After they said goodbye to the Happo Navy and King Ramen, the two of them quietly left the Kano Country.
Then they headed to their next destination, which is Cameron Kingdom. Sadly for Mihawk, Cameron Kingdom's military only uses guns, so he didn't find someone worthy of dueling here, so they only stayed here for 5 days, and after Raeven profiled the entire island, they left and headed to Bestland Kingdom.
Bestland Kingdom is a peaceful kingdom that has a great friendship with the Kano Country. Sadly for Mihawk, Bestland Kingdom is full of martial arts warriors that don't use weapons at all, so after Raeven profiled the island, the two of them left.
The brothers explored everything that the West Blue had; after they visited Toroa Island and the Land of Ice, they headed to Rum Wolf, a massive bridge being built by the World Government using slave laborers.
After that they headed to Cookie Island and had a feast. While the two of them were celebrating, Mihawk asked a question.
"Brother, I want to return to North Blue and challenge those swordsmen there again," Mihawk said, and then Raeven just nodded; he didn't profile the other island before.
"Sure, we can go back there; this time let's explore the north Blue thoroughly," Raeven said.
After 10 days of travelling leisurely, the brothers arrived at North Blue; they landed on the Sankan Kingdom.
Mihawk and Raeven already split up; Mihawk sadly didn't see anyone here that entered the cutting steel realm, so he only did shopping and looked around for sweet products.
Raeven, on the other hand, didn't find something new here either. After 4 days, they left the island, and they headed to their next destination, which is Rakesh, a wealthy, large-sized town.
When the two reached the island, they saw a lot of merchant ships. This is a major trading point here in the North Blue; a lot of underworld agents talking to their den den mushi can be seen in this town.
And Raeven detected 2 individuals here who are on the level of Mihawk. Mihawk's combat power right now is on the level of an elite headquarters Rear Admiral.
And there is no presence of Marines here at the island, so those two auras can only be from a pirate, an underworld agent, or CP agents.
Mihawk and Raeven entered an inn and rented a suite; after they checked the room, the two of them headed outside to eat.
The brothers entered a pub together, and inside it was bustling; a lot of merchants, pirates, and even shipping company crews could be seen inside. The two sat at a table; Mihawk placed his sword beside their table, while Raeven's silent scythe was left with strife.
A waitress quickly took their order; Mihawk ordered a lot of meat and sweets. The same goes for Raeven, just without sweets.
After a few minutes the food arrived, and Mihawk started eating. Raeven ate too; the food was tasty but not as tasty as his cooking, but it was still tasty.
While the two are eating, a bald muscle man is currently looking at their table, especially at Raeven. He suddenly stood up and walked towards the table of the brothers.
"Dracule Mihawk with a bounty of 100 million and Dracule Raeven with a bounty of 120 million beli—the Marines' bounty system is really outrageous. Well, it's my lucky day today after I turn your heads." He didn't finish what he was going to say; he was sliced into two by Mihawk. Everyone inside the pub was shocked.
"You should have let him finish his villain dialogue first, Mihawk. Look at him; he died with regret in his eyes," Raeven said as he looked at the bald man, and then he took out a stack of wanted posters issued from North Blue.
"Heavy Hitter Horst, a pirate with a bounty of 88 million beli—not bad, we can exchange his head later," he added as he folded the wanted posters and continued eating.
Everyone inside was surprised by what they saw: a man suddenly died; he was split into two, and the two who did it acted like it was nothing—they continued eating. After the brothers finished eating, Raeven placed 2 million berries on the table, payment for the food and for the cleaning up, then Mihawk grabbed the legs of the corpse, and they headed to the bounty exchange run by the black market.
The processing fee here is 10% of the bounty. After taking the money, the brothers returned to their hotel. Raeven is really curious right now; he can only detect 1 strong aura in the range of his observation Haki. The other aura was killed by Mihawk in the pub.
"Looks like another pirate trying to stay low-key," he said in his mind as he looked at the town from the window of their room.
The news of them returning to North Blue quickly alerted a lot of forces here, especially the forces of the underworld and Marines here. After all, out of the four Blues, North Blue is the most chaotic.
Marineford
Intelligence and Scouting Office
"Vice Admiral Tsuru, we got reports on the Shinigami and Hawk-Eyes; both of them have landed in Rakesh. They dealt with Heavy Hitter, and he was killed with a single attack by Hawk-Eyes," the marine said.
"Horst is a pirate with a bounty of 88 million, right? And he can use basic observation and Armament Haki too. Don't do anything to these two brothers right now. The New World is very chaotic right now, and our powerhouses are spread thin. As long as they don't do anything extreme, we won't target them," Tsuru said. The marine officer saluted, and he walked outside the room. As a newly promoted vice admiral, Tsuru got a lot of paperwork to do.
Back in North Blue, the first rays of sun bathed the roofs of the houses and buildings at Rakesh. Raeven woke up, and he made a tea for himself. Mihawk is already up doing his training, who knows where.
After drinking his morning tea, Raeven headed outside; he needs to map this island. After asking the locals about the culture here, he finally got the name of the island: Gangwal Island.
While he was exploring the island, he suddenly detected two auras. One of them is Mihawk; the other one he didn't know, but by the looks of it, whoever is facing Mihawk is already getting weak.
When Raeven got to the place where the battle was happening, he saw Mihawk looking at a bunch of wanted posters. In front of him was a macho man with long black hair and a pretty handsome face too; he had a wound on his left shoulder down to his left stomach.
"Head Chopper Grade Freed, a well-known slave dealer and weapon dealer, got a bounty of 180 million beli," Raeven said as he walked towards the corpse of the guy.
"He ambushed me here while I was doing my morning training; he's a swordsman too. Sadly, he is too weak," Mihawk said, then he grabbed the man by the feet and dragged him back to the exchange center. Raeven just shrugged, then he continued his exploration.
The night came, and the two of them were talking about the things that happened during the morning. Raeven also told Mihawk that they need to stay here at Gangwal Island until he finishes profiling the island. Mihawk just nodded; he'll just return to the forest and spar with the Ninja Khans while waiting for Raeven.
That night the two of them had a feast. Mihawk ate a lot of his favorite dessert before sleeping. With the news of Mihawk killing two pirates, especially Freed, a man known for being merciless and a slave dealer to boot, a lot of underworld forces began to stir clear around the area; no one wanted to try and provoke this kid again.
During this peaceful time Raeven finished his profiling of the island; he found two high-value plants here. One can be used to cure sore throats, while the other is an ingredient for making chocolate. He took both of the plants, and with that they left.
A few days later they landed at the snowy island called Rubeck. The population of this island is quite small, about 400 people, and all of them are either hunters or fishermen. The island didn't have an inn, just a medium-sized pub where the hunters and fishermen boast about their catch. Luckily, the two brothers found an abandoned house near the outskirts of the small town; for now, the two of them will stay here.
That night Raeven remembered something he read on a forum; it said that Diez Barrel found the ope ope no mi in minion island, so he was going to try and look for it too.
Mihawk just nodded at his brother's plan; he wasn't interested in eating a devil fruit the same as his brother, but having it as a collectable is quite good.
"That's one of the fruits that you said that you wanted to have, right?" Mihawk remembered that his brother said that the Ope Ope no mi is the best devil fruit a doctor can have, so he asked.
"Yes, it's the best devil fruit for a doctor. As for the others, we already have one of them, the Castle fruit, and the others that I want are the Door-Door fruit, the Warp fruit, and the Weather fruit. In the future, we can recruit others and have them eat those devil fruits." Then suddenly, Raeven had an idea.
"Can the Ninja Khans eat a devil fruit?" he asked the system.
[Yes, host, the Ninja Khans can eat devil fruits, but if you feed them two devil fruits, they will explode and won't respawn. The same can be said with the eternal youth operation of the Ope Ope fruit; a Ninja Khan who uses that kind of ability won't respawn at all.]
"Forget about the eternal youth; I don't need that thing at all. The system is really the best," Raeven said in his mind, and then he quickly summoned one Ninja Khan.
"Mihawk, it looks like we won't need to actively recruit; my ninjas can eat devil fruits too," Raeven said as he gave the Castle fruit to the Ninja clan. After the Ninja ate it, Raeven commanded it to open a door and prepare the space inside with a complete modern house, a bath, a library, and a training area.
The ninja nodded and began to focus; after a while, Raeven felt a pulling sensation, and he didn't fight it.
A second later he was inside a bright room that looked like the living room of their house in the Kano Country. After confirming a lot of this was just right, he headed outside, and he came back with Mihawk. Right now, tracking and searching them is much harder than tracking Shiki.
In the outside world the Ninja Khan who ate the fruit has been summoned again by Raeven. If they want to get out of this place, they can just go through the door, and the Ninja will be summoned in the outside world so they can get out. What a great ability it is!
That night the two of them became busy getting up both of their rooms. Finally, Strife is done being a storage vehicle. The next day the brothers headed out separately; Mihawk is going to try and fish, while Raeven, as usual, will profile the island.
The two brothers stayed here for a week, and after that, they continued their journey towards Spider Miles.