It's been 2 weeks since Mihawk lost to Borsalino; right now he is currently training his body. When Mihawk fought Borsalino, he lost because his body gave up; he lost in speed and strength too. Raeven told him that his muscles are still developing, while Borsalino is a grown man already.
So the only thing he knows what to do is train; while he's still young, he should build his body perfectly to be the strongest swordsman in history.
Raeven on the other side just looked at their latest bounty that is currently displayed on the wall. Right now his bounty is 420 million beli. What a perfect number! Mihawk is 400 million right now, and his progress in Armament Haki training is good too.
In the past two weeks they explored two places: one is Czacho Kingdom, and the other is Vodka Wolf, the giant bridge being built here in the North Blue.
The brother's plan now is to quickly visit the other islands here, and after that they'll go to South Blue and stay there for a while.
The next day they continued their journey, and after 5 days of flying, they reached the Snowy Island. There are 3 kingdoms in this massive snowy island: Whiteland Kingdom, Roshwan Kingdom, and Beef Kingdom.
Sadly they don't plant here at all because of the cold and snowy weather all year, but this island specialty is in their booze; the vodka here is great. When Raeven heard "vodka," he suddenly remembered Russia, and then he said to himself that maybe Snowy Island is themed after Russia.
Mihawk didn't find any swordsmen here that could fight him, so he trained with the Ninja Khans daily on the snow. Mihawk also said that training here is good, so they stayed here for the rest of the year.
June 7, 1494
Raeven, now 13 years old, is currently very happy; after all, this year the system rewards a talent, a god-level farming talent. With this talent with him, then his road is now clear as an open superhighway.
So he talked to Mihawk to continue their journey; he was already excited to start farming.
On that afternoon the two brothers quietly vanished on the snowy island's mountain ranges; the whole Marines didn't even manage to find them here at all, and now after a year they are back at it again.
Mihawk, itchy for some action, decided to drop by near a marine branch stealthily. He stayed there for a few hours, then he came back while saying, "The Marines here are just so-so," which made Raeven laugh out loud.
The news of Mihawk attacking a marine branch alone reached the Marines instantly, and Tsuru became angry again. She even personally toured the whole North Blue to search for these twins, and she found nothing. She even thought that maybe they had already left North Blue, but now they appear again in North Blue like they never left it.
What happened after that was another attack on a marine branch near the Lvneel kingdom. Raeven cashed in the bounty of four pirates forcibly, while Mihawk fought everyone on the base. In the end, the twins left with money.
This incident alarmed the Marines of North Blue, and wrinkles appeared on Tsuru's face. She got promoted recently to a vice admiral position, but the twins are giving her a massive headache.
Also this year the Marines welcomed another super rookie named Kuzan, a 19-year-old with monstrous potential said to be the user of the logia ice fruit.
This year Garp and Don Chinjao clashed in the New World, and Don Chinjao was defeated; his drill head became dull, and so did his kindness.
After exploring the final Duel Kingdom of North Blue, the brothers flew over the Red Line and headed to South Blue, where they landed at Briss Kingdom.
The Briss Kingdom is a wealthy kingdom, and they have four-season weather here too, which is good for the citizens here. Sadly for Mihawk, there is no one here that can challenge him. After a year of training with the Ninja Khans, who are now on the level of a vice admiral from the Marine HQ, his strength also reached the vice admiral rank.
If it's 1v1, then Mihawk will win with the Shadow Khans, but if all of them attack together, Mihawk can only last for 10 minutes before the fight stops.
Raeven's strength right now is on the Admiral level, and he is still growing stronger. In this entire South Blue, the only one he feels excited about meeting here is the pirate king himself.
As the two toured the island while sampling the specialties here, a Marine saw them and reported it to Marineford. Raeven just smiled when the Marine looked at him.
The response of the Marines in the south blue is massive; they quickly told every base that if the brothers attack, just let the strongest swordsman battle Mihawk, and if Raeven is going to turn bounties in, just let him.
This command surprised the Marines of South Blue, but they still did it; after all, a fight with those two monsters is a suicide for them.
As for the pirates who received the news that the twins arrived at South Blue, all of them started to act low-key; accidents like pirates raiding villages and towns and attacking merchant ships became low. After all, those two are famous for attacking pirates and erasing them completely; no one wanted to die too early, so they behaved well while wishing that those two would finish exploring the South Blue faster.
When the Marines heard this news, they became speechless. Low pirate activities in their region are good, but the surprise visit of the twins kept them all alerted. Fortunately, the twins never visit them during nights, so they can still sleep well.
When the world government heard about this news, a new plan was made by the 5 elders, which will be announced once the plan is made perfectly.
After exploring Briss Kingdom for 2 weeks, the twins vanished again, which made all the Marines and pirates of the south blue with panic. After 2 days of searching, the twins were seen on the shore of Samba Kingdom.
Samba Kingdom is located near Briss Kingdom; it's on a medium-sized island that has large palm trees. The citizens of this island like the music samba, which is the same name as their kingdom.
Sadly, Mihawk is already too strong; he didn't find anyone here who can duel with him. Raeven told him that with his strength, no one among the kingdoms here in South Blue had a person who could spar with him. After Mihawk heard that, he just nodded and said that he will visit the Marine base the next day.
When the two visited the marine branch, they were shocked; no one attacked them at all. The base commander here had a rank of lieutenant. Sadly, after two exchanges, the lieutenant lost, so Mihawk and Raeven just left them alone, which made the Marines sigh gratefully.
"Seems like the Marines here are quite good; they didn't attack us immediately," Mihawk said.
"I bet someone from the higher-ups gave a command to just let you challenge their strongest swordsman on the base; they even asked me if I'm there to cash in some bounty. Sadly, pirate activities here seem low," Raeven said. He was surprised too; there are a lot of pirates on the four blues, but here he didn't even see one pirate ship. Left without a choice, he called Shakky.
When Shakky heard what Raeven said, she laughed, then she said the reason why the Marines and pirates are behaving like that
"The Marines at Marineford are too busy with the chaos in the New World and Grand Line, so they didn't have enough individuals that could go and chase you guys permanently, especially you, Raeven-chan. Just go and enter the Grand Line already; the pirates there are too scared to come out because of you two. That's why you guys didn't encounter any pirates at all," she said.
And with that, the two of them toured South Blue peacefully. It took them a year to fully explore the entire South Blue; sadly, they didn't see the legendary Miss Rouge when they explored the Batterila Island.
The two of them flew back to Briss Kingdom, flew above the red line and reverse mountain, and entered East Blue.
January 19, 1495
Sixis Island
East Blue
Strife landed on the island, which is surprisingly uninhabited; the only thing you can see alive here is trees and plants. In the center of the island is a massive mountain like a chopped tree.
When the two arrived here, Mihawk was quite excited, like his brother, because this island will become their base.
Getting here at Sixis Island is easy, as the currents around the island are special. If you're not a skilled navigator and your ship gets pulled by the currents near this island, then you're doomed. That's why Raeven chose this island.
He quickly summoned all the Ninja Khans to clear the trees around; they cleared an area of about 2 hectares, which is perfect for now.
Inside Castle
3 weeks later
The two brothers are now looking at the blueprint of the island; the two of them explored this island entirely to map it out, and after 3 weeks, they finally finished it.
Mihawk and Raeven agreed together to hollow out the upper part of the mountain here and turn it into their home, just like the famous Skull Mountain on Hachinosu.
After that is the blueprint of the farm and the brewing factory. Raeven already called Shakky, and she got the number of the number one scientist in the world, Doctor Vegapunk.
Raeven is planning to pay Vegapunk and build a modern solar-powered brewing factory for him. With his knowledge about brewing right now, he is confident that maybe his brew won't be the best, but he can still improve.
Also, Mihawk decided to continue exploring the islands here at East Blue, which Raeven supported. Mihawk, Castle with 19 more ninjas, and Strife are scheduled to leave this island after a few days of preparing.
The ninjas made a small cabin house for Raeven to stay in while Castle is with Mihawk. After two days of preparing, Mihawk left the island. Raeven, together with the 280 ninjas and his News Bird Lugia, began to transform the island.
When the Marines got the news that Mihawk appeared at Shimotsuki Village, they reacted immediately. Just like what happened in the South Blue, it happened here too.
After 7 days, Mihawk returned to Sixis Island, and he got a wound on his right cheek. He told Raeven that on the neighboring island, a middle-aged man named Shimotsuki Koushirou gave him a nice fight. He also met an old blacksmith there that kept touching Yoru like a pervert.
"The old man kept bothering me when I was staying there, always saying that he wants to meet you and see your scythe, so I returned here to hear your thoughts," Mihawk said.
"You forgot that we had a den den mushi, right?" Raeven said, and Mihawk just froze up; he really did forget that they have that.
"Also if they want to visit, just bring them here; with our strength now, a little attention is nothing. Strife won't stay a secret forever, and we are not the first ones to ride clouds; Big Mom rides a cloud too," Raeven added.
Speaking of Big Mom, the reward the system gave this year is a talent called Steel Balloon, which made Raeven's defense nearly invulnerable together with his Armament and Conqueror's Haki. As long as he is calm, his Steel Balloon talent is passively active.
"Then I'll go and fetch them." Mihawk left with Strife after that, leaving Castle on the island.