Akuma stared at Hawkins, his eyes glowed in many different colors as then it stopped in green.
"Let's go…"
Turning around, Akuma said. Joker released the chains and put his hands inside his pockets as he followed behind Akuma.
Lancelot glanced at Hawkins but didn't do anything. Beauty also stayed quiet the entire time.
"Can I join the Devil's Pirates?!"
Just before Akuma stepped on the front entrance, Hawkins asked hurriedly.
It was his chance and Hawkins didn't want to let it go as Akuma was definitely not just anyone.
A force almost equal to the Marines, that is the Devil's Pirates, what more was to be added other than this fact.
After Whitebeard's death, the title of "Strongest Man in the World" undeniably belonged to Akuma.
No, it more or less belonged to him from the very beginning.
"Of course."
Hearing Akuma's words, Hawkins showed a smile on his face. Working under the Devil himself, it was like a dream.
Akuma resumed walking, this time together with Lancelot, Beauty and Joker, Hawkins also was present.
* * *
Marine Headquarters___
Inside the Fleet Admiral office, Sengoku was adjusting the files in order when with a loud noise the door opened.
"You! Knock before you enter or I will punish you personally!"
Sengoku shouted with anger filled in his voice but seeing the condition the officer was in, he stopped.
"Fleet Admiral! It's the Devil! He has come to Sabaody! The marine base near Sabaody has requested an Admiral for help!"
The officers gasped for breath while he held his chest tightly, his entire face was red like tomato.
Bam!
"Damn Devil! Why the hell is he in the first half of GrandLine? Bastard!"
Sengoku roared furiously, he immediately picked the den den mushi on the table to make a call.
"Hello, Kizaru! Immediately rush to Sabaody! Take Kuzan with you as well! It's the Devil! Hurry!"
In his voice was desperation. Sengoku ended the call with a heavy face. He slammed the table once again.
"It hasn't been long since the meeting with the five elders about the Devil but he has already moved. You, inform Sakazuki to be on standby."
Sengoku pointed towards the officers as he ordered. The officer gave a salute and rushed out of the office.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥? 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳… Sengoku sat down on his seat and pondered.
"And about that person, she still hasn't shown the reaction we are expecting. Vegapunk should hurry and come with a solution as soon as possible."
* * *
Sabaody___
Akuma looked at the people around the streets, many food and dress stalls were temporarily fixed on the sides.
"Hot and delicious pancakes!"
"A beautiful dress for a princess like you! Madam!"
"Buy once! Come back again! Fried Octopus!"
Sometimes Akuma felt really good seeing no one recognize him in the crowd.
Lancelot, Beauty, Joker and Hawkins were at some distance with their faces hidden from the people.
"Uncle! Please help me! My father is sick and needs medicines! Please spare me some money!"
A little girl around 6 years came stumbling to Akuma's feet and grabbed his legs.
"Little girl, I don't have money on me but this should be enough to save your father."
Akuma crouched down and pulled out a small pack from his pocket. The contents were unknown but the little girl held it dear to her chest.
"Thank you! Thank you so much, uncle!"
In the little girl's eyes, Akuma came like a stranger and turned into an actual angel.
Even though his eyes were red in color, the little girl didn't appear frightened by it.
"Go, feed it to your father and he will stand up to play with you again."
Akuma placed his hand on the little girl's head and petted it. His hand palm was enough to cover her entire head.
"Thank you! Bye, good uncle!"
The little girl with trances of tears in her eyes waved her tiny hand and rushed towards her home.
Standing up straight, Akuma gazed at the tiny figure of the little girl with his fiery red eyes.
A smile creeped out on his face but he immediately wiped it off to hide from the people around him.
"Captain, that is the restaurant. Capone Bege, Eustass Kid, X Drake, Scratchmen Apoo and Killer. They all should be inside if the information I got is right."
From behind, Hawkins whispered to Akuma quietly so no other person could hear it.
"There?"
Moving his eyes from the street, Akuma looked towards the restaurant surrounded by tens of pirates.
"You all stay outside. I will finish it quickly."
Saying so, Akuma walked towards the restaurant with heavy footsteps.
Hawkins saw the pirates outside try to stop Akuma from entering but suddenly all of them were knocked out.
𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘬𝘪… Hawkins already knew the fact that Akuma was one of the strongest haki users in the entire world.
Hawkins pulled out a deck of cards from his pocket which was deep blue in color having weird designs on one side.
His eyes turned purple as the deck of cards floated in the air around him slowly.
Lancelot and Beauty approached Hawkins from the side with curious looks.
"What are you doing?"
Asked Beauty, she tried to touched one card with her finger but distanced itself from her.
"Finding the possibilities of those pirates inside the restaurant defeating captain."
Said Hawkins. Lancelot scratched his chin and looked at Hawkins with an understanding look.
"So, how much is it?"
Asked Beauty with a smile. Of course she knew the answer from the very start.
Hawkins stopped as he finally found the percent of possibilities of the fight breaking out inside the restaurant.
Or more specifically, slaughter.
"... 2%, which would be if captain wanted to lose."
Hawkins had never in his entire life seen such a small percentage in a fight. It's like a newborn baby was trying to fight a grown bear.
Outcome, the bear would rip apart the baby and eat it within a few minutes.
"One can't conquer the world without having such powers like our captain. Accept it."
Beauty smiled at Hawkins, she didn't have to hide her face as she didn't have a bounty on her head yet.
Most probably because she doesn't leave the ship. Her only job is to treat the injured and wounded.
Boom!
A loud explosion erupted from inside the restaurant. Half the roof was blasted off as a figure landed on the ground heavily from there.
"Cough! Ahge!"
He vomited a lot of blood. His veins visible through his skin, his eyes completely red due to the pain.
"Fuck! Ahge!"
It was Eustass Kid, a notorious pirate from South Blue and the captain of the Kid Pirates.
Both his hands were broken into an angle which scared the people in the streets.
Boom!
Another explosion came as the entrance of the restaurant together with the thick wall was cracked open.
A headless body rolled on the ground as blood continued to flow out from the neck.
This dead body or corpse, belonged to the captain of the Drake Pirates, X Drake.
Dong!
A metallic sound rang inside the restaurant, it was extremely loud and clear. A figure with long arms rushed out of the destroyed wall.
Blood was flowing out of his mouth. This person is Scratchmen Apoo, the captain of the On Air Pirates.
"Damn it! I will kill you, fucking Devil!"
Apoo held his chest and ran for his life but a shadow made him stop.
In front of him stood the tall figure of Akuma with an indifferent look on his face, his eyes carried almost no emotions.
Sweats mixed with blood dropped down from his forehead to his cheeks as his eyes stared at Akuma.
"I-I surren-!"
But before Apoo could finish his sentence, Akuma grabbed his neck and lifted him up in the air single handed.
Crack.
Applying a terrifying amount of strength on the grip, Akuma killed Apoo without any second wasting.
"Bastard! Motherfucker! I will kill you! Kill you for what you did to Killer!"
Kid glared at Akuma and shouted loudly. He wanted to tear Akuma into pieces because of what had happened.
Before, the first person to die in Akuma's hands inside the restaurant was his crew's vice captain, Killer.
"Try."
Akuma stepped right next to Kid and stood. He lowered his head and looked down at Kid with no sympathy.
Raising his foot, Akuma positioned it over Kid's head to crush his skull.
"Any last words?"
Asked Akuma. Kid roared angrily as tens of metal objects from all around were attracted towards him at crazy speed.
But unfortunately, Kid was weak.
Crush!
The huge foot stomped down and crushed the skull. Brain matters with different fluids splashed.
It didn't even take an hour for 5 of the worst generation pirates to get killed by Akuma.
This was a display of power worthy for a force strong enough to make the World Government fear.