Chapter 143

[Azure Ken: 4.812.000.000 berries DEAD]

'WHAT!? These bastards! How dare they put me bellow Whitebeard! I'll have to talk with their manager!'

"Ken!" x2

Ace and Sabo appeared behind me, with bounty posters in their hands.

"Huh, why do you look so angry?" asked Ace

"Did you not like your bounty poster?" asked Sabo

I crunched my bounty poster up and threw it into his face while it's enhanced with Haki.

"Argh! You bastard! I just came here to congratulate you."

I glared at him.

"You think that I'm happy? 4,8 billion! Are you fucking serious! It would have been fine if I didn't surpass the Pirate Kings bounty right away, but that damn Whitebeard! How can I accept this!?"

I was having a mental breakdown.

"There there, it will be fine."

Ace started patting my back.

"You'll be able to surpass him in no time. We'll just have to do something big again."

"Don't treat me like a kid, or I'll kill you."

He immediately backed away.

"And there won't be much to do for us in a while. We've become too strong, so things will become boring."

"Shit, I never thought about that." said Sabo

"But what will we do once we defeat the strongest people?" asked Ace

"Then we'll go onto a space adventure."

"What!?" x2

"I'm just kidding. It's probably completely empty there, and our ship can't exactly fly."

"I almost thought that you lost your mind." said Sabo

"Yeah right, I'd be the last one to lose my mind. But anyway, let's go and do something fun."

They nodded, and we went down the roof.

'What will we do after we beat everyone, huh. It's simple. I started this journey to become free, so I'll enjoy my life to the fullest after I become free. I might try to get myself a family. What would having a son or daughter be like? Well, at least there is no OnlyFans here, so I don't need to worry that much if I get a daughter.'

[3rd Person P.O.V.

Whole Cake Island]

Whole Cake Island is filled with gloomy moods. Their mother and Queen has been surpassed by a kid. Everyone wanted to go out and kill the bastard that dared to surpass their Queen, but they knew better.

"Mama! What should we do?" asked Smoothie

"What do you mean? We will do nothing. As long as he doesn't bother us, I don't care less how high his bounty is. Most of it isn't even for his strength. If it comes down to it, I'll kill him." said Big Mom

Smoothie wanted to say something, but she held back.

"I'll increase the security around the islands. If he wants to become the Pirate King, he'll have to pay us a visit sooner or later." said Katakuri

"Still think that you can take him, brother?" asked Perospero with a smirk

"I won't let him set foot on this island."

"Stop talking about him already. I'm hungry, so go and get me something!" said Big Mom

"Yes, mama!" said Perospero as he ran out of the room

'I wonder if Captain had a secret family, and Ken is his grandson.' thought Big Mom

[Wano]

The atmosphere there was much worse than at Big Mom's Island. They looked even worse than the citizens that lived there.

Onigashima, the island that Kaido lives on, is almost completely empty as there is a suffocating pressure on the island that stops anyone from coming near it. Even King and Queen don't dare to approach the island.

"I've never seen Captain like that. I wonder what happened after the recording ended." said Queen

"Shut up, you idiot! If he hears you, he will go on another rampage. We just barely managed to stop him after someone asked him that last time. This time he will really kill us. So don't you ever dare mention it again." said King

"Yeah, yeah, I know. But when do you think that we'll attack them?"

"Probably after we're all healed. That fight with the Red Haired Pirates took a lot out of us."

"Tsk, those bastards. What right did they have to intervene?"

"That Red Haired has always been doing weird things. But the sake will soon be finished, so go and bring Captain some more."

"What, why me!?" screamed Queen

"You won't die if he punched you, so just bring it. I'll bring him the next one."

"Tsk, fine. As you said, I won't die with one attack."

A couple of men loaded the sake onto a ship, and Queen sailed towards Onigashima.

[5 minutes later]

"BOOOOM"

A giant person flew through the air and was about to fall on top of King and his men. King quickly flew away, but some men weren't fast enough, and all became blood splatters. King looked shocked at the unconscious Queen.

'We might have to rethink about how we transport the sake. I won't set foot on that island till Captain calms down.' thought King

[Ken P.O.V.

8 pm]

I'm standing on Sanjuan Wolf's shoulder with a beer cup in my hand as everyone on the island is looking at me.

'Alright, you can do it, Ken.'

"It has been a couple of months since I've become the King of this Kingdom, and I'm blessed to have so many amazing citizens. In these couple of months, we've gone from a not so nice Kingdom to one so prosperous that we make others jealous. And that's all because of your guys' hard work."

"No, it's all because of Lord Ken's grace!" said citizen 1

"Yes, without our merciful Lord, we wouldn't have been able to any of it." said citizen 2

More and more people started saying how awesome I am.

'This is going great.'

I put my hand up, and everyone quieted down.

"But of course, we aren't just a Kingdom with some money and good living environments. We are one of the handful of islands that have a Yonko as their leader."

"You can't compare them to us, Lord. I heard that Big Mom eats even her own children if she doesn't get any food. And I doubt that Kaido would be any better." said citizen 3

"Our Lord is merciful and has never hurt anyone of us." said citizen 4

More and more praises started coming my way.

'I should do this shit more often. Please, stroke my ego more.'

I quieted everyone down again.

"Thank you all for the praises, but I'm not the only one you should praise. If it wasn't for my crew, I would have never been able to do this. They're the reason all of you are free right now."

The next second, praises started coming out again. I could see that most of my crew was getting uncomfortable, but a couple like Ace and Deuce welcomed it openheartedly. After they quieted down again.

"As everyone saw, we have crushed the Marines, and I've even defeated another Yonko. This means that almost no one would dare to challenge me. And that all of you can sleep well knowing that no pirate or marine would ever ruin your lives again. So cheers to our promising future full of freedom!"

"CHEERS!"

Everyone gulped down their drinks and the rest of the night and morning consisted of eating, drinking, and dancing.

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[Did I ever tell you guys that I'm bad at speeches? Well, now you know.]

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"Trying to be the hero? Feel like some all-powerful main character? So annoying! Why? When? Where? What? How will you do and just who will you become? You're just pretending by spouting your ideals! You have nothing! You won't become someone."

- Lawless (Servamp)

"Nothing is interesting to you because you aren't facing your feelings. You feel no one understands you because you don't want to face others."

- Shirota Mashiru (Servamp)

"Tests are a good thing. The knowledge gained from a night of cramming will be all but forgotten once you hit adulthood. And that's fine. The experience you gain through competition, having sharpened your skills and broadened your minds all under the same set of rules? That's the real treasure."

- Koro-sensei (Assassination Classroom)