Chapter 171

[The Whitebeard Pirates have been defeated, and the strongest man in the world has fallen! Blackbeard is the new Yonko!]

"Damn it! We should have helped them! Why didn't you let us go, Ken!" screamed Ace.

"He didn't want any help," said Ken.

"So what? You knew that they would lose, didn't you! And you just stood by, doing nothing!"

"Calm down, Ace," said Sabo as he and Deuce were trying to hold him back.

"I understand your frustration, but I had already sent Laffitte, Kuzan, and Mihawk to help out, but Whitebeard has made it very clear that he doesn't want any help, and we should respect that decision. So sit your ass down before I send you after him."

"I can't see even a shred of sympathy in your eyes. I thought that the two of you were supposed to be friends."

"We were more like acquaintances, and I won't risk lives for acquaintances. And besides, he lived a life every pirate dreams of, and he died an honorable death. Instead of worrying about the dead, you should be worrying more about living the best life you can so that you can die without regret."

"You bastard. I bet you wouldn't even cry if I died."

"Of course not. I can get a lot of money for your fruit."

"Fire-"

Sabo and Deuce quickly held Ace back before he burned the place down.

"Why do you always have to make him mad? You know that Ace doesn't care about his surroundings when he is pissed," said Sabo.

"Sigh, it's his fault for not understanding shit. Just because someone isn't showing anything on the outside, it doesn't mean that nothing is going on inside. But don't worry, if you want revenge or whatever, Blackbeard is on my must kill list, so you can take your revenge when that day comes. And the remaining Whitebeard crew can take care of themselves, so don't worry about them. I doubt Blackbeard will care much about them since he has gotten everything he wanted."

"Tsk."

Ace put his fire away and walked out of the room, not saying anything.

"When are we going to attack them?" asked Deuce.

"After we kill Kaido and Big Mom. Once we take out Kaido, we can get our third Road Ponyglyph, and then all we need to do is get the last one and kill Blackbeard. Then We'll get the One Piece and start an all-out war against the World Government. Once I sit on that throne, my dream will be accomplished, and this world will be freed from the corrupt government."

"Third? We only have one, right?" asked Sabo.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you guys. But I found the location of the second one a couple of months ago and had Robert pick it up. It was in a place called Zou. Zou is on the back of a giant elephant called Zunesha. Zunesha is over 35 km (21.75 miles) tall."

"Damn, something that big actually exists! I really want to go there now," said Deuce.

"Sure, you can go there one day. But first, we need to throw out the brats."

"You mean the Strawhats? When is their training going to finish?"

"2 years of training. That's enough time to make them into a formidable crew and not have to worry about them anymore. Kaido, Big Mom, and the World Government haven't shown any signs of an attack. They're probably trying to become stronger to beat us, but that just means that we have to become even stronger."

"You sure are easy-going about this whole thing. 2 Yonko's and the World Government want to kill you, and here you are talking about it like they are just some flies that you can easily take swat away," said Sabo.

"Stress holds you back, so I like to be zen all the time. But enough talking, go and do some training. I have business to take care of."

"You're such a tyrannical Captain," said Deuce.

"Don't worry. I'll come spar with you later."

Deuce immediately disappeared from the room. Sabo just sighed and calmly walked out. A couple of minutes later, someone walked into the room. She has beautiful long blue hair and a yellow summer dress.

"I'm ready to go," said Celine.

"Damn, it should be a crime to look that beautiful."

"And it should be a crime to go out with a girl as beautiful as me."

"Haha, you sure are shameless." Ken stood up and walked towards Celine. He held his arm out, and she grabbed it.

"Where do you want to go first?"

"I heard that there is a new clothing shop with a lot of cute clothes."

'Fuck!'

"Oh really? Sounds like fun."

"Haha, don't worry. We'll go do something you enjoy more afterward."

"Was it really that easy to tell?"

"Yup."

"Sigh. Well, let's go then."

[20 months later]

At the Jiyū Island dock, the Thousand Sunny was being prepared to go out to sea for the first time in 2 years.

"So you freeloaders are finally leaving."

"Don't worry, Ken. We'll come back next time with a lot of meat to pay you back," said Luffy.

"We'll also bring some sake," said Zoro. His left eye has a scar, like in the original.

"And I'll cook food for you guys again," said Sanji.

"We'll hold you guys on that promise," said Ace.

"Ey Luffy, do you remember how to find the One Piece?" asked Ken.

"You said that I had to find four red stones, right?"

"Yeah, but what I forgot to tell you is that I already have two of them. You know what that means, right?"

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji smirked while Usopp, Nami, and Chopper got scared.

"Once we find the other two, we'll come here and take the last two from you!" said Luffy.

"You're always welcome to get your ass kicked," said Sabo.

"Mihawk, once that day comes, I'll also challenge you and become the World's Strongest Swordsman."

"Hmph. You still have a long way to go if you want to beat me. But don't worry, I won't lose to anyone till that day comes."

"Dear student of mine, where will you guys be going next?" asked Laffitte.

Nami seemed to have become comfortable around Laffitte and isn't scared of him anymore.

"Sigh, Luffy isn't going to let us go anywhere but the most dangerous one."

Laffitte looked at her log pose.

"Hm, that's probably Dressrosa. You should be careful when going there. When the Seven Warlords of the Sea disbanded, Doflamingo was somehow exempt and allowed to stay and rule Dressrosa. The people there think of him as a hero, so no one is bothering with him. But I guess that isn't something you guys have to care about yet."

"What do you mean?" asked Nami

"Shadow Portal."

Shadows suddenly started swallowing the Thousand Sunny.

"Wh… what are you doing!" asked Usopp.

"Hahaha, we can't let you guys have an easy journey, so we will be sending all of you back to where you guys took the big L," said Ken.

"That's fine by me," said Zoro.

"Yeah, it will be better this way," said Sanji.

"Thank you, everyone! But I'll be the Pirate King, so be ready to hand the red stones over to us!"

Everyone said their goodbyes, and the Strawhat pirates disappeared to continue their legend.

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Anime Quotes:

"Fear is not evil. It tells you what your weakness is. And once you know your weakness, you can become stronger as well as kinder."

- Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail)

"Giving up kills people. When people reject giving up… they finally win the right to transcend humanity."

- Alucard (Hellsing)

"Whatever you lose, you'll find it again. But what you throw away you'll never get back."

- Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin)