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The meeting room atop Marineford's central tower was quiet—too quiet. Normally, these strategy halls buzzed with officers barking orders, reports flying in from all across the seas. But today, there was only a dense, heavy stillness… the kind that settled over the world before a storm.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku stood at the head of the long table, hands clasped behind his back, staring at a stack of reports. They were thin, barely a dozen pages each, but they carried a pressure that felt heavier than any ancient tome in the archives.
"Rael…" Sengoku muttered under his breath.
The name alone caused Vice Admirals around the table to straighten their posture.
Monkey D. Garp was already there—leaned back in his chair, legs crossed, a half-eaten rice cracker in one hand. He looked lazy enough to be asleep if not for the faint smirk tugging his lips.
Sengoku finally spoke, voice deep and hard.
"Let's begin."
He placed one hand on the latest report—a fresh intelligence update from Cipher Pol. He didn't even need to open it. He already knew what it said.
Rael defeated them.
Not chased off.Not escaped from.He defeated a Cipher Pol unit designed specifically for covert assassination and retrieval missions. Those agents didn't fail often—especially not as a group.
Sengoku exhaled slowly. "This boy… Rael. He's not just another pirate with ambition. He's something else entirely."
A murmur went around the room, but nobody dared to interrupt.
Garp chomped loudly on his cracker. Crunch.
Sengoku shot him a look. "Garp."
"Mmm?" Garp responded, mouth full. "If yer gonna talk that long, at least let me enjoy my snack."
"Can you be serious for once!?"
Garp shrugged. "I am serious. Mostly."
Sengoku pressed a hand to his forehead. Sometimes he wondered how he had survived decades with this man.
He turned back to the room."We confirmed through cross-referenced sightings that Rael has formed a crew—small, but growing. And all of them show rapid increases in combat ability. Too rapid."
A Vice Admiral cleared his throat. "Is it true… that his crew defeated a pirate raiding band without casualties? Reports say the women fought like trained veterans."
"They did," Sengoku said. "And they were nowhere near that level just months ago. Rael's influence is accelerating their growth."
Someone whispered, "Monster…"
Sengoku ignored it, though he didn't disagree.
He opened another file—this one much older—and for a moment the strict Fleet Admiral looked almost tired.
"I've only seen something like this once. A young man appearing out of nowhere, gathering allies, growing stronger at a frightening pace, pulling people to him like gravity itself."
Garp's grin widened, knowing exactly who Sengoku was referring to.
Sengoku sighed. "And that young man later declared war on the entire world."
Garp slapped the table. "Hah! Don't compare my grandson to Rael. Luffy's just being Luffy!"
A few officers groaned quietly. The mention of that name always caused headaches.
Sengoku shot Garp a look sharp enough to cut steel."Your grandson is currently causing chaos somewhere in the East Blue."
Garp burst out laughing. "Hehehehehe!! Knowing that brat, he's probably shouting his dream at random islands and picking fights with giant sea kings!"
"THAT'S NOT SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF!"
Garp only laughed harder.
Sengoku massaged the bridge of his nose."Anyway. Back to Rael."
He lifted the latest report again. This time he let the officers see the bold-red stamped words:
THREAT LEVEL: UNDEFINED
"That is what worries me most," Sengoku said quietly. "Even our analysts can't categorize him. He doesn't fit into any known profile. Not pirate, not revolutionary, not bounty hunter. He's… unpredictable."
A Vice Admiral raised a hand hesitantly."Sir, if he's this dangerous, shouldn't we—"
"No." Sengoku cut him off sharply. "Not yet."
"Why not?"
Sengoku tapped the paper."Because the World Government wants him alive."
Silence.
Cold, unnerving silence.
Garp's laughter stopped. His eyebrow lifted, interest flickering behind his eyes.
One Vice Admiral leaned forward. "Alive? For what purpose?"
Sengoku hesitated.
He didn't like the answer either.
"…Because there are individuals among the Celestial Dragons who believe Rael might be… usable."
Garp scoffed loudly. "Usable? That brat? Hah! If they wanna leash him, they're in for a bad time. He doesn't look like the type to bow."
"He isn't," Sengoku said flatly. "Which is why the Admirals have been notified."
A ripple of shock ran through the room.
"Wait—Admirals? As in—"
"Yes," Sengoku said. "They're watching. From a distance. Observing. Testing our intel."
"And the Vice Admirals…?"
"They're preparing for mobilization if needed."
The room stiffened. Even Garp stopped chewing for a second.
Mobilizing both Vice Admirals and Admirals just to deal with one young pirate?That level of threat hadn't been declared since Gol D. Roger.
One officer swallowed hard. "Is he really that dangerous?"
Instead of answering, Sengoku walked to the window overlooking the ocean.
The sky was clear. The waves calm. Seagulls drifted lazily above the port.
Yet Sengoku felt nothing but unease.
He spoke softly, but everyone heard the weight in his voice.
"A pirate who grows stronger at impossible speeds… a pirate who inspires others to follow him… a pirate capable of dismantling elite Cipher Pol teams…"
He turned back to them.
"That is not someone we can ignore."
Garp crossed his arms. "You're scared he'll shake the world again, aren't you? Like Roger did."
Sengoku didn't deny it.
"No… I'm scared he'll do something worse."
A deep, tense silence settled.
Garp's voice cut through it—calm for once.
"What about Luffy? You brought him up for a reason."
Sengoku sighed. "The world can't handle two rising storms at once. Luffy has already started making waves. Rael… is making tsunamis. If both of them grow unchecked—"
Garp grinned, amused. "Hehehe. So you're telling me you're scared of the worst-case scenario?"
Sengoku glared."Yes."
Garp laughed harder."Then you better hope they never meet!"
Sengoku froze.
The room went silent.
Because now that Garp said it… the possibility was terrifyingly real.
Rael did as he pleased.Luffy wandered freely, stumbling into trouble and allies alike.
If those two ever crossed paths—
The world wouldn't be the same.
Sengoku shut the file.
"Prepare for long-term surveillance," he ordered. "Do not attack Rael prematurely. But do not let him out of our sight."
He paused.
"And pray Luffy doesn't wander anywhere near him."
Garp let out a booming laugh that echoed through the command room.
"Hehehehehe! With that kid's luck? Good luck with that, Sengoku!"
Sengoku slammed both hands onto the table."GARPPP!!"
The meeting dissolved into chaos, but beneath the shouts and bickering, one truth lingered:
The World Government had felt the first tremor of a coming disaster.
And Rael—wherever he sailed—was the epicenter.
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