Zoro looked at the departing ship as it left the island while a pink haired ghost girl levitated above him.
Perona asked. "What is wrong with you?"
Zoro had a determined look on his face as he spoke. "The world is much bigger than I had thought, so there are people like that which exist in the world and not many know about it. It is scary to think about but it is also a strong motivation to make myself stronger."
Perona snorted as she replied. "Hurry back to the castle and do not get caught up in a fight with those animals again. Do not get lost.. I do not want to have to go looking for you again."
As she disappeared, Zoro wandered lost around the forest area and got caught up in another battle but he found that his opponents had become much more skilful after they had learnt from Alyssia and her crew.
Meanwhile within the castle, Mihawk held a glass of wine in his hand and took a sip of it slowly. "Many new talents are appearing in the world and soon my time and era will fade away into the past.. but I still have to try my best to remain at the top until the day that I can step down and retire."
He was still not past his prime and in his early forties so he did not feel like stepping down and going into hiding just yet so he felt reinvigorated from the pressure that had been put on him by the new generation of people in the world that were appearing one after another.
After finishing his wine, he then went back to his own training as he took it more seriously than before.
A little later, Zoro came back wounded once again so Perona was busy treating his wounds.
As the journey of the MMA continued, it eventually arrived at Sabaody Archipelagos where it docked for a little while as preparations were being made for the ships coating to be prepared for their underwater journey.
However before that, Alyssia made her way towards the grove where the Thousand Sunny was docked and she found a beaten up and slightly damaged Kuma sitting there. "How pitiful.. so this is what you have become."
Kuma scanned her for a moment and then identified her. "Alyssia Lucine."
Alyssia smiled as she had passed by Kuma who sat there with K1 in her arms and she set K1 down behind him. "Get to work."
"Yes master!" K1 suddenly moved closer to Kuma who remained unresponsive as if he was not alert to any kind of attack after he had recognised Alyssia.
His system settings which had been programmed by Vegapunk had kept him from seeing Alyssia as hostile and even made him let her get close enough with K1 in her arms before placing it down.
Suddenly a piece of metal came from K1's body and pierced into the open wound on Kuma's back. "Uploading secret file and new programs.. progress.. almost complete..new memory package.. almost complete.. beep! Congratulations! The program is dormant within the system and will awaken when the conditions are met."
The memory and files that had been prepared as part of Kuma's memory and new directives were implanted into Kuma's system after it had been hacked into by K1.
The information that had been implanted would remain hidden and dormant within him for a very long time until several conditions were met and only then would he be anything close to the original Kuma that he was before and not just a tool to follow orders.
As the piece of metal had been removed, K1 returned to her side and then she carried it back to the MMA as they set sail once again on one final trip before leaving the New World.
After travelling across the Calm Belt, the females of the crew had accompanied her to Amazon Lily where she appeared inside the colosseum fighting grounds. "I have returned! This time I wish to fight your strongest warriors! Even if it is your empress!"
Sunila watched her display and facepalmed. "I knew this would happen.. I really do not know who I should be rooting for though."
Yvie shrugged. "You can cheer for your empress but I will always support Alyssia. Hmph."
Tristan laughed. "I think she just likes to create a scene and draw attention to herself. This is nothing new but it should be fun to watch her fight one final time."
Many different types of Haki confrontations happened one after another as she matched her opponents that came forward to fight until she was met with tougher opponents like the two sisters of Boa Hancock.
Much like against Luffy, they displayed the ability to predict her moves before she attacked so during their confrontation, she held back most of her physical abilities as she increased her overall concentration.
As they snake danced and tried to evade her kicks in their Zoan forms but that only helped to increase her efforts and concentration as her Observation Haki experienced the biggest growth.
A tail came at her stomach coated in Haki and she took a step to the side and grabbed onto it and spun around as she spun the large snake like body into the other sister.
While dealing with their individual abilities, she was able to stay safe and avoid being poisoned or restricted by them until she finally was able to land many hits on their body and wear them down as her Haki improved again.
As she won, she sat in place in the middle of the arena with many different types of fruits in her hand as she replenished any lost energy until Boa Hancock arrived in the arena.
Alyssia stood opposite her and silently cleansed her mind as she calmed her mind and cut off her emotions as she entered a complete battle state. 'Do not be swayed by her beauty, even if I do not like women.. she is dangerous. Hu…'
She then bowed calmly as she greeted the opponent opposite herself seriously. "I look forward to the battle!"
Boa Hancock then struck her favourite pose as she looked down upon Alyssia. "Prepare to be beaten by this empress!"