83. Germa’s Prey
On the Flevance merchant ship, the passengers were Initially feeling reserved on what the Marine Warship wanted to do, However, after they saw the Marines flying away and chasing those Germa soldiers, they were shocked but soon turned into joy as the Marine seemingly decided to deal with those Germa!
As for the last Marine who they heard was screaming, they chose to ignore it and proceed toward the ship railing and see how the Marines deal with their enemy.
Seeing the passengers seems save and sound, Kimimaro landed gently on the ship deck and cleared his throat trying to get some attention.
"Cough* cough*, Excuse me..."
Much to Kimimaro dismay, most passengers were immersed with the battle ongoing on top of the Germa ship while occasionally exclaimed here and there.
"Cough* Cough*! Excuse me!" Raising his voice Kimimaro felt exasperated seeing no reaction! and just as he was about to pull someone from the spectators, he felt somone tugged his haori from behind first!
Sensing no malice from the gesture, Kimimaro looked back only to see a boy around 3 years old tugging his haori.
the boy was wearing a fur hat, he has faint shadows right under his eyes. His attire were quite intriguing as he wore the uniform for the medical academy, a white shirt covered with blue lab coat with a red tie.
Squatting in front of the boy Kimimaro squinted his eyes and smiled, "Hi...Who are you?"
However, instead of answering, the boy asked, "Uncle? Do you have sore throat? I have a candy medicine here with me..."
Before he saw Kimimaro twitching his mouth hearing some brat calling him uncle, The boy rummaging his pocket and picked out a wrapped candy and gave it to the strange uncle.
While twitching his mouth, Kimimaro forced to says thanks. "Thanks....."
Uncle? Sore throat? This Brat!!! Thought Kimimaro.
"No worries uncle!" The boy witnessing Kimimaro took his well gesture grinned showing one of his missing teeth.
"LAW!!!"
Suddenly a man loud voice came from the spectators, when he wanted to check on his son for a moment, he was really shocked seeing an unfamiliar man squating with his son at the center of the deck.
With hurried footsteps, the man fetched his child and carried him, he looks warrily towards the squatting Kimimaro who have a helpless smile.
The man squinted his eyes as he took another step back after Kimimaro stood up, his towering height giving the man some sort of pressure.
Kimimaro looked at the man for a while, he wore a white doctor coat, eyeglasses with short black hair, there was also untrimmed stuble on his chin.
"Who are you?! What do you want from my son?" Asked the man after Kimimaro kept his smile seemingly harmless.
The passengers finally noticed the commotion, after they saw Kimimaro who stood in the middle of the deck facing the man, their action were similar, showing vigilants!
Kimimaro sighed as he too noticed the people's reaction, "Excuse me, I'm Vice Admiral Kimimaro from Marine HQ. We are just passing by here..." Explained him gently.
"VICE ADMIRAL?!"
"Oh my god! Whats Vice Admiral doing here? could it be our reports on 50th branch had been heard?"
Some shout and exclaim immediately echoing on the deck when they saw a legendary Marine high ranking officer showed on their ship!
It couldn't be helped, as they usually only meet with Captain rank of Marine Branch, Let alone Vice Admiral, They haven't met with Rear Admiral yet!
Vice Admiral rank was too far from their wildest imagination as their rank was only under the highest ranked officer in Marine, which Fleet Admiral and Admiral!
Among the shout, Kimimaro picked some interesting news, it seems that the people has no favorable impression toward 50th branch in North Blue.
Stopping the clamor, Kimimaro raised his hand, he asked, "Who's in charge?"
He looked at the doctor in front of him, however, the latter shook his head and looked toward another direction.
Following his gaze, Kimimaro found a middle aged man nervously approaching Kimimaro, He stood on half Kimimaro's height, his prominence beard almost covered his face while he wore a black suit with captain white hat.
"Are you the captain?" Asked Kimimaro gently.
The man nodded while still feeling nervous, "I am sir, what can i do for you?"
Soon Kimimaro asked about their situations, for a while the middle aged man tried to explained it clearly and concisely.
It turns out, they were one of the convoy of 5 merchant ships, buying medical ingredients and supplies from the neighboring kingdom.
Who would have thought that Germa 66 navy intercepting them on the way back toward Flevance? They lost 4 ships already after Germa soldiers sunk them.
Thankfully, the ship captain was someone with experience dealing with those incident, so he went forward and fled from them.
While they almost lost all hope, Kimimaro's Warship appear and rescued them from the evil Germa soldiers!
"Is that so? hmm...." Kimimaro pinched his chin seemingly in thought.
The passengers were more or less relieved knowing Kimimaro came from Marine HQ and not from those despicable 50th branch.
The boy's father was also putting his son down after he knew about the identity of the tall man in front of him.
The boy himself has gleaming eyes seeing how tall Kimimaro was.
"...Also, what about those from 50th Marine Branch? Could anyone tell me about them?" Kimimaro raised his head once more.
"Vice Admiral! You must help us!"
"Yeah Sir! Those bunch of Marine from 50th Branch are animal!"
"Shut up! Let me explain!"
Seeing the excited civilians smeared the 50th branch name, Kimimaro shook his head. He helplessly raised his hand once more to stop the commotions.
Soon the people calm down, Kimimaro turned his head toward the doctor and asked, "Care explaining to me sir...?"
Pointing at himself, the doctor was dumbfounded, however he cleared his throat soon and began to explain.
From his mouth, Kimimaro learn about the duo father and son names who were Trafalgar Smith and Trafalgar Law.
Soon he also learnt that the bunch of Marines with Captain Mukade Choro as their commander was such an ingrate! Rather than protecting the civilians from Germa 66, they were being used as a dog of the evil army of Germa!
Opressing the people, extorting, even kidnapping the people within their jurisdiction was common occurance, The people from the surrounding islands were helpless and tried to report such action towards HQ, alas, it seems their pleas were gone to deaf ears as 50th branch rampant behavior were still left unchecked and seemingly won't stop.
After Dr.Smith finished his story, the passengers turned silent as if those criminal had once left scars on them.
Kimimaro nodded, his aura changed subtly as he felt anger raising inside him, soon he called, "Enel! Did you hear that?"
Enel electromagnetic voice immediately coming in Kimimaro's ears, "Assholes, let me go brother, i'll arrest them all!"
Kimimaro didn't think too much as he confirmed it. "...Go ahead, just don't kill them! Also bring Rome with you, that kid has good sense..."
"Yahhahaa!"
After Enel left the battlefied along with Rome, Kimimaro then talked with the passengers mainly about their needs and problems, and thanks to Kimimaro humble and polite behavior, they soon felt quite relaxed.
Meanwhile,
"Si...sir Enel! where do we go now?" Rome who was almost getting killed in the battlefield had been suddenly carried like a sack of potato under Enel's arm.
"Yahahhaa, we're going to teach!" Enel answered with a smirk.
Hearing his sinister tone, Rome who was quite familiar with Enel could only shut his mouth lest he iritate his superior even more.