Blaize sat up from his bed, pulling himself from slumber. The slight headache due to overdrinking and the persistent wobble of the ship annoyed him to the core, flaring up his mood.
Slowly, he approached the door of the cabin and made his way to the upper deck via a stairway. Upon reaching the deck, he noticed the Marines on the ship were busy, running here and there.
And, he found the reason for the wobbling of the ship; the weather of the New World. Huge ice crystals fell from the sky like raindrops, it's just the size of each one bigger than their Navy ship.
"What the f*ck is going on?" Blaize asked, finding Regis and Kuina. The weather and ice fall irritated him.
"Sorry, Blaize-san. We suddenly encountered a storm and entered the region of the ice-fall." Regis replied.
Since this kind of situation is common in the New World, Regis, Kuina and other Marine soldiers on the ship were pretty calm.
Blaize waved his hand and commanded by rubbing his temple. "Make it stop. The weather and constant shaking of the ship irritate me and worsen my hangover."
"This..." Regis was stunned by Blaize's request. Looking at the looming dark clouds and falling ice crystals, 'How the f*ck am I supposed to stop that?'
"I am incompetent. My skills are not strong enough to clear the weather." Kuina apologized for her weakness.
'You are taking his words too seriously.' Regis thought.
"Out of the way!" Blaize shooed the marines around him and set his eyes on the falling ice crystals and dark clouds that shut out the direct sunlight.
Kuina and Regis eyed Blaize with suspicion, 'What is he planning?'
The sun's power within Blaize's body surged and channeled from all nooks and crannies into his right arm until finally, it reached his hand.
A spherical golden bubble shrouded his right hand. The next moment, black lightning sparkled around the golden bubble symbolizing the exertion of Conqueror's haki.
Just the wisps of radiating momentum shook the Marine soldiers present. "Why am I feeling heavy?"
Without minding the condition of the surrounding marine, Blaize pulled his arm back and punched at the sky. From his fist, an ethereal force whooshed toward the sky and struck the clouds.
"Boom!"
A world-resounding boom sounded within the dark clouds along with flickering colors of gold, purple, and black. Bolts of golden and black lightning bathed the sea with beauty and terror.
In no time, the dark clouds began to disappear visible to the naked eye and within seconds, everything disappeared.
A clear blue sky and the sun's warm glow welcomed everyone as if the loomed dark clouds and icefalls were nothing but daydreams.
The marines watched everything with their mouths opened wide and took a few seconds to come out of the trance before loudly exclaiming among themselves.
"Did he just destroy the sky? Fu*k, what kind of unit did I just join?" A marine cried aloud
"Awesome! Vice Admiral Blaize is as strong as I imagined." Another one spoke with stars in his eyes.
A group of Marines cheered by pointing their swords at the sky. "Woo! Vice Admiral Blaize is a god!"
With a single punch, most of the marines aboard the ship had become a part of Blaize's ardent followers and vowed to work under him till they retired.
Regis and Kuina were not surprised as they knew his strength. It's just they didn't expect such a flashy move from Blaize. Regis sighed at the display of power.
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Returning to the cabin, Blaize stood across the window watching the clear blue sea. After the short episode, his hangover went away and he felt refreshed.
With a thought, he summoned his status panel,
[~ Name: Blaize Hunt
Occupation: Marine
Constitution: 79.0
Devil Fruit: 76.6
Haki: 81.1
Free attribute point: 5.5 ~]
Looking at the luxurious attributes, Blaize does feel a slight sense of accomplishment, but he knows his strength is nowhere near confronting the World Government.
First, he needed time and had to create a force of his own.
Second, he has to bring the Marines under his control. For that, he needs to boost his reputation and prestige among the Marines. With perfect opportunity, he can take control.
Third, Weakening the World Government's strength little by little without exposing himself.
'It's time I start preparing things. There are still three years left before the 'Summit war' happens between Marines and Whitebeard.' Blaize mused.
This three-year time period is the best time for Blaize to improve his strength and gather a force and strengthen them.
Remembering something, he checked the situation of his God's Blood –the number of drops reached 2000.
"System, can you add the situation of God's Blood to the Status panel?" Blaize thought, but he didn't have much hope as his system doesn't interact.
However, his status panel changed the next moment. New data has been added behind his constitution attribute,
Constitution: 79.0 [God's Blood - 2004/3000]
'Within two years, I will complete the process of transforming my ordinary blood. After that, I don't know what will happen and how much it will help me.
Let's leave that for the future and focus on the present.' Blaize thought.
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After a week of sailing, Blaize and his unit reached the waters of the Whitebeard region.
Tension and uneasiness clouded the face of Marine soldiers, after all, it's the territory of Yonko where the current Strongest Man in the world reigns.
At the same time, in Marineford, Sengoku got the report of Blaize and his unit entering the territory of Whitebeard pirates.
Reading the report, veins bulged on his forehead. Sengoku gritted his teeth and roared, "What is he doing there?"
"T-that...Fleet Admiral, Vice Admiral Blaize's unit is no longer under Admiral's control, so no one followed their course.
Just now, we received the report from the patrol ship observing Whitebeard's territory!" The Rear Admiral sweated as he briefed.
"Does he plan on provoking a war between Marines and Whitebeard pirates? He didn't change a bit, doing whatever he pleases. Another Garp!" Sengoku complained and commanded,
"Contact the Admiral who's near Whitebeard pirates' region and dispatch them as soon as possible. Let's hope the situation doesn't escalate."
He didn't fear something would happen to Blaize, but the latter's action may result in something that he didn't want to happen anytime soon.
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