Two Days Prior wrote:
Alongside Kamacho, Lu Dahn had his back pressed against the alleyway wall of a warehouse. To his right and to Kamacho's left was an open doorway that lead inside the warehouse that was supposedly abandoned. Upon their arrival five minutes earlier, they quickly discovered that wasn't the case as they were welcomed with a storm of gunfire upon entering. Kamacho had received a grave wound in his stomach and sat against the stone wall clutching the infliction. Lu Dahn had escaped narrowly with a bullet gazing his side and one piercing into his left shoulder.

To think I didn't see this ambush coming. The duo was originally supposed to be meeting an lackey of Roukishi's who was trying to get out of the Black Market game in a safe way. Lu Dahn offered him a clean transition to a clean life if he agreed to aid him in the take down of Roukishi. Unknown to Lu Dahn, Roukishi knew about the man's wavering loyalty and ambition. Consequently he had assigned someone to monitor him and he would be rewarded for the precaution he had taken. The rendezvous point for Lu Dahn and this man was this warehouse and as soon as Lu Dahn and Kamacho arrived, their lead was taken into custody and a hail of gunfire was directed at them.

When it came to beings like Roukishi, taking them down was often a game of chess. It was the style of playing Lu Dahn favored, but he lacked the pieces to pull off operations such as this one. So Lu Dahn, the King himself had to put his own head on the line to make plays over pawns and knights and rooks and bishops.

When the bullet storm ended, time seemed to come to a stand still as silence fell over the area. Fleeing civilians could be heard in the distance expressing their emotions towards the gunfight that was unfolding as they ran further and further away. Looking over to Kamacho, Lu Dahn examined the man's bullet wound, he wasn't sure the Ensign would make it. What was absolute was that the Ensign would be a burden for the remainder of the encounter. "Lu Dahn . . . take my gun." It was laying idle by the man's side drenched in blood. He grabbed it, then slid it over to Lu Dahn across the concrete ground. Lu Dahn nodded and didn't hesitate to stain his palms with the blood of his ally by grabbing the pistol. He didn't know how much help it'd be since one of his shoulders was out of commission, but that didn't matter. In the warehouse sounds of a struggle could be heard, but

With the extra ammunition, Lu Dahn didn't even bother to aim. He just peaked Kamacho's gun around the corner into the doorway and fired aimlessly. The enemy responded in a similar manner, but their gunfire was actually aimed towards their target. Bullets showered out into the alleyway as Lu Dahn pulled his hand back. The shells ricocheted off the ground and collided with the wall that was adjacent of Lu Dahn and Kamacho. "Leave me . . . I'm dead weight and we'll both die if you stick around for me." Lu Dahn had already come to this conclusion, but he still wasn't looking to abandon the man and leave him for dead. As the rain of lead was coming to an end, Lu Dahn dropped Kamacho's pistol and wielded his own in his right hand which was his only operating arm as far as firearms were concerned. I have to find the confidant before they take him too far away. First he needed to overcome the obstacle in front of his path which was this warehouse.

With the enemy gunfire ending Lu Dahn pivoted to whip himself around into the doorway. Instantly the enemies began to fire at him from various different directions. It wasn't a reaction to these gunshots, when he'd use Soru to move from the doorway up above the catwalk that was above him and to his left. As a result no bullets would hit him, but he wouldn't count that as a victory. Landing safely he'd begin to run forward as he'd lift his right arm that held his pistol and fire off two shots to the two enemies that were on the cat walk with him. Due to his speed and their average vision they had no clue he was even up there until it was too late. Consequently the rest of the gunmen now knew his location and they began to rain hell on him once more. That was ok though, for the Commodore was already on the move and their aim wasn't the greatest now that they didn't have a simple doorway to aim at. Still Lu Dahn ducked his head as he ran and he'd run until he reached a large steel beam that ran from the floor to the ceiling. It was twice as wide as his body and worked as excellent cover against his enemies given their positioning. One of the gunmen he just killed were using this beam as a vantage point and cover previously. Now he laid bleeding out on the metal floor of the catwalk.

Peeking around the corner, the instant he did a bullet collided and sparked off the steel beam near his face. A single inch more to the side and that would have been his head. When that happened Lu Dahn instantly went back to his cover and thought about what to do next. "Fan out and get at an angle we can shoot him from. He's only one man!"

Time wasn't on his side. He also needed to hurry to get to his kidnapped confidant. Looking up as if asking God for the answer, he saw the roof of the warehouse was held together by a grid of metal beams and glass panels. "Thank you." Quick as he could he barely peeked around the corner of his cover while the enemies were mobilizing. This gave him a bit of time before they began to dump on him again and with that time he unloaded the rest of his clip skyward. This brought down a rain of glass onto the uncovered enemies that were mobilizing against him. "Shit! The ceiling, look out!" Some looked up which only made the assault even more effective as their face was now a dart board for the shower of shards. There were about twenty men to start with. Two ran off with the confidant, two were shot and killed earlier, and now this glass attack killed six and injured three. "Fuck!" As the glass was cascading Lu Dahn also used the attack as a distraction and he left his cover and ran further down the catwalk to the exit of the warehouse that was opposite the doorway he came through. This is also the pathway his confidant was taken through.

"Stop him!" Lu Dahn's pistol had needed a reload, but he only had one operating hand at the moment and he hadn't time to waste on a reload. As an alternative he holstered his gun and picked up the one the goon he killed was using. It was certainly an odd looking gun in his opinion, but he knew the guns Roukishi gave his men were like submachine guns. He was more than happy with this. As an actual marksman, one of Lu Dahn's bullets were about as effective as twenty-five bullets from these goons. They had no actual aim and just sprayed in the general vicinity of their target. Now with the ability to shower the enemy in a storm of bullets, Lu Dahn sprayed down the man who just yelled out to his comrades to stop him. Three bullets were sent one right after the other and each of them impacted the man's upper body.

The next grunt who rose their weapon to him got the same treatment, then he sprayed down the wounded goons from his previous assault in a dismissive manner. All the while he was running the span of the catwalk, it was surely different than the runways he was used to walking as a model. With five morale shattered men left, Lu Dahn was confident he'd be on his way out of here as soon as he reached the opposite side. Reaching the end of the catwalk, the Commodore vaulted over the railing of the catwalk after dispensing the rest of his submachine gun bullets into the five remaining men. With the warehouse cleared out, he reached for the knob of the door, but just as he did he heard someone behind him.

Two Days Prior wrote:Turning to face the source of the noise, Lu Dahn saw a groaning and bloody Kamacho suspended in the air by his head. What held him up was a man who's age lingered somewhere in his late thirties, maybe even early forties. "Co- Commodore." Kamacho could barely manage to make the words loud enough for Lu Dahn to hear. The one who held Kamacho looked at him sympathetically, shook his head, then looked back to Lu Dahn with piercing red eyes. "You intended to leave your soldier to die?" Obviously the question was meant to question Lu Dahn's unpopular morality, but the Commodore was shameless when it came about his selfish ways. "Aye." The man wasn't taken aback by this response, but by the lack of hesitation. The astonishment was expressed in a more amused manner than a disgusted or shocked one though.

"So if I were to kill this man in front of you right now?" Lu Dahn nodded. "Then he'll have served his purpose in this life and world." At this response the man's eye brows rose, his curiosity was peaked. "You're religious?" Lu Dahn nodded affirmatively. "Yes, but I say that not out of my religious views, but because it's the truth. I'd hate to see him die, but if he isn't fit to protect himself and survive in the environment his life choices put him in, his death is on his own hands." The man put his free hand to his chin in thought at this and thought for a while. Lu Dahn eventually grew impatient, for at least a minute of nothing had passed and his confidant was getting even further and further now. Even then Lu Dahn didn't know where they were taking him. Turning back to the door, he reached for the knob, but the man who held Kamacho spoke again. "Wait . . . don't you want to know where Roukishi is?" Lu Dahn's hairs stood on end at these words and he turned and faced the man once more.

"At what price?" A grin appeared on the man's face and he looked over at Kamacho who was clutching at the man's wrist trying to free himself. "The life of this man has no weight on you does it?" Lu Dahn shook his head side to side. "Quite contrary. I care deeply for this Marine." The man's head titled to the side and he scratched his head. "I'm an odd man to understand, but what would you like in exchange for the information?" The guy literally tossed Kamacho like a heap of trash off to the side into a pyramid of bullet hole ridden wooden crates that collapsed onto him. "I'd like a battle with you. Roukishi sent me to finish you off after the peons did what they could. And seeing that they all lie dead on the ground, here I am." He opened up his arms as if welcoming Lu Dahn to the warehouse they resided in. "I see." His left arm was still rendered basically useless, but this guy was basically his only stab at locating Roukishi.

Just as soon as he said "I see.", he hopped into go mode and without warning he used Soru to close the distance between the man and himself. Where he'd end his travel was behind the man's right shoulder, albeit in an aerial position. His leg would have been reeled back to attempt a devastating kick that was enhanced with his custom Tekkai that increased the density of the effected limbs. All below his right knee would have been effected and this would be the leg that was being used to kick the man in his neck with the intentions of breaking it. Just as fast as Lu Dahn sped over to his target and kicked at him, his foe had pivot turned to face Lu Dahn and extended a hand out to catch the kick. Grasped by the shin and still in the air, Lu Dahn had no hope at escaping. Lu Dahn would lift his other leg with intentions of dropping an axe kick on the man's wrist that held his leg. Before it could be completely executed, the man would have swung Lu Dahn up above his head and began to swing him back downwards towards the ground. The man would slam Lu Dahn onto the concrete and let go of his leg during the slam. "Ahhg." Not stopping there, the man would kick Lu Dahn in his gut hard enough to send him a small ways away.

Two Days Prior wrote:"You gave me the impression you were much stronger than this . . ." Lu Dahn rolled to a stop and laid there idle on the floor breathing hard. He could hear the opposition walking towards him slowly, but couldn't muster up the strength to do anything, but breath and gasp for air. "Are all Marines this stuck up and full of themselves?" He grabbed Lu Dahn by the head and lifted him up similarly to how he did Kamacho earlier. This time however he held Lu Dahn so he was face to face with him. Most would spit in the man's face, but even in defeat Lu Dahn was a honorable man. "Fuck you." It was hardly audible, but what followed was a spit of bullets from a submachine gun that burrowed into the man's back causing him to yell in pain and drop Lu Dahn. "Ahhhh!" The man stumbled forward to a hunched over position with one leg far from the other like a runner's stretch. Surprisingly, despite the injury he just sustained, he stayed on his feet.

His blood dripped down onto Lu Dahn who was underneath him and it brought the Commodore to his senses. With a bit of strength back in his body Lu Dahn found and metal pipe that was nearby, grabbed it, and then stabbed it into the inside of the man's thigh. This was addressed with another yelled of pain. Lu Dahn would have pulled the pipe out and stabbed the man again, but he hadn't that much strength in him yet. Besides, he noticed that the dripping of blood from the man's back wound had stopped and then the bullet shells one by one came falling down onto the ground near Lu Dahn. The man hadn't moved from his position, he seemed to be in a state of focus, but when he did move again, it was to pull the metal pipe out of his leg and get from over top Lu Dahn.

"To think I was going to let you live and kill this pretentious bastard instead." The red eyed man looked over to Kamacho who smiled evil at the man, the gun he fired with still smoking from he burst of bullets. "While that would have killed a normal man . . . I'm not one of them." He turned and began pacing back to Kamacho, it was very evident the man was confident in his abilities and didn't think either of the men posed much a threat to him even if they were strong. Lu Dahn looked at the man's back as he walked away from him and saw the bullet holes that should have been in his back were completely healed. He knew they were healed, because circular scars resided precisely where each hole in the man's shirt was. "Regeneration?" The red-eyed man stopped and only looked at Lu Dahn before smiling then continuing his stroll.

"It's an ancient art called Life Return. I still have a lot to learn, but with all these Devil Fruit people running around here it's better than most people can do." Lu Dahn had heard of the practice before, but this was his first time seeing it in person. It wasn't everyday Lu Dahn could admit something or someone amazed him, but this man succeeded in that. "Alright buddy. I'll see you in the afterlife sometime!" Standing over Kamacho the man picked the Ensign up by his collar and held him high up. Then what came next was a grand slam head first into the concrete of the warehouse splattering the Ensign's cranium all over the place. Lu Dahn's body was stabbed by tiny needles all over in that moment.

Never did he know fear like this. He knew he'd die one day, but he figured it'd be many years down the line and it'd be for a much nobler cause. Not in an abandoned warehouse alongside some empty headed Ensign. "The thud heads make when they hit concrete never fails to make me shiver. If your eyes were closed you could have thought I dropped something insignificant like a . .. hmmm. Like a, oh like a watermelon, or a softball or something. But it's like a whole life just ended right there. Just like that." While the man spoke he walked closer to Lu Dahn who was struggling to get up, but nonetheless was slowly making progress. "Hm. I guess you were a higher rank than him for a reason. Still got a bit of fight in you. Go on. I'll let you get up." Lu Dahn hated the fact the man was treating him like he was so weak, but the matter of the fact was that Lu Dahn was weak compared to this man.

Even if he had both his arms, he knew realistically this guy was a league above him in terms of combat.

Even if he prided himself as a man of brains rather than brawn, what mattered now was brawn and this man won.

Even if in his head he was some sort of Golden Child chosen by God and he was raised with excellent pedigree, this man who could be some random arm for hire was about to kill like he was nothing more than a mass of flesh, bones, and blood.

It was now that Lu Dahn had realized that in the grand scheme of things, though he wanted to see himself almost as a messiah of sorts, he was just another frail human in this world. There was no divine protection God placed over him. A thief could break into his quarters at night and kill him in his sleep. Or he could give his all, and his all end up just not being enough. No one was special and there's no time and place someone is destined to die, it just happens. This was all going through the Commodore's head as he got up on his feet and struggled to straighten up. As for his body, his eyes were glossed over signaling he was on the brink of consciousness, he had a few broken ribs. But for his mind, his was having what seemed like epiphany, after epiphany, after epiphany. He felt as if he was evolving right now in this moment and being molded into a new person with a new set of morals and personal codes. Part of him was oh so sluggish and fatigued, but the other had never felt so stimulated, it felt like electricity, it felt like light, it felt like power.

With this evolution he suddenly began to realize the eyes he was looking through were his own and his vision began to go from cloudy to sharp and crisp. The glossy look vanished and his spirits were up. With his back figuratively against the wall, he had no where else to go but forward and forward lead through the man before him. "Hmmm? You seem different."

Kenbunshoku Haki - Haki Stamina: 5/6

Two Days Prior wrote:The red-eyed man tilted his head to his side with his comment and Lu Dahn himself felt different. Not only was there a personal shift with his own identity within himself, but he felt he perceived the world differently. A new sense of awareness was about him and though he saw the man in front of him, Lu Dahn felt he saw him through a different lens. Despite having this new sense of self, Lu Dahn's body still retained its injuries and pain of course. Nonetheless, the battle would continue and the red-eyed man wouldn't wait to get what he wanted from Lu Dahn. Quickly, the man pulled his arm back with his fingers clawed then thrusted forward at Lu Dahn's neck. Before the strike even came in the Commodore could sense the threat the attack posed and the potential harm it could cause. Not even following the advice he got from this warning, but reflexively in connection to this warning, Lu Dahn stepped and leaned back as to make the strike miss.

When he did so a sharp pain from his rib rang throughout his body and caused him to loose his balance. Consequently he fell backwards, but turned to have his right side face the ground below him. Reaching out with this still operating arm, he propped himself up and found stability with bent legs. The sound of a footstep alerted Lu Dahn in sync with this new found sense of awareness that he had about him. Even with his eyes not on the man, he knew where he was and where he was coming from, it was odd. In response to his foe's attempt to exploit his poor positioning, from his bent leg position he extended his right leg to explode with power as he kicked out towards the man with his other Tekkai enhanced leg. Since Lu Dahn's eyes weren't on him as he advanced, the man's guard was down and Lu Dahn's kick actually struck him right in his stomach. Lu Dahn grinned confidently as the man froze in pain. "Uhhg, son of a bitch." Lu Dahn pulled in his leg to the another, so he was basically squatting now. Quickly turning to face the man once more, again from his bent leg position he exploded with power by extending his legs, but this time it was reinforced with the power of Soru as well. Rocketing upwards with his head at the man's chin, he focused his Tekkai on his head before he collided with the red-eyed man's chin. "I feel different!" The headbutt was a tactic Lu Dahn never thought he'd resort to in his life. It was definitely a last resort, but judging by the effects of it it was a worth it. The man was sent off his feet a bit in the air and backwards, blood trailing out of his maw as he floated until he crashed with the ground. Lu Dahn himself floated a bit forward until he too landed flat on the ground. "Damn." The headbutt hurt him due to the strictly offensive nature of his Tekkai, but the landing hurt more because of his broken ribs.

In silence they both laid on the ground groaning in pain. Lu Dahn's always had willpower, but today, or just a minute ago rather, it felt like it was multiplied tenfold. He knew normally he wouldn't have been able to tolerate the pain he was in and he would have probably died shortly after Kamacho. But now, he had strength that wasn't quite tangible, but it definitely had an effect on the corporeal realm. "Am I as strong as you thought I was now?" There was silence at first, but soon there was laughter and the man's body began to move. "Stronger. Much stronger than I thought you were. You have spirit and willpower. Sadly though-" He came to a stand and played with his jaw a bit before wiping the blood off his mouth. "You don't have the arsenal to defeat me." Again his Life Return rejuvenated him back to his former glory. "That kick though. It hurt way more than it should have. Had to repair two ribs and a bruised kidney." He slapped his gut in a boastful manner two times. "Good as new now!" He walked up to Lu Dahn confidently with his body showing no signs of having been participating in combat.

"And you talk too much." When he went down to the ground the first time, he grabbed that same pipe he stabbed the man with before. He kept that pipe in his hand throughout the headbutt and crash landing and now with his marksmanship, even while on the ground he threw it like a dart into the man's neck. Red-eyes began to make a choking noise as he moved his hands to the pipe to remove it from his esophagus. "You can regenerate, but what can you do about the blood flooding your lungs?" The man's eyes widened as he realized he was approaching death at a rapid pace. "D- dammit. . ." He grabbed the pipe and pulled it out his neck. Every time he coughed blood came out both his neck and his mouth. With the strength he had, he drudged to Lu Dahn with the pipe in his hand. "You don't give up do you?" Red-eyes was coughing horribly all over the place and stumbling messily. His hand was to his neck as he was healing his wound. Lu Dahn was on his last leg right there with the guy and he could only try one more thing to stop the red-eyed man. When red-eyes came in front Lu Dahn and readied the pipe to stab the Commodore, Lu Dahn pulled out his pistol. More appropriately, he pulled out a bluff. He hadn't the chance to reload the firearm from earlier, so it literally was no threat to the man, but he had no clue. All Lu Dahn had to do now was sell the guy on the idea that Lu Dahn had him in check. "Drop the pipe and I won't put a hole through your head."

Two Days Prior wrote:The red-eyed man smiled at Lu Dahn before he wretched out a grueling cough. Blood trailed calmly down the sides of his mouth, before he dropped the pipe. The bluff was a success.The man opened his mouth to speak, but nothing but a spat of blood came out. Clutching at his chest, he dropped to his knees then fell over to his side, before rolling over to his back. Lu Dahn didn't know how he managed it. His foe was certainly stronger than he was, but through being savvy and making use of his wits he came out on top.

Despite having just had continuous waves of realizations about of the world wash over him just moments ago, even now Lu Dahn felt his body aligning itself with another spiritual identity. When the dust settled, he found himself ashamed for he felt he was straying from the light of God as a celestial being. Instead he was now seeing God as an essence, as a power, and something that was within himself. There were no favorites in the world. The one's who succeeded did so with their own strength and abilities. This whole time had Lu Dahn been failing to credit himself fo all his accomplishments? Was how far he had gotten truly his own doing?

Am I God?

It was dramatic, but Lu Dahn was a polarized man. Always from one extreme to another, he never liked those who lingered on the fence and couldn't pick a side. Some wheezing from the red-eyed man brought Lu Dahn out of his mind. "The outskirts of Alabasta . . . West." His voice was strained and it was evident there was fluid in his lungs. "Tulsa . . . *cough*. The town is called . . . Tulsa." Lu Dahn's breaths had went from strained to calm and his strength was coming back to him. "Save your breaths . . . you'll be showing me exactly where Roukishi is." He got up on his knees, his right arm wrapped gently around his torso to nurse his ribs. Standing up he walked over to the man and looked down on him with a smile. "Oh how the roles have reversed." Lu Dahn stood over the red-eyed man who barely had his eyes open gazing back at the blue haired victor. Lu Dahn noticed the man's breathing had stopped, but he couldn't allow this. Putting his foot on the man's chest, he applied a healthy amount of pressure to try to force the blood out his lungs. "Geez." Kneeling down to the man's body, Lu Dahn unwrapped his arm from around his ribs and set down his gun. Opening the man's mouth, he put his mouth to the mouth of the red-eyed man and began to breathe air into his lungs. Carefully he'd administer CPR to the fellow, something he never had to do before, but something many Marines knew how to do. It'd be stupid to live a life on the sea and not know how to save someone from drowning after all.

After some time, the man began to convulse and Lu Dahn backed up off him in enough time to avoid a strong series of cough that a large volume of blood rode on. Once this violent coughing was done, the red-eyed man gasped for air, finally he could breathe on his own. When he gasped for air his upper body snatched up from laying down to sitting up. In the same motion he reached for Lu Dahn's neck and clasped his hands around it. With a devilish smile he began to choke the Commodore, turning Lu Dahn's face red. "Hahaha!" A moment later the man let go and just laughed. "Just kidding, it's very evident that you were the winner and could have left me for dead." Lu Dahn rubbed his neck and caught his breath. "Can't say I'm much of a fan of your joke." The man laughed and stood back up, but he was noticeably fatigued as well. Not as much as Lu Dahn, but still tuckered out. "So you can't regain your stamina with your ability?" The man looked at Lu Dahn and shook his head. "Sadly I can't. It takes a lot of stamina as well. I haven't been this tired out from a battle in about . . . thirty years." Lu Dahn made a face, but he hadn’t the interest in speculating into the man’s comment. He had other things to worry about. ”The reason I didn’t want you to die is because I want you to assist me in Roukishi’s take down.” The man looked at Lu Dahn and laughed a thunderous laugh, it was very genuine, but Lu Dahn wasn’t laughing, he was serious.

Two Days Prior wrote:”And why would I be interested in helping you take down my boss?” Red-eyes looked over at Lu Dahn who was sitting comfortably on the ground with one leg propped up. His eyes weren’t on red-eyes but on Kamacho’s corpse. Red-eyes looked over at the mess he made of the man and rubbed the back of his neck. ”Sucks about that guy.” Lu Dahn shook his head.
”He hadn’t the strength to survive. But on the subject of Roukishi. Regardless, he’s being taken down, either by me or another Marine Unit that’s on his ass as well. So at the end of the day, the man who is employing you is going to be out of the frame. Lu Dahn looked up to red-eyes and saw he had transported the man to the realm of his own mind. ”You can either work towards securing yourself a spot in my ranks or just waste your time helping a man who’s already doomed. Regardless, you owe it to me to lead me to his whereabouts.” Red-eyes looked at Lu Dahn and for the first time their eyes locked as man to man and not fighter to fighter. After a moment of neither averting their eyes, red-eyes began to nod slowly. ”I’m sold on Roukishi being a lost cause, but assisting and joining your ranks? Me a Marine, that’s blasphemy.” Lu Dahn smiled a gentle smile as his eyes wandered off to the examine the damage done to the warehouse. ”Being  enlisted in my ranks, doesn’t mean you are enlisted in the ranks of the Marines. I’m loyal to my own will, it just so happens that this organization supplies me with what I need to get what I want.” Red-eyes stretched and yawned a bit. He was plotting on a nap after this to regain some of his stamina. ”Hmm, with Roukishi out of the picture I guess I would need something else to do . . . What is it you’re trying to accomplish?” Lu Dahn’s smile intensified then he looked back to the man and shrugged. "For now, I'm not exactly sure. I want power. I want respect. I want things to genuinely be better. I see myself in a position of power so I can govern over others to lead them to a more wholesome reality." Red-eyes nodded. "I'm also loyal to myself, so should my interest in you waver, I won't hesitate to take my leave." Lu Dahn nodded back and chuckled. "Completely understandable . . . But if I find you valuable, expect to pry your freedom from my hands." The red-eyed man laughed at Lu Dahn, then offered him a hand. "I look forward to the day." Red-eyes gave a devilish smile while Lu Dahn a more serene and confident one. Gripping the man's hand he came to a stand and brushed himself off.

"So what's your name Marine?" Lu Dahn looked at the man and realized they never did exchange names. "Lu Dahn. And you?" Red-eyes nodded and logged the name in his mind before sharing his. "Moona, but you can call me Hashirama."

Two Days Prior wrote:Lu Dahn's brow rose.

Fool's Gold Mission Briefing wrote:...
Last month, we caught wind of a man that operates under the guise of Moona pushing a 10kg shipment of Fool's Gold through the Sandy Island. It's only 10 bricks, but each brick is extremely valuable and must be located and taken into the custody of the World Government. There are 7 individuals forecasted to be involved with this contraband and all with dealings related to these 10kgs of Fool's Gold are to be considered extremely dangerous criminals with Black Market ties. In a perfect world they'd be apprehended and brought to justice the proper way, but it's understood that that is not always possible, especially when dealing with people considered to be extremely dangerous.

Your job is to secure all of these bricks and safely escort them to a World Government stronghold, so they can be shipped out to headquarters.

There was no way the name was a coincidence, he had to be the same Moona from the mission briefing, but why? "You were the one distributing the Fool's Gold?" Hashirama nodded to Lu Dahn innocently. "Kinda . . . wait. Do the Marines think Roukishi is the distributor?" Lu Dahn shook his head and put his thumb and the side of his index finger to his chin in thought. "No, but we were looking for the distributor. I was told by Matziyah Faults, that he killed the distributor. Do you still have any of the bricks on you?" Hashirama began to laugh out loud. Gathering himself together after some time he shook his hand at Lu Dahn dismissing all he said. "Let me explain to you in full scope what happened." Lu Dahn nodded. "Please do." "So originally Roukishi stole ten of these bricks from a dealer who had stolen them from some exhibition. Then he dispatched me to sell eight of them while keeping two to himself. To keep the heat off of him, he sent me to peddle them to high profile pirates and revolutionaries in the area. I let that Faults guy beat me and go off only because Roukishi told me not to kill him." Lu Dahn nodded, it all made a lot more sense now. "So Roukishi has all the money from the previous bricks being sold?" Hashirama nodded. "Yeah, he's planning to try to fund the Revolutionary Army to take over Alabasta I believe." Lu Dahn rubbed his temples. It was worse than he thought it was when it came to Roukishi. "Lead me to him."