The Path of the Great Sovereign 184 Starting Point!

"Ruthless."

"Calculating."

"Demonic."

"Powerful."

These were the tags associated with his name, however since this was just the east Blue and not the Grand line no truly powerful figures took action yet they did note down this up and coming Marine for future actions.

Tatsuo keeps building up merit and showing headquarters that he was far better than they initially thought. After a year he was promoted and reassigned, He was now a Commodore given his own Fleet and charged with defending the Conomi Islands. These Islands contain at least twenty different communities which were originally peaceful until Arlong and his pirate crew arrived and started to terrorize the people.

Standing on the deck of the ship leaning on the rail looking at the tropical islands which appeared on the horizon. As he stood there he thought about his predicament.

'The Arlong Pirates Terrioried the area from 1514 until 1522 when the Luffy arrives and defeats him. During that 8-year gap Headquarters most likely sent individuals to check on the area but they most likely never returned. Due to the main effort being the grand line and keeping the balance between the three major powers the Marines probably never spent more effort around these parts.'

'Keeping that in mind there are no other officers on these ships but myself so the individual that was originally sent here was nothing more than a sacrifice to keep up appearances.'

Tapping his fingers on the railing Tatsuo broke out in a wide grin as he thought about the things to come.

'As a Commodore, I have 1,000 Marines under me. Cannon fodder class Marines but still better than nothing. The World Government does not forbid Marines from ruling territory as long as Justice is upheld.'

Tatsuo turned around and looked at his Marines because he was young, his crew was also young with the oldest on board any of his 3 ships being 19 years old.

'I can have them follow me right now, I don't have the power to fight and protect them from dying.'

His Head turned back to the Conomi Islands.

'Justice huh? I guess I can kill them.'

Flying up into the Air Tatsuo looked down at his subordinates and said-

"Don't get too close to the coast nor come ashore it will be over before you know it."

Then he flew towards the main island where the ship for the Arlong Pirates was located. Standing in the sky he looked down at the pirates as they practically began enslaving the citizens.

"Tch, I forgot about his insane dislike of humans."

Tatsuo clapped his hands and the air around the Fishman isolated them from the humans he then raised his hand and the Fishman all began to rise into the sky.

"I Don't hate you as a species but after this, something along those lines will probably spread throughout the east Blue."

Making his hand into a fist the Air Pressure in the air pockets increased rapidly until the original humanoid fish-man became nothing but pools of blood that were released into the sea. The Waters surrounding Conomi Islands were dyed red as the sun shined on the lands, floating in the sky above it all Tatsuo looked like the God of Death in the eyes of his Subordinates. Many who were watching with the intent to help their Boss if he needed it began to empty their guts into the now red sea.

"Arlong, I know you're here so why don't you show your face that I will kill more of you precious subordinates."

"Shahahahaha, you seem more like the pirate here than us Mr.Marine. Are you sure that you are living up to that character written on the back of your jacket?"

Arlong stepped off a ship and walked ashore surrounded by numerous amounts of his men.

"You seem to have misunderstood something Arlong. What you are doing is killing the citizens of the World Government and invading it's territory, what I am doing is no different than exterminating rats that infested my home. While my deed is praiseworthy yours is treason, the two cannot even be compared."

"A weak Human comparing us Fish-men to rats! Kill him!"

Group of fish-men rushed Tatsuo while another group started shooting at him, yet when the bullets reached a certain point they hit a wall of wind and stopped moving.

"Usually there would be a grand battle and I would struggle to defeat you causing a tear-jerking scenario where I barely overcame the odds. But this isn't one of those fairy tale stories."

Raising his hands Tatsuo focused on the element of oxygen and removed it from the air surrounding the Fish-men and their bodies. Arlong and his pirates lost all strength in their bodies as they suffocated.

"Isn't it interesting? So powerful yet does it really matter when you can't breathe?"

As the fishmen slowly died Tatsuo raised their bodies above the sea and reduced them to blood mist just like the ones prior leaving only Arlong laying on the beach.

"You might be wondering why I left you alive right? It's pretty simple actually."

Tatsuo floated down and landed on the ground as he adjusted his coat.

"The people of Conomi Island need a way to unite them all, while it's only been a few months you did effectively annex this part of the East Blue! Bravo! I'm guessing you had a Marine my rank or higher assisting you sending false reports to HQ or else you could never pull this off. So before you're executed we will have a little one on one time and I will extract that information with great skill!"

A few hours later after Arlong's screams resounded throughout the isle Tatsuo finally handed him over to the citizens to be Executed. Sitting in his quarters he pulled out his transponder snail and called his Adoptive Father Garp to tell him the news.

Chapter end