Jayr POV - Blue Star, Grand Line, Paradise - 20 GAP

  "That isn't a problem. First, what he is aiming to do goes against what the Wover wishes, so ohey learn of it they will take our side. But more important, Crocodile isn't strong enough to be even sidered a dao my family." a fident smile forms on my face as I add, "We are a lot strohan you think."

  Vivi and Igaram seem still a little unsure, so I quickly tinue, "Look, I know that all of this is very sudden, but you have seen what I just did a few moments ago to all those bounty hunters, right?"

  Seeing her slowly nod, I say with an encing smile, "Well, that is only the tip of the iceberg of what I'm truly capable of. Someo the level of Crocodile isn't even close to being sidered a threat..."

  At the same time, I 't help but think, 'Even the most defenseless members of our family take care of themselves if going against Crocodile and his men. Especially since even Kharna actally kill him if she sneezes out a bck hole, something that already happened once before... in fact, she probably destroy the whole Sandy Isnd alone, for sure my baby girl doesn't pure raw destructive power. Then there is Galen, who while he is physically weaker than his big sister, is trol over his Spiral o is astonishing for someone so young, so much so that he is already capable of using some basic teiques like Telekinesis with some amazing finesse a's not fet that both of them aren't even 1 year old yet and are growing stronger and smarter.'

  Then I 't help but smile thinking about the test member of our family, 'But more importantly, Python is always there watg over them. The gift of Saori's biological father, the God of the Sky himself Zeus, a true mythical creature, which was then further enhanced by my Spiral o. One will be easily fooled by his current small, cute form but that isn't his true form, that is just the appearance he takes to stay closer to Galen. Currently, Python's true size is more or less the same as Laboon, and more important he is growing bigger every single day and will tio do so for the rest of his life. Basically, he will one day reach the same size as Teoppa GunCraterGar which is crazy thinking about it!'

  Anyway, after reassuring Vivi and Igaram, they finally agree to e back to Arabasta with us so that we save the kingdom from Crocodile's ploy.

  Immediately after they agreed, Eri and Seika showed our new guests their room and some of the most on funs of Athena's God Bidoof so that they wouldn't be taken by surprise if something happened.

  Meanwhile, I went back to Whisky Peak and quickly altered everyone's memory to make sure that they pletely fot about Vivi, Igaram, and Karoo, presence among their ranks.

  I also removed our ing from their memory and ged our images to that of some random pirates, to make it even more believable, I also created some loot for them and made sure that they would believe that the reason for the fact that they passed out is because everyone drank too mu their celebrations for a successful capture.

  After that, we don't hesitate a from Cactus Isnd and head directly for Sandy Isnd where the kingdom of Arabasta is located.

  But Sandy Isnd is quite far away from here as even going in a straight line, we still have to travel a quite long time to reach it as it is very close to the middle of the first half of the Grand Line.

  Moreover, we still have to pass through at least two isnds, Little Garden and Drum Isnd, 2 very famous locations that are different from Cactus Isnd and are much more iing and fun to visit.

  Little Garden is famous for being a prehistorid full of dinosaurs and the home of the two Giants Dorry the Blue Ogre and Brogy the Red Ogre, it is an isnd that is must visit, especially for someone like me who grew up watg Jurassic Park which was one of my favorite movies of all time.

  Meanwhile, Drum Isnd is the birthpce of Tony Tony Chopper and home of Hiriluk and Kureha and many other capable doctors, but the more important reason to visit that pce is that it is a winter isnd meaning that the kids have some fun pying in the snow.

  Anyway, even sailing with Athena's God Bidoof's cruise speed, we will still reach Sandy Isnd in 2 to 3 months, of course, at full speed, we would be able to reach it in an instant but where is the fun in that?

  Especially sihe situation in the kingdom of Arabast still isn't that bad yet as Crocodile just started to actuate his pn, so we aren't in a hurry yet, sure people are suffering, but no one is dyi, and even more now, that I'm making some rainfall on small habited parts of the isnd so that the most isoted unities easily survive the man-made drought.

  Jayr POV - Blue Star, Grand Line, Paradise - 20 GAP

  A feassed since we left Whisky Peak and Cactus Isnd behind with Vivi, Igaram, and Karoo, and the three of them quickly rexed after getting to know us better.

  Right now, Vivi is pying some chess with Nikita, Karoo is pying with Python and the kids, and Igaram is fishing right o me as we watch over Koby's training.

  All of a sudden, Igaram ents, "Jayr-san, I have to admit that I get surprised each time I watch Koby going over his training. It's... hem... Ma~ma~ma~... It's incredible that someone so young willingly gh that kind of training every day without any pints. His willpower and dedicatioonishing."

  I simply smile while keeping my gaze focused oers, more specifically on the fishing line immersed iers, and ent, "That's natural, after all, Koby is chasing after his dream of being a Marine Admiral so that he protect the i from evil people."

  Igaram hums and says, "That is quite an ambitious and admirable goal, bit... hem... Ma~ma~ma~... but it is also a road fraught with dangers and pitfalls, after all, the Marine's duties are only guarding the seas, capturing pirates, and maintaining order, they also have to obey any order of the Wover."

  I nod in agreement, then I add, "That's right. The current Marines are mostly the hunting dogs of the Wover, but that doesn't mean that those people are bad, while there are for sure corrupted and evil people among the Marines just like in any anization, most of them are just like Koby over there, and simply want to protect the civilians and those close to them the clearest example are Vice Admiral Garp the Fist, who is reputed as the Marine Hero, but despite that, he holds a strong disdain for the shitty World he Wover, and their Absolute Justice, and doesn't even hide it, but he still bears with them because he regards them as a necessary evil to maintain the current peace."

  At this point, I snort and say, "Not that I personally agree with him, but I uand him, he isn't powerful enough to force a ge, moreover, he has to promise with those he hates to protect those he holds dear..."

  After that, we fall in silence as the only sounds in the surroundings are those of Koby's training and the waves that crash against the hull of the Athena's God Bidoof.

  Then all of a sudden, I feel the line of my fishing rod move a little, a sign that something is about to bite, so I focus and wait for the perfeent to pull out and catething, finally something bite and without hesitation, I pull it up with one swift move while yelling, "I caught something big!"

  But the smile on my face freezes as I see what I pulled out, it has a torpedo-shaped body with a non-flexible neck, limbs in the form of flippers, a tail fin, bulbous heads, small eye orbits, long snouts, and eyes pced on the sides of its head, with a mouth full of ical teeth, with I just caught is a fug dolphin.

  Well, it isn't just a normal dolphin as it is hundreds of times the size of a normal o apart from its size, they are just like any other dolphin.

  This is a species of dolphin that has inhabited the Grand Line sihe dawn of time.

  Seeing that, I sigh and without aation, I release it bato the waters while muttering, "This is the third one in a row... It seems that today isn't my day, I didn't catch a single Sea King."

  Igaram o me pins, "At least you are pulling out something, I still haven't caught anythi..." but just as he says that his fishing rod starts to fiercely shake as Igaram starts tle to hold the fishing rod in his hands.

  But as Igaram starts to pull with all his strength, I notiething slightly ing out of the waters, it looks like another dolphin-like snout, so I quickly ent, "Damn. It is another dolphin, just let it go, there is no point in pulling it up."

  But Igaram then replies, "It doesn't met... hem... Ma~ma~ma~... matter if I have to release it afterward but I want to at least... catething!"

  And with one mighty swing of his fishing rod, Igaram pulls out his prey, only it isn't a dolphin as I thought, but clearly, it is a shark, and not a normal o a Panda Shark.

  Panda Sharks are sharks that bear bck, panda-like markings around their eyes and across their bodies, as well as retively ft teeth and rounded dolphin-like snout, and it is an even worse catpared to the giant dolphin as this kind of shark while still being a quite aggressive predator is also a quite stious and intelligent creature pared to other sharks that even be befriended by humans, and Fish-men alike.

  And so, just like with the dolphin, we decide to also release the Panda Shark who grateful for setting him free, helps us catch a few random fishes by pushing them toward our baits.

  But suddenly, as we are happily fishing with the help of the Panda Shark, I feel that the wind is quickly pig up in speed and power, the weather is also quickly ging with the sky being cloudy dark and greenish, plus there is a quite familiar r sound that tio increase in iy, moreover, some clouds are quickly being funnel-shaped.

  Seeing all these signs it is clear what is about to happen, I quickly say, "Let's stop our fishing here, a tornado is f, it is better that you get safe ihe Athena's God Bidoof." then I turn to Koby and yell, "Koby! ge of pns! Stop your current training and prepare to train into a tornado a big one is ing!"

  At the same time, a worried Igaram suddenly asks, "Are you crazy!? That isn't something a human withstand!!" but I simply smile and say, "Not really, after all, there are many people that are capable of f a tornado or something simir as a means of attack out there, in fact, Crocodile is one of them. So, knowing how to a such a situation is fual... Don't worry about us, we'll be fihis isn't his first time doing something like that."

  Hearing that, Igaram nods and rushes i the same time, I move o Koby and hear him stantly mutter, "Please, let it not be a Sharknado... Please, let it not be a Sharknado... Please, let it not be a Sharknado..."

  I quickly pat Koby on his shoulder and try to reassure him, "e on, Koby. The st time it wasn't so bad-" but Koby interrupts me and says, "It was awful, Jayr-san! There were all kinds of sharks flying around trying to p off piey body from everywhere or even swallow me whole!! No matter where I looked there were sharks everywhere! And for some strange reason, they mostly aimed at the lower part of my body!!"

  Soon, I notice that the tornado is now fully formed being a massive tornadic waterspout and it is now heading directly toward the Athena's God Bidoof, looking at this work of nature, I 't help but think, 'Goddess! The water and wind speed is approximately between 659 to 769 km/h. If something like this would appear in my previous world, it could easily cause mass panic among all the nearby nations. Because it would certainly cause incredible devastating damage, with buildings leveled with all debris removed, even schools, motels, and er structures would have bee away and demolished, a's not talk about the rge steel and crete missiles thrown far distahat could cim many more victims. Basically, a tornado of sutensity could easily destroy a big city. And on the Grand Lihese wraths of nature are also very on, but luckily they are as brief as they are lethal.'

  Then I focus ba Koby and expin, "Remember just like the st time, don't let yourself be swept away by the strong winds, that would mean that you let go of the trol over your own body to outside forces, and that isn't a good choice as everything will then be in the hands of fate, or even worse of your oppo if he is the one who geed or trols the tornado."

  Koby focuses on the ining wall of water and wind and asks, "Is enduring the only way to face this kind of phenomenon, Jayr-san? It feels way too passive, moreover, I would be uo help others like that. Isn't there something else I do in such situations?"

  Hearing that I smile slightly and reply, "Well, you try to ride the strong winds instead of being pletely swept away, you basically jump into those winds and trol and maneuver your body so that you still move around even withiornado's winds, but that is way too soon for you yet. Your body barely withstand the wind's pressure, a's not talk about the spatial awareness aion speed you o safely ride those wild currents."

  Then I look back at the ining tornado and add, "There is also the very simple, effective, and always reliable brute force method."

  Koby looks curious as he asks, "Brute force method?" I nod and expin, "Yup, it sists of pung the tornado out of existence. Simple and direly downside is that you o be able to unleash a lot of power with a single punow prepare yourself, the tornado is ing."

  Hearing that, Koby slowly takes a deep breath before he crouches down and holds on to the nearby handrail while I stand right o him ready to help him in case he is swept aasses out, or any other unforeseen situations.

  Sooornado hits the Athena's God Bidoof and Koby and I are instantly engulfed by the wild currents of water and wind, meanwhile, for me, it just feels like an enjoyable fresh breeze or a m shower, for Koby the mix of wind and water are moving so fast, that some cuts are appearing on Koby's body as he tries to hold on the handrails without being swept away.

  Seeing how tense all his muscles are, I calmly think, 'For him these few moments as we pass through the tornado must feel like ay, but luckily both his body and mind are able to withstand this kind of punishment, moreover, he is also helped by the weighted clothes that he is wearing as they are making him a lot heavier than he should be, making it easier for to hold his body down a these currents.'

  Luckily after a few seds, the Athena's God Bidoof easily moves through the tornado leaving it behind us as she steadily tio move toward our destination uerred.

  At the same time, Koby rexes his body and with a sigh of relief, he mutters, "Ah... I did it! This time I was able to eil the end..."

  I nod, pat Koby on his back, and say, "That's right. Good job, Koby. You have ehat very well."

  At the same time, I also take advantage of this moment to heal all the cuts, torn muscles, and strain in his body and make sure that there aren't any repercussions from this.

  After that, we head back to Athena's God Bidoof's interior and pass the rest of the m rexing until it is time for lunch, and like that, this day passes following our usual routine.

  The feeacefully tinue like that, even the weather seems to stabilize being less chaotid more unified, a clear sign that we are getting closer and closer to the isnd in our path, the prehistorid known as Little Garden.

  Right now, I'm together with Vivi and Nikita, as Vivi ents, "This is my first time... It is so hard..."

  And Nikita who stands right o her carefully and calmly teaches her, "Remember the most important thing is to rex and make eye tact."

  Whistantly makes me excim out loud in frustration, "Nikita! For the love of everything that is sacred! you just stop saying things in such a suggestive and misleading way!? Please, just stop."

  While Vivi looks at us fused by my sudden outburst, Nikita looks at me with an i expression, then she smirks and asks, "What was so suggestive and misleading about that? While pying Yu-Gi-Oh it is fual to keep your facial muscles rexed so that you don't give any hint of how good or bad your hand is, and look at your oppo in the eyes to guess their current state and hand. What is so bad about that?"

  Hearing that, I 't help but roll my eyes while keeping silent and thinking, 'Nothing about what you said is bad... if one ighe fact that the way she phrased that before reminds me a little too much of some very peculiar instrual videos in our previous lives that teach how to perform some iing... as...'

  That right, after I finished watg over Koby's training this m, I decided to spend some time rexing in the gaming room, and there, I found Nikita and Vivi as the former started to teach the tter the rules of that card game, but si is a quite plex game, especially for first timers, Nikita thought that the best way to teach is by basically pying an assisted game where she patiently taught Vivi the various rules and ways to py as the game goes on.

  But of course, Nikita 't stop herself from pulling out one double eer another, or saying seemingly i words in a very misleading way, and it doesn't help that Vivi also unknowingly helps her from time to time just like a few moments ago.

  Well, despite that, we still have some fun pying together, at least until I hear Bidi's voi my head as she says, [Jayr, we are about to approach two vessels, one of them is a normal-sized one, while the other is quite a bit smaller... Ah! The bigger vessel just got destroyed and now the smaller one is heading toward us.]

  Hearing that, I excuse myself and quickly head to the deck to check the situation while thinking, 'This isn't so unusual in the Grand Line... but well, the small vessel that destroyed the big one could be something iing.'

  Ohere, I find Igaram sitting on the edge with a fishing rod in his hands and a bucket full of fish o him.

  He took quite a liking to fishing and now when he has nothing to do, he always es here to rex.

  Igaram notices my presend quickly asks, "Hello Jayr. Today a lot of fish are biting. Do you want to join me?" but I shake my head and reply, "No, I just came here to che something that could be iing..."

  While saying that, I focus my gaze on the distance, and after a few minutes, I finally see the ining vessel and it couldn't be a more iie.

  It is a bck boat that resembles a coffin and has dles lit on the edges that burn with green fire, the ship is only big enough for one person, and at the ter is a mast that resembles a rge crucifix with bck sails and a single seat, that is the Hitsugibuhe small craft used by one of the Seven Warlords of the Seas, Dracule "Hawk Eyes" Mihawk, a world-famous pirate who holds the title of "Stro Swordsman in the World".

  (Image Here - Hitsugibune)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]Calmly sitting on that seat, is Mihawk himself, a tall, lean, and muscur man with bck hair, a short beard, mustache, and sideburns that point upwards, his niame es from his strangely colored yellow eyes, which resemble a hawk's eyes.

  Mihawk wears bd red ornate clothing with a golden crucifix pendant that hides a little dagger named Kogatan, which gives him the appearance of a Spanish swordsman.

  His attire sists of a wide-brimmed bck hat decorated with a rge plume, and a long, open bck coat with red velvet ih no shirt underh, with red, flower-patterned sleeves and colr. He wears light purple pants held up by a decorated belt and tucked inside overly rge boots in parison to his leg size.

  (Image Here - Dracule "Hawk Eyes" Mihawk)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]Then I focus on the object resting on his back, which is his main on, one of the 12 Supreme Grade Bdes, the "Bck Bde" Yoru.

  A Western-looking sword, Yoru is a cru and well-ornated on with a curved, single-edged, bck bde resembling an oversized kriegsmesser.

  It has a total length of well over two meters, being over a head taller than Mihawk, who stands at 198 cm just a few timeters shorter than when pced on his babsp;

  While not in use, due to g a scabbard, Yoru is held upside-down against Mihawk's back by two simple holding loops ied into the man's coat.

  The light grey bandage-ed grip has on its top a rge and round cabo of blue color to serve as the pommel, bei into a circur, golden mount.

  The golden crossguard is extremely long to the sides, such that on Mihawk's back, especially seen from the front, the sword resembles a crucifix.

  In particur, the guard stitutes a thick, tinuous bar perfectly right-ao the bde, ft on all sides with a regur cross-se, but on ead being forked; recurved up and down like a oline.

  trally along the front and back sides of the guard are regur grooves filled with a swirly sprig relief for detail.

  The groove on each side is broken in the middle where a rather rge, red cabo is iopped by a smaller variant of itself, on each forked terminal of the guard, again on both sides, are more such red stohis time in trios, from the outer to the inner ones decreasing in size.

  The bde has a jet-bck color as pyed on by the sword's name, meaning "Night", a mirror finish, and aremely sharp edge, in shape, the bde possesses a mild, gradual widening in profile until its top-third se, whe tapers to a sharp point and, with its ft back, curves upward, with a distal taper toward the tip.

  All in all, it is a pretty impressive and iic on, just like Guts' Dragon Syer, Akame's Murasame, Gintoki's Toyako Bokuto, and many others.

  Seeing that the small boat is still heading toward us, I 't help but smirk a little and say, "Well, it seems that today is going to be an iing day."

  Odyin