One Piece: Reborn and Skypiean

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Chapter 80

Title: Making connections…

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–Robin Pov–

The Pirate King's right hand? Is he really... Dark King, Rayleigh?!

I've heard of him before but... is he in Saobody? Why hasn't he been captured by the marines?... It doesn't matter now, does he know Luci? They greeted each other like they did...

At this confusing moment, I could not think of anything. I'm not usually this big unless I'm afraid of my own life.. I'm changing... I can feel it, but it's not a bad thing, right? It is better to be more alert than before. 

Suddenly, I could feel a little bit of electricity hitting me. Is this Luci trying to calm me down...? 

"Fw..."

The woman noticed my nervousness as it seemed…

Alright, I should ... watch from the side for now. Luci must have thought of something.

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–Pov General–

"I may be wrong, but as a big fan of the Roger Pirates, I've seen every poster of their bounty," Amon said half-true half-falsely, he's not a fanboy. But he did research on the Roger Pirates before. "What a pleasant experience to meet you, Dark Lord Rayleigh-san!"

Amon shook hands with Rayleigh, who in response received it with a gentle smile.

Looking at their hands and Rayleigh's gentle smile, Amon barely maintained his straight face, as he was slightly sweating. Inside the room, only Shakky knew what was going on between the two.

Rayleigh exerted strength in his grasp, but Amon did not seem to flinch, at least outside; he used Tekkai and Armament together to resist, yet it was difficult. As Rayleigh's smile widened, deciding not to go any further, he retracted his hand.

"The pleasure is mine."

Amon passed a small amount of electricity on his hands to relieve his pain. 'Fuck monster.'

Hearing Rayleigh's small laugh, he stared at his back as he walked forward to sit on the chair. 

Seeing the small conversation between the two, Shakky said to Rayleigh from the side in a soft voice. "Geez, you look so cheerful today."

In response, Rayleigh simply laughed. "I just feel a little nostalgic, that's all."

Shaking his hands lightly, Amon looked around the room for a moment before sitting across from Rayleigh and not finding another suitable seat.

Ignoring others, especially Robin's question which was filled with shocked gazes, Amon glanced at Rayleigh. "That hurts, shit."

"Haha, you're pretty honest with how you feel, yeah." Rayleigh laughed. "But may I ask, why is a Warlord here to line his ship to visit Fish-Man island? I'm sure you can use the safe passage of using your authority to go to the New World."

Amon uses Seimei Kikan to relieve his pain and prepare answers. "I just want to visit Fish-Man Island, it's like a dream."

"Aha, I understand."

Seeing the exchange between the two, Robin frowned. 'Things make no sense ...'

Seeing the friendly behavior of the right hand of the Pirate King, Robin and everyone other than Raki and Amon became confused. The former tries to attack Rayleigh for 'injuring' Amon but is held back by Robin, while the latter does not care.

"Oh, by the way, can I get an autograph. Oh oh too, I'd like to hear some stories about your trip!" Amon jumped up and took out a notebook and a pen. "Although I don't dream of becoming a pirate king, because well, I don't like piracy, I always respect 'Gol. D. Roger's'! I heard a lot about you from an old man I knew!"

Hearing Roger's real name that most normal people don't know, Rayleigh is intrigued. Glancing at Raki for a moment, then looking again at Amon, especially his wings, which were now stored in the 'Skypiea Style', Rayleigh realized something.

"Aha, so. You must be a Skypiean."

Before anyone could react, Raki's eyes curved to hear him. "SILENCE! We're Shandian! Great Shandian–Mmm!"

With Robin closing his mouth, Amon glanced at him with a 'powerless' smile and sat back down. 

"Yes, we're in a sense. I heard about your crew from an old man named Gan Fall ... You may not remember it–"

"Huh, that old man?! That god? Really, hahaha! Who would have thought!" 

Suddenly, Rayleigh's eyes sparkled as he laughed cheerfully.

'Heh, good good.' Amon grinned in his heart. Mission complete. Now, by moving accordingly he could easily approach her. 

…..

A few minutes passed, as Amon chatted with him in fanboy style. 

On the other hand, Rayleigh felt nostalgic looking at their days at Skypiea. He wondered, should he visit the sky someday ...? 'Huh, I feel young, yeah.'

Chuckling, Rayleigh gulped from his wine bottle. "Ga!"

Looking at Amon's shining eyes, he laughed lightly.

"By the way, son. I haven't been advising people much lately, but I guess I'll make an exception." Rayleigh smiled at Amon. "You must be careful not to go to the New World. It's dangerous for a person like you who can't even withstand that small force. Your observations are terrible, maybe the best I've ever seen in my life. But your weaponry, it's weak. If not careful, even the Vice Admiral will be able to defeat you."

Amon silently listened to his words.

Not long after, he let out a long breath. 

Although he praised his Observation, he was also right about the other facts. 

He knew he was weak, right now only his Devil Fruit was there to support him. However, if he were to go against the defense level of Big Mom or Kaido. 'No, even Katakuri with a vision of his future would be able to defeat me.' If lucky enough, Amon would only be left with his speed to escape. 

Expelling these negative thoughts, Amon took a deep breath. 'I think there's still a lot of time left, but I have to be serious now.' Deciding to finally get serious after returning from Fish-Man island, Amon formed his heart.

Smiling at the smiling Rayleigh, Amon nodded lightly. "That's sure. Thanks for the advice."

…..

Not too long later, they were talking casually while Rayleigh was even generous enough to say a few words about the Haki Armament. Although a normal person would get lost with his words, Amon caught it and carved it in his brain. He came here proved to be a good idea in the end ...

On the other hand, Robin jumps aggressively out of character looking at the situation. He was quite nervous the entire time, yet Amon acted as if he had not noticed anything.

He pulled her outside the bar and walked away from the building.

"He's Rayleigh's Dark King, are you aware?!"

Standing on the grassy terrain, Robin shook Amon's shoulders while shrugging leisurely. "Hey, relax. It's okay, some old man I knew from the sky befriended him."

Amon letting Gan Fall live on that day 4 years ago again proved beneficial. 

Still unsure, Robin looked into his eyes with a frown. "But what if something unexpected happens... You said it hurt, right? I didn't even see him move. He hurt you when he shook your hand?" 

Robin grunts. "Why do we even need a liner, we have a submarine!"

Seeing Robin acting out of character, Amon yawns while biting a strawberry. "Quiet, it's okay. We will keep the submarine on board. Trust me, you'll thank me later."

Robin's lips moved up and down for a few seconds before she sighed. 

'Did you believe it?... That's what I've been doing all this time.' The wrinkles on Robin's forehead gradually diminished.

In fact, Amon is just trying to enjoy the underwater marine life. He was actually locked up in the sky until he was 12 years old and even when he was here in grief for the past 2 years, he said, he did not get the chance to enjoy the underwater beauty that much. 

In all respects, Amon is just being silly, and he doesn't mind doing it. After all, he had to be busy after returning from the Fish-Man island.

"Why are you acting like this, Luci?" Robin's grip on his shoulder slowly subsided. "Don't worry me too much, okay?"

Seeing him sigh like that, Amon stopped eating. He stared at his face silently for a few minutes. 'She looks tired from the inside. It's bad, he might go crazy, my Poneglyph…'

With a giving up and grumpy voice, Amon then sounded. "Alright, as an apology let me buy you a drink. Whiskey, so don't put that face on again, I feel."

Robin realized his actions just now. "Wait a minute, that's not why I said these things. I'm really worried!" 

Amon simply calmed her down by patting her on the back while she just stood still and walked over to the bar.

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Amon's entourage then chatted longer with Rayleigh and Shakky.

Rayleigh turns out to be a nice guy to talk to, and Amon takes advantage of the opportunity to strike up a good relationship with him. It will always be useful to have multiple connections. Although Rayleigh was a passive force, there were always situations where he might be able to help.

But clearly, since he was not the successor of a certain Straw Hat, he could not get so close even by using the 'Gan Fall' card'. But at least he left a good first impression on her. It may increase in the future, it may remain the same, or worse, it may go down. 

Amon did not particularly object and acted accordingly for the time being. However, Rayleigh as a passive force, could not give much of a chance for something interesting to happen. 

On the other hand, Amon, after talking to her longer, leaves the bar to wander around the island with Raki and Robin.

Robin is surprisingly capable of handling Raki and is even able to suppress his attitude. 

Wandering through all the interesting shops, and buying a lot of goods, they have an interesting holiday. On the other hand, nothing cliche happened. No Celestial Dragon had come and started a fight, not even a random pirate had a fight.

All in all, it was a good day for Amon. But it can't be said to be the same for Raki and Robin. Intentionally, Amon was walking beside the Slave Auction house. Robin was interested in seeing how the slave auction happened so that he could make his determination stronger.

What they saw was disgusting, filthy and vile. Even Raki is angry, while Amon recalls the fact that he cannot buy a certain slave that he is interested in.

Just like that, their day passed quickly.

«...★...»

Next day.

Feeling the sunlight coming into his eyes, Amon opened it. "Yawning... is it morning?"

Amon, Raki and Robin rise. They were in one room in an inn and did so because Amon was trying to save money. Just like his anime counterpart, Robin is very bad at managing money and has already spent 80% of his salary. Not that it matters. 

After doing their business in the morning, they finally exit the inn towards Shakky's Bar after meeting Cricket. Today is the day when the coating should be finished. 

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–Amon Pov–

Walking slowly across different parts of the Sabaody Archipelago, we reached the rip off of Shakky's bar in less than an hour. 

Wow, this damn thing is so isolated. Trying not to think too much about it, I then started walking faster as everyone followed. 

I don't like to walk when I can fly with my wings, even more so when I can only teleport. It's not that it can help, so I guess it's okay.Trying to distract my mind with those thoughts, we were then at the bar scene.

After a few more steps, while talking amongst ourselves, I took the initiative to open the door. 

…

Creak

"Hello, we're back."

I immediately saw Shakky smoking and Reyligh was not at the bar. Unless he's around the ship's berth. I just felt it.

"Oh, Lucifer-chan. Good morning, sit inside."

"Well, by the way, don't smoke too much. You're gonna die."

Ignoring my words, the woman simply giggled. 

Shit, why didn't he die even though he smoked all day? Strange, should I get her body for experimentation someday…?

Trying not to think too much about it, everyone greeted him and then sat down in a random chair around the room.

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After ordering a drink, we waited for Rayleigh to arrive.

"Hey, do you think it's time for Old Rayleigh to finish? Will it be finished today?"

I asked Shakky who tilted his head in response. "Hmm, I guess—Oh, he'll come here."

Yeah, him. I felt it a while ago. Hmm, so Haki My Observation is stronger than his, a self-proclaimed retired pirate who has a history of being chased by the GARP?

I need to stop focusing on my Observation for now. Arms are more important for now….

While I was thinking like that, someone opened the door and entered the Bar. 

"Oh, are you here?"

Look at him acting as if he doesn't feel us.

"Yes, good morning Rayleigh-san."

"Good morning, Lucifer. I heard you guys are leaving today so I tried my best to make it quick." 

Goody. "Good thanks."

I saluted him in a funny way. Acting funny always manages to keep the target from feeling intimidated by you.

Not long after, Rayleigh took us to the shipyard when the large ship of the Saruyama Alliance entered my view. I can also see our submarine on the deck, this is an emergency backup. 

"Hah, young man and their sense of adventure. Using a layered ship even though you have a submarine."

Ignoring Rayleigh's words, I observed the ship for a moment. Monkey brooches are not bad, they make such a ship themselves? Maybe I should send them to Water Seven to learn more. Yeah, that's a great idea. They'll also be used as spies if I want to.

Ignoring that thought, we then proceeded to enter the ship after saying goodbye to Rayleigh. Obviously, this is not the kind of parting that tears, we are in the end, just strangers.

Well, I guess I'll soon enjoy the real sea underwater. I have to be serious after this little incident of being carefree ...

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–Pov General–

Seeing their ship slowly sinking underwater, and then waving, Rayleigh stared at the scene in silence.

Shakky's voice then flowed. "Hm, what's wrong?"

"Oh, that's not much. I just thought .. if he had the right weaponry, what would he be, haha."

"Oh? Why do you say that?"

Shakky had a strange smile on his face as he asked her that. 'It's been a long time since he sounded so interested in something.'

"I mean, with the DANGEROUS level of Observation, if he had the Armament, it would be overkill. He will definitely be captured by the Admiral one day, unless he dies before then. Haha!"

He couldn't even imagine him having the Highest King Color as well, yet it didn't seem impossible. From Amon's words yesterday, he was able to define Amon as the son of the Kobra, a friend of Gan Fall back then. 'Cobra doesn't have it, but his desire is strong enough for his son to have it... No, he obviously has it. How troublesome, haha.'

Rayleigh laughed. "Looking back, Roger was more friends with the man than with Gan Fall, haha. But I heard he was killed..."

Leaving behind the confused Shakky, Rayleigh slowly walked away while gulping down his wine. He will continue his slave deception from today on. 

"That's fascinating... Fu fu's..."