Chapter 117

Title: Lucky...!

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–Wyper Pov–

Fwa! Fwa!

I was training my spear-style while sweating a little. This wasn't the sweat from heat, I'm immune to it, it's the sweat formed from hard work.

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I started to dance skillfully. This is a tribal dance that I learned when I was a kid. But now, this is a powerful move where with each of my steps, I move at an extraordinary speed to strike someone and return to my previous spot without anyone noticing.

To normal people, the dance must seem unstable and flawed, but this is one of my strongest Hand-to-Hand combat techniques. Yet...

'I can't beat him.'

Amon. He is my older cousin, he never lost to me in anything even once. He even won in the birthday section, as it is a few days before mine.

'Four years ago, before he left for Raijin Island, I challenged him for one last time.'

I stopped my dance and stared at the ground.

'I... lost.'

That's right, I lost back then. But I didn't stop training, I thought after 4 years the gap between us would decrease. But now... even Raki is stronger than me.

My hands shook as I clenched my jaws and tightened my grip on the spear.

I looked after Shandora for the past 4 years as if this was my own Kingdom, but after so long when he returned, he claimed it back. I don't mind it though, this was my punishment for the loss 4 years ago.

Besides, he is a nice brother. He praised me for lasting so long against the marines. But I don't want to be praised for holding long, I... want to be praised for winning!

I want to win!

Even if I can't beat him, I want to beat others! At least Raki!

Cooler died. Raki killed him, she also killed his colleagues. She is stronger than me then...

People might say I was not able to beat Cooler because he is my natural counter, but the truth is, he is not my natural counter, rather It's the opposite. I am his.

I'm a superior element, yet I couldn't defeat him. I can scream and say 'It was the rain's fault!', but it would be stupid. That's right, nature won't always be by my side. I'm not a protagonist from a fairytale. If someone is the protagonist, it would be him...

"Fuuuh..." I sighed after a few moments of silence. Readjusting my grip on the spear.

'These thoughts are useless... I should train more.'

I should be able to use at least 2000° heat... No, I should be able to lift at least 5000 tons before the next 2 years.

"Hap!"

Again, I vigorously started to train. Life is all about training and challenges, I'm sure one day... I will reach his height, I will get out of his shadow... One Day!

«...★...»

–Amon Pov–

I flew towards Raki as I noticed something.

'Doflamingo's rat...'

In the ruined ship, in a corner, one of Doffy's family members, Machvise, was hiding. I can see some people with severe injuries beside him, they must be his subordinates. It seems they were injured by the battle's skirmish.

'Let's ignore them for now...'

He hid from the battle, so there is no need to go after him right now. I also don't want to harm him, I will use him to contact Doffy, I need to get close to Caesar Clown.

I then flew towards Raki who was holding two swords with her injured hands. Her hands remind me of the incident 8 years ago when I threw the 'Blaze Dial'. Good grief...

Zzz...

Raki was alarmed by the slight sound of passing electricity. I need to work on this sound, I need to make it vanish or this might be a weak point in the future.

"Oh..." Raki blinked her swollen eyelids. "It's you, bro," She smiled and pointed at Tesoro who was under her feet. "Look I defeated hi...m."

Raki couldn't continue her words and dropped forward towards my chest. Her face hit my chest.

"Hey, get up." I slapped her cheeks but she didn't respond. She was unconscious...

Sighing, I contacted Shortmotor by sending an electrical signal to his processor.

"B-Boss, you are here!"

I stared at him. He looked strange with that Automata nose on top of Liger's intimidating face.

"Take Raki to the ship, treat her quickly."

I handed Raki to him as he needed it and ran backward.

This wasn't a big injury, she got far worse injured in space. Earth is relatively more peaceful than that hell. Unlike I initially thought, space was dangerous. So she will be fine, completely fine.

I then looked at Tesoro who was laying on the ground, unconscious.

'He is a stubborn man. A villain with a cliche backstory, but that story is what makes him stubborn. He won't work under me at all.' He is an awakened user of the Gold-Gold fruit, so I don't wanna kill him.

I wanted to have him as my subordinate. If I kill him and give the fruit to another person, they may never awaken it, so it would be a rather big loss.

But if subordinating doesn't work, then brainwashing it is. But there is a problem...

'Brainwashing someone reduces their fighting ability since some nerves are destroyed and the brain can't function properly sometimes.' Other than that. 'There is also the fact that... while I'm brainwashing someone, he/she might die. Also, the stronger a person is, the more chances of the technique failing increases. Or I would have spammed this and already brainwashed people like Whitebeard....'

Yes, sometimes their brain bursts out. That's a thing that happened with many marines who came after Hina that day. It's a 50-50 chance that a person will survive. I only took the chance with Hina since I simply didn't care if she died or not, and also the fact that there were many others besides her to be used as a spy.

If it was this simple, I would have already brainwashed Vivi too, though it's true that I am still hypnotizing her every day... It's nothing extreme, just 'pure love'... Can't take any chances.

I shook the thoughts away. 'Anyway, I should focus on brainwashing him... I need to concentrate—wait,'

Abruptly, after sensing a presence, I looked at my side, there a woman with red hair was lying. She wasn't unconscious....

A grin formed on my face. 'Luck Luck fruit can easily enhance his chances of survival... perfect. The world is on my side.'

Laughing, I approached the woman who shrank backward. She recognized who I was.

"S-Sky Emperor..."

Oh, is that how I'm known around here now?

'It has a feel to it. The one and only Sky Emperor...'

I crouched down and patted the woman's head. My eyes curled up as I smiled. "If you don't want to die after being raped by horses, do as I say."

«...★...»

The next day, at Dressrosa.

"What?! You encountered Lucifer, the Sky Emperor?!"

Doflammingo cried in surprise to the Machvise in front of him.

"Yes, Doffy... it was a dangerous experience. I don't know why I felt that way, I never felt this scared in my life-inn!"

Machvise returned safely from Tesoro today.

Doffy wiped his sweat and sat down on his seat after taking a breath. "Tell me everything in detail."

"Inn! Yes... So, when I reached Tesoro..."

Machvise started to talk about everything he saw. About Raki's sword slash. And how strong she was.

"Yes, she is a part of the Sky Emperor's people. When Lucifer came down from the sky, he and the robot chatted quite casually-inn!"

Machvise kept explaining things to him as Doffy kept sweating. From the detailed explanation, and because of Machvuse's fear, he even exaggerated some things. Raki's image in his mind grew to be a dangerous existence.

"M-Most frighteningly..." He started to sweat. "When that monster came, he took the red-haired woman and unconscious Tesoro to a room. After that... he suddenly teleported behind me! Inn! I was scared shitless!"

"Oh, that's right." Machvise then slipped his hands in his pocket, taking out a letter. "He handed me this letter... and asked me to deliver it to you-inn."

Doffy had a frown on his face. He accepted the letter and unfolded it as his eyes under the sunglasses arched up.

『Donquixote Doflamingo. I will ignore that you were after my prey,』

Reading this line, Doffy's veins popped up. "Kuku... Tesoro was initially my prey."

Although he was very angry, he still decided to read further.

『I have some business with you, and I would like to have some chat together while drinking tea. Alright, I will let your subordinate go without any harm, but be careful to not mess with me in the future. Sayonara :) 』

The smiley emoji got on Doffy's nerves, but he just sighed. 'It's lucky that you didn't touch my family, or I wouldn't have cared that you are an Emperor.'

Doffy cared most about his family, his subordinates. He was one of the few antagonists who did so.

But there was still a problem left. "But... what does he want from me?"

He wondered, why did Amon want to meet him?

He felt it's not something that will harm him, or he would have decided to weaken him by taking out Machvise.

'Still, all Emperors are freaks. He might be just too arrogant and let Machvise go. I should prepare for his coming here...'

Doffy felt irritated that he didn't specify a date so he has to be on guard every day from now on. Unfortunately, Amon won't let him sleep peacefully for more than one month.

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