When receiving the combined attack of the others, Shun's body had tanked everything with the world's strongest armament haki.
'It was activated unconsciously, but luckily Laxus' lightning was able to penetrate and shock my body. Lightning is a top tier magic after all. I would go find Enel if he wasn't literally in space.'
"They made quite a big mess…"
The whole area for about two kilometers was in ruins and crumbles. The blame went mostly to Gildarts going mad.
"Restore." As soon as Shun chanted, a truly magical sight happened. The ruined city went back to its past, when it was once a bright and beautiful city.
"Mm, this is true magic. Not the ones that destroy things." While thinking such saintly things, Shun continued working.
After smoothly fixing the whole city of Magnolia with the Arc of Time, Shun walked toward the guild to reunite with the others.
"If I didn't have this magic, I would probably resign from the position of guild master," Shun thought while walking back.
When he took a few steps, a woman with blue hair revealed herself.
"Juvia. Is there anything you want to tell me?"
Seeing that she was patiently waiting for him, Shun knew she had an important thing to say.
'Probably about how she wants to leave me. Or even the guild?' Shun imagined various things.
'We didn't even do anything together and weren't even official lovers, but I'm getting dumped, huh…'
"Yes. I have something to give you," Juvia said, then pulled out a set of gloves from her chest pocket.
"Is this a separation gift?"
"Eh? No, it's a glove I knitted myself."
Shun was caught off guard by the sudden present. It was a pair of black knitted gloves for winter. The most notable thing about them was that on the back of each glove there was a picture of a white-haired man and a blue-haired woman holding hands together.
"…Why a glove?"
"Ah, it's just that I noticed you wearing simple disposable gloves to hide your paws…"
'Noticed? Just how closely is she watching me to notice things like this…'
"Thank you. I'll treasure it." Regardless, Shun's mood had improved greatly.
Seeing Shun's smile, Juvia felt happy and didn't miss the chance to hug him.
'I had really underestimated this girl…'
They hugged each other in the middle of the now fixed streets for ten seconds, twenty, thirty, a minute, five minutes…
"Um… can we go now?" Shun asked, a bit stunned by this girl's actions.
"Ah, yes. I'm sorry…"
Step. Step.
The two walked in silence. Juvia was fidgety, as if embarrassed about her actions earlier. Meanwhile, Shun had already put the gloves on.
"It's warm…" Shun smiled as he muttered.
Seeing his smile, Juvia's eyes turned into heart shapes.
'She definitely is one of a kind. I've never met a woman like her before.'
——
Creaak—!
"Shun, you bastard! You have returned, huh—"
Gildarts, who had been impatiently waiting for Shun, shouted as soon as the guild door opened.
However, before he could continue, the Oración Seis squad and the guild alliance appeared with their heads down.
If they hadn't messed up the timing, this whole charade wouldn't have even happened.
"Shun, we have no excuses. Just give us the punishment!" Erik spoke with a face full of frown, disappointed in himself.
"Men, it was my fault. Don't blame them," Ichiya, the leader of Blue Pegasus guild, spoke with shame. He wasn't being nice, he was being honest. It was indeed his fault.
Shun, who heard them, thought for a bit with his eyes closed, then…
"All right, since you guys said that much, I'll give a fitting punishment."
The whole guild waited in silence. They expected them to pay a fine or work without pay for a month. But Shun had other ideas.
"…All of you will be… executed."
"!!!!"
"W-What?!"
"Pfft—!"
A collective gasp swept through the guild hall.
Every single member went dead silent, eyes wide.
Even Gildarts, who had been mad, calmed down.
Makarov, who was drinking in silence at the far end table, vomited his drink out.
Midnight, who was deep in sleep, woke up.
Wendy and Carla, who had been chatting with Lucy and Erza, had their mouths open wider than they ever thought they could.
"Huh? It was obviously a joke. What a tough crowd."
After ten seconds of silence which felt like an hour, the guild came back to life.
"Y-You bastard! Your jokes aren't funny!"
"You seriously have to stop your jokes, it's bad for my heart."
The guild hall started booing.
"Juvia thinks that was funny…"
'Stop it, Juvia. Those words make me look more miserable than anything anyone ever said to me.'
Once the situation cooled down, Shun patted the shoulders of the Oración Seis team.
"Well, mistakes happen. Don't mind it, just look forward. I'll be backing you guys from behind."
"!"
Unintentionally, Shun's words had deeply touched their hearts.
When Shun finished speaking, once again the situation became weird with silence.
"Huh? Are you crying?"
Erik, the strong-willed guy, was surprisingly weak to kindness.
"W-Who is crying…"
"Pfft-!"
"Hahaha~"
For some reason, Ichiya joined Erik and cried too.
With the boring talk of missions and punishment done, the guild atmosphere became harmonious, with mostly everyone teasing the Oración Seis squad.
"It's a very sweet guild," Wendy smiled sweetly.
"Do you want to join?" Lucy asked. She really liked this sweet girl.
"No, I already have a guild," Wendy declined.
"You guys can stay for tonight, then return tomorrow. Lucy, take your team and make sure she returns safely to her guild. It's a mission from me." Shun surprisingly went quite far for Wendy's return.
'When she returns, her guild will disappear after all. Their guild's purpose was to keep Nirvana locked. Wendy is surprisingly a strong asset. Lucy, the professional friendly magician, will be able to recruit her effortlessly.'
"What? Mission…? Then surely there is a reward, right?" Lucy asked with a small grin.
"Of course. How about this?" Shun said and pulled out a golden key.
'It belongs to Virgo. A few months ago, after their mission, Happy was supposed to give it to Lucy, but I had bribed him with raw fish.'
"Y-Yes! Just leave it to me!" Lucy was ecstatic.
Since her mother was healthy in this timeline, she didn't inherit the keys. Currently she only had Aquarius and a few silver keys.
'By the way, Jellal isn't around anymore, huh. He was present at Nirvana. Well, who cares.'
Shun walked and sat next to Cana and clasped their hands together.
"W-What are you doing?"
"Don't mind me."
"I can't do that, you brat!" Before they realized it, an angry old man with a wooden leg and metal arm had arrived.
"You womanizer brat, you think you can mess with my daughter?" Gildarts was ready to fight Shun to the death until…
"Shut up, shitty dad. You aren't any better than him," Cana said, then tightened her hand that was clasping Shun's hand.
"C-Cana-chan, you're taking his side over me…" Gildarts, who had been acting strong just a few seconds ago, now turned into a miserable dad.
Seeing this, Shun put a hand over Cana's waist and closed their distance with a smirk.
'You're getting karma for being a womanizing bastard,' Shun thought righteously.
——
A few days later.
'Wendy successfully joined the guild. I never had a doubt in Lucy. But I haven't given the reward yet. Well, that can wait for later. Now I have to kidnap some children.'
'Gildarts also invited me for a fishing session and we have made up. He said if I ever made Cana cry, he would kill me but. She has been crying every night we're together.'
Creaak—!
"Greetings, Sir Honorary Admiral!"
'So I didn't get fired?' Shun was a bit surprised. He hadn't returned to navy headquarters after his recent incident.
"You, bring me an eternal pose to Egghead. If they ask why, tell them it's Sengoku's order."
Shun chose a random marine and gave him a duty.
"Y-Yes!" The random marine was quite happy to receive a mission from Shun and Sengoku.
Shun didn't go to Sengoku's office. He just walked around the building, occasionally looking out the window.
From time to time, marines passing by would greet the honorary admiral respectfully.
"Shun-san! There's a big problem." A female marine with a weird dialect in her words approached Shun in a hurry.
"Hm? What's wrong, Hibari?"
When Shun turned to her, he saw a young, blonde-haired Marine commander and member of SWORD who wears a midriff-exposing white military shirt with sea foam green camo pants featuring a tri-colored cloud pattern. She completed her distinct look with pink headphones, green gloves, and a brown backpack, often appearing with her right pant leg ripped to reveal yellow and orange striped leggings.
"Coby-senpai has been kidnapped!" Hibari revealed as if it was the news of the century.
"Huh? By who?"
"By one of the four emperors, Blackbeard Teach!"
'Blackbeard and Coby… those two meet quite often. Now he's been kidnapped? Are those two having an affair?' Contrary to Hibari's panic, Shun was holding back a smile at his own joke.
"So?" Shun's reply was quite harsh, but he wasn't close to Coby. They had never even talked to each other for more than a minute in their lives. Why would he care?
"So… please save him! You're the only one who can do that…" Hibari looked at him hopefully.
"Why would an admiral go out of his way to save a single marine instead of defending countries with millions of civilians?" Shun spoke as if he actually does his job
Hibari turned silent, her eyes becoming teary, but she didn't have words to refute.
At this moment, Shun asked, "Do you like him?"
The teary marine suddenly turned into a bright red tomato color.
"I'm asking this just hypothetically. If I were to save him, what can you give me? How far are you willing to go?"
"!"
'I'm not interested in marine women, but… this girl is different. After asking Tsuru, it was confirmed. She is that Akainu's daughter!'
Hibari's face turned even redder. She wasn't an idiot. She could tell what Shun was implying, but she didn't have time.
'By now, what kind of inhumane torture must Coby-senpai be enduring?'
With that thought, Hibari replied, "Everything! If you can save him, I'll do anything."
Seeing her resolution, Shun was quite moved. So he decided to save Coby.
"All right, we'll leave in 30 minutes. Go prepare. Don't tell anyone else. It'll become annoying. Marines aren't allowed to attack four emperors after all."
'Beehive Island, huh? It's a place I've been to when I killed Ochoku. It's just a job of an hour at most.'
"Yes!" Hibari, face full of smile, went to get her gun and a few changes of clothes just in case.
"Sir! I brought the eternal pose for Egghead!"
The marine from earlier came back.
"Oh, that was fast. Thanks."
"It's an honor, Sir!" The navy soldier saluted and went back on his way.
'I thought the honorifics and the politeness in the military were annoying, but when I'm in high authority, I don't hate it.'
While thinking such things, Shun met up with Hibari and…
POP-!
They were gone…
——
At the New World, Beehive Island.
"Zehahaha~" the Blackbeard Pirates were as harmonious as ever.
The captains and the commodore were having a party. Until…
"!!!"
In just a second, the happy faces of the Blackbeard Pirates turned into fearful faces with sweat drenching them.
As the top brass of an emperor of the sea, they had strong observation haki.
"Commodore!"
"Shut up! I know! Someone monstrous has arrived on this island."
"Zehahaha~ don't antagonize him. I'll talk with him first," Blackbeard said and walked out.
Outside on the plain street, in the view of everyone, a paw-shaped bubble fell from the sky, making a paw-shaped crater in the ground. This time, Shun didn't bother fixing the crater.
"Shun-san, is it okay not to hide?" Hibari asked.
'By the way, she doesn't call me senpai because she has actually been a marine longer than me. Well, she seems to be something called SWORD now.'
"Yes. Let's go. They've already prepared the audience room," Shun said and started walking toward the skull-shaped building.
'I destroyed it last time, but they already rebuilt it, huh. Probably some devil fruit.'
"Zehahaha~ why did a big celebrity like you come to my humble abode?" Blackbeard didn't show any hint of nervousness and asked.
"There should be a marine called Coby in your prison. Release him."
Shun's words were straightforward.
"Ha? You came for him?" Blackbeard was a bit stunned.
"Yes. Will you release him, or…" Hearing Shun's hidden threat, Blackbeard was furious. But this time, the opponent was too bad. Moreover, after watching the broadcasts Shun used to do, no sane person would want to be an enemy of his.
'This bastard is too crazy and petty. If we fought today and at best fought the battle to a draw with both sides retreating, this guy would go after us until we die. Next time, he might even bring Garp or another admiral.' That was Blackbeard's thought process.
"Oi! Bring that marine," Blackbeard gave an order, much to Hibari's surprise.
She assumed they would get into a fight, but…
While waiting, Blackbeard and Shun had a casual chat.
"Zehahaha~ So, how many devil fruit abilities do you have?"
"I don't know, I lost count. Around ten," Shun replied honestly.
'Even one would be an immeasurable treasure, but this bastard lost count?' Everyone hearing it was cursing him in their minds.
"Eh? Weren't you saying you have 40 or something devil fruit abilities?"
"I lied."
"How about you?"
"Me? Just two." Though initially surprised, Blackbeard answered honestly too.
"Hey~ why don't we work together?" Suddenly Blackbeard said something crazy.
"No."
"Commodore! We brought him!"
"Hibari-san… why are you here? Is that Shun-san?" Coby with his grandma-like voice was quite noisy.
POP-!
"All right, we're returning."
"!!"
Before anyone realized it, Coby was gone…
'What did he do? I didn't even blink, but Coby the hero disappeared?' Blackbeard was the most shocked one.
Looking at their shocked expressions, Shun smiled.
'Heh, stopping time, walking to Coby, sending him to Marineford, then returning to my original position. It was worth it.'
Though initially surprised, Hibari followed.
POP-!
Just like that, the standoff ended without any incident.
——
While Coby was sent to Marineford, Shun and Hibari's paw bubble went to an uninhabited island.
Shun created a simple house and invited Akainu's daughter inside.
As soon as they entered, Akainu's daughter's mouth was invaded.
"Mmph~"
After a long minute, the two separated.
Shun smiled and sat on the bed and guided her to kneel on the ground.
To the confused Hibari, Shun pointed toward her mouth.
——
Two hours later, they had finished their business.
'She has an interesting dialect, a cute face, and most importantly, her dad hates me. It was a 3x hard to resist combo,' Shun sighed, then pulled out the eternal pose he had been given earlier.
"Sleep here. I'll take you home later."
Shun said it gently.
"Mm," Hibari nodded.
"Also, I used a contraception devil fruit. So don't worry about pregnancy."
"Huh? Is there such a fruit?"
"The world is big." Shun shrugged with a smile.
POP-!
——
Shun teleported to Sabaody, then like a superhero, he started flying. In under five minutes, he had already arrived above the sky of Egghead, the infamous future island.
"Some time ago, I invited the admirals and the strong ones to join me. But… I haven't received a positive response. Rather, I didn't get a response at all. I just wanted strong subordinates…"
"Well, I was naive. Those old bastards have their brains already corrupted. If they don't want to join me, I will raise strong subordinates from the start. Thankfully, the World Government has prepared seven such individuals for me."
"Also, there is a thing called the Mother Flame here. If I didn't have Fairy Heart, it would have been a good replacement. It's essentially an inferior version of Fairy Heart. But since they prepared so much for me, it'd be rude not to take them."
With his plans revised, Shun used his long-forgotten ability: invisibility.
By repelling the light around him, he would turn invisible. By also repelling his smell, presence, and noise, and on top of that using Conqueror's Haki to hide his presence from observation haki, he now was the most perfect assassin.
Shun smoothly infiltrated the building called Labophase. With his observation haki, Shun was able to find the seven children he was looking for.
POP-! One.
POP-! Two.
POP-! …
Even the ones being kidnapped didn't realize what had just happened to them.
'All right, first part done. Now, the Mother Flame.' Shun continued his stroll. In another three minutes, he found the Mother Flame.
"Now then, how do I steal this thing?"
'I don't really need it, but… I don't want anyone else to have it.' Shun was having a toxic relationship with the Mother Flame.
POP-!
Shun created a big paw bubble that enveloped the whole Mother Flame and the tank that was storing it. Then he sent it to his armory.
'It's Erza's magic. When I asked her, I was a bit surprised it was actually a space magic. It's quite a convenient way to store things.'
"All right, mission completed successfully."
Just like that, in under five minutes, history's greatest heist had succeeded.