Chapter 17: Whitebeard's Pirate Group!

Red Line, Marijoa, Pengau Castle, Gorosei Office.

"What about the response given by Dr. Vega Punk? Can he create tools similar to those of the Fortis Kingdom?" Noda asked while looking at Masato who had just finished contacting Dr. Vega Punk.

"Impossible" Masato answered, "Dr. Vega Punk said that such a device was impossible for him to create. The knowledge he currently has cannot help him in creating such a technology."

"Looks like this Fortis Kingdom isn't an ordinary kingdom" Ogata said seriously, "It has tools that even Dr. Vega Punk itself could not create it. That means in that kingdom there is a scientist who has more terrifying knowledge than Dr. Vega Punk"

"We can't let a kingdom with such a threat escape our attention" Yasunori said, "Especially with a scientist like that on their side. We don't know when they will become a threat to our side."

"In that case. Do we need to deploy our agents to trace the whereabouts of this kingdom?" Sonoda asked.

"Of course" Masato nodded, "We need to quickly find the location of this kingdom and try to kidnap the scientists they have. Such a person cannot be allowed to remain in the Fortis Kingdom. They have to be by our side."

"What about the matter of Spandam's death?" Yasunori asked, "Who are we going to appoint as leader of the current CP-9?"

"We can lift Rob Lucy. Compared to Spandam. That person is more worthy to be the leader of the CP-9. If it wasn't for a request from his father who has had many services to the World Government, it would be impossible for us to appoint a person like him to lead an intelligence agency like that" Ogata replied coldly.

"What about the traitor who killed Spandam and stole the funds we allocated this year? Because of this problem, we had to pay a large amount of money back and it cost us a lot of money" Noda said coldly.

"The problem of loss is nothing for times. We are fortunate that the news of Spandam's death was not published. Otherwise the face of the World Government will be ashamed in the eyes of the world. In addition, information about CP-9 will be known by many parties. We can't take such risky actions." Masato said, "However, we will still be tracking the traitor. There's no way we'll let him go especially he knows a lot of secrets from the World Government. We can't let what happened to Who's Who happen again. We didn't allow that person to join the pirate group and let him share our information."

New World, Moby Dick.

"Father! Jinbey came and wanted to meet you." One of the Whitebeard Pirates crew members immediately told this.

"Jinbey? I haven't seen him in a long time." Ace said excitedly hearing this.

Ace is one of the commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates. Portgas D. Ace serves as Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates' 2nd Division.

"It's been a long time for me not to meet Jinbey" Marko said with a smile.

Marko is one of the commanders of the Whitebeard pirate group. Marko served as Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates' 1st Division as well as Whitebeard's right-hand man.

"Gurarara~ Tell him to come quickly, my son. I haven't seen him in a long time. Jinbey must have come to talk about something important."

"Okay, Dad!" The crew member immediately went to carry out the order.

"Talk about something important?" Marko asked confusedly but didn't immediately ask Whitebeard and waited for Jinbey to arrive.

It didn't take long for Jinbey to get there. All members of the Whitebeard pirate crew welcomed Jinbey's arrival with great enthusiasm even though Jinbey was from a different race from them.

"Jinbey! Long time no see" Ace is a close friend of Jinbey. Seeing Jinbey's arrival, Ace became very happy and immediately came to greet him.

"Long time no see, Ace-san" Jinbey said with a smile and looked around him, "Marko and others. Long time no see"

"Hahaha… Jinbey, long time no see. You haven't changed since we last met" Joz said excitedly.

After doing a short greeting with them. Jinbey continued to face Whitebeard who was currently waiting for his arrival.

"Oyaji, sorry I haven't come here for a long time. I need to be on Fish-Man Island to guard there." Jinbey said seriously while lowering his head.

"Gurarara~ No need to apologize, Jinbey. You are one of my children. Your duties there are far more important than here." Whitebeard said with an excited laugh then continued, "How is the Ryugu Kingdom and Fortis Kingdom working together? Have you guys made a deal?"

"Fortis Kingdom?" Marko and the others were confused by the name of the new kingdom.

"It was finished yesterday, Oyaji. The Ryugu Kingdom and the Fortis Kingdom are currently establishing a cooperative relationship." Jinbey said with a face that showed an expression full of joy, "Oh, yes. Oyaji, the King of the Fortis Kingdom asked me to send greetings to me as well as he has a desire to meet you in person"

"Gurarara~ Tell him that the greetings given by him have been accepted by me and also I would like to meet him."

"I will definitely pass it on" Jinbey said seriously.

"Hey, Jinbey. Fortis Kingdom? Does such a kingdom really exist?" Ace asked confusedly.

Even though Whitebeard and Jinbey are currently talking. However, it was not a problem for a person with the post of commander to be included in the conversation.

"The Fortis Kingdom did exist and was just being built at this time. The location itself is in the new world and it's quite far from this place." Jinbey said calmly, "It's a bit difficult to find the kingdom because it has quite unique conditions and they have a very good security system. Even someone with excellent Observation Haki won't be able to locate the whereabouts of that kingdom."

"Is it really that hard to find the whereabouts of that kingdom, Jinbey?" Marko asked seriously.

Jinbei nodded, "The island on which the Fortis Kingdom was built has a special electromagnetic wave. Ordinary Log Pose would not be able to capture the data from the island's electromagnetic waves. We can only use the Special Eternal Pose created directly by the Fortis Kingdom. In addition, in the area around the island there is a very thick fog. The fog has a function as a security system of the island. As long as one doesn't have a Special Eternal Pose or the guides of the people inside. They would not be able to reach the Fortis Kingdom. They will get lost in the fog for a week and then get out of there."

"Gurarara~ Interesting kingdom" Whitebeard immediately laughed excitedly and continued, "I'm becoming more and more interested in that kingdom"

"This kingdom is really interesting" Ace said with a grin, "Hey, Jinbei. Apart from the security system they have. Is there anything interesting there too?"

"Sure, Ace-san" Jinbei nodded, "That kingdom can be said to be very good in terms of technology especially in wood-making technology. The wood produced by their kingdom is very good and in terms of quality. I can guarantee that the quality of the wood they have is only slightly worse than the wood from the adam tree. Not only that, the wood they have is very, very large. If I estimate it, there are about a million units of wood ready for them to use and ready for them to sell"

"Millions!" Marko and the others were very surprised to hear this.

Even Whitebeard who had previously calmed down fell silent. Because they know how difficult it is to get wood from the adam tree due to its scarcity and price.

"Father" Marko immediately called out to him, "How about we make the Fortis Kingdom our territory? We can ask them to pay protection tax with timber payment. There are several ships for our fleet that are currently undergoing repairs."

"Gurarara~ That's an interesting idea" Whitebeard laughed excitedly then continued, "But forget about that idea. We can't do that."

"Can't do it? Why?" Ace asked confusedly, "Wouldn't it be better for us to do it than the territory being taken by another pirate group?"

"Jinbei might be able to answer it" Whitebeard didn't immediately give an explanation and just stared at Jinbei.

The gazes of all the commanders immediately stared at Jinbei.

"We don't have to worry about the kingdom being taken over by another pirate group" Jinbei said seriously, "Because the people who live there have very frightening powers"

"What a terrifying power?" Marko and the others became curious about this.

"Although I myself did not meet face-to-face with all the higher-ups from the Fortis Kingdom who were in the combat division. However, I met one of them. That person is the Head of Fortis Kingdom's Intelligence Department that is Hashirama Senju" Jinbei said calmly, "This person's strength is terrifying! Even…" Jinbei's gaze stared at Whitebeard, "Oyaji, I'm sorry… However, if I compare Hashirama's strength with Oyaji… Oyaji will be defeated by him"

"Impossible!" Ace immediately said angrily.

"Hey, hey. Jinbei. Are you serious?" Vista asked with a look on his face hard to believe.

"It's hard to believe this" Jinbei shook his head, "Although I myself can't accept this either. However, Hashirama's power was terrifying. I sensed it using my Observation Haki. Hashirama's strength was at least several times stronger than Oyaji's. Besides…" Jinbei paused again and continued, "Their kingdom has a different source of power."

"A different source of power?" Whitebeard frowned and became interested in this.

"Usually we can get super powers such as Oyaji who has the vibration ability or Ace who has the ability to manipulate Fire by getting it through eating a devil fruit. However, the Fortis Kingdom has a way for one to get super abilities without eating a devil fruit and this ability has no side effects even this ability is more flexible than devil fruit abilities for example if one can control that power, they can get two abilities like controlling fire and earth, the ability to form clones or control the wind, and so on. The source of this power they call chakra energy.

Everyone immediately fell silent hearing this.

"Hashirama that I said is stronger than Father has a source of power from that chakra. With the ability to control the chakra. Hashirama can manipulate elements that I don't know about, can walk on water, and also some other abilities that he himself didn't tell me about."

"Jinbei" Whitebeard suddenly said, "Can this source of power called Chakra be learned by everyone?"

This question immediately made everyone who was there very excited.

"From Hashirama's words it can. Hashirama also said that the chakra itself is already in our bodies." Jinbei nodded, "However, the way to train and control this power is a secret of that kingdom. They would not allow anyone especially outsiders to learn this ability. According to Hashirama, only people who were in the intelligence department or didn't have the approval of King Fortis could learn this. However… I'm not sure whether outsiders can learn it or not."

This immediately made everyone who was there immediately disappointed.

"Apart from the chakra energy source. That kingdom also has what is called a way of practicing spiritual energy control."

"Spiritual energy control?" Whitebeard immediately frowned, "Is this ability related to Armament Haki?"

"That's right" Jinbei nodded, "However, the Fortis Kingdom's ability to use their spiritual energy is already very advanced, Oyaji. As we know that by using spiritual energy. We can use the Armament Haki ability. Hashirama told me that many people in this world use their spiritual energy only to form an armor around the body which is used by them to attack and defend or it can be said to use spiritual energy to activate Armament Haki abilities. However, the way in which the spiritual energy of the Fortis Kingdom was used was quite different. By using their spiritual energy, they can control their spiritual energy and then use various abilities such as flying, standing in the sky, and even increasing their speed."

"What?!" Instantly everyone who was there again shocked by the information.

"Aren't you joking, Jinbei? Using spiritual energy to fly?" Marko had the hardest time believing this.

"I am not kidding. I saw it live yesterday when Hashirama came to pick us up. At that time he was flying and later when we went to their kingdom. He uses his chakra ability to walk on water."

"Gurarara~ This kingdom is just getting more and more interesting" Whitebeard said with an excited smile then looked at Jinbei, "This must also be the secret of their kingdom, right?"

"Sure, Oyaji" Jinbei nodded.

Immediately the faces of Marko and others were immediately disappointed, especially for Ace and others who always wanted to get the ability to fly.

"Gurarara~ What's with your faces, my children? Are you disappointed that you can't get this ability? When it comes to chakra issues, it's okay for you to be disappointed and sad because it is a natural thing and we are also currently new to the source of this power. But regarding spiritual energy, why are you sad? Aren't some of you already able to use Armament Haki abilities? That means you are now able to use your spiritual energy but still can't control it. You just need to train hard and it's not impossible that you can reach the same level as those used by the higher-ups of the Fortis Kingdom."

"That's right, Oyaji!" Marko suddenly stood up from his seat and said, "Some of us are now able to use Armament Haki which proves we can already use spiritual energy. We just need to train them regularly and it's not impossible that we can reach the same level as them. We don't need the way they train because we can do it ourselves."

Marko's words immediately made everyone there immediately excited again. Ace, who previously did not pay attention to the development of Armament Haki abilities because he is currently very comfortable with his devil fruit abilities, has started to change his mind especially after knowing with spiritual energy he can fly. Ace became excited to think that he could fly freely in the sky.

"Gurara~ That's it, my children!" Whitebeard said excitedly and continued, "Everyone! Get all our food and drink out! We're going to have a party to celebrate Jinbei's arrival here!"

"Oh!"

All the crew members excitedly started to go prepare for the party. The division commanders chose to stay behind and started talking to Jinbei about the Fortis Kingdom. They are currently interested in the kingdom.

"Zehahaha… Chakra? Spiritual energy control? Fortis Kingdom? This world is becoming more and more interesting." Teach who was there listening to the information became very excited.