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Chapter's Events:
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"Iva-chan, are you going to escape!?"
"Bon-chan came down here because he wanted to help you!" Luffy asked Ivankov what he was going to do.
"What did you call him!?"
The way Luffy called Ivankov shocked the Okamas.
"If so, could you tell me where Ace is?" For Luffy, Ace's priority still mattered at this moment.
"What are you saying!? Bon boy came to help me? N-fufu, is that so…? That's pretty cute." Ivankov laughed before continuing, "I appreciate the thought, but it's not time to escape just yet."
It seemed Ivankov had other plans.
"We know what the situation is out there… the conflict between the Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates will certainly impact the world greatly…"
Ivankov paused for a moment before declaring, "But that man won't make his move yet. The strings behind all the revolutionaries in the world, my compatriot… 'Dragon, the Revolutionary'!!"
"Oh… You mean my dad?" Luffy wondered innocently as if it were something normal.
Ivankov hadn't fully grasped what Luffy just said yet. "Yes, that's right. When your dad marshals his army… I will escape from here and once again throw myself into the world's flow. If I recklessly tried to escape right now, they would just capture me again out there."
"DAD!!?" Suddenly, Ivankov comprehended what he had just heard, and from the shock, he recoiled as if struck.
"Did he say his dad!!?" The same went for the rest of the Okamas who heard what Luffy said.
"A-A-Are you joking around!!? You're Dragon's son!!? I didn't even know he had a son!!" Ivankov's eyes widened at this moment, unable to believe what he had just heard, so he thought Luffy was joking.
"Ah… I guess I wasn't supposed to say that. Well, whatever. Grandpa said it too. I don't really know either, and I don't really remember his face," clarified Luffy.
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"Haha! Your reaction is amusing."
In a rare scene, Dragon laughed when he saw this scene.
"I expected something like this, N-fufufu~ It's fun to see these events... Manga became more enjoyable after Luffy woke up, Dragon..." Ivankov was pleased with the current progress of events.
"Luffy resembles Dragon-san a lot, in addition to sharing the same family name. It's obvious they are father and son. Your counterpart's shock in the manga is illogical to me." Crocodile was skeptical of this matter.
"Perhaps there are some secrets in the manga that haven't been revealed yet," Kuma said calmly.
As someone who had experienced the bitterness of the World Government and how they handled things, Kuma knew that the manga had barely scratched the surface at the moment.
"Well, well, here comes the anticipated change in your counterpart's plans, Iva... I'm sure you'll leave everything behind and choose to help him," Dragon said with a smile.
The same smile appeared on Ivankov's face, and all he could do was sigh with resignation. "You know me well, Dragon..."
"The events are going to become more thrilling from now on, Buawahahaha!! I need to bring more rice cakes!"
Garp wiped the remnants of rice cakes from his mouth, a big smile forming on his face as he witnessed this scene, from Dragon's flashback.
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Back to the past:
"Dragon..."
At the headquarters of the Revolutionary Army, Baltigo, Ivankov called out.
"Whenever the wind blows, whenever you are… You're facing the same way..." he said, smiling.
"... Is that so? You pick up on some weird things. I've never noticed that myself," Dragon said.
"Maybe it's just what you would call an animal instinct. Is your home that way?" asked Ivankov with interest.
"Perhaps you have family in the eastern seas? Hmm?"
"Stop prying into my past, Iva…!!"
"N-fufu, excuse me…"
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"Bwahahaha! It seems like my son in the manga isn't the heartless father I thought he was." Garp felt relieved after glimpsing a bit of truth in this flashback.
"It appears your counterpart in the manga isn't completely brainless after all, Iva-chan~" Little Bonney mocked Ivankov.
"Hmm? Even you, Bonney-chan..." Ivankov made a sad expression before quickly changing it to an excited one and exclaiming, "He-hawl! Now my counterpart finally knows that Luffy is Dragon's son! That's fantastic!"
"Let the entertaining show begin!"
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East Blue, at the Baratie restaurant:
"Who would've thought that this mysterious revolutionary leader had this hidden side to him..." Roger poured Sake into his mouth as he said that.
"Even Ivankov could speculate that he has a family he longs for in this sea..."
"This sea? Ah, yes... we're in East Blue..."
Olvia and Rouge smiled as they watched their husbands engage in an enjoyable discussion.
"Do you think Dragon will participate in the Summit War?" Roger asked Rob.
"Are you fishing for spoilers?" Rob replied with a sly smile before adding, "As the author, I know everything..."
"That's true... Can you tell me, will Luffy save Ace...?" Roger's expression was mixed with a hint of hidden concern as he asked this.
"That's... a major spoiler, as you know. I'm a respectable author with protocols to follow; I won't give in even if you defeat me, Captain. Haha!" Rob chuckled softly.
"If only I could defeat you! That would be fun, Wahahaha!"
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South Blue, Centaurea Island:
"I heard that the Revolutionary Army resides in Sorbet Kingdom... Please don't kill me..."
The orange-haired boy placed his scissor-like hand on the neck of a Marine soldier.
"Sorbet Kingdom, huh?"
The boy with the scissor arm removed his hand from the Marine soldier's head and allowed him to go.
The soldier quickly fled as if he had been granted clemency from a death sentence. He didn't stand a chance against this devil fruit user, the Little Devil.
"So you might be in Sorbet Kingdom, Ivankov-sama, isn't that right?"
The boy, Inazuma, closed his manga book and headed south.
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Chapter 662: Depletion and Temporary Adrenaline.
Chapter 663: You will now be transported to the execution site, Marineford.
Chapter 664: I'll go to the Marine Headquarters!
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