New Jaya could be spotted miles away, it being the light in the darkness. It was refreshing to see that a New Island, though made only for profit, had been constructed in the place of old Jaya. A Island that Derous had briefly been on in the past. Though, it was only to follow the tracks of Cappadonna. Derous never got to come back here after that, until now, due to the Island being destroyed by a Buster call.

"I can smell the corruption from here. "

"Maybe you are smelling yourself, Derous."

"Maybe so." Derous would say as their escort ships moved closer and closer to the impressive Island Ship. This was the first time Derous has seen anything like this. He had heard rumors of ships being built like this, but never has he seen one. He, honestly, wished that he was the one to make such a place. The Beli he could've made would've gotten him out of his predicament and furthered his goals. But, maybe he would have to do something else.  He did though need to focus on getting a new hand. Derous would raise his stub and look at it, as he had never lost a limb before. Getting a cybernetic could be nice, but he didn't have the resources or trust to have one put on him. Maybe even going simple and putting something there, like a hook, would be nice to have.

They would dock and disembark the Escort ship. Everything that he brought would be removed from the ships, carried by his Agents. Well, they would be placed on lavish carriages as they'd be to heavy to carry all the way to the Golden Tower. Gruff, as well as the other Agents, had already received their passes for access around the Ship. Gurff mainly because with a Celestial Dragon in charge here he needed to make sure everything was secure. It did not take long for them to make it to the train and load up everything, keeping a entire box car just to him.

Derous took his seat and gazed out the window, he sat alone. The amount of luxury, in this section, was amazing. 'I wish I had this place.' Was the though that crossed his mind as he closed his eyes. He wasn't sleeping. When he had reached the Island he began to hear everything. Though this place glittered and shined, it wasn't long before it was just like Baltigo. A cesspool of many different, usually, illegal things. But, what usually is illegal on other places might not be here. Derous was fine with all of that though, and he wouldn't be the one to stop it. He probably was going to indulge in some debauchery soon anyway. Soon the Train would stop and his things would be unloaded. Derous would wait to all of his items had been removed before he moved from his spot. They still had just a ways to go, but the Golden Tower should be close. No, it was close. Derous could see it when he first came to the Ship Island, everyone could. It wasn't something hidden from sight.

Derous would step out of the carriage and it would begin to rain, hard. It was around nine pm, but the clouds had blanketed the skies and made it seem later than that. It raining was strange, but also out Derous a bit at ease. "Quickly bring everything in." Derous would tell his agents, and they would do as the Director said. Quickly, they'd make it inside of the Golden Tower. And it was nothing like outside. Everything outside of this Golden Tower, just the lower level, was more other wordy than anything Derous has ever seen. He spot many Nobles from across the world, and other of vast wealth having drinks and what not. He wouldn't get involved with them though. He didn't have the right nor wanted to.

"Do you wish to have a room on the upper levels?" The Female Receptionist would ask Derous.

"No, I want to have one on the lowest." Derous responded.

She would not look at him, "Sorry, but we don't have any lower levels."

Derous would search around his pockets for a note and would remove it. He'd then place it in front of her. "I don't want to speak more about this. But, this letter gives me the right to that room." Derous would say.

She would look over it and then at him. "Here is your key, please have a good time."

Derous would take the key and head, along with those with him, over to the elevator. It was spacious and could probably hold more than fifty people. So Derous and his band of twenty agents were enough. The employee in the elevator would be told of where to take Derous and he would also hesitate for a second. But, soon the elevator would be lowered.


"Everything but the body, take it away. I will stay here alone." Derous would say as he would grab the wrapped up course of the Red King and walk off of the elevator.

"Yes, Director Gruff." The Agents would say. It seemed they would not be allowed to stay on this level with him.

At this moment Derous was at the entrance to the lower level of New Jaya. Down here there were various ways to get to the plumbing system hat runs through the Island. Though, this area wasn't as lavish as the top floor of the Golden Tower it was still magnificent. And people coming here would be rare, as why would they. Royalty loved to be at the highest. The higher you were in the Golden Tower the more important you were. Though, coming down here would be easy to do for someone like a Cipher Pol Agent or Celestial Dragon. Celestial Dragons because they could go anywhere they pleased. And Cipher Pol Agents because it was their job to protect the assets of the Celestial Dragons and also the World Government.

'Oh, wow. This material would be able to even withstand that mode I used against Ren.' Derous would think to himself as he would strike the wall. The material this place was built on was out of this world. It could compared or even superior to Seastone. Derous would stop admiring and go to the center of the room, and would place the corpse there. "Welcome to New Jaya, Junbei."

Yiruzen would suddenly wake up from a pool of drool running across a maple wood table. It had quite the shine, both the drool and the table. Yiruzen would brush his sleeve across his face using his forearm and would notice that he would be grabbing a semi-empty bottle of rum. He would run his nose over it and the sheer smell almost made him gag. He would let down the bottle and would ruffle his hair. It would appear that the Celestial Dragon had a hangover. It wasn't too fierce as Yiruzen was a diligent drinker...it was just for this certain occasion he had to bust out cases after cases. He was heading to the moving money island known as New Jaya.

He had heard about the Buster Call, which somewhat impressed Yiruzen a little. Such a Maine force coming to obliterate one island. When they wanted something to be gone, they made damn sure there was no way for someone to survive. Yiruzen would grab the bottle of what smelled like rum...he hoped it to be rum. Looking around there would be bodies sprawled all across the room. Which appeared to be spotless. Well, it was a given due to the fact that he was on board. But never the less it was quite clean. And Yiruzen liked his rooms that way.

He would walk by, on and over bodies just to get to the door. Awaiting him right outside was a sea lad. Didn't seem not much older than 18. When his eyes met with Yiruzen, his body emulated something that was about to be assassinated. Just pure fear in his eyes. Yiruzen would speak up by putting his hand on the door fram and tilting his head back while putting the drink to his lips. The sharp drink ran down his throat and a combination of sweet spiciness and a hint of bitter would flood his taste buds. The Dragon would nod his head down.

"Marine....I want you to tell me in no less than 7 words, where in the hell we are" The boy would begin shaking and then would stutter a few words, he would begin to sweat profusely. "S-S-Sir, we are a-almost at New J-J-J-" Yiruzen would interject "Spit it out, man!" "New Jaya Sir!!" the lad would salute and would bow at the same time. And if anyone was around besides the Marine guards at both ends of the hallway, who dare not even look in Yiruzen's direction, saw his face they could tell it would be pure joy and excitement entwined into one.

The Dragon would shake most of the hangover off. And setting one foot onto the deck, the whole crew would bow at him. He would raise his hands and they would quickly go back to what they were doing. Yiruzen would walk to the edge of the bow of the ship attempting to take another swig from his bottle but as he lifted it, not but a single drop would grace his lips. He would toss the bottle overboard and would look onward. There it was, New Jaya. Soon the crew would pull up to the dock, keeping pace with it not to be left behind while undocking.

Soon a group of people would calming greet Yiruzen and would begin guiding him to the where he would be staying. Following the people, his eye would lay bare to the city before him. Quite the marvel it was. It was quite a beatiful place, it would be hard to believe that this was all manufactured. Making his way into the lobby he would see someone that caught his eye. He would order a few of his CP agents to stay behind with the message that if he didn't return in an 1 hour and 30 minutes, that they should presume that he is either injured or dead.

He does this whenever he is about to do something reckless, IT WAS A FULL PROOF PLAN! For the most part. Yiruzen was nowhere near a generic Celestial Dragon. He was far from it. Waiting a few moment, The Dragon and the small group of CP Agents, around 10 would surround him. As they descended from the elevator Yiruzen and his group would slowly walk through the hallways. Until he heard a voice, he would stop and hang to a wall not walking into the room he presumed the voice to originate from. He was not going to make his presence known until he felt like he needed to. For now, he would hang back and just listen to the conversation.

He didn't even need his passive to hear that he wouldn't be alone down here. The area he was in was not that far from the Elevator, though the room was spacious. The size being probably over thirty meters in diameter, higher probably double that. Derous didn't know the exact measurements, nor did he think they mattered all that much. He did know that the short hallway that lead into this area wasn't more than five meters in length. This room lead to different things. The entrance to the lower level of New Jaya, deep enough so that you can't hear anything from above and vice versa.

"You know my name, so you must know what agency that I belong to. So, why do you think it'd be wise to say my name?" Derous would say. He had heard the Elevator as that was the only sound, other than him speaking, that would be heard at this moment. He'd not move from his position, but he would remove his cloak and lay it over the body of Junbei. He would then wait and there, the body being behind him, as he looked forward and waited. There was only one Elevator that lead to this spot, well one that could be taken from the Golden Tower. He would only speak after he would listen to the other Masked individual. He spoke in a calm tone, as he was calm. He didn't have a alias right now, but that was because he wasn't supposed to exist.  

There was another sound, two in fact, that he would hear. It takes about five minutes for the elevator to go up and come back down. The first sound he heard was banging noise. When it first started it was loud and noticeable, but the sound died down quickly but didn't stop. Unless you really paid attention you wouldn't really notice it. This though could just be the piping, as there were a decent amount going through this room, and even the hallway. But, what made this noise could either be nothing or something.

Then there was he second sound, which was the elevator. Honestly, it could've just been another Cp agent, so Derous didn't care about that. The other noise is what he was more focused about, that and whatever it was Adri had to say. There had to be a reason he was sought out. Hopefully, it wasn't for a new assignment. As Derous has had his full of those for the time being, and wanted to handle his own business for a month. He deserved it after losing his hand in the Gray War. Derous should get a new identity for his time being here. Gruff Bonnet the Director of the Secret CP unit Nine, was something he couldn't go around declaring. Maybe, cutting his hair a bit fixing his attire to be more play-boyish would be the best thing. Just blending in with the rich folk should be enough.  

Yiruzen would raise an eyebrow at the current conversation being conducted at the moment. It was quite interesting, it seems these two guys, he presumes they are guys, seem to be in the same organization. Which seems to be Cipher Pol. Which were also Yiruzen's "guards". Quite frankly Yiruzen could protect himself but for him to actually leave Wano he needed to have these guys follow him. His mother would kill him if she found out she disobeyed her. Which would start a chain reaction to more and more anger. Just thinking about his mother's rage made the Young Dragon sweat.

For now, though, a raised eyebrow transformed into a generic thinking pose people would do, you know when you have your hand on your chin? Anyways, what this Agent was speaking would be annoying, how does he not know that the pirate doesn't get obliterated when he fights the Yonko? There would be no one to arrested and you yourself might get killed. The plan was honestly flawed, while it could work, it would need careful info updates, planning and just a lit of tedious things. Yiruzen himself was sort of a tactician. But to potentially sacrifice men like that would be foolish right?

The Dragon would walk out from the shadows and into the (dim?) light. With his right hand on his hip and a hand still on his chin would let out a somewhat interested tone in his voice "Interesting, you mind sharing more details? Before these two could get out a work though he would raise his hand "No formalities, I'm just curious about your plan Mr...... he would say glancing over at the masked man for a moment. "We did something similar during the Civil war back on wano. It was sort of difficult back then though. I just wanted to know a little bit more about this plan of yours. The Celestial Dragon would finish his sentence while smirking at Derous.

All the while his guards looked like they just witnessed a ghost appear on their face. They knew their boss was spontanous but they never thought he would do something this reckless.

"No, I don't want to know." Derous would mumble, softer than a whisper to himself. He didn't understand why the other Agent would do his hat trick, or why he bowed to him. Derous wouldn't interrupt them as they spoke and would actually listen, even though he really didn't care. As the Agent spoke the noise could be heard more clearly now, but he'd ignore it again like before. The Agent would finish speaking, but then someone else would arrive. A Celestial Dragon, of all people, would make their appearance known. Maybe he was the source of the noise Derous kept hearing. Maybe this noise was just all in his head. He watched them both, the distance he had he could have them all within his line of sight. He hated the other CP units below him, and each of their members. Finding anyone with true competence was hard, and the reason he hadn't been able to recruit many new members to CP9. There were already a few members that belonged to CP9 that were under him, but at this time where doing things assigned to them before Derous became director.

Honestly, he did not understand the reason this was brought to him. He was the Director of CP9, but he didn't have control over the other CPs, as he didn't want that control. He was, technically, on personal time here on New Jaya. One entire month to do whatever it was that he wished, and that was dealing with the body of Junbei.

'Don't smirk at me.' Derous would say to the Celestial Dragon in his mind, as he couldn't say it out loud. It was too disrespect, but he didn't care. Derous was on his own time right now. He distanced himself from Celestial Dragon's all the time, as his envy wouldn't allow him to stay near them for too long. The main thing about them was how they could do whatever they wanted, and not get in trouble. There only being like one rule they can not break. While if Derous did something he would get in trouble. Like when he killed Sansom and got sent to Impel Down. He doesn't hate all Celestial Dragons he just, has grown, to hate the minority within them. Not for the reasons others do as he is fine with how they act to others, he is just jealous he can't act the same, but he hates how a lot of them have thought of them self as powerful. And he means combat wise. When he had read about a Celestial Dragon joining the Ranks of the Marines and participated in the Gray War, he was disgusted. That guy, whoever he was, must really think he belongs anywhere. And this Celestial Dragon in front of him seems like he thinks the same. He hated that. He'd rather them stay high in the sky above everyone instead of trying to dirty themsevles with regaulr people.

'Just the sight of him makes me sick. He just has that arrogant feel to him.' Derous would stop himself from making a mistake that could cause him to face sever repercussions. He wouldn't bow at the sight of the Celestial Dragon though. As they had spoke Derous though about more things than his hate for Celestial Dragons.

"I don't want either of you to take offense to what I am to say. And Lord Celestail Dragon if I offend you in anyway, tell me and I will stop. But, why did you come down here? No, a better question is. Why are you both so wide open?" Derous would say to them both. The other thing that he was thinking about, aside from his hateful thoughts. Was the thought of how he could kill them if that needed to be done. He'd disappear right after he had ask why they were wide open. He had so many things he could do, but he wouldn't do anything lethal. Simply he appear directly behind Adri, and place his ,good, hand on the Agent's Rifle. But, that wasn't the only action he'd take. He would, as he attempt to touch the gun, try and wrap his other arm around Adri, and pull him in close. This would put the two chest to back. He tried to do this as quickly as possible but what he was going for could be avoided, if you were fast enough. But his sudden movement at the speed he went at should be faster than what anyone here could perceive.

"What type of ammo do you carry around, be honest. Iron rounds like most idiots?" Derous would ask Adri. His action of getting behind him could be seen as hostile, and that was fine. He'd react accordingly to anything hostile from what he was about to try and do. The spot that Derous had left from had changed and that wasn't the only thing. After asking that he'd quickly speak again. But, he spoke extremely low. And due to his mask being on seeing him speak to read his lips wasn't possible. "Do not let your guard down like this, especially on that task you want to embark on. Yonko and their top tier goons are not as foolish as they appear. And make sure to just keep me updated on the status of your task." It was weird of Derous to do this, but he wanted it to be like this. He didn't trust Celestial Dragons to keep their mouth closed on sensitive things. He'd let go of Adri right after he whispered what he had to say. They were around seven meters from the Celestial Dragon, who was still right in front of the doorway. He wanted to let Adri he was fine with what he wanted to go on, but to also let him know something that would keep him safe. As Derous is strong. But, there are many people that are well above him. And many of those people are around Yonko in some shape or form.

"Lord Celestial Dragon. Don't concern yourself with this foolish notion that this agent wants to embark on, or have someone embark on. And I ask that you let me escort you back upstairs, as it isn't safe down here." Derous would say as he stood behind Adri, moving if Adri moved so that he could keep both in his sights.

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"Are you okay, Lord Celestial Dragon?" Gruff would ask as he slung the body of the wrapped up corpse he brought with him. He had walked all the way back over to the body as Adri began to walk away. Gruff did not want to just stand here all day, and do nothing. If he would not get a response he would make his time done here zero. He had a lot of things he needed to do, and didn't have time to be strung along. He was on vacation.

If the Celestial Dragon didn't say or do anything Gruff would enter the elevator and leave. He'd be back on New Jaya but he'd leave for the Blues. First stop in the North and then the next in the South. A few Islands he needed to stop by on his vacation. Hopefully he wouldn't run into anyone that he did not wish to meet, but that may be unavoidable.

"If you needed me for something please message the appropriate people for my services. As of, two days ago, I am on vacation. " Is what Gruff would say before the elevator doors would close. This again only happening if what he said was early wasn't responded to. Or if the Celestial Dragon didn't do anything at all. As Gruff didn't want to be rude he just didn't want to be tied up for no reason. Maybe in the future the two could discuss whatever it is they could've talked about today.

If he was able to make it into the elevator he'd stop by the receptionist. "I would like a Escort service ready to depart once I reach the docks. " Gruff would tell the receptionist, and they would nob their head in understatement. Gruff would then take his leave from the Golden tower and make his way to the docks. He took his time as even though he was in a rush he didn't need to go his fastest. Upon his arrival to the ships he'd let them know where it was they needed to take him. He'd only tell them that he wished to head to the North Blue, and after they arrived there he'd explain that he wanted to go to Spider Miles.

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The Dragon had his hand on his chain once more. Thinking about the current situations he would like to get stronger as fast as possible. He had plans and goals he wanted to accomplish. But the main plan, for now, was liberating his home from the pirates that inhabit it. These pirate belonged to a Yonko as well, so just rushing in and as a Dragon, it would mean certain death for him. So, for now, he was going to get aid from the odd man before him. Not the one from the mask, as he was leaving. The Dragon, of course, let him pass through. But Yiruzen would begin to go into deep thought. He was young and didn't know much about the world. But the man before him has aged....whether it be good or bad, he has aged and most definitely combat experience.

Yiruzen was so in thought that he didn't even pay attention to the man's first response to him. Which seemed a bit disrespectful to him. Yiruzen would snap back into reality when the man asked if he was ok, to which Yiruzen quick responded with "Of course, Of course, I'm fine." Yiruzen doesn't usually go into thought, he does plan things out, maybe too much but he does tend to go off of instinct. Which was good and bad. This man though....Yiruzen was interested in him...(no homo) He wondered at how strong he was. But to find that out The Young Dragon would have to follow the man.

"Derous was it?" He would say as the man passed by him. He spoke up right as he was getting close to the elevator. "I intend on getting stronger in a fast manner, and I think you might be the one who could help me with that." He would puff up his chest and cross his arms "AND I WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER!" Yiruzen wouldn't even let the man answer back. he would just follow him into the elevator and they would be on their way. The man wouldn't mind, right? He better not...

Plans changed, quickly. His thoughts of leaving this place, as soon as possible, would not be happening now. Where he wanted to go, even if just the Blues, was dangerous. And just have a Celestial Dragon tagging along the entire time would be too much on his plate, as he'd have to protect the Celestial Dragon and go about things differently. The Celestial Dragon would follow him into the elevator. The bellhop would ask them where they'd like to go. He would be wearing all white, but on his back was a golden symbol. It actually being made of gold. The symbol had to be in relation to Archeon in some way. Derous was a bit jealous, but not of this man. Butof the person known as Nora. A CP agent like him though of a higher pedigree. Gruff wanted to run the best and be considered the best, not the second best. But, his time would come. He had to just find his cover and he could move up in the ranks.


"Take us to the tip-top." Derous would tell him. Everyone would be in the elevator when he said this, as Derous would wait for the Celestial Dragon. It would take some time for them to reach the highest floor. And in that time Derous wanted to speak to the Celestial Dragon.

"Please, call me Gruff. Lord Celestial Dragon." Gruff would tell him as he adjusted the arm he had holding the corpse. The wrappings around the corpse prevent any foul smell or anything of that matter filling the elevator. "I doubt any of my superiors would want me taking you with me to my usual vacation spots." Gruff would sigh before speaking again. "So, if you want me to help you get stronger I will do it here. On New Jaya, if that is okay. Also, keep in mind. The length of this training depends on how strong you want to be." Gruff would leave it at that, not speaking more until he heard a response from the Celestial Dragon. He wouldn't mind training this Celestial Dragon, he didn't mind training anyone really. It was just he didn't like training someone and then them ending up dying. Or he would have a comrade that would end up dying too soon. A example being Seth Long. Someone that he used to run with back in the blues. Defending a base from a Pirate invasion with the Marine. Even though Seth was able to defeat a large amount of their foes he would fall before the great battle ended. That wasn't the only person Derous has lost during that time or at some other point in his life. Maybe a sadder failed partnership was him and Junbei. Someone he wanted to have under his wing. But, the boy had escaped into the world and became a pirate before Derous could truly mold him. And Junbei or Echo, as Derous likes to call, him was now resting on Derous. And their partnership will never happen as he was tainted.

Maybe this could be a new partnership. Even if just for a little while, as Gruff would be fine running around with someone with almost unmatched influence int his world.

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"Gruff?" The Dragon chuckled a bit, it was an unusual name, and he probably had no place to laugh. The name probably meant something that the young man didn't understand just yet. Maybe if he spent enough time with Gruff he would be able to learn a secret or two. But for now, he would be following him, as planned. But he didn't want his little posse around him. He sent them back to patrol around the city and do things they wanted to. I guess you could call it on break? The young man shrugged a bit as he leaned into to speak to one of his agent's ear, letting him know his wishes. He looked at Yiruzen for a second then back at his group and them bowed to the Dragon. He had to respect his wishes even if they didn't want to. So in the lobby, they were let out and it was just Yiruzen and Gruff within the elevator.

When Gruff spoke of his superiors not letting him take Yiruzen around to places, Yiruzen probably imagined Gorosei as his father told him about how powerful they are. Yiruzen has only seen a member of the Gorosei once while he was quite younger. He came to have a meeting the Miyamoto clan in the last bit of the war to give them some notices after they've won. All he remembers is that he wore what seemed like a normal suit, and was old. He jokes with little Yiruzen a little before heading into the meeting. He was quite weird indeed. He wonders if that old man is still alive and kicking.

"I guess we might be here a bit, my goal right now is to reclaim my homeland, Wano. Which is in the clutches of a Yonko. So I think I'm going to need to get much stronger." Yiruzen balls up his fist. He was going to accomplish this goal no matter what. He doesn't know where his mother or father is, but he can't imagine them being content or alive stuck under a Yonko's rule.

Yiruzen unballed his fist and looked at Gruff. "I bet you know a bunch of ways to get me stronger, don't you?"

Gruff would listen to the boy, and he couldn't take it. This child had more of a dumber dream than Echo, who wanted to be Pirate King. But, things aren't impossible. Having big ambitions can truly pay off.

"So, you want to defeat a Yonko." Gruff just had to say that out loud, as it was just a large task. Maybe Howard defeating Echo has made others think they can just take on anyone. But, what they don't know is that Howard is in a league of his own. And what he can do isn't what others could. Gruff though wouldn't crush anyone's dreams today, as there is a chance it can be made into a reality. Gruff would rub his chin as he began to try and wrap his head around this again.

"Train you to take on a yonko.....Hmm, which one is it. Taisen? No, not that old fart. Wait, no it is that guy. He is pretty strong...I think he beat up Oceanus before, but when he was a little fish. Or was that someone else...No, it had to be him." Gruff would continue to ramble on about Taisen more and more. Taisen was someone like Howard, in a league of their own. And going at them would be difficult. Preparations would need to be made in order to take back Wano, without the young Dragon dying.

"Sure, I'll help you. But, you can't treat me as one of your servants, and I must have your word on that. This relationship will be a Master and Student type of deal, alright? And if I tell you to do something, you will. " Gruff would tell, well ask, the Young Dragon. Gruff did not play around with deals, and the repercussions for breaking them would be great. And if the Celestial Dragon couldn't agree to this then Gruff would vanish, and he wouldn't be so easy to find. As he is able to stay hidden from the eyes of even the Celestial Dragons. And constant pestering will yield the same fate as continues poking a sleeping tiger. If the Celestial Dragon would agree to the terms Gruff would stand in silence for the rest of the ride. And once they arrived to the highest floor he would exit, and hopefully the Young Dragon would follow. It was a large golden hallway, lit and shining bright. No one aside from staff, at this time, was on this floor minus the two new arrivals. They were the only two people that trully mattered on this floor.

"There are countless rooms up here, full of different things. Above the doors you can see a symbol that allows you to know what is within what room. We are going to into that one." Gruff would say as he would point at the one with a tub symbol above it. "Don't worry. I'm not trying to seduce you, I just want to clean up and relax. And we will have our first lesson in there." Gruff would say. They wouldn't be the only ones within the room, as there were staff there that would help them with anything they would need. If the Young Dragon accepted Gruff's terms in the elevator he, honestly, didn't have a choice in the matter on joining him within he bathhouse. Gruff would lead the way and kick the door open, and the place was gorgeous. Whatever you had a taste in, no matter the race or gender, they were here. Cleaning yourself while drowning in sin, was the best thing to do. Though, Gruff wasn't in the mood for all of that. As he would, after kicking the door open, begin to strip down into his birthday suit. Revealing that he had a missing hand.

"You, Mink. Come cut my hair, I want it low but I want it some to hang in my face." Gruff would say as he would, proudly, walk over to the large pool and sit down. He'd move into the center, and two female Minks would follow him, scissors in hand. If the Young Dragon didn't enter or hesitated Gruff would speak to him. " Don't mind me, I like them furry. But you need to get in here, so we can speak more about your training."

Yiruzen shrugged as he also had no clue who that specific Yonko it was. He just knew it was a Yonko. He guesses he would find out more once he reaches that stage. But for now, the only piece of info that he has is that Wano is under the rule of a Yonko. Gruff mentioned Taisen and Oceanus one of the two he knew of very well....ill let you take your pick of who. The other, not so much. Next was the statement of treating him like a master and not like a servant which left a dumbfounded look on The Dragon's face. "I was going to do that from the start, actually I didn't even have the slightest of a hint of why I would treat someone that gives off that kind of "smell" as a servant. And as long as I think I would be able to do it then I'm up for any training you have for me."

Waiting for the elevator to stop he would follow the man, now to be his master. "Hmmm, quite shiny the place is" As he passed by staff they would quickly bow, he didn't know whether it was out of fear or respect, but there was a thin line between the two that he didn't need to cross. He would simply tilt his head forward in a minor bowing motion. And would continue to follow Gruff. Until the room they finally stopped at was finally a bathroom of sorts. But this wasn't any regular bathroom. It was much cleaner and prettier than any bathroom has had ever laid his eye upon. "Good, I'm not into males..." Yiruzen had a sour look on his face but only for an instant.

The sour look would be replaced by a look of mystery and the man. Of course, Battle scars were akin to the family of the Miyamoto clan. So things like missings limbs mattered not to him. But he did wonder, what managed to snag it from Gruff. Was a frightening creature or a worthy opponent? Yiruzen wouldn't pry about currently but sooner or later the question would be popped. As he stripped down as well he would reveal a plethora of scars across his body. Including a large scar going from his shoulder to his bottom rib. It had stitches of course, but it was safe to go into the water with. It was sown tight. Yiruzen managed to get himself this one from the war.

It was and wasn't a pretty thing. It reminded what he fought for and how important it is to him. He would rub it with his index and middle finger and would continue stripping until he would be left bare. Grabbing a towel he would wrap it around his waist and would proceed into the bath. "So what are we doing here, besides harassing ladies and washing ourselves?"