One Piece: Reborn and Skypiean

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Chapter 182

Title: Fish-Man Island (2)

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The Zerosyrus is a great bike. With the lid closed, it can easily travel by sea. I definitely find this way safer than wearing wetsuits (although I still wear it under my jacket now). Getting closer to the Fish-Man Palace, protected by a huge bubble, I flowed electricity and teleported inside, just outside the gate.

Bzzt~

The guards jerked at first, picking up their weapons, but recognizing the bikes they were familiar with, they pulled back their weapons. As I clicked the button, causing the lid to open, the lid bent as I exited the bike.

"Guests of honor, welcome back." One of the guards said, in a very humble tone. "I think I should park my bike in a normal place?"

Smiling, I nodded and handed the bike key to her, getting a nod in response. As the guard left, the other guard pressed the bell and bowed towards me. After not long, the door opened as Otohime emerged from the other side of the door.

"Mr Amon, you're finally here!" Otohime immediately bowed, showing his respect as I laughed softly.

"It's been a while since my last visit. I was close, so I thought why not meet my disciple on the street?" I chuckled, helping him lift his head. "By the way about her, where's Shira?"

Otohime quickly led me in, led me to the sofa, as I sat with him across from me. Some waiters came with tea and served us, pleasant smiles on their faces.

"Shira is in the Study Room, studying with her siblings" Otohime said. "Do you want to meet him first, or do you want to eat first?"

I shook my head slowly hearing his question. "I had lunch at Big Mom's. I'm full now." Seeing him nod, I continued. "Although I want some alone time with the beautiful mermaid queen and let Shirahoshi finish her lesson."

Otohime giggled at me, took his tea and sipped it. "Of course, but wouldn't it be better to talk about work with my husband?" She asked. "Or am I needed for something other than work, hm?"

I chuckled softly, not rejecting his claim. Otohime had quite a way with his words, he had enough experience to notice what kind of person I was. Although I'm sure he won't do anything intimate with me because of his loyalty to Neptune, he certainly doesn't mind a little flirting.

But to be honest... It's about work. "Whatever I want to spend time with you, it's about work, a request, I guess. I'm thinking of hiring Shyarly for a few days, if you don't mind of course." I said, seeing him stop.

Shyarly is an important force of Fish-Man Island. His predictions helped them a lot and allowed them to look for the best options in politics. Giving it to someone else would be troublesome. But honest? They won't reject me.

"Of course, that was you, Amon. And I'm sure Neptune would agree. But may I ask why you need it?" He asked, as I thought about the answer.

"...It's because of a girl in my crew. He has a great Observation Haki, so I was thinking if Shyarly could teach him Divination for a few days." I'm talking about Aisa. I felt his Haki Observation had reached a stage where he could even match me. Well, not completely.

Haki Observations everyone is different, even if they have something in common. Now, Aisa had reached a level that was approaching Katakuri. However, he could not see the future, even when he tried his best. I only have one guess – that his Observation is not the type that works to see the near future, he is the type like Shyarly who sees the distant future. Without any way for me to teach him, I would have to use Shyarly instead.

Hearing my answer, Otohime's expression became soft. "Ah, that's Aisa's sweet girl, isn't it? Of course, I will talk to Shyarly personally. I'm sure he'll be happy to help." Otohime said, recalling his time at Skypiea a few years ago.

After that, we talked again. It's mostly about our lives and sometimes about our alliances. My alliance with Fishman Island has made great profits and will be even more after Whitebeard dies. Because I plan to declare it as my territory before Big Mom.

Finally, about an hour passed, Otohime ended his conversation with a laugh. "Then if we have to, we have to go see Shira. You must be tired of talking to old women like me."

I chuckled and followed him, as he stood up and started walking. "Not at all, it's a nice talk."

With another giggle from him, we walked slowly, with me glancing around the castle. This is a good place.

«—★—»

–Pov General–

'Only Amon teaches without a dull and monotonous dialogue.'  Shirahoshi let out a breath.

She has been home-schooled since birth, largely because of her title as a princess and partly because her parents did not want the situation with Hody Jones to reoccur. He was quite conscious, but it was still boring. At least he was free to leave the palace, meet the people below. So he's grateful.

'I wonder when Amon will return. It's been 4 months... or has he stopped seeing me?'  He shook his head excessively, not wanting the thought to linger in his mind. He was sure Amon was enjoying his presence, so he didn't want to think about the worst-case scenario. 'He's my best friend, he won't leave me... right?'

"Hey Shira, let's go and play." His youngest sister called out to him, making him look at her petite figure with a smile. "Or are you going to wait until lunch?"

Hearing him he shook his head, he did not want to wait. By 'playing' the boy meant playing with the Sea King, food could wait. While giggling to herself, she opened her lips, "Let's go now," but before she could continue more, someone entered the room with her mother, making her freeze.

"Hey, Shira, surprise! Look who's here!" Looking up, as her mother finished her talk, seeing Amon waving at her, she felt her eyes widen and her smile expand as she leaped forward.

"That's you, Master!" He jumped up, catching her with his big hand, pressing her against his big chest.

From her mother's smile, she knew this surprise was premeditated. To be honest, he didn't like it.

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Pressed on the Mermaid's soft chest was indeed pleasant, but it wasn't important. Pushing his large hand to the side with his terrifying strength, Amon flew over his head and placed his hand on his head, patting him.

"Shirahoshi, I'm asking you not to hug me like that, it's stifling." He said firmly, only getting a laugh from the Princess. "Well, it doesn't seem like you're taking your teacher seriously."

"Teacher, you're too small for me to take seriously. Maybe when you do that giant transformation." He said, making Amon shake his head slowly with an amused smile.

'He's not really afraid. It is very different from anime. Her anime colleagues are even scared of fucking Luffy.'  Amon thought in his mind. This Shirahoshi is the new Shirahoshi, none of her whiny nature, she is a confident and cheerful princess. 'Although I'm sure things can change when I'm really serious, his fear is not a necessity to manipulate him. And.'

"So, do you want to start our class?" Amon asked, looking at his light.

"Yes please!" He giggled, rubbing his body against his cheek.

«...★...»

Floating slightly behind when Amon saw Shirahoshi playing with the great Sea King, he pondered. "It's boring."

Although she enjoyed the risk of being underwater wearing wetsuits, being Shirahoshi's babysitter was boring. The quickest route to stop babysitting is to brainwash the fish completely. Something ...he had tried before.

'Yes, even though I said that my priority was to recruit people first, and brainwash them only if they rejected me, Shirahoshi was a variable. Being one of the Ancient Weapons, I would rather brainwash him to be safe.'  Amon finished thinking, humming as he continued. 'But his brainwashing didn't work. Obviously, he was weak enough for my brainwashing to not fail, but it really failed. As for why that happened, I have a few theories.'

One of his theories was about his Ability to rule the Sea King. To be honest, that power was only the Absolute Level of Conqueror Haki, considering in Canon Luffy was shown to order animals with his Conqueror Haki also – and Amon had done something similar, it would be no exaggeration to say that Poseidon's strength only used his Conqueror's Haki at the Absolute Level. So as a user of Absolute Conqueror Haki, no wonder Shirahoshi's mind is immune to brainwashing.

And though it sucks, Amon can't do anything about it. And he didn't care, because to be honest, Shirahoshi was a child, and manipulating him wasn't difficult. He could make her fall in love with him, or do the cliche 'sister' route like before. He had many ways to control it, and being his 'friend' was already good enough for now.

' This is a weakness. The point is I can't brainwash Conqueror Haki users.' He was right, but to be honest, by the time the Conqueror Haki of Amon himself had become extremely strong, this weakness had long since disappeared.

But honest? Not having Shirahoshi under full control is okay. He already had Pluton in his hand from Alabasta. So Shirahoshi is more of a bonus than a primary focus. He was useful, yes, but if he turned against him, he could shoot him once.

"Hey, teacher!" Hearing her call, Amon looked at her with a fake smile. "Come, my new friend wants to see you."

With a nod, Amon then floated towards him. It was painful that he could not speak underwater. Maybe new technology will do it? Yeah, he's gotta work on it right away.