One Piece: Starting from Obtaining the Float-Float Fruit

After sending Garp away, Anya successfully obtained a hefty ransom.

Crane remained there, working alongside the navy in the reconstruction of Water Seven.

Tom seems to have found a good Adam Tree to use as the dragon bone.

Anya also explained her requirements for the design of her ship: there must be a white dragon's head at the front of the ship, with the dragon's body wrapped around the hull.

Secondly, this ship needs to be slightly larger, at least larger than the Oro Jackson.

These conditions couldn't be simpler for an old shipwright like Tom.

Anya was finally able to relax and occasionally spar with Mihawk, which was quite a leisurely time.

Recently, many people have returned to the Seven Water Cities, after all, their homes are all there.

Although half of the island was destroyed, the other half is being rapidly rebuilt, and Anya estimates that it should be completed in about six months.

Many businessmen have come here because of its reputation, hoping to develop their businesses here. Anya naturally welcomes them. With the convenience of the sea train, the economic development here will definitely be very rapid in the future.

Anya was extremely satisfied with this territory; she was so happy she could laugh in her sleep.

Since Water Seven is located in the first half of the Grand Line, many pirates pass through here, and many want to join Anya's crew.

However, Anya believed in quality over quantity, so he didn't recruit many people. Of course, there were also some foolish pirates who tried to mess with Anya, the youngest of the Four Emperors.

As a result, their heads were all hung on poles next to the dock.

"Mihawk, practice your swordsmanship with me some more." Anya felt that her swordsmanship was becoming more and more refined.

Especially after that gathering of shadows, the swordsmanship experience of hundreds of naval personnel was reviewed in Anya's mind.

Even though the shadow was gone and those skills were gone, Anya still gained a lot of insights from it.

For example, he once saw Rayleigh use "Divine Avoidance".

Recently, Anya also asked someone to help forge two scabbards, which are very suitable for Muku and Sakura.

Anya decided to practice Iaijutsu, and Mihawk naturally became her sparring partner.

However, as a man who could spend his whole life with a sword, he was naturally happy to spar with Anya, and he enjoyed it immensely.

"Come on." Mihawk's eyes were fixed on Anya's every move.

Anya gently stroked the hilt of his sword with one hand; this was a technique he had developed through his own understanding and practice.

"It is a sword that flows to the other side!"

A crimson aura emanated from Anya's body, and with a flash of red light, Mihawk successfully deflected the sword.

"The strength and precision are both quite good, but unfortunately, your Armament Haki isn't strong enough." Mihawk carefully felt the force coming from his hand.

Anya's swordsmanship can now be said to have reached the threshold of becoming a great swordsman.

It's worth noting that not long ago, Anya was a novice who didn't know much about swordsmanship, and Mihawk couldn't help but envy her talent.

However, he also hoped that Anya could surpass him, so that he would have the motivation to practice swordsmanship again.

After hearing Mihawk's words, Anya looked at the Armament Haki attached to the sword.

The strength is indeed too low. With this level of Armament Haki, it probably wouldn't even be able to break through Kaido's defenses.

His biggest trump card right now is just his Conqueror's Haki. Without the support of Conqueror's Haki, he would be even more powerless when facing Akainu.

"Mihawk, use Iaijutsu on me too, so I can experience the real Iaijutsu." Anya decided to take the risk and experience the Iaijutsu of the world's greatest swordsman.

"Are you sure? Aren't you afraid I'll smash these two knives to pieces?"

"Don't use Conqueror's Haki, it should be fine."

Anya was naturally afraid of Mihawk's full-force attack. His current strength was at most invincible below the level of a general emperor. If he were to truly encounter a general emperor level opponent without the assistance of others, he would be defeated very quickly.

Mihawk, on the other hand, is a true general-level fighter, but he is currently at the lowest level and needs more time to grow.

"Here I come."

Since Anya felt there was no problem, Mihawk naturally wouldn't hold back.

"Come!"

Just as Anya finished speaking, Mihawk flashed and sent Anya flying with terrifying force.

"Holy crap! Mihawk, you bastard, why didn't you call out your name before you attacked?!"

Sonic booms echoed across the sky above Water Seven.

Mihawk followed closely behind. He hadn't expected to put in so much effort this time. Seeing that Anya was about to fall into the sea, Mihawk was also a little anxious.

The City of Seven Waters is located near the sea.

Big Mom's pirate ship appeared nearby, scaring away all the pirates in the area.

Perospero and Katakuri, after many days of sailing, are finally about to complete their mission.

Next, they need to make contact with Anya, since Anya is now nominally one of the Four Emperors, and the two of them are still somewhat wary of him.

However, they also represent the Big Mom Pirates, so Anya probably won't make a move easily.

Suddenly, Katakuri saw a flash of red light before his eyes and looked up at the sky above Water 7.

Something's coming!

Perospero, who was standing nearby, was startled by these words. Had Anya discovered them and was about to attack them?!

At that moment, his Observation Haki also detected that an extremely fast object was hurtling towards them.

Is it an attack?

Before the two could react, their boat was smashed through.

"Damn it! That Anya guy actually dared to attack the Big Mom Pirates?!" Katakuri's heart sank as he watched the ship being destroyed.

But what exactly was attacking their ships? It didn't look like a cannonball, nor like any other attack, and it was extremely fast.

Just as the two were racking their brains trying to figure it out, a voice came from the lower deck of the ship.

"Damn, that hurt so much! I almost fell into the sea. How could Mihawk hit me so hard?"

Anya looked around, wondering where she was. Had she crashed onto someone else's boat?

I wonder which pirate was so unlucky... Anya slowly walked out.

He then saw two familiar figures.

Katakuri and Perospero.

Huh? Am I seeing things? Why are these two people here?

Anya tilted her head, and several question marks appeared on her forehead.

Katakuri and Perospero were also puzzled. Wasn't this Stuart Anya?

He got sent flying?! There's another expert here!

The three of them fell silent for a moment.

"Excuse me, my name is Stuart Anya. May I ask what brings you here?"

In the end, it was Anya who spoke first and asked the question.

"We are here on Mother's orders to invite you to the tea party," Katakuri explained.

"Oh, a tea party? I've heard of it. We can discuss it. We're guests, so let's talk about it on the island."

Anya didn't expect Big Mom to send him an invitation to a tea party, and he would definitely refuse, but he would like to get to know Katakuri.

The two hadn't expected Anya to be so easy to talk to, and they followed Anya onto the island without really understanding what was going on.

Meanwhile, at the dock, Mihawk had just arrived. When his Observation Haki showed that Anya did not appear to have fallen into the water, he breathed a sigh of relief.

However, his Observation Haki detected two more not-so-weak auras, so he came over to check them out.

What they saw was the pirate flag of Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, and a dilapidated ship.

It seems Anya has joined the Four Emperors' crew.

Mihawk covered his head, feeling that things had been going on non-stop since he started following Anya, and he was exhausted.