Dragon Sorcerer In One Piece

7 Days Later,

The Underground Laboratory,

"Hey, Caesar Clown. I complete the filters for SAD. By putting this on the pipeline between your chemical tank it will filter the substance." Hades gave a filter to Caesar Clown and put down two other filters on the table. Caesar Clown took the filter from Hades and examined it to see what kind of mechanism it is made out of.

The filter is cylinder-shaped and big enough to attach to the pipe so it can filter when SAD moves to the other chemical tank for the process. The middle of the cylinder has a thick clear glass to show a filtering system with blue orb stone in the middle. When Caesar Clown finished his examination, he put down the filter and turned to talk to Hades.

"Impressive, I need to test it out but I believe this will work. If I may, what is this blue stone in the middle?" Caesar Clown points his finger at the filter as he asks Hades.

"That is what purifies the impure chemical. It's a stone I made using alchemy with little experimentation I did with sea stone. Since SAD is a chemical component of a devil fruit, I theorized that this stone will gather the impurity and neutralize it. Eventually, the filter has to be replaced when the bluestone turns black, so just in case I made extra two filters. I will have more in the future." Hades explains to Caesar Clown as he points to the two extra filters and approaches the tea table to pour himself a cup of tea.

"I'm very impressed, you only had 5 days to work on it but you might have changed the course of scientific research with this bluestone. To be able to gather impurity like a magnet, I can't believe I didn't think of that. You, my friend, have a talent for science." Caesar Clown joins Hades on the tea table as he speaks with excitement on the new breakthrough. He has no idea how Hades made a blue stone with sea stone but if he can research more on it there is a possibility that he could perfect the artificial devil fruit.

"No, I do not have scientific knowledge like you do so I will stay with being a sponsor. I will of course give you what I have on bluestone since we need to produce the devil fruits in mass quantity. This is everything I learned in the past 5 days regarding bluestone." Hades then pulls out a notebook from his jacket and gives it to Caesar Clown. The scientist grabbed the book and went over the pages after pages to see what kind of research Hades did. Seeing the scientist in a deep trance of study, Hades finished his tea and left the underground laboratory.

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"Boss, you've been gone for a while. We have big news." Gild Tesoro gave a newspaper to Hades who was walking in the garden outside of the resort. Hades was enjoying the fresh air and clear sky as he slowed his walking pace when Gild Tesoro walked next to him.

"Sorry about that, I kinda locked myself in the laboratory to help our scientist. What did I miss?" Hades looks at the newspaper to see a huge headline 'King of the Underworld, a New Warlord of the Sea?'

"This was expected after what I did to Doflamingo. I guess the Navy and World Government didn't take it easy when I humiliated one of their lapdog for the world to see." Hades folded the newspaper and continued his walk, but Gild Tesoro immediately gave Hades a wanted poster to Hades as if he was waiting for it. The wanted poster has a photo of Hades holding his sword, 'Rebellion' and wearing a metal mask with the background of the battlefield. Hades recognized the photo as it was taken by Ain when he helped her escape from Queen, one of Kaido's top men.

"Boss, you are officially a wanted man with a crazy bounty. I have to admit, it is ironic to see a devil's number on your bounty. I guess someone from the Navy's bounty office has some sense of humor or something." Gild Tesoro said to Hades as he laughed, Hades on the other hand didn't laugh but smile. Wanted poster means Hades is officially recognized by the World Government as a threat but also from the underworld as well. This includes bounty hunters and pirates from all over the world as Hades's bounty is high enough for them to either challenge him or avoid him at all costs. In short, Hades is someone no regular pirates or bounty hunters could challenge unless they bring the fleet to have a slight chance of damaging him.

"666 million berries. For my first bounty, it's not that bad and the photo gives a mysterious look. I guess I went overboard with Doflamingo if the Navy gave me my first bounty this high. Make sure you frame this." Hades gave the wanted poster back to Gild Tesoro.

"Of course boss, I will have it done. But what will you do with an invitation from the Navy regarding you being a Warlord of the Sea?" Gild Tesoro asks Hades with curiosity as taking the position of Warlord means anyone working under Hades will be protected from the Navy and other government agencies.

"I will consider their offer, but this means I will lose my freedom to the Navy as they will use me and others for their own gain. I have a few things to do and when I'm done, I will call for a meeting before I announce my decision. Make sure everyone remains vigilant and contacts me if there is a troublemaker." Hades said to Gild Tesoro and continued his walk in the garden without worries since he knew what to do next.

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Dressrosa,

When Doflamingo and his officers made it back to Dressrosa they were in bad shape. They weren't physically injured but mentally broken as their confidence and morale are no more. After they arrived back at Dressrosa, all of them locked themself in their rooms to heal themselves but without proper therapy, it would take long periods of time to return back to normal.

While Doflamingo and his forces were away, Sugar and the remaining officers defended their territory from King Riku's military force. Sugar managed to repel King Riku but she lost a small part of Doflamingo's territory in the end. Still, Doquixote Pirates have the royal family (Rebecca, Scarlett and Viola) as their hostages so they still have the leverage against King Riku.

"Doffy, someone is asking for you on the Den Den Mushi." Sugar knocks on the door and calls Doflamingo as she enters the room. Doflamingo's room is dark as all of the curtains were closed and there are few candles on to provide small light sources. Doflamingo was sitting on the chair with empty alcohol in his hand as he just stared at the dark corner of the room. Doflamingo didn't bother to turn around or pay attention to the Sugar as she approached him with Den Den Mushi in her hands.

"Doffy, you have a phone call from someone I never heard of. He said he can help you with Hades." The moment Sugar mentioned Hades, Doflamingo drops the bottle from his hand and turns his head sideways to check the room with overwhelmed fear on his face.

" Do not mention that thing's name! EVER!" Doflamingo shouted at Sugar which shook her as Doflamingo never expressed anger toward her before.

"But this person said he can help you. I'm sorry." Sugar tears up and puts down the Den Den Mushi on the table which she immediately leaves the room.

"Damn it," Doflamingo said to himself and grab another bottle to drink but then, the Den Den Mushi spoke as the person on the other side decided to speak up.

"HAHAHA! You are a pitiful man to shout at the little girl for your own weakness. I guess that punk Hades did a number on you after all." The rough voice from the Den Den Mushi said to Doflamingo with a mocking tone. Doflamingo threw his new bottle at the wall when he heard Hades's name and grabbed the Den Den Mushi mic to talk to the person on the other side.

"Who the hell is this? I'm not in the mood to talk to anyone unless you want me to KILL YOU!" Doflamingo shouts out loud and demands an answer since he wants to channel his rage at someone else.

"HAHAHA, it seems I got your attention. I'm someone who has a grudge against that punk ever since he screwed me over. You can say we have a common enemy. My name is Marshall D. Teach but you can call me Blackbeard as I want to talk to you about taking revenge against Hades."