Vol. 05 Ch. 34 – South Blue

A.N: Merry Christmas, Happy Reading.

It's been seven days for Arthur on Fishman Island. The ART pirate members enjoy their vacation there. The citizens of the Ryugu Kingdom welcomed the ART pirates as saviors of Queen Otohime. The relationship between human fish and humans also did not get worse because of the murder of Queen Otohime which thwarted by Arthur. Shirahoshi doesn't need to be confined in her room so she can enjoy her childhood.

Madam Shyarly's prophecy also made Queen Otohime and King Neptune think about the future of their kingdom without the protection of the Whitebeard pirates . Arthur and the others won't go to the surface using Athena, but this time they will go using Monet's devil fruit power, Swap-Swap Fruit. When Arthur tried to get Monet to use her power to return to the Sabaody Archipelago, she succeeded.

Shirahoshi: "Arthur-Sama, do you have to go this fast?" Asked Shirahoshi who still didn't want to part with Arthur and the others.

Arthur: "Yes, this is my adventure. We've been resting here for quite a while, so we must immediately continue our journey. " Arthur answered by rubbing Shirahoshi's head.

Hancock: "If we want to take another vacation then we'll come back here again, so don't cry." Hancock looked down and wiped the tears from Shirahoshi's cheeks.

Neptune: "We will always welcome you -Jamon."

Otohime: "You can easily visit here again using Monet's devil fruit power. I will save this [Mark]. " Arthur gave [Mark] to them at their farewell banquet last night.

Fukaboshi: "When Arthur-Sama returns then the three of us will be even stronger to protect the Queen Mother and Shirahoshi." The three princes of Ryugu were very excited and gave their promise to Arthur.

Arthur: "All right, we'll go now. Monet, please. "

Arthur didn't misjudge Swap-Swap Fruit ability, Arthur was greatly helped when he went to the place that Monet had leave her [Mark]. If Arthur owns territory with many islands like the Yonko, then Monet's ability will be very valuable in operating the region. When there are pirates who want to threaten their territory, Arthur and the others can immediately respond.

With Monet getting more proficient at using Swap-Swap Fruit, she is able to move farther and carry more people or heavier objects. After Arthur said his last greeting, Monet immediately used her ability to make them all disappear from the presence of the Ryugu royal family and suddenly appeared in one of the relatively deserted mangroves of the Sabaody Archipelago where they drop Belo Betty in the past.

Arthur: "All right, we can head straight to South Blue by crossing the Calm Belt now." Arthur took Athena out of his storage ring.

Hancock: "Do you have any specific goals that you want to visit? Or should we immediately use your magic compass to search for Poneglyphs and devil fruit in South Blue? " Hancock asked as she walked toward the wheelhouse with the rest of the ART pirates.

Arthur: "There are some special places I want to visit, after that, we can use my magic compass to explore South Blue."

Hancock: "So our first goal is ..."

Arthur: "The closest island from here which I want to visit is Baterilla Island."

Monet: "Do you want to meet another woman that you want to marry?" Of course, Hancock and Robin had the same question in their hearts.

Arthur: "I don't want to add any more members besides Ikaros' new sisters." Arthur replied after letting out a long sigh.

Robin: "So why do you want to visit the island?"

Arthur: "That island is where Gol D Roger's wife is buried." Everyone did not expect this answer from Arthur, even Robin and Monet were again surprised at the information Arthur had.

Sabo: "Gol D Roger's wife means Ace's mother right?" Sabo was the one who was the most surprised among them.

Nothing could stop Athena after sailing, not even the Sea King posed a threat to Arthur and the others. There was no bad weather while they were in the Calm Belt because there was no wind and no waves. Arthur used his time to train his new Devil Fruit, Blood-Blood Fruit. Devil Fruits that were thought to be missing and only a few people knew about them, it could even be counted with one hand.

The Blood-Blood Fruit was slightly different from other logia type devil fruits, as was the Dark-Dark Fruit which was also different. If the user of the Dark-Dark Fruit can create and control his elements but cannot make the fruit user's body intangible and give double pain for the damaged user got. Meanwhile, the Blood-Blood Fruit can render the user's body intangible and control the elements but cannot create the elements at will. It's not that it can't, but when creating blood with Blood-Blood Fruit, you have to pay with the user's Life Force, in contrast to other Logia which only need to use the user's stamina.

Hancock: "Arthur, soon we'll be able to see Baterilla Island. You're training too hard. " After two days of sailing, the ART pirates will finally arrive at their destination in a moment.

Arthur: "Sigh ... thanks, Hancock." Arthur thanked her while receiving a towel from Hancock.

Hancock: "Logia can be called the strongest devil fruit but it is the most difficult to increase proficiency, while Zoan is said to be the simplest devil fruit but it's easy to develop its powers. So you shouldn't be too hasty in practicing. "

Arthur: "I know that, but because of that I also have to train hard while there's still time." Arthur sat beside Hancock who poured water for him.

Hancock: "I can't change this from you, but never forget that we are also here to support you."

Arthur: "Thank you, my dear wife." Hancock's cheeks immediately flushed at the call for her from Arthur.

Hancock: "I ... I will call the others to prepare to land because the island of Baterilla can be seen from here." Hancock immediately left Arthur, who was alone in front of the ship's deck.

Athena anchored at the port of the city openly made the residents who knew about the ART pirates immediately ran in fear. No other pirate could get a bounty as high as them before they were active in the Grand Line. The small children were immediately dragged by their parents into the house and closed their doors tightly.

Their obvious appearance was of course known to the marine. Fleet Admiral Sengoku who was at Marineford received the report immediately asking one of the South Blue fleets to chase and catch the ART pirates. And prepare the Headquater fleet to sail to South Blue. But of course, Arthur didn't know that there would be a fleet that would continue to chase him because they were walking openly towards the center of the island of Baterilla.

Nymph: "Master, the insects are staring at us with strange eyes, do I need to deal with that?" Nymph asked because she felt the look that bothered her.

Ikaros: "Nymph, please choose better words." Ikaros, who felt like Nymph's older sister, tried to improve her attitude.

Nymph: "Why? To me, they are just like annoying insects. "

Arthur: "You two calm down. We are pirates, so their perceptions and attitudes are all clear. We won't be here long, anyway, I just want to visit the Portgas D Rouge grave and we can move on. " Arthur calmed the two daughters by rubbing their heads and continued their steps.

Bepo: "Captain, here is the tomb that was written with the name you mentioned earlier."