Days passed but the news about Asdrerd was not yet circulated the world. Only the members of the Navy knew the situation, including the five of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
Only two of the five were interested in the topic. The latest arrival of the Shichibukai, the Amazon Lily empress Boa Hancock and the first member of the history of Shichibukai the old cyborg Mysha Ranfeld.
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[𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐈𝐋𝐘]
Hancock was surprised and impressed by the courage of the boy, who rebelled against the celestial dragons.
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[Unknown Island]
A girl with long silvery hair, dressed in a red-striped white kimono, was drinking tea alone, sitting on a chair going back and forth.
The girl had pink lips that were so light they looked white.
The room was full of shelves with books. In addition to the table and a giant robot, there was nothing but newspapers, documents, and books, some even thrown around.
"They want to recruit another member, a child… what a bad world it has become, to force the children to fight..." She spoke alone.
Knowing that no one knew this place, she had grown accustomed to speaking out loud.
"I have lived for thousands of years, seen the world change several times, I know many secrets about the government, about Imu, about revolutionaries, in short, I know too many things to stay alive." She continued to speak after placing the cup on the table.
"What do you think Lala?" He looked at the robot with an open door in its gigantic foot.
The robot was empty and obviously did not speak, but the girl replied as if she had heard her speak.
"Eh? Do you think they haven't moved yet because Imu still cares about me?" She said laughing at the joke she just heard.
"Anyway Lala, we have an advantage, everyone believes that I have been alive for millennia only because I have changed most of the body in the cyborg, but that is you. I am alive for another reason... It is time to move!"
She announced before getting up and walking slowly towards the robot's leg and then entering it.
"As I always say, if you can make the world believe you are entity A, they would never suspect B." The robot spoke in a female voice different from the original.
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[One week late]
In Foosha village, Asdrerd asked a shopkeeper to build canvas support for him to paint.
The shopkeeper replied, "Yes, there are no problems, do you have money to pay?"
Asdrerd said with a smile and eyes full of hope, taking advantage of the fact of being a child: "I will pay you with my first drawing! I will become a famous artist and you can sell it for a lot of money."
He was sure of the value of his works, after all in the previous life he could make the whole family live in a dignified way.
"𝗛𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮, okay okay, dreaming is a great thing." He laughed not believing the child's statement.
"Come back tomorrow, I'll let you find all the material ready, I expect a nice drawing!"
The man ran the small shop together with his wife, they had no children, and the idea of having a drawing of a child hanging in the house filled him with joy.
Not knowing what to do until tomorrow, Asdrerd headed for his classic point in the forest. By now, he had learned to control the colors, as he likes.
On the way, Asdrerd thought about how long to stop in this village. He did not want to leave too late, now he had the basics to paint with his powers, he needed to train the observation haki to understand the smallest details of the islands.
'Now that I am no longer a wanted man, I think I can leave shortly, I just need some movement technique, and the flight would not be bad.' At the idea of being able to paint the islands from above, he began to drool.
Arriving at his favorite spot, he began to close his eyes.
"Well! Let's see how far God unlocked the haki."
With that said, he let out random colors from his body and floated them in the air. After letting five colors come out, always with his eyes closed he tried to perceive the surrounding environment.
Gradually he began to perceive in his mind leaves falling from nearby trees, wild animals hidden in the bushes. He saw everything present in a short-range area.
'Hahaha! So by forcibly unlocked he meant this! It looks like it doesn't need the training to use it, although I'd like to increase its radius, at least enough to cover islands.' He laughed in his mind.
Without opening his eyes he said, "Green, Blue, Green, Red, and Black." After that, he opened his eyes and checked the colors he launched.
"Mmm I guessed 4/5; there is always room for improvement huh?" He sighed after seeing that it was not red but orange.
After trying several times his success rate increased, and he was increasingly convinced that after developing a flight technique he could start the journey without problems. With the flight, Rogia and the haki would have had no problems; he had a practically unbeatable "defense", at least during the start of his journey.
As he was thinking, he revealed a small approaching figure.
"Mmm? I think a baby is approaching!"
Shortly after the figure approached, Asdrerd saw a small girl aged five or six at most.
As soon as he could see it clearly, his heart began to beat faster. She was a little girl with emerald green eyes, black hair and two pigtails, with a yellow dress and green stripes that surrounded the whole dress.
"Tanya?" He said softly touching his chest.
That little girl looked very much like his daughter.
'Although I have completely changed the body, it seems that some chains do not want to leave me free...'
While thinking about this, the girl approached Asdrerd running as fast as she could.
"Big brother, Help me!" The girl hid behind Asdrerd, trying to see if anyone was following her.
"Emm ... aaee... what's going on?" He asked agitated to have met a copy of his daughter.
"Big Brother! Dad said to run and don't look back! Dad is in danger! Bad people want to hurt him, help me!" With tears in her eyes, the girl took Asdrerd's hand.
Even more agitated at hearing the touch of "his daughter's hand" for the first time in his life he said without realizing it, "Okay! Take me to your father!"
The girl began to make her way by jumping on the spot, encouraging the big brother behind her to move.
'This little girl looks like my daughter, but it's not her, why am I helping her?'
"..."
'Besides, doesn't it seem unreasonable to ask me for help? I'm a child too…' Rubbing the back of his neck, he smiled and said to himself, 'Okay, I will help you as an apology. I have to help you, to remove these chains inside me; it is the only way to remove this weight and start a new life.'
'But I don't even know how to punch properly; will I be able to help her? They will not be able to do anything to me, but how will the two of them run away? Mmm ... it seems I will have to think about it once I see the situation.'
Accelerating the pace, he approached the girl and said, "I'm Asdrerd, what's your name?"
'You must never tell your name to anyone!' A voice rang in the girl's mind.
Ignoring the voice, he decided to trust the big brother next to her.
"Hi Big Brother, I'm Green D. Mia!"
"My pleasure!" He said rubbing the girl's head.