One Piece
	 Volume 25 : The Hundred Million Man
	  Chapter 233
	   The Highest Authority in the World

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Chapter 233 - The Highest Authority in the World

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Men: ...HUH?!

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Sarquiss: ...ah!!  ...hey...  that's not funny...  Bellamy...?!  C'mon...!!
	You're just playin' around, right?!! ...say something!!!
	HEY BELLAMY!!  QUIT THE GAMES!!  C'MON...!!  STAND UP AND GIVE US THE USUAL "SHOW"!!
	BELLAMY!!!
	You!!  You're a 55 million "Big Time Rookie", remember?!!!

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<<Drunk: Listen, everybody!!

Sarquiss: Bwa-!!

<<Drunk: Yeah!!  Those two guys from before...

Man: Ah...

<<Drunk: Have higher bounties than you, Bellamy!!!

Sarquiss: Uwah...!!

Man: AAAAAH!!

Drunk: See, I told ya.

Men: Uh...

Luffy: THE GOLD!!
	GIVE IT BACK!!

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Men: WAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!  HE _IS_ THE REAL THING!!!
	BELLAMY WENT DOWN!!!

Crew: Ooho!!
	Ooho!!
	Fix - the - ship
	Ooho!!  Ooho!!
	All right!!  Raise the prow!

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Nami: Why didn't you go, too?

Zoro: What the hell is your problem?  "Don't fight", then "fight", then "don't go", then "go".

Nami: But didn't they beat you up, too?

Zoro: Beat?  ...it's not like they were standing in our way.
	...a fight where only pity is left
	will only bring pain.

Nami: What does THAT mean?
	Are you retarded??

Zoro: Shut up!!  Get the hell outta here, you're in the way!

Sanji: Hey hey hey Marimoman, what did you just say to Nami-san?!

Zoro: What?!

Shoujou: Hey, guys, guys!!  We need some planks here!!

Chopper: Here.

Shoujou: Hey!!  You're a pretty nice guy, tanuki.

Chopper: I'm a reindeer!!

Luffy: Found it!

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Sarquiss: ...that little kid...  that must have been luck...!!
	Hey...!!!  Hey you, wait!!  I'm still here, remember?!!

Rivers: Cut it out, Sarquiss!!

Sarquiss: C'mon, bring it!!  We can't possibly lose to a dream-chasing idiot like you!!
	What's wrong?!!  Where're you goin', Straw-Hat?!!

Luffy: ...where?

Sarquiss: Uhhh...  ahhh....!!!

Luffy: THE SKY.

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[Previously]
[An island on the Grand Line]

Mohji: Captain...!!
	Captain!!

Buggy: WHAT?!!

Mohji: This IS the right place, isn't it?!
	The "Legendary Cave" that the brutal and atrocious "Captain John" hid his treasure in.

Buggy: Yeah, just keep going.
	Treasures always have guardians and traps and stuff...!!
	Lose your step and you lose your life!!!
	WILL SOME MONSTROUS CREATURE LEAP FORTH...?!
	OR WILL THERE BE BLOOD-DRENCHED TRAPS LIKE A SCENE FROM HELL...?!

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Boss Man: C'mon boys, let's start us another day of pure tunnel-diggin'!!

Diggers: Yeah, Boss Man!!

Boss Man: Oh!!  You guys new recruits?!

Buggy: Huh?
	Aaaaah!!  Breakin' a sweat is such a wonderful thing!!
	BOSS MAN!!

Boss Man: That's right, it's our sweat that makes this tunnel.
	And that turns into people's smiles!!

Buggy: Yeah yeah...  and after hard labor there's nothing like a good beer, mm-
	AH!!!
	HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME
	WORK UP A SWEAT!!!

Diggers: Kyaaaaa!!

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Mohji: So Captain John's treasure did not exist after all, Captain Buggy.

Cabaji: Shh!!  Be more considerate, Mohji, the captain obviously got the wrong island!!
	Are you TRYING to ridicule his pathetic, rudimentary-

Buggy: DID YOU SAY "RIDICULOUS PROSTHETIC RUBY-RED CHERRY"?!!!

Cabaji: HUH?!!

Mohji: At "100 million" and "60 million"...
	THEY'VE already become true pirates of the Grand Line.

Buggy: Hmph...!!  Fear not, you flashy fools, we'll let them swim a bit more.

Mohji: W...  what does that mean?

Buggy: You know witches?!
	You see, when they're going to eat children...  first they start by plumping them up...
	See what I'm sayin'?
	Okay, laymen's terms.  The more the Straw-Hat's bounties rise...

Mohji: I see!!  Then the higher your bounty will soar when you destroy them!!

Buggy: GYAHAHAHAHA!!  PRECISELY!!!

Mohji: GREAT, AWESOME!!  SHALL WE HAVE A PARTY, CAPTAIN?!!

Buggy: YOU MEAN WE AREN'T NOW?!!

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Alvida: Stop that ridiculous clamoring, boys!!
	If we don't even know where Luffy is,
	how can we hope to defeat him?!

Buggy: AW, COME ON, ALVIDA!!  LIGHTEN UP A BIT!!

Ace: Ohhh, you wanna see Luffy?  I'll tell you where.

Buggy: See?  Look.
	This guy here's gonna tell us where to go.

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Buggy: WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!

Ace: Oh!  My apologies for disturbing your celebration.
	I was simply entranced by the savory scent of your delicious feast.  My name is Ace, glad to meet you.

Buggy: Oh yes yes, a pleasure.  Allow me to ask simply one thing-
	I want to know who the hell you ARE...
	I DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT YOUR NAME, YOU FLASHY BASTARD!

Crew: Captain!!  Captain, he's...!!  "Flame Fist"!!
	"Flame Fist Ace"!!!
	He's Whitebeard's...  !!  S-Second Corps Commander...!!!
	WHITEBEARD?!!

Ace: Oh!  You know him?  That's grea...
	ZZZZZZZZ

Crew: HE FELL ASLEEP!!!

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Mohji: Why not?!  This is clearly our best chance!!
	We'll kill "Flame Fist Ace" and be famous in an instant!!!

Buggy: NO WAY!!!!
	Listen up, and I mean listen up flashy-like!!  No matter what happens, never...
	EVER do ANYTHING to Whitebeard's men!!!
	Whitebeard is...  he is...
	A legendary "MONSTER" who was once the only man who could ever match the Pirate King Roger!!!
	HE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE MOST POWERFUL PIRATE IN THE WORLD!!!!
	THE MAN CLOSEST TO THE "ONE PIECE"!!!!
	And the one thing Whitebeard will not stand for AT ALL is the death of his crew!!!
	THIS IS ABSOLUTE!!  THAT'S WHAT KIND OF MAN HE IS!!!

Alvida: ...you seem pretty familiar with him...

Buggy: ...well, of course...

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Buggy: Years ago...
	I met the man himself, here on the Grand Line...!!!

Ace: Oh, you know him?

Crew: HE'S AWAKE!!!

Ace: Hey, c'mon guys, don't hold back.  It's a party, remember?!  Let's party it up then!

Buggy: Oh, that's right!!!
	I FORGOT ABOUT MY PARTY!!!
	Gyaaaaahahahahahaha!!!
	Hey hey, you're pretty good!
	Gyahaha, drink some more!

Ace: Oh, you got a lion?  Let's go!!
	C'mon, jump through the hoop of fire!!

Richie: Growr?!

Mohji: DO IT, RICHIE!!!  WAHAHAHAHAHA!!

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[Holy Land, Mariejoa]

Men: What...?
	"Red-Hair"...?!
	Yes...  his actions have been alarming...
	But it's not as though he went himself.
	Indeed...  it was indirect, he sent an envoy...  however!!
	Contact between Whitebeard and Red-Hair is entirely too perilous!!!

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Old Men: Hmmm...  that is indeed true...!!
	Allowing Red-Hair to rampage will allow him to slip further away from us,
	and he's not the type of man who thinks about how he affects the world.

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Old Men: Do not act rashly, determine the situation.
	More important is the "Seven Armed Seas".  We must find a replacement for Crocodile.
	Do not treat that empty hole lightly.
	If the "Three Great Powers" were to collapse, the very world would unravel at the seams.  We must persevere.

[The World Governments Highest Authority]
[THE "GOROUSEI"]

(Note: Like the Shichibukai, or "Seven Armed Seas", this is not a name that is easy to put into English smoothly.  Literally it means,
	"Five Old Stars", but that just sounds too...  weak and senile to represent these stern-looking guys.  Therefore I'm going to mix
	things up a bit and leave it as the "Gorousei".)

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Marine: Yes...  we've called for the Seven Armed Seas, but...
	It remains to be seen how many will come...  they are pirates...  and willful, of course...

Gorousei: Crocodile you fool, you've created a disaster...
	And now the man who defeated him...  We cannot allow him to run free either...  Monkey D. Luffy...

Marines: Arriving in Mariejoa from Marine Headquarters.
	...the Seven Armed Seas.

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Marines: Donquixote Doflamingo-sama...!!
	And...
	Bartholomew Kuma-sama...!!

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SBS Corner

O: From Hokkaido, P.N. SanjiLove-san.
	This is a psychological test.  The results will be on page 186.

HELLO Yahooooey!!!  Ei-chan!!!
I made a psychological test!!!  PLEEEEAASE put it in the book!
You, reading One Piece!!  Time for a little break.

You are at an amusement with Luffy and the crew.  What is everyone doing?  Match Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, Vivi and 
Karoo with what you think they would be doing!!!

1. Does nothing but eat
2. Riding only the crazy rides
3. Entranced at the character show
4. Got separated from the rest and is now lost
5. Is with you right now
6. Is challenging a takopa
7. Just having fun normally

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