A New Path - Chapter 196

“New World, my ass! This is crazy!” Sanji stood stunned as most would after witnessing the destruction of an entire island by the simple swing of a hand. How could someone so casually destroy an island he didn’t understand. Sanji and the straw hats that were awake couldn’t even comprehend how someone like this could exist.

“Sorry I didn’t tell you guys about this. I didn’t want you to treat me differently because of who my grandpa is. I hope you can forgive me, Luffy!” Robin had no desire to leave this crew and return to Gotei with Amell. But, she also couldn’t control Luffy or make decisions for him, if he wanted her out she would have no choice but to leave.

“No worries, it’s already forgotten!” Luffy had stars in his eyes from witnessing this display of incredible power. Robin leaving his crew was completely out of the question now. And, Zoro and Sanji might have forced him to accept her if he denied her, mostly out of fear that Amell would kill them for denying his granddaughter.

“What happens now?” Zoro asked seriously. The question everyone should be asking but were too shocked or afraid to ask was the only one he could think about. What happens now? They invaded an important government base, then stood with an emperor as he destroyed it all.

“Nothing will change for you, kids. Enies Lobby was within my sights, you all just forced me to speed up its destruction some. Robin belongs to your crew so there is no way to stop Sengoku and his Marines from putting more focus on you now.”

“Then how can you say nothing will change for us?! What if, because of you, they send an Admiral after us?” Chopper asked, trying to sound as scary and manly as possible. For someone so cowardly, Zoro secretly applauded Chopper’s bravery of talking like that to an emperor.

“Then, good luck to you, brats!” Amell laughed but received a punch to his arm by Robin herself. “Don’t be mean, grandpa!” She didn’t approve of scaring the cute little reindeer.

“Haha, sorry, sorry!” Amell stopped laughed and bowed down next to Chopper with a smile. “Little Chopper. If they dispatch an Admiral after you, I’ll send one of my commanders to come and rescue you.” He patted Chopper on the head, and the reindeer didn’t dare to wave his hand away. “How does that sound?”

“G-Good, I guess!” Chopper said and tried to hide the red-tinted colour on his cheeks.

“Then that solves that! But, your bounties will increase after this, no doubt. So, you should prepare for lots of powerful people coming to claim those heads of yours.” Amell looked specifically at the monster trio in the crew when he said that.

“Let them come, I say. I need training!” Zoro placed his hand on his swords with a determined look.

“Moss head is right, let them come!” Sanji lit another cig.

“Stop it, you two! We already have enough people that want to kill us! We don’t need more!” Chopper felt like chewing those two muscle brains right up.

“What do you say, Straw hat Luffy?” Amell turned to the rookie captain. “Do you know what needs to be done?”

“I just have to beat them all, right?” He said with a smile that perfectly showed how innocent he is at heart. Luffy was an even purer soul then Aang was, and that put a genuine smile on Amell’s face.

“That’s right! You better do just that! I entrust Robin’s safety on you. Can I trust you to keep her out of harm?”

“Sure, no problem, old man!” Luffy said as casually as he would to his grandpa Garp. Another display of how pure, or stupid Luffy was. Amell’s position and power didn’t change how Luffy would feel about him, or how he would talk to him. Maybe that was a sign of how just like Garp he was also as careless about authority.

“Boss!” Lubbock’s annoyingly arrogant voice rang out as twins came floating down from above them on a small flying ice block. “The shipwrights and the rest of Water 7 rebels are safe back on their own island.” He leapt down on their piece of land right beside Robin.

“Good job, you two. I believe you three met with Lubbock before?” Amell looked at the monster trio. They nodded and finally they understood why that weird green-haired teenager knew about them and their plan.

“I see you kids made it out safe! Good for you!” Lubbock always carried arrogance and always made it easy to see on him that he placed his own worth high above most other people, including some of his fellow commanders.

“Stop calling us kids! Aren’t you younger than us?” Sanji was immensely annoyed with Lubbock’s attitude, and after getting familiar with Amell, this commanders title didn’t intimidate him as much as it would if he knew about his position when they met on the train.

“What did you say, you little shit?!” Lubbock was about to charge over and kill Sanji when his body was mysteriously encased in ice. “Stop freaking out, Idiot!” Toshiro sat on his iceblock with a bored expression.

“Let me go, Toshi! I’m gonna kill him!” Lubbock glared up at his brother and Sanji took a hesitant step backwards, a little afraid that he would go through with it.

“That voice?” Luffy placed a hand on his chin and started thinking. “You! Toshi-guy! You are the voice on that little device back on our ship?” Luffy’s question was completely innocent in intent, but Robin’s eyes dilated slightly in fright. “Luffy, apologize!” She said quietly. Too late! A heavy killing intent assaulted the area and Ussop and Chopper fell down as it made them lose the strength to stand.

The ice around Lubbock broke apart like glass, “Idiot! You can kill them now!” Toshiro’s voice was ice-cold. His voice could freeze the air itself.

“No one is killing anyone here,” Amell said casually, but both Lubbock and Toshiro went from angry to calm as soon as he said it.

“That’s Toshiro and Lubbock. Two of my commanders. To clear the air around here, they look young, but they are three times older than any of you. So, a little respect for your seniors will go a long way.” Amell didn’t wanna waste time with this pointless banter.

“Now, someone, grab Nami. I will take you back to Water 7 where you can organize yourself again.” Amell waited for Sanji to pick Nami up in a princess carry. He then waved his hand for some extra dramatic effects and they all started floating.

“WOW! WE’RE FLYING!! LUFFY, WE’RE FLYING!” Usopp screamed, currently between super excited and extremely terrified.

“Hold on to Nami, Sanji!” Amell said and immediately the group disappeared like a comet towards Water 7.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” Usopp’s terrified scream faded farther and farther into the distance as Enies Lobby was left behind in seconds.