"It looks like war is approaching. Those two idiots better hurry up and get stronger, or they might not survive," Kara said as she walked calmly through the corridors of the naval base.
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Aokiji, who had returned after disappearing for a couple of days, was in his office dealing with his pending work, feeling exhausted.
While he was busy, he lifted his head, looking towards his office door with a tired expression.
Crash.
Then, the wall right next to the door was destroyed as Kara entered the office, furious, glaring at Aokiji with anger.
"Frozen head, did you go to bother Robin and Luffy?" she said, pointing at Aokiji, enraged.
Aokiji had gone to see them and not only that, he had attacked them. Although he didn't kill them despite having many chances. Even so, Kara was furious.
"The government knows about Nico Robin and Ohara," Aokiji said right away.
"What?" Kara said, surprised. "How did they find out? Did you tell them?" she asked quickly.
Kara knew that Aokiji had seen her 20 years ago. After all, he was a vice-admiral about to be promoted, and his Observation Haki was much better than other vice-admirals present during the Buster Call. Maybe Akainu was another who might have noticed, but he was too busy killing innocent civilians.
"Crocodile, to save himself from the death penalty, told them," Aokiji said. "Now, CP0 is after her. They might catch her. My Buster Call was taken."
"Tsk. I knew I should've killed him when I had the chance," Kara said furiously. "What should I do?" she thought, showing concern. She already more or less knew that her little brother could handle rescuing Robin, but the government wasn't as easy to deal with as it seemed.
"There's a request for help from a naval base near Water 7. It seems that the grandson of an officer ran away to become a pirate, and he wants help finding him. As an admiral, I can't allow a marine's grandson to become a pirate, so I'll have to send you to take care of it. It's a simple mission, so you can go alone or take the new recruits with you for experience," Aokiji said as he signed a document with Kara's departure permission.
Kara quickly looked up and smiled at Aokiji, understanding what he meant.
"At your orders, Admiral," Kara said, giving a standard salute before quickly running off to catch Zoro, who was training with Hawkeye 2.0.
During the first few days, Zoro would end up completely covered in cuts, so Chopper had to run around healing him all the time. But now, he could hold his ground for a few minutes, and the wounds were no longer as deep.
With a couple of remedies and creams, he would be fine to fight again the next day. That showed how quickly Zoro was improving.
When Kara arrived, Zoro's training with Hawkeye 2.0 had finished, and Chopper was bandaging Zoro while he shared a drink with the animal. Although the other one was only eating fruits calmly, sitting on the side without any injuries.
"You two, follow me. We're going on a rescue mission," Kara said quickly.
"A mission? Now?" Zoro asked immediately.
"Yes, let's go." Kara said without saying more as she began walking toward the dock.
They both looked at each other and quickly followed Kara, leaving Hawkeye eating alone at the training field, but he didn't even seem bothered.
The three of them quickly boarded a ship that would take them to Water 7, and from there, they would have to take a sea train to where they were supposed to go.
The ship departed quickly, and in a couple of hours, they reached the waters near Water 7.
"Vice-Admiral Kara, we can't get any closer. The Aqua Laguna is near," said the ship's navigator quickly.
"It's fine. This is far enough," Kara replied. Then, she grabbed Zoro and Chopper by the neck and jumped into the air, starting to run at full speed while carrying them.
The navigator who had just spoken to her looked at her in surprise.
"It's fine, kid. Vice-Admiral Kara always does that. Let's just head back," said the ship's captain calmly, since it wasn't the first time Kara left without looking back and left them on the way.
This way, Kara was much faster than the ships, but obviously, traveling from one island to another this way was much more tiring.
After a few minutes, Kara spotted Water 7 in the distance, so she sped up. When she arrived above the island, she threw Zoro and Chopper to the ground while she herself landed calmly.
"Ahhhh!" Chopper screamed as he fell, while Zoro was more or less used to it, so he prepared for the landing.
Zoro softened his fall by rolling on the ground upon landing, while Chopper fell onto a canopy and then bounced, hitting his butt when he landed on the ground.
"That hurt!" Chopper said angrily as Kara landed, cushioning her descent by only bending her legs slightly.
"You need to train more," Kara said with a smile.
"Train to fall?" Chopper complained.
But Kara ignored him as she used Observation Haki to sense the entire island, her eyes closed.
"Tsk. We're late. It looks like they already took her," Kara said with annoyance and anger. "It seems they formed a rescue team. We'll join them... but it's better if we disguise ourselves," she said, looking at Chopper and Zoro.
Both were wearing Marine clothes.
Zoro wore the Captain's Justice cape, while Chopper had his hat in a cover with the word "Marine," as well as clothes with the corresponding logo.
"It's better if they don't know it's us, so, Zoro, you'll have to leave your white sword behind," Kara said quickly.
"Why just the white one?" Zoro asked immediately.
"The 21 O Wazamono are the most recognizable. There's even a record of who possesses them. On the other hand, the Ryo Wazamono have many imitations in the world. Hand it over, I'll keep it safe," Kara said as she extended her hand for Zoro to give her the sword.
He looked at her with annoyance and hesitated a bit, but eventually handed it over.
"You better keep it safe," he said quickly.
As soon as Kara touched it, she stored it in her spatial inventory.
"Don't worry. Unless I die, nothing will come out of me," Kara said. "Now that I think about it, if I die, I'd be like a loot piñata." She added while shaking her head quickly.
"Fine, and Chopper... Give me your skin."
"What do you mean, you idiot?!" Chopper shouted angrily.
Kara quickly thought of a practical way, and she saw a paint shop not far away.
With a smile, an idea came to her.
"Ugh, why green?" Chopper said as he looked at his fur covered in paint, transformed into his human hybrid form so his antlers would disappear. Obviously, his hat was also painted. Luckily, its cover could be changed easily.
Zoro came out of a nearby public bathroom, looking at his clothes with annoyance. He was wearing a slightly bulky samurai-style armor. Also, Kara had thrown black paint at his head, making his hair turn black.
"Stop complaining," Kara said calmly.
"Aren't you disguising yourself? You're more well-known than us," Chopper said, looking at Kara.
"Well, that's easy," Kara said as her bones began to crack. Then, both of them saw Kara's height start to shrink, and her hair grow longer.
She went from measuring 1.91 to 1.75, now with long hair.
"That hurts a lot," Kara said while stretching a bit.
"What the hell was that?" Chopper asked, looking at Kara in surprise.
"I used Life Return along with my Magic Crash ability, removing parts of my bones and muscles. I had to study a lot about human biology with your teacher to achieve it," Kara said calmly.
"You're crazy! You could end up dead if you accidentally remove a vertebra," Chopper said quickly.
"It's fine. My magic is special. Look." She said while opening her hand, showing a tiny Kara like a little doll, looking at Chopper proudly. She then quickly put it away and took out a plain white mask, putting it on, while she handed a black one to Zoro and a green one to Chopper.
Both wanted to complain since she was still wearing the same clothes, just with a mask. But with the height change, it would work.
"Wear these. And let's go, they're about to depart on the train," Kara said, urging them.
They both obeyed, put on their masks, and ran straight to the station.
Just in time to see a rocket-shaped train starting to move along the tracks.
Kara grabbed the two idiots and threw them onto the moving train before jumping on herself.
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