Chapter 243

Josh opened his eyes slowly as the new day came. He put his hand on his forehead and pushed the blanket from himself before sitting up.

'Right, All of my enemies are dead now. Kaido and all of the Marines are gone now.'

'In this case, the world will come into chaos.'

'My best guess is that new powerhouses will rise since I gave the way. Maybe Dragon will take over the marines' positions and establish a new order.'

'On the good hand, no one will be dumb enough to challenge me.'

"Daddy!"

Marianne came to the scene all of the sudden and sat on him, naked.

Josh was quite surprised to see her excited in the morning.

"What up with you? I was planning to have a calm day with coffee and yet you surprise me like that!"

"I couldn't sleep," Marianne said as she let her head on his chest.

Josh patted her back. "And why is that?"

"I'm wondering. What will your bounty will be?"

Josh closed his eyes and chuckled. "They will cancel it."

"Huh?"

"I don't think that anyone will have enough money to tempt people to hunt me," Josh said.

"No. I think that they will be afraid that you will feel offended not having a bounty." Marianne said.

Bounties to pirates and criminals were something that they were very proud of.

The bigger the better.

One can't just mess with that.

"I don't care. Anyway. I'll do some stretching. Let the others sleep."

Josh pushed her and walked out of the door.

He was ready for the new day.

After he prepared a coffee, he went to the corner and started sipping.

All he has to do now was to wait for Kalifa to come back with Law's Devil fruit and have Eternal Youth.

Now, one may wonder, why Josh needs Eternal Youth's surgery when he can't age. Basically, he achieved immortality.

But long age isn't the point. Pure Gold freeze the age.

It doesn't increase his life span. He has an age where he will die, he won't just reach it.

If he used his Soul-Soul Devil Fruit to take 82 from himself, he will die.

But if he got Eternal Youth surgery, Josh's ageing won't be considered frozen.

It means, he can take as much as he wants from his age.

And thus, he may be able to create infinite Homies from his attributes.

Basically, Josh will be like a Divine being in this world.

-x-X-x-

The world was upside down when the today news came. Everyone was holding the newspaper with their jaw dropped, not believing the news.

"The Gambler destroys the fleet of the marines, alone."

"Immortal Kaido is dead!"

The news couldn't be hidden for two reasons. The source isn't the World Government. And they had no power to stop them from spreading.

The news spread so fast yesterday through New World, and then, it spread through Paradise.

Josh's bounty was put on the line.

[50.000.000.000 Berries]

That was too little money. Too little for those who appreciate their lives.

-x-X-x-

After another day, Kalifa came back to Josh who was in Totto land. She was having Law with her, who was unconscious and defeated. Josh was happy with that, and he took his Devil Fruit away.

Josh then made someone from Linlin's children eat the Devil Fruit and told him to do the surgery on him.

The pirate refused at first. But once he heard that Josh can bring him back to life as he had done to Linlin, plus he promised him some money, the pirate did the surgery without hesitation.

Josh revived the guy and kicked him away after that. He then headed to the beach of the island and sat down, facing the sea with the girls.

"So, does it feel any different?" Robin asked.

"Does it make you last longer?" Hancock asked.

"Let's see." Josh, who was lying on the ground, opened his hand. An Azure fog started spreading, and it was growing bigger and bigger, without any limit. "It works. Kalifa." Josh called.

Kalifa understood her role, and she flicked her finger, awakening her Devil Fruit and creating huge lightning clouds. The Azure fog left Josh's hand, fusing with the clouds and creating a new living cloud. The cloud soon shrunk and floated next to Josh, who smiled and patted it.

"Your name shall be Cloud1" Josh named it.

"Hold on. That means that you can create a bigger army than me." Robin said.

"Yep. Let's create more. I need to prepare for the attacks that can come 20 years later." Josh said as he looked at Kalifa, who happily started making new clouds. The girls behind Josh laughed a bit, thinking that it may be quite unrealistic for him to make preparations for twenty years later.

Josh was planning to retire today, and he indeed was going to assert his dominance.

The sun soon set, and Josh was done.

"Okay. Your name is cloud 400. We are done today."

-x-X-x-

Meanwhile, at the top of the Red Line that separates the world, stood up a man with a long katana and red eyes. His body was covered in dark clothes. The hood made it hard to see anything but his cold and dark eyes.

Taking a step forward, the man jumped. "I was waiting for some of the D to bring the One Piece to me. But I guess It's my time to show myself."

The man jumped up slightly, flying into the air. Soon, he reached an area with no wind. In his vision, came a big island. He sheathed his sword slowly, and a large slit appeared, splitting the island in half. A great amount of dust rose, covering the whole area. IM landed on his feet, finding himself between a large number of amazons.

He took out his sword. "Bring me your leader."

-x-X-x-

"So, what are we going to do tomorrow," Hancock asked Josh as she was hugging him.

"Let's visit your sisters." Josh lifted his eyes. "Sonia is pregnant. I left her behind for this reason. Also, I want to see Marigold. She had been on diet."

"Hehehe…." Hancock chuckled a bit. "She was so fast, that you can't make a joke of her without suffocating."

"Hey! That's your sister." Josh stared at her in disbelief. 'If we had Twitter, this joke alone will ban you.'

"So you can make fat jokes and I can't?" Hancock asked.

"Never said that." Josh pocked her on the nose.

Suddenly, the two of them frowned. Hancock vanished from her place, appearing standing while holding someone from his neck.

It was a man, dressed in white with a mask covering his face.

This was a sign that he belongs to CP0, from the World Government.

Hancock choked him, Conqueror Haki infused in her hand and making red lightning around her.

"Hold on." Josh raised his hand, seeing that the agent was holding a DenDenMushi. The agent extended it slowly toward Josh, not able to say a word. Soon, his neck was cracked, and he died.

"Oops. Sorry." Hancock shook her hand as she threw the body.

Josh stared at the snail that fell. It started talking.

"The Gambler." Came a cold voice. "You took something that belongs to me, and I'm about to take yours."

"Who is with me?" Josh asked. He took many things from many people. "I'm IM."

"Who are you?" Josh asked, confused.

"I'm IM, the one who rules the world."

"You are I'm?"

Josh tilted his head.

Who the heck calls himself as I'm.

It's like saying that you are you.

"Let's head straight to the point. I am in Amazon Lilly, and I'm having a hostage. The current Queen, and her heir, both belong to you. Right? Come over, let's trade life for another."

Josh's carefree expression was changed all of the sudden. He walked to the snail, and he crushed it with his feet, cutting the call. He turned his face to see Hancock about to collapse as her face lost its colour;

"Why! Why did you do that! He has Sonia and Marries!" Hancock yelled.

josh took two deep breaths. "It's the best decision. He may kill her in the middle of the call. I needed to confuse him. Now, he will be thinking about what to do, or to send me a message to provoke me to go and fight him. Anyway, I brought a few precious seconds. Stay here. I'll bring your sister for dinner."

Josh took a talisman from his storage which allows him to teleport to any place he was at before.

"Wait! I'm coming with you!" Hancock screamed as she tried to touch Josh, who vanished before she could reach him.

"Sorry," he said his last word before leaving without a trace.

Josh didn't want to take Hancock with him. She lets her emotions get the best of her. And he was right, as she will cause a huge mess here! Josh didn't want to lose the element of surprise.

As for Hancock, who realised the situation, raised her head and screamed. "KYA!!!"