Keep Up The Good Work!

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Chapter 121: Keep Up The Good Work!

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"The Pantheon, allegedly a group of Gods... They are our enemies, so what say you? The Stranger, one of the Warlords of the Sea..."

Yovan closed his eye, taking a deep breath, "I will only be a Warlord as long as the Pantheon remains... When I'm done with them, I'll leave my seat."

"We'll talk later." An elder responded, signaling a confirmation.

Yovan put down the Den Den Mushi, cutting the line before turning to Kalifa, "Check if they can track us or listen to our conversation through this."

He, of course wouldn't trust the Elders, not at all. Kalifa caught the Den Den Mushi with a solemn expression, not expecting the Elders to personally contact Yovan.

She walked back into the Ship, taking hours to check, just enough for them to enter the Calm Belt.

She came back with the Den Den Mushi, shaking her head, "There isn't. They know I and Kaku are here. We've been trained in the ways of espionage, so they didn't waste their time."

Yovan nodded, letting out a sigh of relief before lifting his left hand high in the sky, "Enyo dear, come here."

From beyond the clouds flew something, a dot in the sky breaking through sound to comfortably on Yovan's hand, showing itself to be a gorgeous emerald blade.

The blade's already gorgeous hilt had a new addition, a black rope tied to it with a few feathers decorating it. That and a simple tiny castle-like toy.

The feathers were actually the reason why the blade can fly, something it wasn't able to do before. Yovan simply summoned the feathers, and they pull the blade towards him no matter where they are.

"Tell me Enyo... Are you sure they do not remember?" Yovan asked a question he asked many times, and the blade vibrated in annoyance.

"Hahyahah, sorry sorry, but this is very important to me," Yovan murmured, gently stroking Enyo.

"Captain?" Kalifa wanted to share her doubts because she was the only one that didn't allow her emotions to take over her, instead thinking pragmatically as she asked, "Where is Bege?"

"Give me a minute, have to make sure my identity as Hades doesn't leak out," Yovan remarked with a grin slowly taking shape on his pale face, finally dropping the act, and bringing about an eerie silence on the Ship.

"Yo! Morangs, sup?" Yovan said as he called someone in a different Den Den Mushi.

"It's Morgans you braindead idiot!!" Responded the Underworld Emperor, Morgans with a yell. Honestly, Yovan almost always gets his name wrong despite supposedly recovering from his previously bad memory. He wasn't sure whether it was on purpose, just messing with him, or if he still has a problem with names.

"Yeah, sure sure," Yovan shrugged it off before getting to the heart of the subject, "The story of Hades and what took place must not reach Asuka Island, especially anything that has to do with Emerald flames."

"Sure Yoyo," Morgans said, still holding a grudge, "Now now, tell me! The details! The details! I want to hear all of the details about what took place in Dressrosa! And did you draw a new painting? Wanna see it pleeeease!!"

"Hmm, I forgot, hehe," Yovan responded.

"No, you didn't you son of a bitch! Hey, don't you dare han..." Yovan cut off the call, then called someone else.

"Yo, little things," He said, strangely receiving the cawing of crows.

"Kraa Kraa..."

"Yup yup," Yovan nodded before finally giving out a few instructions, "Keep an eye on Asuka Island. Make sure no word about Hades or Emerald Flames is heard there."

"Kraa Kraa!" The call with none other than the Crow of the night thus ended.

In minutes, Yovan made sure no trace of Hades or the emerald flames' source is heard about. He did after all acquire the blade from Asuka Island, a very isolated island.

However, just to make sure, he didn't allow any news about the emerald flames in Dressrosa to reach the Island.

That and the fact that Enyo was able to pretty much put a fog about its existence in the mind of those it once possessed or influenced. That's especially important since Saga, the previous holder is a marine, him forgetting about the blade is a godsend.

There were, however, some on the Island that remember the blade, thus why the Crows of the Night will pay very close attention to the Island... If something goes wrong, the Island may just vanish overnight.

The only variable is the Straw Hats pirates. They know about the blade and its powers, but will they tell? They are after all pirates, quite the chaotic pirates, and they are being vigorously pursued by the Marines.

Killing them? No, not someone Yovan thought of that much, not when it can attract the enmity of the leader of the revolutionary army and the hero of the Marine among other notable figures.

"Anyway..." Yovan reached out for the hilt of his blade, gripping the castle toy tied to it and pulling it out, "Here you go." He threw the toy to the ground.

"Wait what??!" The Strangers watched with bafflement as the castle expanded little by little until it transformed into Capone Bege himself, the Don.

"Aghh! Tf! Tff! Yucky! Ahh, and my suit is all ruined! I regret participating in your insane plan!!" Bege isn't usually this loud, but he had to be patient in his new tiny castle form for a long while.

That was especially hard to do with Yovan swinging his blade about, getting him dizzy... It was nauseating, and as usual, Laffitte just had to make it worse.

"WAHHHH! You're alive! I knew it!!" Bege found himself falling to the ground as Laffitte jumped onto him, oddly dragging his face across Bege's cheek, actually crying with thick mucus slipping from his nose.

"Stop it! Stop it now!!!" Bege bellowed with utter undulated rage, "You've gone and done it again you 100 thousand Beli freak! My suit!!!!"

"Call me whatever you want! I don't even care! So let me show you my love!!" And he continued with his obnoxiousness.

"I kinda figured things out almost immediately," Kalifa remarked as she faced Yovan with a peculiar look, her hand acting instinctively, landing on his left cheek... She slapped him, "But I'm still mad you didn't tell me."

"Wahhh, that hurt a lot, but I deserve it," Yovan murmured with great great pain. Well actually, none at all. He didn't even bother with faking it.

It was Kaku's time to face Yovan, his eyes looking a tiny bit red, "I kinda figured things out... Just took me a while... I don't like feeling this way, so..." Another slap.

Then it was finally Laffitte's turn, and Laffitte is like Laffitte, and can you expect Laffitte? His happiness from reuniting with Bege was long gone, turning into a grim odd look, "Captain..."

He slapped him... Well, it wasn't exactly a slap as he lightly his should with a wide eerie grin, "That was amazing!! Please kill him again sometime soon!! I felt, like, so alive!! Hey! Bege, looking forward to your second death! Keep up the good work!" Yup, Laffitte.

"Sure do, Yahahahaha!" Yovan very much agreed.

"Lahahahahaha!" Laffitte was very happy.

"Oh god..."

"..."

"??? No doing that shit again." Bege quickly leaped back, and even started running away, "I'm taking a shower!"

Soon he came back, finding Yovan seated on the crow's head along with the other Strangers.

Yovan was specifically playing with two crows, strange crows, not real crows. They were Everless crows, lifeless, completely under his control yet Yovan was playing with them like cute pets.

The only difference between the two was their eyes, one with golden fiery eyes, the other with dark flickery eyes, "Sunny and Gloom, I call them. Lovely, no?"

"Sure?" Bege raised a brow, looking at Yovan like he was looking at someone that couldn't be crazier.

"Bring the things out," Yovan commanded, turning his full attention to Bege, watching him as he brought out a few Devil Fruits from the inside of his fortress-like body.

Yovan took them into his own hands, eyeing them with glee and appreciation, "All of the other ones were sold, right?"

"Yeah," Bege nodded, "Almost all the Devil Fruits and artifacts of value were sold... However, we only have twelve billion Beli."

His words made Kalifa's face twitch, knowing their implications, "Only? How much does the weapon require?"

"After further examinations... At least twenty billion. That and there is a part of Pluton no one seems to be able to figure out... I don't know how we can build it." Bege explained as he pulled out a cigar.

"No worries. We'll figure things out, especially with these little things," Yovan shrugged it off, stroking the wonderous Devil Fruits.