Chapter 149: Chapter 149
Ken was sitting on his throne while Ace, Urouge, Mihawk, Jinbe, Laffitte, and Robert are standing in front of him.
"So, how did it go?" asked Ken.
"It went exactly as planned, Captain. They did not suspect a thing till we were already gone," said Robert.
Ken smiled. "Did you guys have fun?" Ace and Urouge immediately nodded.
"That Katakuri guy was strong. He has that Future Vision thing you talked about. It is such a cheat," said Ace
"It sure is, but everything has a weakness. Anything else to report?"
Laffitte stepped forward. "I have seen some of the fights, and I can definitely see that they have become stronger. After asking someone nicely, they said that the Big Mom Pirates and Beast Pirates have started training because of us."
"Hahahaha! That is great to hear. At least I won't be bored anymore," said Ken.
"And what if they become too strong? You should never underestimate your opponents, especially if they are a Yonko," said Miihawk.
"I am not underestimating them. I know that I might not be able to beat them if they keep training, but what fun is there in winning against weaklings? And it is not like they are the only ones who know how to train. But I guess it is not really your problem if we get wiped out. Someone with your strength can easily escape and survive out there without help."
Mihawk looked at Ken for a while and then turned around and started walking away. "I will go to my room and rest," said Mihawk.
After he left, Robin walked in.
"It is good to see all of you back safely. Did you know that if she caught you, she might turn you into candy and eat you," said Robin with a smile.
Ace and Robert paled.
"Sigh, how can you say such dark things with a smile?"
"What have you called me here for, Ken?" asked Robin as she quickly changed the subject.
"I have got you three new Poneglyphs. And one of them is a special one."
She smiled and said, "I will translate them as quickly as possible."
I nodded. "Robert, place them in the basement for her."
"Yes, sir." He nodded and went with Robin to the basement, where we research things or train secret techniques that no one is allowed to see.
I turned my head and looked at the remaining four people. "Jinbe, Ace, Urouge, Laffitte, thank you all for your hard work. You can take a couple of days off if you want." They nodded and walked out of the throne room, except for Ace, who stayed behind.
"Are you really sure about this?" asked Ace.
"Sure about what?"
"Becoming the enemy of 2 Yonko's. Even if we defeat them, it will take a lot, and the World Government could come and finish us off when we are at our weakest."
"Wow, you can actually use your head." Ace glared at me and clenched his fists. "Do you really think that I have not thought about that?"
"Than do you have a plan?" asked Ace with a hopeful expression.
"Nope."
"Huh? What!" The hopeful look immediately disappeared from his face. "Are you being serious! Then how will we survive this?"
"Big Mom, Kaido, Blackbeard, the World Government, those four are going to come for my head one day. Kaido and Big Mom will definitely team up, so we should also team up with someone. But Whitebeard is fighting against Blackbeard, and I don't know who will win. Shanks is someone who I cannot understand and I doubt that he will ally himself with us. And lastly, there are the Revolutionaries. But I don't need to tell you why that isn't going to work."
"I do not want to hear how bad this situation is. Just tell me one of your amazing plans!" Ace was more worried by the second. Even if he has a big mouth and is arrogant, he is not stupid enough to think that we can come out of this without a genius plan.
"We will have to abandon this Kingdom and go into hiding."
"What!" Ace looked shocked and almost fell down.
"Hahahaha, I'm just kidding! Of course, I have a plan."
"You fucker! How dare you play me like that!" screamed Ace as he pounced towards Ken. His fist turned into flames, and he was about to punch Ken.
"Ken!" Someone stormed into the throne room and shouted Ken's name in a panic. Ace stopped his attack and looked at Sabo's worried face. Sabo was about to say something when Ken's face suddenly turned serious, and he disappeared.
"Wait, what is happening, Sabo!"
"Two strong people are coming towards the island, but I don't know who they are. One of them is stronger than the Admirals we fought."
"What! We need to quickly back Ken up."
Sabo and Ace immediately disappeared from their place and went after Ken.
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Dozens of kilometers from Ken's Island, a man wearing a black robe, with a mask hiding his face is chasing after a pale white guy who looks like he could die at any moment. The man is jumping on the air, but the injured guy is flying with what looks like bat wings.
"Stop running, Vlad!" screamed the man wearing black. But Vlad did not respond and just kept flying as fast as possible.
'How is he still so fast? He is about to die, but his speed has not diminished at all,' thought the man wearing black. He unsheathed his long katana that he was holding in his left hand and started sending sword slashes towards Vlad. He did his best to dodge all the slashes, but with his injured body, he could not manage to dodge them all and started falling down when he got hit on his back.
The man in black sent another slash which was much bigger and stronger, towards Vlad.
'Am I really going to end here like this?' thought Vlad.
When the slash was about to hit him, a blue light suddenly came flying towards the sword slash and deviated its path, making it miss Vlad and land into the ocean. Someone appeared next to the injured guy and caught him before he managed to fall into the sea.
"You seem to be in quite the pickle, Vlad."
"I am sorry." That was the only thing that could escape from Vlad's mouth before he lost consciousness.
Ken looked at the man hovering in the air.
"What do you want with Vlad?"
The man did not respond and was only thinking about how he could grab Vlad.
"Ken!"
Deuce, Ace, and Sabo appeared next to Ken. Sabo told everyone to stay on the island in case another enemy attacks the island. But Deuce did not listen and tagged along, saying that his doctor senses were tingling.
"Deuce, take care of him," said Ken as he handed Vlad to Deuce.
"Leave it to me." He disappeared with Vlad. The man in black sighed and turned around, ready to leave now that he can't get his target anymore.
"Where do you think you're going, four eyes?"
The man in black froze. 'How does he know that I wear glasses? Because of the mask, I took it off. Did he see through my disguise?' The man in black could not understand how Ken found out that he wears glasses.
While he was thinking, Ace, Sabo, and Ken surrounded him.
"Listen up, Ace and Sabo, this guy has to die here today. He is strong, so don't hold anything back. We will take care of this quickly!"
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Facts & Quotes:
- Over your lifetime, you will probably walk past a dozen murderers (or even more).
- Turtles breathe through their butts.
- There are approximately 2,368 species of bacteria living in your belly button. Right now.
- One in four Americans believes the sun revolves around the Earth.
- You are closer to death than when you started reading this sentence.
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