Newspaper

After the fight, Imai used a towel to wipe the sweat that was dripping from her neck. She stared into the endless sea with Nico holding her katanas.

"So? How was the fight?" Imai asked.

"Hmm, I think it was very entertaining to watch. I think all of us were captured by how intense it was." Nico said.

"Haha, did you learn anything Nico? Any techniques you plan to steal from us and implement it into your own combat techniques?" Imai asked with a raised eyebrow.

Nico held her chin and looked up into the sky, "Possibly, though I hardly doubt I could replicate it. The two of you are highly skilled in hand to hand combat, I doubt I could replicate what you guys did."

"I don't think so." Imai said, "With enough practice, I think you can do it. It might take some time but one day."

"Hopefully."

"It all depends on your fighting style though, don't take techniques you're not comfortable with."

"Hai, hai."

Nico handed back Imai her katanas in which she reattached them to her waist. Finally, she felt whole again. The two katanas were like an extra pair of limbs to her.

As Imai was enjoying the calm breeze of the wind, two figures came out of the mansion. One of them being one of the warlords of the sea and the other one was the green snake.

"Hancock and Sandersonia, is there something you need?" Imai asked with her head tilted.

"Yes, you might want to check this out." Boa Hancock said as she handed over a newspaper for Imai.

Imai read through the contents of the newspaper and her eyes widened in surprise. On an island named Elegia, there has been news of a famous world singer named Uta which has been catching the attention of everyone. It was said that her heavenly voice attracts anyone and with her devil fruit ability, she's able to capture even more of people's hearts.

The first thing Imai noticed from Uta's appearance was her hair, it was half red and half white arranged into two long ponytails with two circular braids at the end.

Her mind wandered to what Shanks had told her when she ran into him.

"You'll know who my daughter is when you see her."

'Is this his daughter? I mean, the two definitely have similar red hair but the white hair…' Imai thought.

Uta definitely had a unique appearance, with that said, Imai was confident this was his daughter. But what did he want her to do? Uta was holding a concert at Elegia, so what did that have to her?

"Don't tell me…" Imai muttered as she stared intensely at the word concert.

"What is it?"

"What's wrong?"

Nico and Boa Hancock both asked.

"Maybe, just maybe. We might be going to see a concert." Imai said.

"What do you mean?" Nico asked.

"Well, let's just say I want to have some fun, and I'm down to attend a concert to listen to this person's heavenly voice." Imai said with a hum.

"I mean, I'm curious to see her singing too. But how are we going to get to the island?" Nico asked.

Imai pointed at Boa Hancock, "She's a warlord, she definitely has a map containing details about it."

Imai's assumption was spot on.

Boa Hancock sighed, "I do have a map to get there, luckily for us, we're already on the line to arrive at Elegia."

Imai winked at Nico, "See? Told you! That's the power of a warlord, they get many benefits."

"But aren't you an emperor?" Nico asked. "You're supposed to have even more benefits."

Imai's shoulders drooped, "Although I'm the Fifth Emperor, I'm also an unofficial emperor since I haven't directly claimed to be one yet."

"That means…" Nico's voice trailed off.

Imai glanced up at Nico, "Yes, it's exactly what you're thinking of. I have to cause chaos and attract a bunch of attention. Then I have to announce myself as the Fifth Emperor."

"So let's just do that." Nico said, which caused Imai to shake her head and laugh.

"You know what, let's just do that then." Imai said.

"Also, due to the recent news, there's also plenty of marine ships heading there as well to apprehend Uta." Boa Hancock said.

"That's a good thing." Imai said.

"And there's-" Before Boa Hancock could continue her sentence, there was suddenly a loud noise coming from behind them.

*BEEP* *BEEP*

They ran to the back of their ship and saw several marine ships heading towards their way.

"They've already caught up, huh?" Imai said as she gripped her katana.

"That's to be expected, recently they've been in a hurry to take care of things. I don't know who's ordering it, but they've been desperate to apprehend pirates." Boa Hancock said.

"Haha!" Imai laughed and glanced towards Nico. "Could your crewmates be causing trouble again?"

"Of course, they can't go a day without causing trouble wherever they go." Nico replied.

"Anyway, should we take care of the ships from here? I can cause some of them to explode if you guys want." Imai said. "Unless you want to bring them onto the island with us."

"I think we should take care of a few of them from here, less trouble for us when they call for more backup." Nico replied.

Imai hopped on top of the railing and raised her blade before turning around, "Witness the great power of the Empress of the Blade. I stand alone on the peak of swordsmanship."

Boa Hancock watched as Imai drew her blade, her confident face when she looked at her. She watched as Imai got into her stance, bending her knees, placing the blade near her hips, and readied herself.

Imai swung her blade, purple armament haki in the shape of a crescent moon ejected from her blade. It was long enough to instantly take down two marine ships.

They thought the marine ships would explode, but they were wrong. The armament haki cleanly cut the marine ship in half and it took a few seconds for the upper half of the two ships to slide off into the water.

*CLICK*

Imai sheathed her katana and smiled in delight. When she turned around, she saw Boa Hancock's eyes sparkled at her causing her to be taken aback a little.

'What's with her?'