The Anamoly: Part 2

Onboard Nico Robin's ship, everyone was seated on the dining table, one by one the empty plates floated in the air and neatly arranged themselves into the dishwasher much to everyone's amusement. Tesoro, Nutella, and Stella sat on the left side while Robin and Baccarat sat on the opposite. Victor emerged from the kitchen carrying a bottle of expensive wine, now dressed like a proper gentleman he sat at the center. Everyone waited in silence and looked towards him in appreciation, Tesoro and Stella were very excited as they got to eat Victor's cooking for the first time.

"Master Moriarty!! You can genuinely become a popular chef if you ever decide to open a restaurant." Stella said enthusiastically with a pleasing smile.

"Yes Boss!! The glazed mountain rooster was the best dish I have ever eaten." Tesoro said wiping his mouth with a golden kerchief.

Victor Moriarty, now relishing the praises, smiled modestly as he poured the rich wine into beautiful crystal glasses using telekinesis. The flickering light from the candles on the table danced across his face, revealing the satisfaction in his eyes.

"Well, I'm flattered," Victor replied with a genuine grin. The atmosphere on Nico Robin's ship was surprisingly jovial, given Victor Moriarty's infamy as an evil cunning mafia boss. Baccarat and Stella were getting a glimpse of a side of Victor that was rarely seen by others—a side that appreciated the finer things in life, such as his wife, good food, and company.

"Back to business, there is a large treasure vault in the ruins. It contains a huge amount of treasures and gold. I want Miss Baccarat to use her powers to find any valuable items before Tesoro uses his powers to transport the gold to the ship."

Baccarat was a tall and slim woman with light brown skin, long red hair, dark green eyes, a long, thin nose similar to Robin's, and a red tattoo on her lower left hip of a spiral snake with a star in the middle. She was wearing a black backless dress with a white stripe on the left, black gloves, large crescent-shaped earrings, purple-tinted sunglasses (that she hangs off of the cleavage window in her dress), black stiletto heels, and a belt with a star-shaped buckle.

She ate the Raki Raki no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that gives her the ability to steal the good luck of anyone she touches. Anyone who has their luck stolen will be met with a rapid series of unfortunate events and accidents. She often uses this ability on the guests of the casino to make them lose games, putting them in enormous debt, thus forcing them to slave away working for Gran Tesoro.

By stealing enough luck, she herself becomes extremely lucky, which makes her almost invincible in battle, since most attacks will miss her, and even something as simple as throwing a coin will cause a chain reaction of disasters to befall and harm her opponents. However, this stolen luck does not last forever and will eventually disappear if too many fortunate events happen to her.

"I'll do my best sir!!" She said nervously when she saw Victor looking at her with his blue eyes. She couldn't help but look away shyly, her actions didn't go unnoticed by Nico Robin whose woman's intuition started tingling. Her husband was too handsome for his own good, even though he wasn't a prodigal anymore he did age like a fine wine. While the atmosphere was light-hearted, there was an unspoken tension beneath the surface. Robin had a knack for reading people, and the uncharacteristic shyness displayed by Baccarat did not escape her notice.

"The relics hold great historical value so I hope nothing is damaged in the process," Robin said worriedly as she intertwined her hand with Victor's.

"Your wish is our command, Mrs. Robin. The crew of the Gran Tesoro is very professional in this aspect if I say so myself." Tesoro said with his pleasing smile, he knew that her command reigns supreme in the Moriarty family.

"You guys can rest in the guestrooms, it's already dark so there's no need to hurry," Robin said as she looked a Victor who nodded in agreement.

Two days later, Blackrock Islands:

Trafalgar D. Water Law currently 15 years old was a lean well-built young man of relatively tall height. He has faint shadows right under his yellow eyes, and he has short dark hair, a majority of which is obscured by his hat, save for his sideburns and a small goatee. He also has many tribal-style tattoos on his arms; on both of his hands are letters spelled as D E A T H tattooed in black on each of the back of his fingers was sleeping on the last bench of the class. When he was not busy dealing with important stuff or performing surgeries with the doctors in the city hospital he would come to the Military Academy with Bepo. His grudge against Doflamingo was still present, but he was not in a hurry for revenge. He now wants Doflamingo to suffer and lose everything slowly before he stabs his heart one day.

In these last three years, he has worked hard to make his goals a reality. First, he went to the Terminal with Sofia, Tesoro, and the elite unit to steal the gold gold paramecia. Secondly, he anonymously reported a few secrets he knew about the Donquiote Doflamingo to the Marine HQ after Victor informed him about Rosiante's connection with the Marine Fleet Admiral Sengoku. Finally, he was training hard every day to improve his haki and devil fruit abilities with the elite unit in the BlackRock Islands. Bepo, the polar bear mink has also been living happily after Victor welcomed them into the Moriarty family. He had contacted his elder brother Zepo with his underworld connections who was currently a member of the Nox Pirates in the Grand Line looking for poneglyphs.

"Law, when will they return?" He said worriedly as he slurped on the ice cream that the maid Ruby made for him. Victor's clones had vanished a few days back causing everyone to worry, it took the collective assurance of Mr. Hugh and Law to calm the executives.

"They'll be back soon Bepo, why don't you call him if you are so worried?" Law asked while he looked at the briefcase he had brought from the secret lab. 'Cloning devil fruit', It'll be shocking news for everyone if it spreads out to the world. As the only one who knows the secret for now, his feelings were complex regarding Victor. He had only hoped to use Victor for his own gains, using Moriarty's influence and power as a knife to harm Doflamingo. He acted rebelliously and said hurtful things but in return, all he received was overwhelming kindness and Victor's tough love.

"I...I am n..not worried baka. I just don't want to disturb him." Bepo stuttered when Law teased him like this. He ate his ice cream with more vigor as Ruby looked at the two kids with a smile.

"Young master Law and Bepo, you should go to bed tonight. You have to leave for the Academy tomorrow." Alfred, the new burtler in the house entered the room while looking at his watch and said solemnly. The summer breaks have come to an end and a new session is going to start soon. Law already aced all the exams but Bepo struggled with advanced maths and chemistry.

The latter shuddered when he realised he still had not finished the homework their homeroom teacher Mr. Daz Bonez gave to the students. "Law..." He looked pleadingly towards his big brother.

"Don't tell me you have not done the homework again Bepo. I can't he.." He wanted to tease him but looking at Bepo's cute sparkling watery eyes he could only sigh and pat his head. "Take my notebook from my table, you'll have to write it on your own."

Immediately the little Bepo jumped with joy and hugged Law. "You're the best Law. Do you think we will have new classmates this time?"

"It's not easy to get into the elite batch. We only had Josua and a few others enter after clearing the entrance test. So, chances of someone of our age joining are slim." Law said as he picked up the briefcase and started walking towards their bedroom. Bepo followed with him, indeed clearing the entrance test for the elite class was very hard. You either have to land a hit on any homeroom teacher or kill any pirate with more than 500,000 $ bounty alone under the examiner's supervision. There's no financial or age requirement except for a small background check.

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Mexica:

Onboard Robin's yacht, Tesoro was already drunk so Stella took him to the guestroom. Robin was walking on the beach to calm down Nutella who was crying a moment ago. Victor sat comfortably on the deck as he looked at Robin and his goddaughter while having nefarious thoughts as he sipped on his wine glass.

"Uhmm Master Victor, you shouldn't drink too much. It's bad for your health." Baccarat, the red-haired beauty said shyly to break the silence.