Free Web NovelChapter 708: 708 First Meeting
Sherwin was not aware that under the influence of the hurricane whipped up by his Legiana wings, Aokiji and Akainu were roleplaying as an old village chief and a security director from some neighboring set on Egghead Island.
At this moment, he had already ridden the Dodo Advance to the skies above a deserted island previously agreed upon with Kuma.
"Klee~ Sister Haibara~"
Just as the Dodo Advance landed from the sky, a small figure darted out from a pile of scattered rocks.
"Brother Sherwin, it Bonney meow! Bonney~ long time no see meow!"
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The little Ragdoll cat stood on Sherwin shoulder, waving an arm toward Bonney, who was running over.
Right after, several figures flashed out from behind Bonney—
Kuma, whom Sherwin was very familiar with Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, whose face was tattooed with a footprint Sabo, whom he had just seen in the newspaper not long ago Emporio Ivankov, the Okama King with an enormous face and Lindbergh of the Mink Tribe, whom he had met once before and who had given Sherwin the Vivre Card to Zou.
As the two little ones, Klee Meow and Bonney, hugged each other and began to spin around happily, Sabo also rushed forward with an excited look on his face, giving Sherwin a ninety-degree bow.
"Mr. Sherwin! Thank you very much for your help!"
"...Huh?!"
Sherwin was completely bewildered.
"This child is the sworn brother of Ace and Luffy. I also didn’t expect that the person I rescued back then would have such a relationship with Luffy."
Just as Sherwin was feeling puzzled, Dragon stepped forward and helped explain,
"After Sabo learned about your previous help from Ace, he has always wanted to thank you in person, so I brought him along with me."
Then, Dragon showed a smile and extended his right hand toward Sherwin.
"Monkey D. Dragon, the Supreme Commander of the Revolutionary Army. I have also always wanted to meet you, Mr. Sherwin."
"Uh... I didn’t actually help much, I just told them what I heard in the Goa Kingdom."
Sherwin racked his brain trying to remember before finally recalling the excuse he had used back then.
"Even so, that is already an immense kindness to us!" Sabo thanked him, still looking excited.
"Moreover, Ace also said that you even guided him and Luffy, and helped him a lot afterward. Our Revolutionary Army also walked onto the most correct path under your guidance. Whether for public or private reasons, I must express my gratitude to you!"
Compared to Ace and Luffy, Sabo felt much more serious. It was the same in the manga, which was... very un-pirate-like.
"We meet again, Mr. Sherwin." Once Sabo finished thanking Sherwin, Lindbergh, who was to the side, also stepped forward to greet him, "Do you still remember me?"
"Of course," Sherwin nodded and said with a smile, "Thanks to your Vivre Card, I was able to find Zou."
"Hahahahaha!" Lindbergh laughed along. "I heard that those two guys, Nekomamushi and Inuarashi, were taught quite a lesson by you guys."
Sherwin shrugged helplessly. "They were the ones who started it."
After briefly exchanging pleasantries with Lindbergh, Sherwin looked at the final person in the Revolutionary Army ranks...
"Hee-ha! Nice to meet you~ Sherwin-boy! My name is Emporio Ivankov! If it pleases you, you can also call me a piece of crap!"
Ivankov, whose head proportion took up nearly a third of his entire body, introduced himself in a very "distinctive" manner, and then...
"Don’t you dare call me a piece of crap! Absolutely not!!"
He immediately roared again with a face full of resistance.
Sherwin: "..."
If Sabo and Dragon personalities belonged to the category of not being very pirate-like, then Ivankov personality was definitely that of a purebred "pirate person."
"Meowhahahaha! Uncle, you are so funny meow!"
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Klee Meow, who had already finished catching up with Bonney, climbed back onto Sherwin shoulder and laughed hysterically, holding her belly.
"Oh! It baby Klee!"
Instead of getting angry, Ivankov quickly brought his massive face close, his heavily made-up face filled with joy as he clamored,
"I am a loyal fan of yours, Miss Shermie, and Miss Sasha! Please, you must give me an autograph!"
As he spoke, he reached behind his back and fumbled around, pulling out an autograph board and a pen from who knows where in his highly revealing, tight-fitting clothes, and presented them in front of Klee Meow.
"Meow?"
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Although she already had quite a reputation, it was the first time Klee Meow had ever encountered a fan asking for her autograph, so the little ragdoll cat was a bit at a loss.
However, Klee Meow would never feel shy, so after a brief moment of daze, she still took the paper and pen and signed her name on it in cute handwriting.
"Fantastic! I got darling Klee autograph! Hee-ha!"
Ivankov held the autograph board high, tiptoeing and spinning in place like a ballet dancer.
"By the way! Where are Miss Shermie and Miss Sasha?"
After being excited for a while, Ivankov quickly searched among the crowd of cats for the figures of the other two little idols and pounced over the very moment he found them.
And then...
"What do you think you’re doing to the two beautiful big sister Felynes, meow?! You big-faced freak! Diable Jambe: Flanchet Shoot, meow!"
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The guardian of flowers, Sanji Meow, kicked up, fiercely striking Ivankov big face and sending him flying. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
"...Sorry."
"...Sorry."
After a moment of silence, Sherwin and Dragon spoke in unison.
"..."
"..."
After another period of silence, the two looked at each other and smiled, tacitly letting the matter slide.
"Mr. Sherwin, coming here to meet with me, do you have any more advice for me?"
Not wanting his subordinates with their vastly different personalities (mainly Ivankov) to derail the conversation any further, Dragon pulled Sherwin away toward the distance while proactively speaking up to ask.
"I wouldn’t call it guidance. Regarding the Revolutionary Army issues, what I could say I already told Kuma back then, and I don’t have any updated ideas. Besides, I don’t understand the specific current situation of your Revolutionary Army, so it better if I don’t blindly poke my nose into it."
Sherwin first denied Dragon assumption, and then asked in return, "You used to be a high-ranking Marine, so how much do you know about the Five Elders?"
"To be honest, not a lot." Dragon shook his head and answered with a solemn expression,
"I only know that the Five Elders are all selected from the Holy Knights, they hold absolute authority among the Celestial Dragons, and it can be inferred that their strength is by no means weak. But that bizarre immortality..."
He let out a long sigh, "I reckon even former Fleet Admiral Kong and Fleet Admiral Sengoku didn’t know they possessed such an ability. We have also searched through a lot of data, but haven’t found anything related to it."
"Of course you wouldn’t find anything..." Seeing that Dragon didn’t possess any more information either, Sherwin stopped keeping him in suspense,
"After all, this is very likely an ability coming from eight hundred years ago. Most of the relevant records have probably long been completely wiped out by the World Government..."
Next, Sherwin told Dragon about Vegapunk guess, Imu existence, and what King Cobra and he had mentioned regarding Queen Lily. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
"An individual hidden in Pangaea Castle, who has lived for eight hundred years, and is one of the twenty ’Creator?"
Dragon, whose expression was usually not that rich and seemed out of place with the art style of pirates, now showed a very pirate-like shocked expression.
This was enough to prove just how shocked his heart was at this moment.
"The source of the information is hard for me to explain to you, but I have no need to deceive you. Besides, you should know that the walls of Pangaea Castle interfere with Observation Haki, right? This is highly likely to hide Imu existence.
Otherwise, not many people can usually go up to Mary Geoise, and with the arrogant nature of the Celestial Dragons, would they need to guard against it like this?"
"Of course, I don’t mean to doubt you, I’m just... finding it a bit hard to accept for a moment."
Calming down, Dragon gave a bitter smile and said, "I didn’t expect that after preparing for so long, we hadn’t even figured out who the real enemy is..."
