Chapter 222 - Even pirates have honor!

[A/N: Sorry for the slow release guys. the current and next months (June and July) are filled with exams so I have less time to write, especially with me still working every day. And I'm also helping a friend with editing his written chapters. Once these exams pass, I'll be releasing chapters every day, since I would have a lot of free time. I hope you can be patient]

Elene and Kuzan did not need any help.

This was what Ian concluded after flashing next to them.

He had arrived just as Elene and Kuzan each took care of one of the two last diávolois.

Each one of them had dealt their most powerful strike and this resulted in their last enemies dying.

"Good job!" Ian praised them.

He gave them both a thumbs up and decided to wrap things up as he flashed back towards Kaido's location...

****

Since everyone was stunned into unconsciousness by Ian, the rest of the allies proceeded to celebrate their win.

With this, their land was now free.

Wano was free… some of them still couldn't believe this as they sat there on the ground in shock and happiness…

And among those were the nine scabbards.

"That ally you brought this time is truly formidable…" Ashura Doji said. Due to Ian alone, the fight ended up being so quick, it was hard to believe. Was this even a war at all? He internally wondered.

Kin'emon, Nekomamushi, and Inuarashi smiled in pride.

"Young Ian is a unique person… I doubt you can find someone like him…" Inuarashi replied back to him.

Kin'emon and Nekomamushi nodded their heads.

"That's right. It was fortunate he was on our side!" Kin'emon was grateful to Ian and didn't want to even consider if Ian was against them…

"His spear skills are also ridiculous!" Nekomamushi also added his two cents.

Inuarashi glared at him.

"What does that have to do with anything you stupid old cat?" He spat as he cursed the cat mink.

"AH? What did you say? Of course it's important, after all, he used those skills to beat me. Your tiny brain can't comprehend that obviously!" Nekomamushi replied in distaste.

The two then started to push each other with their heads, starting one of their famous quarrels once again.

Kin'emon and the rest laughed at this.

Sigh.

Kin'emon then sighed.

"To think our land is finally free…" He still found it hard to believe it.

The others quieted and shared the same sentiment.

Their lord Oden's dream was to open the land of Wano to the rest of the world.

And right now they were closer to that goal than ever.

"We must not be hasty though… Our lord Momonosuke is still young, not to mention we still have to ask Ian for another favor…" He said after a bit.

The rest agreed.

They had a favor to ask Ian and it had to do with protecting the land of Wano…

Soon people started to surround them as they all laid on the floor.

First were Ian's crew who came closer while chatting happily.

Next were the straw hats and a newer addition to them going by the name Yamato.

This girl had helped them up in this war, and she was the daughter of Kaido.

Luffy seeing she had the same explosives handcuffs as Rayleigh had destroyed once in the past, helped free her from them with his new type of Haki.

And she seeing that they did in fact explode, cursed her father, and decided that once and for all she would sever all relations with him. The bastard after all was considering killing his own child.

She then requested to join them. Stating that she failed to set sail with Ace, so she would set sail with Luffy instead. Luffy agreed as he didn't see any reason to refuse. Plus she was quite the strong person too…

Luffy had beaten King, and thus he was being praised by his crewmates.

He had beaten him while struggling a bit in snake-form, however, Luffy had learned the new type of Haki which is what made it possible for him to beat King without using his ace card…

And so on the people kept coming closer, and after a while, some people all of a sudden brought carts of food from the castle and started to pass food and drinks around.

They had won, and they deserved to enjoy and celebrate.

****

Back with Ian, he was surprised to see that Kaido had regained consciousness… how resilient was this guy…

Ian saw that he was now laying on his back on the ground staring at the sky that was starting to get clear.

Ian didn't speak first and decided to instead bring Shiki towards their place.

He also moved Zoro from the top of the castle towards his allies.

Kaido seeing Ian bringing Shiki, sat up and looked at Ian.

Ian used a bit of lightning to stun Shiki which made him wake up.

Upon seeing Ian he tried to curse first before all his injuries started to flare up, as if making him remember that the person he was about to curse had done all this to him.

Ian then decided to speak.

"Kaido, you and your pirates will leave Wano! That was our agreement." Ian told him. He didn't ask him, no, he ordered him as the winner.

"Tsk" Kaido clicked his tongue in distaste. All his plans with Shiki to rule the world… never would happen now. Well at any rate he only wanted to stir the world to bring chaos and have the best fight of his life…

But he did nod his head after a while.

Ian smiled. He then moved his gaze to Shiki.

Shiki seeing this beat him to the punch and asked.

"Brat… I have noticed that you didn't want to kill us… what is your goal with this?" he asked.

And it was true. Every attack of Ian always felt like he was not giving it his all. So he was somewhat thankful to Ian for that. After all, Ian could have killed them anytime he wanted…

Even Kaido straightened his back and listened with full attentiveness.

"I want your help. It's as simple as that." Ian replied.

These two would be of huge help to him in the future. He was after all gathering allies for a while now.

"Our help? Is it against that devil thing we fought?" Kaido was quick on the uptake.

Ian nodded his head.

"They are huge in numbers, and I can't take them alone. That is why you have seen all those people back then fighting with me!" Ian answered.

Kaido fell silent as he started to think about this.

Meanwhile, Shiki didn't understand anything so Ian started to explain everything to him.

"So you are gathering allies in the case that a war will be fought in the future… and you want my help? After you became my enemy?" Shiki asked.

Ian gave him a nod and a glare.

"It's best you drop your ruling of the world ambition. You are just wasting your life that way and also I didn't become your enemy, you tried to become mine when you allied with Kaido but I don't hold it against any of you, as long as you stop these foolish actions…" Ian shook his head at him.

Shiki didn't get angered. He was quite calm right now. Plus with his beat-up form, he can't even muster the strength to get angry even if he wanted to.

Kaido then spoke up all of a sudden.

He got up shakily from the ground and came near Ian.

"Even pirates have honor!! I will leave Wano as per the agreement!" He said.

Ian nodded.

"At that time in the future, if there really is a fight, I'll join your side!" He stated…

Ian knew that what he said was what he meant truthfully. Due to the voice of all things, no one can lie against him after all.

Ian saw that Kaido was about to leave so he told him to stop.

"Wait!" Ian said to him.

Kaido turned to look at him.

"Since you will be on my side, let me help you with this!" Ian flew closer to him and then used his power to heal his body.

Kaido had suffered from ugly burns, scars, broken bones, punctured organs and the list went on… It was a miracle he was even still awake.

But after Ian was done, Kaido turned back to his prime self. He was healed completely and not only that, his body had even regained its youth as if he was still a young guy…

Kaido was stunned for a bit before he recovered and looked at Ian.

"Thank you…" He whispered.

This left Shiki.

"Stupid brat, heal me too!" Shiki yelled at Ian as he looked at his tattered body.

"I'll also join, so just do it!" He grits his teeth as he said.

Ian grinned. Two absolutely strong people had become his allies today.

He chuckled as he started to heal Shiki. Not forgetting to fix his missing arm too…

With this, the only thing Ian had left to do on Wano was to get the Red Poneglyph and make sure that Wano was back on its feet.

"Well let's drink to this!" Ian brought bottles of sake from his storage ring as he grinned at the two.

Only Ian would be able to beat two people and then drink with them as if nothing had happened.

Shiki and Kaido shook their heads as they grabbed a bottle each by the rope and started to chug it down.

They needed to get wasted to get their mind out of these things that happened.