Chapter 87

The newspaper had a lot of interesting things, one piece of news was better than the other. As I read, I smiled more and more, what was written there was exactly what I did not expect to see, but it did happen.

First, Monkey D. Luffy made a name for himself and grabbed the attention of the World Government. Still, he has rather curious relatives and they simply had to pay attention to him, after several cases. Luffy gathered a team and arrived on the Grand Line, after which he had an incomprehensible fight with CP9 and gained a significant reward. Before that, he also had skirmishes with famous pirates, but they were mentioned in passing, and I did not know any of them, so I did not focus on this. Now the guy has a pretty big reward, as much as three hundred million.

I don't know who he recruited to the team, but judging by his leaflet, Usopp seemed to be flashing in the background, and I did not recognize the others. There were two more with good awards, probably his new strong team members like Zoro and Sanji used to be. Well, this is not surprising, one way or another, the guy had to get to the Grand Line, his own character and strength simply would not allow him to swim in the East Blue, and it was a matter of time to assemble a team with his luck.

Perhaps this news was the most important, because I asked Hancock to follow the guy in the straw hat and tell me if he showed up, and this happened ...

The second interesting piece of news was that the Super Rookies are getting active, most of them are on the Grand Line now. Although I think it makes sense, most pirates with bounties over a hundred million should be sailing here. Something tells me that events should repeat themselves and very soon they will all gather on Sabaody, too everything happens on time and most of them are in about that direction. Luffy received the award just recently, as did his two guys. If I remember correctly, then very soon he will also arrive at Sabaody and unpleasant events may happen with Kizaru.

Hmm, I think Rayleigh-san is also running out of time for our deal, he will soon leave the island and head to the Archipelago. All events are developing as well as possible, probably this is fate ... Well, since the supernovae have to gather, then where are they without me? I may not be "Super Newbie" anymore, but I'm from the "Worst Generation" for sure.

The third news was not entirely surprising, I rather expected something like this, so I was not surprised. Teach still finished off Thatch, I don't know why, maybe out of revenge or because of some grievances, but the bottom line is that Thatch is now dead, so someone must hunt Beard now. I think it will be Ace, and maybe someone else, if this is the case, then the events with Marineford may repeat ... Of course, this plays into my hands, but it's all somehow strange ... Maybe my intervention is simply not able to change some events how would I not like? Well, there are advantages to that as well, so it's not that scary ...

Even if Ace is hunting for Blackbeard, Teach will have a very hard time without the logic of darkness. Although I'm not sure of his strength, he was still able to injure Shanks, who knows what this toothless one has hidden up his sleeve ...

I rolled up the newspaper and exhaled:

- Wonderful, he appeared, I can't wait for our meeting.

- Do you know him? Hancock asked.

I scratched my chin thoughtfully and said:

- Well, to some extent, yes, he is a nice guy. I think the locals would have liked it.

- Do you want to bring him here? The girl asked in surprise.

I chuckled:

- Are you against?

Hancock hesitated, and then muttered:

- No, if you want so, then I agree ...

Seeing her behavior like that, I smiled and walked closer, and then pulled the girl to me and kissed her.

"Mm ...." Hancock widened her eyes in surprise and blushed, but then relaxed and began to kiss back.

After a few seconds, I broke a hot kiss and chuckled:

- Not bad, you don't faint anymore, I'm very glad.

Hancock blushed deeply and said:

- I ... I will go. - Then she quickly began to run towards the palace.

Eh, I'm badly influencing her ... But I still have a lot of work ahead, kissing is just the beginning, if I had more time ...

Ahem, okay, now it's not up to that, it's time for me to get ready, Rayleigh-san has either already left for Sabaody, or will leave soon, it's worth checking, and then go there myself. Newbies are worth getting to know, especially the Straw Hats, how can I miss that?

With a cheerful grin, I went to my cave, it's time to finally pick up my cloak.

He lay here for six months, waiting for me ...

* Vshuh *

I picked it up and brushed off the dust, then draped it back over my shoulders and covered my left arm, which had been half severed. Although I have learned to grow the hand of darkness, walking with such a hand is not very comfortable. It is only suitable for training and fighting, otherwise I prefer to walk like that. The force of gravity replaces my hands, so I'm not particularly worried about it. Although it was inconvenient before, I quickly got used to the fact that I am now a one-armed pirate.

The hair has grown slightly, as have the muscles on the body, plus my height is slightly taller than Hancock's. Now I'm definitely the tallest on the team. Of course, I also grew in strength, and significantly, as well as in the number of new techniques with the powers of fruits.

My status hadn't changed much, but now it looked like this:

[Name: James D. More]

[Age: 18 years old]

[Body Strength - 200 "High Stage"]

[Body Agility - 200 "High Stage"]

[Body Vitality - 240 Golden Stage]

[Shooting - 0]

[Melee - 100 "Master"]

[I teach the Uchu no Mi:

Nebula Power - 300 "Star Fog" "Awakening - 60%"

Yami Yami no Mi:

The power of darkness - 100 "Lord of Darkness" "Awakening 20%"]

[Observation Hacks - 50 "Experienced"]

[Weapon Hacks - 50 Experienced]

[Royal Khaki - 0]

[Rokushiki: Soru, Geppo, Kami-e, Tekkai]

[Unallocated points: -]

But the status did not reflect all my true strength, now I am on a completely different level compared to when I was at Marie Geoah. Even the fruit of darkness was mastered by me on a new level, like my main fruit. My physical strength, the power of my will of arms and observation, all of this has grown noticeably. I have trained and honed every aspect, now I am a completely different person. Although, I would not refuse to devote a little more time to closed training, but since Luffy has appeared, then you can postpone it for later, I am already quite worthy to swim in the New World, so there should be no problems in Paradise ...