125 Chapter 125

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In the Marineford,

"So the Straw Hats Pirates not only stayed in Logue Town under the nose of all those marines, but they even wiped the treasury clean…" Said one of the marines to his fellow mate, while they sat in the cafeteria reading the recent newspaper. "That's quite the news. I heard that he is going to get his bounty raised."

The other marine nodded, he had a bit of a thin build for a man and had a scarf covering his face. He was one of the well-known marines on the headquarters, Captain Shu was his name.

"To get away under Smoker's nose… man, must be pissed. But didn't he try to stop the Straw Hats with six of the Marines ships there? I heard Captain Hina was there as well?" As a fellow Marine Captain, he knew both of them, so he felt a bit of pity about their failure.

"Well, Bill… there are some enemies that are just too strong." Captain Shu said, pitying both of them. He knew both Smoker and Hina personally, and by age they were his seniors, so he felt a bit bad for them. "The straw hats are making some wild news in the headquarters… it's quite worrying what they might do next. Still, it's good knowing that none of the soldiers or anyone died fighting him… that Luffy kid might not be a hero anymore, but the fact that he didn't kill any marines so far is making quite the news."

Bill nodded, "Yeah, I have seen many marines speak of it. The kid could have been a great marine if he didn't… you know."

Captain Shu looked around, "I don't think it's that easy Bill. If so I'm sure Vice Admiral Garp would have made the boy join here if that was the case."

The other marine nodded, "I was there on the report when the straw hats saved a marine vessel that was going to Logue Town. They were apparently attacked by a group of random pirates and the marine vessel would have been deep under if not for their help. He saved a lot of lives for a pirate. We might not admit it, but he does live up to his reputation as the grandson of the marine hero."

"Well, he is very popular among the young recruits… some even questioned why the government labeled him as a pirate. We all know Nezumi ain't one of our best." Shu said, though only a few knew about the truth about the situation. The reason behind Luffy's bounty and fall to fame was from the World Government taking steps, not the marines, so only some people were ranked high in the Marines or had connections knew the truth.

Still, the fact that even without knowing the truth young marines were idolizing a pirate was quite concerning for some, while it was quite amusing for others.

"Hey, keep it down," Bill whispered, as he looked around there were barely anyone in the cafeteria, still there were always Marines who followed Absolute Justice or even worse those that worked in close relation with the World Government, if they heard Shu's words he would be in trouble.

Shu smirked, "Unlike you, I've already unlocked Observation Haki a few days ago. So don't worry about it. No ones here."

Bill felt a pang of jealousy, with Shu's rust-rust fruit and now his observation haki, he was any swordsman's worst nightmare. Even though both of them got selected to be trained by former admiral Zephyr, Shu's skills were a league above his.

The only other that had more skill in their batch was a woman that on her way to becoming a Commodore. But then again she was someone who was after the current second division commander of the Whitebeard pirates. So that much skill was necessary.

"Also, did you hear that Straw Hats might have the Rokushiki techniques?"

Now Bill was wide-eyed, "You are kidding me…" he then leaned in towards his fellow Captain. "I thought the kid had some kind of wind-based devil fruit…"

"Well, that we aren't sure of either, he does mostly use his naginata. But at one of his crewmates, had shown the ability to use Geppo. While another one showed a similar technique to the tempest kick. And so there are some suspicion on it, they might have the full set of techniques."

Bill was surprised. The Rokushiki techniques were quite powerful and important for the Marines. And yet it was no secret, with the marine organization being more than eight hundred years old, the secret techniques were not so secret anymore.

With many corrupt marines selling secrets to the pirates, or some of them even switching sides, one can easily get access to the techniques in the black market. Though, pirates tend to not use those techniques because of pride or the difficulty of it, but it seems it wasn't the case for Luffy and his crew.

While some might suspect that Vice Admiral Garp, people like Shu or Bill didn't. They knew that the old hero wasn't that kind of guy. Still, they were quite surprised at how the young pirate that didn't even set foot on the grandline got access to those techniques.

That meant the boy had some connections and used that to get those techniques.

Similar to Bill and Shu, many marines in the headquarters or outside were discussing about the Logue Town incident. None of the marines were proud that a pirate escaped from six battleships alone, and yet all of them were glad it was someone like Luffy who faced them.

Other pirates would not mind creating a slaughter in the sea. In a way, marines that had a strong sense of moral justice really had a good impression on Luffy. And yet the straw hat boy knew nothing about it.

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On Marījoa,

A world noble was saying something to a certain man clad in a black suit. One could easily tell from the black suit the man was wearing that the man was an agent of Cipher Pol.

The world noble had a long face with a pronounced bluish nose and thick lips. He has long black hair, which sticks up on top, a typical style seen among his noble class.

"You will gain your freedom if you do your job correctly," The world noble said. "You can also consider your debt forgiven."

"Yes, Camael-sama." The black-suited man said, dropping down and picking up the cylinder-shaped capsule from the floor. The man was a bit nervous as he carefully picked up the capsule. The capsule had a pink liquid inside, where a dark pink colored egg-shaped thing swam in the liquid.

Of course, he would be careful because it might not look like it, but it was one of the Dyna stones that were known for their destruction.

"Don't you fail me! Do your job by any means, even if it kills you!" The black-suited man nodded again, nervousness on his face. "Also, before doing the mission, remind that green fool that the only reason why he's alive is because of me… he failed his task! Saint Camael's task!" he rubbed his head, "There will be no second time. Or else, I will have his head."

The agent nodded again.

While the bounty hunter Aramaki did bidding for World Nobles, most of the tasks he has done was from Saint Camael. From killing high-ranking marines who stepped out of line, to kidnapping beauties or animals from different islands. He has done it all, for the sake of money. He had never failed once, and with his skills, there were rumors that he could compete with Yonko Commanders.

That was why Saint Camael gave him the task of killing the newbie pirate. But just to be sure, he had sent one of the agents along with him. Not for help, no because he wanted to watch the show on how Aramaki humiliates the boy before killing him. And with den-den mushi broadcast it was possible.

He always liked fights, more so when it was a one sided beating. A taste that he picked up from his father. So he wanted to see how the young boy begs for his life, before Aramaki kills him.

But not only did the bounty hunter fail, no, he almost lost his life. The Cipher Pol agent had to save him from the sea, or he would have drowned to death.

With all of this Saint Camael was not pleased.

"Why are you standing there then? Go!" Camael said, as the man scrambled out of the room. The world noble sighed when the man left, and he glanced back at his armored bodyguards.

"Make sure that my involvement here doesn't reach the ears of the elders, like the last time. I don't want them barking at my door, unlike the old fools I take action."

The two bodyguards wearing armor nodded and said nothing.

Camael then walked to his table where the bounty picture of Luffy and Dragon was. He gritted his teeth as he looked at the picture of Revolutionary Dragon, as he rubbed the scar on his chest, right over his heart. "If I can't kill you… I will make you suffer in other ways, bastard."

Camael didn't like failures, he didn't like it when the hit job on straw hat Luffy failed. But sending a barbarian to do an assassin's job was a mistake. But this time he sent a better one, one of the agents from cipher pol that he had to buy from another Celestial Dragon. While he might not be anything noteworthy in terms of strength, he was quite stealthy due to his powers.

All he needed to do was put it on their ship and get out before blowing it up. Camael didn't care if the agent had to sacrifice himself to complete the mission, he wanted results.

And with the Dyna stone, he was sure killing the young boy shouldn't be a problem. The Dyna Stones are weapons of mass destruction, capable of destroying islands. He was sure killing a new-time pirate with it shouldn't be a problem.

"I will have my revenge! Mark my words, I will make you suffer!" he spat at Dragon's bounty poster, before leaving the room, his bodyguards following behind him. "Call some of those winged whores, I have some stress to release."