NOVEL NEXT Chapter 23: 23: Warlord
"Hello, this is Sengoku." The snake spoke as its appearance once again shifted into that of the Fleet Admiral.
"Oh, how surprising. It seems like I'm somewhat of a star in the Navy. At first an Admiral decides to visit me in person, and next thing I know I'm getting a call from the current Fleet Admiral." Eren joked, but Sengoku didn't laugh.
"Anyways, I guess that there's a reason you are calling me?" Enel spoke this time, after all he still needed to seem like the captain on the surface.
"I just wanted to once again make sure that you still don't want to join the Navy. I could offer you to immediately grant you a position as Vice-Admiral, and you will surely rise even further in the future." Sengoku said through gritted teeth.
This was already the best he could offer, as promoting a newcomer without any real achievements to such a high level right away would surely cause a lot of backlash.
"Nope." Enel answered decisively. "Still planning on becoming a Warlord. I heard that one of the positions has recently become available again, so I would like to apply for that."
Sengoku sighed and started massaging his temples. This guy surely was troublesome. After some thinking, he eventually decided on agreeing to this proposition.
From what he could tell so far, Enel and Eren weren't truly pirates. What they were interested in was being free and unbound. They wanted to go around and do whatever they liked. Like casually killing all pirates on Jaya or beating up a warlord.
The main reason for his decision though, was the fact that they had not harmed any civilians yet. In fact it was quite the opposite, as Aokiji had found out that they paid a lot of money for some easily accessable information while on Jaya. They could have used force instead, but decided to go through the 'legal' route of paying money.
'At least it's a lot better than Paolo. Though I've got the feeling that those two will be a lot of trouble in the coming future.'
"Okay, you may become the new warlord. But you will probably need to wait about two more weeks. We first need to spread the word about your deeds on Jaya and Recrui, as simply announcing that a completely unknown person had suddenly become a Warlord would cause some unrest."
Enel looked at Eren to make sure they had the same opinion, before agreeing to the suggestion. Hearing this made Sengoku sigh once more. Though he had filled the vacant spot without much trouble, it still left a bad aftertast in his mouth.
"Be sure to not cause too much trouble." Sengoku warned the two. "With you potential the World Government might just decide that you are better dead than alive if you pose any potential threat to the overall peace of the seas. So stay clean for now."
"Come on, old guy. How long have you known us for now? Of course we wouldn't even think of causing trouble. By the way, our names are Eren and Enel Birka if you want to publish our wanted posters."
While they had not commited any crimes yet. Heavy emphasis on the yet. They would still need a wanted poster to solidify their status as a Warlord. What was a warlord at his core after all? A wanted criminal.
So if Eren or Enel didn't even have a bounty up, who would ever take them serious?
"Just make sure to commit too many crimes. Just look at what happened to Paolo." Sengoku said as a last warning. "Do also keep in mind that you are obligated to help out the Marines if they need it. After all that's the one requirement to becoming a Warlorld."
"Sure thing." Eren replied happily, knowing that he would only help out if he felt like it. Sooner or later they would become true criminals anyways. So if the Marines wanted him to do something that went against his interest, he might as well make it sooner.
"Also, if you need to contact us, you can just do it through this Transponder Snail. We will keep it since we don't have one on our own. That won't bother you, right?" Eren asked in a faked humble tone, causing Sengoku to become angry again.
While Eren was right, it was the way he had said it that bothered him. But he still replied honestly. "Of course I don't mind. The Marines aren't that poor yet after all. I will make sure to tell Kizaru as well."
"Okay, thanks and see ya." Eren said before cutting the connection.
On the other side of the line, Sengoku was about to smash his table, but held back remembering that they had already lost a transponder snail.
"He is a bit like Garp." Sengoku said to himself. "While he makes my blood boil in desperation, he doesn't feel like a pirate. More like some mischievous child. I truly hope that allowing him to become a Warlord was the right decision."
While he spoke, Sengoku suddenly remembered that Enel was supposed to be the captain of the crew. During the whole conversation Eren had felt like the leader of the crew. "Ughh, even more troublesome. A combination of Brain and brawns. A bit like myself and Garp, if he were stronger than me. Truly a fewrful combination."
But there's nothing he could do about it. Instead he dialed another number.
"Katcha."
"Hello, Morgans? This is Sengoku, I've got some Big News for you."
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Back on the Arc Maxim, Eren and Enel had entered the interior of the ship, finally visiting the hurt Wyper as well as the newest addition of their crew.
When they entered, Ava was simply sitting on a chair that stood next to a bed that held what seemed like a mummified Pharao. In reality it was Wyper, who had just suffered too many wounds and was completely bandaged.
"How long will Wyper need until he can function again? He doesn't need to fight, just the ability to walk and eat on his own." Eren didn't want to set off before he was almost fully healed, in case they needed some medicine or anything else they could only get inside of a city.
"Well, if he were a normal guy, then I would probably say forever. Those wounds should have long killed him. I don't even know how he's pulling through right now." She answered with a judging look at Eren and Enel.
While those two had come out unharmed, the guy on the bed had almost died.
"So how long?" Eren asked once again.
Ava rolled her eyes before answering nonetheless. "From the vitality he has shown until now, at least a week, and probably another week until he can fight again." If she was to decide, they would wait until he was fully healed.
While he might be able to move around like normal in a week, his wounds wouldn't be fully healed and might just flare up again even more intensely. But who was she to make that decision? The only thing she could do was give her opinion.
Eren thought for a while, before deciding that a week wasn't too bad actually. They would need two weeks to have their status as warlords be made public anyways, so docking here for some time wouldn't hurt.
"Now that that's out of the way, lets tell each other a bit about ourselves. After all we will spend the next years together, here on this small boat." Eren grinned. He didn't know why Ava had peaked his interest, but for some reason she did. And he wanted to find out why.
To gain her trust and ensure that she spoke the truth, he first told her about his and Enel's backgrounds. The fact that they stemmed from a flying island and descended to seek adventure.
He also told her about Enel's goals, which were honestly pretty obvious. He wanted to be seen as a God by the people of this world. Feared for his strength and influence, ultimately becoming the strongest force in the entire world.
Eren himself kept his true goals a secret. While his brother's goal just seemed like things every random pirate would say, his sounded like they came from someone suffering from schizophrenia.
He could already imagine how she would look at him if he told her that he wanted to kill the entity who secretely directed the entire world's happenings from behind the scenes. Aside from that he also needed to stop the worlds protagonist from becoming the strongest in the world?
Sure thing, doesn't even sound like you totally just made those two people up.
"My only dream is to help Enel to fulfill his goals." Is what Eren said instead.
"So, who are you, and what are your dreams?" Eren finally asked Ava after giving a monologue for almost half an hour. She already seemed slightly bored.
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