The Ship is Ready!

That night, Asdrerd and Mysha asked one question each.

Mysha, who could no longer hold back her curiosity, started with the questions.

"How did you become king?"

"I met Imu and we immediately became friends. After painting Imu and Lala in the flower room, we talked about various things and here is how I became King."

After replying, Asdrerd tried to uncover other secrets about Mysha.

"Imu seemed very fond of Mysha Ranfeld. What is your relationship with her?"

Hearing the question, Mysha thought for a few seconds and then decided to answer. She understood that Asdrerd was a good boy and would never tell anyone about this matter.

"Let's say we've known each other for about 900 years. In the beginning, she was a good girl, and I was her teacher. We spent a good time together. Growing up, however, she committed crimes that I could not tolerate..."

Mysha did not want to reveal too much, not because she didn't trust him, but because she didn't want to break a promise made to Imu.

Asdrerd was surprised. He knew that Mysha had been alive for thousands of years, but he never expected Imu to have that power either. He wanted to ask about this but stopped. Asdrerd did not want to risk ending the conversation right now.

Mysha was happy to hear that Imu still felt great affection for her.

There was only one thing that Mysha still wanted to know.

"How were Imu and Lala?"

Asdrerd spoke briefly about the meeting with Imu.

He wanted to know more about Imu, but he had already understood from the previous answer that he would not get any more information about it, so before ending the discussion, he tried to move the topic to another character.

"Eh tell me... Could you tell me something about Joy Boy?"

Hearing the question, Mysha lost her composure and jumped up, causing the table and cups to overturn. She was panicking.

"How does he know the bond between me, Imu and Joy Boy?" She wondered in the mind.

Asdrerd did not know their connection, he was only curious since little was known about the character. Mysha had been alive for a long time, so he was sure she knew something about it.

"Who are you? How can you know so many things?"

Mysha who was not mentally stable asked what she always wanted to know.

"I can see the future and the past; you know it very well..."

Mysha began to think of several hypotheses.

'Must lie! He has the power of colors; he can't have eaten two Devil Fruits!'

Mysha was not surprised to hear "Joy Boy" name, many in the world knew it. However, bringing it up when talking about Mysha and Imu could not be a coincidence.

'Can he travel through time?' No! It's impossible!" Otherwise, he would have avoided uncomfortable situations for him…'

Thinking about the children held prisoner excluded that thought. If he could travel through time, he would have prevented those children from becoming slaves. Furthermore, there was other evidence that denied this power.

'Does he really have a power that allows him to see the future? No... Wait... maybe yes! He can swim! Don't his powers come from a Devil Fruit?' Remembering Asdrerd statement, Mysha began to have doubts.

'Or maybe he has a Devil Fruit that allows him to steal the powers of others? It is the most logical solution. There is a way to prove this theory... But how can I convince him to put Seastone handcuffs?'

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Silence…

Neither was talking.

Mysha was thinking of a solution and didn't say a word.

Asdrerd knew he would not receive information about the past, so he stopped asking.

Now he was thinking about CP9 training.

He was worried that if they managed to hit him, he would activate the Logia effect without wanting to.

After thinking for a few minutes, he made a decision.

"Mysha, could you put me some Seastone handcuffs?"

He wanted to prove his theories. According to him, he would not have felt any discomfort and would not have weakened it at all. It was perfect! Asdrerd could use haki to dodge but not accidentally activate his power.

Mysha was surprised by the question but understood.

'Has he understood my intentions?'

She was happy to be able to prove her theory, but she was sad to have doubted Asdrerd.

'He is always so sincere, and I continue to doubt him...'

She has remembered the story of the Golem and the Shop, of Number 6 and the call with the Five Elders.

Mysha decided to no longer doubt Asdrerd's actions, even if they seemed illogical.

She was curious to confirm her theories anyway, so she put handcuffs on Asdrerd.

Asdrerd felt no discomfort and managed to concentrate and move as usual.

Then he tried to generate colors, which obviously did not come out.

"Mysha, could you hit me?" Asdrerd asked. He wanted to take the last test.

He stopped concentrating and closed his eyes so as not to dodge as usual.

Mysha smiled and understood that Asdrerd wanted to show at her that he could not activate his power.

She didn't want to hurt him, so she threw him a light slap.

*𝑺𝑩𝑨𝑴* A slap landed on Asdrerd's face.

Asdrerd smiled and Mysha too.

'Perfect! With these handcuffs I won't have to worry about anything during training!' Asdrerd was happy and smiled more and more.

'Perfect! With this, I confirmed my theory! He has a power that allows it to copy others' abilities.

Asdrerd can swim because with his fruit he copied the ability to swim of animals or other people. However, in contact with seawater, he will not be able to activate the powers of the fruits he has copied. This is because it copies the entire power, therefore also its weakness of Seastone. While if he copies an ability, such as swimming, singing, and others, he can also use them in contact with Seastone, since his power of the devil fruit is to copy.'

Briefly, according to Mysha, Asdrerd could not use the copied powers of the Devil's Fruits and his power (copy) in contact with seawater.

'Perfect! With this, I found a masochistic companion like me!' Number 6 smiled after saw the scene. He was glad to see Asdrerd enjoying Mysha's slap. Now they could make the whole world feel such pleasure!

The only thing that made Asdrerd sad is knowing that the bow was not yet ready.

All three went to sleep laughing with satisfaction.

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Time passed quickly. The first training evening had arrived.

Hearing about the type of training, CP9 members were disappointed.

Lucci saw Asdrerd handcuffed and asked why he had put Seastone handcuffs on.

"I don't want to see your movements with my powers. Let's say it's training for me too."

Obviously, he was lying, but at least he could keep his power safe.

Lucci was satisfied with Asdrerd's behavior.

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[2 years later]

The ship was ready and tomorrow they could see it and leave.

Today was the last day of training.

Asdrerd was looking at Lucci.

"Okay, today is the last day of training! Show me your progress! "

The training began with this sentence.

"𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐮!" Lucci used the Soru and shot straight towards Asdrerd.

Asdrerd stood still and waited for Lucci to come closer.

"𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧!" Lucci used his finger as a weapon.

Asdrerd waited until the last second before jumping back, easily dodging the attack.

Lucci after all these years knew that he would not hit successfully, so he had prepared a strategy in advance.

Since it was a training and since his opponent had no power, Lucci did not transform.

During these training, he had never used Tekkai and Kami-e, as Asdrerd had always been on the defensive.

Asdrerd was not interested in those two techniques at all since they were a weakened version of the Armament and Observation Haki, things he had already learned.

His level with the Observation Haki had reached very high levels.

While he had good control of the Armament Haki, but nothing exceptional.

As Asdrerd was about to land after jumping backward, Lucci shouted "Rankyaku" and used it several times.

Once Asdrerd touches the ground, he saw several blows pounce on him. He dodged the blows one at a time walking quietly forward.

Lucci was above Asdrerd. He had used Geppo immediately after launching the Rankyaku.

While floating in the air, he used Soru to approach Asdrerd's head from up.

As soon as he was one meter away he brought his two fists together and used Rokuogan.

Although Lucci was not transformed, the power derived from the move was not small. It was a technique he had thought about in the past, but he never had the chance to try it. He believed that this was the best opportunity.

Lucci was satisfied; he believed that he would finally hurt Asdrerd. In all these years, he had never left a wound on Asdrerd's body. Of course, he had managed to hit him sometimes but only because Asdrerd wanted to try the techniques on himself, to be able to understand better the skills. However, he had never been injured, since he had always used the haki of the armament that he had learned from Mysha.

Lucci smiled. It was a good plan; it would take anyone by surprise.

Asdrerd was watching everything very carefully. He saw every single movement of Lucci.

Before the impact, Asdrerd used the Soru and quickly moved forward.

Lucci noticed perhaps by instinct that Asdrerd had disappeared.

He knew about Asdrerd's habits. He was sure that Asdrerd had used Soru to move forward.

Without checking, Lucci kicked the air and changed direction, landing on the ground. As soon as he felt the touch of the floor, he used Soru and threw himself forward releasing his Rokuogan. All this happened in less than a second.

Asdrerd noticed the attack and dodged once again with the Soru.

This time, however, he was unable to evade the shock wave. A small cut formed on Asdrerd's face.

Lucci was panting with fatigue, but he was satisfied with hurting Asdrerd. He knew he had improved a lot in these two years.

After training, the four members of the CP9 thanked. Even Blueno, who was initially skeptical, could now only thank him. The only one not to thank was Lucci.

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[The day after]

"The ship is ready!" Iceburg said pointing to the ship, satisfied with their work.

As soon as he said that, the carpenters pulled away a blanket that covered the entire ship.

{Light covering the ship for readers only}

Asdrerd was satisfied with the ship. Less for the bow, which was not yet ready. The base was complete, so Franky's job was done. Mysha wanted to modify it before handing it over to Asdrerd.

"Where are you going to go?" Mysha asked.

"For 2 years I would like to visit as many islands as possible. We don't have a destination," Asdrerd said. He just wanted to paint as many islands as possible before Luffy's departure. Then he had to check that everything was going as normal.

"After these two years, what are you going to do?" Mysha understood that Asdrerd wanted to paint in these two years, but she wanted to know about their future.

"I already have the whole trip in mind, don't worry. Also, I already know who to recruit. Now let's think about leaving, I don't want to stay on this island a second longer!"

"Make a captain speech!" Mysha asked Asdrerd.

Not wanting to be disturbed in the future, he accepted and said,

"The journey to complete our goal begins!"

The four-crew members thought about their goal.

'For Envy!'

'To paint the whole world!'

'Asdrerd's goal is the crew's goal! Protect children!'

'Asdrerd's goal is the crew's goal! Exterminate humans!'

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End of the second volume; see you soon with the extra.