"Ha?"
"Eh? Is something wrong?" Baccarat asked.
Shun pointed toward the newspaper.
"Wow, that news was very attractive. The marine now has the highest level of support from the citizens around the world for this move. The marines' morals are also at an all-time high," Baccarat started in her random English that occasionally shows up.
"I see…"
What the hell are they doing?
'I was here just to get luck from Baccarat, then use random teleportation to a random world and fight a random last boss of that world to let out some steam, but I have to visit Sengoku first.'
"I'll come back later to get my luck increased," Shun said and got up. He was about to leave, but Baccarat stopped him by clutching his clothes.
"Hm? Is there something you wanted?" Shun asked. It was weird for Baccarat to do something like this.
"Um…" Baccarat muttered something inaudible even to Shun, then leaned forward and pecked him on the lips.
"…"
POP!
Shun bid farewell to Baccarat and left. Now he stood in the sky above Sengoku's office.
'Are the women around me turning into perverts, or am I just overwhelmed?'
Baccarat's action left an impression on Shun, but not negatively.
Creak!
Shun decided to stop thinking about useless things and entered Sengoku's office.
As always, there were two old men eating rice crackers and Tsuru grandma.
"Hi," Shun said and took his seat.
"Oh, you're here," Sengoku said and continued chewing for a bit, then…
"Pfft! You brat! Where were you?!"
"I told you I'd lay low for a bit because of the Shiki incident."
"…"
"Shiki incident? Didn't you win?!"
"You wouldn't get it," Shun said with a pained face.
Sengoku skillfully ignored him and decided to change the subject.
"Anyways, call your live broadcast crew as soon as possible." Sengoku's tone was weird, as if he was nervous about something.
"That can be done today, just explain to me what you have done," Shun asked with a serious face. This case made him feel like his children had broken the new TV he had bought with the salary that he spent his blood and tears on while he was out working.
"Okay. So after you defeated Shiki, we called the Buster Call on Egghead Island without informing the World Government and sent Akainu."
"…"
"Are you insane?" Shun asked innocently.
"!"
Veins popped out on Sengoku's forehead.
"Weren't you the one to suggest that?!"
And you just listened to it? Shun wanted to say but decided to leave the useless talk alone.
"So everyone on Egghead died?"
"About that… it's a secret from the public. The citizens were taken to evacuation by warships. Vegapunk was taken into prison by Aokiji alone to not let spies learn about it."
"…"
"The island is destroyed now, but your ability can return it to its glory, right? Use Shiki's ability and float the island to the sky and hide it. We'll put Vegapunk to work there for the Marines."
"That's honestly a good plan, but what makes you think I'll cooperate? The restoring ability takes more energy depending on the size and the duration of how long has passed since the destruction."
Shun expressed his opinion cruelly.
"That's why I said call your live broadcast crew. You're now a hero that defeated the Golden Lion Shiki and protected everyone on Sabaody. Also, you destroyed the mass-killing weapon on Egghead Island."
"…"
"You're more than qualified to take my position."
"It's too sudden." Shun was genuinely not sure of what was happening.
"That's because you weren't here. The information piled up."
"So, in summary, you guys are agreeing to my offer?" Shun asked in surprise.
Sengoku looked at him in silence for a moment, then nodded.
"Yes. Marine higher-ups have all agreed with your plan, with the sole exception of Akainu."
"…"
'That's somewhat expected of him. Well, that's not a problem, I have his daughter.'
Shun had no plan to act this early in this world.
I kind of enjoyed this status quo, but if it came to this…
"Then let's do it." Shun's smile widened, his excitement was clear. However, his wild smile made the three old marines nervous.
"I'll call the crew," Shun said and pulled out a Vivre Card from his inventory ring.
'I have Morgan's Vivre Card made, just in case he writes something bad about me, I can find him.'
Crash!
Shun broke the wall in the direction of the Vivre Card and flew away. But while he was leaving, the wall got fixed as if it never got destroyed.
Seeing Shun's wide smile as he left, Garp's expression turned serious.
"Are you sure about it?" Garp asked, though he had already joined Shun's offer.
"Yeah…" Sengoku replied and fell into thoughts as he closed his eyes. He was remembering the fight between Shun and Shiki.
Sengoku was a man who lived by principle all his life. He never once had gambled a single belli in his life, however, after seeing Shun's full power, or at least what he showed that day, Sengoku decided to gamble everything on him. His and his comrades' lives, the world's fate, he decided to gamble. If they failed, the Marines would fall from the strongest force on the sea to the weakest.
"I can't imagine him losing."
——
"Sir, where should we prepare?" Morgans asked. They currently arrived at Sengoku's office. Seeing the three old figures, even Morgans was nervous.
Sengoku looked at Shun.
Noticing Sengoku giving a sign, Shun nodded.
"Start now."
"Yes!"
"Pfft!" Sengoku, who was just looking, almost choked on his rice crackers.
"Sir! We're live! Action!" Morgans was a pro now, since they had been comrades for more than a year that provoked Shiki.
The boss Den Den Mushi, a giant snail, was looking at Shun and projecting it to the whole world, at least the places where there were Den Den Mushi screens.
"Hello, everyone, it's me greeting from Sengoku's office."
"Ah, hello." Sengoku awkwardly greeted too, he was the type to get nervous on TV.
"Oh? The whole world can see us now?" Garp asked.
"Shut up, Garp!"
"…"
Ignoring the two, Shun started talking again.
"Anyway, today I'm talking as the representative of the Marines."
Shun paused a bit for the dramatic silence.
"So, after I defeated Shiki, I've been getting begged by the Fleet Admiral for a while to take his position. So I finally decided to accept it! Tomorrow there'll be an official party-like event where I take over the office will happen. Let's meet tomorrow at this time." Shun waved to the camera Den Den Mushi.
"…"
'This brat hasn't changed.' Sengoku's patience had literally reached Buddha level like his Devil Fruit.
"Ohh!!!" The live broadcast crew, who were just Morgans' workers, made noise and clapped loudly. Some even shot confetti cannons.
"…"
Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru were speechless.
"Is this the new generation? We're left behind," Garp said and laughed.
Sengoku and Tsuru didn't talk, but they agreed silently.
The live broadcast was short and shocking. As soon as the broadcast ended, there were calls coming to Sengoku's Den Den Mushi.
"You guys stay on Shiki's island from now, you'll be targeted by the CP0," Shun said and sent them to the floating island.
Shiki's lifestyle on the floating islands was extravagant. He was living like a sea emperor, or even better.
When Shun returned, Sengoku gave him his snail.
"Take it. Now it's your responsibility." Sengoku even had a smile on his face.
The reason he was giving his position was because he didn't want to deal with the higher-ups anymore. In one way or another, he was the Makarov of this world.
"Okay."
Gotcha.
Shun took the call as soon as he received it.
"Sengoku! You bastard, weren't reporting to us lately. You were planning for something like this?"
Sengoku just watched from the side, his entire body felt light. It wasn't his responsibility anymore!
"It's me," Shun answered, ignoring their questions.
"You! You think that's allowed? To become a Fleet Admiral, you must have the approval of the Five Elders!"
"The five old men that never cared about rules in their lives now want to teach me about rules?" The Den Den Mushi on the side of the Five Elders smiled evilly. It perfectly mimicked Shun's smile, it felt eerie even for the five monsters.
"Anyways, you guys are invited. Tomorrow come to the Marineford square and give your approvals if you want to keep borrowing 'my' Marines' strength."
The Five Elders, as always, seethed with anger.
"Oh! Almost forgot…"
"…"
"Don't forget to bring gifts."
Gotcha.
The call got cut.
"…"
The room turned silent, no matter how many times they witnessed it, it was an unusual sight for them.
"I'll give you guys this, since you're joining me," Shun said and threw golden rings with a simple design to them.
"!"
As soon as they touched the ring, they felt rejuvenated.
"T-This is?!" Garp for the first time in a while was stunned.
"This is the treasure rumored to be able to purchase the entire world," Sengoku explained.
"The pure gold," Tsuru finished his words.
"That's an exaggerated rumor, anyways I think I told you before that I was gonna find them?"
'I thought you were joking!'
"Anyways, if you are the type that thinks eternal life is bad, 'life is precious because it's limited' blah blah type, just return the ring to me after our plan is done."
"…"
"Just make sure to wear it until our plan is completed. I can't have you guys having backaches and hairs turning grey mid-fight."
"Bwahahaha!" Garp laughed while the other two remained silent.
Shun was about to teleport away, but he remembered something.
"Tsuru-san, I have a request for you." Shun was surprisingly respectful, as he never had talked with grandmas except the human-hater Porlyusica.
"Mm?" Tsuru was surprised, though they met often, they never actually talked to each other much.
"There should be a man named Luke, recently arrived in the Marineford," Shun said and handed her a picture.
"Who is this?" The three were curious.
"I got punched by that guy recently, make sure to put him in Impel Down. If I ask those two, I feel like they'll slack off," Shun sighed, he was already having a headache as soon as he became the Fleet Admiral.
"What? Is he that strong?" Sengoku asked in surprise, maybe he could train this guy to become a Marine. Being able to punch Shun was an amazing feat in Sengoku's view, especially after the Shiki incident.
"No, I got caught cheating so I got punched on purpose to become the victim instead." Shun was as honest as always.
"…"
"Ah, Tsuru-chan, sorry for the trouble," Sengoku said, his face completely emotionless.
"All right." Tsuru nodded, Marineford is close anyway.
With that done…
POP!
Shun was gone with his signature sound.
"…"
——
Shun hopped into the Fairy Tail world and greeted everyone. It was a fresh breath of air when everyone wasn't a pervert around him.
Creak!
It was almost nighttime, Mavis was sitting in the bedroom alone reading a book.
"Oh, Shun. Welcome back." Mavis smiled sweetly.
"Yeah, I'm back," Shun said and sat next to her.
Mavis continued reading as she was used to it already.
"What are you reading?"
At Shun's sudden question, Mavis' body froze then her cheek turned red.
"A-A book about how to safely give birth."
"I see. Is it interesting?"
"I'll read it to you." Mavis said. Since she offered, Shun went and made a seat with pillows on the bed to support his back and placed Mavis to sit between his legs.
Mavis would've been embarrassed before, but she got used to it now.
"Then, I'll start. I don't think the writer of this book knows more than you but, there's a lot about diets."
Mavis read a lot about detailed things such as exercises and diets.
'Though I think eating just meat from the One Piece world would be more than enough for safe birth and healthy children.'
"I'll make sure to cook nutritious foods when it actually happens," Shun said as he hugged Mavis tightly.
"Mhm." Mavis nodded and closed her eyes with a smile. She has been with Shun long enough to know that he wouldn't follow those diets at all.
'His confidence in his cooking is almost same with his strength…'
Mavis smiled sweetly until something started to poke her back.
"…"
'When every pervert around me disappears, I'm the only one left.' Shun sighed at his dilemma.
——
Shun just decided to chill between the Mushoku and Fairy Tail worlds. Since the time difference was 4 to 1, he had time until the next day in Marineford.
The next day, Shun returned to the Mushoku world. When he entered the floating house, a weird mix of people were eating breakfast.
"You guys already eating?"
"Master! Welcome, I had one more portion of food prepared just in case," Aisha was energetic as always.
"Thanks." Shun took a seat at the head of the table.
Currently in the house were Hilda, Lilia, Linia, Pursena, Aisha, Nina, Eris, and Ghislaine present, all surrounding a big table.
Linia and Pursena avoided Shun's gaze as if they felt guilty about something.
Once done with breakfast, the group went on to do their things.
Eris and Ghislaine trained in the yard that came with the floating house.
Hilda was reprimanding Linia and Pursena to do better.
Lilia and Aisha were busy cleaning, though Shun offered to use just magic, they insisted it was their job; they'd ask for Shun's magic if they had something else to do. So Shun gifted them a vacuum powered by magic lacrima.
Only Nina was left.
"Ah, I'll train with Eris," Nina said and tried to leave once she noticed she was left alone with Shun.
"Oh, okay. Have fun." Shun pecked her on the lips and let her go.
Seeing everyone busying themselves, Shun left the house and headed toward Rudeus' school.
Shun originally planned to wait until their school ended to meet Rudeus, but then he remembered he was the Guild Master and Fleet Admiral now. They should be the ones to adjust to his schedule.
Creak!
Shun opened the classroom door of Rudeus and his classmates.
"Rudeus, let's talk."
"…"
"Who is that…?" Mid-talk, the man with glasses and one of the infamous cursed children, Zanoba Shirone, froze on the spot.
Shun previously stayed in the Shirone Kingdom, but the two had never spoken to each other except for basic greetings.
"H-He is the man from earlier that caused a ruckus over the two beastfolk princesses!!" Cliff Grimoire shouted.
In the classroom, there was one elf sitting next to Cliff, the teacher, Rudeus, and Zanoba only.
Since Linia and Pursena left school to become maids under Hilda, the special students' classroom became lonely.
Right when Rudeus was about to stand up and go with Shun, Cliff spoke up,
"N-No matter your status! This is school time now, wait until the class is over."
"…"
'This guy's priority is school over god?. Shun thought his Magic God status should make them fear him. but apparently not.
"Cliff-senpai, don't worry about us. It's an important talk."
Probably, Rudeus thought.
"If you're having an important class, then let's just talk inside then." Shun's generosity was surprising, even for Cliff who spoke up.
Shun nodded to Rudeus and sat next to him.
"Shun-san, isn't this an important conversation?"
"Yeah, so I'll just do this," Shun said and created a space with the Calm-Calm Fruit. From this space no sound would go out, but Rudeus could hear the class. Though it was probably a useless class for their level.
Instead of focusing on the class, the students and teachers became more interested in the magic Shun used.
"What is this black space?"
"It blocks sound from leaking outside," Shun explained. Currently for the outsiders, the two of them didn't make any noise, but their mouths moved.
"If there are lip-readers, then just let them know about it," Shun shrugged.
"…"
"Anyways, it's about your mother."
"!"
Rudeus' attention was piqued a hundred percent at the mention of his mother.
"Did you tell your father?"
"I sent him a letter but it'll take some time to reach him."
"I see. I don't mind helping you rescue her."
"R-Really?!"
"On one condition of course."
"Condition?" Rudeus would've been worried if it was his old self, but now he was different.
'I have Lilia on my side!' He thought.
"Yes, find the location of the guy I mentioned earlier."
"…"
Rudeus honestly had no belief in himself in finding a random guy, but it was for his mother.
"I'll do my best!"
When Shun was about to leave after he was done with his business, Rudeus asked something that was bugging him.
"What did Hitogami want by making Luke-senpai do the things he did?"
Shun wondered about that too, but didn't care enough.
"It could've been to make Ariel's and my relationship break, meaning he doesn't want me to become allies with the Asura Kingdom."
'I have suspected that too.' Rudeus thought.
"Either it could be the beginning of a butterfly effect plan of his, or it could just be him messing around to make us overthink and waste our time."
"!"
Rudeus previously had underestimated Hitogami, but he was starting to get a bit scared now.
"Anyways, it doesn't matter."
"Eh?"
"I'll just kill every single one of the Hitogami apostles."
"…"
'That's very encouraging but scary!'
"All right, bye. I'll find some land nearby and float down the house. If you find some news, bring them there."
"Yes!"
Rudeus saluted for some reason.
Shun left Rudeus' classroom and wandered around the university.
Shun repelled the light around him as he sneaked around to find someone.
Before long, he found Ariel's classroom.
'She is a senior, huh? So she will soon graduate, though I doubt she cares. She is only here to gather allies.'
Shun stealthily entered the classroom; with his skills, opening the door without noise wasn't an issue.
Ariel's class was different from Rudeus'. It was a normal classroom with twenty or so students. Ariel sat in the forefront seat with only Sylphie on her right.
'Previously, Luke sat on her left, but the guy is probably a newcomer Impel Down prisoner by now.'
'As promised, I'll release the guy from Impel Down after thirty years and ten children with Ariel.' Shun thought. The lie detector magic wasn't rigged magic; Shun was speaking the truth on that day.
Step, step.
Shun walked boldly but no one heard him.
Shun sat on the seat where Luke sat previously, now an empty seat, then whispered only for Ariel to hear.
"It's me. Don't turn your head, don't act suspicious."
"!"
Ariel initially thought it was an assassin, but she realized it was a voice she knew. The voice that she was hearing a lot.
Ariel followed the command and kept writing down in her notebook. Shun had no clue what they were studying, probably some magic theories.
Shun was here only because he was bored until the official Fleet Admiral promotion ceremony day. According to their plan, Sengoku will say something and pass the baton to Shun in front of Marines at the headquarters. Nothing special, but Shun had his own plans on that day.
'Well enough about boring stuff.'
"Don't make a sound if you don't want everyone to find out," Shun said then moved his hands straight to the inside of her skirt.
"!!"
Ariel's face immediately flushed, but she held herself back. Never had she expected her princess etiquette, to not make a scene to ruin her image under any situation, would be used in a situation like this.
Shun didn't waste any time, he sat on the table that Ariel was previously studying on and pecked her on the lips repeatedly.
'Anything more than pecking will be suspicious.
In fact, Sylphie had already noticed Ariel rubbing her thighs together.'
"Ariel-sama, are you okay? Should we go to the nurse?" Sylphie's worry was clear in her voice.
"!"
Ariel suddenly found a ray of hope; she thanked Sylphie with her eyes and was about to agree with her offer but…
"Tell her no and that you're fine. Anything else, I'll show myself with my hand still inside your skirt."
"…"
"N-No, I'm fine."
Ariel, who had been studying peacefully just five minutes ago, was now under the complete control of Shun.
'Just wait until everyone leaves!' Ariel thought about all kinds of revenge, though not on Shun's level, she was the type to hold grudges.
Shun's hand, which was just rubbing innocently, decided to get bolder.
"!"
Ariel almost let out a noise, but… she found her lips inside something wet and soft.
'This damn pervert…'
For the next hour until the class finished, Shun kept pecking her lips occasionally, while his hands played freely around her body. Ariel had ended up exploding twice in her classroom silently.
——
Ding! Ding!
"…"
"All right, everyone, that's it for the day," the old teacher said and left the classroom as soon as the bell rang.
Everyone began to leave until only two student and one phantom remained.
"Ariel-sama, should we go to the nurse?" Sylphie asked, Ariel's expression was still red after all.
"No. Sorry, leave me alone here. I have something to think about," Ariel's expression and voice were firm, not leaving a choice for Sylphie.
"Yes… I'll be going to the student council office first then." Sylphie lied smoothly; she was glad that she got alone time. She can meet Rudeus now.
Creak!
When the final person left, Shun revealed himself.
"Hi." Shun waved innocently with a smile.
"You… went too far this time," Ariel was angry though she felt good; she was a princess. Her reputation was everything, especially since most of her classmates were nobles of different countries.
Ariel raised her hand to slap Shun, which Shun smoothly dodged.
"Hey, if you hit me you'll hurt your hand." Ariel's body wavered forward a bit due to her own momentum. Shun caught her and turned her clothes into mere threads with the Arc of Time.
"!"
"You are not the only one frustrated, I had to hold back for an entire hour."
"How is that my fault? You pervert!!" Ariel's language was getting bad.
"Perverts are both of us," Shun said and pushed her body to the wall, making her back face him.
From then on… it was a harmonious exercise.
——
"Make me the Queen of Asura Kingdom," Ariel demanded. Her plan initially was to make Shun her backer by becoming close friends with him, but… she felt like she was giving too much but not getting much in return.
The two, after the practice, now were sitting in the teacher's chair on the podium, cuddling and playing around.
"Sure. Just tell me when."
"…"
To her surprise, Shun agreed on the spot.
'I feel like I've been acting a bit too kind lately that even that trash dared to punch me. I guess killing everyone from the opposite faction of Ariel would make things right.'
"Really?" Ariel wasn't the type to ask such questions, but this one was really a big deal.
"Yes. Just give me the names to kill. I'll tell one of my children to deal with them."
'I think Flamingo would be thrilled for such missions, and ask for rewards later.'
"…"
Though it was a scary talk from Shun, it sounded great for Ariel.
"Then, I'll give you the names once I'm ready."
"Okay."
Ariel, who was acting angry and moody, was now moving on to her initiation to clean up.
——
Just like that four days passed, which Shun spent between the Fairy Tail world and Mushoku world.
"Finally, time for the promotion," Shun thought, then returned to the One Piece world with a POP!
Shun entered his office, which was previously Sengoku's.
"Hey, why are you in my seat?" Shun asked with a smile.
"…"
Sengoku got up without making a scene. Currently in the room were Garp, Sengoku, Tsuru, and Aokiji.
'His patience was really that of Buddha's. Is that one of his Devil Fruit's passive abilities?'
Sengoku hoped a bit that Shun was joking, but Shun took the seat with a straight face. Now in front of him stood the highest authority of Marines.
"Tsuru-san, did you find him?"
"Yes. He is imprisoned in Impel Down now."
"Thanks, I'll give you a raise this month."
"…"
Seeing Shun already acting as Fleet Admiral, they felt at a loss for words.
"That's fine," after some silence Tsuru refused.
"The Marines have already started to gather, they're now waiting for us," Sengoku reminded.
"I see. I'll call Morgan's crew."
——
"All right, come out when you're called after my speech," Sengoku said as he went out to the podium.
"Okay."
In this timeline, due to Shun's influence, Marineford wasn't destroyed, so the Marine's headquarters didn't relocate to the New World.
Morgan's crew were already in their position for the live broadcast.
Sengoku soon walked to the platform where once Ace's execution was planned.
'This takes me back. Now that I think about it, that brat appeared here for the first time too.'
Sengoku reminisced about his complicated past then spoke under cameras and gazes of thousands of Marines gathered.
The numbers weren't as much as during the war against the Whitebeard pirates, but still there were a lot of Marines.
The notable names among Vice Admirals were Hina, Onigumo, Doll, and Momonga. Others Shun didn't recognize.
Today, for reasons unknown to Shun, all of the Admirals were gathered, even Akainu.
Under their gazes Sengoku spoke.
"Good afternoon. I think everyone knows why they've gathered here already. So I won't waste time talking more than enough.
It's been more than two decades since I became the Fleet Admiral. During that time I've seen the rise and fall of many strong Marines and pirates."
Sengoku spoke without any hint of nervousness, showing his experience in dealing under pressure.
The crowd listened silently; usually in an event like this the crowd would be falling asleep standing. However, today was different.
"With that said, I can say it with confidence. Today's Marines are the strongest force in the history of humanity! Within our generation we will end all piracy and injustices!"
"!!!"
"OHHHH-!!"
The crowd cheered wildly. Sengoku didn't lie; the current Marines were the strongest and their morals were at an all-time high. Due to Shiki's death and the destruction of Egghead Island, the mass-killing weapon creators, the Marines felt like they finally could call themselves serving justice now.
Sengoku raised his hand to calm the crowd. Once it cooled down, Sengoku went to the last part of his speech.
"Today, we have a candidate more than qualified to take after my position. This marine is someone you already know. He was only an honorary Admiral until recently, but he agreed to fully join us! His name is… Shun!"
'This old man really knows how to talk in front of a crowd.'
The crowd gathered were already an immense number, but it was live broadcasting to the entire world. Normal citizens and even criminals were all paying attention.
Step, step.
Finally, the figure they were waiting for had appeared. Shun was dressed in his usual Marine Admiral uniform with the words 'Convenient Justice' written on his back.
Shun purposefully walked from a distance to show off.
"Huh? Who are those people with the honorary Admiral?" Someone in the crowd asked.
"They seem familiar…"
"Are they children?"
"There's a blind guy too…"
Only the Admiral-level Marines realized their strength and identities as their expressions turned serious.
Flamingo and Bat had huge smiles on their faces as they walked behind Shun, while others had neutral expressions.
What felt like forever had finally passed; Shun and his crew climbed up the stairs to the platform.
Sengoku turned to Shun and gave him a hug as a show for the viewers.
"…"
The two felt awkward by this but didn't mention it. Then he finally handed the mic to Shun as he took a step back to show that Shun was in charge now.
"Hello. My name is Shun, previously the honorary Admiral, now the new Fleet Admiral. Nice to meet you." Shun's speech was surprisingly normal, which made Sengoku let out a sigh of relief.
"Until now, I've been working behind the scenes to make the world peaceful. I've hunted down pirates so many times that I have lost count. But the most notable ones were Ochoku and Shiki," Shun started bragging.
"Those people behind me are the crew that I gathered from around the world and trained. The weakest ones are stronger than an average Warlord, the strong ones are equal or even stronger than Admirals. With me officially joining the Marines, they will be working under me to bring peace to the world."
"!!"
"A Warlord-level being the weakest?"
"Admiral level too?!" The crowd felt doubtful but…
"That blind man is definitely an Admiral-level strongman, how scary~" Kizaru spoke in his usual tone, but this time he was serious.
"Also… those kids… aren't they the Seraphims?" Kizaru was close to the Science Department, so he had a lot of information on his hand.
"I heard they disappeared but… to think they would appear with him."
Kizaru had already heard Shun's plan from Sengoku the other day. While he felt conflicted which side to side with, when he learned the truth that Vegapunk escaping death and the Egghead Island destruction was just a show, he decided to join them.
"It might really happen…" Kizaru thought as he saw the reinforcement that came with Shun joining the Marines officially.
'There's some rats approaching rapidly… is this the gift I asked for last time?' Shun smiled then turned back to give them their missions.
"You guys deal with the troublemakers, kill them all."
Hearing Shun's words, while they were confused, they thought Shun must've seen something with his advanced Observation Haki and nodded. Then they proceeded to join the crowd below to be ready.
"Now then. Since I became the Fleet Admiral, there are some things I'd like to announce."
"Huh?" Sengoku, who had prepared the script, knew there wasn't any announcement to make today.
"In summary, I have three big changes to make in the world."
"First, the World Government must double our funds for our operation! Meaning make it ten trillion belli a year! If they want to continue receiving our help."
"!!"
"Second, I'm disbanding the Seven Warlords. Legal thieves? That's outrageous, the Marines in my command don't need help from pirates!"
"!!"
Even one of those demands were crazy, but Shun kept going.
"Third, my final demand is I'm banning the slavery system from the world."
"!!!!"
"If there is slavery still going on after this live broadcast ends, the Marines will hunt them down. First offense is a year imprisonment in Impel Down, repeated offenders will be executed on the spot! I'll be randomly visiting kingdoms from time to time. If you think it's worth the risk, keep the slavery going on in your countries. That's all."
"…"
Even Garp couldn't make a noise at this moment. The whole world turned silent at this moment.
The whole world realized that they just witnessed the birth of the worst dictator in history.
"…"
When the whole world turned silent, still processing those outrageous demands, a group of people dressed in black, some dressed in white, arrived.
"Speaking such nonsensical demands… Did you think you've become the King of the World now?"
It was a voice familiar to Shun.
'Yes, I did.' Shun thought but wasn't crazy enough to say it.
"You're Rob Lucci."
"You know me?" Lucci's smile widened as he took off his mask.
"Yes, I heard you got defeated by the Straw Hat pirates at your home ground."
"…"
"I heard you were a total clown that kept failing missions but somehow kept rising in positions in the Cipher Pol. What method did you use?" Shun was trash-talking with a mic on and on live broadcast to the world.
"…"
"Fufufufufu-!" Flamingo was having a blast hearing Shun's trash talk.
"Lucci." Kaku, who was his comrade, reminded from behind.
"I know!" Lucci, who had veins popping up on his forehead, shouted.
Their mission this time was to kill the Marines gathered on live broadcast to ruin this promotion. They weren't crazy enough to attempt to fight the higher-ups of Marines.
"Soru. Shigan."
Clang-!
The group of CP0 members and some lower-ranking CP members immediately went on to attack. However… Issho and the seven dwarves had already been told about their arrival and fought back.
Issho met Lucci's Shigan with his sword.
Lucci was surprised by this random blind man being this strong; he let his guard down and fell to the ground under Issho's Gravity Devil Fruit ability.
Issho heard Shun's demands. While they sounded outrageous, were they really outrageous?
Issho felt grateful for Shun for following through with his words to disband the Seven Warlords.
So he went uncharacteristically all-out today.
"Gravity Blade," Issho chanted, and immediately…
Only the Cipher Pol members started floating up into the air.
"What is this?!"
"It's a Devil Fruit ability!"
The Cipher Pol members were panicking; some of them already expected to die today, but not before being able to hunt any Marines.
Seeing their enemies becoming separated from allies, the seven dwarves didn't waste any time.
"Slave Arrow!" Snake shouted as she shot countless red arrows that turned the targets into stones. It was a simple but brutal ability; already more than ten Cipher Pol members had become stones because they were dumb enough to meet the arrows with their iron body ability.
"Dodge the arrows!"
"How?!"
The remaining Cipher Pol members were about thirty.
With the entire previous CP9 members from the Enies Lobby arc being present.
"Fishman Karate." Shark punched.
"Pad Cannon." Bear sent shockwave bullets in the shape of a paw.
"Shadow's Asgard." Bat was busy collecting shadows, then finally put them into his own to buff himself.
Crocodile sent sharp sand attacks in the shape of a claw. When met with it, the targets lost all their liquids in their body.
Meanwhile, Flamingo and Hawk silently sliced down their enemies.
One by one, the Cipher Pol started to die down. Now only Lucci's team remained. But they wouldn't last long, with Lucci himself desperately fending off Issho's attacks.
"R-Retreat!" Kaku shouted.
"Tsk. Retreat!" Lucci decided to retreat too. They ran desperately, so much that it reminded Hawk of the Sword God from a few days ago.
Seeing them about to run, Shun who still had the mic gave a command.
"Hey, make sure to kill them."
It was a simple but eerie command.
"Rob Lucci. Seems like this is a goodbye~~"
"!"
To everyone, including Shun's surprise, it was Kizaru who chased them.
The Cipher Pol had created a bit of distance from the Seraphims but…
"Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"
Crash-!
The same sound and impact repeated until all of them were kicked back to Issho's side.
"Arrest them and put them in Impel Down," Shun changed his mind.
Soon Lucci's teams were chained in Seaprism stone without any incident.
'Seriously, what gave them the courage to attack here, considering all of their strength combined isn't enough to beat one Admiral? Well, their mission was probably to kill weak Marines and cause chaos.'
Shun used the mic one last time and spoke. "Heh, I think those rats must be traitors from the World Government. We'll interrogate them later."
Shun saved the World Government's face as he was still allies with them.
With that, the live broadcast ended and the whole world was put in a chaos because of one live broadcast.
——
The people around the world weren't taking the news lightly.
"What? Sengoku retired? This youngling is the new Fleet Admiral?" A giant man that resembled a literal demon commented as he drank wildly.
"Kaido-san, the World Government is asking for every bit of Seaprism stones in our inventory," a tall man with a mask informed.
"Shut up! Is this time for that?!"
"…"
——
"This brat… is good. Invite him to the tea party! I want to make a child with him, our child will be the strongest! Mama mamma." A giant woman gave orders to her eldest son.
"…"
"Mom, maybe we shouldn't do that—" Perospero tried to suggest but…
"Huh?!" Big Mom's one glare was enough to shut him up.
Is this how our Big Mom pirates will be extinct? Perospero began considering running away with his brothers.
——
"Zehahaha! Good!" Blackbeard personally liked Shun a lot, especially when he didn't cause an unnecessary fight the last time over Coby's rescue.
Blackbeard didn't believe he would be able to defeat even that version of Shiki in Sabaody, so him avoiding the fight with Shun had increased Shun's favorability to him. Not like it mattered.
Also, Shun was definitely an enemy of the World Government.
"How long will the Marines be under the World Government? I bet it's less than a month! Zehahaha~" the Blackbeard pirates laughed wildly. They were as harmonious as ever.
——
"Boss. Should we start moving?"
"…"
"It's about time," Red-haired pirates were watching the live as well
——
Five old grumpy men were also watching the live broadcast.
"Those bastards are planning to betray us."
"Even Kizaru has shown his allegiance."
"Things are getting out of our capability."
"Regretful, but let's seek that man's help."
"Indeed."
——
Meanwhile, Shun approached the Impel Down and took one of the Cipher Pol members named Kalifa to interrogate her himself.
"Even doing the interrogation himself. I'm really a hardworking Fleet Admiral."