After informing the others about their crew's name and that their ship, the Black Pearl was finally finished, Yuki still didn't set out to sea right away, instead, he took Mashiro and Kayle with him around Water 7 and they bought their supply necessities from water and food, but also a giant piece of fabric and painting equipment, all using the money Yurei stole from the unlucky Reaper Pirates...
After they were done with their shopping spree, they went back to the ship and found Maou and the others each doing something there, whether it be fighting on who would get the better room to sleep on or training their bodies and techniques…
Yuki however simply ignored them and started instructing Mashiro on how he wanted their flag to be, and she instantly set out to finish the task with her eyes lighting up, and it slowly attracted the attention of the chaotic bunch and eventually, Yurei appeared out of nowhere and asked Yuki curiously
"Oy boss, what's Mashiro doing?"
Yuki shot the floating creep a sideway look and thought 'I still can't sense him even with my Observation Haki, what a monster...' before he said "Every pirate group needs a flag that symbolizes them so that just the mere sight of it would bring terror to the hearts of their enemies and hope to the hearts of their allies, and Mashiro is working on it right now"
"Eh… This is quite exciting" Dariun said before he tried to jump on Yurei's back, but the latter was too cunning and immediately phantom phased causing the little birdy to fall face first into a bucket of red paint which turned his head into a bright tomato and made the others laugh as he struggled to get it out of his hair and started making a mess on Yuki's beautiful ship so he kicked him on the butt and sent him flying into the sea
"You little bastard, stop ruining my little beauty, and do you know how much that paint costs? It's a special paint that doesn't fade no matter the weather it faces you bastard, that bucket alone costs a million Berry, Tsk" Yuki yelled but Dariun simply ignored him and started cleaning himself in the water…
"Oh, that's quite expansive indeed" Shizue said with slight surprise before she refocused on Mashiro and her eyes slowly started lighting up as she started to make sense of what she was drawing… 'Isn't this?'
The others too marveled at Mashiro's painting skills, she first started by establishing an outline on the giant rectangular piece of fabric then she started painting slowly, and the first to give his unneeded opinion on the unfinished product was Maou as he said "This reminds me of Yuki when we met the first time…"
"I agree, that's exactly how he used to look, how scary…" Rize replied before she shivered slightly as if she recalled a terrible memory.
"Hehehehe" Kayle chuckled silently and the others were also either smiling or laughing as well, only Yurei was biting his nails and cursing under his breath "When will I stop looking like a ghost? WHEN!"
Yuki couldn't help but glare at his crew, but then again he couldn't blame for it either. To match the flags of this world, Yuki made sure that his flag features a skeleton head, but now they started mocking him about his past skinny appearance…
However, the unique thing about the skeleton head is that it had emerald-looking eyes and white flowing hair similar to the face on the bow of his ship. It also had two wings that formed an X, one that of a devil and the other that of an angel, and its open mouth was shaped into an evil smirk…
"So, this is how Master used to look?" said Dariun after flying out of the water, and landing beside Yuki… His drenched body almost ruined the painting so Yuki glared at him to step back before he turns him into a featherless chicken, and Dariun instantly got the message…
"Done…" Mashiro suddenly said and everyone huddled up and stared at the painting with their eyes lighting up slightly, they understood the reason Yuki had the devil and angel wings as his symbols were his way of saying that no matter their pasts, good or bad, they were now his friends…
"I like it" Kayle spoke with a gentle smile on his face and the others shared the same sentiment... This was their flag!
"Yurei, Tie it up on the mast" Yuki ordered calmly and Yurei immediately controlled the flag and tied it securely to the longest mast of the ship where it started to flap gently with the winds… From this moment on, The Otherworldly pirates were officially born!
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"What's our next move?" Shizue asked curiously and it instantly attracted the attention of everyone else, but Yuki simply shrugged and said "Of course, we will aim to reach the top of this world, anything else would be a disgrace…"
The crew exchanged smiles before Yuki put his hand forward and the others instantly put their hands on top of his before they yelled
"TO THE TOP OF THIS WORLD X8"
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After he finished hyping up his friends who each returned to either train or do what they liked, Yuki on the other hand started Summoning turrets and placing them in their designated spots…
He only created 4 turrets since the mana consumption would be too high if he increased the number even more, but these 4 were enough for now since thanks to the unique design Yuki made for his ship, they can have a wide range of motion from where they shoot so one in each direction is good enough for now, and he could always increase the number mid-battle!
Then, he turned his attention to his item upgrade points and frowned slightly, previously he had 6, and after saving Rize he gained another 4 raising the total of his points to 10, and he planned to put them to great use so he opened his items' panel and started thinking about what's best to upgrade…
[Ring of Twilight (1/10) | Small Space Ring (3/10) | Guardian's Orb (4/10) | Guardian's Horn (1/10)]
[Ring of Twilight (1/10): Increases the host's magic Damage by 100%. For each day that passes, The ring absorbs the light of the sun and the moon and generates twilight energy that increases the host's attributes by 0.1 x the number of days accumulated. Current increase 3.1]
[Small space ring (3/10): This is a ring that contains an isolated pocket of space with the size o 4. The host can store anything none living inside it and it would help things like food and such to extend their expiration dates greatly. Costs mana to put and retrieve items from it depending on their size.]
[Guardian's Orb (4/10): A dream item for every beginner mage. Grants +160 Magic, +600 Mana. UNIQUE – RECOVERY: Restore 4% mana and health every minute]
[Guardian's Horn (1/10): A dream item for every beginner warrior. Grants +10% increases in vitality, UNIQUE – UNDAUNTED: Blocks 15% damage from all sources]
'All these items are useful, the best solution here is to level up the effect of my Ring of Twilight but unfortunately, the system has already made it clear that it will only increase the magic damage aspect and not the attribute gaining aspect… However, if I raise it to level 10, I can then evolve it and maybe the attribute aspect will be enhanced as well, but that's only an if…'
As Yuki pondered these issues, he quickly eliminated Guardian's Horn since his defense was already good enough, and the two rings as well since he's not the type to use magic that often and the current space was good enough... So, he decided to first start with his Guardian's orb which can greatly increase his health and magic Recovery even in a manaless world, so he immediately poured 6 item upgrade points into it and saved the rest for now…
[Guardian's Orb (MAX): A dream item for every beginner mage. Grants +400 Magic, +1500 Mana. UNIQUE – RECOVERY: Restore 10% mana and health every minute]
'Now I won't have to ever worry about my mana consumption in a fight' Yuki thought before he curiously used his path of evolution ability on this item of his and he instantly received a notification
[Item has reached Maximum level, Evolution can be achieved]
[Calculating requirements and path of evolution… Calculation complete]
[Conditions required to evolve the Item Guardian Orb into Holy Orb are: The Minks secret healing medicine, Save 100 slaves]
'The minks medicine and saving slaves huh? what a weird combination, but I guess I should make my way to Sabaody since it's the hot place for selling slaves…' Yuki thought calmly before he turned his sight to the ship and activated his path of evolution ability on it.
Surprisingly, he was required to collect 5 tons of Sea stones to evolve it which was by no means easy considering how rare this material is, but it only meant that a few people were going to suffer for his sake…
'The marine's ships are coated with sea stones to prevent them from getting detected by sea kings in the calm belt, I guess I will have to act secretly and sink a few ships of theirs…' With this evil thought set in his mind, Yuki finally gave the orders for his crew to set sail, and thankfully, Kayle knew a thing or two about the subject and so did Emilia so they weren't completely clueless…
Their destination was none other than Jaya… Where Yuki planned to get his navigator, and of course, they were being followed by the excited Knight pirates who wanted them to save their kingdom…
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Meanwhile, back on water 7, the CP9 agents finally let out sighs of relief as they held a meeting and Blueno calmly said "That troublesome fella is finally gone, when do you guys plan to initiate the assassination mission?
"let's wait for a bit more, we received orders that the Strawhats crew appear to be moving toward us, we will get confirmation soon, and we will get a better chance to capture the devil's child Robin if we don't cause commotion and they keep their guards lowered" Kalifa calmly explained to them and she received a nod from the rest so they waited patiently…
They already waited for years, what will a few more days change? They will also be able to kill two birds with one stone, meaning capturing Robin and getting Pluton's blueprints… Or so they thought.
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Meanwhile, as Yuki and his crew were sailing, he suddenly started hearing Luffy yelling and asking for help suddenly after they got attacked so he quickly turned to Yurei and said "Go full speed ahead, Dariun help him out as well"
"Yes Boss/ Master" The two kids replied, and before the knight pirates or anyone could react, a strong wind suddenly started pushing the two ships at unbelievable speeds, but it wasn't all as Yurei used his Psychic abilities to make them move even faster
'Hopefully, nothing out of the ordinary will happen… That guy is troublesome, even for me' Yuki thought as he remembered what Luffy said through their link… An Admiral was attacking them!