Raizel's suit was a mess, his hair was messy, he was entirely drenched in sweat.
That's it. Raizel would give this bastard a very painful death.
Zephyr was almost playing with him. He was too overpowered. And that is saying something as he didn't eat any devil fruit.
"Well, I have completed my assessment. You are free now." Said Zephyr with an innocent smile and just walked away.
"Damm, Looks like he went a little overboard after discovering a talent like him." Said Sengoku as he approached Raizel's sorry state.
"It's okay Sir. I learnt and Improved a lot with his guidance." Replied Raizel, taking a moral high ground.
"Yeah, we saw that Kid. Well, Let's go from here. Garp, I have assigned his room next to yours, So take him there. And Raizel, go and take a bath, after which come to the cafeteria with him. We will discuss your recruitment there, Okay?"
"Yes Sir!" Responded Raizel with a Salute.
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The "Room" was not a room...It was an Apartment Suite. Raizel was pleasantly surprised to find that he was given a luxurious 3BHK apartment all to himself.
Garp was obviously living in the V.I.P Zone of the headquarter with other Admirals and Sengoku.
This preferential treatment meant only one thing, and that was that either the Marines were trying to paint them as Saints to further make a huge impact in Raizel's point of view or Maybe Garp was trying to make up for killing Raizel's parents.
After musing over the reason for being given such an apartment, He opened the bathroom door and entered the Jacuzzi after taking off every piece of cloth from his body.
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"*Sigh*….This bath is so perfect."
After exiting the bath, Raizel went up to the mirror and examined his body. Noticing that all the cuts given to him by Zephyr on his body have been healed, He exited the bath and went up to the wardrobe to find that it was filled with Suits, Tuxedos and Blazers.
"This is Garp's doing, I am sure of it. His conscience is a perfect way to milk him."
After choosing another Black suit with a red tie and red arrow cufflinks, Raizel tied up his hair in a bun and dressed to impress.
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The Cafeteria was like a 7-Star restaurant. It was filled mouth-watering fragrance of exotic dishes.
Every kind of meat was here, every kind of herb and vegetable was here. It was truly a fantastic place to cater to the World's Military Leaders such as Sengoku, Borsalino, Aokkiji, Garp and the likes.
Needless to say that it was exclusive for them, Raizel very confidently walked up to the big centre table with Garp, on which Sengoku and Aokiji were already sitting.
"Fleet-Admiral Sengoku! Admiral Aokiji" Said Raizel while slightly bowing at them as a show of respect and acknowledgement.
"Welcome Raizel" Replied Sengoku with a smile while Aokiji just nodded.
Garp just sat silently at the side and started devouring all the food without a care in the world and Raizel too, started to taste some starters with appropriate eating etiquettes.
It wasn't long before Sengoku started some small talks with Raizel about his "Room", and Raizel's doubts were proven correct when Sengoku admitted to the fact that although Garp pushed for it, they had no problem in giving away such a "Room" to Raizel.
"Raizel, I will be straightforward. Your performance for your age is off the charts. Your co-ordination with your knife, your footsteps, your speed, reflex, haki, rokushiki..everything is outstanding. We needed an asset like you for the longest of times.
I know that the smart thing to do would've been to not praise you this much as it can negatively affect your training by making you conceited, but I believe you are mature enough to not fall in trivial things such as Vanity." Said Sengoku with a very serious face.
"I Understand Sir. And I promise to never disappoint you."
"Good, That's what I like to hear. Now Listen, Either call this my unwavering trust in Garp, or my eyes which can differentiate between a diamond and glittering quartz, I have decided something very important for you so listen very carefully. You are to go to the Dressrosa Island in the next Six months and tactically assassinate a girl named Sugar. Now before you start having any moral conflict about killing a little girl, know this that she has ruined the lives of many people by turning them into toys, and vanishing their memories from anyone that knew them.
You will report to the CP9 division chief Spandam in their secret temporary hideout in Dressrosa.
All the details about the girl, her bodyguard Trebol, and other information is on the file which has already been sent to your room, understood?"
"Yes Sir!" responded Raizel with a little conflict on his face so he can show that he actually has morals to have a conflict with. If he just accepts this with enthusiasm, then it might wave a red flag in front of them.
"Good. This assignment will decide your post in the Marines, so keep that in mind." completed Sengoku.
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Raizel exited the cafeteria after saying his goodbyes to Aokiji and Sengoku, and with a heavy and conflicted face, went with Garp in his room.
"Garp….What should I do….?" Asked Raizel as he sat on a recliner with his forehead in his hands.
Garp came up to him and put a hand on his head while saying
"Sengoku has given you a very evil assignment kid...But, but this world is a very shitty place boy. We had known about this incident for a long time but couldn't do anything about it because Doflamingo has spies in the marines. He knows all the big players, even those of CP9 so we can't do anything, and doing anything against him openly without strong evidence will anger those sitting at the top in Marijoise.
If I hadn't met you, we would've just kept waiting for someone like you to arrive for don't know how long.
So be brave. You are not killing an innocent little girl, but you are killing an evil villain who has destroyed far too many lives than an upstart pirate from the grand line."
After giving Raizel the worst motivation speech ever, Garp sent him to his "Room", where Raizel found the file on Sugar sitting on his table which he picked up and started studying.
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Since Raizel had Six months in his hands to complete the mission, He took complete benefit of the Marineford's elite training arena.
In morning he would go to the Marinford's massive library to know more about the world, politics, languages, etc, and in the night, he would either practice alone, or with sadists like Zephyr and Garp. Sometimes even Sengoku too gave him a few pointers himself and just like that, 4 months passed.
Today was the day when Raizel decided to leave the Marineford.
He had plans that he needed to execute before reporting in Dressrosa and so, he was just finishing up his training in the Elite training area when suddenly Aokiji arrived.
"Admiral Aokiji" Greeted Raizel with a bow.
Aokiji acknowledged it with his own slight bow as he approached Raizel while speaking
"Raizel Phantasm. I investigated you personally, And I am finally satisfied. I came here to finally accept you and wish you luck with your assignment."
"Investigation?" questioned Raizel with wrinkled brows
"Yes. You couldn't expect me to just accept anyone Sir Garp brings here, do you? I was bothered by the overly trust in you by Sir Sengoku right after your arrival, and while it's true that Sir Garp has literally said that you were closer to him than his son, I still had to check if you were a spy and well, No, I cross-referenced your face with every major threat to marines and neither seems to have any affiliation with you. So I am here to not only wish you luck, but also apologise to you. I hope you understand where I'm coming from."
"Oh….Oh yeah totally Sir!" replied Raizel with slight fumble while subtly feigning hurt.
"Okay, How about we spar before you go..huh? What do you say?"
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Aokiji was pretty easy going and made a great sparring partner. Before leaving, Aokiji gave his private Den Den Mushi's number to Raizel and saw him off with a light heart.
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Raizel was standing on the shores of a very remote island.
He released his Observation haki completely to find something he already thought belonged to him.
'Asuka Island...A third class island which hides away a legendary weapon….way above the legendary swords of the New World, The Seven Star Sword (Shichiseiken), a powerful blade that has been cursed by the bloodshed of its creation. It grants immense power to its wielder, and heals any wounds on the user but can corrupt their mind and conquer them. The cursed blade can drain blood to strengthen itself and the wielder. It is also quoted that even if the bearer is not naturally a swordsman, he will gain an excellent sword-handling ability
It produces greenish flames. The blade is highly durable as Zoro's Yaki Onigiri did not even leave a mark on it, Zoro himself states that his attack was supposed to destroy the Seven Star Sword. It can also merge with its wielder, giving them the ability to cut objects with their bare hands at any range, becoming nigh unstoppable; even if the blade is destroyed, the curse can remain in the wielder.
The wielder can create green-coloured flaming projectiles that he can launch at the opponent. Sword thrusts can also hurl the flame as explosive fireballs for ranged attacks.
The wielder can also transforms the Seven Stars Sword into a blue-flame snake and attack with it, in which the snake bites the opponent several times and drains a large amount of blood.
Similar to the Gura Gura no Mi, once upon reaching the fullness of its power, The Seven Star Sword swings can project vorpal shockwaves which can wound even a rubber man. After full possession of its host, the evil spirit allows the wielder to project even stronger vorpal pressure blasts with a sweep of the hand.
And that's just what was shown, this sword can do so much more!
This sword, I will have it!'