Conqueror Of All

As they were eating, Nojiko and Robin had grumpy expressions on their faces as they stared at Hanc.o.c.k who was happily eating while sitting on Izan's l.a.p.

Hanc.o.c.k was exhausted from the past few days since the marines and the World Government started chasing her. Yet Hanc.o.c.k felt a candle lighting up her dark surrounding. Hanc.o.c.k didn't wish to lose anything dear to her any longer and insisted on acting on her true feelings.

Somewhere on Mary Geoise

Five old men sat in a room, two sat on a sofa, the other two sat on their own chairs while the last one was sitting on the ground cleaning his katana with a expressionless face.

"He is getting very troublesome." One of the old men who was bald said without managing to conceal his frustrated facial expression.

"Indeed, he has been provoking us for a very long time." The old man cleaning his katana spoke with a calm voice.

"We must tell our Highness Im about his problem. Having enough strength to hold off an Admiral is commendable and is stronger than what we had expected." One of the leading man with a white beard spoke with an unfazed expression.

"What are his abilities?" After a moment, the bald man asked. "It has been reported that he can bring forth his scythe anywhere, teleportation, levitation, pressuring ability, gravity and Conqueror's Haki."

"Those are the ones we know of, he can be hiding more of his abilities as his life wasn't in danger when he fought Aokiji." The old man cleaning his katana said without glancing away from his katana.

"I haven't heard of any Devil Fruit having these powers." The bald old man said with a snort.

"BECAUSE HIS POWERS DOESN'T COME FROM A DEVIL FRUIT..." A weak and hoarse voice sounded out throughout the whole room.

The five old men were shocked, yet they kneeled and lowered their heads before replying in a respectful tone. "Your Highness Im!"

"HIS POWERS COMES FROM SOMETHING ELSE... SOMETHING WE CAN'T CONTROL..." Im's was nowhere to be seen, yet his voice seemed to be near and distant at the same time.

"What do you mean, Your Highness?" the bald old man asked with a curious expression.

"HE IS NOT WITHIN THE GRASP OF THIS WORLD'S DESTINY... YET HE IS NOT OUR DESTINED ENEMY... IT SEEMS THAT HE APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE, HE IS NOT FROM THIS WORLD..." Im's voice faded away slowly. "DEAL WITH HIM AFTER THE WAR... PRIORITIZE IN KILLING HIM, IZAN..." towards the end, a killing intent spread throughout the entire Mary Geoise.

The five old men felt pressured as they lowered their heads even deeper.

"We must deal with him after Whitebeard is dead." The old man with his katana spoke after he had calmed down. His face was unfazed after having calmed down.

"Put a new warning and bounty and let it spread around the whole world. Let them also think that Whitebeard is our priority, but keep everything in the dark as we must hunt him, Izan down after we have settled down from Whitebeard's death." The old man with a long white beard spoke with a natural and calm voice.

The bald old man nodded. "We can't let Whitebeard live, we must announce his death when the time comes to the entire world. Also the execution must be performed perfectly as we can't let a descendant of Gol D Roger live either."

"That can be handled, but what should we do about the Celestial Dragons? They are already acting in anger because of Charloss's death." The old man with a white beard spoke while he slowly stood up, the pressure of Im had been tough on him.

"Appease their anger somehow they are just an idiotic front we need they are not worthy of our time, give them the Chipher Pol agent which was guarding Charloss." The old man with his katana said as he stood up from the ground. He closed his eyes and sighed. "Don't let them act way too much, this is a time we must priotize on the upcoming war and the preparation the hunt of Izan."

On the Defying

The five of them were in the usual room they used to relax in. Nojiko and Robin were resting by reading books while they sat on the sofas. Jiutian and Hanc.o.c.k were talking together, Jiutian was telling Hanc.o.c.k about Izan. Hanc.o.c.k was still having a haughty expression as she gazed at Jiutian, Nojiko and Robin.

The only reason Jiutian didn't kill Hanc.o.c.k was because Hanc.o.c.k seemed to be smitten in love with Izan. Jiutian didn't mind much that Hanc.o.c.k hated and despised everyone else, as long as she loved and cared for Izan.

While the four of them were doing their own things. Izan was playing the piano with his eyes closed and a gentle smile on his face.

Hanc.o.c.k had previously rushed towards Izan when he first started playing the piano. Hanc.o.c.k was surprised and hugged Izan while squaling her praises to him. Hanc.o.c.k has seemed to praise Izan whenever he did anything and always seemed for a hug in return, but Hanc.o.c.k had told Izan that she didn't mind him stroking her head or kiss her cheeks.

Hanc.o.c.k was surprised by how she acted differently in front if Izan, yet Robin, Nojiko and Jiutian told her that she loved him. Hanc.o.c.k didn't mind hearing that Izan was from another world or not, she thought that Izan was brave and romantic, that he didn't mind taking care of her after knowing that she had previously been a slave of the Celestial Dragons . All Hanc.o.c.k wanted was to stay with Izan for the rest of her life, she couldn't place anything in her eyes beside Izan and respected his other wives.

Time passed by swiftly as the five were relaxing while Defying was sailing by itself.

Jiutian tilted her head slightly before standing up from her chair. "Izan, a News Coo is nearing the ship." Her voice was calm, but she narrowed her eyes slightly. She was able to sense the News Coo, but not what the newspaper had written.

Izan stopped playing the piano as he slowly ended the song with a dark tone. "Let's see what's in the news then." Izan smiled yet his eyes were cold. He knew and understood that the World Government and the Navy controlled the newspaper and wrote what was in their favour.

Nojiko thought of going up with Izan to the deck , but she didn't as she saw Izan shaking his head towards her as he smiled. Nojiko nodded in return as she knew that Izan would return.

As Izan was walking up towards the deck, Hanc.o.c.k was following him with a large smile and hugging his arm. Hanc.o.c.k was humming happily as just staying with Izan made her forget about the painful loss of her sisters and everyone in her Kingdom.

"Hanc.o.c.k, don't frown, it doesn't look good on you." Izan said in a caring tone as he gentle stroked Hanc.o.c.k's cheeks. "I know you are scared, afraid and angry. Revenge is good, but don't let it consume you. I will deal with the Navy and the World Government when I have sufficient strength and a good opportunity." Izan continued speaking with a caring tone, it had been shocking for Izan too, Hanc.o.c.k's advancing was too fast, yet Izan wasn't able to hold it against her. Izan felt even protective of her.

Hanc.o.c.k's tense shoulders and her frown disappeared as she felt relaxed while holding onto Izan. It was indeed true that Hanc.o.c.k had tired to gold everything under a lock, but she felt they she could trust and believe Izan in taking revenge for her sisters and everyone who lived on her island under her protection.