"This is... my new power?"
Ten minutes later, Kurenai opened her small hand.
Instantly, an uncontrollable power surged from within her body.
Her entire arm emitted a 'whooshing' sound of wind, blowing the slightly curled black hair behind Kurenai's head upright.
"Whoa!"
Kurenai exclaimed in surprise.
The next second, her petite body flew backwards uncontrollably, about to fall into the sea outside the ship's railing.
Seeing this, Konan suddenly raised her hand.
Countless white papers quickly gathered around Kurenai, tightly wrapping around her, which then pulled her back onto the ship like a packaged express delivery.
"S-sorry, Konan-nee."
Kurenai said somewhat ashamed.
Compared to Konan, who could lift a behemoth like Gran Tesoro right after eating the Fuwa Fuwa no Mi, Kurenai's debut was really lacking.
"Just practice slowly. Don't forget you're just a little girl under seven years old."
Jin patted Kurenai's head.
He didn't say something low-EQ like 'I didn't have much expectation for you from the start anyway.'
'With such a high-level fruit ability, Kurenai would at least not perform as poorly as in the original work.'
'Reaching the Kage-level threshold should be a certainty.'
"Alright, Koala, take the body back. Do you want me to escort you?"
Jin turned and asked.
"N-no, it's fine. I'll call Sabo and the others to rendezvous with me."
Koala was startled and quickly refused.
After all, if Sabo and the others saw her returning with Dragon's body, and especially if Jin brought her back, who knows what would happen.
"Okay. Next time we meet, I hope to see a stronger Revolutionary Army."
Jin 'sincerely' wished.
"Uh... th-thank you."
Koala, waiting on the beach of the deserted island with Dragon's body tightly wrapped in Konan's white paper for Sabo and the others to pick her up, nodded with a strange expression.
She felt she completely couldn't see through Jin.
'He clearly killed Dragon-san, but he showed no intention of wiping out the Revolutionary Army.'
'Instead, he even offered excellent suggestions to help the Revolutionary Army grow stronger.'
Koala recalled the whisper Jin spoke into her ear earlier:
"The Big Mom Pirates will be gone soon. Jinbei, who is affiliated with them, will soon be free. He's an acquaintance of yours, right? You can invite him to join the Revolutionary Army. The former Marine Admiral, Kuzan is also a free agent. You need to hurry, don't let him be snatched by another faction."
It had to be said, the two suggestions Jin proposed were absolutely perfect.
If they could really recruit these two into the Revolutionary Army, not only would the combat power lost with Dragon's death be compensated, but they could become even stronger than before!
'But if that's the case, why doesn't he recruit these two for himself?'
Koala developed another doubt.
Jin said the reasons were simple.
First, he didn't like having males other than himself on his ship.
Second, these two would absolutely never follow him.
Because of what they had gone through during the Summit War, Jinbei was already on good terms with Luffy.
And Kuzan's personality wouldn't like someone as unruly as him.
Jin himself had no interest in keeping a potential spy around.
Jinbei would join the Straw Hats in the future.
And Kuzan was 99% a spy.
Even if he didn't join the Straw Hat Pirates, he would definitely align with them in the future.
Since that was the case, he might as well give them to Koala.
Maybe it would make the Revolutionary Army even more lively.
While waiting, a flush of anger crossed Koala's face, and her delicate fingertip touched her earlobe.
'Th-that little pervert.'
'He... he actually took the opportunity to...'
...
About five or six hours later-
The Revolutionary Army's ship, Wind Granma, came into Koala's view.
When the ship's bow was still hundreds of meters from the beach, a flock of crows was seen flying rapidly towards her.
Sabo, riding on the backs of these crows, jumped down from above.
The crows gathered together and transformed into a human shape.
It was the Revolutionary Army's North Army Commander, Karasu.
"Dragon-san! Dragon-san! Aaaaaah!"
Sabo, upon landing, hugged the body tightly wrapped in white paper, crying and wailing uncontrollably, a mess of tears and snot.
He looked exactly like Luffy when he witnessed Ace's death.
Karasu stood on the other side, clenching his fists tightly, silent.
A tear fell from the corner of his eye, tracing a path to his chin.
At this time, the Wind Granma had also docked.
A large number of Revolutionary Army's grassroots members poured off the ship.
They surrounded Dragon's body, wailing incessantly.
"Leader! Leader! How... how could you leave like this?"
"Wuwuwu... Didn't we promise to create a world where all beings are equal?"
"Waaaaah~ What will the Revolutionary Army do now?"
Heart-wrenching cries echoed across the unnamed island.
The hundreds of people cried for who knows how long.
Finally, Sabo, with red-rimmed eyes and snot still trailing from his nose, stood up.
Clenching his right fist, he gritted his teeth and swore:
"Please rest assured, Dragon-san! We will fulfill your wish to create a world where everyone is born equal for you!"
The Revolutionary Army was different wasn't like the Whitebeard Pirates, which fell apart after Newgate's death.
Newgate was the spiritual symbol of the Whitebeard Pirates…
If Ace, the successor, had survived, the Whitebeard Pirates might not have been easily crushed by the Blackbeard Pirates.
But with both Whitebeard and Ace dead in the Summit War, this former Emperor crew, possibly ranked first among the Four Emperors crews, instantly disintegrated.
In the Revolutionary Army, although Dragon was the leader, he wasn't quite the spiritual symbol.
If one had to name the Revolutionary Army's spiritual symbol, it was freedom, equality, even hatred for the World Government!
As long as these things remained, the Revolutionary Army wouldn't be completely wiped out.
"And also... we will definitely avenge you!"
Koala agreed with the first part of Sabo's statement, but when she heard the second part, her expression changed drastically, and she sternly rebuked:
"No!!"
The sudden shout startled all the Revolutionary Army's members present who were still in a state of grief.
Everyone turned to look, and then saw Koala's face was solemn, leaving no room for doubt:
"No one is allowed to seek revenge on Uchiha Jin! The Revolutionary Army's goal is to overthrow the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, not to get involved in fights with pirates! Moreover, Dragon-san's last words were for us to complete the Revolutionary Army's mission, not to seek personal revenge!"
"…"
The scene fell into silence for a while.
A few minutes later, Sabo was the first to break the silence.
"Koala, what nonsense are you talking about? Dragon-san was murdered! Are we just going to sit back and do nothing about the killer?"
'To be honest, from certain perspectives, this was the result of Dragon-san's own actions.'
Koala thought to herself.
But in this atmosphere, she wouldn't be foolish enough to say that out loud.
"Besides Dragon-san, many comrades have died over the years fighting the World Government. Should we avenge them one by one?"
Koala retorted without backing down:
"Since we chose to join the Revolutionary Army, we should become bricks of the organization. No one is special! Everyone must prioritize overthrowing the World Government and the Celestial Dragons! Sabo! I forbid you from seeking revenge on Uchiha Jin!"
"You!!!"
Sabo gritted his teeth in anger.
But Koala also widened her eyes, confronting him head-on, giving no quarter.
"Calm down, calm down!"
"Don't fight, don't fight!"
"What kind of example is this, fighting amongst ourselves right after Dragon-san left?"
The Revolutionary Army's members quickly stepped forward to separate the two young people.
However, just as Jin had predicted, Dragon's death would become a chasm splitting the Revolutionary Army from within.
On the left side of the chasm was Sabo.
On the right was Koala.
And this chasm would only grow wider.
…
Two weeks later, at a black market exchange in the New World.
"Squeak squeak squeak! Too crazy! This is just too crazy!"
[Big News] Morgans let out a sharp, excited cry:
"This man really changes the world's landscape every time he makes a move! I really didn't misjudge him! He is a man worthy of the title [God of Destruction]!"
"I'm getting more and more excited! How will the World Government act? What will become of the Revolutionary Army? And also! What measures will the other three Emperor crews take?"
"He's just born with the heat! As long as I keep an eye on him, there's an endless stream of big news!"
Because Dragon's attempt to help his son reclaim his navigator was a secret operation, even Morgans, with his eyes and ears all over the world, didn't discover it immediately.
However, just last night, the trio of lolis under Jin's command, with an average age of under 10, wiped out the Fire Tank Pirates under the Big Mom Pirates.
This wasn't originally a big deal.
After all, the Fire Tank Pirates were just a second-rate pirate crew, neither here nor there.
But the problem was, the little girl with long black curly hair and red eyes among the trio displayed the elementalization ability unique to Logia-types.
And it was the power of wind!
Logia! Wind power!
Not many people knew about this, but Morgans happened to be one of the informed few.
That was the ability of the Revolutionary Army's Supreme Commander, Monkey D. Dragon!
And now it appeared on a little girl.
What did that mean?
Was there any need to say?
Morgans felt the goosebumps under his feathers rise.
'Damn, this Uchiha Jin is too good at stirring up trouble, right?'
'Has it even been a month since he killed Ryokugyu and the Celestial Dragon?'
'He... he actually took out the Revolutionary Army's Supreme Commander...'
Morgans suddenly felt that Jin had created so many big news for him.
He felt that if he didn't give him some money, it would almost feel like he was wronging the guy.