8 8 Planning

Outside the Donxiote manor, in some dark alley in the Port Town.

A tall man, wearing a black feather fur jacket similar to Doflamingo will be seen holding a Den-den mushi.

Around him, a purple dome like barrier is seems protecting him, and confining any sound within it.

*Beep!*

*Beep!*

*Boop!*

"Kachak!"

"Arare, It's me!" The man said with a cold tone.

[Snail Surprised] - "Rosinante!? It's been a long time since you've called. You've had me worried you know. Why did you call?"

The man on the other side asks, with a tone of relief on his tone.

Rosinante, or also known as Corazon, opened his mouth and was going to reply something, when someone on the the other line cut him.

[Snail Tired eyes, picking it's nose] - "Rosinante? Is that you, brat? How are you? What are you doing?"

This time, the tone of the voice seems different than the first one. The man earlier has a hint of nostalgia and worry on his tone, but the next man who's in the other line of the call seems different.

Just by the voice of this man you will know what kind of characters he has.

A careless, straight forward, happy go lucky man, who seems to act with his fist first, before he uses his brain.

A muscle head if you may simplify.

'Vice-Admiral Garp.' Rosinante thought, and unsureness started to form on his face.

"Ahh. Y-yes! It's me Vice-Admiral Garp. I'm okay, and I-I'm currently working. Maybe, I should call later?--" He asks, as he was unsure if this was the right time to report right now, since Garp is currently present there.

[Snail Angry] - "Give it back here, Garp! I'm damn working here!"

[Snail annoyed] - "Tsk! C'mon, I didn't spoken to the brat for a long time now, let me have some word with him."

[Snail super angry, with now visible tickmark on it's forehead] - "I'm working, you damn Monkey! For Crying Out Loud!! I'M, DAMN WORKING!!!"

Rosinante, who currently can't speak to them, looks around him, with a worrying look on his face.

'Thank God, I have this wonderful Devil Fruit, I'm afraid, I have long been exposed to my brother without it.' He thought, sighing, as he noticed that no one still noticed him.

[Snail annoyed, grumbling] - "Tsk! What a Doting Man. Overreacting like I'm going to steal his figure son.

[Snail angry] - "Get. The. Hell. Out. GAAARRPP!!!"

[Snail more annoyed] - "The Hell Man?! I didn't even have my Tea first! I even brought a Senbei crackers here."

[Snail Angry] - "GET OUTT!! GAAARRPP!!! GO, AND GET SENBEI WITH KUZAN!!!"

Because of the loud shout, even Rosinante who's on the other side of the call has to covered his ears because of the loud shout.

'I'm really thankful with my fruit.' Thought Rosinante.

After that, the snail Rosinante is holding seems a bit tired that it puts its tongue out, while sweating profusely.

'Poor snail!' Rosinante thought, looking at the poor snail with pity.

But it's still transmitting sound that can hardly be heard.

"Tsk! I, just want to have some tea!-- KUZAN!!! Wanna Have Some Senbei With Me!!?"

. . .

...After a few seconds of silence, The tired snail started to speak again.

[Snail calm] - "Now, why did you call again, Rosinante? Did you meet Batman? Who is he?"

"Ahh, Sengoku-san. It's not about that, I'm afraid I still don't know who this Batman is." Rosinante replied, looking at the ground ashamed about this second assignment to him.

[Snail] - "Well, don't be worried about that, It's just that it's a shame that we can't recruit someone with a powerful Devil Fruit like him.

A fear oriented Devil Fruit ability is such rare thing. Welp, as long as his not against us it's not a problem, but still look for him, and recruit him if possible.

Now, why did you call?"

"Well, Sengoku-san, I want to report about something."

"A certain kid that my brother just recruited..."

. . .

In the Donxiote manor, in one of it's rooms.

Lying on his bed, with him looking at the ceiling.

Lawliet asks himself.

"Now, that I've joined the Donxiote Pirates, what's the plan that I should make."

"Me, Joining this crew is a huge turn of event of my life, and the plot of the series that I know. And me playing with it, is like playing with fate as well, and will cause a huge Butterfly effect so I should be careful."

"It may cause some unknown events that may derive the story, or may trigger some early disasters, and I'm sure, I'm not ready yet." Lawliet murmured to himself, looking at the ceiling while thinking deeply.

He only knows a little about the plot of One Piece, and he doesn't want to lose that tiny knowledge, because of him playing with the plot.

"Hmmm... Well, Fuck it! Fuck the plot! me existing here already ruined it, right before even the series started."

"And, Joining the Donxiote Pirates, is one of the right moves that I can take based on my understanding and situation right now..."

"Although, I admit it's certainly not a good idea." He said with an ugly face.

Joining the Donxiote Pirates may not be the smartest idea Lawliet ever made in this new life of his.

It has so many risks, like being under Doflamingo gaze, getting killed instantly, and restrictions of his own freedom.

But, it also has so many advantages, that Lawliet is willing to take risks of.

Materials, Equipment, and Devil Fruit.

Like what he said before, Lawliet once planned to make a business himself about modern ships, and other means of transportation in this wide world of Pirates.

This world is full of water and the main transportation here is mostly consists of ships. But, it takes a ton of days to travel from one island to another, that the trading industry has become so small, because of time, freshness, and limit of their old boats.

So, what will happen if he introduces this World full of water, modern boats. which are run by engines, consistent of it's speed, and more faster and even bigger then their own old ships.

Faster trading.

Mass transportation.

More secured shipments.

But, anyway, he immediately dropped the idea after he remembered that he will just grab the attention of the Government, and may put himself in their Hit List and send the CP's to kill him, or worse, force him to work under them with a slave collar on his neck, since he's just a commoner to them.

And also, making a business in North Blue, which is Doflamingo is trying to get a hold of, may just also end in this same scenario, where Doflamingo will try to make him join his crew, or force him to work under him.

But, in that timeline he already has the attention of the other superpowers, in which he doesn't want to happen, since he's still weak.

Now, Training and getting stronger in the shadows is also a 'no' for him, since it would seriously take a lot of time, and will just completely waste this knowledge hehave, in which he don't plan on wasting.

Working under a Yonko like Shanks, is a good idea to be honest, but how can he contact him? he can't just set sail, and sail through the whole Paradise until he reach New World. That's suicide.

So yeah, this move of joining the Donxiote Pirates may not be a good move that he made, but it's surely one of the right moves that he can take based on his situation right now.

"Okay, stop thinking about that, I can't change the fact that I've already joined them. So, now, I need to plan my future." Rising to his bed, he sits in a chair with a table in front of him, he holds a pen on his left and in front of him a open empty notebook will be seen

"First, I need to train and get stronger." Lawliet said, while Characters such as Garp, Whitebeard, Roger, and Mihawk are flashing on his head.

People who are walking nukes. Flattening a mountain, destroying an island, and cutting a fucking meteor. Lawliet sweat drop at this remembering those scenes on his past life.

'Weaks shall die, and only the strong will live. That's the damn Law of Nature. Even if I hold the knowledge to erase the damn whole universe, without my very own strength, I'm just like a scrawny man, with a bazooka at my shoulder, surrounded by knights, and archers in the mediaval time.'

"Well, Damn, that quote sucks... Anyway, yeah, without true strength, I'm weak." He unilogically said.

"Then, second. Observe the world in the shadows. Me existing here already ruined the fate of this world, so the future knowledge that I know of is already devoid. I need to monitor every part of this World, if I want to have a full grasp on it."

"But, how? I'm not Omnipresent, and I'm sure drones are not sufficient in that kind of work... Well, maybe they are but--SHIT!! I'M A GENIUS!" He cursed standing up on his chair, yelling loudly as a wonderful idea struck him.

Walking around the room, messing with his hair, he said: "I'm going to make a Clone army, haha!" He said as if that kind of thing had no risk on it.

Making an inexhaustible unending army of clones maybe a good idea if he needs a ton of self-independent people. He can create many companies and make money without the risk of getting killed or getting caught, infiltrate the Marines or the Government, and even fuck with the plot here and there.

But, the risks are, rebellion, insurgency, and him getting replaced by one of his clones by his clones.

"Wow! Crazy, there's a lot of risks in that idea... Anyway, I need fundamental knowledge about making clones in these World, maybe I can create a clone by myself, but it will certainly take a lot of time, and the ending may not be good." He said.

He may have a ton of knowledge on his mind but some of them are not applicable in this world because of Law of physics. The clones he may possibly have made may possibly weak and fragile as a real normal human.

"Maybe observing the world in the shadows should be change to third plan, because I need knowledge about the technology of this world first, before I proceed there."

"Or maybe... How about I raid the Germa Kingdom, and steal their research about Cloning." Lawliet said, a devilish smirk is starting to form on his face.

"Anyway, that's it for now. I have no fourth plan, maybe I'll just proceed finishing my Bucket list and enjoy my life here. But first of all--" He stopped his words, and look at his right hand.

"I need to get heal this first." He said looking at the burn on his right hand.

. . .

Then a day passed. Lawliet has been called by Doflamingo on his office.

In a dark room in the Donxiote manor. Doflamingo will be seen sitting in a table, looking at a white peculiar fruit on his hand.

Later on, Lawliet arrived at the room with Baby 5 leading him.

"You may go, Baby 5. Go meet Trebol, he may need you." Doflamingo said, and of course Baby 5, who wants to be needed by everyone, immediately rushed out of the room to meet Trebol.

When there's only Lawliet and Doflamingo left in the room, silence immediately flooded there.

Until Lawliet breaks it.

"So, why did you call me?" He asks, eyeing the fruit on Doflamingo's hands.

'Is that, the Yuki-yuki no mi? So, he already had it right before even Monet joined them?' He thought.

Eyeing the fruit, and looking at it at every corner, Doflamingo replied.

"This is the Yuki-yuki no mi, a Logia class Devil fruit, one of the rarest and powerful Devil fruit in the three classes that has the ability to turn it's eater to a snow human."

Then Doflamingo turn his head, and look at Lawliet with false trusting eyes.

"And I give it to you."

"As a token of appreciation, in joining the Family." He said, smiling fondly at Lawliet like a loving older brother.

'The Fuck!' Lawliet thought.