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[hide]Chapter 581: "The Future is Creeping Up"
Sabaody Archipelago
Announcer: Breaking News!
Civilians: The Battle of the Highest has ended!!! The Marines are victorious!! The legendary pirate Whitebeard has been defeated!!
Announcer: Reports from Marine HQ to the Marine branches of the world… At the bay of Marineford,
Drake's men are listening to the news on the den-den mushi.
Crew: Captain Drake!
Drake: .....
Narrator:
Seven ships are seen lined up at the bay of Marineford.
There was no way the rookies who will carry on the new pirate era would miss the chance to see this turning point of history. They stare at the dust settling on the battlefield of Marineford, The "Proof of Order" of the Pirate Age.
Crew: It's finally decided....
Drake: The Marines... will have to change as well...!!
Narrator: They could feel the starting ripple of the murderous era with their skin
Capone: It's gonna happen quick... Whitebeard's turf are going to be turned into seas of blood!!
Urouge-san: The key is Blackbeard. There's no doubt he'll become the center of this hurricane!!
Apoo: He's a man who will become his enemy eventually!! Do you really think he would save him?
Crew: What are you talking about, Apoo?
Apoo: I'm talking about Trafalgar Law!! He's a man infamous for his cruelty!!
Bonny: It's all his fault....!! I'm going to find him out!! Let's go to the New World!!!
(again, gender ambiguous him/her his/her)
Hawkins: This is odd....
Crew: What's wrong, Captain Hawkins?
Hawkins: No matter how many times I try... the "possibility of survival" for "Strawhat Luffy" never becomes zero....!!
Kidd's Crew: To be honest, the start of this war frightened me... but the great pirate Whitebeard is dead, and the war is finally over right?
Kidd: Hahaha!! What's finally over again? one hellva faction, "Blackbeard" was born from this war!
The new world is ruled by the Four Emperors Redhair, Kaidou, and Big Mom... now that the balance is tipped, who knows what's going to happen!!
The new era no one has ever seen is starting now!!
The scene changes to people of the world
Narrator
East Blue, West Blue, South Blue, North Blue, and the Grand Line....
Just as the history is told, the further the information travels, details are lost, and the "Victory of the Marines" are the two words carried over the breeze of the ocean. The entire world is excited over this incident.
Pirate: Whitebeard said it!! The One Piece really does exist!! I'm going to find it!! The sea is still full of dreams no one has seen yet!!!
Civilian: Extra!! Extra edition!!!
Civilian: Whitebeard is dead!! Marines have won, YEAH!!!
Marine: The Marine is invincible!! Praise to the heroes of war!! UOOOOO!!!
Marine: I'll one day become a great marine... great enough to be summoned to HQ...!!!
Narrator: But people don't realize...
Civilian: Uwaaaaa!! Don't you dare come any close!! Do not enter the town!!! This.. .This island is....
The civlians on this island look like Native Americans. The entrance of the city has a pirate flag of Whitebeard.
Under the flag, you can see the words FoodValten.
Brownbeard: Ngahahahaha!! Ehhh?? What did you say? This island is... what?
Oh yeah, it's USED to be Whitebeard's turf, isn't that right? Yeah, I know!!
You saw the news didn'cha? This symbol no longer means anything!!! He's DEAD!!
With Whitebeard gone, the one taking over the world is me!!!
Civilians: Kyaaa!!!!
Brownbeard: Get a good look at me, and remember me!! The one ruling this island from this day on... is me, the great BROWNBEARD!! UOHOHOHO!!
Narrator:
The Marines victory did not only bring peace. With a deterrent known as threat of Whitebeard gone, the ocean turns to chaos
Scene changes to Hancock
The marines on Hancock's marine ship are turned into stone
Hancock is seen on Law's ship.
Hancock: How is Luffy holding up...!!
Bepo: How did you know we were coming up to the surface here?
You scared me, I thought the Marines were still chasing us
Hancock: I had Salome trace you from the bottom of the sea. Don't change the subject on me, you lowly animal!!
Bepo: I'm sorry.....
Crew: Damn he's submissive!
Law enters the room
Bepo: Captain!!
Law: I did everything I can. His life is safe for now, as far as what surgery can do.
...but he has unthinkable abmounts of damage accumilated within. I can't gurantee you that he will live just yet.
Hancock: .....!!!
Ivankov and the New Kamas appear from the Marine ship
Ivankov: Well of course!! HEEEEHAW!!
Law's crew: Who the hell are they!?
Kama: That's right!!! Strawhat did his best!!! Because of him, we were able to escape!!
Hancock: They are the prisoners of Impel Down... they seem to be allies of Luffy. They were hiding in the Marine ship I took.
Kama: And we're heading to the "Kamabakka Kingdom", a long time dream for us!! From the New Kama land to the New Kama head temple!!
Ivankov continues his speech as he boards Law's ship
Ivankov: Strawhat boy was already in no shape to be even standing when he was in Impel Down!!
I'm surprised how much ruckus he was able to cause here!!
Kama: Yeah!! He did his best!! We know!!
Ivankov: It was all to save his brother Ace!! And yet his brother died right in front of his eyes to protect him....
Flashback of Luffy's lines (If I give up here, I'll regret it forever!)
Ivankov: Is there no God or Buddha...? It's no wonder a mind or two would collapse!!
Kama: Damnit!! Hang in there Strawhat!!! Hang in there!!!
Hancock: What a tragedy.... I wish I could switch places with him... poor Luffy...
Crew: (Damn I'm envious... he has the affection of the Pirate Empress!!)
Ivankov: By the way, are you friends with the Strawhat Boy?
Law: No, I have no obligation to save him. You want me to give a reason if you're uncomfortable with that?
Ivankov: Nah nah!! Sometimes your body acts by instinct!
Crew: Hey wait up!!
Ivankov: Jinbei...!!
Jinbei: pant Thank you... Trafalgar Law from the North Blue, are you not? You save our lives...!!
Law: Take a nap, or you'll die
Jinbei: I can't.. my heart is unrest... I have lost so much in this incident as well...!!
That's why... I can't even begin to imagine what's going on in Luffy's mind... Him collapsing right there was probably the last strain of self defense. Even if his body lives, I'm worried the most when he wakes up...
Hancock: Hey you beast!! Do you have a den-den mushi?
Bepo: Uh...!! Yes, yes I do I'm sorry
Crew: Wow I'm envious, the empress is treating you like a servant
Hancock: If I call up the Kuja pirate ship, we can cross over the Calm Belt along with this submarine!!
If Luffy's survival is revealed to the government, they'll surly come after him. We will shelter him on the Kuja island. If my Warlord status is still in effect, I can nurture him in safety.
Marine HQ
Branew: Fleet Admiral Sengoku!! There you are!! We have reports on Impel Down!!
Sengoku: Is Magellan alright?
Branew: He's beaten badly, and is on his last breath. Currently he is in ICU by the medical staff
He is a.. very honest man. He's been talking about being responsible for what happened. They fear if he could move, he would take his own life....
Sengoku: Don't let him do such a stupid thing!! What exactly happened in that prison!?
Branew: From the reports, Level 6 was especially bloody...
Sengoku: What do you mean bloody?
Impel Down flashback
Blackbeard: Greetings!! Dreamless prisoners who will surely end their miserable life behind these cells!
Zehahahaha!! If you're just gonna have to wait till you die here... how about it? Why don't you kill each other in those cells?
I'll take anyone left standing with me back to the free world!!
Prisoners: ..... are you serious!!
Sengoku: ....!! So he picked and chose the best members out of the worst prisoners of the world!!
Branew: Yes... but the prisoners he took with him were only 4. Yet, from Level 6 there are clearly more prisoners missing.
Sengoku: ...!!! So there are other escapees of Level 6!! Get the number and names of the escaped prisoners, and send the warrents out to the entire world immediately!!
A Level 6 prisoner could wreck havok to civilians all by himself if he wanders into a nation... their level of threat is unthinkable!!
.... what's wrong?
Branew: Well you see... the World Government has ordered us to conceal this incident of Level 6 prisoners escaping...!! They say any more blunder exposed to the public could ruin their trust of the government...
Sengoku: ......WHAT!? THIS IS REDICULOUS!!!
Marineford back alley
Moria: Damn you.... DoFlamingo!!!
Magnificientpinkfluffybastard: Fuffuffuffuffu!! Moria... you're too weak to be carrying the title of a Warlord.
Don't you think it'll look better for you, if you "died in the War of the Highest" rather than "Assassinated by the World Government"?
Moria: Who sent you.... is it Sengoku!?
DoFlamingo: No... even higher up!!
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The next issue of Shonen Jump will be a double issue, and is set to be released only 5 days after the issue that this chapter is in. One Piece will have a color spread in it. There will be a break the following week.
