The ones who see the future

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I don't own One Piece. If I did, I would have a bird on my shoulder at all times. Maybe not a pigeon though... that's a bit weird.

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Well.

This was a strange feeling.

"It is only natural." Mello hummed, curling his blade around your neck. "This is one of the few times we have been able to wander around without a fear of potential electrocution."

True... true...

But even so, it was like the place hadn't changed a bit. At least not from after Spandam's redesign, a ridiculous waste of money that involved replacing nearly every single supporting column and replacing them all with ornately carved elephants. Yes you wished you were joking about that too.

Still, it seemed like he'd kept it pretty much the same since then. The corridors still twisted the way they used to. There were still a lot of unnecessary dead ends and balconies leading to nowhere.

More importantly, none of the secret tunnels had been replaced.

Some may have found it odd that such a secure facility such as Enies Lobby had hidden passageways interviewed throughout the entire building. Many newcomers did. Apparently it had been the chief before Spandine's decision. Something Mad... You could never remember his name. His idea of good training had been popping up out of nowhere and ambushing prospective agents. 'Constant Vigilance' or whatever.

You just enjoyed having so many places to hide.

It also meant that you could go pretty much wherever you wanted, no matter which floor of the tower you were on. So, where would you go?

'It'd be great if we had some way of tracking down Luffy...' You hummed, leaning your back against a wall to easily flip around to the other side.

"That would be impossible."

'Mmm... We could go and help out the others?'

"A possible plan. However that still leaves a slight worry about Robin."

Yeah that was true. You really weren't kidding about how hard it was to get to the Bridge of Hesitation. Not to mention that even if someone managed to stumble across it, it was near impossible to make your way past their defences fully intact. Anyone who didn't end up losing a limb was a miracle worker.

You could go and shut down the defences...

"That seems beneficial. And knowing our Captain's blind luck, we may even find him on the way."

You snorted and continued down the corridor. 'It would be typical Luffy.'

"Absolutely."

By the time you reached a the familiar route to the tunnel (after having slid down not one but two specialised pit fall traps) you couldn't help but wrinkle your nose.

'I take it Spandam's forgotten to clean this place...'

"I don't believe he ever has!" Stretching out, Mello swatted away a swarm of bats shrieking around your head. "Really? The illustrious Tower of Justice. Overrun by bats of all things. It is simply abhorrent!"

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeew! This stuffy's icky!"

"Nie nieeeee!"

You slowly lowered your hand away from Mello. That sounded strangely familiar. And not in a CP9 way. They didn't feel dangerous at least.

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