Chapter 95: Children +11
June 29th, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar.
"Mm~~~"
"Time really passes quickly!"
"Half a year."
"It went by in the blink of an eye."
Ike looked at the time and truly felt that it had passed very quickly, as if nothing had changed at all.
Time!
Just like that, half a year had simply passed.
Moreover!
To Ike, it was as though time had not left the slightest trace on his body.
In reality.
During this half-year.
First.
The Rocks Pirates had been jumping up and down across the sea, even directly going to war with Marine Headquarters twice. The battles had been extremely fierce.
Second.
Progress on Wano Country's side had also been very swift.
Lastly.
During this half-year, Ike's wives and concubines had given birth to eleven children.
This was Ike's greatest gain. To him, the more children he had, the more terrifying he became. It was worth mentioning that Ike's current age looked no different from when he had been eighteen years old. Just from this alone, it already proved how terrifying and frightening Ike's situation truly was.
"Haah~~~"
He exhaled slightly, his expression very calm as he quietly murmured, "Selina is about to give birth soon. Other than that, Sif is also about to give birth. Seriously!"
Ike shook his head, but the corner of his mouth curled into a smile.
Selina.
Sif.
The children these two women would give birth to would inevitably be even more outstanding than his other children this year. As for why?
All that could be said was that the children born this year, in terms of talent, aptitude, and every other aspect, were basically just about acceptable. Truly! No joke. The feeling they gave him was that they were just passable. This really was not a joke.
Ike silently shook his head, genuinely not knowing what he should say.
However.
He was not especially tangled up over this point. To him, based on his personality, every child was equally important. They would simply be slowly raised and nurtured.
"Well!"
"There's nothing to dwell on."
"Outstanding children can become the pillars of the family."
"Excellent children can become the backbone of the family."
"Ordinary children can also serve as supporters of the family!"
Ike smiled and gently shook his head. As a patriarch, he might favor a certain child because of the quality of their aptitude. But as a father, he mostly watched each child grow with calmness.
The reason was very simple.
They were all his children. As their father, where would he get so many different attitudes from?
"Mm~~~"
Ike stopped thinking about so much and instead looked at the talent templates of the eleven children born to his family over this half-year.
[Edward Enenra]
[Identity: Fourteenth Daughter]
[Birthday: March 3rd, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Talent: C+ Beauty Beneath the Smoke]
[Aptitude: C+]
[Edward Kamikui]
[Identity: Thirty-First Son]
[Birthday: March 3rd, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Talent: C- I Can Eat Hair]
[Aptitude: C-]
Enenra and Kamikui, these two children, were twin sister and brother. They were both Sharon's children. In terms of talent, they were basically not too different. One was C+ rank, while the other was C- rank. Overall, they could not be considered especially good, but they were barely acceptable.
As for the children of Mureen and Lorelei, they were also born in March.
[Edward Satori]
[Identity: Fifteenth Daughter]
[Birthday: March 17th, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Talent: C- Let Me See, Let Me See Your Heart]
[Aptitude: C-]
[Edward Kubinashi]
[Identity: Thirty-Second Son]
[Birthday: March 29th, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Talent: C- My Head Can Fly]
[Aptitude: C-]
Enenra, Kamikui, Satori, and Kubinashi. In March, as Sharon, Mureen, and Lorelei gave birth one after another, these four children were born.
Two boys and two girls. As for their aptitude…
The best among them was Enenra. In the future, based on her C+ rank aptitude, her growth limit would be at the peak of Rear Admiral. As for the C- rank children…
Actually!
In essence, their future strength would probably be around the Commodore level. As for going higher? That was basically rather unlikely.
As for April?!
[Edward Frog Porcelain]
[Identity: Thirty-Third Son]
[Birthday: April 6th, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Talent: C- I Can Transform into a Frog]
[Aptitude: C-]
[Edward Yamawaro]
[Identity: Thirty-Fourth Son]
[Birthday: April 27th, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Talent: C- One Eye]
[Aptitude: C-]
Frog Porcelain was Wynn's child, while Yamawaro was Donna's child. Both children's aptitudes were likewise C- rank, and their talents were rather special. Overall, they were indeed quite interesting.
Frog Porcelain's talent allowed him to transform into a frog, and his physical qualities in every aspect would improve.
As for Yamawaro's ability, when he activated his talent, his two eyes would become one eye. After that, his physical qualities in every aspect would also improve.
Theoretically speaking.
Ike was also clear that these two children's talents were still decent. They did not have those flashy abilities, but they had the most essential type of improvement ability. That was still quite good.
[Edward Hannya]
[Identity: Thirty-Fifth Son]
[Birthday: May 1st, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Talent: C+ Power Beneath the Mask]
[Aptitude: C+]
[Edward Butterfly Spirit]
[Identity: Sixteenth Daughter]
[Birthday: May 15th, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Talent: C- 76766~~~]
[Aptitude: C-]
[Edward Kusa]
[Identity: Seventeenth Daughter]
[Birthday: May 30th, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Talent: C- Do You Want to Eat My Dandelion?]
[Aptitude: C-]
Hannya was Cindy's child, while Butterfly Spirit and Kusa were respectively Betty and Emma's children. Hannya's talent was still fairly good, reaching C+ rank. As for Butterfly Spirit and Kusa? Although they were both only C-rank talents…
However!
Compared to Butterfly Spirit, who was ordinary and roughly similar to Frog Porcelain and Yamawaro as a transformation-type talent, Kusa's talent was much simpler. Her strength was extremely terrifying.
That was right!
Extremely terrifying!!!
Remember these four words. His eldest daughter, whether Artoria or his son Acnologia, possessed the astonishing strength of dragons. In the end, the newborn Kusa actually possessed strength only slightly weaker than theirs.
This was simply absurd beyond reason.
However!
After testing it, Ike understood. Kusa's strength was actually naturally this terrifying. As for the other children, as their age increased, they would continue to grow and become even stronger. What about Kusa? Her limit was already like this. She was simply born already reaching her limit, because this was Kusa's own talent.
As for Hannya's talent, it was rather interesting. As long as Hannya wore the mask he had carried since birth, his strength would increase. In terms of aptitude, he was also like Enenra, among the most outstanding children born this year.
Then came June. Overall, among the two children born in June, one of them was the most outstanding among the eleven children born this year.
[Edward Yamausagi]
[Identity: Eighteenth Daughter]
[Birthday: June 1st, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Talent: C- My Rabbit and I Run Super Fast]
[Aptitude: C-]
[Edward Yōtōhime]
[Identity: Nineteenth Daughter]
[Birthday: June 13th, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Talent: B-rank Born Carrying a Demon Blade]
[Aptitude: B]
Claire's child was Yamausagi, while Carla's child was Yōtōhime. She was also the one with the best aptitude among the eleven children born this year, with both talent and aptitude reaching B-rank.
Moreover!
Regarding the children born this year, Ike could roughly classify them into several types.
Yōtōhime, Hannya, Yamausagi…
These could all be called summoning types. Yōtōhime could summon her exclusive weapon, the demon blade. Hannya could summon his exclusive Hannya mask. As for Yamausagi, she could summon a large rabbit.
Butterfly Spirit, Yamawaro, Frog Porcelain…
These could be called transformation types. One transformed into a butterfly, one transformed into a frog, and one transformed into one eye. They were all this type.
In short!
Strange and bizarre.
These were the children born during the half-year of Year 1475 that had already passed. It could be said that every one of them was strange and bizarre, giving people a very odd feeling.
However!
It did not matter. Among his family's children, what kind of strange and bizarre talents had not appeared?
This did not count as anything.
This did not count as anything.
Ike did not hesitate to include all these children within the scope of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. In the future, they could all help Seimei. Supporting Seimei and controlling Wano Country was also a very good configuration.
Overall, they were basically quite outstanding, and every aspect was very good.
Regarding these many situations, Ike viewed them with great calm.
Children!
There would always be those with good talents and bad talents. There was no need to care too much.
"Mm~~~"
Ike narrowed his eyes and secretly muttered in his heart, "With these children being born, the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons is gradually growing stronger."
"Hehehe~~~"
Ike chuckled and shook his head.
Before he knew it!
His family's children had already begun to form two complete systems.
The first system.
Of course, this was the future Round Table Knights, led by his eldest daughter, Artoria, after founding a nation.
The second system.
This would be the future Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, led by Seimei to help him govern the entire Wano Country.
"Overall…" Ike narrowed his eyes and thought secretly, "Actually, it is basically similar. Whether it is Eldest Daughter or Little Twenty-Seven's talent and aptitude, in the future, they will basically be almost the same. As for the other children…"
"B-rank, C+ rank, C-rank, C-rank…"
"Mm~~~"
Ike also nodded. Basically, both sides maintained a kind of balance and stability, and the two sides were roughly the same.
As for what about the Five Titan Gods?
That was relatively special. Moreover, that was still something where nothing had even begun yet. It was better not to discuss it too much. It was not meaningful. Not meaningful. There was no great meaning in it.
Ike was very calm about this. In short, as time passed, the scale of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons was expanding at a very rapid speed.
At this moment!
In the darkness, a shadow faintly appeared. He bowed slightly and respectfully said, "My lord, Lord Whitebeard called through the Den Den Mushi. It seems!"
"Hm?!"
Ike raised an eyebrow, looked at this ninja, and frowned slightly. "Go bring the Den Den Mushi."
"Yes!"
The ninja respectfully withdrew. Ike had a total of three Den Den Mushi outside: one with his big brother, one with Redfield, and one with Kurozumi Higurashi.
Normally speaking.
Based on his big brother's personality, he basically would not contact him unless a child had been born.
For example.
During the first half of this year, because his big brother truly could not return, he called through the Den Den Mushi every two or three days, asking every day how his newly born nephews or nieces were doing and whether there were any problems.
That was his big brother's personality.
However!
Yōtōhime had already been born for half a month. Normally speaking, based on his big brother's personality, he would not look for him at all.
In that case…
"Mm~~~"
Ike narrowed his eyes and thought secretly, "Did some problem appear somewhere?"
This was not a joke.
Normally speaking.
Only if something had gone wrong somewhere would his big brother look for him like this.
"Haah~~~"
Ike exhaled slightly, then shook his head and secretly thought, "Although it cannot be confirmed, if a problem has appeared, it would not be strange."
Ike felt this was very normal.
The Edward Family had two Admirals in one family.
This strength!
It could not be denied that it was indeed enough to make many forces on the sea feel fear.
However!
On this sea, the one thing that had never been lacking was lunatics.
The reason was very simple.
Lunatics had never had any misgivings. To these lunatics, they would not have any fear. The more difficult a bone was to chew, the more excited these lunatics became instead. These fellows were just like that.
"However…"
"The Adam Kingdom, the Eternal Kingdom, the Steel Empire."
"The three superpowers located in the New World are unlikely to look for trouble at this time. The Eternal Kingdom has already suffered a crushing defeat, while the Adam Kingdom and Steel Empire have no reason to move openly right now."
Ike calculated in his heart the enemies who might take action.
In the end!
Regarding the three superpowers of the New World, he silently shook his head. It was not worth it! It was unlikely! They were not lunatics, nor were they idiots. At this moment, when the Edward brothers seemed to be at the height of their power, why would they provoke them?
Or rather…
At this stage, when the Edward Family's development was not especially astonishing yet, provoking them would truly cause trouble, because once any problem occurred, the brothers would be two lunatics.
So.
The best opportunity would be to find a good chance, without any concerns, and kill with one strike. That was the most important and most fundamental core point. Grasping such an opportunity was the most important matter.
"So…" Ike whispered softly, "Overall! The opponent should not come from the New World. No, I should say, at the very least, they should not come from the New World's superpowers."
"Mm~~~"
"If they are not from the New World…" Ike murmured strangely, "Then who could it be? The underground world? Or perhaps… from the Four Seas, or the Grand Line?"
"This really gives people a headache!"
No joke, Ike truly felt a headache. He could not find any trace at all. He could not figure out who the other party could be at all, and this was the most troublesome thing. He could not accurately judge everything.
"This is truly troublesome." Ike thought secretly. "Now, everything depends on the information Big Brother received. The issue of establishing an intelligence organization must be brought onto the agenda. Otherwise! In terms of intelligence, we are suffering far too much."
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