After conveying what he wanted, Garp immediately went and immediately looked for Luffy and cae's whereabouts in the colombu mountains because Garp knew they were usually there to train or find prey. After Garp left, the villagers started doing their own activities again and Makino immediately returned to her Bar to cook a lot of food because Garp and the others were going there.