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Chapter 54 : Parting Ways.
- Shin –
Awkward was the only word to describe the situation.
Kuroka had somehow gone into a daze from the senjutsu upsurge and didn't get off of me while I myself was in a different kind of a daze.
"You can really fuck people into ascendance nyaa!~~"
"Is that really true?" I heard Rias' voice as over a dozen pair of eyes bore into me simultaneously.
I, however, was already talking to the Game, trying to make sense of things.
How the fuck did this happen, Game?
I don't remember being able to fuck others into enlightenment?
It was because you left the Random Skill Orb on the table. When Kuroka broke the table, it fell on the bed and then she accidentally crushed it.
A Random Skill Orb gives the user a skill suitable for them. The rarity and level of skill depends on the user's luck.
The Six Paths Sage Mode was one of the better ones. To put it into perspective, she had one in a hundred millions odds to draw that skill for herself in one try.
She was just lucky.
The Random Skill Orb?
So, I could have had a skill suitable for me too?
Suitable for you doesn't mean strong.
You could have had Dishwashing as a skill if it suited you. The strengths of the skills are a whole other thing. The rarity of the skill that you obtained was dependent on your luck.
Ah.
But it could be used by anyone.
That's what happened here.
That it did.
"Still a one in a hundred million chance. That's rare alright." I whispered, finally wrapping my head around the situation, which let me tell you was extremely hard to do with my dick still inside Kuroka and over a dozen girls staring at me.
"A one in a hundred million chance? You mean there really is a chance?" Rias' voice broke my thoughts and brought me back to the current situation.
"Huh?"
"Pervert!" Meredith commented with an atomic blush on her face but I noticed that she made no attempt to look the other way.
"That is quite interesting. I wonder if I can research it." Merlin looked at my dick with a look that I wouldn't want any girl to have, although the way she licked the corner of her lips was both scary and hot.
"Sasuga Shin-sama." Shion was biting her lips as she looked at the point where Kuroka and I were connected. Yamato was looking between her and me repeatedly.
Akeno had an indescribable look on her face.
Jibril was….was drooling.
Morgiana was shutting Koneko's eyes with one hand while the other covered her own, although the gaps between the fingers did its best to not hide the scene.
Robin had a slight blush on her tanned skin but looked mostly composed, the keyword here being looked.
Ingvild was holding Asia and looking at the scene too.
Luna was….well like always.
"Shin told me that he would show me when he and Rias have sex….but this is acceptable too." Luna's voice broke me out of my observations.
I snapped my finger and we were covered by a blanket which unfortunately was destroyed as soon as it touched the truth seeking balls.
"Kuroka, can you switch that mode off….somehow?" I asked awkwardly. "Also can you get off of me? I need to get up right now."
Apparently being stared at by Koneko and Morgiana made her feel a little embarrassed as she got up carefully and wrapped the leftovers of the blanket on her and fixed it.
I conjured another blanket to cover myself.
"I need to clean up and get dressed. I will be out in the living room in a while. I will explain everything then."
I got up and headed towards the bathroom.
"Oh and by the way Kuroka, don't ever use those Black Balls to attack anyone. They have the power to erase anything they touch, souls and all. Never use it to attack your allies in a spar until you have a full mastery of it."
I didn't wait for their wide-eyed looks at the Truth Seeking Balls as Kuroka canceled her Sage Mode making them disappear.
- Scene Change –
"So, why don't I know that you can apparently fuck people into ascending?" Rias gave me a half amused glare.
"It's because I had no idea that was even possible or that I didn't do it in the first place. Something else happened."
"Oh?"
"Hmm, I had recently received a reward from….my patron for completing one of her chores. It was an orb."
"The glass ball on the table?"
"Yes. I kinda forgot to take that back when I woke up today."
"What was so special about that orb?" Akeno asked. She was a bit annoyed at being subjected to Kuroka's smug looks the entire time.
"It could bestow the user with a random skill suitable for them from all across the multiverse. The skill depended on the luck of the user. It could have been anything from Dishwashing to the Kamehameha." I explained massaging my head at the bomb that the Random Skill Orb was.
It could have been something extremely hazardous for everyone around her.
Like death on touch kill.
I will have to think carefully before using such things in the future.
"So, Kuroka was lucky when she got that pseudo-Super Saiyan mode?" Rias asked, looking at the Nekoshou who puffed her reasonably large chest in pride.
"That was not a Super Saiyan Mode and yes, she was lucky. That skill was of a rank that had one in a hundred million odds for her to draw."
"Oh, you know that skill?" Rias was very curious about my reaction.
I suddenly got a smile on my face. I wanted to see her reaction when she found out what skill Kuroka had.
"In fact, I think you also might have known about this if we had travelled to this world a few years later."
"Oh?"
"Spoilers."
By now everyone was staring at me.
"It was the Six Paths Sage Mode, the skill of the Sage of Six Paths from Naruto."
"KYAAAAAAAAAA! Really! There is such a mode? Is it like the bijju chakra? Is it like the lightning chakra mode or the Kurama mode? How strong is it? Does the Sage of Six Paths come himself? Was he even alive? Is he really strong? Who gets this power? What can it do?"
"Breathe Rias, breathe. Calm down." I held the overly excited Rias in my arms as she almost bounced with her questions. "It is a special form of Senjutsu that enhances the user to extremely strong levels. Even someone new at this like Kuroka would be at Satan Class at the minimum. The strongest user could create a moon alone and control all the chakra natures in the world and use all the elemental releases and even merge them to use elemental Kekkei Genkai. Those Black Balls are one of the special powers that come with this mode. They are called the Truth Seeking Balls and are made up of all five elemental releases along with Yin and Yang release and have the power to destroy almost anything at touch. It can only be harmed by Senjutsu and if the disintegration part is disabled physical attacks in that world. Maybe some other means in different worlds could harm it but they are more or less indestructible and can be shaped into any shape the user wants. These powers would easily put them in the realm above Satan Class, likely a Heavenly Dragon or a Super Devil level at their full mastery."
Everyone, especially the younger members looked at Kuroka in awe.
"This Truth Seeking Ball seems like a very unique material. I would like to research it if possible." Merlin asked Kuroka.
"Sure but first I would like to learn more about this ability. I wouldn't want to hurt someone….accidentally." that last bit was said with a smug smirk towards Akeno who was giving her best fake smile till date. "Akeno, would you accompany me to a spar? Since you can run away so fast….oops, I mean since you are so fast, you can perhaps dodge my moves more efficiently. I wouldn't want to hurt anyone because I couldn't control my powers, you know."
"Ara ara, wouldn't that be bullying a newbie then? After all, you don't even know what your powers are. My attacks might be a wee bit much for you?"
"Nyahahaha you don't have to worry about that nyaa~. A level one ant and a level one dragon are built differently. I think I can handle it."
"Ara ara, so confident. Be careful or you might be in for some shocking revelations."
"Nyahahaha."
"Ufufufufufu."
The pressure in the room increased with the intensity of their laughs. I could feel the hair on my skin rising due to the static in the air. I knew this would happen as soon as Kuroka got stronger.
Akeno had been extremely smug to her but not without provocation.
The only good thing I can think from this is that they will both push each other to become stronger.
Fortunately I had my attention diverted by someone else entirely.
"So, what else can it do? Who gets that power?" Rias was still on her anime sugar high.
"Hmm, Naruto gets this power. It also has a very large sensing range covering almost one hundred kilometres or above depending on the user. It gives the user enhanced strength, durability and speed too. I actually had something else too which was supposed to be for your birthday but I guess, it won't be this special after the Six Paths Sage Mode. One second, let me bring it out for you." I opened my inventory to bring out a class case, covered in a gift wrap.
"This is?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
I gave it to her and she opened the wrapper carefully while others looked in intrigue.
The wrapper was dropped to the ground and Rias froze in her place, her eyes glued to the glass case.
"Shin."
"Hmm."
"Pinch me."
"I'll do something better."
I held her and kissed her lips, sucking on them hard.
"It's not a dream." She asked with a strand of saliva on her lips connecting to my own.
"T-this…."
"It is."
"A SHARINGAN!"
If Rias' Affection hadn't been at 100, I am pretty sure it would have been maxed at that very instant.
"Along with some Hashirama cells. It's the one Obito used for Izanagi against Konan. Happy Birthday in advance." I pulled her slightly into me only for her to keep the case on the table and then pull me into a passionate kiss. Our tongues twisted together as she tried to leave no part of my mouth unexplored.
I was more than happy to reciprocate. I had been semi blue-balled kinda today.
This was a welcome gift.
"*Cough cough*, get a room you two."
"Then again, there won't be much we haven't seen already."
The atmosphere calmed down as the rest of us laughed at that.
I decided to distribute the gifts for the rest of the girls. Some had gotten a significant power-up on this trip but some still needed to get their gifts.
I walked upto Luna and brought out a certain something from my inventory.
"This is for you. It will protect you from any harm." I placed the sheath into her chest as it disappeared with a golden light inside her. "It is Avalon, the sheath of Excalibur. It can heal the user as well as protect them from almost any kind of harm."
Everyone else was a Devil and I didn't want to shove a holy artifact inside their chest. Only Luna kinda qualified for it and it was perfect for her.
The home of the fairies for a fairy like girl.
I also need to prepare another Angel Fruit for her soon.
"Oh, by the way Merlin, I got a certain something from your world that you might like." I brought out the Morning Star Aldan and tossed it to her which she caught easily, making it float right above her hand.
"Why, thank you Shin. This is certainly a very great gift."
+10 Affection with Merlin(70/100) for returning her Sacred treasure to her.
"You are welcome." I replied as I thought of what to gift whom.
I still need to make an artifact for myself using the Devil Fruit I have.
Kuroka and Akeno left the spar for tomorrow.
I was tired for today too and went on to sleep, this time with Ingvild joining us.
- Scene Change –
I waited outside the room. Rias and our peerages were at my side.
Kuroka and Akeno were going to have another fight but we decided to stop it and summon our friends first.
"So first Serafall."
"Hmm. She would be the best to summon. She is well versed in Foreign Affairs and we need that right now. Moreover, she would make Sona more comfortable too."
"Okay."
I concentrated on our bond and brought Serafall's image to my mind and sure enough, there was a bright light with a pink magical girl costume wearing girl appeared in the light suddenly.
The very next moment, Merlin used Absolute Cancel and stopped the attack coming towards us.
"Wait Serafall! It's me Shin." I shouted loudly, stopping the follow-up attacks.
The light disappeared and the Magical Girl Satan looked at us confused. "That was not very nice, Shin. You could have warned me before trying something like that. Things could have gotten very dangerous just now."
"Ah, sorry about that. I didn't get to warn you about that. Well you see, things are a bit different and I think I should explain the situation first."
"Hmm, this place." She looked around us. Wano looked quite a lot like Japan so she didn't identify the place at a glance.
"It is…. a different world. Let's sit down first before I can explain anything."
She looked around stunned at my words and then at Rias and the others. "What were the first things I asked you when we met?"
"You asked me about my hobbies and I said I liked playing chess."
She nodded.
"It is us Serafall-sama." Rias used her Power of Destruction and showed Serafall who was assured more before I added my own and put her worries to rest.
"So….what is this place? You called it a different world."
I nodded my head and gave her a small rundown of the situation while we sat down and had something to eat.
The time in which Serafall was now was supposed to be early morning and she would have liked the breakfast and that's what we had arranged.
"So, this is a different world where you used your patron's powers to come to do some, as you call it, chores."
"Yes."
"And while you are doing this, the time in our world is stopped?"
"Hmm."
"So you are taking this opportunity to train everyone so that they don't face a dangerous situation like with Kokabiel and even if they do face one, they can survive."
"More or less, yes."
"I don't think there is any problem with this. You could have just informed me of this first so that I could have prepared myself for this."
"It was decided in a moment of heat. I was worried about how close we were to a Great War and decided to take some time to train everyone so that nothing bad happens in the fight after we go back. I didn't know when I would return or anything so I wanted to test this first. It might seem like a few hours for you but it has been a few months for me." I explained my situation to her. "Are you angry? If so then I can send you back."
She smiled slightly and shook her head at me. "No, I am not angry. This….is a unique opportunity even for me. Visiting a different world. This is like a free vacation. No annoying work and when you summon So-tan, I can enjoy my fun time with her too. I can even train you all myself, something that I had regretted never being able to do due to my busy schedule. I am actually thankful to you. I was just asking for a head's up for the next time."
"Sure."
"So, tell me something about this world. Also this breakfast is amazing. Give the cook my thanks." She said as she took a bite of the food.
"You can do it yourself. Rindo is a part of my crew." I pointed towards my red haired cook who bowed slightly.
Serafall gave her a thumbs up. "Say, Rindo-chan, would you like to join my peerage?"
"Ah…." The girl was stunned for a moment and I decided to lend her a helping hand.
I took her hand and pulled her to my side. "She's mine."
It was always a treat to see the cheery and outgoing Rindo flush.
"Ah….another girl taken in by Shin. In this case, I will also have to join your harem if I want something. Ah….and you were so cute when I first met you."
I then went on to explain to her about this world, the skills and powers here and the situation of the people. The things that I had done in all this time and the information I had uncovered too.
"So, a civilization existed that could make these Devil Fruits which are similar to the Sacred Gears except they change the DNA of the user to give them new powers. There might be someone with control over a tree with an insane amount of magic. These Haki techniques that you say do sound extremely interesting. I can think of so many uses for them. Moreover an entire world to recruit people from and especially when people here are far stronger than the ones in our world. I would love to get a few pieces for my peerage too. Do you have any suggestions?"
Rias handed her a list for every possible person that we wanted to recruit or could be recruited.
We had already gotten anyone we wanted in our peerages or near us.
"This is quite a list. Any of these people could make it to the Ultimate Class in the given time."
That it is.
"Then hurry up and summon So-tan! I would like to see the world too. A vacation. It has been years since I have had one. What is this world like, Shin-kun? Tell me about some of the places?"
"This world can be a place from a fairy tale. It has islands on clouds and islands where rivers of molten chocolate flow, trees with cakes and candies growing on them. There are places where flowers and even stones have life although it was done artificially. There is an island ten thousand meters below the sea level where Mermaids live. They get sunlight from the roots of a tree which is around thirty to thirty five kilometers tall and passes through a ten thousand meters tall mountain and then further into ten thousand meters under the sea level. It is a very magical place."
Serafall looked at me as if I was joking at first but seeing no signs of it, her eyes grew wide with awe.
"Really?"
"It is. Apparently the idiot who currently controls the magic tree had somehow destroyed the Leylines in a part of the world. That had caused several abnormalities to appear here. You can find many amusing and scientifically impossible places in this world. We can always go around visiting the islands when we want."
"He is right, Serafall-sama. There is also a mountain, ten thousand meters tall, which has water flowing upwards. It is called Reverse Mountain."
We went on to explain to her about the world and places she could visit.
- Scene Change –
Sona and the rest of her peerage were summoned shortly after and were left with Rias to explain all the details about the world.
She accepted the time to train and even the help as Serafall started on her job as Levi-tan sensei.
On Serafall's suggestion I even summoned Sairaorg and his peerage. I had that thought in mind but was hesitating a bit.
Serafall explained that as Sairaorg was very close to me, the stronger he is, the more backing I will have in the Underworld's political maze.
I had introduced Sairaorg to the world myself. Also took the time to spend some quiet time with Kuisha.
It had been months since I had last talked to her.
Sairaorg had taken my proposal to train in a gusto.
I had introduced him to the best possible teacher I could think of for his style of fighting, Edward Newgate.
It was a favour to me which he was more than glad to accept.
The rival of his rival's apprentice was a perfect choice for his apprentice.
I had taken this opportunity to use the Dog Talisman to restore Whitebeard by twenty years, gaining a buttload of reputation points with the Whitebeard Pirates once again.
I had finally left his entire peerage with a load of training potions.
Kuroka and Akeno on the other hand had a fight and boy was it a fight.
Akeno's Observation Haki and extreme speed made her capable of dodging Kuroka's attacks while Kuroka's sensing and Truth Seeking Balls made Akeno's attacks useless against her.
Even the Railgun coins couldn't completely tear through the shields of the Truth Seeking Balls. They slightly dented it though.
That said, Kuroka's attacks couldn't even reach near Akeno.
So overall the match was a tie.
Kuroka would improve tremendously when she mastered the Senjutsu mode but till then she didn't have extremely strong means of attack.
Those two fought for hours on and I had left Jibril, Merlin and Serafall as referees.
There was also a visit as Dio to Mariejois but that was a talk for another time.
It was time to break free of my last shackle.
Whitebeard had already referred me to Neptune and Jinbei was already there so I wouldn't face any problems.
I had taken Ingvild, Merlin who wanted to see the roots of the magic tree and Jibril with me.
And thus we were landing on Fishman Island.
"This place is very beautiful."
"It is like Oceania but much smaller." Jibril commented and I remembered that she had bisected the whole Oceania into half.
"Those roots. They are brimming with Magic. So much power. Is that the Tree of Eve?" Merlin asked awed with the roots which gave sunlight in the place.
Ingvild had been extremely calm though.
She looked almost like Luna, in a happy daze.
"Ingvild? Are you alright?" I asked, touching her shoulders lightly.
She looked at me and nodded her head. "This place feels like….like home." She whispered.
Her Leviathan blood maybe.
"Then have fun. If you want, I can make another island like this for you."
She however shook her head. "N-no. I want to stay with everyone. I like this place but I like that place more." She said in a very soft voice.
I patted her head as our ship entered the Fishman Island's bubble and we were ready to land there.
Jinbei stood at the port, waiting for us, having already received the news of our arrival from the Whitebeard Pirates.
"Shin-dono." He stepped forward when we got down.
"Jinbei-san."
King Neptune stepped forward too.
My name had spread in a weird sort of way across the whole world.
Many of the countries were supporting me and many were not sure what to make of me.
King Neptune seemed to be of the first kind.
"Welcome to Fishman Island, Pirate Hunter Shin. I hope you find this place to your liking."
"Please your Majesty, you make me proud by receiving me here. I am just visiting the place because I had heard about the beauty of Fishman Island and my companions wanted to see it. No need to make a big deal out of it."
+10 Reputation with Jinbei(40/100) for showing respect to King Neptune.
+20 Reputation with King Neptune(20/100) for showing respect to him.
Reputation gain decreased by the Diminished Presence Trait.
"No no. Your name has taken the world by storm. The news that you revealed has made many countries see the World Government for what it truly is. This includes my people as well. You spoke for the fight against slavery and how the people of my kingdom were being sold. I am very thankful. On top of that, Whitebeard speaks well about you. There was no way I would leave you alone without a welcome. Please let me host you and your companions in the Ryugu Palace for a while."
He led us to the Palace and coincidentally on the way, I saw a large axe flying towards the palace at quite a high speed.
"That's…."
"It's Vander Deken. He's…." Neptune spoke through grounded teeth as I had already known what was happening.
"I take it that it's an enemy." I blasted the axe into nothingness with a ball of the Power of Destruction.
"He's been attacking my daughter since she had rejected his proposal for marriage. I have had to hide her inside a tower for years to keep her safe."
"While the princess in a tower makes for a fascinating fairy tale, a real life example is not something I want to witness. Please let me take care of it."
I had already gotten the cretin in the range of my Haki. I apparated and appeared on the top of Noah and grabbed the neck of Vander Deken and apparated back to Fishman Island but not before taking out his Devil Fruit.
"Here, please do with him as you will. I have inserted a Sea Stone inside his body that will keep him from using his Devil fruit abilities."
+30 Reputation with Jinbei(70/100) for helping Princess Shirahoshi.
+40 Reputation with King Neptune(60/100 for helping his daughter.
Perk Gained – [Jinbei – 50]
[Water Friendly]
+20% in any skill upgrade quest for a water related skill.
Perk Gained – [Neptune – 50]
[Royal Grace]
Perk already obtained.
Randomising.
[Water Resistance(Novice)](Passive)
Decreases Water Damage to the user by 20%.
Neptune was stunned for a second before he collected himself and ordered his people to lock the criminal away.
I had my doubts that if it hadn't been for my presence here, he would have ordered his execution right away.
When it was all taken care of, he bowed deeply to me. Jinbei followed closely behind.
"I….I thank you, Shin-dono. This….you have helped me and the Fishman Island a lot by doing us this favour."
"No no, don't worry about it, Your Majesty. I just did it because it was the right thing to do here."
"And yet not many would do so." Jinbei said as he brought us towards the castle.
The girls were watching the scenery and the mermaids while the fishmen were watching the girls.
On the way, I took the newspaper.
It has been two days.
Morgans had printed the newspaper with the entire situation of Dressrossa and Wano. A smile appeared on my face as I watched the headline of the newspaper.
People should not be afraid of their Governments, the governments should be afraid of their people.
Apparently the movie had affected Dragon more than I had expected.
This was taken as the slogan for the new movement of the Revolutionary Army and this time even the Marines were not in a situation to do anything.
Below it was the details of how Doflamingo, a Shichibukai, a former World Noble, had taken over the country of Dressrossa. How he had made King Riku into a puppet and the citizens into toys. How he had been using those toys as labourers to make weapons in factories and artificial devil fruits and killing off the previous princess of the country.
His connections with Kaido and his hands and relations with the Marines experiments on Punk Hazard were all published out in the open.
That was followed by how Pirate Hunter Shin had freed Wano from the rule of Kaido and returned the country to the former Princess Kozuki Hiyori.
The power of PR is always quite amazing to watch when I am on the correct side of it especially.
Now The Revolutionary Army was using this set of news to fan the flames.
The news of Blackbeard breaking into Impel Down had already been spread and no one had denied it. I just need to appear with the bodies of the people and claim to have caught and killed the pirates.
My queen has also stopped the information blockage on Mariejois and they must be on fire by now.
I only wish I could have seen their faces.
I turned the page and almost laughed at the news.
The Marines and the World Government launch a World Conscription.
"Is something the matter, Shin-dono?" Jinbei asked, looking at my amused expression.
I showed him the newspaper. "Look at it for yourself."
The fishman read the news and had his mouth slightly open.
"This…."
"What is it, Jinbei?"
"It's….the World Government is launching a World Conscription." He then looked at me with a complicated expression. "I have also received the news that the World Government has started the recruitment of several Shichibukai to fill up the slots."
He looked as if I would kill him because he was still a Shichibukai.
"You don't have to worry, Jinbei. I have no enmity with you. You are doing this for your people despite your bad history with the Marines and the World Government. This is a fact that I respect a lot. You working as a Shichibukai will not change anything. Mihawk working as a Shichibukai hasn't affected our friendship either."
"I….I thank you, Shin-dono."
We reached the palace where they had prepared a feast for us.
There was also a surprise member for the feast.
Princess Shirahoshi was allowed to join the feast as well because the danger to her life was having prison food right at the instant.
"S-Shin-sama, I-I would like to thank you for s-saving my life." She stuttered like a gigantic version of Asia.
+50 Affection with Shirahoshi(50/100) for helping her.
Perk Gained
[Like a Fish in Water]
The creatures of the Ocean and the Seas are likely to support you and listen to you.
Ah, she was really similar to Asia. Desperate for a friend although for completely different reasons.
She was just as adorable too. In Fact she was quite similar to someone else in this room.
I looked a bit at Ingvild and then back towards the mermaid, "You are welcome, Princess. The world has many beautiful things. It would be a pity for you to hide in the tower because of the foolishness of a single man. You should go out and make friends and see the world. Have fun now, Princess."
"F-friends, really? Can I make friends too?" she asked, looking at me with those enormous and cute eyes.
"Why not? I will be your first friend if you want. You can also make friends with Ingvild here."
+20 Affection with Shirahoshi(70/100) for agreeing to be her friend.
"Y-y-yes yes, I would love that. Thank you." she nodded her head frantically as if scared that I would take back my words.
The crowd watched the girl with a smile.
"On that note Shin-dono, please can I ask something of you?" King Neptune asked, looking slightly curious and cautious.
"Hmm."
"I mean here, Miss Ingvild. I have heard that she can control the seas and even Sea Kings are afraid of her."
I raised an eyebrow.
"It would be better if there were less people for this, only those you trust Your Majesty."
He nodded and waved the extras outside, finally Jinbei, his eldest son and Princess Shirahoshi stayed behind.
"Ingvild is….someone like Princess Shirahoshi here. In a way she is a princess and in some other, she has the power to control the seas. It is her innate power. Just like your Royal family has carried the power, Ingvild has her own powers. I hope you will keep this a secret. You do understand that if people know what kind of power she truly has and that it might have a chance to be passed down instead of just being a Devil Fruit power, then there might be people who would try something abhorrent. Although they are unlikely to succeed, I would like to avoid that all cost."
I saw the shocked look on their faces.
"Y-you know?"
"I know a lot of things, Your Majesty. For example, I know about the true killer of your wife." I said eying Shirahoshi. "You know, it is a bad thing to hide such things, right? He might try to cause harm to the rest of your family too."
"What are you talking about Shin-dono?" The man asked, agitated.
"The true killer of your wife, Queen Otohime was a fishman and he did that to prevent the signing of the documents and peace that Queen Otohime was preaching about. Princess Shirahoshi knows about this but decided to keep quiet to not cause a war."
"WHAT? Shirahoshi, who was it? Please tell me about it daughter."
"I-I…." the girl looked like a deer cub caught in a headlight, completely stunned.
"Don't worry. It will be fine." I reassured her.
"I-i-it was a shark fishman." She whispered slowly.
"WHO?"
"Hordy Jones. Ah, that reminds me." I brought two marbles from my inventory and tossed it into the ground and snapped my fingers. The marbles turned into two fishmen. Arlong and the octopus, Hachi. "I had caught them when I was in East Blue. They had been collaborating with a Marine there to keep the inhabitants of several nearby villages trapped and collected 'protection money' from them. 50,000 Beri for a child and 100,000 Beri for an adult. Anyone who was not able to pay those were killed. Two of my crewmate's mother had given up her life to save her daughters. The one who killed Queen Otohime was a follower or rather fan of Arlong here. He believed that Fishmen were above all other races and should rule the whole world. This was the main reason behind the assassination of Queen Otohime who wanted peace with everyone."
Nami and Nojiko might not have wanted to take revenge but I was never one to let them go. Simply killing them would be easy. No, they will be shamed by the race they were so proud of, disgusted by them as they walk and then they will understand the pain that those two girls went through in their long struggles to survive.
Simply killing them wouldn't do.
"How is it, are you feeling proud? Are you feeling happy that your stupidity became the cause of Queen Otohime's death? I know you have had bad memories with humans that's why you hate them but….you yourself became the very thing you hated. Fisher Tiger went through hell to free the slaves of Mariejois while you….you all enslaved others. The absolute opposite of what the Sun Pirates stood for. You spit on Fisher Tiger's legacy and now your foolishness has caused another child, a child of your own oh so proud race, the princess of your race to become motherless. You must be feeling pretty darn proud, right Arlong? Hachi?"
Jinbei had already stood up when I had changed them back.
"Shin-dono." He kneeled, "Please, please spare them."
"Don't kneel for the likes of this filth, Jinbei. If I wanted to kill them, I wouldn't have brought them here. My crew members didn't kill them because they are better people. I will respect their wishes. Please take them both away."
"Thank you, Thank you for your kindness, Shin-dono." He bowed once more before taking them both away after a command from Neptune to arrest Hordy Jones and his crew.
I walked up to Shirahoshi and flew up to her head and patted her head softly.
"You attained justice for your mother, Shirahoshi-chan. Be proud of yourself. I am proud of you."
She had tears in her eyes but she tried to hold them back.
A brave girl.
She is really like Asia…. just too much alike.
"You know, I will bring you to see the sun someday if you want. A promise." I looked at Neptune.
"If you want, I can fulfil the promise that was made eight hundred years ago. Although the current Joy Boy is a friend of mine, I can fulfil the promise in his stead. Only if you trust me that is."
His openmouthed look was fascinating.
"What? I know the history of the Poneglyphs. Why are you so surprised? Don't worry, your secrets are all safe with me. Let me know your decision. In the meantime, I hope you will let Princess Shirahoshi and me become friends just like a human and a mermaid princess had become friends over eight hundred years ago."
"I-I will have to talk to the rest of my ministers." He said after some hesitation.
"Then I will wait for your reply."
After that we talked to the Princess and she asked Ingvild a lot, mostly about the outside world.
We left Fishman Island later after touring around more spots on the island.
- Scene Change –
"Brat, you are here." I sat beside Roger and took out two bottles from my inventory and placed it on the floor between us.
He continued. "It seems that our contract has come to an end."
I didn't say anything.
"I can find a way to revive you, you know. You just have to say the word I do know of a few that I can get my hands on in a while."
He shook his head, "I have lived my time. I don't regret it. No….that's not completely true. I do have a regret so I want to request you something." He tried to bow but I stopped him before he could do that.
"Do that and I will take away all the alcohol from you."
"Wahahahahahaha that won't do."
"Tell me, what do you want?"
"I-I have caused great pain for Ace and….Rouge. Ace never felt the love of his mother because of my stupidity."
"IT was not stupidity. You just said a few words, you didn't drag down the people of the world to search for One Piece. That was their own dissatisfaction with the governments and their homes. Their own dreams pulled them out and made them sail on the seas. Don't blame yourself for that."
….
"Thank you."
"Hmm."
"I want your help to let Ace meet his mother one last time and if she wants to, then find a way for her to revive. This is my last request."
"Okay."
No more words were said.
We both drank in silence. This might be the last drink we might have together.
- Scene Change –
"Shin, you called?" Ace came with a smile on his face.
Only Roger and I were in the room.
I smiled at the guy in front of me and nodded. "Yes. I had something to show you and some people for you to meet. Let me call them."
I looked towards Roger who was sitting beside me and got up.
"Speak with the Dead, Portgas D. Rouge."
Ace froze at the name.
He had already seen what I could do and must have had a pretty good idea about what was going to happen.
A silvery spirit appeared of a beautiful blonde woman with freckles in the room.
I heard Roger breathe in.
"Take your time. Someone has a lot to make up for." I snapped my finger and Roger's face turned to normal as I left the room.
I nodded at the slight thank you from Roger.
I went out where Rayleigh was waiting with a bottle of alcohol.
"He's leaving." I said sitting down beside him and taking out another bottle for myself.
"Hmm I know. We have talked about it."
"Are you sure you don't want me to rejuvenate you?"
"No. I have already outlived my best friend, I don't want to outlive others too. Newgate has his children and has decided to watch over them for a while longer. I am already content. We have achieved our dream. I even saw Roger once more and got to know his child. I saw the world recognizing Roger for who he is. I even saw the next Joy Boy. This is already much more than I could have asked for. I do not have any regrets."
+1 Reputation with Gol D. Roger(100/100) for fulfilling his last wish.
Reputation with Gol. D. Roger maxed and locked. Obedience with Gol D. Roger increased to 100.
Perk Gained [Gol D. Roger – 100]
[Voice of All Things]
The ability to hear the voice of all things which is found only in select members of the world.
Allows the user to hear the voice of the spirit of other living beings and even non-living objects which have developed a spirit after a long period of time.
Wow.
After around an hour, Roger came out. Ace followed by the spirit of Rouge behind him. I saw Roger's sword hanging from Ace's side.
He stood in front of me.
This man had been an utter annoyance to me for the last three or so months but at the end of it all, he taught me everything I know about Haki.
Now that it had come for the time to part ways, I felt a lump in my own throat.
He patted my shoulders, "Live your life to the fullest, Shin. You are destined to have an adventure far beyond me. Don't let that go to waste." He turned towards Rayleigh. "Goodbye old friend." The two hugged each other and I saw tears at the corner of Rayleigh's eyes.
Then he turned towards us, Rouge walked beside him and he nodded to me.
I closed my eyes and kneeled, touching my head to the ground. "Thank you for everything Teacher."
He smiled his toothy smile and some tears collected at the corner of my own eyes as I released the spell.
The metal doll turned lifeless and lost its facial features and Rouge's spirit slowly disappeared too.
In that place, only three men stood quietly.
….
….
….
….
"I have stocked up on some alcohol from Fishman Island and Dressrosa. Would you two like to join me?"
"That would be really welcome." Rayleigh said, walking towards the place we were sitting before.
"Thank you, Shin." I heard Ace's voice.
"Don't be. He was my teacher too. Despite the way we might have met, he was every bit of a family to me as he was yours. I did what anyone would do. Now, would you like to drink?"
I followed Rayleigh.
"Yes, I would like that."
- Scene Change –
I had walked into my room pretty late or was carried away by Rias and Sakuya.
Rayleigh and Ace had slept where they were drinking.
I was awakened to the sight of my two lovers sleeping beside me.
"He didn't stay right?" Rias, who sensed me awaken, asked.
I shook my head.
I had maxed the Reputation and Obedience but somehow I couldn't bring myself to use it on him.
"He went on without regret. Don't mourn him. That would only make him sad. Remember him and his memories with happiness."
I nodded my head before turning towards her and hugging her close to me, pushing my face into her neck, I kissed her collarbone.
She moaned slightly before hugging me back and caressing my hair gently and placing soft kisses on the side of my face.
I sensed another pair of hands hugging me from behind as soft fleshy mountains pressed on my back.
I snuggled into my two lovers trying to forget the passing away of my teacher.
- Scene Change –
I was on Whitebeard's ship to see the man.
The scene on the ship was chaotic.
Apparently Ace had announced the identity of the man who used to sit along with me.
Everyone was recovering from the shock of having sat with the Pirate King Roger and not even recognizing him.
The most shocked were perhaps the Straw Hats who were rooted on the spot.
I bet the memories of the conversations they must have had with the man must be flashing in their minds now.
Luffy being asked what being the Pirate King meant to him.
Zoro must have realized how stupid he was in wanting to challenge him back at Baratie.
Ussop was in a daze.
Sanji had his mouth open while the other two members had fainted from the overdose of excitement.
Only Whitebeard was sitting on his seat with a smile on his face. That smile contained a lot of feelings.
"SHIN, you didn't say your teacher was Gold Roger?" Luffy almost catapulted to me asking at the top of his voice.
"Yes yes, what's up with that? We didn't even recognize that it was Roger and we had fought him and his crew personally so how did you do it?" Marko asked as well.
"I missed a chance to see how good the Pirate King's swordsmanship was?" Zoro shook his head in regret.
Ah, nevermind, he's still a fighting madman.
"You can't even fight his Vice Captain and you want to challenge the Pirate King?" Sanji taunted him and then he turned towards me. "BUT BEFORE THAT, BASTARD, YOU ARE CHEATING ON MY SISTER? WHAT'S WITH YOU AND SO MANY GIRLS TOGETHER?" Sanji shouted, making everyone pause for a moment.
….
I turned towards Ussop and asked, "You didn't tell him?"
The guy scratched his head. "Ah….Zoro thought that it was funnier this way."
….
So they left him suffering like that. Zoro has a surprisingly black belly character.
"What? What are you talking about? And you, don't try to change the subject. Answer me bastard, are you cheating on my sister?" he shouted back.
I smirked internally. "How could I do that? I mean I am doing all this for Reiju-chan."
No one else said anything but watched the place.
I saw Ussop going and whispering the real story to the Whitebeard Pirates who were now watching the play unfold in front of them with smirks of their own.
"W-what?"
"I mean, Reiju-chan wanted to have a very big family but….she wanted only two kids so….she asked me to marry more girls. Don't you want plenty of children to call you Uncle Sanji?"
I bet if Zoro had a camera, he would be swiping pictures of Sanji's expression for a lifetime of blackmail.
"H-H-Hah? H-how many? Two….two right?"
I shook my head.
"T-t-three?"
I shook my head.
He bit his lips and increased the count, "F-Four?"
I shook my head again.
I swear I saw tears of blood from her eyes.
"F-five?"
"One or two more than that….yet."
Sanji fainted.
The entire ship erupted into a loud and thunderous laughter.
After the atmosphere calmed down, I talked to the old man himself.
Sairaorg and his peerage were training with the Whitebeard Pirates.
He had just gotten to know the guy but I could tell it from his face that Whitebeard had taken a genuine liking to Sai.
The entire peerage was learning Haki, even the magic users.
I found some alone time with Kuisha and went along with her on a walk.
"So, how do you like this place?" I asked as I walked on the beach of Onigashima island.
"I….I still have a difficult time believing that this is a different world. This feels so surreal." She said as she watched the sea.
"It does, doesn't it? I had a hard time getting used to it too."
"Why Shin?"
"Hmm?"
"Why did you bring us here?" she asked in a very tiny voice.
"Because I missed you all."
Her steps faltered for a moment.
"Please be a little serious."
"Hmm okay then. You have all been my first friends since I came to the Underworld. Been nothing but kind to me. Even helped me train when you had no obligation to do so. Now that I had a chance, I wanted to give back something too."
"You have already done too much for us. You cured Lady Misla. That is more than anyone of us could have hoped for."
"I did that for Sai." I looked at the girl with a smile. "I haven't done anything for you yet." Then I made a fake pout, "Or could it be that you don't want to spend time with poor me?"
"NO…." She blushed at the loud reaction on her part. "I mean I like our time here."
I saw the blush on the girl and knew that I had pushed her enough.
I took her hand and pulled her into my side.
She yelped slightly but didn't resist.
We stayed like that for a while, watching the beach and the waves.
+10 Affection with Kuisha Abaddon(95/100) for not forgetting about her.
- Interlude(Dio's Day Out) –
- Mariejois -
A guard burst into the room where the Gorosei sat.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?" the bald elder shouted at the guard who trembled but still pointed towards the window.
"T-t-there's….Dio Brando….he….left something outside the Pangea Castle." He stuttered.
All five of the Gorosei rose at the mention of the Devil of the Seas.
They quickly walked out of the room but not before one of them slashed the one who had entered his room.
"It might have been Dio Brando but that doesn't excuse your impoliteness." He looked towards the other guard who was trembling there. "Clean this mess up."
They rushed at their fastest speeds towards the gates of the Pangea Castle.
There was already a big crowd gathered there surrounding the box. Some world nobles fought over who would get the box.
Some ordering their subordinates to carry the box with them.
However, seeing the scene in front of them, all of them stopped dead in their tracks.
In front of the castle there was a huge box. It was wrapped in a glittering paper of rainbow colours.
It was not the box however that stopped them. No. It was the card on the box and the words written on them.
'TO IM.'
They rushed towards the box but it burst into an explosion of confetti.
The confetti scattered leaving the sight of its contents out to the open.
A Poneglyph.
A Poneglyph with two languages, one ancient language and the other the current one out in the open for all to see.
They read the contents of the Poneglyph and the horror grew in the pits of their stomach.
The confetti then rose up into the sky and formed a hand with its middle finger towards the Pangea Castle.
The five stared at each other with sheer horror at the sight and then as if mutually deciding on a particular course of action, they dashed forwards, slaughtering the crowd in front of them.
"This has to be kept a secret."
"Inform the CP to take action."
"Contact the Marines and verify the news."
"Get the person who was responsible for transmitting the news to Mariejois."
"Call Sengoku."
"Seal of the entire premise."
The five shouted orders to the survivor guards.
"This was all done by Dio Brando." One of the five spoke and the rest nodded.
Oh, if only they knew of a figure hiding in the shadow watching the entire thing with amusement and recording.
Morgans would have another piece of news tomorrow.
His Great Lord Shin will surely be pleased with his work.
_x_x_
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Author's Note :
A quick chapter. I had almost completed in three days but was stuck with work on the last day so this was delayed.
The next chapter will be a time skip and I will wrap up some incidents on the Marine side and maybe the development with Big Mom.
Serafall is also out to see if she can get some peerage members.
We will be returning to DxD in the next chapter or the chapter after that….maybe.
Development takes time.
One Piece will be revisited in between sometimes as time passes.
The decisions of the World Government and the reactions of the people will have an immense effect on the plot.
While all this is happening, Shin and all his friends will train their asses off.
Serafall herself is training her cute So-tan while Ingvild will be joining as well.
Meanwhile Shin will grind the affection.
On the other hand, Roger left. I will miss him.
Someone suggested to me that I should resurrect him and make him a part of their peerage but that wouldn't have worked.
He just didn't have the personality of being under someone.
Moreover their relationship would have made things awkward if Shin ever had to order him.
The Peerage members from One Piece will contain massive surprises for everyone.
Enjoy the new chapter.
Good Day, Peace Out.