The room had been covered by a thin layer of steam.
The open door to the individual bathroom that all the cabins now had was responsible for this phenomenon. However, Nami couldn't have cared less at that moment about whether any of her books were ruined by the humidity.
"Mm~"
On the bed, two bodies embraced while exchanging a passionate kiss. Both had towels wrapped around them, showing that they had just taken a bath.
They kissed while sharing their warmth. Once they separated for a moment, they looked at each other in silence and smiled, perhaps because of everything that had happened up until now, or because, despite all of this, they were still making excuses that this was merely an obligation to level up.
All it would take was a little honesty to change their relationship forever. The only detail was what would happen afterward.
Nami wasn't naive. She knew monopolizing Allen was impossible, and Allen himself wasn't hypocritical enough to claim that by making Nami his woman he would give up on the other girls. But the only problem was, was Nami willing to accept this?
Both stopped thinking and kissed again. Whatever happened, happened. This wasn't a romance manga where they could spend thousands of pages going in circles about the issue.
....
Some time later...
Allen slightly adjusted the ship's helm. There was no need to worry, since Gion knew the route to Amazon Lily well. After all, she had been a Marine for a long time.
It was amusing that upon learning that the seemingly young Gion was actually a mature woman, a milf, Allen doubled down on his efforts to recruit her. Although he earned the resentful looks of several girls in the process, it was a fact that the bastard had made great progress.
Of course, the fact that Doll had fallen first caused Gion to lower her defenses even further.
As for Perona, Allen felt that the girl was practically already part of his crew, but she refused to admit it.
The only truly difficult one to win over was Kalifa. She came from a family of government agents; her father and sister were members of CP. From a young age, loyalty to the World Government had been instilled in her, so even though she now seemed relatively cooperative and even submissive, it was only a facade. The woman was gathering information and looking for opportunities to send it to CP.
"Well, there's no rush," Allen said confidently. He believed that once a girl boarded his ship, she was already doomed to be charmed by him. The problem was simply how long it would take.
[That smile makes me want to punch you...]
"Good morning to you too, Lenalee," Allen said with a smile, his good mood unaffected.
He talked with Lenalee for a while until Vivi approached and stopped beside him.
"Allen, do you really plan to conquer Amazon Lily?" the princess asked, her eyes blinking with curiosity.
Seeing this, Allen laughed and extended his arm, pulling her into his embrace.
Vivi was surprised for a moment before resting her head against Allen's chest. There was no point hiding it; ever since their conversation on Thriller Bark, she had been unable to ignore those feelings in her heart.
Allen himself wasn't an insensitive bastard either. After the closeness caused by the pseudo-dual cultivation he practiced with them, his heart was slowly filling with affection, fondness, and love, which would have been a beautiful love story if the greedy son of a bitch weren't falling for several girls at once.
Allen breathed in Vivi's floral scent before smiling mischievously. "Well, it's not like we're planning to arrive at Amazon Lily by firing cannons and defeating their empress. I just think that once they bask in my glory, they'll accept me as their king."
Vivi pulled away from Allen's chest and looked at him in disbelief. She knew he was shameless, but the fact that Allen genuinely believed that the Amazons, known for their hatred of men, would accept him as their king simply because he showed up there went beyond absurd.
Allen smiled confidently. "Heh, I'm a genius, aren't I?"
Vivi buried her face in Allen's chest and began to tremble. She wasn't crying; she was using all her strength to contain the laughter that was about to escape.
The atmosphere became harmonious, and some time passed with Vivi.
....
Allen walked over to the central deck around the main mast, where Uta was singing, and Conis was playing her harp. Apparently, they were writing a song together. In front of them were Camie the mermaid and Kaya, both girls listening to the song with sparkling eyes.
Allen smiled and approached. Life was peaceful. He didn't know what awaited him tomorrow, but for now, he could be at peace with his girls, his home, and his crew, which were ultimately the same thing... but not everyone had happy endings.
At that moment, birds were traveling throughout the world carrying shocking news, something that even overshadowed the capture of Portgas D. Ace and the growing tension between the Marines and Whitebeard.
– The pirate known as Allen Walker took the life of Celestial Dragon Charlos Rosward in the Sabaody Archipelago.
There was no exaggeration or misleading headline. It was simple and concise because even Morgans didn't dare to play around with this news and published it exactly as it was.
It didn't matter whether someone was a Yonko or an ordinary person, rich or poor, a Celestial Dragon or a slave. No one could find words upon seeing the headline that followed. Of course, there were consequences for the Marines after he killed a Celestial Dragon.
The most notable was the fate of Sabaody.
The Marines attacked with overwhelming force, eliminating the lawless zone of Sabaody and tripling their presence in the area to prevent it from being recreated, regardless of the additional cost this represented.
Illegal businesses were eradicated, except those used by the Celestial Dragons themselves. It was humiliating for the Marines to now have to guard the auction house, but they had no other choice.
Things didn't get any better for the pirates. Those captured during the purge who had bounties greater than ten million were publicly executed in Sabaody. Among them, the Supernova Urouge met his end, while others such as Apoo and Hawkins barely escaped.
As for the Straw Hats, thanks to Allen's advice—and the beating he gave them—they decided to put their journey on hold and become stronger. They had no choice. Luffy had witnessed the strength necessary to survive in the New World, as well as Allen and Rayleigh's power. He understood that if he entered the New World in his current state, all that awaited him and his companions was death.
Finally, something else that shocked the world was Allen's new bounty.
– Allen Walker (The Demon King)
Wanted DEAD
Bounty: 4,000,000,000 Belly
This placed Allen only 48.9 million below the Yonko with the lowest bounty, Red-Haired Shanks. With a bounty at the level of a Yonko, people began to see him as the Fifth Yonko.
Thus, Allen Walker became the first Emperor in history to be born outside the New World.
Of course, all of this mattered very little to Allen, whose only current interest was reaching Amazon Lily and meeting the most beautiful woman in the world.
The Pirate Empress, Boa Hancock!
....
[Hey... wake up... wake up, bastard!]
"Hm?" Allen opened his eyes, feeling irritated. He had been in bed dreaming that he was holding a beautiful woman in his arms, but upon noticing the faint breathing of a woman and seeing Robin resting against his chest, he realized it hadn't been a dream. "What's going on?"
[Good news and bad news!]
"What's going on?" Allen became alert upon hearing Lenalee's words.
[The good news is that you can leave this world now. The bad news is that your other evil self is alive and now free!]
Allen blinked, unable to understand a single word Lenalee was saying. Leave the world? Another self?
[Ah, this is so stressful!]
A sphere of light appeared in front of Allen and slowly transformed into the silhouette of a woman.
Allen closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them, he saw a beautiful girl with black hair tied into two pigtails, and black eyes looking at him impatiently.
The sensation of familiarity and nostalgia hit him like a hammer, leaving him even more dazed.
Seeing this, Lenalee puffed out her cheeks, extended her hand, and grabbed him by the wrist.
"Allen-kun! We have to go!"
"Where?" Allen asked automatically.
Lenalee approached him with a serious expression that made Allen's heart beat faster.
"First home, then we'll go find that son of a bitch and stop him from destroying the multiverse..." Lenalee paused and corrected herself. "Some of them."
Some of them?! How many multiverses are there?! And since when is destroying them that easy?!
Allen didn't understand anything, but he trusted Lenalee completely. After all, he owed his current life to her, so if she said they had to leave, then they had to leave.
He carefully stood up so as not to wake Robin. When he turned toward Lenalee, she had already disappeared. Instead, a door had appeared in front of him. When he opened it, it revealed a passage through the void outside the One Piece world.
Allen felt no fear, but before leaving, he turned to look at Robin, still sleeping with a peaceful and happy smile.
"Will I come back?"
Lenalee smiled.
[Yes. They won't even notice.]
With his doubts cleared up, Allen sharpened his gaze and crossed the door.
.... ... ....
The autumn wind swept through the streets of New York that afternoon. In the distance, the sounds of police and fire sirens were simply part of everyday life.
A mystical door appeared in the middle of Times Square. At first, people stopped in their tracks, but when they saw the type of door it was, the tension disappeared, and most people simply continued with their routines.
Of course, some recorded videos, while others took selfies, but for the most part, people didn't pay much attention.
It was true that NYC, especially the island of Manhattan, was a magnet for villains, criminals, and all kinds of evil beings, as if there wasn't another damn place in the world to commit evil. However, that wasn't the reason everyone seemed to have the survival instincts of capybaras. They immediately recognized that door.
It was impossible not to recognize when that person was returning to the world. Of course, not everyone stopped because of this.
A vehicle traveling at high speed was speeding down the avenue, heading straight toward that door. Inside was a group of four heavily armed people carrying large bags of money. As a detail, they were all wearing Austin Powers masks.
Behind them, the engines and sirens of police cars echoed.
"Those damn pigs!" one robber shouted as he leaned out with his M4 to shoot at the police if they came after them.
He had good aim, hitting a tire and causing a patrol car to lose control, crash into another vehicle, and go flying.
"MJ, take care of it! I'll follow them!" Gwen shouted in her Spider-Gwen suit as she fired another web to swing through the air.
"I know," MJ said, dressed similarly in her identity as Spinneret.
Before this could become a headline, a woman in a red superhero suit landed and stopped the vehicle with her super strength.
MJ didn't particularly enjoy being a superhero, unlike Gwen, but she already had powers and a suit. If the situation called for it, she wasn't going to be a heartless bitch and ignore someone in danger.
The pale-faced police officers looked at MJ, who smiled at them beneath her mask.
"T-thank you," one officer said.
"You're welcome," MJ replied, carefully setting the vehicle down.
Once she was finished, she fired a web and swung through the air. By the time she caught up with Gwen, she was standing on a traffic light.
"Hey! What's going on?!" MJ asked as she landed.
Gwen pointed ahead, and when MJ turned, she saw Allen standing in the middle of the street, stopping the vehicle with one hand. His face showed confusion. He had wanted to return wherever the two girls were to surprise them, but he hadn't imagined that they would actually be in the middle of superhero mode instead of at their apartment or somewhere else.
The confusion was natural. Even Gwen wasn't a full-time hero, not because she had become cold, but because there were too many superheroes in New York, especially after the disaster caused by Doom and his war against another Doom, which resulted in even more superheroes appearing. Consequently, their workload had decreased considerably.
Allen smiled at the girls but decided not to bother them.
They were in the middle of Times Square. He was Allen, and they were superheroes. It wouldn't be appropriate...
"Allen!"
"Allen, you're back!"
Before Allen could leave, Gwen and MJ jumped into his arms even though everyone was watching them. Allen, for his part, would never reject them, so he welcomed them with open arms.
This time, the people were genuinely surprised to see the scene. While it was known that there was something between Allen and Spider-Gwen after the incident with the Morlun Heir, it had never been made this obvious.
In fact, very little was known about Allen's relationships with women in this world. After all, unlike other worlds where absolute fame wouldn't bother them, in this world Allen avoided revealing who the women close to him were, whether they were girlfriends, lovers, friends, or simply romantic interests. In other words, everyone knew there was a "Gwen" who was Allen Walker's girlfriend, and it made sense that this Gwen was Spider-Gwen, but no one was stupid enough to make assumptions and anger someone who used cosmic entities as paperweights and Celestials as decorations on his bookshelf.
"I'm back..." Allen said, giving both girls a big hug.
At this point, neither Gwen nor MJ could hold back any longer, and tears slipped from their eyes, reaching Allen's heart as he hugged them tighter.
The internet and news networks exploded. Governments went into meetings. Everyone found out, whether they were heroes or villains, gods or demons.
Allen Walker, the most absurdly powerful being in the entire world—or worlds—had returned!
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