Chapter 58

[I've read your guys' comments about Ken being too weak. And after reading your guys' comments, I have to agree. So I will try my best to improve his strength without messing up the story.

Sorry to the people who were unhappy about his strength.]

I arrived at the ship.

"We are ready to leave at any time." said Sabo

"We will leave as soon as our new shipwright is here."

"Is he any good?" asked Deuce

"Laffitte vouched for him, so he must be good."

We waited on the ship for Paulie.

[30 minutes later]

We saw him running towards us with three big bags.

He jumped onto the ship.

"Yo, Captain. I'm not late, right?"

"You're right on time."

I took out a page from the blueprint and gave it to Paulie.

"What is this?"

"It's a page from a blueprint. Can you check if it's real?"

'I've had this feeling the whole time that it was too easy to get such a powerful weapon. I just want to be 100 percent sure that this is the real deal.'

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Captain, but this is a high-quality fake. A normal person would never be able to spot the difference, but if you were to use this to build something, it would fall apart."

"I see."

I took back the page.

'Wait! I remember now! He is hiding it inside his body! I'm starting to forget shit like this.

"We will leave a little later."

"What is that blueprint for?" asked Sabo

"I'll tell you later."

I was about to leave the ship when I sensed someone I didn't hope to meet anytime soon.

'Damn it! What the hell should I do now!?'

"Sigh. Sabo, which way are we heading?"

Now that Laffitte is gone for a little bit, he is our navigator. He pointed to a direction.

'Good, that the opposite side from where that person is coming.'

"Sabo, take the two ships and leave towards there immediately."

"Why does it sound like you're not coming with us?"

"I need to finish some business here. I'll find you guys once I'm done."

"There is someone dangerous coming, right? I can immediately see it on your face if you sense danger." said Ace

I stayed quiet and jumped off the ship.

"Where are you going! If you're staying, we're staying too!" screamed Sabo

"Stop acting like I'm done for. I promise to come back to you guys alive, so just trust me and start going already."

"But…"

I looked Sabo in the eyes.

"Just trust me."

"Tsk!"

He pulled up the anchor.

"What are you doing, Sabo!" screamed Ace

"Ken asked us to trust him, so that's what we'll do."

I smiled.

"Thank you, Sabo. Dorry, Brogy, follow the ship. I'll leave my crew in your hands."

"You can count on us, Captain!" said Brogy

The ships started leaving the island. Just when they were out of sight, that person's ship appeared near the island.

'I'll need to finish this quickly.'

*WOOSH*

I disappeared.

I ran through the city and stole a mask without anyone noticing me. I put it on, and a little later, I appeared in front of Franky's house.

'I'm sorry, Franky, but this is necessary.'

*BOOM*

I hit the ground in front of his house, making the house fall down, completely destroying it.

I started hearing screams when I saw a familiar head pop out of the rubble.

I grabbed his head.

"Argh, who are you!"

"I'll make this simple. Either you give me the real blueprints, or I'll massacre everyone here in the most gruesome way, including Iceburg."

He had a horrified look on his face.

"I… I don't know what you're talking about."

*BAM*

I smashed his head against the rubble.

"This is the last chance I'll give you. Are you really ready to be the reason all these people die?"

He wanted to say something, but I started squashing his head, making it impossible for him to talk.

He tried to aim his fist at me, but I put more force on his head, making him stop any futile attempt.

He gave up, and a compartment in his body opened up, and in there were blueprints. I took them out. This time I started reading through them more carefully.

'If these aren't it, I'll kill myself.'

I hid them in my jacket. I let go of him and disappeared.

I took out a small piece of paper that had "Sabo" written on it and put it on my palm. I started moving in the direction where the paper led me to with Soru and Geppo. I took my mask off.

The sea underneath me suddenly turned into ice, and I saw a man was standing on the ice.

'I'm f*cked.'

I landed on the ice.

"Sigh. Why did you have to come here personally, Aokiji?"

"Yawn. I would have been taking a nap right now if you weren't so troublesome."

(Shikamaru, is that you!)

"Is there no way that you can just let me go?"

He shook his head.

"You know Aokiji, for someone with your personality, the Navy isn't the place for you. Killing, r*pe, injustice, isn't that what the World Government likes to do? Why would you ever bow your head to those kinds of people?"

He didn't say anything.

"Sigh. I really don't want to fight you. I still owe you for sparing my crewmate all those years ago."

"I don't need your thanks."

*SHIIIIIIING*

*SHIIIIIIING*

I took out my two swords.

"Fine, I'll just thank you another time."

<Soru>

*WOOSH*

I appeared in front of him.

*SLASH*

*CLANG*

I slashed with my two swords at his head, but he easily stopped it with a sword made out of ice.

*SLASH*

*SLASH*

*SLASH*

I kept trying to hit him with my swords, but he easily blocked them.

I jumped back. I put Sandai Kitetsu back in its sheath.

I held Yubashiri in front of me with my right hand, and my left hand is behind my back. I closed my eyes.

'With my eyes open, I keep seeing too much. I see the clouds, the waves, the sparks of our swords hitting each other. But all I want to see is Aokiji and his attacks. I just need to focus 99 percent on him, and the last 1 percent is for a sneak attack.'

"What are you doing? Do you really think that you can beat me by giving yourself a handicap?"

I smiled.

I enveloped my sword with Haki, turning it black.

*WOOSH*

I disappeared. I appeared behind him, and I slashed towards his back, but he quickly turned around and tried to block me with his sword.

*CRACK*

Instead of him blocking my sword, I cut right through his. I didn't stop there and kept attacking him.

He is dodging all my attacks with no effort, and he is using his devil fruit to try and hit me with Ice spikes that are coming from the sea of Ice that he created.

But things are going really well for me. I can feel that my sword strikes are becoming more precise and faster, but the most important thing is that I can feel my Kenbunshoku Haki improving.

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[Let's go, Ken! People were saying that you're a weak bitch, so show them how strong you are by F*cking this guy up.

I'm just joking, people! Gosh, no need to start cursing me immediately. He'll just send him back crying to Sengoku.]

(Ey guys, serious question here. So let's just say I killed off a character for the story. Be it from the crew or someone else Ken is close with, would you guys be mad at me but understand that it is to improve the story, or would you guys just want to kill me and not understand why I would ever do that?

Wouldn't it be funny if Ken came back to his crew and found everyone dead? Wouldn't that be the most funny thing to have ever happened? Hehehe… not funny?)

One Piece Quotes:

"We have to live a life of no regrets."

– Portgas D. Ace

"Only those who have suffered long, can see the light within the shadows."

– Roronoa Zoro

"It doesn't matter who your parents were. Everyone is a child of the sea."

– Edward Newgate