Town of Happiness___
When this name was said, one can easily think of the reason behind the name.
Happiness, as it is in the name itself so the town would obviously be filled with the atmosphere of joy.
Right now, the town was having a celebration due to the return of Brook with 50 warrior giants.
First time seeing such a place, the giants were stunned and fully shocked.
This town had almost every race in the world. From small to big, fat to thin or smart to stupid.
* * *
King's Castle___
The night sky was filled with stars, the moon illustrated the buildings and people.
Akuma held a cup of black tea in his left hand as he gazed at the town from the balcony.
His eyes scanned the whole town within a short time until he finally was satisfied.
Step Step.
The sound of heels hitting on the cold marble floor echoed in the throne room.
A slender hand slid from behind on Akuma's shoulder to his chest.
The person behind him rested her head on his back while she moved her other hand on his waist.
Akuma turned his head slightly to see a pair of deep green staring at him with affection.
"What is it?"
Akuma asked nonchalantly as he looked back at the town.
"I am feeling lonely."
The person was none other than Erika. Her voice was soft and filled with some sadness.
She released her grip on Akuma and stood beside him. Erika took the cup from his hands and drank it in one go.
Smash!
The cup fragments scattered on the floor while on the balcony Erika hugged Akuma.
Her eyes seemed to be possessed by an illusion of extremes as Erika only saw Akuma clearly.
The rest of the world was gone in her eyes. Every little second going was a lifetime for her.
Two lips touched, one rough and the other soft. Erika moved her hands behind Akuma's neck while he held on to her thin waist.
"Father, it's time."
A voice interrupted the two. Erika moved her head and looked at the person.
"You could have come a few hours later."
Erika's tone wasn't sharp or she sounded angry, it was just a slight disappointment.
Bella looked at Erika with annoyance but didn't let it appear on her face openly.
Erika, after all, is now the person in charge when Akuma wasn't present here.
Akuma freed himself from Erika's hug as he walked past her and reached beside Bella.
Looking up at Bella, Akuma's eyes shone with a green light which caused Bella to feel uncomfortable.
"Make sure that every one of you gets an energy core in your body."
Saying so, Akuma headed out of the throne room leaving behind Erika and Bella.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏโฆ Bella still had her eyes on the half open door.
"Cold, right?"
Erika said with a smile on her face. Her eyes burning with an even bigger desire.
"Perfect for meโฆ"
* * *
"Hey! Hurry! Load all the missiles!"
Rocky smoked his cigar and shouted towards the group of pirates moving several big missiles towards the ships.
At the edge of the Earth Realm, tens of ships were docked on the land as pirates moved on and out of them.
Amongst those ships, eight were bigger as they belonged to the Division captains.
And the one at the center, the biggest of all, Devil's Contract. Unlike before, these ships were covered with new armors.
Metal covered, heavy artillery and advanced navigation. They were like destroyers soon to be on their mission.
Rocky stopped and turned his face, his eyes narrowed towards the forest.
A figure slowly walked out of the shadows with a grinning face covered in makeup.
"Joker. You are late."
Said Rocky. Joker laughed and shook his head while he eyed the ships.
"Which one is mine? Can I take it for a ride?"
Joker hopped towards one of the Division Captain's ships. His hands touched the cold metal trying to feel something.
"This one is mine. Yours is over there."
But a voice came from the ship's deck. Joker raised his head and saw Lancelot with a bottle of wine in his hand.
"But I like this! Let's trade!"
Joker tried to act cute before Lancelot but due to his makeup and creepy voice all he got was a frown from Lancelot.
"Hehe! Fine! I hate you, Lancelot! Don't ever ask for my help!"
Pouting, Joker stomped his feet and walked to the ship that Lancelot pointed before.
But unfortunately for him, Irish was already commanding her pirates on the deck of that ship.
* * *
"Captain!"
Karen floated in the air while he bowed before Akuma at the town exit.
"Get the ships."
Ordered Akuma. Karen nodded and flew up, his hands waving in the air as multiple ships soon came floating towards him from the other side of the island.
Behind Akuma, his children and Erika were standing. But only Mint will be participating in the war between Devil's Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates.
"Father, where's your weapon?"
Mint walked next to Akuma and asked with a curious face as she held her own spear.
"I don't need one."
Akuma replied with a plain voice. His eyes kept on staring at the falling water hundreds of meters away from the land.
"Okay."
Mint nodded and didn't ask more useless questions. All she knew was that her father had returned back to his prime.
The prime when the whole world feared him for being ruthless and terrifying.
"Father! About big brother Wickโฆ What will you do?"
Jimmy showed a bitter face as he stared at Akuma's back.
"Let him be for now. In time he will understand what is more important. Love or power."
Akuma finally turned back to face them but his face was not showing a least bit of emotion.
He was completely unaffected by others but if someone is to get in his way, only death will be a safe escape for them.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ. ๐๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉโฆ Akuma's eyes changed colors one after another as he stared at his children and Erika.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณโฆ Turning back towards the water, Akuma thought with a calm mind.
To create a devil fruit, Akuma needed money. And he had billions of money to create tens of devil fruits.
But there were strong restrictions in this world, one of which only allowed Akuma to create two devil fruits.
When Maba died, his devil fruit was destroyed too in exchange for a brand new devil fruit meant for Erika.
If there were no such restrictions, Akuma wouldn't have wasted so many years to become what he is now.
The Devil's Contract came next to the edge of the island, waiting for Akuma and Mint to get on.
"Devil's Pirates!"
Akuma's voice, extremely loud and clear to all the pirates on the ships floating in the air.
"We will show the world. What our real strength is! I have waited long enough! From now on! We will give no mercy to anyone! It's either kill, or be killed!"
Shouting, Akuma stepped on the deck of the Devil's Contract followed closely by Mint.
"Yes!!! Kill!"
"Kill! Kill!"
"Fear us!"
All the pirates roared together as the whole sky was filled with their shouts.
The people of the Town of Happiness were silently watching the ships depart.
Were they glad?
Or sad?
Nobody could answer unless they personally ask these people.