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Chapter 63 - Mysterious fog

The Shadow of Aghata, was sailing, in the middle of a storm.

Laffitte: Captain this is strange.... This storm came out of nowhere. Also this strange mist that is thicker than anyone has ever seen.

Laxus: The weather on the new world is unpredictable as far as I understand.

Katahara: Laffitte...were you able to get any information about the underworld.

Laffitte: I called in some favors and got some interesting information. .... Former navy admiral Sakazuki was contacted by some neo-marine people.

Shiryu: What the hell is the Neo Navy.

Laffitte: The Neo Marine are a group led by former admiral Zephyr, I still don't know what the neo marine's objective is.

Katahara: Shit.... Yes Sakazuki, he joined Zephyr, they are both extremists to the core.

Laffitte: There's also a news story....

Getting everyone's attention.

Laffitte: The Shirohige pirates are in pursuit of us, they are being commanded by the former commander of the 1st division, Marco the Phoenix.

Katahara: The battle against the Shirohige commanders is only a matter of time....

Laffitte: There is a wager made by the one of the underworld emperors Jackal, he bet on us, in the battle we will have with the Shirohige commanders.

Katahara: Jackal.... It will be interesting to meet him.

At that moment Augur came down from the guard post.

Augur: Captain there is something moving inside the fog.

At that moment the ship began to feel turbulence.

Katahara: What the fuck.... I can't see anything near the ship.... Everyone get ready.

And so began their journey through the fog.

In another part of the world, at the G1 navy base, which was now being converted into the new marineford.

Aokiji: Ryu.... You are now officially the new admiral of the navy, soon the promotion ceremony will be held in public.

Ryu: I finally made it to the top.

Aokiji: Now we have to see who can fill Sakazuki's position...

Ryu: We have 3 who are at admiral level and you know it.

Aokiji: The Gorōsei will only allow 3 Admirals.

Ryu: We have Okaga and Ikuda, both of them were trained to become admirals....

Aokiji: One of them will become the new admiral as for Issho, his chance didn't come.

Ryu: The battle against master Zephyr... it will be tough now that he has so many new troops in his ranks.

Aokiji: Who would have thought that Onigumo, Doberman and Komei, 3 vice admirals would defect along with him. .... we have the exact number.

Ryu: A total of 100 people defected with him... 3 vice admirals, 5 rear admirals, 22 commodores, 50 captains and 20 commanders, it's the hardest hit the navy has ever had.

Aokiji: I'll have to talk to the Gorōsei, we lost 1 admiral and 3 vice admirals, that's no small thing, it's a hard blow to the navy.

Ryu: With the worldwide recruitment we will have more than enough to fill those positions and even increase the number of vice admirals.

Aokiji: We have 6 new vice admirals thanks to your students.

Ryu: They all have the level and experience for the position.

Aokiji touched his head, while looking at the ceiling.

In another part of the new world, Aghata's Shadow was in the thick fog that seemed to have no end.

Laffitte: Captain, we've been in this fog for more than a day.

Katahara: There seems to be no end to this shit. ....

Augur: Captain a ship to starboard, about 200 meters away.

Katahara: Everyone get the starboard guns ready, Laffitte is trying to go around that ship to get through.

At that moment all hands started to ready the starboard guns, while Laffitte maneuvered to get around the unknown ship.

Gradually the distance with the unknown ship was reducing, until the two ships were facing each other, it was a small and long, narrow, and with shallow draft, with oars on almost the entire length of the hull, included a single mast with a sail.

What the hell is a Drakkar doing in this world, Katahara thought.

Katahara: Identify yourself or we will open fire.

At that moment a middle-aged man appeared with greenish hair combed back. His eyebrows and eyelashes were noticeably marked. He had a large cross-shaped scar on his forehead.

He had a suit consisting of a purple shirt unbuttoned in the pectoral area, the whole suit he had was of a black color, folded at the sleeves.

What stood out most about this individual was the pair of horns protruding from his head.

Behind him appeared dozens of men and women with horns, these guys had huge musculature, showing big muscles very well defined.

Unknown: So another ship was also dragged into this fog.

Katahara: Who are they....

Unknown: No need to be so alert, after all, we are all prisoners of this fog.

Katahara: Prisoners? What the hell are you talking about old man.

Unknown: My name is Sonkire Ragnar, what is your name young pirate.

Katahara: Uchiha D. Katahara....

Ragnar: So a D.... How long have you been in this fog.

Katahara: About 1 day....

Ragnar: Our island is nearby, why don't we continue our conversation there.

Katahara: That sounds good to me...Lead us, we will follow you.

At that moment Aghata's shadow followed Ragnar's ship.

Augur: Captain.... That guy is strong....

Katahara: He is, that guy is extremely strong... but we have more numbers than them, if a battle is fought....

Laxus: This is strange Captain, I sense space magic in this place.

Katahara was surprised to hear Laxus,

There was supposed to be no magic in this world, those horns, I recognize those horns, Katahara thought.

A short time passed and they arrived at an island that seemed larger than normal, they arrived at the docks.

Katahara: Augur, Laffitte, Drust, Dabi, Robin, Laxus, follow me, the others protect the ship and especially the Gyogin children.

At that moment the main crew descended to the island.

Ragnar: No reason today to be on guard....

Katahara: Maybe yes, maybe no.

Ragnar: The village is a few minutes walk away.

While being followed by Katahara and his group.

Robi: Captain this is strange, I've only seen these plants in history books.

Katahara: Explain Robin.

At that moment Robin grabbed a plant that was on the ground.

Robin: This plant, this plant is called, Plectranthus virgatum, I know why, it's a species that became extinct about 200 years ago.

Katahara just looked at the plant for a few moments.

Katahara: Maybe we are in a variant of the Rainbow Mist.

Robin was the only one surprised by this.

Robin: Rainbow Mist. yes you are right then....

Ragnar: We are here.

At that moment he saw a whole city that was completely inhabited by people with horns on their heads, he also noticed a huge building in the distance, as well as a gigantic Coliseum meant for battles.

Katahara: What is the name of this island Ragnar.

Ragnar: This is Markland Island, and these people are part of the Oni tribe.

When everyone heard only a few were surprised, Drust, Augur and Robin tensed up ready to start a fight at any moment.

Katahara: So this is the island where the Onis come from, maybe that's the reason why we haven't seen more than 2 in the world....

Ragnar: So you saw little Kaido, he escaped along with Murkhag, we were looking for them, when you guys showed up and pointed your cannons at us.

At that moment Katahara was sure that this fog was a variant of the rainbow fog that existed on the Grand line.

Katahara: It was when this fog appeared.

Ragnar: About 20 long years ago, no one has been able to find the way out of the fog since then.

Katahara: Are we the only visitors you have?

Ragnar: No, about 4 months ago 3 people showed up on a boat, they tried to attack us, so they are in prison right now.

Katahara: oh... that's interesting... who is the leader of the tribe, I wish I could have a conversation with him.

Ragnar just looked at him for a few moments while showing a smile.

Ragnar: You are talking to the Uchiha D. Katahara.

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