Chapter 125 (1/2)

Grandline, New World

Thunder was cracking up in the dark grey skies while rain was pouring down onto the earth, as if the heavens aimed to refill the oceans. Amidst the downpour the armada of Kaidou and BigMom sailed towards the marine headquarters, all the while navigating through the towering waves that made the giant pirate sh.i.p.s of the two yonko look like toys in comparison. Even though two of the strongest beings on the planet resided on those sh.i.p.s any sane man would have discovered, at the sight the armada portrayed amidst the storm and raging waves, that only one force truly reigned supreme on the planet, namely nature.

While the respective crews on these sh.i.p.s struggled with the winds blasting into the sails, straining the ropes to their limits in the process, and under shouted orders from the officers climbed the masts or pulled the sails tighter in accord the two leaders of the armada barely took notice of their crews struggles as they sat inside the dry and warm cabin belonging to Kaidou where they both were drinking away the boredom they each felt.

It had been a long time since the both of them had really been challenged and not having a suitable opponent took a lot of excitement out of their lives as pirates, which was a big downside of being a yonko if there ever was one. Of course the two could always fight each other but they had done so way too often in the past that they were unable to ignite the flame of excitement in each other when they stood face to face on the battlefield.

Thus they had made the decision to go to war with the marines. Still, this was not the only objective BigMom was aiming for with this war. Yes, the part about the excitement held true for Kaidou but BigMom still had some more ambition left simmering in her core. Namely the throne. She wanted to be the queen of the pirates and through the war she hoped to find some more information on the ryu-p.o.r.neglyphs inside the marine headquarters. After all, these old foxes had held Gol D. Roger captive for quite some time so the idea that they knew more than they let on wasn't completely fabricated out of thin air. And if the war managed to increase her forces some more in the process, so be it…

”Mamamama, this stuff is gooood! Where did you get it again?” The giant woman asked with a slur and slightly red tinged cheeks across the swaying cabin where the huge body of Kaidou laid, his head put onto a nearby bed while the rest of his body was sprawled across the planks down below.

”Don' remember… Somewhere north or so…” Kaidou reply with a slight hick at the end. With a groan that spoke of his boredom Kaidou slowly rose to his feet while he held his pounding head with one hand. ”Ugh, this sake is shit! I'll go get myself something else somewhere…” and with those words made to stumble out of the room.

Meanwhile BigMom had a slight frown on her face after she had heard Kaidou's words. She was by no means an expert when it came to sake, as she preferred sweets more for that matter, but she liked the sake and made to voice her opinion out loud when she realised in her half drunken state that her drinking buddy and former crewmate had already stumbled out of the cabin. With a toothy grin on her face at the prospect of now having more for herself BigMom drowned herself in the swaths of liquor until she fell asleep from all the alcohol she had consumed.

Kaidou meanwhile stepped out of the cabin and into the roaring winds that whipped cold needles of water onto his body, and yet didn't do anything to him as would have been normal for any kind of human being when pelted with nearly ice-cold needles of rain.

At the sight of their captain some of the pirates saluted before bustling back to work, though Kaidou didn't really care for those worms that had joined him later when he had already been an emperor. Only those that been with him all the way held his respect, to some degree, and not those greenhorns that had only joined him after he had become the strongest being alive.

With a stumble the drunk monster of a man walked over towards the railing where he stood only for a second until he jumped over it. At first his crew thought their captain was trying to kill himself again but were soon relieved when the form of the slim dragon appeared from behind the railing and took of towards the horizon, only one thought in mind. To find amus.e.m.e.nt and sake…

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Grandline, Paradise

Contrary to the storm that was currently raging over the new world the weather in Paradise was rather calm and peaceful. Under playful winds the liberated Revery slowly but surely pushed onwards, the occasional bout of saltwater spraying over the railing and with it ripped the man at the rudder out of his state of semi consciousness as he was falling asleep rather often at such calm winds.

With his legs slightly hanging over the railing Azul was lazily reclining besides the rudder, a half eaten piece of meat in his left hand all the while. Not far away from him sat Robin with a book in her hands, reading in silence without so much as a glance from time to time at their course whenever Azul had fallen asleep once again after watching the clouds drift about in the skies.

After another bout of water, this one being a little bit bigger in size Azul groggily opened his eyes and moved out of his way too comfortable position in order not to fall asleep again. Just when he was about to continue eating his already cold piece of meat the transpondersnail they kept down in the cabin rang with its usual puru-puru sounds.