16: Chapter 16 Stealing Akainu's JobWindmill Village returned to peace, and so did Wang Luffy's situation.After completing 100 laps, the excitement of success caused Wang Luffy to deactivate his Devil Fruit's power conversion.The moment his body disconnected from the electricity, an overwhelming sense of fatigue and soreness washed over him, and Wang Luffy immediately fell into a deep sleep.
Seeing Wang Luffy like this, Kizaru filled a large bucket with the medicine he had prepared beforehand and put Wang Luffy inside, so that Wang Luffy could temper his body while sleeping.
After doing all that, Kizaru saw that Luffy was fast asleep, but felt it wasn't safe to leave it there, so he moved the barrel to the golden cave that Luffy had previously melted.Then he put up a sign that said "Bear is here" and flew off to the New World.
The night passed quickly.Wang Lufei awoke from the barrel filled with medicinal liquid, feeling a significant increase in his strength, and couldn't help but smile.
Then Wang Lufei jumped out of the medicine barrel, walked out of the cave, felt the sunshine, and consciously started his morning run again.
During his morning run, Wang Lufei clearly felt that his pace was much easier than yesterday.Without using his Devil Fruit powers, the number of laps he ran increased from 55 laps last night to 70 laps.
After running 70 laps, Luffy didn't use his Devil Fruit power to continue running, but instead rested for a while.During the rest, he felt extremely hungry, so, unable to find Kizaru, he flew towards the God's Palace on Skypiea, intending to find Gan Fall to have some breakfast.
Meanwhile, after flying for half a day, Kizaru arrived at the entrance to the New World, but after searching around, he couldn't find Inazuma.Looking at the bustling city below, Kizaru muttered to himself, "This is really troublesome.Dragon only said he would pick him up at the entrance to the New World, but didn't say how to contact him.How am I supposed to find him?Besides, my clothes are too conspicuous; I can't possibly go down."
After receiving Dragon's orders, Lightning did arrive at the entrance to the New World before Kizaru, but due to his haste, he didn't ask who the monkey was.So he used his Devil Fruit ability to hide himself underground, waiting for the monkey to contact him.
Kizaru stayed in the sky for a while, but felt that this couldn't go on, so he returned to Marine Headquarters to prepare for a mission in the New World, which would give him a reason to go deeper into the world to find someone.
As for why he didn't call Dragon to tell him that he was going to pick him up in the New World, it can only be said that there aren't many anti-eavesdropping Den Den Mushi.Only high-ranking officers have them.As an ordinary officer, Lightning doesn't have one, so Dragon didn't dare to expose Kizaru's identity and actions through the Den Den Mushi.
Furthermore, even if they received Lightning without a legitimate reason, the World Government would still be suspicious.The only way to be absolutely sure of success is to return to Marine Headquarters, accept the mission, bring Lightning back as a prisoner, and then secretly switch him with someone else on Skypiea.
When Kizaru returned to Marine Headquarters, it was already 2:30 a.m., so he took a short nap and waited for dawn.
After daybreak, Kizaru glanced at Enel's training session and headed to the Fleet Admiral's office.He pushed open the door, found a seat, and said to Sengoku with a lewd grin, "Fleet Admiral, are there any missions related to the New World?I need to go there and bring back some people—mining personnel from Skypiea.But without a legitimate reason, it'll be difficult to escape CP's eyes and ears, so please assign me a mission."
After listening to Kizaru's words, Sengoku frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Missions in the New World are usually handled by Akainu.Suddenly assigning a mission to you without any urgent matters might displease Akainu.Kizaru, are you sure you need this mission?"
Kizaru replied confidently, "Yes, Fleet Admiral.Without a mission, it's difficult for me to bring the personnel back.Even if I offend Akainu, it's not a big deal.After all, we were roommates in the same class.If I want to earn more money, he should give me this mission."
Sengoku said, "Alright.I don't care who you use to do the mining.But you must ensure their absolute reliability.The consequences of a secret being leaked are very serious.I will give the order to Akainu.You will take over."
Soon, the order was transmitted to Akainu, who was inspecting the loading of supplies, via Den Den Mushi.
Upon receiving the order, Akainu frowned and said angrily, "I had already loaded the ship and was ready to depart, and now they've suddenly changed personnel.Is the Fleet Admiral dissatisfied with my work?And it's that bastard Kizaru again!What is the Fleet Admiral thinking?"
Kizaru quickly arrived at the ship.Seeing the enraged Akainu, he didn't pay him any attention, simply reaching out to hook his arm around Akainu's shoulder and saying:
"That's really scary, Akainu.Actually, I got this mission directly from Fleet Admiral Sengoku.There was a bit of trouble at home, and I needed some money to tide me over, so I wanted the Fleet Admiral to give me a raise.But the Fleet Admiral said he'd pay whatever he did.So I had no choice but to ask you for the New World patrol job.We've been classmates for so many years, and you won't even give me a penny?You can't be that stingy, can you?You can't be, can you?"
Akainu's forehead veins bulged as he listened to Kizaru's words.He slapped Kizaru's hand away and said, "This mission is yours.Don't come again next time.Patrolling the New World is no joke.Your nonchalant attitude will only make those pirates continue to look down on our Navy."
After finishing his sentence, Akainu turned and went back to his office.Kizaru smiled and instructed the soldiers beside him to continue loading the ship, while he took the opportunity to call Luffy.
After the call connected, the sound of Wang Lufei wolfing down his food came from the other end: "Smacking, crunching, slurping.Hello, who is this?"
Kizaru said, "Little Luffy, it's your Uncle Kizaru.What are you doing?"
Wang Lufei said, "I'm in Gan Fu.""I'm eating here.Uncle, why aren't you back yet?I'm waiting for your Devil Fruit training!"
Kizaru replied, "Kid, the training for Devil Fruits is a very complex subject, and you can't grasp it.Those are all virtual; physical training is what you should be doing."
Upon hearing this, Wang Lufei forgot to continue eating and said, "I can't handle it?Uncle Yuan, what happened?This doesn't sound like something you'd say."
Kizaru replied, "That's what that old bastard Zephyr told me when he taught me.I just blurted it out, don't mind it.Now, I have some things to do.I'll be back in a week.While you're watching over Golden City, make sure you do your physical training.The specific training exercises are at the very back of the cave; I just left them there.You should be able to find them.Do them well.I'll check when I get back.Also, I've left the medicinal ingredients in the cave.Soak them after you finish your training, understand?"
Wang Lufei said he understood, then hung up the phone and continued eating.
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