One Piece: Starting from Obtaining the Float-Float Fruit

While Katakuri and Perospero were discussing, Anya, Mihawk, and others were also having their own discussion.

"Captain, are you sure you want to spend 50 billion Berries to buy him?" Moria asked from the side.

In his view, Katakuri was originally one of the other four emperors, and if he betrayed them for this money, then he might also betray Anya.

Mihawk was also puzzled. As far as he knew, the members of the Big Mom Pirates were basically Big Mom's biological sons, making it difficult to turn them against her.

Moreover, even if they were to be turned, they could be spies, which is tantamount to planting a bomb in one's own ranks.

"Of course we should buy him. I quite admire this guy. Besides, at the very least, we can use him as a counter-spy."

If spending 50 billion can bring down one of the Four Emperors, that's a very profitable deal.

He could use Katakuri to exploit the information gap between himself and Big Mom without any restraint. He thought he was an undercover agent, and Anya also knew he was an undercover agent. Under these circumstances, it was hard to say whose undercover agent he was.

When the old lady discovers that most of Katakuri's information is problematic, given her personality, she will definitely want to kill him.

In this way, Anya can confidently recruit Katakuri as her subordinate.

This can be described as killing two birds with one stone...

After being reminded by Anya, Moria and Mihawk understood the purpose of this action.

"Hehehe... How terrifying, Captain." Moria was a little embarrassed. The captain was too cunning. He sold him out and then still wanted to count the money for himself.

Mihawk seemed to recall how he had been tricked into boarding the ship.

This bastard dismantled his own boat first... Now that I think about it, was it intentional?

Anya sensed Mihawk's unfriendly gaze. He coughed lightly and looked to the side to avoid eye contact.

That bastard… Mihawk felt a sudden urge to draw his sword.

Not long after, Katakuri and Perospero came out and said that their mother had agreed to Anya's proposal.

"So, Your Excellency Anya, when will you be coming to Wan Guo for a tea party?"

Perospero still asked politely.

"Ah, this? Didn't I say I wasn't going to the New World for the time being? We can talk about the tea party later. You can take the 5 billion Berries and go back first."

Anya took out five billion Berries in cash from the room and handed it to Perospero.

"In that case, I'll go back and report to my mother." Perospero didn't expect Anya to be so straightforward and hand over the 5 billion Berries so easily.

Now, even if Anya doesn't go to the tea party, her mother won't say anything, and her mission can be considered successfully completed.

However, when he arrived at the dock, he discovered that his own boat had been damaged, leaving him no choice but to steal someone else's boat.

The first half of the Grand Line,

An unknown pirate crew encountered Perospero, a subordinate of Big Mom.

Defeat.

……

Two weeks later, another group of people arrived near the coast of Water Seven.

Dragon returned all the slaves he had previously taken in to Anya, and also sent Nico Robin over.

Anya also learned a lesson from Robin. Despite agreeing not to cause trouble, Anya went back on her word.

Anya said that plans can't keep up with changes.

Robin said that liars should swallow a thousand needles.

Although he didn't make Anya swallow a thousand needles, he did get to experience what it's like to have your waist pinched by the Flower-Flower Fruit.

After Anya's battle with Akainu, he was left with a large burn scar on his chest. Robin could naturally tell how dangerous the battle had been for him.

"From now on, you're not allowed to do such dangerous things again. At least, you can do it with me, understand?" Robin hugged her, leaving Anya somewhat at a loss.

"Ahem, I know, everything's alright, isn't it?" Anya patted Robin's head, knowing that Robin was worried about him.

This scene was witnessed by many people, who whistled and some even shouted things like "Let's get together!"

"Don't you have anything better to do? Go away, all of you, go and get in line." Anya's face was slightly red. In public, Robin-chan didn't seem to care about her appearance.

Robin, on the other hand, wasn't shy at all. Instead, she smiled slyly, asserting her dominance to prevent Anya from having affairs.

After chatting with Robin for a while, Anya also joined the crowd. They were going to do something very important today.

That is: to erase the Celestial Dragons' hooves.

Those slaves, including De Solo and his two companions, were to cover the Celestial Dragon's hoof with a mark of a white dragon's claw.

This wasn't mandatory, but everyone was willing to go. Anya got a burn done because the scar on her chest from Akainu's burn was too unsightly.

As a result, the large burn marks on Anya's chest transformed into a ferocious dragon.

Behind the others were dragon claws, signifying that they had officially become Anya's subordinates.

As for Moria and the others, Anya did not force them, after all, this thing is quite painful, and everyone knows that most of the subordinates in Anya's White Dragon Pirates and Sun Pirates are slaves of the Celestial Dragons.

After the mark was covered up, all the former slaves felt much better, and the lingering pain in their backs disappeared.

……

Another two weeks passed, and the buildings in Water City were gradually being restored.

After Katakuri joined, Anya handed over all the work of Water Seven to him.

I'm too lazy to read so many documents. If I read too many, I'll become one of the Four Emperors of the Civil Service! People would laugh at me if they found out!

Katakuri never imagined that his first job would be managing the entire island...

For a time, he was extremely busy, let alone gathering any intelligence.

On Anya's side, he planned to go to Sky Island to take a look. De Solo's Devil Fruit ability can only control gold at present, and Anya doesn't have much gold, so he planned to acquire a large amount of gold.

The Sky Island can be said to hold a vast fortune waiting for a destined person to withdraw it.

And Anya was the one destined for him.

So he called another meeting, this time to discuss who wanted to go on an adventure to the Sky Island with him.

Everyone couldn't help but wonder, do those Sky Islands really exist?

Of the group, only Mihawk knew a little about Skypiea, though he had never actually seen it.

Instead of answering their questions, Anya asked one herself.

Have you ever heard the story of Liar Noland?

Nolando, the Liar? Isn't that a fairy tale from Beihai Park?

Everyone couldn't help but wonder, this story has been passed down for more than four hundred years, could there be something fishy about it?

Seeing everyone's reaction, Anya nodded: "That's right, just like you think. There's actually another version of this story."

Anya then told everyone the story of Noland and Calgra.

Does the Golden Sangora actually exist?!

Everyone was stunned. If that golden city existed, how much gold must it contain!

"Waaah, poor Noland, he's been cursed by the world for so long because of an accident." Perona, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but cry after hearing this story.

De Solo was the first to step forward and go with Anya, after all, he was incredibly excited when he heard that the Golden City was on that sky island.

The other person who was going along was Robin, which was no surprise to Anya.

The only surprise was that Sikorol and Perona also wanted to go, while the others were not so interested.

Since Katakuri and a group of marines were still on the island, it was impossible for them all to go with Anya. So, only three people accompanied Anya on this trip.