"Yes, I'm just a little mature, I think," Raeven said while smiling.
"Mature? You're 5 feet tall, and you're telling me that you are twins?" Morgan said. He just can't believe that two 6-year-olds are travelling the sea.
"What's shocking about that? Charlotte Linlin had a bounty when she was 5 years old," Raeven said.
"Well, that's Linlin," Morgan said.
"And I am me," Raeven countered, at which Morgan just sighed. It's hard to take, but the sea will birth monsters like this era after era.
"You can publish that we are twins, but my strength keeps it silent; in exchange, I'll give you a tip: keep an eye on the Rock Pirates. My informants told me that sooner or later something big will happen," Raeven said.
"Okay, don't worry about your strength. I didn't see anything, and thank you for that tip. Here, this is my den den mushi number; you can call me if you have some big news that you know," he said as he stood up and flew away.
"What an interesting fellow," Raeven said as he looked at Morgans.
"Brother, is it really okay for me to take that interview and even expose that we are twins?" Mihawk asked.
"Don't worry, the interview is good for you; it means that stronger opponents will target us after that interview comes out. And about the information that we are twins, if the world government wants to know it, they can dig that up, so no worries about that. And if—just if—they want to kill us, then we'll bury them at sea," Raeven said.
"Don't worry, brother, I'm not the kind of man who will turn down a good fight; besides, I still have you, right?" Mihawk said, which made Raeven smile.
"What happened about protecting me, Mihawk?" he said.
"That's in the future, okay? In the future," Mihawk said as he pouted.
The next day, a free newspaper named World Economics Journal rained down from the sky in the islands where the News Coo reached, and the main page of it and its article title are very eye-catching.
"THE FUTURE STRONGEST SWORDSMAN OF THE WORLD, DRACULE "HAWK-EYES" MIHAWK"
Marineford
Kong is reading the newspaper right now with great focus, and then suddenly someone knocked on his door.
"Come in," he said as he continued on reading.
"Kong-san, we can't reach out to Morgans; it seemed like he vanished after printing about this news," Tsuru said as she entered.
"What about the side of Cipher Pol?" Kong asked.
"It's the same with them; even the informants of the underworld didn't have any lead about him," Tsuru said.
"Dammit, then go and search for these twins! I want every Marine in the West Blue to do everything they can to recruit these two, especially this one, Dracule Raeven. I don't believe our intel about this kid at all. A weakling? Bullshit! No weaklings will be able to use a Supreme Grade Blade; those things, like some devil fruit, will choose their wielders," Kong said.
"Yes, I support you on that one too, Kong-san, and the way that Morgans published this paper, Dracule Mihawk's strength is greatly written here, while Intel about his brother's strength is none; it looks like these two had a deal," Tsuru added.
"The younger is a 5-year-old swordsman with both Observation and Armament Haki, while the older one is a mysterious kid. We must hurry to recruit them before those pirates set their eyes on them," Kong said. Tsuru just saluted, and then she quickly walked out to relay the orders for the West Blue.
Hachinosu New World
"A 5-year-old brat who is a swordsman with both Observation and Armament Haki? What a surprise! This sea is really something, birthing monsters like this every era. Shihahaha," a man with long golden hair said.
"Ma ma mama, he's still a brat, and he's already aiming that high?" A woman said while eating a cupcake.
"Gurarararara, West Blue, huh? Looks like after this operation I'll go there to see for myself," a man holding a bisento said.
"Did you want to recruit them, Newgate?" A woman with blonde hair said beside him.
"We currently have no time for recruitment; Rocks is already preparing our new task," a woman with a snake on her arms said.
"I'm more interested in this kid, Dracule Raeven, and that Scythe Silence. It's been years since that blade came out of the seas," said a man with white and blue hair and a thunder-like tattoo on his left eye.
"Silence, is that scythe good?" A man with horns said.
"That's one of the Supreme Grade Blades, and it's already on another level because it's already a Black Blade," the man said.
"After this operation, I'll recruit them personally," he said.
"Oy! Rocks, I'm the first one who got the dibs on them."
"Shut up, Newgate! I'm the captain, so whether you recruit them or not, they'll be on my ship!" Rocks said.
Somewhere on the seas
Oro Jackson
"Look at this news; this kid is a monster," a man with circle glasses said while looking at the newspaper.
"Whahahaha, this kid got guts. The future strongest swordsman, huh? In the future my son will have a rival," a man with a black mustache said.
"Stop it, Roger; you don't even have a wife. How can you have a son?" a blonde-haired man said.
"What do you know, Rayleigh? Sooner or later Shakky will fall for me; just wait. When she accepts my love, don't go cry about it."
West Blue
Cookie Island
Raeven named the island Cookie Island because it's a circle; that's all. Right now he was currently reading the newspaper that the Morgans have published. Beside him is a news Coo bird, but unlike the other news Coos, this one has a black hat and a black leather bag.
"Your boss really knows how to hype someone," Raeven said as he looked at the news coo, who is now eating a sea king meat.
"Hey Mihawk, we should name this bird. Morgans said that he will be our personal news bird," Raeven added as he looked at Mihawk, who was busy swinging his sword.
"Do whatever you want, brother," he said.
"Hmm, let me think then. He's a lot bigger than the other gulls, and he is well-behaved. Hmmm, okay, it's decided. From now on, your name is Lugia." Raeven quickly took a paper and a yarn to write Lugia's name on it and placed it on his neck.
"Tell Morgans that this is your new name, and tell him to make a better name card and uniform for you. We'll be staying here at West Blue for now so you can track us easily. The next time we meet, I'll make a Vivre Card of me for you," Raeven said, and the News Coo saluted.
"Vivre Card? What's that?" Mihawk asked.
"It's a piece of paper that can be used for tracking someone; I just learned how to create it recently," Raeven said.
"So brother, where are we going now?"
"Ballywood Kingdom—unfortunately, that kingdom's way of combat is centered on guns. Still, we should try, right?" Raeven answered.
"If they don't have someone with strong swordsmanship there, then I'll just spar with you and assist you in researching the island," Mihawk said.
"Good, tomorrow we leave this place; soon we are going to be 6 years old," Raeven said.
"Then can we drink booze now?" Mihawk asked excitedly.
"Not till we're 15," Raeven said, and Mihawk just pouted and drew circles on the ground.
"When we reach the right age, I'll buy any amount of booze you want; I'll let you drink till you drop," Raeven added.
"Then I must practice drinking too when I reach 15 years old; just 10 years of waiting—I can do that," Mihawk said.
"Hopefully we can find that training manual I was searching for; learning them can boost our fighting power," Raeven said as he looked at the map of West Blue. Mihawk also stood up and looked at the map.
"Rokushiki and Life Return—we already looked at Jambalaya and Ilisia. The marines on the nearby Branch 80 won't teach those to us; we can only hope that Ballywood Kingdom… If I had just remembered it before we entered West Blue, then we should have looked for it in the North Blue too," Raeven said as he looked at the map.
"Mihawk, want to go somewhere with me and watch how the peaks of this world fight?" Raeven suddenly asked.
"Peak of the world? Like Rocks and those 5 elders you said before?" Mihawk asked. He was very intrigued when Raeven told him about the 5 elders.
"That's right, I can feel it; this year won't end this peaceful. Let's see if we can watch that titanic war," Raeven said.