Taxi!

Not too much time passed and Kuma found himself back in his homeland.

He covertly made his way to the palace only to find that the royal guards and others retainers had not remained within the palace.

He easily gained access because of this but it made him worry even more about the safety of his family.

He rushed through the halls and entered many rooms one after another until he finally found himself in the dining hall where he saw a strange sight out of his expectations.

Rather than seeing the pitiful figures of his family, he instead saw them devouring a large meal that had been set out on the table together with a female Mink according to his guess.

Since he had met a Mink before, he was able to identify Alyssia's race right away but there was always the chance that she may just have some characteristics that resemble a Mink.

There are many humans who inherit certain traits like wings, horns, sharp teeth, certain shaped heads or body types or some similarities to various creatures.

Moria, Katakuri, Magellan, Hannyabal, Saldeath and many others were examples of the varying humans with such traits and there was also one member of the Foxy Pirates who had the appearance and strengths of a cheetah named Chiqicheetah.

It was not too difficult to mistake one tribe for another so Kuma calmed himself down and calmly looked over with confusion in his eyes as he studied the people before him.

Bonney waved over happily and spoke. "So you have finally decided to show yourself! Come and eat with us first and then we will let you know why you have been lured here."

Conney turned her head away. "I am still angry that you have not contacted us in a long time but that is not of any importance right now. So sit down."

Alyssia shrugged lazily as she finished setting the table and began to eat along with them in silence.

After eating, the others went to a private room for some time to talk alone without any disturbances but Alyssia could faintly sense the fluctuations of distress and sorrow within Bonney and Conney so she was able to guess that they were currently in tears.

In the meantime, she closed her eyes and purchased the upgrade for her Navigation skill and talent from Kuma.

The use of his ability was not normal and required very high precision and navigation skills to pull off to be able to send someone to a precise location in the world.

He has lots of knowledge and knows where it is best to send certain people so that they can grow stronger over a certain period of time.

For Luffy, Amazon Lily was the perfect place to begin training and meet Boa Hancock who has hatred against the World Government while the rest of the crew were each sent to places that could improve their combat abilities and improve the skills for their role on the crew.

Alyssia possessed two talents which was Leg Martial Arts and Navigation which let her learn quickly in things related to the two.

For example she was capable of learning foot based sports and martial arts quicker than others as her body had gained that talent and was created to be a genius in that field with enough training.

Navigation was the same as it provided her with a greater sense of the world and to pick up drawing maps and learning various other things related to natural phenomenon or worlds rules and structure which allowed her to possess better talent in physics over biology and chemistry.

Various talents or skills related to those fields were also within her reach and were easy to learn thanks to each of her two talents.

The six powers, seventh and Eight Impact Fist was an example of how she could master those abilities quicker than others so long as her body was strong enough.

Special skills like Nami's greater senses towards the changes in weather was something she could learn with ease with her navigation talents but it also helped her with her understanding and control of various elements and master elemental attacks or learn how to counter them.

Even the Foxfire Style could be learned and turned into her own style to suit her leg martial art if she obtained it one day.

Although she had not yet picked up any weather sensing abilities, the rest of them had manifested into her Conquerers Haki ability that let her gain a greater control of various elements and combine them to increase her combat power.

Even the Giants special skill could be performed if her body had enough stats, breaking through the Ice Continent with Eight Impact Fist would pale in comparison once all of her martial arts skills were combined into one and then layered with many other things.

Her bonus stats from her talents gave her more potential to surpass the strongest beings in the world but her additional features allowed her to create a style of combat unique to the world that could overpower even special awakened Devil Fruits.

After waiting for some time, Kuma came out with Conney and Bonney who now had a pathetic appearance as their light makeup had been ruined as a result of them crying.

Kuma looked over at Alyssia and then invited her in. "We have much to discuss…"

Alyssia calmly nodded and sat down after she had entered the room. "Indeed, we do."

Kuma had a long talk with his family so he learned a little so the first thing that he asked her was. "What are you? A prophet? An oracle or a predictor of some sort? If so what is the reason for drawing me out here?"

Alyssia remained calm as she explained. "An oracle is able to see a vision of future events but they may not always be completely clear and can be misinterpreted. Another example would be those that are capable of predicting events with fate and probability but that is just predicting from many possible futures or outcomes and then gaining the probability of something happening a certain way. As for me, I would fit into the category of a single future possibility. It is a great advantage for me to know of some things but it is not perfect in any way because if I make a make a mistake then I may create a large ripple in that timeline and many things will be changed resulting in the collapse of what is predicted to happen in the future. However everyone in this world is an opportunist and I do not mind benefitting a little from some of these events in my own way to prevent a tragic future in my homeland. Which is why I have brought you hear Mr Tyrant."

The first half of the storyline was off limits for her but she could still act in various ways to benefit from some events and after the war there is the chance for her to act as she pleases until the two year time skip ends and the next arcs begin resulting in the events on Punk Hazard, Dressrosa, Zou, Wholecake Island and Wano.

To keep things as they were, Luffy needed to grow and participate in many events until the end of the war so that things were still somewhat predictable from what she knew.

Alyssia continued. "I know of a future where you die but this future is probably already set in stone by many events beyond our control. I am sure that you know that your time is running out and that is why I have no issues in telling you these things. In the future the world that I know of will be centralised around the actions of the son of a great man who you know all too well. You must keep this all to yourself and not tell him what I have told you but I am sure that he will learn of his sons ambitions soon enough. If you do tell him then it is unknown what effects it could have on his actions in the future, as for your part in this… you are just someone who will help him and those around him."

Kuma found it hard to digest all of the information but he had heard a little about predictions and oracles from people who talked about the forbidden knowledge of the world so he had some idea on what she was hinting at.

However the fact that Dragon had a son was very shocking since he had told nobody about it and kept it from everyone.

If what Alyssia had said was true then Dragon's son was tied to this future that she had seen and was at the very centre of many events.

The Revolutionary Army would carry similar world views to Luffy and go against the World Government so her information was very beneficial to him but also a heavy burden to carry alone as he had to watch it all play out before he took it all to his grave.

Kuma pondered over everything in silence and then spoke. "What is it that you want from me specifically then?"

Alyssia responded. "As you know, surviving in this world is difficult and it is even more difficult to protect those close to you when other things get in the way or other things are threatened so I want nothing more than to become strong enough to survive through the changes brought to the world. So first I would like to request time with you and Bonney to spar for a little while against your abilities as for the rest I hope that you can use your ability to send me to certain places when it is required, one of the times would be now and then there would be others in the future. Finally I would like to hear of the general location of a certain place but of course not the exact location since it is strictly confidential. I will not attempt to steal anything or attempt to enter or anything like that.."

Bonney and Kuma both heavily rely on their Devil Fruit abilities that are activated from their hands, many other difficult abilities that require touch would render Alyssia helpless if she did not know how to counter them properly.

Relying on cheap tricks and tactics like Usopp who defeated Sugar was not her style but if possible she wished to gain experience against such abilities.

Bonney and Ain both possessed abilities that could mess with a persons age with a single touch, while Ain could revert someone or something she touches back by twelve years, Bonney had more control over what she could change and it seemed to be more focussed on humans compared to Ain's ability.

There was also Sugar who could turn people into toys with a single touch and make everyone forget them.

Such abilities were too strong and only required a single touch to cause temporary or permanent changes until the Devil Fruit user has been defeated so if possible, she wished to learn early how to fight against even strong opponents with such abilities so that she would never have to become weakened and beaten in such a shameful way.

As for the other part of her request, it was actually quite simple.

During certain times she would require a way to travel to certain places without being monitored or tracked as she sailed across the seas so she first thought of Kuma.

After a little while of coming up with a solution, the plan was put into motion named 'Operation: Kuma Taxi Service'.