Conquering The World With One Piece

At Punk Hazard island…

I was standing and inspecting Slimey, made from condensing poisonous H2S gas and animated with the Zoan fruit, Sara-Sara fruit.

Although I believed that weapons of mass destruction had their place, this one was a little too volatile. I could feel that the only thing it wanted to do was to break free and bring destruction…

Boom- I fortified my resolve and punched Smiley into smithereens, until nothing remained of the poor sentient creature.

Afterwards, I turned my attention to the two cold corpses of Caesar and Monet lying beside me. I was about to carry them back to our ship when…

Purupurupurupuru-

A transponder snail next to Monet's body started to ring. Katcha- I picked it up without any hesitation on my face.

[This is Joker… Fuffuffufu, is everything going according to plan?]

Uhm, Uhm-

I cleared my throat and raised the pitch of my voice to do the best impression of Monet I could muster. After creating some static electrical noise on the side, I said, "Doflamingo~ Please go on a date with me~ Oof, I can't r-resist you anymore~"

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[Wha… What!! The hell is wrong with you, Monet?! You know the consequences you'll have to face if my identity got leaked yo-]

"Hey, Doflamingo! Long time no see eh…"

The snail's eyes widened; and after some silence, a calm voice came out of it.

[Leo, leave Caesar alone… The consequences will be too much for not only you but for the entire navy to handle…! You'll be causing a war to tak-]

I curled my lips and chuckled loudly at Doflamingo's threat.

"I see your health is a little too good these days… since you've the leisure to worry about the navy before yourself…"

[Stop, I have a deal you can't resi-]

Katcha- I continued to wrap things up here, when something troubling entered my ears…

**

Meanwhile, some distance away from Punk Hazard island, Nami was chilling and reading a book on weather sciences in the lounge of the navy ship.

"Damn… What is taking Leo so long? I want to go back and have a bath already!" Nami murmured, her eyes still on the book in front of her.

Next to her, there was a bucket of apples and bananas. They looked completely normal; however, one of each started to slowly metamorphosize into different shapes. One of them turned snow-white, while the other one turned pinkish-blue.

Nami reached out her hand to one of the baskets and grabbed a fruit without looking into it. She was too engrossed in her reading to realize that two of the fruits had different textures and sizes…

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Crunch-

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Spit- "Why is this so bitter…" Nami blurted, finally turning her head towards the fruit. Before she could do get a good look at it, her hand broke apart into small particles and dropped the fruit…

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Aaaahhhhh!!

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Buzz- I arrived in the lounge of the ship and perceived my surroundings in worry. How the hell did intruders bypass my Kenbunshoku Haki?

"What the…!"

Soon all my doubts were immediately solved, when I turned my head towards Nami. She looked like a beautiful snow spirit with her body made purely of snow.

With moist eyes full of worry, Nami ran up to me clumsily with her new snow-body. She kept breaking and reforming into snow along the way.

"Leo am I dying?! Please save me….!"

Nami tried to hug me but went through me with her intangibility switched on. Before she panicked further, I coated my body in armament Haki and hugged her tightly. I reached my hands to gently pat the back of her head to send relaxing vibes to her.

After calming down, she said, "Sob, Sob… I am a Logia-type, aren't I? Will I never be able to swim the seas again…?"

"Hmmm, probably true… But you know that you can achieve anything in the seas eh… You love the seas for that reason, right?"

Nami inhaled and touched my forehead with hers, "Yes, I love the seas the most… and I feel the minute changes in the weather even more closely now… Well, nothing can stop me from mapping this world anyway…! Besides, I think I can still enjoy a hot bath…. with you!"

I embraced Nami for longer while my attention turned towards the pinkish-blue fruit in the corner.

'Hmmm, apart from that Zoan fruit, the other two fruits transferred here… Still, it's a damn miracle for two fruits to sprout at the same location.' I narrowed my eyes in suspicion at the surroundings. I tried to look for more clues; however, nothing was able to spark my interest…

**

[For defeating Caesar clown and Monet… Being X has awarded you 4 stat points.]

The next day, in my office at the G-5 base, I closed my eyes in a little relief from the new notification. It had been a while since I had my stat points increase this much…

Creak- In due time, Nami and Tashigi walked into my office. Alongside them was a guest, aunt Tsuru.

With a broad smile on my face, I said, "Haha, good to see you aunt Tsuru! You should come more often to visit us!"

Tsuru nodded and sat down in the chair front of me. She looked at me and said, "You should come visit too, especially after your mom returned and started creating a ruckus. She was angry about your transfer… saying that you need your mom to take care of your needs…Ah, what a loving, caring mom Momousagi is…"

I spat out all the tea I was drinking into a nearby plant. I could only hope that mom didn't define those needs…

"What happened, Leo?"

"Ahem, Ahem… Nothing, is there anything else you came down for?

Tsuru pursed her lips and glanced at Nami and Tashigi beside me. "Well, I think you should let Nami come with me for training her new-found strength… Also, Momousagi wanted to train Tashigi with her sword arts too… I can help you make logistic requests to compensate for the missing staff…"

"Huhh?!" Instantly, Nami and Tashigi fell into a huge dilemma. While they wanted to get stronger for their dreams and loved ones, they didn't want to leave me so easily.

I rubbed my chin and said, "Haha, you should ask them and not me… Besides, the distance to Marineford is only a matter of minutes for someone with my powers."

Tsuru smiled in relief and Nami and Tashigi firmed their resolve too. They were determined to train enough to follow me into battles too…

I continued, "Oh, there's someone I'd like for you to fetch for me…"

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Later, I was escorting Nami and Tashigi out of the base with them hugging my arms. Even though I could fly to them easily, they were still making a big deal out of this…

Nami glanced at me with moist eyes and said, "You better come daily; otherwise, I'm going to charge you all your salary!"

Tashigi bared her teeth at me and harrumphed loudly. "You better not find another girl, when we're gone!"

"Oye, there they are!"

"Stop that old lady before they take our idols away from us!"

"Be careful, I've heard she's a strong vice admiral!"

Before they could board Tsuru's ship, the 6 divisions of the G-5 base gathered here to change their fate.

They were neatly organized in ranks with 3 divisions part of Nami-Chan fan club, while the other 3 divisions part of Tashigi-Chan fan club. All the divisions were wearing headbands of different colors with slogans praising Nami or Tashigi.

The three of us smiled wryly and smacked our heads in a little bit of embarrassment. This was the only way we could find to organize this crazy group of Marines…

Charge…!

Tsuru watched the scene with wide eyes. She had heard rumors about the G-5 base but this…

"Tashigi-Chan is the best! Uooooh!".

"Nami-Chan is the superior goddess! Uooooh!"

The charge was well done, but they didn't really have a true idea on what kind of a monster they were facing.

Woshu-Woshu-Woshu-

Soon all 300 Marines were hung on a wire to be dried. They had all their 'evil' removed and were chanting quotes on becoming a good Marine.

Tsuru wiped the sweat on her forehead in a little exhaustion. She was completely shocked from the difficulty of this battle… The master tacticians' eyes had finally been opened today.

**

At Loguetown's Marine Branch…

A muscular, white-haired man with two cigars in his mouth was sitting in his office. He was Smoker the White Hunter. In front of Smoker, a Marine subordinate was saluting him with a pale face.

"Any pirates to report this month…?"

"N-No, sir! Looks like Magnus Leo's presence is still felt in the East-Blue! His heroic actions have curbed piracy."

Smoker snorted and said, "While he did curb piracy in East-Blue, it would be too far to call his actions heroic. He was a ruthless murderer who killed without trial... and a bounty-hunter before who worked for his benefits…"

Thuk, Thuk- At that moment, an officer came running into Smoker's office.

"Gasp, Gasp… Sir, a call from headquarters to you!"