"How can we get to the Sunny as fast as possible?" asked Robin.
"I recommend flying there." Arbel replied. "If I could turn into a pteranodon, I could take you there in three hours."
"Oh, I can take out your stitches now," said Chopper. "I'll remove them and then you can take us."
"How many people can you take?" Jinbe asked him.
"I can take you, Robin and Chopper, easily." Arbel replied. "And I can recruit the members of my aerial unit to help."
"I can take three too!" Marco suddenly appeared beside them. "Franky, Luffy and Zoro, alright?"
"Marco the Phoenix," Arbel smiled, "It was an honor to fight you, you were quite a challenge."
"Yeah, it was a good fight, huh?" answered Marco, and they shook hands.
"Bao Huang!" Arbel called to his subordinate, "Please call Lady Albatross and Batman. Have you prepared a list of the factories for me?"
"Yes, sir, I have." said Bao Huang and flew to call the subordinates.
"Lady Albatross-swan~" sang Sanji, "I want to fly with her."
"She has some problems taking off," replied Arbel, "but once she's airborne she's great."
"I'll help the lady take off~" said Sanji with hearts in his eyes, when he saw a girl with large wings and a bird's tail approaching at a run.
"In terms of weight she can carry Nami as well." suggested Arbel.
"Batman could to take Usopp and Brook." Robin counted the remaining team members.
While Chopper was treating Arbel's wing, he began to allocate the factories to his pirates.
"Divide into teams of ten people," he ordered them, "and make sure that the ruins don't fall into the river. Collect them and build a cenotaph in memory of the victims of Orochi's rule."
"Orochi and Kaido's rule?" asked Lady Albatross with the bird's brain.
Arbel just grimaced and ignored her. "When I return, I will destroy myself the factories that remain." He continued. "Those who are finished will go down to Mogura port and prepare the Luna-Go for the voyage. Set the sails to soaring position. We set out to help the Straw Hat crew conquer Mary Geoise!" He announced.
"Yeah!" called the Renewed Beasts Pirates enthusiastically, and set out on their missions.
As soon as the flying quartet arrived over the sea, Jinbe asked to get down and reach the Sunny by swimming. "I'll get there faster," he claimed.
"I'd be happy to compete with you." Arbel answered, dropping him into the water and taking instead poor Usopp and Brook, whom Batman had held upside down until now.
Thanks to the competition, everyone got to the ship faster, and Arbel lowered everyone down onto the deck.
Robin stayed by his side. "Thank you for everything, Arbel."
"Thank you, Robin, my beauty," Arbel replied, "thanks to you, I have hope and purpose in life again."
They clung to each other with a long parting kiss, which ended only when the Sunny began to move under their feet.
"I almost forgot," Arbel said, "I made you a Vivre Card."
"Oh, thanks!" said Robin in surprise.
"I'll take a small piece so I can come after you, okay? The rest is yours, of course." Robin nodded and Arbel tore a piece and tucked it in his shirt pocket, close to his heart.
"See you soon!" He told her and leaped into the air, turning into a pteranodon while in motion.
"I'll wait for you!" Robin called after him and kept gazing at him until he became a small dot on the horizon and disappeared.
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