Chapter 180 - Chapter 182

Two new-born babies together with their parents inside their darkened down room. Syliva and her emperor husband had for the last four days done nothing that did not involve their newborns. To some degree, it was spooky how different they acted around their children. Amell started looking at every passing male with eyes that could kill them, which caused the Gotei members to make great efforts during work hours to not have to meet their emperor. Same could be said for the commanders of the Gotei. Amell was so unfocused that no matter the issue they presented during meetings, he wouldn't bat an eye to it. Byakuya was sure that even if the world was to end tomorrow by a great war, Amell wouldn't even notice as his intense focus on his family had become everything to him.

"Love, again, I am not complaining about you spending so much time with us, but don't you have duties to uphold? I know you want this world to be safe, but for that to happen, don't you need to do something?" She spoke in the slightest tone of a whisper as to not wake the undisturbed five-year-old boy lying next to her on the bed. Her eyes watched on as Valerie turned her body slightly while making herself comfortable on her father's chest. Amell could not turn his eyes away from the chubby and adorable little face of his daughter. He still pondered on the issue and chose his words carefully before answering her.

"I better master cloning, because I am not leaving the side of my children empty and without a father." He turned to look at Valerius and just at that moment a smile grew on the boy's face, that smile managed to melt the old emperor's heart. "I wasn't present for any of my adult children's first months in the world, and you believe me when I say I won't miss it again."

"I would say, fair enough, but just don't forget how many people depend on you being the emperor you told them you were. I just don't want a few million people rising in rebellion, thinking you have lost your spark." A valid concern in her heart, Sylvia cared for the immediate time greatly, but however one tried not to, concern for future days will forever be present in the hearts of people, strong or weak.

"Not to worry, as long as this heart keeps beating strongly, our future shall be safe!" Not Weakness nor strength was evident in his tone, only confidence. His ability to keep them safe will never dwindle as his body was immortal, and his soul was nigh so.

"The future will reveal itself in time." She rolled over toward Amell and placed her hands under her head, "Amell, if you have to, you have my permission to destroy the world. Just promise that you keep our children safe from harm, all of them. Gildarts, Naruto, Bradley and now these two. Every member of our family, obliterate anyone that would cause us harm." Her sweet smile plastered on her beautiful face framed by her angelic silvery hair didn't match the cruelty in the form of the destructive words that escaped her lips.

"You have my word when I say, your word is my command. All shall know the terror of the Enigmatic emperor."

"There we have him, the man I signed on to spend my life with." The two leaned in and shared a bonding kiss, held together by the red string of fate. They went back to gazing at their children with their adorable sleeping habits.

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In the country of Dressrosa, everything had gotten back to how things were before Amell took over things. Doflamingo sat in his throne with Trebol, Diamante and Pika behind him. Of course, the Gotei commander assigned especially to watch over this place was present as well. Lubbock sat on his throne sized chair beside Doflamingo. In front of them, standing nervously and waiting for review was Caesar Clown, the mad scientist working out from Punk Hazard island. What emotions could be seen on his face? The answer was too many, so many in fact that his expression came out as stoic, when in fact, it was far from being so.

"How goes operation SAD, Caesar?" After several minutes of close observation, the Pink-feathered Warlord began his questioning of the mad scientists progress. To the Gotei, the collaboration between emperor Kaido, Doflamingo and Caesar Clown was well known, but despite knowing about it, Amell didn't stop the production of artificial Devil Fruits. He respected Caesar's intelligence and he was very interested in what the mad scientist could create if he had unlimited funding, which he now had through the Gotei. Of course, what Amell didn't know about was Caesers secret deal with Big Mom, which incidentally was the reason he was so terrified to see a Gotei commander here, he thought they had discovered it.

Caesar took a few moments to pace himself and then answered the man that was essentially the judge for whether he lives or dies this day. He gave a glance at Lubbock who smiled evilly at him, "I-it operates well. I have made fantastic progress in that department, but speaking of it. Are the Gotei taking over, now that Kaido i-is, no more?" For someone like Caesar, this atmosphere was slowly killing him. Doflamingo on his own was terrifying enough, but then you place one of the Gotei's world-famous commanders beside him. Expecting him not to be scared was the same as if you were to ask Ace not to be nervous when standing in front of Whitebeard in a one on one battle.

"Oh, so you haven't heard?" Doflamingo chuckled creepily as he often did before killing someone, which caused Caesar to tense up. "Ginrummy, a previous Headliner for the Beast pirates have been publicly recognized as Kaido's replacement. Her bounty rose to two billion in one night." Caesar took the news with a great degree of shock. His heart was beating fast, not out of fear, but uncertainty. What if this new replacement emperor had no use for his research, what would she do with him then? This one question swirled around inside his mind.

"But not to worry. The Gotei still wants you to continue researching SAD. Instead of Kaido, Ginrummy will now take his place as the one who funds you." Doflamingo spoke the half-truth. Gotei was in charge of it all, but on the surface, you would never find them connected to any of it. Ginrummy would take that role. She was growing stronger every day, and every day she was sparring with Gotei commanders so her strength skyrocketed in a very short period.

"I see, that's good. Is this it then? Can I return to my research? I have quite a lot to do as you can imagine."

"You can, Lubbock's ship will take you back as it took you here. Don't forget to consistently update me on your progress, you have been a little lazy in that department lately." He chuckled loudly and his three top commanders laughed with him to further tense up the atmosphere around them. Lubbock's smile grew wider as the fear inside Caesar grew more evident. "The Gotei can replace you any day of the week. Do not forget that you are expendable, Caesar." His naturally cruel tone and way of speaking to people made his threat the more real to the scientist.

"I will be sure to update you regularly, Sir Lubbock!" With a half-confident salute, Caesar started to awkwardly make his way towards the doors. under the gaze of the many powerful individuals inside this room, moving became just as difficult as breathing underwater without gills.

"I like him!" Diamante said in petty sarcasm when Caesar had finally left the room. Lubbock, gave a small nod, "Not trustworthy in the slightest, I can't imagine what kind of sick experiments he performs inside that lab of his. But, until the captain decides to care to find out, I don't!" He stood up and walked out under the careful watch of Doflamingo.

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