
Chapter 57
Title: The World
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–Pov General–
On an island hidden from the world, a branch base of the Revolutionary Army is located. Inside the base, Monkey. D Dragon was sitting on a chair while reading the newspaper.
His eyes slowly squinted at the newspaper with an expressionless face as usual.
Time passed by, as he saw someone walking towards the room.
Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap
Dragon averted his gaze and looked at the door and immediately, the door opened with a 'creak' sound'.
"Hey old man, I'm done training!" Looking at the injured blonde boy with bruises on his body, Dragon smiled.
"Alright Sabo, now rest." He said in his natural harsh voice. "Rest is also part of training."
As he said this, the blonde, Sabo nodded. He turned to leave, but suddenly remembered something.
"Oh by the way." He called out to Dragon, who had returned to reading, making him look up. "Where is Hack? I don't see it anywhere."
The dragon just smiled. "Don't worry, he's fine. He has ... gone on a mission."
Nodding, Sabo did not ask any further questions and ran away from there.
As he left, Dragon's face also returned to his expressionless face, and his eyes shone strangely for a moment, before returning to normal. "Let's see what happens in the Sky ..."
«...★...»
[Speak of Whiskey]
Robin's in the Mayor's building, working hard. He was writing some articles while occasionally glancing ahead of him.
In front of him, a bottle of whiskey was kept. He wanted to take a sip, he had been an addict lately. Slowly, he reached out his hand and grabbed the bottle.
"One sip won't do any harm ..." He said and tried to pull the bottle but it felt heavy ... "No, no. I can't .. he said not to drink."
Sighing, Robin put the bottle in the drawer and went back to writing. He's got a lot of work these days, and it's boring and monotonous to do it without him. He feels cramped here alone, doing the work... He stopped writing, and after a long silence, Robin sighed. "Am I doing this right? What if...my nightmares come true?"
Robin rubbed his temples with a sad face. "I don't want to lose him, maybe I should really go. But I'm sure he'll be looking for me." Robin slammed the table and leaned against the chair. "I guess..." He opened the drawer and took out the bottle. "Nobody helped me get drunk ..."
His face was reflected on the glass bottle, as he opened the bottle cap…
«...★…»
This was the 2nd year since the guild was created and at this moment, the name "Valkyrie Without Wings" had spread far and long. Even people like Shanks knew about it, although in the end, no one cared about bounty hunters. After all, they were naturally weaker than marines or pirates.
Although there were cases like the emergence of powerful bounty hunters before, they sooner or later turned into pirates. So some definitely keep an eye out for the possibility of recruiting for their ranks.
Although not everyone who was interested in this information came from factions, some were certain individuals.
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[Dark King, Rayleigh!]
One of them was him, the Pirate King's first crew, Silvers Rayleigh!
She is in 'Shakky's Rip off bar' with another individual who is not from the faction, Shakky, Rayleigh's partner.
He was smoking while leaning against the counter, while Rayleigh was at a table not far from him while drinking sake.
"Hey, what do you think about the kid who's been in the news for a few days?" He asked while putting his hands on the table.
"Hmm? Oh, you mean a bounty hunter boy?" Rayleigh gulps. "Well! I'm not sure, but why are you asking? Strange you asked me that, haha."
Hearing Shakky's words, Rayleigh laughed. "Well, I'm not going that far. Actually, he gave me a Skypiean vibe. Makes me remember the days our crew spent in Skypiea. Ahh. a very pleasant time."
Shakky just laughed. "Go and visit Skypiea someday if you want."
"No, my days are over. My adventure died with Roger dying.." huh." Rayleigh let out a light sigh but he still had a smile on his face. "Actually, in hindsight, he had the Angel Fruit going to be cool. I want to see the King fight with him, haha."
Shakky just looked far away, came out of the bar, and smiled. "Well, guess the world is about to change. He is not the only one here, however, a Fish-Man named Jinbei becomes a Shichiibukai. More surprisingly, even the former Heavenly Dragon Donquixote Doflamingo became a Shichibukai and took over Dressrosa only this month."
Rayleigh laughed at hearing that. "Oh? Things that happen so. Will the world change so quickly? Maybe. but I don't think so. We have to wait at least 6 more years."
Shakky tilted his head in curiosity. "A very bold guess? Why?"
"Hahaha, Roger's son is now 12 years old. Wait a few more years. The world will once again see the Will of D." Rayleigh took a mouthful of sake and laughed out loud, Shakky just sighed.
"Kid Roger yes .. let's see."
«...★...»
At the naval base some distance away from Whiskey Peak, Rear Admiral Hina who was now resting in her seat.
'Boring... Hina bored.' She had never felt this way before, even though she felt it now. Boredom. Not paying attention to his work.
A few months ago, he was promoted to the rank of Sea Commodore, yet things did not feel like before. Boring things ... Amon did not visit as often as before. The last time he met her was 3 months ago, now most of the hunting is done by her hunters, not her.
"Sighs." Hina let out a long sigh and took den den mushi from the table.
Immediately he typed the number and called, it was the naval headquarters!
It didn't take long for the call to reach after making a 'kacha!' the sound.
"Hello, Hina spoke."
["Oh, this is the new Commodore, Black Cage? Yeah, it's headquarters."]
"Hina needs to rest for a few weeks..is that okay?" Hina asked while rubbing her forehead.
["Huh? You just got promoted! That can't be–"]
"Listen to you bastard!" Hina jumped up and stared at den den mushi on the table. "Hina needs a break from things."
["..."]
It took Hina two seconds to realize what she was doing, even though she did not apologize. He doesn't care.
In the end, he was given a 5-week break, which was too much for the newly appointed Rear Admiral, but they had no other choice because he was too stubborn to listen to them, he said, despite his reputation among the higher-ups doing so. it came down to this.
«…★…»
[Crocodile Warlord]
Unlike the laid-back people around the country of Alabasta, his hero Crocodile has a very angry heart. The crocodile has been here for 6 years now, and he has plans to take over the country soon. He had come here after being beaten by the White Beard and had been here ever since, as the Hero of Alabasta.
Although her work has been handled by others lately who are partly behind her anger. Although most of the reason was that his newly opened organization, the Baroque Works he created a few months ago did not get any recruits or customers, this way his plan would fail…
Crocodile had decided something back then. "I have to eliminate someone, that person is the definition of 'The ant grows wings before it dies.'"
Crocodile chuckled and walked through the desert.
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A/N: This chapter is mostly far from Heaven and moved on to Ammon-influenced things until now. He knows many of them .. however, does he know everything?
Well, Time-kun here, will give us an answer.