One Piece: Reborn and Skypiean

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Chapter 249

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Things are not favorable for Raki.

He not only lost his demonic fruit.

He has been using it for a while now since Shiki's death, but they just melt like butter in front of a superheated plasma glow.

Now he was at his weakest state with only his body at his side.

It had been two days since Skypiea had been completely destroyed, and Amon was too busy defending his territory with Robin to give Raki the attention he needed right now.

The best option was to go and meet him alone, but he was eager to get close to him. 

Very restless.

How much did he pay to bring him back from the dead?

Did he sacrifice his life force? Soul, maybe?

He didn't want to face it with those questions. Her brother had done so much for her, and she did it once again.

He would feel guilty just meeting her in this state.

However, even with all those thoughts in his mind, the uncomfortable feeling of weakness in his stomach became too heavy for him to handle anymore. So he finally decided to meet Amon in person.

The guards at Amon's door almost stopped him before they recognized him and lowered their heads into the air.

Ignoring them, Raki knocked on the door twice as it opened by itself.

Raki slowly walked in and closed the door behind him. Then his eyes met with Ammon sitting on the table with dozens of sheets of paper in front of him.

"Oh, hi, Raki, how are you?" Amon said as he signed some letters, not even looking at him. "I wonder when you'll finally come to see me, I miss you."

It caused Raki to sigh in relief as her stiff shoulders slightly loosened.

He scratched the back of his head and looked out the window so as not to look into his eyes.

"Um, Bro... Are you okay?"

Amon stopped scribbling his paper and raised his face towards him. He did not want to, but he still met his gaze.

"I should have asked you that question." She said. "I'm fine, all of it. One hundred percent healed in body and mind, but what about you? You lost the sword and the fruits ... You're at your weakest point."

Raki's lips tightened as she bit her.

"I'm not feeling well." He said as he scratched his right arm uncomfortably. "It feels like I'm losing my limb .. I'm useless now."

Amon chuckled softly at his words and leaned back in his chair.

"Well, you're emotional support. Isn't that pretty useful?"

He clenched his fists hard.

"...That's not enough for me." He said, filling his eyes. "I have no power, and I even lost my sword. I am a tiger without fangs who has now become a cat." He continued. "...How will I serve you in this weak state? You know better than anyone that I wouldn't be okay with just being a mere emotional support."

"Brothers…"

She clenched her jaw but at her gaze, her eyes softened and*******delightly left her lips. 

"I don't want you to protect me, my dream since I remember was to protect you. I held my first sword with that thought in mind."

Amon opened his lips to say something. But only ******* was left of him. He shook his head.

"I'm really sorry, but," He opened his drawer, took out a blue guava devil fruit, while throwing it towards Raki. "I can't find Quetzalcoatl fruit anywhere."

Raki caught the fruit in the air as his heart pounded.

He looked at Amon with wide eyes as the situation sank within him. He's holding a smile.

"Um, thank you."

Amon gasped to hear it. "Don't say thank you, it sounds weird coming from you. Anyway, the fruit that Quetzalcoatl-DF uses as a 'container' used to grow on extinct trees. Remember, the Seraph kept the fruit for him for 800 years."

Raki nodded at his words.

"I have to search for nearby islands with strange geography like Little Garden, to see if I can find reincarnated fruit or not. Unfortunately, the trees I had in Shandora were destroyed in the attack, and my clone had inspected Little Park, it wasn't there either."

Raki's pleasant face turned a little dark but she still nodded.

"I understand... Even though I'm not lying, I'd rather have that fruit than this." He said, looking at the strongest Paramecia in the world in his hands. "I know him better, even with the Tremor Devil Fruit Mastery I got from Whitebeard's corpse. What's more.." her face was red. "Without the fruit, my body is as weak as any other girl you've ever slept with. I won't be able to accept you as best I can without it."

Amon stared at him with his mouth agape for a while before bursting into laughter.

Then, he walked beside her as the sword teleported in his hand. Raki realizes that it is not Kiyu. It was just an ordinary sword.

"Well, you're wrong this time ..."

His hand was whipped as the sword suddenly landed on Raki's neck.

Raki's eyes quivered but he did not protest his attack at all and even closed his eyes to accept his death.

After coming into contact with his skin, the sword shattered into pieces.

Hearing that voice, Raki slowly opened her eyes as she found Amon's face in front of her, smiling seductively. 

His face was confused but he did not protest. He wouldn't have done it if it was someone else.

Amon ignored the topic and pinched his cheek instead. His pinch... Raki felt something different again.

Something was really wrong with his body.

Amon spoke, "I'm sure you saw something different in the last two days but have ignored it with the possibility of your Zoan-less body. Let's just say you're wrong." He said and slapped his cheek gently. "Cheers and Celebration for you, as you now have the body of Ultra Enhanced Germa."

Those words sank into Raki's mind as her eyes widened slightly.

continued Amon. “Super Power, Super Speed, Exoskeleton, and some other small boost. You know, applying such genetic enhancement is not possible for the adult body, and it is only possible to add it in the embryonic state of the body. Fortunately, when making cloning, the body also needs to go through the state of the embryo. Your current body is a clone, as you know, and when it was made, I had asked Germa to add the best things in you. In a sense, your body is many times stronger than before. You just don't realize it."

Raki's eyes sparkled suddenly.

"Even in this non-zoan state, your strength, defense, and stamina can match your previous Hybrid form. Now, if I can find your Zoan fruit again, at least you will become several times stronger than before in your humanoid. Don't forget you can even train your body further, because the potential and limits of your body have also increased greatly ."

Raki nodded to Amon excitedly. "...And?"

"You also have Raid Suit."

"Whoa. Wh-what else?"

Amon smiled at him. "Super special powers. Manipulation of Light ."

"..."

"Cool right?"

Raki immediately hugged him tightly. "I love you so much ."

With a small laugh, Amon patted his back.

"I love you too. But the bad news is, I think I need to find you another Zoan instead of looking for your old Zoan. That zoan is almost impossible to find on a planet this big, even with my new senses." . Sorry."

Raki made a agreeing voice and hugged her tightly. It was a pity to lose his cool dragon zoan, but if he got to know his brother properly, the new one was also not only random.

Then his voice turned cold all of a sudden.

"So, let's go hunt big fish."

—★—

Luffy sat on the bed beside the window as his eyes looked up at the sky far outside.

Ase is dead.

Assassinated.

Luffy has a lot of feelings in him, sadness, hatred, anger, regret, and more. But the desire for revenge exceeds everything.

He had no personal grudge against Amon, nor did Amon have any grudge against him. The Emperor was actually good enough to let him and his crew go unscathed even after Luffy infiltrated his base.

Yet Luffy could not stop the raging flames within his chest from burning his heart.

Amon had betrayed Ace, obviously from the live stream he had seen at the Revolutionary Army headquarters.

His brother was betrayed, and in such a case, he had to take revenge on his behalf.

Moreover, Sabo also agreed with him.

Luffy's mind didn't break this time because he wasn't there directly when Ace died, and Ace didn't sacrifice his life for Luffy either. Simultaneously, with Sabo's sudden memory recovery, he was in a much calmer condition than in the canon. 

This time he did not need Jinbei's emotional support. Today, he just wanted revenge.

As Luffy's eyes followed a bird flying deep in the sky, the door to his room suddenly opened. 

"Oi, Luffy."

Sabo peered over from the other side, his face forming a small smile.

"Someone .. special is here."

Luffy stared at the other brother's face for a while and then nodded before following him towards Monkey D's office. Dragon.

She met her father a few days ago when Betty took her to headquarters. Of course there was no fun family reunion because Luffy didn't even know the man well. But it was definitely not a bad feeling meeting blood relatives.

When he entered his father's office, his legs came to a halt as he looked at the scene in front of him. 

It was not his father whose appearance surprised him, but rather the figure of the man sitting opposite him.

Monkey D's. Dragon was sitting in his chair while someone else.

Hearing footsteps, Red-Haired Shanks turned his head towards him and smiled gently as he stood up from his seat.

"Luffy, it's been a long time, yeah." Shanks walked forward and ruffled his hair. "You're almost as tall as I am now. Will you see that?"

He laughed softly while Luffy's eyes trembled as old memories appeared in his mind.

"Shank..."

Shanks' smile widened as he continued.

"I heard about your desire for revenge... I must say I'm not a fan of that, but I agree Amon should be eliminated. chaos." Shanks stared deep into Luffy's eyes with his unmoving smile. "Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to train you in Haki and your incredible demonic fruit."