
Chapter 129
Title: Humans change over time, but some things remain the same.
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'The 'Spade Pirates' were created a few months ago. Considering that, the relationship between the crew members shouldn't be so deep.
However, this was the world of 'Nakamaship', moreover, the previous Pirate King's son, Ace, was the captain of this crew. With his charisma, the crew became very close in this short time.
Just like how the Straw Hat Pirates were close, the Spade Pirates were also the same.
So losing one of their friends, moreover, their Vice-Captain, everyone was sad.
They were now sitting while hugging their legs or lying on the ground while staring at the sky.
Perry, the woman sitting next to the unconscious Ace whispered. "Maybe we shouldn't have come to the New World."
People who were still conscious stared at him. But they don't retaliate. Maybe.he's right.
Deuce is an important member of the crew, losing him means a lot.
Perry moved his lips. "What should we do with the man who saved us?"
The other crew member, Daniel, let go of a stiff laugh, "Huh.we are grateful, but we have to wait for Ace to wake up. Even if we're like this, he's still out captain."
Perry again asked: "And what about everyone else? 'Friends from the underworld'?"
Deuce had told them about the man many times, so they were quite familiar with who he was, how he looked, how he spoke, even what his favorite food was.
Clearly, everything was what Amon wanted him to know. To Amon, Deuce was a precious man.
When Ace joined the Whitebeard Pirates, the Spade Pirates would do the same. He would then brainwash Deuce to become his informant, the one who would keep him up-to-date about Blackbeard, the world's largest unstable variable.
So he spent quite a lot of time teaching her many things, but now that she was dead, all of it was basically in vain.
Still, it doesn't matter. He would only choose others from the Spade Pirates as the next pawn. The members of the Whitebeard Pirates were too strong to be brainwashed, and some of the weaker ones were too familiar with the other crew members to be unaware of the changes despite being minor.
So outsiders would be the best idea.
No No No
At that moment, they heard footsteps.
They slowly turned their heads as their eyes looked surprised.
It was a man with shoulder-length blue hair, so they almost mistook him for a Deuce.
"Hello," The man spoke in an old and rude voice. "I Mr. Fool, you can consider me Deuce's friend."
Yes, Amon who drains light into her hair to look blue. Once it reaches 700 million volts, Amon can use its lightning to form different colors by heating it to different degrees. He also hid his wings by combining them with his Logia body.
They all sighed. Of course, this is not Deuce. But it was still a relief that it was not the enemy, they were in no mood to fight.
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After a while, Ace regained consciousness.
The first thing he did was look around. Seeing Deuce's body lying down with a handkerchief covering her face, she was too surprised to notice the blue-haired man sitting beside the body.
With a dead look in his eyes, Ace fell on his back again. Tears began to roll in his eyes.
"It's my fault..." Ace covered his face with his forearm.
She doesn't remember much about the fight with Jack since she fainted, but she knows she got some kind of power.
"If I'm strong from the beginning... Then this won't happen." Ace remembers how Sabo died. He lost one of his brothers and promised Luffy to become the Pirate King. But—"How can I do without our ship's doctor, Deuce..."
Ace cried while covering his face. Perry just looked at her with sad eyes.
Perry's hourglass body was bleeding and his brown hair was falling apart. He just sat quietly while hugging his feet.
He sometimes stared at Amon who was sitting quietly beside Deuce's body.
After a while, Perry got up and walked towards Amon.
The crew members let him approach Deuce's body as they were convinced of his identity.
Perry stopped beside him and looked. "Sir..."
"Fool Master,"
"Yes, Mr. Fool..." Perry sat beside him, his eyes sad. "Thank you for sending the other Dragon fruit users, or we'll all die."
Mr. Fool, Amon, ignores the corpse and looks at Perry.
'Hm...?'
His eyes sparkled for a moment.
Interests. That's what makes his eyes shine. Perry was unable to notice it because he was too busy mourning.
'New found pawn ...' Amon felt a little sad that Deuce was dead, after all he spent quite a lot of time with her. But that 'bad' feeling wasn't sadness, it was just a hint of bitterness in his mouth.
'Sadness huh...' In this world, only a handful of people's deaths would make him truly sad. He had come away from a child who did not care about a single person.
Mr Fool then opened his mouth under a black and white 'anonymous mask. "You don't have to thank me. I only helped this boy's friend after his death."
She's speechless. "...If I'm not late, maybe I can save her too."
That's when Ace also noticed Mr. Fools. But unlike the others, he couldn't recognize her, he was too emotional.
He made a grim face as he walked towards her and touched her shoulder. "Who are you?"
Amon. Ace was surprised to see a similarity between him and Deuce, but it was short-lived.
Amon stood up and put his hand on his shoulder. "Portgas A. Ace.... I'm a friend of Deuce's,"
Ace had a serious face. "Which friend?"
Ace's question was answered by Perry.
"Ace, he's Mr. Fools. The guy Deuce always talks about."
Ace finally understood what was happening here. His eyes grew as he made a regretful face and avoided his hand from his shoulder. He had only spent about 6 months with Deuce, meanwhile, this man had known him for many years, so it was clear that he must have felt a much greater sadness than him.
Ace bit his lip. She felt Amon's gaze on her, she assumed, Amon must blame her.
However, "I thank you for taking care of him. He would love to give his life for you, Ace." That's Amon said.
Ace's eyes grew bigger. His face immediately shattered as tears began to fall again.
"I'm so sorry..."
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Just like that, a few hours passed. Amon took care of the injured and cooked some food from the ship.
Finally, the crew members calmed down.
It was time for Amon to start his main word game.
He stared at Ace while beside him, Deuce's body wrapped in a large white cloth. "All right, now I have to go. I have to bury Deuce."
Ace was shocked to hear that. "Well, where are you going to bury him? We'll go too."
"In my place, he once said he wanted to be buried there if he died." continued Amon. "And, no. I can't get you there, I gotta get this done this fast. 'cause-"
Amon looked seriously. "After this, I will attack Wano. I'm not gonna let Jack go this easily. He must die." A blue aura of light appeared around Amon, making the others flinch. ""How dare an ordinary All-Star do this to him, I will destroy the Pirate Beasts.""
It was true that Amon was planning to kill Jack, he would then give the fruit to the members of the Motor Gang.
Ace was startled and intimidated, he suddenly looked at Amom in awe. He heard Fool was strong, but he didn't know he was this strong to call the All-Star a 'just'.
Yet...
"Master, relax. Even though your skin looks so young, from your voice, you look like an old man. You mustn't fight with the rumored 'Strongest Creature."
After a while, the aura around Amon slowly disappeared. "Young man, I'm strong."
"But you are right" Amon showed the image of the wise man. "Remain, I must kill Jack, I have enough strength to get away from Kaido and get the job done."
Ace tries to say something but Perry stops him.
Amon turned around, looking at the corpse. "Now I'm going. I'm sorry you couldn't see Deuce's grave, but I promise I'll come back after this and show you."
He took Deuce's body off the ground. No one stopped him, they just had no face. After all, they were the ones responsible for killing him, in a sense.
Actually, Amon took Deuce to make him a Shadow warrior. Could it be that Deuce could transform into a Dragon even after death?
It is true that the devil fruit leaves the body after being used dead.
But just because of the demon fruit's body, it didn't mean their previous strength had also completely left the body. Zoan fruit causes genetic changes, can not just return to a completely normal body, at least not to Amon's medical and biological knowledge.
When Amon can fly with Deuce, Ace stops him by grabbing his hand.
"Wait a minute, I also want to go to Wano. I can't let my crewmate's killer just walk away. Not in this life." He said with a firm voice.
Amon looked at her for a moment before grinning behind his mask.
'Perfectly. Oh, Ace, you don't know how bad I'm gonna fuck you.'
«...★...»
While in Gran Tesoro, Robin and Raki were present.
Robin was here to observe things and get reports of what happened, this was his first time here.
However, Raki is different, he is here for a vacation.
He was in a large room, dripping inside a pond made of gold.
"Haha! And finally! Finally!!"
He spread out his hands while two beautiful women were resting on it. One of them is a blonde woman, one is green-haired, they will be easily called models in the world of Amon, but now they are Raki's pet.
They were both naked like Raki. He placed his hands on their chests while laughing like a madman.
He looked at the blonde and raised his chin. "Male is not attractive, except Big Brother. So, I have to settle for you girls until I get inside Brother's skin. Hehe..."
While Amon is seriously plotting, Raki is messing around. Literally.
He had already suffered enough on the moon, not anymore. He will train while living like a boss in his break time.
«...★...»
A few days later, at the border of Wano Kuni, a ship was spotted.
It flew the Spade Jolly Roger.