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Pangea - Sunlight Cave
The orders were clear: rest. The smell suggested they had time. Tsuru ordered they compose themselves - they’d need everyone for the final push. Even Leo had gone through much stamina. Everything rode on this mission - Chapter Black, the Primordials, and the stability of not just the ocean, but the world itself. Whether the Contemporaries could accept the Order, was another matter.
One took the stage, turning to Tsuru in an inquiring tone.
[Kizaru] “I wonder, Tsuru-chan. Is the wait so we can heal… or to buy you time to figure out which one of us is the one?”
[Tsuru] "I see. You noticed as well, Borsalino-boy.”
The two exchanged words. Tsuru stared at Kizaru with an appreciative gesture. Dalmatian looked confused. What did Kizaru mean, to question the Order of a Commanding Officer. What’s more, Tsuru responded in kind. What did they know? Before anyone else could speak, Dalmatian stepped in, and the two continued.
[Dalmatian] “W-w-hat do you mean ‘the one’?!”
[Kizaru] “Marijeous is the most guarded place in the world. For one to reach the most prized vault in the World Government… not even Zephyr-sensei could have done it by himself.”
[Kizaru] “No… this was an inside job.”
Ever so subtle were the signs. To even get near Marijeous, one would need to be a high-ranking member of the World Government, that honor reserved for a Vice-Admiral of HQ or above - like the Contemporaries. A vault so guarded, so secret, not even the upper echelon knew about it. A vault so guarded, Zephyr had help. Help from the inside.
[Dalmatian] “T-t-t-hat’s impossible! No one in the Marines would do that! That’s the fatigue talking!”
[Tsuru] “That’s not all. Think about why Chimera-san is here.”
[Kizaru] “Precisely. Why would the World Government send one who has been in obscurity for decades? Why would they send the one Marine who has more Marine blood than Pirate on his hands? One who birthed Absolute Justice?
The air was thick with tension. All the small details, the signs, were coming together. All their hearts were racing. Why Chimera? Why him? Suddenly, a familiar voice broke the back-and forth, words told through blood.[Onigumo] “O-o-one thing still plagues my mind.“
[Dalmatian] “Oni-San! D-d-don’t try to speak!”
[Onigumo] “G-g-get off me, you fool! One thing haunts me. Do you all remember Chimera-sensei’s last words to us?”
Chimera gave them some parting words, words to stick with them in the gauntlet of mission of death.
[Chimera] “Who do you think the real enemy is?”Words that would stick with them. Who was the real enemy? What did Chimera mean? Let Justice be your guide.
[Onigumo] “The mission specs. It had the signature of G. I believed it to be the Gorosei. But now…”
[Kizaru] “Someone who went through all that trouble, would not stand idle as we braved Pangea itself and foil their plans. They would infiltrate. The higher-ups must have known that. Chimera-senpai’s mission is not just to see the mission through… but to make sure G does not resurface.”
[Dalmatian] “W-w-wait! T-t-that would mean…”
[Tsuru] “The traitor is one of us.”
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