Chapter 21 Message

Searching through the whole island, the crew struggled to find any clues of treasures. It was no wonder Simon and his crew stayed for a whole half year and didn't show any signs of leaving. It has already been a week since they defeated the crew but still found nothing.

Paul: " Hey Vlad, let's go back to your place and look there, since that place has been vacant so long, there might be a clue there."

Vlad: " It's no use, I have already went through everything since I was bored."

Paul: " Well it doesn't hurt to try again."

Vlad: " Fine, it doesn't matter."

Paul: " Haha, alright let's go."

The crew and Vlad soon arrived at the old mansion. On the outside it looked to be old and abandoned, but on the inside, it was clean and tidy. It looked completely different and misleading. It was probably because Vlad had to focus on defending against Simon and his crew or Vlad just simply did not want to clean the outside of the mansion.

They began looking everywhere in the mansion until Paul found something quite strange in large living room. There was a large torn portrait above the fireplace. Although it was torn, Paul can still make out the head of the portrait, it was a young Patrick Redfield.

Paul: " Hey Vlad, what happened to this portrait."

Vlad: " Hmph, who else but me. I tore it when I got here."

Paul shook his head at Vlad and his anger for his father. Paul looked closer at the portrait and saw that the eyes of the young Patrick and saw that it was different from just a painting. Paul jumped up and punched the eyes of the portrait and what revealed behind the portrait was a hidden room. When Paul and the others saw the hidden room, they all got excited, what person wouldn't want to be rich.

They quickly dashed into the room and saw several paintings of a woman and child. In the middle of the room there was a small wooden chest with a lock on it. Vlad was completely stunned by the portraits of the woman and child on the walls. It was none other than his mother and him. He was confused, he thought that his father was heartless for leaving him and his mother alone when they needed him the most, but what did he see here? It was a secret room full of his mother and him. He walked to the wooden chest and broke the lock and opened the chest and saw a strange shell, a purple fruit with swirls on it, and a slightly rusted sword with a guard handle. However, this sword omitted evil energy that causes one chills from just looking at it.

Vlad: " What is this shell?"

Paul: " That's probably a tone dial from sky island."

Vlad: " Tone dial? What is that?"

Robin: " A tone dial is a shell that allows a person to record and replay noise or voices. Press the top to play it."

Vlad took a deep breath as he pressed the button. He knew that this was most likely a recording of his father's voice that may perhaps be a message from his father.

'click' " Hello, if this is you Vlad, then I see that you have made it to my home and to this secret room. Judging by how one is supposed to enter this room, I can see that you must have some hatred of me. You must have some questions for me coming here and may perhaps be waiting for me. First, I will say this, your mother and you, I did love you too very much. During my time as a pirate, I battled against Whitebeard and Roger many times and came to many stalemates against them as our goal aligned with another and there could only be one victory amongst us, which is to become the Pirate King. Every time I battled with them I could see that they were always surrounded by their crew and they always had a tight bond. Everyone has their own path in their life and I chose mine in solitude. At the time, I believed that the path towards the Pirate King will be in carnage and destruction and did things my own ways. However, I never had a big impact on the world and was never as renown as those two and I had always wondered why. Why was I never able to beat them. Why didn't I accomplish my goals? What was I doing wrong? It was until I met your mother and had you did I began to hesitate my path. However, I had already made it this far so I couldn't turn back now. So I left. If you wish to find me then come. I leave the devil fruit in the chest and the sword to you. If you wish to compete against me then master that devil fruit and sword. That was the sword I used and ended many lives in it so perhaps its already a cursed sword. Come Vlad. Let me test your strength." 'katcha'

When the recording ended, everybody was speechless. Although Patrick Redfield did in fact not have an impact like Gol D. Roger and Whitebeard, they heard of his strength before as their clashes shook the world.

'clench' Vlad clenched his fist as he broke the tone dial.

Vlad: " I understand father, I will wait for you at sea also. Until you come out of Impel down, I will be out on the sea."

Vlad picked up the devil fruit and ate it in one go ignoring the bitter taste. He then grabbed the handle of the sword. As he grabbed the sword, his body slightly shook and an ominous aura began to surround him. His eyes began to redden and it looked as if he was about to go mad. A blood red teardrop came from both eyes. He then made a slash towards Paul.

When Paul saw that incoming sword swing, he immediately went all out and transformed as he blocked the attack which sent him back a few steps. As he blocked the attack, his there was a slight cut on his arms.

Vlad stood up and looked towards Paul while everyone else got into battle positioned. However, before they could make a move, they saw Vlad smile.

Paul: " What's your plan now? Want to fight again?"

Vlad's eyes began to turn back to normal as he smiled and said, " No, I know even if I have this sword and devil fruit, I still can't beat you."

Paul: " Then what the heck was that early."

Vlad: " Just thought that I could get you back for beating me up earlier."

Paul: " Hmph, haha. That won't happen anytime soon."

Vlad: " We'll see. I want to join your crew... Although my father decided to follow his own path of carnage, I want to do it differently. How about it?"

Paul smiled as he heard his words. Gaining a strong member into his crew? Who could say no. Furthermore, they had already fought together and knew deep down that this guy wasn't a bad person, so he would be a great addition to the team.

Paul looked towards his crew and saw their smile and nod, " Of course, welcome to the crew."

'ding'

'Host has discovered an unknown past and heritage of a pirate that wasn't mentioned in original one piece canon'

Rewards

+20 all stats

+1500 SP

Paul got surprised by the sudden notification. He had almost forgotten about the system since it hasn't showed up for awhile.

Paul: "Status"

Status:

Name: Brantley D. Paul

Age: 19 immortal body- 55%

Strength: 105> 125

Agility: 95>115

Vitality: 120>140

Wisdom: 75>95

Luck: 75>95

Charm: 85>105

Devil Fruit: Real Mythical Zoan Dragon Dragon fruit, Real Mythical Zoan Chaos Dragon fruit

Skills: Observation Haki lvl 12, Navigation lvl 8, Armament Haki lvl 13, Rokuogan lvl 11, Soru lvl 9, Haoshoku Haki lvl 7

SP: 1800

Paul: " Well, get your things together and we can leave whenever."

Vlad nodded as he stood up and left.

Paul was planning on giving Vlad the lighting logia devil fruit, but since he didn't have to do that then it's fine by him too.

One day later, Paul and the crew was on the ship as they were getting ready to depart. As they were just about to sail out, they saw a huge crowd coming from the shore, it was the islanders there.

Civilian 1: " Thank you Paul and the Chaos pirates. For everything you did for us and keeping us safe. We won't forget this favor."

Paul smiled and waved, " Don't mention it. It wasn't too much of a problem. Hope you guys stay well."

Civilian 1: " Yes, we will. Come by again, we'll treat you with a feast the next time."

Paul: " I will hold you up on that then. Good bye."

Civilian 1: " Good Bye, good luck on your journey."

Paul nodded as he began to move the ship out.