Finally Meeting The "Dark King"?

Now that they finally stand before Shakky's Rip Off Bar, Alexander didn't know what he was supposed to do should he just storm in, or go in casually.

Without thinking of that anymore, as it made him even more nervous, so Alexander just walked in casually as if he were a customer, but he wasn't sure if this place even got customers, but he was soon proven wrong.

Just as he opened the door, his Observation Haki kicked in, and he barely dodged the incoming object that just flew away in a flash.

When he turned around, he noticed that the flash that just flew past him was a man.

The man himself walked up from the ground with great difficulty, but when he finally got up, he started shouting.

"You scammers this is daylight robbery first you give me my drink and says it's on the house but when I finished it you told me that I have to pay 100k bellies are you INSANE!!?"

"What did you expect, didn't you see the name? Or are you just that dumb?" a calm female voice could be heard coming from the bar.

The man tried to talk back, but before he could, Alexander again felt something flashing past him.

When Alexander turned around to look at what flew past him, he noticed that someone had thrown a bar chair on the man, and it hit his head and seemingly hit him out cold.

"Alex, are you sure that this is the right place?" she asked with some worry.

"Yes, I'm sure that this is the place."

With that said, they walked into the bar, but Nojiko was still a little cautious.

Alexander might have been cautious himself if he didn't know what he was to except but knowing the people and their personalities.

"You have been standing out there for a while, and it seemed like you finally gathered the courage."

The man sitting by the bar said before turning around.

Noticing who it was when the man turned around, Alexander was shocked because just as the man turned around and looked towards them, Alexander felt some suffocating feeling welling over him.

But that feeling wasn't that strong, but still, Alexander felt a significant discomfort.

When he looked to his left, he could see a pale Nojiko that seems to be in pain Alexander getting progressively angry quickly covered Nojiko.

Just as he covered Nojiko from the "attack" he

It had only taken 3 seconds, but for Alexander, it was like it had been 1 hour.

After feeling that Alexander finally knew how mighty someone with Conqueror Haki could be, but Alexander didn't feel any pride in surviving that because he knew that Rayleigh didn't even use his full power.

Alexander finally realized that even with his cheat, he can't always be the strongest.

"Now tell me why did you do that? And Rayleigh don't tell me you did that just because you felt that I was strong and wanted to test me just like Crocus." Alexander said with some rage after calming down a little when he looked at the still slightly pale Nojiko.

Rayleigh was stunned as it was almost what he wanted to say but what really stunned him was that Crocus was the first one to tell him that.

"Now, you really have to come up with a good excuse to get out of this one." a female voice said with slight laughter.

Rayleigh released a sigh in defeat when he heard the women's words.

"Please forgive my husband for his behavior. My name is Shakuyaku, but call me Shakky."

Alexander finally looking towards the women. He was shocked because Shakky was a lot more beautiful than the series art made her, so seeing her this beautiful and knowing her age shocked him.

Alexander still started calming down as he didn't want to have an outbreak right now.

"Don't worry, and I'm willing to forgive him on one condition you guys give me the training method for Armament Haki." he said with no shame.

"Deal" she didn't even hesitate, so she just went behind the bar and threw a scroll towards Alexander.

He was shocked so he couldn't believe what happened he thought that they would at least rebuke.

"Don't be so shocked because you mentioned Crocus and the possibility that you might be acquaintances or even friends from just that alone you seem at least slightly trustworthy and by the fact that I still owe your wife for harming her."

When she thought that Nojiko was Alexander's wife, Nojiko didn't hide away or get red like a tomato, but it seemed like she puffed up her chest with pride.

But still, there was a tinge of red on Nojiko's cheeks that didn't go unnoticed to anyone in here.

Alexander still accepted what she said and hide the scroll if it was so they would change their minds.

"Well, then I should probably introduce myself. I'm Rayleigh, but I assume you already know of me."

"Yes, Crocus has told me a few things about you, and actually, I want to make things clear I still hold a grudge for what you did unannounced."

"Okej, what more do you want? Observation Haki?" Rayleigh says with a small sigh

"No, I don't need Observation Haki I already have that, and I'm kind of good at it, but let's not get into that what I want is a sparring match between you and me."

"Well then, kid, if that's what you want, I think I can grant you your wish, but before that, why don't you introduce yourselves.

"My name is Alexander, and beside me is Nojiko, my wife." he said with a teasing tone in the end.

"I hope you don't expect me to go easy on you even if it's a spar as I'm old I don't have the control over my body as I used to have." he said that with a slight smile on his face.

"Oh, I was just about to tell you the same, so why don't we go out and do this?"

'Why do people attack before saying anything at all and somethings wrong I just mentioned Crocus, but it would be a long shot to conclude that I'm friends with him, so the only things left is that Crocus might have told them about me.'