Chapter 77: Brother!
Currently in the West Blue.
" Oh man, I'm glad we're back on post. Egghead Island is too flashy even for me." Brago complained.
" Ohhh, feeling drained?" Borsalino asked.
" More than drained. I'm actually exhausted. How are you still upright?" Brago wondered.
CAAAAW!
" Huh?" Brago looked up from his seat on the deck of the ship to see a news pelican flying over. Brago reached up and grabbed the newspaper as it fell towards him and opened it up. " Let's see what we got going on in the world today... Markus?!"
" Hm? Something interesting?" Borsalino asked.
Brago's body folded over onto the floor almost lifelessly.
Borsalino walked over and grabbed the newspaper.
" Hmmm! How surprising, Sakazuki and Markus."
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Two weeks earlier.
After announcing their goals, the Marine's led by Captain Monkey D. Markus went on a parade around the seas capturing and taking down pirates left and right. Their days consisted of fighting, their evenings consisted of training, and their nights with rest.
In just two months' time, the crew had managed to capture and arrest a total of ten different pirate crews.
" Hey captain, are you busy?" One of Markus' men asked.
" Not at all, come on in Stel." Markus spoke as he looked up from his desk.
Private Stel walked into Markus' cabin carrying a Den-Den Mushi. Markus dropped his pen and reached out his hand to take the Den-Den Mushi from his comrade. Placing the Den-Den Mushi on his desk, Markus lifted the transponder from the snail and placed it up towards his mouth.
" Hello?" Markus spoke into the transponder snail.
" Hello, Captain Markus, this is Rear Admiral Kadar."
" What can I do for you, Kadar?" Markus asked.
" I'll be frank. I am requesting assistance from Secon Island. We've were attacked recently by the big mom pirates. We managed to repel them, but we've suffered heavy damages. We need immediate assistance." Kadar told the man. Markus could hear from the sound of Kadar's voice that he was struggling to talk.
" My crew and I will be there in a few days. Hold on until then." Markus told the man. He quickly hung up the transponder snail and exited his cabin with a purpose. Standing on the front deck he shouted. " Listen up, men! Change course to Secon Island! We have Marines under attack! Now, our enemies are the big mom pirates. I don't think I need to explain to you how dangerous this matter is, so let's sail immediately!"
" Yes, Sir!"
The Marines aboard Markus' ship immediately got to work changing course towards Secon Island, the island known for its hot springs.
Markus oversaw his men as the journey in the new world's sea continued, however, as he stood firmly on the mast of the ship, Hakoda approached him.
" Excuse me, sir."
" Yes, Hakoda?"
" Are we prepared to go into battle with the big mom pirates?" Hakoda asked the man.
There was a tense feeling growing in Markus' stomach. Even he wasn't so bull-headed to think that he could take on Big Mom herself. She was a pirate heralded as one of the strongest pirates on the sea, her destructive nature is said to be the cause of a village of giants being destroyed when she was only eight years old. A true powerhouse.
" Against Big Mom herself, I doubt it. But she hardly ever goes into battle herself these days." Markus told the man. " The sheer fact Rear Admiral Kadar was able to repel her forces means, she wasn't there. If she had been, they'd all be dead right now, wouldn't you agree, Hakoda?"
Hakoda sighed. The thought of facing down Big Mom was a dreaded one indeed. " Yes." He replied.
" It's more likely, one of her children are going to be there. And they are monsters themselves." Markus spoke.
" Yes. Many powerful individuals have come up as Big Mom's Progeny. First is Charlotte Perospero, the first son of Big mom with a bounty of four hundred million. Next is his younger brother, Charlotte Katakuri, the second son of Big Mom with a bounty of five hundred million. After them are many other strong figures within big mom's crew, including the likes of Charlotte Oven, Charlotte Daifuku, and Charlotte Cracker. Truthfully, they have pretty high bounties for their young ages."
Markus laughed a little and shook his head. " Forget about the numbers, Hakoda. Trust me, bounties mean very little when it comes to these seas." Markus told the man. " But still, they all sound pretty damn tough. Guess we're just gonna have to wait and see who we're dealing with."
" Right."
Hakoda quickly marched away, leaving Markus to ponder his own thoughts for the moment. What were they walking into? Was this going to be another Terris situation? It didn't matter. The only thing that mattered was that there were comrades who needed their help. That meant that they were going regardless of the situation at hand.
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Elsewhere in the New World, near Totto land, territory of Big Mom.
" I'm sorry, mama. I didn't know so many of their forces would be there." One of Big Mom's children told the woman. The man was relatively young with bright blue and pink hair swirled up like an ice cream cone.
" Mama-Mama! Moscato, you should have known better than to go by yourself young man." Big Mom spoke.
" Sorry, Mama!"
" Do not apologize. Everyone makes mistakes." Big Mom spoke. Her large frame loomed over Moscato, casting a giant shadow. " Now, it's time you make up for your mistake. Go back!" Big mom demanded.
" Yes, Mama!"
" And this time, take your older brothers. Katakuri! Oven!" Big Mom called out two names and suddenly two very large and imposing young men appeared before her.
" Yes, Mama?!" The two men both stood before big mom, their very presence filled the room with an ominous aura.
" Be dears, and help your brother correct his mistake, will ya?"
" Yes, Mama!"
Big Mom laughed her jolly laugh and glared down at Moscato. " And this time, young man, no mess ups. Got it?"
" Yes mama!" Moscato bowed his head to his two older brothers and his mother before quickly departing from her room.
Charlotte Katakuri and Charlotte Oven both followed after their younger brother, quietly, as their mother laughed with glee. The feeling of being able to send out two of her sons to take whatever she wanted filled her with such pride and joy. Yes, they were truly her ultimate soldiers.
Her Jolly laughter continued even as the two brothers marched from her castle. The sheer sight of the two men as they exited from her chateau drove awe and fear through the minds of the people living in the area.
" Katakuri and oven are both being sent out?! What are they going to destroy a nation?"
" Don't stare at them, you idiot."
" Keep your voice down. Katakuri can hear you."
Katakuri, the second oldest sibling, the perfect big brother, big mom's strongest. His ears picked up the noise around him, but he chose to ignore it. It did not matter what they said. As long as he could help his little brother get the job done, that is all that mattered.
" Moscato."
" Yes, Brother?"
" Focus on the mission. Do not let Mama down." Katakuri told the man.
" Ah- Yes Brother." Moscato replied.
The three brothers boarded one of the many Big Mom pirate ships and set out from Totto Land, their destination being Secon Island.
Doom!
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