The clicking of money was the only solace to the sh.e.l.l shocked man as a listless sigh pervaded through the empty room.

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I had a happy expression on my face as I walked out of the inn, I had made sure that the crew woke up early in an attempt to avoid the tension that I knew would be present if we were to eat during the hours after the sunrise, people staring at us as if we were monsters or century-hungry ghosts! I had even managed to convince the inn keeper that it would be in his best interests if he woke up early to serve the fat glutton food.

Fawkes walked silently behind me, his appet.i.te curbed at around the same time mine was, as he took in the beauty of the island in the young glows of the recently risen sun.

"So, what are we doing here, boss?" he asked as his old grey eyes looked at me expressionlessly. "I'm still recovering from that fight with the spectacled freak, so don't expect me to fight anyone anytime soon.." he said with a cautioning look.

"Nothing like that, we're just going to visit the weapon stores to fix the weapons and, go get supplies, look around the markets, sightsee a little bit. You know that kind of thing" I said as I hummed happily.

A orange light shone in the sky as the clouds scattered the morning sun's light into shades of pink that stole away our breaths. The fresh morning air eased our nerves as a happy expression filled my face.

"Let's go! shops should be opening at around this time no? Lets enjoy swallow island's markets!" I said as I laughed happily. A long day stood in front of us, a long day of fun games and pranks!!

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Garp huffed deeply in anger as he listened to the accounts of the residents of the former town of Minnon. His breath heaved as a nasally echo roared from his nose. He was angry!

How dare that b.a.s.t.a.r.d! How dare Doflamingo!! he thought as he stared at the offending man, who now lay dead on the shattered cobblestone of the broken and crumbling port.

'Pere pere pere pere' his den-den-mus.h.i.+ echoed as he called Sengoku his fleet admiral. He had to report this. Three unknown rookies had taken down a famous and dangerous Warlord? How could this be possible? How!? he wondered as he waited impatiently for Sengoku to pick up.

"Garp...…. What happened?" Sengoku's voice echoed from the other side of the snail accompanied by a deep and tired sigh. "Sengoku, Doflamingo ruined the port town of Minnon.." Garp said cutting straight to the heart of the matter as he reported in a sober voice, differing much from his usual flippant tone.

"What?!!?! d.a.m.n that b.a.s.t.a.r.d, a.s.shole flamingo! If I get my hands on him I swear to rip him limb from limb and dunk him into a boiling can of sake!!!" he roared, his voice causing even the walking citizens to turn around in alarm.

"Wait… That is not all….. The flamingo b.a.s.t.a.r.d is dead!" Garp continued as he adopted a more serious tone, if that were even possible. "Killed by three newbie's no less, all of them seemingly normal and not having eaten any fruits, on top of that!" he said as a worried expression filled his face.

Sengoku's breath caught in his throat as a dizzying sensation made its way to his head, causing him to collapse on his chair in confusion. "Who were these three? Such famous people shouldn't be unknown." He questioned weakly as he attempted to get his mind to calm down.

"See, That's the thing, no one knows who they are! An old man here says he could recognize two of them, but of the third no one knows! And even of the two who were identified, no past record exist! It's like they didn't even exist till that fight!!" Garp groaned in frustration as he surveyed the wreckage, for the umpteenth time hoping to find some manner of clues that would point to the ident.i.ty of the mystery trio.

"the two identified are, Lorean and Sorren, the third man however is the one that we must look out for. He reduced a fruit-awakened Doflamingo to a dead man in a mere swing!" Garp continued as he rattled off the ident.i.ties of the identified duo.

"Sorren....Wait!!!!! I remember that boy! he's the son of- Start him off with a bounty of a 100,000 belli!! The other man, the one who one handedly killed off Doflamingo put him up at 600,000 belli! Sengoku roared as an anxious expression filled his face.

Make sure to catch them at all costs Garp!! Don't let them enter the grand line! otherwise, storms will awaken! You could even see the birth of the next Gold Roger!!" he roared as he prepared to meet with the elders of the world government...

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I chuckled with a silly expression on my face as I exited the merchant's store, our weapons had already been repaired for the most part and replaced with extreme precision. We were now returning to the inn, and Sorren hung behind me flipping around and thoroughly enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.

A couple stared at us in surprise before approaching us and looking questioningly at Fawkes and I. A tinge of caution made its way into my posture as I stared suspiciously at the approaching couple.

"How, exactly, did you adopt?" they began as they motioned toward Sorren, questioning me and Fawkes.

I staggered slightly as I felt the rise of a bit of saliva in my mouth, Sorren glared at them confusedly as Fawkes gurgled in surprise, I felt my sight darken as I tried maintaining my composure, failing quite dramatically as tick marks made themselves visible on my forehead and steam rose from my ears.

Fawkes hastily explained away the issue while he herded me away from the duo, evidently afraid that I would attack them in a most disastrous manner which would result in us getting thrown off the island.