The Disruptor: One Piece

Chapter 16: You're Late.



The ship hadn't sailed far from Marineford; it had only been about 3-4 hours when a large vessel appeared on the horizon.

Seeing the approaching ship, Gyeong ordered all ships to stop. Confused, Whitebeard and Buggy followed suit, halting their ships. Whitebeard sent Marco to inquire about the situation.

"Pops is asking why we're stopping. Have we arrived at the place you wanted?" Marco asked curiously.

"No, but we have a guest, I think" Gyeong replied, pointing towards the large ship approaching them from far away.

"Red-Haired Shanks... Why is he here?" Marco muttered, immediately and raised his guard.

"Relax," Gyeong replied. "He held off Kaido to keep him from interfering with your war against the Marines. He's probably here to make sure things end cleanly, especially after seeing the Moby Dick traveling with some Marine ships."

Marco was momentarily stunned, absorbing the fact that Shanks had gone to the extent of holding Kaido back to help them during their battle, a flicker of respect in his eyes for Shanks' unseen help.

Together, he and Gyeong stood side-by-side, watching as Shanks' ship drew closer, silence hanging heavy in the air.

When Shanks' ship finally pulled up alongside theirs, the tension was palpable. Everyone watched in hushed anticipation.

"You're late, brother-in-law," Gyeong called out, breaking the silence with a slight smile.

The Red-Haired Pirates turned, looking at Shanks with surprised expressions, only to see him raise an eyebrow as he regarded Gyeong, sizing her up.

Gyeong's smile widened seeing his reaction. "Even if you are my brother-in-law, it's not polite to stare at a married woman so intensely," she teased with a chuckle.

Shanks narrowed his eyes at her remark and released a surge of Conqueror's Haki, its forceful presence pressing down on her. Gyeong cast a serious look at Marco, who understood immediately and flew up, distancing himself from the encounter.

Seeing Marco withdraw, Shanks' eyes flickered with surprise. But before he could react further, an equally powerful wave of Conqueror's Haki erupted from Gyeong, stunning Shanks and his crew.

Feeling the clash of Haki between Shanks and Gyeong, many who could still withstand the immense pressure moved to the sides of their ships, eager to witness the battle of wills.

Chaeyoon and the other girls, who had been resting in the ship's cabin, hurried outside feeling and unfamiliar Conqueror's Haki.

"Sister, what happened?" Chaeyoon asked, glancing back and forth between Gyeong and Shanks.

Seeing the attention they had drawn, Shanks and Gyeong retracted their Conqueror's Haki and glared each other.

"Nothing much," Gyeong turned to Chaeyoon and replied with a faint smile. "Your brother in law here was just testing me. Like Captain said, Red Haired Shanks doesn't trust new people easily nowadays."

She gestured toward Shanks, addressing her crew. "Come here; let me introduce you. This is Shanks, one of the Four Emperors who rules over territories in the New World and also our brother in law."

At her words, Shanks finally couldn't contain his curiosity. "Who are you people? And why are you with the Whitebeard Pirates here?"

"The war ended about four or five hours ago," Gyeong answered calmly. "We just saved Ace successfully. You're free to speak with Whitebeard if you want to hear more details he's resting on the Moby Dick." Gyeong said pointing towards Moby Dick.

She then turned back towards the cabin, then stopped for a brief second to turn back and say "If you have more questions after that, feel free to keep up with our ship's pace. Our captain predicted your arrival and instructed us to bring you back to our base if you want answers to any of your questions."

Shanks signaled to Ben Beckman to follow the women's ship, just as the other ships had. Meanwhile, Shanks himself headed toward the Moby Dick, Whitebeard's ship.

As he crossed over, he spotted Buggy. Shanks paused, grinning as he exchanged a few light-hearted jabs with him, gathering tidbits of information about the battle's aftermath from Buggy and the other pirates.

Eventually, Shanks reached the Moby Dick, finding Marco already there, visibly impatient after storming ahead. Whitebeard looked up as Shanks approached, giving a brief nod to Marco to leave them be.

Once they were alone, Shanks spoke up. "So, what happened at Marineford?". "Everything seemed against us during the battle, Sengoku is a cunning fox you know!". Whitebeard chuckled. "Marco told me you defended my territory from Kaido. You have my thanks for that."

Shanks just nodded at his words. Seeing that Shanks is not intrested in his talk Whitebeard sighed and took a deep breath before recounting the events that had unfolded at Marineford.

He explained the sudden appearance of the mysterious group of powerful women who had intervened suddenly in the battle, each using powerful devil fruits and Conqueror's Haki to forcefully turn the battle in their favor forcing even the three Admirals, Garp and even Sengoku to take them seriously, drastically reducing the casualties among the Whitebeard Pirates and ultimately saving Ace.

Even going as far as covering their retreat, shanks listened in shock as Whitebeard described each woman wielding Powerful devil fruits and even Conqueror's Haki, trained to an exceptional degree 'a rarity even amongst the strongest people in the New World.'

Whitebeard concluded with a note of intrigue. "They're taking us to meet their captain who orchestrated this attack on Marineford. It was as if he had everything predicted and figured out ahead of time."

"Whoever he is, recruiting and commanding such a strong group of people under his banner that gave Marines a hard time when the strongest forces of the Marines were assembled at one place, that too with just six people."

"Hiding and growing upto such an absurd level that even we, the so called Emperors of the sea weren't aware of the existence of such group people he's got some patience for doing that and I dare say that even my former captain 'Rocks D Xebeck' wasn't such an absurdity."

I'm going to him because he helped and secondly curious about why he wants to meet us together that too at his base, Why was he even willing to reveal himself at a time like this."

"I'm curious to see who he is and what he's after. Whatever he's been building up to all this time, it seems he's finally ready to reveal it." Whatever the reason may be, he's a force worth watching out for." said Whitebeard, his eyes glinting as if finding something amusing or reminiscing about something.

Seeing this shanks was both stunned and speechless for a while. "I'm joining you guys too, I mean the women named Gyeong asked me to come to their base too saying her captain wanted to meet me."

"I too want to see who's this captain they are referring to and what is he planning on doing." As they were chatting, a small ship sailed towards the fleet and joined in. This was obviously noticed by Shanks and Whitebeard.

Under their gazes a beautiful blond women with a sword on her back jumped ships and went in the cabin where the other women were before turning and saying something to a closed door on the small ship.


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