One Piece - Justice Of The Celestial Dragons

And as easily that old man could sense Sylver's Conqueror's Haki, Sylver was also able to perceive that someone knew where he was. Sylver gazed down at the island a few thousand meters below him, he gazed at one of the buildings where the person was at. Sylver narrowed his eyes slightly because there shouldn't be too many people that could easily sense where he was at.

But that didn't matter too much right now, Sylver knew that there existed many strong people roaming around the world without being tied up in the Navy, World Government, Pirate or being a force in the Underworld. Yet what Sylver did was to memorize that figure he could perceive, because it might be useful in the future if he could meet that person. Because Sylver needed way more people that would follow him, he was slowly figuring out that people in this world was much stronger than what he had thought of.

Because Sylver thought he would only be below the current Four Pirate Emperors of the Seas and the Admirals. But now whilst he had travelled for barely a short time, he has seen people much stronger than him. Buggy and Shiki were one of them, and Rocks D. Xebec was also such a person.

"Where will we meet Admiral Akainu?" Sylver asked in a low voice as they seemingly only sped up their speed and not slowing down once.

Dragon replied without turning his head back. "From what he told me, he is staying at the outskirts of an unknown island in the Calm Belt, which is where we suspect Rocks D. Xebec is hiding at."

"Calm Belt…?" Sylver hummed slightly, the Calm Belt was a good hiding spot. Because there didn't exist any wind through the Calm Belt, and the place was infested with enormous Sea Beasts that were a couple of kilometres long. "Smart, but not smart enough." Sylver simply spoke to himself while shaking his head.

"What is, Darling?" Hanc.o.c.k asked as she tilted her head slightly towards Sylver.

Sylver began explaining at once, and he did notice that everyone was also paying attention to what he would be saying. "This alone testifies of his arrogance. People would usually think that the Calm Belt was the best place to hide at, but that isn't true, because we would be looking there first. Rocks is showing off, he wants us to find him through little search, to make us believe that he doesn't want to face. But if Rocks truly wanted to hide away, he should have picked another location, either deep in the New World or one of the Four Blues where we have little to no control."

"But isn't it harder to find someone in the Calm Belt than the other places?" Hanc.o.c.k asked as she was honestly curious about this. Because her previous home; Amazon Lily, was placed in Calm Belt, and they were safe there for many generations till it was destroyed.

This time, it wasn't Sylver that answered but Buggy, his voice was still gruff and deep, but it wasn't awful to listen to his voice. "No, it is actually easier to look through the Calm Belt if you are strong enough. There exist many people that can travel the Calm Belt by themselves, and with their Observation Haki, they would be able to locate any living people on those islands. But if someone was hiding in an island full of citizens in the Four Blues and hiding their presence, they wouldn't be easily found."

At this comment, Thor, Dragon and Scarlett nodded at the same time. They all knew it, but for some reason, their minds were overlooking this fact. They then understood that Rocks D. Xebec was expecting them and that he wasn't afraid to clash against them. This could only mean that Rocks D. Xebec was confident to kill them all.

"…" Sylver gazed at his parents and Dragon for a small while before saying with a small smile appearing on his face. "You don't have to worry." Sylver's tone was a soothing one as he could see that they were worried about Rocks's confidence and arrogance to fight against.

Both Thor and Scarlett turned their gaze towards Sylver, wanting to know why Sylver wasn't worried at all. They knew he wasn't too naive to not figure out that Rocks D. Xebec was luring them to him.

"Tell me one thing, do people age?" Sylver asked this question, and slowly but surely, a wild appeared on Sylver's face. He wasn't too worried about this, because an example he could use was of the 'Strongest Man alive' Edward Newgate aka; Whitebeard. He had gotten the title of the Strongest Man whilst he was younger, but Sylver was sure that Whitebeard isn't as strong as previously. And if Rocks D. Xebec was the captain of Whitebeard, it could only mean that Rocks was either older or at the same age of Whitebeard and the rest of the Emperors of the Seas. He knew that people would grow weaker whilst growing older, they would refine their techniques and Devil Fruits, but their raw strength would decline.

Buggy raised an eyebrow slightly as he was gazing at Sylver, and then at the Patriarch of a Celestial Dragon. He didn't know why neither one of them could think through what Sylver did, it was a simple statement that made sense; people grow weaker when they age. But because of their fear of someone as strong as Rocks D. Xebec that basically ruled the seas for a whole decade, it made their thoughts stagger and couldn't think properly.

And with this, Buggy, Thor, Scarlett and Dragon were feeling more confident in themselves to face against Rocks D. Xebec and saving Doflamingo.

-Somewhere on an island in the Calm Belt-

A man with black tendrils as hair was gazing towards the horizon with a maniacal smirk. The sun shone upon his face, and what came to show was a man's face that didn't seem to be any older than thirty years old, his eyes were redder than blood, his skin was pale white and his hair was black as the darkness itself as it moved around like shadow tendrils that would devour anything and everything. And as he was smirking, his sharp teeth were showing, and they were drenched in blood.

He didn't plan to surface to the outside world yet, but with the annoyance of the pink brat that wanted to hunt him down, he couldn't help but grow impatient. He did what his heart d.e.s.i.r.ed, he would go back where everyone would know he was still alive, but this time, he would succeed in accomplishing his goals that got destroyed by Gol D. Roger over a decade ago.