"Look! He is a dangerous element! His existence will break the stability of this world!"
The Five Elders were in silence as they quickly woke up from the final battle of the Admiral War and couldn't look away from Masa's figure before they watched this man, who had been away from the throne before he expressed his idea to them, but did he think that they were so naive?
"Hmph! A balance? For who? A pirate?"
"I thought that you wanted to stop playing a pirate and return to the family, but you came to us to say something so meaningless."
"Stability? Do you mean for you, a pirate, right?"
"So funny. Do you think we're all those young people that you can fool around with?"
"Yes, the stability will be destroyed, and the dominance of this ocean will return to us once again!"
No one in this place would follow the words of this man, Shanks, since after they saw Masa's power, all of them had made up their minds to make him part of the World government. Or rather, they had been thinking of marrying Masa to their descendants!
Why did they have confidence?
It was because they knew, despite being so powerful, that Masa wasn't immortal like them!
Whether it was age or sickness, Masa might die due to those things, which were different from them, who had become a higher being!
So, even if Masa might be the strongest Yami Yami no Mi user, they didn't mind and were more than happy to have Masa become part of their family!
Anyway, many men from the Celestial Dragons would marry those who were at the bottom and make them pregnant, so having people from below to be married wasn't something new. Instead, they should be happy, right?
After all, they were given a chance to become a god.
Still, if those who were thrown away from heaven and fell to the bottom knew what the Five Elders thought...
"...." Doflamingo.
"Have you become so senile after living so long?"
Shanks couldn't help but frown when he saw their reactions, as if they were different from what he had imagined. Masa's power was fearsome, and it was his first time to feel like that, especially with the combination of Yami Yami no Mi and that swordsmanship.
'Don't tell me...'
Somehow, Shanks felt that Mihawk, his best friend, might be killed by Masa, which made him feel that Masa had to be erased as Masa's existence broke the balance of this world.
To liberate this world, for the promised dawn to come, and for his wish to be realized...
Shanks had to do everything to keep it in balance!
"..." 5x
The provocation of Shanks was like a child throwing a tantrum, but even so, it would be hard to say if they weren't angry at his words. But when they thought of his strength and also the family behind Shanks, they knew that they could only endure everything.
Unlike the trash that could only live by relying on the charity of the underground king, Shanks was on another level, so even if he became a pirate and had been under the ship of the Pirate King, Gold Roger, they would still welcome Shanks so long as he would return.
Unfortunately, Shanks had been completely brainwashed by that pirate, which made him an idiot.
Why the fuck would you want to live on the sea as a pirate when you can live a comfortable life in this place?
At this moment, they knew that Shanks couldn't understand how lucky he was, especially when the other was begging to return to heaven once again that he even killed his own family.
"....." Doflamingo.
Still, due to the rise of the family's power behind Shanks, all of them were also quite wary, especially towards Shanks' father. After all, similar to every corner of the world, the Celestial Dragon wasn't a monolith, and they also had their own rankings. This was also the reason why the Celestial Dragon loved to play at the bottom and toyed with those civilians since, in this heaven, they were bullied by those who had better strength and rank.
Nevertheless, while the Five Elders were at the top, it didn't mean those who were below didn't want to rise, and as long as they gave a chance to those at the bottom to rise, they knew that they would bite them like a beast, so—
"If you love the balance so much, why don't you do it yourselves?" Saturn looked at Shanks with a snicker and said with a mocking smile, "You have a daughter, right? Like how you can give your arm to an idiot, you can also give your daughter, so your peace can be maintained, right?"
"...."
"Hahahaha." 4x
Hearing Saturn's words, the rest laughed since they thought that Shanks was stupid to sacrifice one of his arms for something so meaningless, such as a grandson of a Marine Hero.
Garp?
They didn't care about Garp at all since even if this guy was a Marine Hero, it was nothing but a title given by them to hide the fact of what had happened on that island. The truth is that Garp did nothing at all, and he was just lucky that he was there as his existence was useful to maintain the balance of their ruler and hide the truth of that accident.
"...you will regret this."
Facing their laughter, Shanks ground his teeth, but no one took him seriously.
"Done? If so, then leave. We are busy."
All of them thought of meeting Masa, educating him, and getting closer to him, especially when he was so young. There was still time, and at the same time, they also should think about who Masa should marry.
Then, what about Vivi?
Let's ignore her.
The family who had betrayed them didn't care about Vivi at all since the power of a single kingdom could do nothing in front of the overwhelming power of the World Government!
"....."
Shanks felt a complex, but he knew he could do nothing and decided to leave so as not to waste his time and stop himself from doing something hastily. However, as he was about to leave, he met a familiar person who appeared and had been waiting for him.
"You are not going back, brother?"
"No, I won't go back."
"How stupid."
"Done?"
"Father is waiting for you."
"...it's not the time."
The promised time hadn't arrived, and Shanks had to maintain everything before that time, but what could he do?
His family and everyone else wouldn't help him, and when he thought of Masa's power...
Grounding his teeth, Shanks looked at his left arm, which he had sacrificed for the future that was bet on.
"If you can sacrifice your arm, why not sacrifice your daughter, too?"
The hesitation in his eyes disappeared as his eyes quickly turned firm.
"Everything is for the balance until the promised dawn."
As he muttered so, Shanks returned to the Five Elders to express his idea.
Regardless, Masa knew nothing about the discussion that happened on the Mary Geoise and just relaxed in the meeting office under the dangerous gazes of all the Marines with a yawn.