Chapter 32

"Inferno Style: Annihilation!"

*WOOSH*

A massive inferno of fire appeared from Ace's hands, and it surrounded the casino.

"It will keep going for a while, so let's go."

"Aren't we going to check if they survived?" asked Sabo

"They aren't going to die of a little fire. I'm just burning his casino down because I want to."

"But what if he's going to come after us?" asked Zala

I smirked.

"He isn't an idiot. He will definitely retreat and form a plan to take me down. But enough about him, let's go."

They nodded and started following me.

[2 hours later]

We arrived in the middle of the dessert.

"We arrived at our hideout."

"What, where?" asked Mikita

Sabo kneeled down and started shoving some sand away. A handle appeared from underneath the sand. He pulled on the handle, and a door appeared from underneath the sand. He opened the door.

"That's so awesome, but how do you remember where the door is?" asked Mikita

I looked at her and smiled.

"Secret."

She pouted.

"Fine, be like that."

I entered through the door and went down with the stairs. Everyone followed me down, and Sabo closed the door.

After arriving at the end of the stairs, we arrived at something that looks like a sewer system.

"Urgh, it stinks here." said Zala

"It smells better at our hideout, so be quiet and follow me."

After 20 minutes of walking through what looked like a maze, we arrived at a wall.

"Did you get lost or something?" asked Mikita

I pushed on a tile in the wall, and it went into the wall. Suddenly a part of the wall started going down, and an entrance appeared.

"Wow, you guys have so many cool entrances." said Zala

"You have our navigator to thank for that."

I went through the entrance, and everyone followed me. Sabo closed the door again. We walked through a hallway and appeared in a pretty big room. Deuce, Robert, and Laffitte are sitting on a couch.

"Welcome back, Captain." said Laffitte

"Yo. Let me introduce everyone really quickly. That's Deuce, Laffitte, and Robert. You've already met Sabo and Ace. These three are Nico Robin, Mikita, and Zala, our new crewmates."

"It's nice to meet you." x8

"We have two other crewmates, but you'll meet them at a later date."

"So what are we going to do now?" asked Mikita

I smirked.

"Training."

"What kind of training?" asked Zala

"Just follow me, and you'll see."

They nodded.

The rest started doing a prayer for them.

We went to another room that is connected to the main one.

I turned around and looked at them with a smile.

"Alright, 10.000 pushups."

"Huh, what do you mean?" asked Mikita

"Are you deaf? Do 10.000 pushups now!"

"But…"

"Now!"

"Yes, sir!" screamed Mikita

She immediately started doing flimsy pushups.

"What are you two standing around for?"

Zala looked at me seductively.

"Can't you make an exception for me?"

*BAM*

I hit her on her head, making her fall on the floor.

"I don't like repeating myself."

She immediately started doing pushups.

"And what about you, Robin? Do you also want to get a hit on your head?"

She took a step back.

"I'm not the fighter type. I work more with my head."

"Yeah, I know you're a cunning bitch, but what has that to do with my orders?"

She looked down.

'Is she really about to cry? Did I go too far?"

"Sigh."

I patted her head.

She looked at me with a surprised face.

"I'm just doing this for your own good. Even though I will forever protect you, there will be situations where your only way out is with fighting. So could you please just listen to me."

She started blushing and then nodded. I took my hand from her head.

'I shouldn't have worded it like that.'

"Good. Oh, and since you didn't ask me for anything, I'll help you uncover what happened in the void century."

She had a surprised look on her face.

"How did you know!?"

"I've done my research about Ohara, and I'm sure that you want to know why the World Government took such brutal action against them."

"Thank you so much, captain."

"No problem. You can just call me Ken."

She smiled at me.

"Yes, Ken."

She also started doing pushups.

"Can I also call you Ken?" asked Mikita

"Nah, you can just call me hubby."

I winked at her.

She started blushing and looked the other way.

"And what about me?" asked Zala

"Captain."

"But…"

"Captain."

"Tsk."

[1 hour later]

"1174… 1175… 117-"

*THUD*

Zala fell on the floor.

*HUFF*

*HUFF*

*HUFF*

I reached out my hand.

"Good job, now get some rest."

She took my hand, and I helped her up.

"Thank you, captain."

"Here is some water."

I gave her a glass of water.

"SIMP!" screamed someone

'I'm just being a gentleman!'

"Sigh."

I looked at the other two.

'Why is Mikita's face so red? And did that little promise I gave Robin really give her so much determination that she looks like she never wants to stop no matter what?'

I smiled.

'It's good that they're working hard, but I don't know if Mikita's thoughts are in the right place.'

[3 hours later]

I'm lying down on the couch, and Zala is feeding me grapes.

"Ey Sabo, are they still at it."

"Yep."

"Damn. Ey Zala, why can't you be like them."

She pouted.

"I've just never done aunty exercise except for training my devil fruit."

"How lazy."

*THUD*

*THUD*

'It seems like they're finished.'

I went to the training ground, and Zala followed me. I saw the two lying on the floor.

I looked at them with a smile.

"So how much did you two do?"

"5784!" x2

They glared at each other.

"Haha, calm down. You both are amazing."

I helped them stand up.

"Thank you, Ken." said Robin

Mikita smirked.

"Thank you, hubby." said Mikita

'This girl.'

"Let's go and eat."

I turned around and started walking towards the dinner table when Mikita suddenly grabbed onto my right arm.

She winked at me.

"You're really daring."

I suddenly felt someone holding on to my shirt.

I looked to my left and saw Robin.

She blushed and immediately looked the other way.

'Even Robin. She definitely wasn't like this in the series.'

"Ey, and what about me?" said Zala

I looked back at her and smirked.

"There are still five other guys here. How about you try your luck with them?"

"Tsk."

[There will be no harem. I just imagined that they would act like that, so I wrote it down. I did say in one chapter that I wouldn't choose Robin, Nami, and Boa Hancock as the love interest. But what can I say, I might change my mind. I just think that Robin isn't getting the love that she deserves in the series. But who knows who I'm going to choose. I guess you'll just have to keep reading to find out.]

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Random facts:

If you combine the real names of Whitebeard( Edward Newgate) and Blackbeard(Marshal D. Teach), you will get Edward Teach, the supposed real name of the real Blackbeard.

Edward D. Teach is Oda's favorite historical pirate. Oda loved pirates since he was a kid starting with 'Vicky the Little Viking', a children cartoon from 1974.