Chapter 10: Freedom?
"HA.. HA.. HA.. HA.. HA.. HA...."
The sun was shining brightly in the sky and an arrogant and unrestrained laughter was heard in the clouds.
In the sky, there was a cloud quite different from its surroundings, it was flying fast carrying a few people on top of it. Michael was standing on the edge of the cloud, looking down and laughing loudly and Tesoro was looking at him like he saw him for the first time.
It has been some time since they escaped from Mary Geoise. Michael started behaving like this after he released the clouds surrounding the flying platform. He wanted to take a good look at this new world but instead the wind blew his hood away and exposed him to the intense sunlight.
Hancock and the other two girls were already used to Michael's 'sickness' and Stella saw Michael for the first time so they didn't think much but Tesoro is different. The last time he saw Michael, he thought of how cool and calm he was but now another view was presented in front of him.
"What happened to him? Why did he suddenly start laughing like a madman" He asked the girls in doubt.
"Heh...Michael suffers from vampire disease. Sunlight will make him sick" Hancock covered her mouth with her hand and chuckled. Then she quickly walked behind Michael and helped him cover his hood back on.
Michael also came back to his senses. His arrogance took advantage of his weakness again. He has been suppressed for too long and then the excitement of freedom let him lose control of himself for a moment. He turned back and saw Tesoro looking at him somewhat wrongly. He held Hancock's soft little hand and walked over.
"Tesoro, why are you looking at me like that? Have you not seen anyone as manly as me?. But even so you cannot look at me like that, what if your girlfriend misunderstood something?"
"Bastard!! What do you mean by misunderstanding?? I was known as the fashion king in my hometown." Tesoro shouted back instantly with a shocked expression.
Michael didn't pay much attention to him and looked at the girl laying beside Tesoro. She looked weak and her breathing was a little heavy but she also had an excited expression.
"You must be Stella, Hello, my name is Michael. I don't know how a poor and ugly guy like Tesoro tricked a beauty like you...hissss...." While he was talking to Stella with a smile he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his waist. He looked over and saw Hancock showing him an innocent smile. He shed silent tears in his heart but in reality he also smiled back innocently.
'I will have my revenge🥲🥲'he thought.
" Heh...Heh. Hello Michael, I am Stella. I heard a lot about you from Tesoro." Stella laughed softly at their behaviour and replied in a weak voice.
On the side Tesoro felt even more unhappy after he heard what Michael said to Stella. He was a fashionable and handsome young man and he won Stella with his charm.
"By the way, Michael, why did you suddenly want to escape? What happened? "
"A big thing happened. Don't be shocked to death after you hear it" Michael put on a nonchalant expression and told Tesoro what happened in the morning.
"WHAT!!!!! You killed a Celestial Dragon!!! Doesn't it mean that Admirals are going to come after us" Being frightened Tesoro shrieked like a little girl.
"Hey!! Hey!! Tesoro, why is a big man like you shrieking like a little girl!! Stop being a wuss. It's not a big deal. We are just some insignificant slaves, the world government may not know our name and i doubt they even have a photo of us. So we just need to lay low for some time" Michael looked at Tesoro with a disgusted expression. He had forgotten about his frightened expression at that time.
He was a little unsure of himself but he was sure that the world nobles have no information on hancock and her sisters. In the original, the world government didn't offer bounty for most of the slaves who escaped from Mary Geoise including Hancock sisters as well as Tesoro. She was offered a bounty only after she debuted as a pirate.
Tesoro calmed down after hearing Michael's explanation. Michael is right, in Mary Geoise they only have a number as their name and the Celestial Dragons had never cared about their life and death let alone who they are. He stopped thinking about it anymore, everything has already happened and he couldn't change it.
"Why is it not a big deal? Do you know what will happen if they found out about you? "
"I don't care, at worst I will let Hancock support me quietly. You will support me, right Hancock!! " Michael showed his shamelessness to the extreme. Hancock hummed softly on the side.
"Let's forget about us, how did you guys escape so fast? I thought I would not meet you in the forest and was ready to escape alone"
"I didn't do much, I was already planning for an escape in the last two years. I had everything ready except for not having any means to get away from Mary Geoise. I escaped according to the plan as soon as I saw your signal. But your signal was so sudden, I almost missed it." Tesoro was also a little afraid after remembering it. If he hadn't been paying attention to the signal every moment, he might have been left behind.
While Tesoro and Michael were talking, The girls were also having their own conversation on the side.
"Tesoro, does your plan include where you will go after you escape. You know, my plan has ended the moment we escaped from Mary Geoise, I have no idea where to go from here" Michael asked Tesoro the most important question at this moment.
"I didn't even have a way to escape, how can I have a follow up plan. But I know a little about navigation, now we should be heading in the direction of Sabaody Archipelago" Tesoro was also helpless, he never imagined that they will be able to escape this far.
"Then do you know how to go to Amazon lilly"
"You mean 'the island of women', I don't know. Not many people know how to reach there. It is located in the calm belt which is filled with sea kings, how can anyone go to that place."
"Then do you know anyone who might know that place"
"No!! "
"Tesoro, how can you be so ignorant. I thought you must know a lot since you were a businessman but now you let me down so much. Do you even know where to find a good doctor to treat Stella?" Michael mocked him with a disgusted face.
"NO!!! I was just a little businessman, how can I know something nobody knows. I am not even from this place." Tesoro roared back at Michael after being annoyed by him.
"Hey!! Why are you shouting? I know the place where the best doctor in Paradise lives. If you asked me politely, I might tell you" Michael's face didn't change but became even more arrogant.
"You really know where the best doctor in Paradise lives" Tesoro calmed down instantly. Let alone asking politely, he would do anything for it if Michael really knew the information.
"Why would I lie to you? This place is well known for having some of the best doctors in Paradise" Michael really knew such a place. The birthplace of Tony Tony Chopper, who is not even born at this moment, Drum Island.
"Michael, I am sorry for shouting at you. Please guide the ignorant me to the right island" Tesoro quickly showed a flattering expression. He doesn't mind being disgusted by Michael. Which businessman doesn't know how to stress and bend?
"Yes, that is the right expression, Tesoro, keep it up....haha..The island is called Drum island. As for how to get there, you can find it out after we land." Seeing Tesoro's expression, Michael laughed out loud.
As they were having a good time flying in the air, an island appeared in their sight and as they got closer, the full view of the island appeared in front of them. Instead of mountains and rivers the whole island was composed of huge mangrove trees and the top of the trees were covered in big bubbles. Some bubbles rose up in the air until they popped themselves leaving behind tiny glittering droplets which formed a huge rainbow above the island.
Michael was fascinated by the fairy tail scenery below him. The beauty of this world slowly unfolded in front of him after letting him suffer.
"""It's so Beautiful"""
It was not only him who was fascinated by this beautiful island. Everyone of them was taken away by its beauty.
"This is Sabaody Archipelago. Do you want to go down?" Tesoro snapped out of his dazed and asked Michael. All the girls also looked at him. He led everyone to escape from Mary Geoise, so they all regarded him as the leader of the group.
Michael thought for a moment. He knows that there must be Rayleigh and Shakky on this island and they have an unclear relationship with Amazon lily in the original. But these are just his assumptions, and this place is too close to Mary Geoise and the Navy Headquarter. If someone took a photo of them here then all their efforts up to now will be wasted. He quickly made a decision.
"Let's go, it is too risky here. We Need to go to a further place"
After giving the beautiful island a last look they continued their journey.
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And at this time the city of Mary Geoise was already in a mess. Loud alarms sounded all over the city and many CP agents started searching every nook and corner of the city.
A big accident which had not occurred in centuries happened at this moment. A Celestial Dragon was killed at Mary Geoise, which is the safe heaven for them.
Not long after, a report was placed in front of the five elders of the celestial dragon and a CP personnel was respectfully kneeling in front of them. All of them have grim faces after looking at the report.
"So you meant to tell us that a World Noble was killed in Mary Geoise and you can't even find out the identity of the person who committed the crime." One of them with a long and pointed beard said angrily.
"Report!!!Elders, we have almost figured out the identity of the murder. The murdered's name is Lions Michael, he belongs to the 'Celestial' race destroyed by us some years back.
Half a year ago Saint Carlos fed devil fruits to some slaves which included the murder but he hid the true power of his devil fruit from everyone. This morning he escaped from here with five other slaves but there is no record of the others except him." The agent quickly reported
"How can there be no information? How did they appear in Mary Geoise without their information recorded? " Another elder asked. Mary Geoise has to be the most tightly guarded place, how can such a loophole appear here.
"Elders, they belong to a group of slaves privately owned by some nobles. Their identity information must be in the hands of the nobles who own them but we found out that there is no such record. Lions Michael was found because he used to be very active at the sea before he got captured, we were able to dig out everything about him after getting his name. But the others were unknown people who were sold by slave traders, we can't even find their names"
The Elders were collectively speechless by this answer. They know that some of their compatriots were somewhat dull but this has crossed the boundary of dullness.
"Try to find out as much information as you can. Informed all the CP agents in paradise to look for Lions Michael. He must be captured alive if possible. We have to let the world know the consequences of provoking the government"
"YES Sir!!!"
The elders quickly gave a series of orders and the agent took his leave.
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