One Piece: Reborn and Skypiean

148

Chapter 149

Title: Seraf (2)

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['It.so.'].

After testing the blood sample, Seraph realized that the blood did not belong to Toki. In a sad mood, he turned his camera back to Amon.

[So this is Lady Toki's daughter's blood. This is enough evidence. But why did you bring his daughter's blood? Wouldn't it be better to bring Lady Toki's blood, which is the truth?] He asked, afraid of the worst.

Amon nodded. "Simple, Toki is dead - or so the people in Wano say. I can't carry the blood of a man whose body can't be found anywhere, can I?"

[I. I understand.].

Hearing his gentle reply, Amon could feel the tremors of emotion within him. He must have felt shocked and saddened to hear about Shandorian's last death.

But Amon has no reason to show sympathy for the robot and get straight to the point. "By the way, does this mean I have access to everything now?"

[Wait, let me ask you a question first, has the Wano border been opened?]

"No" replied Amon.

The Seraph considers that she has no reason to lie and beep.

"Then, am I qualified to use everything you have right now?" She smiled as Raki looked at her.

[You qualify, sir.]

After a while Amon smiled, his face became expressionless. "Okay, answer a few questions first."

Raki looked at the change and grabbed the hilt of his sword. "My first question is.. Why didn't you open up to me until now?" He looked at her with cold eyes. "You call me master, but you're more loyal to Joyboy? Why that?"

[That-]

"Just a warning, I don't want to hear any excuses  ."

[.] The Seraph suddenly got a flashback of their fight from last year, giving her a strange feeling; nostalgia.

Seraph considers whether she should tell him the real reason for her actions. ['No... He is my master now, even if it is a trial, I have to give him the answer he wants.']

An experiment. Seraph is actually testing Amon, to see if he really has what it takes to replace the burden of Joyboy's presence that his previous master left behind.

Her master had previously said 'Wait for Joyboy and decide for yourself.'

Seraf made a decision. ['Teacher... I have decided for myself. I will give this boy a chance, if he does not live up to my expectations, I will choose the next Joyboy. I didn't like him, but I gave him glory because I knew he had what it took, as well as the fact that he had Shandorian blood flowing inside him.']

After finally deciding, the AI reads.

[I was waiting for Joyboy because my Queen, my master previously ordered me. These are his words – 'Wait for Joyboy and decide for yourself.' I was confused about it, my response to his order was 'Why should I?' for 800 years, but I had good reason to do what he said.]

"Strong reason, you say?" Amon tilted his head while his mechanical voice chimed in his ears.

[Yes, a strong reason. It was because of the Fish-Man's daughter 800 years ago. Apart from being a Poseidon in that Era, he also had the power to foresee things. One day, before the war began, he predicted that the gates of Wano would open 800 years later, he even determined the year – 28 years after Toki's marriage.]

"Interesting..." Amon was curious. So the previous Fishman princess has the power of Shyarly and Shirahoshi. 'Remassed.'

[People don't believe his predictions. The border of Wano was not even closed from the beginning, why should it be opened? - this was the reason. But when the war began and he began to do more divination, soon people realized the true weight of his words.]

"What happened after that?" Raki asked this time. Both he and Amon listened to him attentively.

[Centuries ago, when the Shandorans and Fishmen shared a very close relationship, their daughter came here and talked about the prophecy of Lady Toki's son. Lady Toki was supposed to give birth to a son who would change the world with Joyboy. However, by the time of the prophecy, Joyboy was dead. So people were confused – however, as he explained in more detail, everything made sense, so everyone did what he asked. They sent Miss Toki to the future.]

"What did he say?" Amon asked out of curiosity. 'The son he was talking about must be Momonosuke...'

[...Unfortunately, my memory was erased. But I managed to recover some of them, unfortunately, the rest of the data has been lost.] Seraph said in a low voice, Amon nodded in response.

['.'] He expected an angry shout from Amon, but unexpectedly nothing happened.

Instead, a calm voice flowed in his ears. "I guess I would have done the same thing if I had been in that position 800 years ago. Even though I assume you have important information, right?"

Sighing deeply, the Seraph rang. [Yes.]

"By the way, explain what happened next," Amon said calmly. Honestly, he was angry. "So he's been fooling me all this time?" But he realized nothing good came from crying over spilled milk.

[Then, he also spoke to my queen before she told me that sentence. Although I do not know the reason behind his words, by calculating the context for 800 years, there seems to be a very powerful being that my queen wants to destroy, even though I do not know the reason. Since I was weak, I had to team up with Joyboy, the strongest being after that.]

Who is that creature? That was pretty obvious to Amon. 'It's Imu, isn't it?'

'Who's Joyboy? He did say Joyboy died, but this is a fantasy world. Given that, who else besides Monkey D. Luffy, the protagonist? Looks like one day we might need to work together, I haven't been confident enough to defeat Imu alone. He lived for 800 years, he must be a monster.' Looks like Amon needs to do some major manipulations from now on. 'The real game has just begun.'

[After that -]

"Enough." Amon stops him from saying anything more, knowing that Raki is beside him. "We can talk about this later. I have another order for you."

[...Whatisit?]

"Make it." Amon stared at his soul intensely. "Metal Zoan, Snake-People Fruit, Model:–"