372 372. Shifting Attention
After saving Tom, the Clown Pirates go to Water 7 at a rather slow pace. They've sailed as fast as they could from New World, so they want to take their time. Besides, Manba still needs to treat Tom's injuries while sailing.
"Will everything be okay? The World Government hasn't done anything extreme since we made the peace treaty. What if they suddenly make extreme moves now? We will be fine, but what about our families & friends?" asks Jude worriedly.
"Don't worry, we have enough preparation for that case. The Caribbean already has branches in all important places. Although it seems we need to increase their power because they've let this incident to happen by letting those CP5 agents capture Tom. But well, our men weren't sure of what to do because we have a peace treaty with World Government. Now, there can't be any hesitation again," says Buggy firmly.
"Those bastards should've thought about the consequences of their actions. If they do something like this again, then they need to be ready to fight us. I'm sure they will think thoroughly first before trying to provoke us. There won't be any benefit for them to do so from now on," says Cricket.
"We can't be so sure of those people. What they think to be important may be different from what we think to be important," says Palu.
"I agree, it's like how skin, flesh, and blood aren't important to me, but they're important to you," says Brook before slurping his tea.
Palu gets pissed hearing that while the others just blink their eyes dumbfoundedly. Then Palu jumps at Brook and they brawl because Brook made his deep statement become very shallow in an instant. The others ignore them and just continue to discuss their moves from now on.
"Hmm, it will be good if they get occupied with something else from now on," says Mantis before sighing tiredly.
Buggy widens his eyes and shouts, "THAT'S A GOOD IDEA."
The others jolt in surprise because he suddenly shouts while they are silent.
"My gosh, Cap! Are you trying to make our hearts stop?" asks Deon while calming himself.
"Sorry about that, but I've just got a nice idea. We will make them busy with something else that they'll stop thinking of us. Well, they won't really stop, but at least we won't be the most important problem for them," says Buggy while smirking.
"What's the idea?" asks Cricket curiously.
"Let's use our new friends from Revolutionary Army. If that group grows bigger, then it will give World Government more problems. They aren't that big now, but that group will surely be the number 1 opposition of Celestial Dragons. That is their purpose, after all," says Buggy.
"Hmm, that's possible. Even now they have grown this big without anyone's knowledge. If we help them grow, then the Revolutionary Army will be a terrifying force," says Deon.
"Exactly. And that will make the World Government's attention shift to them," says Buggy.
"But how will you make it happen?" asks Enel.
"Easy, we will supply more weapons to them, support them at gathering information, and help them recruit more people. Of course, we will do it very secretly, it will be a top-secret business that only a few people will know," says Buggy.
"I think that's a good idea. Now we just need to talk with Dragon about this," says Cricket.
"Let's not waste time. Dela, call Dragon now," says Buggy.
Dela nods and takes the phone Denden Mushi that already gets connected to a white Denden Mushi that will secure their call. They get connected to Dragon quite fast and Buggy immediately tells the plan to Dragon. Of course, he also tells the benefits that Revolutionary Army will get in this business.
They negotiate for some minutes because this offer is tempting. Dragon is interested, but he also has many things to consider and some people to talk to. In the end, he agrees to do it because his Army will eventually confront the Celestial Dragons, so this offer will help their power grows a lot faster.
Buggy then sets a few things with The Caribbean through Denden Mushi on the rest of their way to Water 7. The crew arrives on Water 7 in a short time because it's close to Enies Lobby. They dock their ship on the Scrap Island and Palu leaves the ship to inform Mrs.Kokoro about this.
Sometime later, Mrs. Kokoro comes with Iceburg and Yokozuna hurriedly. They are very surprised when they see Tom has returned alive. His body is covered by bandages, but he is still alive, which is very important.
They hug each other happily because they all thought they would never meet each other again. But then Tom realizes that Franky isn't there, so he asks about it. Iceburg bites his lips before telling Tom about Franky with a bitter tone.
Franky was trying to stop the Sea Train that took Tom to Enies Lobby. But of course, he wasn't strong enough to stop the train and the Cipher Pol agents didn't hesitate to hit him. He got hit by the train and they couldn't find him till this day and he is assumed to be dead.
Tom is shocked and he is very saddened because both Iceburg & Franky are his precious apprentices, his family members. But now, one of his family members has died. He is the one who was supposed to die, but he returned alive, while the opposite happened to Franky.
The Clown Pirates just look from the side without saying anything. Sometimes, the best way to do in this kind of situation is to not say anything. They might hurt the ones they're trying to console with their words and pirates like them don't really know how to console others properly, so they rather stay silent.
This situation is quite awkward for them, so they leave the Scrap Island and go to the town. Even Buggy leaves because he also can't say anything although he knows that Franky doesn't die. Only Dela stays there because she is Iceburg's childhood friend.
The crew stays on Water 7 for a week to make sure that the World Government won't try to do something against them again. They also need to make sure that their plan for Revolutionary Army works well because it is very important.
After a month, they leave Water 7 to continue their adventure in New World. Tom & co will be fine now and they've finished their preparation for everything that might happens because their peace treaty with World Government has ended now.
They return to New World and explore it again because there are still some known islands that they haven't visited yet. There must be some unknown islands that haven't been discovered yet, but they only found 3 in their current exploration which is plenty actually.
Many crews never even found something like an undiscovered island in their whole careers. So finding 3 islands is a big accomplishment because they have done something that only a few groups in history have ever accomplished. And this is excluding their past journey when they reached Lodestar Island.
However, that also makes them believe that they might haven't fully explored the other seas, especially Paradise. There must be a lot of unknown & undiscovered islands in other seas, not just in the New World. And that's what makes Buggy's goal to explore the world even more interesting
There are even many islands that haven't been visited on Earth where they can see the whole planet from space. So this world should have many undiscovered islands even in the 4 Blues. There's just no end to what this world can show them in their lifetime.
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