[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]
Third Person POV
Fish-men Sland.
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"Daddy! Daddy!"
Sinbad came running toward Luffy and clung tightly to his father's legs. Luffy saw the boy running up to him and looked down, crouching to pick up his son, who was tugging at his clothes like a kitten. The boy smiled at him, amused, stretching out his arms, and Luffy placed him on his shoulder.
"Why are you running off again?" Luffy said seriously, looking at his son.
"I felt Daddy!" he said, correcting his sentence, now able to say more words.
Luffy sighed and began to walk as he approached the coral garden ahead.
"I want Mustang!" Sinbad then said again. The boy wanted to ride in the V8 car he had built himself.
"No. It's not time to play. Let's go back to your mother." Luffy replied as he saw two mini Hancocks running up to them behind Sinbad.
"Sinbad!! Luffy, so cute!" they shouted, and despite the scolding, their faces softened at the adorable scene of Sinbad on Luffy's shoulder.
They approached Luffy.
It had been three days since Luffy had started the prison project, and it was already practically finished. Pica had been stunned at first, but Luffy had clearly threatened him, saying that he and his companions could have a chance as long as they put themselves to work, away from the islands.
Many people hated Pica and the other members of the Donquixote family, and rightly so—especially in Dressrosa. But in the end, Luffy wanted to use them mainly for the final war. That's why he hadn't killed them. After all, he needed people with the ability to use their Devil Fruits, and it would be hard to find anyone else with the potential they had for their fruits—killing them would be a waste, and he'd rather use them in a deal that would benefit both sides.
As long as they obeyed orders, he would let them carry out missions directly for the New World's Baroque Works, his intelligence organization that gathered information both from the New World and the first half of the Grand Line.
Pica had no way to refuse Luffy's demands. If he did, he'd go straight back to prison with no chance of escape. He was surrounded on all sides and couldn't use his power—and even if he tried to destroy the mass of Onigashima and reshape it into another giant with all his might, he wouldn't last more than a few seconds. There were numerous powerful pirates around who would sense any disturbance and attack him immediately.
Either way, Pica collaborated on the internal restructuring of Onigashima, organizing the entire rocky mass of the base and shaping it together with the materials that Lola quickly produced to meet the remaining needs for the prison after checking the metal stockpiles in Skypiea.
After an intense discussion between Caesar Clown, Shiki's scientist, and Franky, they reached a solution to better develop the prison. Luffy let them keep working while he thought: maybe he could even count on Dr. Vegapunk's help. Although he knew Caesar would be outraged and jealous at the sight of his rival, the world's greatest scientist probably wouldn't refuse in the end.
However, Luffy still couldn't contact him. Maybe after settling the situation at Egghead when the time came, he could talk to Vegapunk and make improvements to Onigashima.
With the prison in its final stage of construction, Luffy took advantage of these days to be with his family. He carried Sinbad again to a small garden on Fish-Man Island, where they were spending their last day visiting the place and showing it to the children while Jon spent time with them.
The two Mini Hancocks, who had come to get Sinbad, went along with them. At the location were also Hancock, Robin, Yamato, Vivi, Uta with a one-month-old baby, Mikita almost giving birth, and Shirahoshi in her early weeks of pregnancy. Plus, 13 more mini Hancocks taking care of the children and assisting the mothers.
Luffy approached them and took Sinbad to Vivi, who was already worried while her son had simply run off.
"Sinbad! Don't run off like that again!" she scolded the child after he had disappeared even from the mini Hancocks when they took their eyes off him.
"Don't be like that... I think he feels my presence," Luffy said, pleased with this ability of his son.
He was with his family, but ended up stepping out for a bit to go see Neptune at the castle, while discussing the current situation of Fish-Man Island with Jimbei and important people of the island.
After all, Luffy was here more to see Fish-Man Island and assess the situation and how they were adapting. The bubble had finally been burst, as it was no longer necessary. Now, the island remained submerged under the water like a normal island. All the inhabitants now had direct contact with the surface sky and the sun, and could go freely wherever they wished. There would no longer be the danger of being hunted, killed, or kidnapped.
Despite that, Luffy knew it wasn't something so simple. People still looked with disgust at fish-men, and only refrained from insulting or attacking them directly because of the order he gave to all the kingdoms: that fish-men were his people and should be treated as such. Otherwise, they would face the consequences of the laws he and the others were beginning to establish universally for all kingdoms.
Not that he stripped the kingdoms of their sovereignty, but still, there were universal laws. No one could kidnap, take someone's freedom, kill, seize someone else's property, defame... basic things that Luffy believed were fundamental and that every living being should naturally have the right to safeguard.
Although these rules were already present in most islands, he intended to strengthen them even more.
There were also other economic issues. Luffy allowed people to create their own businesses, a free market among kingdoms, with much lower taxes than most kingdoms charged. He wanted the population to be able to get wealthy and not just live paying taxes—and although at first it might seem like he was taking money from the crown, the revenue wouldn't decrease much, or might even increase with higher demand, and as people enriched the local economy, more investments would go to each kingdom.
A clear example was that some kingdoms were charging 40 to 60% in taxes, and Luffy declared they should reduce it to a ceiling of 15%, with a suggested ideal of 10% being the most appropriate.
Even so, no king really objected to his demands.
As part of a reform, Luffy would have to deal with other fronts, like the military issue, which would now require even greater planning since all the kingdoms were more united. He could strengthen them even further.
Either way, his attention was now focused on his children. His twin daughters with Hancock were running toward Luffy, calling for him.
"Daddy!! Daddy!!"
All the Mini Hancocks had hearts in their eyes, enchanted by the cuteness of the moment.
Luffy remained there, with his children, giving attention to the wives who were already mothers and those who were pregnant, while, the next day, he advanced across the islands and kingdoms.
Until he found the person he was looking for. He sped forward to the Prodence Kingdom and descended from the sky, entering the city quickly, before landing softly on a street full of shops. There, he saw two women shopping.
"Luffy...?" Nami murmured, seeing him approach.
Beside her was Nojiko. Both were full of bags and walking through the city stores, buying things here and there. The sisters' husband approached.
"Nami. Nojiko." Luffy smiled.
"Do you need something, Luffy?" Nojiko asked curiously.
"Yes. I'd like you to go to Wano. When you're done here, help Monet and Hiyori with the kingdom's administration. Bepo will also go there," Luffy said, while Nojiko nodded.
"All right. I'll do that, Luffy," she replied, while Nami crossed her arms and looked at him seriously.
"Luffy, you've been too busy lately. This is getting annoying," she said, pouting.
Luffy sighed as he looked at his wife.
"I'll be more available after a talk with some people. I promise I'll take you on a trip... Maybe we can go to Skypiea, or to a calmer island," Luffy said.
Nami still seemed to pout, but little by little, her expression softened.
"Alright... I'm going to hold you to that, huh! If not, I'll want money!" she murmured.
Either way, Luffy also needed to give special attention to his women, since he could feel the gaze coming from afar. Even though he couldn't locate her with his Haki, he knew someone was watching him. Most of the time, it was none other than Viola, using her powers to spy on him, while at the same time, Baccarat had come looking for him.
He would have to give attention to the large group of women too, but he'd leave that for later.
Meanwhile, he advanced to Onigashima once again.
The members of the Tontatta Tribe were working quickly at the site, rebuilding the city in a surprising way. They were already nearly finished with the new prison.
At last, Luffy spoke directly with Shiki's scientist and with Franky, who was analyzing the project while reviewing the final details with the other engineers. After that, Luffy placed Black Pearl in front of him and made his way inside to his cabin.
Upon entering the room, he saw several small boxes in front of him on the table. There were at least over 20 Devil Fruits he had obtained during this war and beyond.
In front of him were fruits powerful enough to be worth billions: such as the Plasma Fruit, and others that belonged to the Holy Knights themselves, whom he had defeated during the war. There was also the String Fruit, which had belonged to the late Doflamingo.
He had the fruits easily from these dead people because he could buy them directly from his system's store, where money was no longer an issue for Luffy.
He just needed to think carefully about what to do: how to further expand his fleet and decide who should receive such powers. Either way, he wouldn't hand out all the fruits at once. He had spent the previous night there, in that room, thinking about each one of them, until finally leaving the place.
Back inside Onigashima, he could see the fairies of Dressrosa—or rather the Tontatta Tribe—still working, carrying the metal that Lola had created.
There were already some prisoners housed there.
Luffy went directly to one of them.
The man was sitting silently, with a pair of Kairoseki (Seastone) cuffs on his arms. Upon noticing Luffy's approach, he glanced briefly, but showed no emotion.
Even so, Luffy could feel through his Haki that he was filled with rage, frustration, and fear.
"Hello, Katakuri. I can understand why you're feeling this way," Luffy said, flashing a friendly smile.
Katakuri narrowed his eyes even more.
"What do you want, Straw Hat?" he murmured cautiously.
"What I want is very simple, Katakuri. I don't want to be your enemy. I'm going to free you and your family. But I want you to join my fleet," Luffy said clearly.
He obviously wanted to further increase his strength and knew he'd need all the help he could get when the time came—and he didn't hate the Charlotte Family like that.
Katakuri had incredible potential, maybe even enough to reach his mother's strength in a few years or a decade if well trained. Luffy wanted him on his side.
Besides, Katakuri was someone extremely trustworthy when it came to protecting his family. And Luffy didn't want to see them as enemies.
The Charlotte Family could still rise again—but now, perhaps under a new flag.
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Chapter 509 - One Piece Daily.
Chapter 514 - Monkey D. Family Reunion 01.
Chapter 524 - The SWORD and Revolutionary Bases Will Be Within the Territory.
Chapter 532 - Waiting for the Enemies to Arrive.
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