A few weeks later, another news started to spread out, but this time only in East Blue: Raeven, who currently had a lot of free time, is on the Baratie with Tom and Sugar.
"A Celestial Dragon going here is bad news; those scums are the worst," Zeff said as he served tea and snacks.
"Those guys are too free, especially the lowest rank of their type. The rulers of the Goa Kingdom must have paid a lot for them to be visited by a Celestial Dragon," Raeven said as he looked around the restaurant. Currently they are in the upper floor of the restaurant, which is like a private booth for eating. There are no walls separating them, so he can see the customers at the ground floor.
"Looks like your business is booming," Raeven added.
"Of course it will; with my skill and the book you gave to me before, my cooking improved a lot, and with your flag flying on the top of my restaurant, no one dared to cause trouble here."
"I even recruited some guys to help me and Sanji in the kitchen," Zeff said.
"That's good; if you need help, just call us. As long as you are here at the East Blue, we can get to you fast," Raeven said.
"Don't worry, Raeven-san; if trouble knocks on our doors, I'm still confident I can handle it," Zeff said.
On the side, Sugar and Tom are busy eating a pudding that jiggles every time they scoop it.
"Also, I need to order more of your booze, especially the wine; it's becoming more popular here, especially when a guest is a noble," Zeff said.
"Call Stussy or Monet; they can handle those things," Raeven said. After they finished eating, the 3 left Baratie and flew back to Sixis Island.
When they returned, Raeven saw Ace on the Polaris currently docked on the port; it seems that he just returned from his daily patrol.
"Big Bro, you won't believe it; I just saw 2 warship-sized ships pass our region a few hours ago. It looks like that's the Celestial Dragon," Ace said when he saw Raeven.
"2 ships? Are they heading straight to the Goa Kingdom?" Raeven asked.
"Yes, it sails really fast. I even sensed a strong aura there. I'm not sure how strong, but there is someone there with the strength of a vice admiral," Ace said.
"That's normal; those snot-nosed bitches won't travel without their guards," Raeven said with a smile. They walked together towards the Dracule Tower; when they passed the training ground, Raeven saw Kuina, who was focused on her training, and the other Amazons.
"Their progress is good; soon Hancock will have more Elites," Raeven said.
"Any news from the New World?" he asked as they reached inside the first floor of the Tower, which is a lounge area. Mihawk is currently inside reading a newspaper, and beside him is Tritoma, who is currently dealing with a lot of paperwork.
"The biggest news is that the Marines deployed Kizaru to chase a group of fishmen; their leader, Fisher Tiger, is the mastermind of the incident at the Mariejois before," Mihawk said.
"Then they'll have a hard time; that old uncle is really fast, but if they abandon their ship, then escaping will become easy," Raeven said.
"Also Gecko Moria and Hanafuda clashed; both suffered injury, but Moria won the fight, but he didn't win the battle; all of his zombie army are wiped out," Mihawk added.
"I just ate outside, and this all happened already?" Raeven asked.
"I didn't think that they'd clash this early, and Moria even won. It looks like I underestimated him a lot; a man who can survive Kaido is not weak," Raeven added.
"Those zombies he made are useless when fighting against stronger opponents; quantity is nothing against overwhelming force," Tritoma said.
"Moria is someone who can duel against Kaido and survive, though his whole crew got wiped out; still, surviving a battle against Kaido is a lot," Mihawk said.
"If they clash again, there's a big chance that Moria will become a warlord," Mihawk added.
"Looks like I underestimated this man; he only has 2 cadre right now, right?" Raeven asked.
"A guy named Absalom and the renowned doctor Hogback," Mihawk answered.
"Both are small fry," Mihawk added.
"Brother, Stussy is looking for you," Mihawk said.
"Okay then, I'll go and head towards her lab," Raeven said as he waved his hand and headed to Stussy's Lab.
East Blue
Goa Kingdom
Two kids are currently watching above a cliff overlooking the entire Gray terminal, the garbage dump of the Goa Kingdom.
"Luffy, remember what I said: don't go and enter alone this place for a few days; the nobles of the kingdom are planning to burn this place down," a kid with blonde hair said.
"Don't worry, Sabo, I won't go here without you," Luffy said as he looked at Sabo.
"Good, don't act reckless this time; wait for me in our hideout. Once I finish my things, I'll come back," the blonde-haired kid Sabo said. Luffy just nodded, and the two of them left on their own way.
A few days later
Sixis Island
The Red Force is docked on the Sixis Port, and Mihawk and Shanks are currently walking together heading towards the guesthouse of the red-haired pirates.
"The news of you losing your arm here on my turf greatly alarmed a lot of individuals," Raeven said as Shanks and Mihawk walked near him.
"At least you successfully removed the mark on you," Raeven added.
"Hahahaha, Raeven-san, I met a kid there, and he ate the fruit. He even told me that he will become the king of pirates," Shanks said excitedly as he walked towards Raeven.
"Now that we're here, are you going to tell me who cut off your arm?" Mihawk said.
"My arm I bet it to the new era," Shanks said as he grabbed the stump that is left on his arm.
"But I still have enough to fight you, Mihawk. How about it? Want to spar with me?" Shanks said, but Mihawk just scoffed.
"With your dominating hand missing, you won't be able to defeat me. Also, I don't fight handicapped men," Mihawk said.
"Ohhhh, are you scared? Then how about this: I'll only use one hand so you won't be scared," Shanks said, and then he and Raeven laughed.
"You two bastards, if we are not here at the island, I will cut you two down," Mihawk said, irritated. He just sat down, and he brought out a large jug of wine, which he chugged.
"If you don't want to spar with me, then at least share your booze," Shanks said, and then he snatched the wine jug from Mihawk.
"Don't fight; here are some booze. I can't drink yet because I have to transplant some of my meat trees, but once I'm free, I'll join you guys," Raeven said.
"Only Raeven-san is really great, thank you. Don't worry, I won't share this booze with Mihawk," Shanks said as he laughed, while Mihawk just ignored him. After all, Mihawk's teasing power is low.
While Raeven was busy transplanting his trees, Enel and Ace arrived at the guesthouse. After not seeing Uta, Ace left while Enel sat down to drink.
"Oi Enel, long time no see. How about it? Do you want to join my crew?" Shanks said, and Enel just sighed.
Every time Shanks saw him, he always invited him to join his crew, but Enel always rejected him.
"I don't want to join your crew. Besides, I already told you, Shanks, I'm the number 3 of the Dracule Family. If Big Brother commands me to join your crew, then I will join you," Enel said as he grabbed one of the booze.
"Then let's just forget about it; if I told this to Raeven-san, he will surely kill me," Shanks said with a smile.
"I don't see your daughter; where is she?" Enel asked. After all, Shanks's kid is very close to her sisters.
"I left her at Elegia Kingdom; there she can focus on studying music and further develop her devil fruit power," Shanks said.
"I really want to leave her there, so before I leave the East Blue, I will talk to Raeven-san about this matter," Shanks said seriously.
"Big Brother already told you guys that there is something sealed there, and the whole island became destroyed. What did you guys fight there?" Enel asked.
"It's the demon, sealed on the island, and the only thing that can undo its seal is Uta's devil fruit power, but in the end we're still late, and Uta destroyed the whole kingdom. She was unconscious when this happened, so I told Morgans to tell the world that I destroyed the music kingdom," Shanks said.
After that they continued drinking; it was noon when Raeven appeared to join them.
"You guys only drank 2 barrels of booze? Weaklings," Raeven said as he took out another 2 barrels.
"Call your crew; let's get this party started."