Witcher reference

And in the next instant both Law and Ken were hit by Conqueror's Haki. Ken was surprised that this guy on the brink of death could also do what Luffy did once. He really did not expect this guy to have that much will in himself. No wonder even when he was about to crucified, he swore to take revenge. 

Ken took him into his kamui dimension as he could see that he would live. Killing him wouldn't really matter as it would just be useless and keeping a Celestial Dragon alive was more useful than a dead one. It was for this reason, the kidnapped ones were still alive in Amazon Lily. 

Because they needed them alive for further negotiations. Hancock had already left the system but the Government still didn't go after her because she had threatened them and she was also smart about it as she had kept them hidden. 

The World Government had tried to infiltrate and free the Celestial Dragons but it was only met with statues being sent back to the Government. This was frustrating for the Navy but there was nothing that he could do. 

"Conqueror's haki.." Law mumbled. 

"Law, explain to me why you don't have Conqueror's Haki?" Ken suddenly asked when Law was reminiscing of the past. 

"What does that supposed to mean?" Law asked giving him a side eye, Levi style. 

"You are a D. Why don't you have Conqueror's Haki, without that it will be very hard for you to go beyond in the New World and make a name for yourself." Ken said. Law felt it was like it was an insult as he was seething. 

"You have no right to speak of my future." Law said. 

"I don't but you need to find yourself and bring the Haki out or else it will be very hard for you to move forward. Haki is the only thing that rules in this part of the world. So your devil fruit won't be relevant after some point." Ken said. 

"Are you looking down on me?" Law asked. 

"No, honestly speaking, among all of us, you probably have the most tragic past. You have seen the abyss and it looked back at you, but at the end you turned up alright. You should be proud of yourself but you also need to awaken the Conqueror's Haki. Kaido isn't some kind of two time fish that will just roll over. We will have to take him down together." Ken said. Law finally understood what Ken meant to say. 

He couldn't explain why he didn't have Conqueror's Haki because there was none. You either have it or you don't. He didn't, or at least he didn't find himself having one after all. 

As Law and Ken were talking, Luffy finally landed from high up in the air with Bartolomeo under his underarm. He had just flung himself using himself like a cannon to reach this place. Of course he crash landed and Bartolomeo seemed like he was in pain. 

But Luffy didn't care.

"You bastard Ken. You took all the fun from me." 

"You just had fun with the Yonko group and you are telling me that I had fun." Ken replied. 

"It doesn't matter, I wanted to beat Mingo up for such a long time and you took that away from me." Luffy complained. Ken just rolled his eyes. Bartolomeo, as usual had almost a heart attack after seeing Ken after such a long time. He had seen and met him in Logue Town and now he was saw his idols again. 

They had a small talk but then Ken turned around to see King Riku coming up, followed by Fujitora. Law instantly recognized him and his hands were already in his sword. Ken didn't care and just looked at King Riku. 

"Yo, King.. You got your kingdom back." Ken said, paying no attention to Fujitora. 

King Riku just shook his head and said. "I will not be the King again. I have failed the country, couldn't save my own people and mostly I couldn't even save my own family. There was nothing that I could do." 

"Well you should go out and talk to understand the people before coming to a decision. Viola is still out there so you can just talk to her." Ken said. 

Hearing the name Viola, he stiffened and soon excused himself in order to find his daughter. He felt ashamed but he needed to meet her, even if it was for one last time. After King Riku left, Luffy was curious about the blind man that had shown up. 

"Who are you blind ossan?" Luffy asked. 

"He is the new Admiral." Law replied. 

"Eh! Really? He? Ahh.. I am surprised, but he does look powerful." Luffy said. 

"This is the first time I didn't get judged because I am blind. Hahahaha.. You are one of a kind Monkey D. Luffy, unlike your brother." Fujitora said. 

"Oye what does that supposed to mean?" Ken asked in annoyance. 

"You look down on people, Monkey D. Kenny." Fujitora said. 

"No, you are wrong. I look down on people like you. You are a classic case of avoiding problem syndrome. Since you saw the corruption to the Navy, you turned a blind eye on the justification that the Navy were the lesser evil. Let me say you one thing Fujitora. Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, meddling it's all the same. If I have to choose one evil and another, I would rather not choose at all. But you decided to help the navy after what went down on the Paramount War because the scales had tipped. But you can't deny, the winds of the world are changing fast and they, the Government are just old people who needed to be brought down." Ken said. Fujitora was surprised that he knew of his blindness and he hurt him right at his vulnerable spot.

"Akainu was right. You really do hurt people more with words than your fists." Fujitora said as he half sheathed his sword. 

"Why? You want to take me on." Ken said and in the next moment, his eyes turned into limbal rings.

----

Read 60 more chapters on my p@treon.com/thelightedghost