In the back streets of an island located in the West Blue, a figure was standing in a dark back alley with a hooded cloak over their body.
A hand reached into the cloak pulling out a Sea Snail which was making a little noise. "Buru buru buru.. gacha! Hello! I will keep this short since there could be others listening in. It would be best if you went on another mission very soon. Now is not a good time for you lot to be taking greater actions."
The medium length blonde hair was blown outside of the cloaked hood which also showed a small part of their face.
Medea Balmonte stood silently listening to the message before replying. "Hmm.. then how should I proceed going forward?"
Medea had been sweeping through the West Blue freeing many people from poor circumstances and taking down many criminal groups that exploited others or dealt with harmful goods.
Her name was becoming more well known and it was becoming more difficult to move around and keep her identity a secret so she had to move around with more secrecy.
Luckily she had aid from others and the flying ships to help overcome those struggles but there was still the need to be extra cautious once Alyssia had started to take the spotlight.
The flying ships were very useful but they could not make up for any unknown variables that could appear.
If a time came where other big names started to take action to look for Medea and the others then it would eventually cause her actions to be revealed to the public or worse.
Alyssia replied back. "Come to me, I have some things I need you all to do before going off to your next adventure."
The call was ended shortly after and what followed was a final operation where a criminal group was destroyed followed by innocents being saved from their grasp and schemes.
A small number of flying ships made an appearance along with the thunder and lightning which was becoming a more well known symbol of whenever Medea and Ashwin had taken action.
Some time passed since then until the day that they arrived back in the New World once again along with there being some other calls to help arrange some events that would take place in the future.
Back on Zou at the very edge was where the flying ships had stopped temporarily and Alyssia had met up with each of them.
With the addition of their arrival, Bunbun was standing around displaying her usual easygoing nature.
She was fully evolved showing her Sulong appearance of having white fur, hair and red eyes with a taller more grown up build completely removing her past appearance of having some blonde patches on her shite fur, her blonde hair and her blue eyes.
She looked towards Alyssia who had come forward but continued to lean with her back against the Ark Maxim wearing a crop top and shorts which revealed a lot of her legs, midriff and arms. "Aly! So what do you have planned for us this time?"
Ashwin was sitting higher up on the ramp leading onto the Ark Maxim, he had grown a little taller and more muscular while his mohawk cut and styled dreads were tied up a little at the back. "Hey."
Medea was located a little higher looking over the side down towards Alyssia who was approaching but quickly disappeared from her position before reappearing by Bunbun.
Seeing them all gathered, Alyssia turned to Bunbun. "Did you bring what I asked for?"
Bunbun revealed a relaxed smile as she spoke. "Of course I did! Bring them out!"
Just a moment after Bunbun had spoke, several small angelic Automata began to emerge carrying a figure down from the Ark Maxim.
They were covered in several layers of restraints and looked fast asleep as if nothing would wake them from their slumber.
Alyssia smiled in response. "You did a good job. I have gathered all of you here today so that I can provide you all with a new task and to help provide a way for you all to lay low for the time being."
Medea frowned. "Why is that?"
Alyssia started to explain. "As I have told you before, Blackbeard and his group are still on the hunt for Devil Fruit users and your recent activities have made you quite a few enemies so you will need to lie low for now.
Since I have been appointed as a Warlord, more eyes are on me than ever before and I cannot let your current activities affect my current relationship with the current Warlords and those I am allied with right now."
There were many future plans that needed to begin taking place so she did not need to worry about the activities of Medea and Ashwin affecting everything.
The more that Medea messed with the criminal underworld and so many of those that were involved in illegal dealings, the more likely that they would begin to step on the toes of those higher up which were heavily involved in those industries.
It was likely that some World Government higher ups had a hand in some parts of the criminal underworld but among those he knew for sure that were involved, there was the Donquixote Family.
Joker was dealing in weapons trade and many other areas so he was a very likely person to get on the wrong side of if Medea continued her current activities.
He was just among many that Alyssia did not wish to start a war with unless she had already set her sights on them with proper planning.
The figure was dropped at Alyssia's feet before being carried by her towards Ashwin leading them into a more shaded area.
Upon emerging again, Ashwin had some areas of his clothes covered in blood and he was busy trying to detect the changes in his body.
It took some time until his hand started to become transparent which showed that the person taken away earlier was Shiryu of the Blackbeard Pirates who had been captured earlier. "Hmm.. this should be useful."
Alyssia considered who would best suit such a power then remembered Ashwin who made use of many of his inventions to aid him in combat and mobility.
Anything touched by the power user would become invisible too so it was the perfect choice of Devil Fruit power to give Ashwin.
The body of Shiryu was planned to be handed over to the Marines once Alyssia had collected enough samples of is body which had already been done earlier so all that was left after extracting his power was to collect on his bounty.
Bunbun was the first to move the topic back to the main point. "So what do you want us to do Aly?"
Alyssia showed a small smile before pointing upwards. "You three can go on another adventure up there. The last adventure was productive but there is still much to explore and discover."
Bunbun looked a little more excited towards the idea of going out to space again but then remembered her previous blunder.
Her excitement washed away and then she looked towards Alyssia with a serious and determined look on her face. "I will not mess up this time."
Alyssia was feeling slightly reassured. "I trust in all of your abilities so prepare what you need before taking off."