Chapter 38: Life on the line

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At long last, I got the answers of the poem with a little help from Bepo and a newspaper. The poem was all about the Marineford incident.

Flapping and screeching sounds echoed in the dark caves

Bepo said that this part referred to a Shichibukai named Moria who lived in a place where he said was deemed to have a lot of bats.

As sweet honey with dead bee larvae dripped from the ceiling

Since Bepo mentioned the Shichibukai, this one referred to Kuma. Yeah, he looked like a bear and bears are actually after bee larvae and not the honey.

A parade of red roses joined the incoming waves

This one was about the Pirate Empress who I dunno but she uses a Devil Fruit that turns dudes into stone when they fall in love with her. Red roses are associated with love.

As a creature of scales gave me an uneasy feeling

This person referred here is one of the guys we saved. According from Bepo, Jinbei was a Shichibukai.

A pair of glinting eyes stared, brown feathers dancing in the air

This part is about the ‘Greatest Swordsman in the World’ known as Dracule Mihawk. There was an article about him there and he looked freaking cool. Erm okay moving on…

As a red ball suddenly bounced from somewhere

So well, Mitsuki helped me and she firmly said this was Clown star Buggy.

The flames and boomerang died out together

The flames symbolized the Flare Flare Fruit user, ‘Fire Fist’ Ace. The boomerang was like Whitebeard’s mustache.

As something pink with blood had been recovered

This one referred to Uncle Doflamingo. I hadn’t had a clue he was a Shichibukai and I don’t know what he did there. Maybe this was the reason he got called and left.

Thinking about that, I pulled a Transponder Snail and dialed Uncle’s number.

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Why wasn’t he picking it up?

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Don’t tell me something bad happened to him?

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Pick it up old man!

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