280- Control Public Opinion

After a long while, Linlin and Newgate defeated their opponents and headed toward Ethan.

Sensing their approach, Ethan got up and sat next to Emma.

A moment later, he saw Linlin look perfectly fine but her clothes were filled with dirt and grime, and then he looked at Newgate and saw some injuries on his body.

It wasn't that Newgate was weaker than Linlin but only her defense was much higher and her opponent's attacks couldn't pierce her skin.

"Is Arthur that strong?" Newgate looked at Ethan and was surprised that Ethan didn't seem to have a single scratch and even his clothes weren't damaged even after fighting Kairi and Cyrus, but he doesn't know that Ethan has changed his clothes.

"You defeated one of the Five Emperors and the Vice Captain, but you don't look happy at all." Newgate sat in front of Ethan but felt strange because Ethan did not show any happiness even after their victory.

"Sensei did this not for fame but for revenge." Linlin answered Newgate's query. She knows that Ethan is doing this because of Rosie because she witnessed her death and saw how sad Ethan was at the time.

Upon hearing this, Newgate asked no further questions but looked at Ethan seriously, "Arthur, do you remember what you said to me a month ago?"

"I remember this." Ethan knew what Newgate meant by looking into his eyes, so Ethan stood up and walked over to Newgate and said seriously, "Newgate, be my disciple."

● Author: Should I use the disciple or should I change it to Learner or Student.

Ethan really wanted to say 'Be my son' but he didn't say that in the end.

"I agree to be your disciple." Newgate was immensely grateful to Ethan not only for granting him powers, but also because during that month Ethan sent food and clothing to the Sphinx island and the people of that island were protected by members of the Mercenary Guild.

[Edward Newgate has officially become one of your disciples, his talent will be increased by 25%.]

"By the way, who is this woman?" Linlin pointed at Emma.

"She's my wife."

"NANI?!!!"

The two had never seen Emma before and also when they came here Emma was on a different ship.

...

The Mercenaries Guild members collected the heads of all the pirates and the body of Cyrus and Kairi and then everything was transferred to one ship.

Ethan grabbed Emma's hand, "I'll take you home."

Ethan used teleportation and disappeared with Emma and after a few moments he reappeared in the same place alone and looked at the ship with cold eyes.

He really wanted to go with this ship to Marineford and insult the Marines who refused to help but Ethan decided not to.

Ethan looked at Newgate and Linlin, "Newgate, Linlin, no one knows that you helped the Mercenary Guild, So no one will know your achievement in defeating a pirate with a bounty of 1 billion belly."

Everyone on the island had been killed and also the space cage had prevented the outside world from knowing what happened inside Sunrise Island, so the only people who knew about Linlin and Newgate's participation were the Mercenary Guild.

"But I will spread the news of your help to us, that it will make you famous and many pirates will turn to you to become your subordinates."

Newgate shook his head and refused, "Sensei, I don't care about fame. Also, it will destroy the reputation of the Mercenaries Guild because it cooperated with a pirate and the World Government and Marines will use it against you."

Linlin refused it too.

"I think I have a plan to exploit that, leave it to me and get back to your crew." Ethan thought about it for a bit and then nodded and used his teleportation to return both Linlin and Newgate to their pirate crews.

Ethan returns to Sunrise Island and then uses his space manipulation to teleport the ship carrying the corpses of pirates near in Marineford.

Ethan had his guild members lead the ship to Marineford while he was back home.

.....

"Emma, ​​how long is it until our baby is born?" Ethan looked at her stomach and asked seriously.

"A little more than two months, but why are you asking about that?" Confusion appeared on her face.

"So that I don't miss the date of the baby's birth."

"What are you planning to do?" Emma is currently feeling confused.

"I will upgrade my talent so that my training can be more efficient." Ethan started by explaining his plan to raise his talent.

"I will make myself stronger, for whatever enemy I shall face in the future I will crush him easily and without any effort." Ethan spoke seriously and there was a cold light in his eyes.

Emma showed some concern upon seeing Ethan acting like this, so she gave him a hug. "Ethan, don't push yourself too hard, take a break."

Since Rosie was killed, Ethan hasn't slept much, spent most of his time training, and didn't even spend much time with her.

Now Ethan's got his revenge so she wants him to rest a little.

"Sleep a bit right now." Emma put him to sleep on her lap.

"Thank you, Emma!" Ethan sighed, then a small smile appeared on his face.

Emma smiled when she saw him smiling because she hadn't seen his smile since Rosie died.

"Ethan, When your plan succeeds in raising your talent, take me with you." Emma wanted to spend more time with Ethan because lately he was training a lot. "So I will be with you when I give birth to the baby."

Ethan nodded and agreed to take Emma with him when that happened.

After a while, Ethan closed his eyes and slept for hours.

After he woke up, he went to train and had more time to train since he didn't have to train Newgate and Linlin anymore.

Since that day and for a week, Emma has done her best to get Ethan to get over Rosie's death.

Because of this, Ethan started to smile more and his former personality gradually began to return, but something did not change in Ethan, which is his desire to obtain strength and somewhat became ruthless and merciless with his enemies.

....

After a week.

News of the Flame Pirates' destruction spread all over the world, due to which the Mercenary Guild gained great fame and their fame and reputation surpassed even that of the Marines.

The story spread of how Arthur (the leader of the mercenary guild) had fought Kairi and Cyrus single-handedly and was able to kill them.

Because of this, Arthur was called the strongest man in the world, because he killed the two most powerful pirates of his time.

But the Marines were angry with Arthur because he had received help from Linlin and Newgate in fighting the Flame Pirates. As for the reason they knew this, the Mercenary Guild itself admitted that it cooperated with the pirates because the Marines refused to cooperate with them to bring down the Flame Pirates.

Because of that, the reputation of the Marines was deteriorating and people looked at them as cowards (not all people) while people thought what the Mercenary Guild had done was nothing wrong and they thought it was a smart move to use the pirates to destroy the pirates.

But in fact, Ethan was manipulating public opinion by sending members of the Guild among the people, spreading rumors, trying to raise the status of the Mercenary Guild, and trying to justify their actions and steps.

However, the Marines raised the bounty on Linlin's head from 500 million to 1 billion.

And the Marines raised the bounty on Newgate's head from 100 million to 900 million.

At the same time, the Marines summoned the leader of the Mercenary Guild to Marineford to discuss what had happened.