Encountering Chaton

"Prison Warden, instead of worrying about us, you should worry more about yourself. The outside world is very dangerous. If you run into a Great Pirate, remember to stay far away. Whatever you do, don't fail to come back." Mia said.

"Don't worry! I value my life very much. I definitely won't do anything reckless." After saying that, Mosen waved to the four of them and walked toward the exit of Extreme Cold Hell.

After leaving Extreme Cold Hell, Mosen made his way to Magellan's office.

But his luck was not very good this time. When he arrived, Magellan was suffering from diarrhea. Mosen waited for nearly an hour before Magellan finally came out of the bathroom.

"Mosen, did you come to report on the situation in Extreme Cold Hell over the past month?" Magellan asked as he adjusted his clothes.

"No, Lord Magellan. I came to ask for leave."

"Leave? Are you too lonely by yourself in Extreme Cold Hell and want to go out to clear your head?" Magellan asked with a frown.

"No. I'm very satisfied with my working environment. I want to take leave to return to my hometown and visit my relatives there.

"When I was very young, my parents moved away from our hometown with me. They had to return there about once every six years. By my calculations, it should be time to go back again this year.

"My parents are already gone. As their child, I should fulfill this duty in their place."

The reason Mosen gave for requesting leave was true. His parents had indeed returned every few years to a small island called Sphinx, but they had never taken Mosen with them.

Therefore, Mosen did not know the island's exact location, much less how to return there.

But Magellan did not know any of that. Mosen's reason for requesting leave was fairly legitimate, so after thinking it over, Magellan agreed.

Magellan then issued Mosen a certificate. With it in hand, Mosen passed through unhindered and successfully left Impel Down.

"Aww-ooh~ Aww-ooh~"

The moment Mosen stepped out of Impel Down, he heard seagulls calling. The sea breeze, tinged with the smell of fish, blew toward him, giving him the feeling of being reborn.

"Although I really like the snow-and-ice environment of Extreme Cold Hell, it's not bad to savor the smell of the sea once in a while!" Mosen muttered to himself.

"Hey~ Little brother over there, you're from Impel Down, right? Where are you headed? Want us to give you a lift?"

The shout from a nearby warship interrupted Mosen's thoughts. He turned around and saw that the person calling out was an "old acquaintance."

Calling him an old acquaintance was a bit of a stretch. The two of them had only met once.

They had crossed paths when Mosen had first been introduced at Marine Headquarters. The man was Chaton Tokikake, one of the two Marine Admiral candidates in the original story.

Mosen thought Chaton was a very interesting codename.

As everyone knew, "chaton" meant piglet. Wasn't that to say that when tea was green tea, Chaton became Green Pig; when it was black tea, he became Red Pig; and when it was flower tea, he became Flower Pig?

Jokes aside, Mosen had a fairly good impression of Tokikake. In the original story, Tokikake had an easygoing personality and was even somewhat shameless. However, he had an excellent relationship with Fujitora and was also very popular among the civilians. Within the Marines, though, quite a few Marines disliked him.

Besides that, he had always been in love with Momousagi. He had confessed to her a hundred times, only to be rejected every time.

Of course, Mosen's favorable impression of Tokikake was not merely because of his portrayal in the original story. More importantly, when Mosen had wanted to participate in Vegapunk's Lineage Factor experiment, Tokikake had objected.

Tokikake felt that a talented young man like Mosen should not participate in such a dangerous experiment. Instead, he should be entrusted to Zephyr for training, gradually grow stronger, and eventually become a mainstay of the Marines.

But Mosen had not understood Tokikake's good intentions at the time. He had thought Tokikake was hindering his growth, so he had not treated him kindly.

Thinking of this, Mosen felt somewhat guilty. He had mistaken someone's good intentions for something worthless, and that was wrong no matter how he looked at it. Surely he should go over and thank him now?

Thus, Mosen turned around and boarded Tokikake's warship.

"Little brother, have we met somewhere before? You look a little familiar!" Tokikake asked, scratching his head.

"Lord Tokikake, I'm Mosen. When I applied to participate in the Frozen Lineage Factor modification, you thought the experiment was too dangerous and opposed my participation."

"Oh~ I remember now. So it was you! I heard that of the fifty people who participated in the Lineage Factor modification, only eight survived, and all eight suffered varying degrees of bodily damage.

"How are you feeling now? Do you still have any discomfort?" Tokikake asked.

"Thank you for your concern. My body is fine now. I didn't understand your good intentions back then and had a bad attitude. Please don't take it to heart," Mosen said, somewhat embarrassed.

"Hahahaha! Plenty of people in the Marines dislike me. You don't need to take it to heart.

"By the way, Mosen, where were you headed? If it's on the way, I can give you a lift." Tokikake said with a laugh.

"I'm going to North Blue." Mosen casually made up an answer.

"North Blue? What a shame. Then I can only take you part of the way. I'm heading to East Blue."

Mosen remained composed on the surface, but inwardly he began to wonder. Tokikake was actually going to East Blue? There shouldn't be anything happening in East Blue at this time, right?

No, that was wrong! Something was happening!

Mosen suddenly remembered that Ace had been twenty when he was executed in the original story. At this point, Ace had almost certainly already been born and adopted by Garp. Garp should currently be making frequent trips back to East Blue to see the child.

Tokikake was most likely going to East Blue because of this matter.

"Speaking of North Blue! North Blue hasn't been peaceful lately either! A few years ago, an infectious disease broke out in Flevance, and everyone in the entire country died. Not long afterward, some Donquixote Family appeared and started seizing territory. The Vinsmoke aren't behaving themselves either. Mosen, you need to be careful when you go to North Blue!"

Tokikake's words interrupted Mosen's thoughts, and Mosen hurriedly replied, "Thank you for your concern. I'll be careful."

Seeing Mosen looking so willing to take his advice, Tokikake felt that he had listened, so he said nothing more.

For the next two days, Mosen remained aboard Tokikake's ship. During that time, Tokikake even had a brief spar with him to test his strength.

When facing Tokikake, Mosen deliberately concealed his Frozen Lineage Factor and fought only with the Six Powers and Haki.

With Tokikake's discerning eye, he could naturally tell that Mosen's Armament Haki had only just awakened and was still immature. However, Mosen's mastery of Observation Haki was not low. More importantly, Mosen seemed to be only fifteen.

Tokikake was extremely surprised that Mosen had awakened Two Types of Haki at such a young age.

Even among some of the elites at Marine Headquarters, very few awakened Two Types of Haki at fifteen. Not to mention, Mosen knew more than just Two Types of Haki—he had also trained the Six Powers to such a proficient level.

Tokikake estimated that with Mosen's current strength, dealing with pirates whose bounties were below fifty million Beli should pose no problem at all.

There were few people below the rank of Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral who could defeat Mosen. This child was definitely a rare talent.

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