Wide-eyed, Vivi thought she was going to have a heart attack, while she was almost certain she had seen her own death. However, feeling no pain, the former princess lowered her gaze towards Fosha's dagger, which had pierced her without causing the slightest harm.

" That ... ? "

Continuing to smile mockingly, Fosha drew back her weapon, which was now devoid of any blades.

"If I had fun killing you here, with so many witnesses, I risk getting killed by the Cipher Pol! A member of CP9 must always kill discreetly."

Stunned, Vivi said nothing, as she only looked at Fosha's dagger. Simply being an item fit for a magician, the weapon's blade was made of plastic and was retractable. Fosha could never have killed anyone with that toy.

"What?" Vivi wondered.

"I loved seeing your face." Fosha said. "I really thought you were going to pass out.

"You...you're just a weirdo." Vivi roared.

Still, taking a few seconds to calm down, she eventually took a step back as she asked.

"What do you want from me? Have you come back to take Robin back? Don't you understand anything? Robin has no desire to join the Cipher Pol."

"I know that." Fosha affirmed. "But that in no way means that I have forgotten my hatred that I have against you."

"So you really came here to kill me."

"That was my intention." Fosha affirmed. "But I finally persuaded myself to give it up."

" Why ? "

"Simply because Coro-chan wants you to become the person who can protect her."

" Huh ? "

Thinking back to Vivi's own words, when Fosha had been defeated, she declared.

"You were right, when you said the fact that we lost against you, because we were weaker! That pissed me off, and I wanted to prove you wrong by massacring you! And honestly, you yourself can say that I could kill you, now that you no longer have your shells with you.

"So why don't you try?"

"If I lost to you, that means I'm weak." Fosha said. "In this world, many criminals would like to benefit from Coro-chan's knowledge to be able to obtain secrets that the world government wishes to keep quiet! It was to protect her from these people that I wanted Coro-chan to join the Cipher Pol! And yet, you managed to defeat us! Which proves that Coro-chan has a better chance of being protected by staying with you than by coming with me."

Seeming frustrated by her own words, Fosha growled.

"Coro-chan... she doesn't seem to want to be my friend anymore! And to be honest, I almost hated her when I saw her leave with you! I told myself that she had changed and that She had become a bad person Yet..."

Thinking back to when Robin and Fosha lived in Ohara, Fosha declared.

"She hasn't changed! She's still the nice person who just wants to learn the history of this world! Which means..."

Then thinking about her years of training, as well as the murders she had committed in the name of the government, Fosha declared.

"That means I might be the one who changed! Hating Coro-chan for that would be ridiculous."

Not knowing what to say, Vivi saw Fosha staring at her, while growling.

"Don't take your dreams for reality! For now, Coro-chan is safe staying with you! However, I don't forget that you are pirates! As soon as I am strong enough for that, I will come back towards her to save her! Until then, you better take care of her."

Then, grabbing Vivi's collar, Fosha said a speech, which bore an uncanny resemblance to the words Pell had spoken to Robin.

"If Coro-chan ever gets hurt or dies because of you, know that I will hunt you down to the other side of the world to kill you."

Then, letting go of Vivi, Fosha finally leaves.

" W ... WAIT !"

Reaching out a hand towards her, Vivi stated.

"Robin...at the end of our fight, when we almost fell into the water, she saved us both! Fosha, if she saved you from drowning, it's because she didn't Don't consider yourself his enemy.

Then, hesitantly, the former princess declared.

"If you want to save Robin… why not do it by coming with us?"

"WHAT?" Fosha roared, turning towards her. "Do you want me to become a pirate? I hope it's a joke."

"I admit that I can't understand myself." Vivi confessed. "But for me, you are just a puppet! You are a victim of the world government who used you, after having destroyed your island! Why trust it? "

"Shut up! You don't know anything about me! I'm a hybrid! When I was a child, I was abandoned by my parents! And to humans and fishmen, I was nothing more than a monster! Apart from Robin, no one wanted me.

Then, remembering her meeting with Edmond, when the man had not hesitated to make her his new disciple, she declared.

"For the first time in my life, I was allowed to have a father! The world government gave me a family...so how could I betray them? Even if some of the things I do are wrong , I know undeniably that justice is still present Because if the world government would not be there, the population would be threatened by pirates all the time!

"Yes, the world government is fighting pirates." Vivi agreed. "And that is a good thing! However, there are actions they do that disgust me! I never asked for this organization to disappear! What I want is for people to who command give way to people who know what true justice is.

"Tssss! Because you think someone like you could do this job better than the Gorosei?"

"I'm sure of it." Vivi affirmed.

Hearing this, Fosha laughed.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Are you really wondering why I consider you a stupid princess? Honestly, it's pathetic to hear a criminal like you say such words."

Finally, she preferred to leave rather than continue talking with Vivi.

"Just worry about protecting Coro-chan until I come back to kill you."

Seeing her leave, Vivi wondered if she should stop her. However, hearing another explosion coming from the city center, she finally decided to join Luffy and the others.

Continuing to stare at Luffy's bloodied body, Edmond still held him by his head.

"Honestly, when I heard that you had defeated Lucci, I really thought I could expect you to be a challenge for me! However, you are just another pirate! One wonders if the world government has not overestimated the power of CP9.

Then, covering his arm with his haki, he struck Luffy's abdomen. Unable to cough up blood, Luffy allowed himself to be hit several times, while Edmond growled.

"Damn it! Are you really Garp's grandson? Anything! I refuse to believe that a pretentious and weak pirate like you could be related to him."

However, as he was about to hit Luffy again, Edmond stopped when he saw the pirate's look. Having lost consciousness, Luffy's eyes were completely white. However, Edmond had the strange sensation of seeing him staring at him and even challenging him with his gaze.

" Huh ? "

Then, suddenly, an invisible force coming from Luffy hit him and made his arm tremble. Stunned, Edmond felt a fear within him that he had only felt a few times in his life.

"The power of kings." He stated, knowing that it was Luffy who had just started this. "So, you are destined to lead a country."

Continuing to stare at Luffy, the old man asked.

"What do you know about our lineage? What do you know about our past? What do you know about the letter 'D'?"

Unable to answer him, Luffy seemed to continue to challenge him with his gaze. Heaving a sigh, Edmond prepared to hit him again. Nevertheless, he groaned in pain.

Having suddenly opened his mouth, Luffy had just bitten him on the hand.

"ASSHOLE!" Edmond roared, throwing him against the ground.

Seeming to have been awakened by the impact, Luffy groaned in pain as he struggled to sit up. For his part, grunting as he shook his hand, Edmond noticed that a trickle of blood had appeared where Luffy had bitten him.

"Finally, you managed to make me bleed! Congratulations! Instead of being a simple insect, maybe you can pretend to be as dangerous as a chihuahua."

Managing to get to his feet, Luffy muttered.

"You… You won't touch my friends."

"Oh? Even given your state, do you allow yourself to give me orders?" Edmond questioned him.

Then, preferring to ignore him, the old man decided to walk towards the party location.

"Like I said, I'm not interested in you! So if you have even the slightest ounce of intelligence, take advantage of me to go capture Nico Robin and get off this island! I won't do anything to stop you."

However, when he really intended to leave without finishing off Luffy, Edmond felt a hand grab his arm.

"Huh?" the man wondered, turning around.

Letting out a cry of rage, Luffy closed his fist, before directing it towards his face? widening his eyes, Edmond saw Luffy's fist turn black, before hitting his cheek.

" Busoshoku ? "

Taking a step back, Edmond managed to stay standing, even if Luffy's fist continued to crush his cheek. Struggling to stay conscious Luffy made strange noises, while his breathing was heavy.

Finally, unable to remain standing, he fell to his knees, in front of the uninjured body of his opponent. However, instead of looking at him with anger, Edmond declared.

"This time, you managed to convince me that you had the same blood as Garp in your veins."

Unfortunately, Luffy coughed up blood, when Edmond's foot slammed into his abdomen, before sending him flying until he slammed into a wall. Groaning, Luffy then felt himself falling forward, before collapsing to the ground.

Then walking towards him, Edmond declared.

"Mugiwara...if you want to save Nico Robin, I hope you understood the lesson I just gave you."

Grabbing Luffy's head again, the old man took advantage of the fact that the pirate was still conscious to tell him.

"Where you want to go, the New World, it is the people who have the same power as you who are massacred by the Yonkos! Certainly, you have sufficient power to reign over a Grand Line island! But what concerns becoming the king of pirates, know that the Navy will have no trouble stopping you before you can reach Raftel.

Only able to breathe with difficulty, Luffy heard him continue.

"I don't care whether you become king of the pirates or not! What matters to me is that you understand that a man like you is too weak to protect Nico Robin and allow her to discover the secrets of the Void Century ! Because of your weakling, she will get killed! So, if you want to prevent this, here is my one and only advice ! Become stronger. Stronger than the Yonkos ! Stronger than the Navy ! Stronger than me. "

Then, he crushed Luffy's face against the ground before leaving. But, instead of heading back towards the party location, Edmond went in the opposite direction and went to where his boat was.

And it was only seconds later that Zoro and the others arrived, to find Luffy's bloodied body.

" LUFFY ! "

Walking through the deserted streets of Water-7, Edmond decided to leave the island. However, hearing his den-den mushi, he decided to stop.

" Mushi, mushi ? "

"Edmond…what does that mean?"

Recognizing this voice which he considered annoying, Edmond wanted to sigh and hang up. However, knowing that he had to make his report, he thought it best not to further annoy the senior leaders of the world government: the Gorosei.

"What do you want?" He asked, in an annoyed tone.

"We have just been informed by Cipher Pol of the proposal you made with Nico Robin! Did you really promise her to join CP0? And you dared to claim to have our authorization? Is this a joke? "

Picking his ear, Edmond declared.

"It seemed like a good idea to me! Having Nico Robin among us would have given us access to all this knowledge! And I imagine that in a year or two, with our help, she would have been able to find all of the poneglyphs found in this world.

"You're just an unconscious person! Do you realize your stupidity? We can never afford to let her find and translate all the poneglyphs! What would you have done if she had managed to escape or transmit all their secrets to someone? That's a risk we refuse to take."

"Tssss! Don't make me laugh." Edmond growled. "In recent years, scientists around the world have begun to take an interest in poneglyphs, and in fifty years, they have managed to gather more information than in the previous seven centuries! Considering the situation, it is obvious that the world will eventually discover the secrets that the poneglyphs hold! The only solution to avoid this is to find them all and destroy them.

"Don't talk nonsense! For nearly 800 years, the world government has managed to prevent anyone from knowing any information about the Void Century! I don't see why this couldn't continue."

Smiling mockingly, Edmond retorted.

"Are you forgetting this man? In this world, there is a man who arrived in this world 900 years ago! This person lived through the events of the Void Century and today he is the main enemy of the world government in cause of this."

Continuing to smile, Edmond asked.

"For the moment, he's keeping quiet! But what will you do if Zarax ever decides to tell someone about his past?"

"Shut up! What are you talking to us like that? Edmond, for years, we have decided to ignore your shameful actions because of your heroic acts, which helped save the reputation of the government world! But what you did deserves the death penalty. "

This time the old man laughed.

"Don't make me laugh! You know as well as I do that you can't do anything to me! Quite simply because Zarax considers me his friend."

Immediately, the person he was speaking to stopped speaking and, wanting to take advantage of this, Edmond declared.

"It's surprising, isn't it? When Zarax was going to destroy the world government, I was destined to kill him! However, after fighting almost to the death, we ended up sympathizing before establishing a non-aggression pact! It is this pact which is the only reason why Zarax stopped his massacres while conditions were established and one of its conditions is that this pact will end when one of us will die."

Starting to laugh, Edmond continued to make fun of the Gorosei.

"The reason you want to gather the Ancient Weapons at all costs is to ensure you have a power capable of rivaling that of this man, right? Unfortunately for you, until you find These weapons, you won't be able to do anything to me! Quite simply because killing me would mean giving Zarax the authorization to destroy the world government! And today, given my old age, I am unfortunately forced to admit that! I no longer have the power to stop him, even if I wanted to! Currently, you have no way to compete with him."

Finally, he declared.

"You're just a bunch of old crooks just fit to be put in the hospital! People think you're gods, but you're just the Tenryubitos' lapdogs! However, if you have an ounce of intelligence, you must start by making them understand to what extent Zarax has an intense hatred against them! The day the war resumes, be sure that the next genocide that Zarax will commit will take place in Mary Geoise.

Then he hung up.

Finally, arriving in front of his boat, the old man saw Fosha waiting for him.

"Edmond-san." Fosha greeted him, saluting him.

Immediately, just like Garp would have with Luffy, Edmond punched Fosha.

"Hey, what's this way of greeting me? I'm your dad."

"Sorry, daddy." Fosha moaned, as she fell to the ground.

Letting a little steam come out of his nose, Edmond groaned.

"Young people these days...if they are not educated properly, they forget to respect their parents."

Getting up, Fosha questioned him.

"Are you Mugiwara?"

"Tssss! Do you really think I would waste my time on a weakling? Killing him wouldn't make me feel any pride...yet."

"I can't understand you." Her daughter admitted. "Initially, it was you who proposed this plan to CP9 to capture Coro-chan! So why did you give up so easily?"

"At first, I thought we could take advantage of Nico Robin's knowledge by making her understand that the world government was invincible! But because of Mugiwara, this is no longer possible! Besides, it's obvious that Nico Robin won't help us ! She will never trust us and will try to hide important information from us ! So instead of making her work for us, it's better to just let her do what she wants! get the information I want.

However, unlike Spandam or the Gorosei, Edmond had no interest in the location of the Ancient Weapons or the secrets of the Void Century. He wanted other information.

Stopping suddenly, the old man suddenly thought of the corpse of a young woman, lying on a bed. Near the corpse was Garp, with the body of a baby in his hands. Clenching his fist, Edmond thought about his daughter and how she had died.

When he was young, Edmond felt blind trust in the world government and its justice. And to satisfy the Gorosei's expectations, he had always executed people who posed a threat. He had even volunteered to fight against Zarax, during a mission that everyone would have described as suicidal.

However, today, this was no longer the case. Even though Edmund still worked for the World Government, the man now felt nothing but hatred for the Gorosei. For him, the world government was responsible for his daughter's death. Not because she was Roger's wife. For Edmond, she was dead because the letter "D" was in her name.

And to understand the reason why the letter "D" was so hated by the world government, Edmond was willing to let Luffy escape and progress, so that he would be strong enough to protect Robin. So he only needed to watch them from afar and wait for the right moment to ask Robin for all the information he had always wanted to have.

He didn't need Zarax to destroy the world government. He was going to do it himself.

"Fosha..."

" Huh ? "

"Do you still want to protect your friend?"

"Of course." Fosha assured, giving another military salute. "One day, I will save Coro-chan! And then we will bring justice to the whole world."

"Justice?" Edmond repeated.

Suddenly starting to laugh, Edmond declared.

"Yes! True justice...it will eventually come to this world."

However, the old man hadn't seen another old man spying on him when he was fighting Luffy.

Showing an evil smile while on the roof of a building, Widos observed the scene while appearing amused.

"Portgas D. Edmond...a person who deserves my attention."

Then, Widos declared.

"Do what you want about your stupid justice! Anyway, in two years, none of this will matter."

Brandishing his arms around himself, the old sage stated.

"As long as I'm here, this world will have no future! HAHAHAHAHA!"

Not being alone, a man observed Widos laughing without reacting. Finally, turning to his latest recruit, the wise old man questioned him.

"Enel... do you want to see the powers of a true god? I'm sure you might be interested."

Who will join Luffy's crew?

Before Shells Town: Raynare - 38 million - (Highschool DxD) / Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)

Arc Shells Town: Roronoa Zoro - 60 million -

Kuro Arc: Usopp

Arc Baratie: Sanji / Gin -32 million-

Arlong Arc: Nami / Johnny / Yosaku

Drum Arc: Chopper

Alabasta Arc: Nico Robin / Eevee (Pokemon) / Bruno -52 million- (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) / Nefertari Vivi -25 million- / Menma (Anohana)

Skypiea Arc: Velvet / Heracross / Hatterene / Wiper

Arc Enies Lobby: Franky

Arc Post Enies-Lobby:?

Thriller Bark Arc: Brook

Punk Hazard Arc:?

Treasure Arc:?

Dressrosa Arc: ? /?

Wano Kuni Arc: Jinbei /?

Post Wano Kuni Arc: ? /?

Arc Battle Teach:?

With other characters:

Buggy: Alvida - 21 million-, Magi - 29 million (OC), Bull (OC), Kuro - 37 million -, Morgan - 17 million -, Megumim - 105 million - (Konosuba), Zala (Miss Doublefinger) -35 million, Babe (Mr 4) - 3.2 million -, Drophy (Miss Merry Christmas) - 14 million -, Willy - 20 million, Needless - 57 million

Arlong: Syra (OC)

Milhawk: Alice (OC)

Wapol: Musshuru

Coby : Sakura (Zombieland Saga); Jin (My Hero Academy); Nakata ( OC ); Larvitar ( Pokemon )

Garp : Emma (The Promised Neverland)

Ym: Light Yagami (Death Note)

Cobra: Neni (M.9)

Shandian: Ayoho (OC), Bouffalant ( pokemon )

Ace : Isuka

Foxy : Dumdo ( OC ), Susumo ( OC )

Aokiji : Shizuo Heiwajima ( Duararara )

CP9 : Fosha ( OC ), Araga ( OC ), Akoya Seishu ( Kengan Ashura), Hiyama Shunka ( Kengan Ashura), Black Knights (Code Geass)

Moria : Elsa Granhiert ( Re:zero ), Caruma ( Yu-gi-oh Gx ), Momana ( OC ), Camado ( OC ), Skroa ( OC )

Sengoku: Shinichi Kudo (Detective Conan)

Kaido: Doctor Frank (OC)

Shanks: Nana Shimura -840 million- (My hero academia), Utsuro -970 million- (Gintama)

Widos: Norland Cricket, Kalgara, Kuina, Quatro (Marco (SNK)), Cinca (Mina Carolina (SNK)), Suzuka (Akame Ga Kill)

Individual: Reiner ( Shingeki no kyojin ), Garou (One Punch Man), Babidi (DBZ), Orochimaru (Naruto); Mirko (My hero Academia), Samus (metroid), Team Rocket (Pokemon), Suzaku Kururugi (Code Geass), Mosquito girl (One punch man), Pokemon ( 44 ), Ottis Toole ( Real World ), Henry Lee Lucas ( Real World ), Pit ( Kid Icarus ), Ladydevimon ( Digimon ), Hunter J ( Pokemon ), Zancrow ( Fairy Tail ), Ai Hoshino ( Oshi no Ko )

Gold D. Roger (formerly): Igneel -1.380 billion- (Fairy Tail), Acacia (Toriko), Bardock (Dragon ball Z), Hiruzen Sarutobi (Naruto), Utsuro -970 million (Gintama), Nana Shimura - 840 million ( My Hero Academia), Magi (OC), Zarax (?)

Xerec (formerly): Aizen (bleach), Sejus ( OC )

Crocodile ( formely ): Noscula (OC), Mr 6 (OC), Miss Halloween (OC)

Enel ( formely ): Hunter J. (Pokemon), Zancrow (Fairy tail), Ladydevimon ( Digimon )