One Piece: Reborn and Skypiean

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Chapter 251

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"It's been a long time, old man."

Amon, whose hair color was different than usual, sat on the floor in front of the red masked man, sipping tea.

"I'm surprised you recognize me" said Amon. "I think I should show you some evidence because my mask is gone."

Hitetsu, the swordsman from Wano, shook his head.

"Your blue hair and big wings are quite evident along with your lightning power. I can tell." Hitsteu said, sitting on his knees with his hands resting on his thighs. "May I know why you came here this time, Mr Stupid?"

Amon smiled gently. He wonders if Hitetsu will act the same if he finds out what happened to Ace at Marineford. But luckily Wano is a country cut off from the rest of the world.

While chuckling inwardly, he slipped his hand into a pocket. "Before that, I thought you'd prefer this." He pulled out a dial and threw it at the older man.

He caught it and blinked. "This is…?"

"Push the button on the top of the clam."

Hitetsu did so as soon as Otama's hologram jumped out of the dial.

"O-otame?! Wh-what happened!? How did you get stuck in this little thing?!"

Otama sounded confused first before her eyes widened hearing Hitetsu's voice and a smile appeared on her face.

"Grandfather!! It really is you!!" Otama's hologram sounded. "I was thinking what 'gift' this Amon brother gave me, but to think I would be able to talk to you again!"

Hitetsu's worries slowly began to fade as he looked at Amon in bewilderment.

Amon pointed at the dial. "He's not locked inside. It's like a Snail Transporter, but it's much more advanced."

Hitetsu slowly nodded at this and turned to the small palm-sized hologram hovering above the dial.

"So, Otama... How are you?"

With that, Amon sat lazily inside Hitetsu's room while focusing most of his attention on his other clone.

Clones at a certain Sea Base.

—★—

When Gion returned to his headquarters, he sat in his chair at the moment of******* weight left him.

Gion had always wanted to be promoted to the rank of Admiral, but in recent years the feeling has slowly begun to go out.

Moreover, he would never be able to be as useful as Kizaru or Sakazuki because he did not have a Devil Fruit like them.

Taking that into consideration, at a time when the greatest enemy of the navy has the most powerful demon fruit in the world, he won't even last as long as Kizaru who seems to be dead in less than a second.

Although he knew the Marines had prepared a logia for him.

In fact, he had tried to recruit some powerful people unaffiliated with the Emperor or the Marines who could potentially become admirals himself.

One of them is Issho. A blind swordsman with the fruit of Gravity-Gravity. He used to run a dojo on an island under his base.

But he was killed.

No one knew how he died, and people couldn't even guess because Issho wasn't the one with the enemy.

Some guessed it was the Celestial Emperor because he continued to hunt powerful Devil Fruits, but Issho died the same day Skypiea was attacked. Amon couldn't have killed Issho in such a time, of course.

Gion did not know the man personally, but knowing that such a kind man was killed by an unknown person made him upset and sad.

He was about to sigh again, but before the breath completely left him, a knock fell on the room.

"Come in, Ariana." He said in a tired voice while closing his eyes.

"Mom." A girl with bright blonde hair came in, it was her assistant. "We've got a new recruit.and he's very strong."

Gion opened his eyes because of this. "Oh? How strong, exactly?"

"He.. beat me. He had a little trouble, but in the end he won." Gion noticed the girl's blonde hair was messy and her sea dress was dusty. "I'm not sure what to do with him."

Gion stood up, his tiredness hidden behind the mask. Ariana is Rear Admiral. If someone new could defeat Ariana, then he would be a good soldier in such terrible times.

"Lead me."

He was quickly taken out of his office to a window on the second floor where a new hiring venue was spotted. This land is available at all Marine bases today, for everyone to try and get into the Marines.

"That's it, Mom."

Hearing his assistant's words, his eyes turned to the child's face.

He looks like... 15? Around that age. He had white hair that was stuck like strands of metal and red eyes.

An alarm rang in Gion's mind as he almost thought the child was Amon, the Celestial Emperor. But he immediately shook his head, unable to find the Oni horn, slippery black hair, or dangerous air around him. Red eyes were not something exclusive to him. And besides…

"You're saying he's got the devil's fruit?"

"Yes." Yeah." Ariana softly answered him as they stood on the second floor, looking down at the training ground below. "This is ... Gravity-Gravity fruit ."

Gion's eyes widened.

"She said she found it on her home island beach a week ago."

Hearing his assistant's words, his brows furrowed as he narrowed his eyes at the burning boy with passion.

"Check the background, as soon as possible."

—★—

"Not that they'll find anything."

Amon, returning to Hitetsu's room, thought with a small laugh.

The white-haired boy was one of his Lightning Clones. His clone could use his other Devil Fruits as well so it was the perfect alibi to break into the Naval Base to control the next Admiral.

Killing Issho was not difficult, just slicing his throat as fast as lightning while he was sleeping. Just like that, he had another fundamental power of the universe.

So he needed to train it, along with the other fruits. 

Using his lightning clone was the best answer to that. With his younger version there, he will be able to do pirate hunting in a fun way rather than his usual one-shotting.

But he also has another job there. He has one month to get closer to Gion to have an internal influence on the Marines through him.

'However.'

It was the pain of managing so many clones at the same time, but when you could think at a speed of 100,000 km/s, it was not difficult to get used to. So Amon focused on the scene in front of him again. 

"Sniffs... Otama, I'll talk to you later. I miss you so much. But your good brother must be here for something important."

Hitetsu finally disconnects the call while Otama also shares a tear from the other side and turns to Amon again.

"You don't look rushed, but I'm sorry if I took too much time."

Amon. "No, it's not even 15 minutes."

Amon deliberately delayed. There was no need for him to be there. Sin must fend for itself and not rely too much on its presence. 

Now, all normal Kaido warriors have been defeated by the Sins. Only Kaido and the Three Disasters remained, or two, as Reo ended up removing his mask as well.

By the time Sin defeats the two Catastrophes, Amon will be there.

'So 4 minutes ...'

"Well, I'm not in too much of a hurry" said Amon. "But I still prefer if this is done quickly."

Hitetsu nodded as Amon continued. 

"Ame no Habakiri, one of Shogan Oden's twin swords." 

Hitetsu's eyes widened. 

"I want it."

Oden's twin swords are famous in Wano, but no one knows of their location except for a few rare individuals. One of them is Enma, which is with Kumorasaki, aka Kozuki Hiyori, and the other sword is in Hitetsu's grasp. In the canon, he would give it to Momonosuke after the boy returned from the past. But this time, Raki needs him more than that brat.

Hitetsu. He would instantly reject the offer and even make a fuss if the person asking for it was someone else. But it was Amon, Mr. Fool .. Hitetsu had already handed Nidai Kitetsu over before, so this shouldn't be a big deal, but…

When Oden died, he took this sword as a memento when Momonosuke returned. What would he say to the young man if he gave his sword now...?

“...” Hitetsu sighed as he looked at Amon's patient expression. "What exactly do you need this for?"

Hitetsu finally asked. He remembers one important thing, Amon was detained by Otama. Hitetsu doubts Amon will threaten her with Otama, but the way Amon lets her talk to the little girl right before the negotiation.

"First of all, I didn't take it, I just borrowed it ." Then Amon gave a troubled grin of blood. “As for your question.. Let's just say I'm here to free Wano from Kaido and Orochi.”.