Chapter 158: Sebas A Strawhat

Propelling myself through the air, I searched for Trenza, only to find her out of the city while surrounded by several people who all tried attacking her, though she was holding her own rather well; so instead of directly interfering, I hid myself a nearby tree and watched the battle from afar, while contemplating about Blackbeard.

'Hmm, Blackbeard, he's strong, and I've got no doubt he could give me a good fight, but it's not enough. When fighting him, I had gotten an almost instinctual feeling that he was far from his peak, and if that's true, I'd much rather let him live and fight him in the future when he's stronger and more competent.' Pondered Diddy with a thoughtful expression as he hung upside from the tree by his tail, occasionally assisting Trenza by firing a silent shigan at her enemies.

However, now that I've decided to let Blackbeard live, I've got nothing left to do for today; it's only a little past the afternoon, and we're leaving tomorrow morning.

"Guess I'll just spend time training; I'm close to completing that technique anyways." Muttered Diddy as he folded his arms and closed his eyes, just in time for Trenza to nearly get her head taken off by a sword slash.

A few minutes passed by, and Trenza finally defeated all of her opponents, an impressive feat given her strength, if I'm being honest; however, following the defeat of her enemies, Bellamy, who was unconsciously lying amongst the bodies, opened his eyes; seemingly spurred awake by the sound of gunfire, yelling, and grunts.

'Oh, that's why that group looked so familiar; they were there when I stole that dude's clothes; that makes sense.' Mused Diddy as he snapped at his finger in revelation before dropping from the tree and launching toward Bellamy.

"Die, die, die, die!" Yelled Trenza desperately as she fired relentlessly at Bellamy, though with his legs as spring, he was able to dart around the area, dodging all of her shots.

Just before Bellamy could lunge toward Trenza, I landed on his head and slammed him into the ground face-first, right in front of Trenza, who sighed in relief when she spotted me.

"Haa, thank goodness it's you, Captain; I was worried Bellamy did something crazy." Said Trenza exhaustedly as she holstered her two pistols before approaching Diddy, who was standing atop Bellamy like he was on the ground.

"How was the fight? Seeing how it didn't last long, did you already win?" Asked Trenza curiously as she glanced at Bellamy before looking at Diddy, who stepped off of his unconscious body and onto the ground.

"The fight was good, and no, I didn't win; it was a draw. I decided to end the fight earlier as he was still unfamiliar with using his devil fruit. I figured it would be better to fight him in the future when he's stronger and more competent; that's much more fun." Replied Diddy lightly with a smirk as he kicked Bellamy into the distance, while Trenza walked behind him and unceremoniously hopped on his back, wrapping her arms and legs around him.

"I swear, Captain, you must be the only person alive who doesn't kill his enemies just so that they can get stronger. Freyja's the best example of this." Remarked Trenza softly with a shake of her head as she rested her chin on Diddy's shoulder while closing her eyes.

"Anyways, that entire encounter was rather tiring, so I'm going to use this respite to rest. I hope you don't mind, Captain." Added Trenza with a yawn as her breathing slowly became even; she may not have been sleeping, but she was excellently imitating it.

Glaring at Trenza, I had half a mind to violently shake her off my body, but other than lightly growling, I merely grumbled under my breath before leaping into the air, taking to the skies as I flew us back to the ship. After a few minutes of propelling the two of us through the sky, we eventually arrived back at the dock, yet, to my surprise, I sensed Sebas was in the Strawhat's ship.

'Hmm, with Sebas's strength, he should be more than capable of holding his own against them, so I highly doubt they captured him or anything, which means he's on the ship out of his own violation.' Thought Diddy with a slight frown as he floated above the two ships before falling down and landing atop his own ship.

"What's Sebas doing, Grand?" Asked Diddy as he turned and glanced at Grand, who was training like usual while punching the dented iron weight nailed to the mast.

"Um, I don't know exactly, Captain; he said something about finding them interesting. He's been on that ship since you and Trenza left." Remarked Grand as he looked at Diddy while shrugging his shoulders, causing Diddy to grunt in annoyance.

"Tsk, he better not be thinking of joining the Strawhats; I'll drown him if so." Muttered Diddy while grumbling as he walked up the stairs and approached his hammock.

Removing Trenza, who was hugging me like a koala, from my back, I tossed her onto my hammock, yet she still didn't awaken from her slumber, not even when I yanked the fur cloak off her. Wearing the cloak, I left Trenza sleeping in my hammock before hopping to the other ship; following Seba's scent, I trailed him to a door, which I promptly opened, revealing a nice kitchen.

"Hoho, Captain; you arrived much earlier than I imagined." Said Sebas with a slight smile as he glanced at Diddy while lifting his cup into the air, his words causing everyone but Luffy to be slightly taken aback.

"E–Eeek C-Chaos Kong!" Yelled Nami, sitting beside Sebas as the Beiri symbol in her eyes completely disappeared while a fearful expression took over instead.

"Bastard! Don't think I'll forgive you for harming Robing and Nami-san!" Declared Sanji angrily as he glared at Diddy, and without any hesitation, he attacked him despite being in the middle of cooking.

Eyeing Sanji, I squinted my eyes at him, causing him to stop as he stared at me in slight fear, though it was only for a second before he pushed through his fear and attacked me. Catching his ankle with my tail, I hoisted him upside down in the air, though before he could attack me using his other leg, I smirked before zapping him with a decent amount of lighting, causing him to glow slightly while lightning danced across his body.

"Anyone next?" Asked Diddy with a feral smirk as he looked at everyone while holding an unconscious Sanji, causing Usopp, Chopper, and Nami to shake their heads rapidly. Robin silently drank tea, while Luffy and Zoro were too busy eating food and drinking booze, respectively.

"Good." Added Diddy as he tossed Sanji into the wall, though before he could cause any damage, Sebas caught him and floated him over to Chopper.

"Here you go, Dr. Chopper, and I apologize once more for my Captain's behavior; despite how intimidating and wild he may be, he's pretty intelligent and easy to get along with. So long as you're strong and you don't piss him off." Said Sebas softly as he gently placed Sanji in Chopper's arms before glancing at everyone else, though the only one who took his words to heart was Robin, considering everyone else was either terrified or not paying attention.

"So, what the hell are you doing, Sebas?" Asked Diddy as he folded his arms and glared at Sebas, who patted fixed his attire while chuckling.

"I'm merely getting to know the Strawhats, though, in return, I promised Ms. Nami here all of our gold; I'm sure you don't mind, Captain?" Replied Sebas as he gestured to Nami, who tried to seem as friendly as possible, though it was proving difficult, and no amount of money would fix that.

"Yes, sure, I don't care; the gold is annoying anyway. Made our escape much harder than it needed to be." Said Diddy as he nodded while dismissively waving his hand, causing Nami to air-pump her fist in victory while imagining all of the wealth she'd soon be in possession of.

Seeing how Sebas wasn't doing anything I thought was interesting, I turned around and prepared to leave, but before I could, I heard Robin call me, prompting me to stop and glance back at her.

"Kong or Diddy, is it true you killed a Celestial Dragon?" Asked Robin gently with a curious tone as she looked intently at Diddy, who simply grinned, baring his fangs, before turning back around and exiting the kitchen.

Leaving the inside, I leaped from this ship to my own, though instead of landing on the deck, I was sitting crosslegged atop the mast as I continued with my training that was at the last of its stages, which were also the toughest ones by far, at least in my opinion. I've made massive progress from simply starting out with controlling my heart rate to now having near complete control over every organ within my body.

'Now, I just need to deepen my connection with my nervous system; if I can do that, I'll be able to greatly refine my control to an even higher level while also granting me control over the rest of my body.' Thought Diddy lightly with a smirk as he took a breath to calm himself before closing his eyes and concentrating, focusing all of his senses on his body while the faint feeling of his nervous system appeared in his mind.