Another Piece

Chapter 9 Koko

Walk-Around

The brothers
"Oi, Tenshi! Have you heard about our baby sister?" The boy laying on his small boat held the new bounty poster of his sister, looking through it thoroughly. 10,000 berries wasn't bad at all and he could only imagine what kind of trouble Koko had done to get this bounty.

"It makes me a bit worried... the vice admirals of the marines will be hunting her eventually" Ichiro sighs through the other end of the mushi.

"You don't think she can handle it?"

"Ah that's not necessarily it... but it's vice admiral Francis I'm mostly concerned about. He is too powerful. If not unstoppable" Admiral Francis was known as a powerful marine admiral possessing the power of the soul-soul fruit. With it he could take away the life force out of someone and ultimately decrease their lifespan. Not only that, with said ability he can also create an army out of nothing but his environment as long as he has enough souls to power up the objectives he uses as vessels. Truly a threat to be reckoned with.

"We will come up with something eventually"

"You're right... So how's it going with fighting those warlords?" Ichiro moved away from the admiral topic and wanted to get an update of his younger brother's challenges.

"Heh I've already beaten three of them" Tenshi's slightly unkempt beard made him scratch it a bit as he put away the wanted poster.

"I think they start to get the hint of why we don't like those warlord titles!"

"Just be careful or the marines might speed up their chase" The two brothers laughed through the phone as they continued their conversation.

Koko
It was the day they would arrive at Jagura island and Poppy was repeating the plans for the forgetful people of the crew, which was just me.

"I won't use my ghosts!!! Promise!!" I even unsummoned Obake to prove my point that I wouldn't blow our cover and thankfully that was the final proof needed for the doctor to stop worrying.
We docked our ship at the pier and stepped out of our boat. When taking a good look around the dock we realized how small our ship was compared to everything else docked in the pier- it varied from caravels, Brigs, full rigged ships you name it!

"At least we got a lot of options" the ships were towering over us and you could certainly feel out of place but it was something that didn't hinder my excitement. The positive atmosphere didn't end there either as we reached actual land where it seemed like the town square was having festivities!

"Huh looks like we arrived at a good time" Poppy couldn't help but be swayed by the celebration just like me as I was practically skipping while walking. I had Obake unsummoned for so long making me feel very bad that he had to miss out on the small festival but it was for the best.
With the help of Njord's initiatives, we would be able to find a shipyard.

"Well hello to you lots!" The head of the shop was friendly as he didn't hesitate to greet any customer entering his establishment. Seeing that the island wasn't supervised or controlled by the marines, it was a bit more acceptable to reveal your pirate occupation.

"Really? You sell ships to pirates?"

"A customer is a customer! As long as you got the cash of course haha!" The old timer laughed loudly even his beer belly slightly bounced with the rhythm.