Chapter 179 - Chapter 181

Amell and Sylvia stood outside the Zero division headquarters building on top his floating island. He was holding onto Valerie and his wife was feeding Valerius while seven scary-looking pirates surrounded her. This was her protection detail, and even up here where no one would ever be able to hurt her they still took it extremely seriously. They would not let anyone near her, only Amell was allowed to see her, if anyone else tried, they would attack them without mercy. This was proven true when Rick, one of the inner circle members tried to approach her to look at the baby and they immediately tried to kill him. "Amell, Love, has that boy started his journey yet?" She looked away from her son and looked up at her husband.

"Of whom do you speak?" Amell played with Valerie. She was biting his finger or tried to at least, but his finger was almost bigger than her head so she tried and tried, but couldn't even grip it properly. If he paid attention to his wife he would know of whom she was talking about, but he couldn't stop staring at his daughter.

"That boy you said Shanks took an interest in. ahh... Ace's brother, right?" Sylvia only ever half-listened whenever Amell talked about pirates and Marines and the like, so she knew some names but had no idea of how they all related to each other.

"Oh, Luffy, you mean? That boy, yes, according to reports he left his home island quite some time ago. Right now, all I care about is this little angel, I couldn't care less about that boy." Amell's opinion on Luffy wasn't negative or anything, but with his daughter and son now born, Luffy was the last thing on his mind.

"You told me that you promised Ace to protect Luffy. Are you going back on your word?" Sylvia had never seen Amell ever go back on his word, so she was genuinely surprised if he had truly done that, and to family no less.

"No, I haven't, I would never. You simply underestimate how powerful I am. Through the wind, heat, water and the earth, I can observe any location on this planet. I could summon a devastating tornado on Big Mom's archipelago if I wanted to. I always have one eye on Luffy, so if he happens to be in trouble, I can be there anytime. I just don't want him knowing an emperor is watching over him, and if he is anything like Ace, he would likely get angry about the fact that someone is interfering in his fights."

"I see, he sounds like an interesting boy." Sylvia covered up her breast as Valeriu was done with his meal. She looked at her husband, "What about Ace? Have you heard anything?"

"What's the sudden interest in those brothers? You usually never care!" Amell turned around and met her gaze. "Would you like to meet them?" He asked calmly.

"Someday, maybe. I think they sound interesting. And if your student, the strongest pirate alive find one of those brothers fascinating, wouldn't you like to know why?"

"I suppose so. I can't say I see what Shanks sees. I admit that Ace and Luffy both are very special, and most likely, with some proper training, they could probably surpass Shanks pretty fast. But Shanks sees something in Luffy beyond his genius-level fighting prowess, and that, dear wife, I do not know what that is."

"Guess you would need to look him in the eye to know more. I have never seen anyone you couldn't see through." Sylvia said while waving over one of her guards, "Can you fetch me some water, please," She smiled at him and the pirate nodded seriously and walked away to finish the task.

"That's because I can read minds. Mine and Luffy's meeting is coming, I can feel it. I have no reason to rush it. For now, I will enjoy the time with my family." He stroked Valerie on the cheek and watched as his daughter yawned and her tiny little adorable eyes closed.

"That makes me happy to hear." Sylvia saw her guard come back with a fancy-looking glass filled with sparkling water. "Thank you, Lou!" She said and bowed to the man. He nodded seriously and said, "No need to bow your head in front of me, Ma'am! This is my duty, and I'm more than happy to do it." He went back into formation with the other six pirates.

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In another part of the world, or more specifically, in the New World on a very specific island, Bradley stood with his hands behind his back. His current mission was of the killing kind. This island was famous for one thing, and one thing only. That was its slave auction. The slaves you could by here rivalled the ones sold on Sabaody. He was currently standing on top the auction house when suddenly its doors flew open and a large party of people walked out. All of them were dressed in fancy-looking suits with one very special individual riding on a human male slave in the middle of the group.

Bradley observed the party leaving the auction house and making their way down the cobblestone street. He drew a breath and his body faded away, leaving a slight afterimage for a single moment. Down on the street, the man riding on the slave was laughing while whipping the man walking on all fours like a dog. The more he laughed, the harder the whip came down on the slave beneath. This was until suddenly everything stopped, the people on the streets stood frozen, the guards around this man all had stopped moving. The slave had stopped moving, the only person in motion was the man on top, and of course, Bradley that had at some point appeared right in front of the slave and his master.

"Good day, Saint Jalmack. My name is Portgas D Bradley and I am here to liberate you of your life." Bradley performed a slight bow and observed how the confusion on Jalmack's face turned into anger. "Take my life? How DARE YOU! Who are YOU to come here and say such things? If you so much as touch me, an Admiral will be sent to hunt you down!!" Jalmack screamed at Bradley and the spit swelling over inside his mouth found its way out and covered the slave in spit.

"Hahaha, Saint Jalmack, I am an Admiral!" Bradely appeared on the back of the slave and grabbed ahold of Jalmack's throat. "Say goodbye to your miserable existence!" Bradley's words were the last things Jalmack would ever hear in his life as Admiral Bradley squeezed the life out of the Celestial Dragon. He saw the life inside Jalmack's eyes leave and he nodded to himself when he confirmed that the man had died. "Part one, clear. Now, to finish part two." He raised his eyepatch as his Sharingan started rotating. [Mortal Magic: Puppeteer Of The Living Dead] Bradley's eerie voice sounded out as green ghostly mist appeared from the hand squeezing Jackman's throat. The mist seeped into the dead World Noble and soon after, Jackman started moving his fingers.

"Excellent! The magic worked better than expected." Bradley disappeared and reappeared on top the roof of the auction house. "Albeit stopping time is slightly more exhausting than anticipated." He deactivated his time magic and everyone started moving again as if nothing had ever happened. jackman was acting just like before, whipping the slave and laughing while doing so. But if you focused in real close on his eyes, you could see that those eyes weren't entirely alive. "You are playing Father's game now. How long can you last, Im?" Bradley said as he faded out from reality.

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