Zephyr's mind was a mess. He looked into the dark night, as if even the moonlight had been swallowed by the darkness.
Makima…
That woman—who was she really?
Why did she say those things? She told him he wasn't qualified to sign a contract with her, and that she wanted to meet the Five Elders. Did that mean she wanted to make a contract with them instead?
If demons of the past were now called yokai, then that nine-tailed fox that had appeared at Sabaody was also a demon? Just how many of these powerful demons had escaped?
Zephyr felt like he couldn't breathe. He inhaled deeply, then slowly exhaled, forcing himself to calm down.
He only believed half of what Makima said. But for now, he didn't have any more information. And…
He looked at the Shikon Jewel shard in his hand. For her to hand over something so valuable so casually showed a lot of sincerity. After all…
This was a part of the Shikon Jewel, a gem that could grant wishes!
Yet Makima had just thrown it to him as if it meant nothing. He couldn't see through her at all. But Zephyr knew—when someone could easily give up a part of their benefit, it only meant they were aiming for something much bigger.
And just as he thought, to Makima, one shard was nothing.
What she really wanted was a contract with the Five Elders, the highest authority of the World Government. With that, she could tie her life to every citizen of every member nation. Then any harm done to her would all be transferred onto others, even curses.
And with the backing of the World Government's authority, she could use her ability even better—quietly taking control of the whole organization. As long as…
She had enough status. If people accepted her as someone of a higher level, then she could use her ability to control them. In her own world of Chainsaw Man, this was exactly what she had done.
By signing a contract with Japan's Prime Minister, she became a Public Safety officer. With that title, she brought countless devils and fiends under her control. Genichi thought that path of growth was absolutely the right one. And now, by introducing demons into this world, he wanted the World Government to do the same.
They would set up a department to deal with demons. And Makima would rise to become its leader. In this way…
She would grow just like in Chainsaw Man, becoming one of the most terrifying beings in this world!
As for Rocks, now the Thunder God had returned from Skypiea. With his power, getting a Devil Fruit from Skypiea was easy. He had eaten the Goro Goro no Mi, the thunder fruit, and his strength had gone up. He hadn't reached his peak power yet, but the gap wasn't that big.
Before Makima got the strength to control the world, the Thunder God would follow her for now. After all, even though she was a demon, her body was still fragile—ordinary bullets could hurt her. She needed to train in Haki as well.
For now, they would go to Sabaody and wait for the World Government's reply.
Makima already had her goal. Toguro was in the New World. The little demon dragon was returning to Genichi, and would also start training in Haki. After all, Genichi had drawn a 100,000-level card to make use of all this time to train and prepare for thirty years later.
Of course, just normal training wasn't enough. To really grow stronger, they needed life-and-death battles. Only through such intense fights could strength rise further. But before that, they had to at least reach the point where they could sail the seas.
Ah Xing had high talent. Thanks to training with the Buddha's Palm, he quickly got started with Haki. Genichi had thought about whether others could also learn the Buddha's Palm, but sadly, it seemed to require both high talent and a special body to use.
At least Toguro couldn't use the Buddha's Palm. But that made sense—someone like him, an evil yokai, using a martial art based on Zen principles would just feel wrong. He couldn't use it, and he didn't really care.
"Sengoku ate the Buddha fruit. I wonder if he could use the Buddha's Palm?"
Genichi pictured it in his head: a massive golden Buddha body falling from the sky, releasing a huge shockwave that made the entire Blackbeard crew cough blood, leaving a giant palm print mark on Marineford…
Tch. Maybe… it's not impossible?
Kenshin's talent wasn't bad either. But his body was too frail. Even in the Rurouni Kenshin world, it was pointed out that his body wasn't suited for the Hiten Mitsurugi style. In the One Piece world, even more so.
Kenshin wasn't even 1.6 meters tall. In this world, where pirates often stood two to three meters tall, even four or five, that height was just too small. It meant his body was weak. For him, the most important thing right now wasn't Haki training, but…
Eating meat like crazy!
The food in the One Piece world must be full of protein. Eating meat can quickly restore energy and make the body stronger. If Kenshin wants to become strong in this world, he first needs a healthy and strong body. Only then can he master powerful Haki.
This also applies to Ah Xing. He is about the height of an average person, but in this world, that's not normal. He should be at least 1.8 meters tall, maybe even taller.
After Genichi drew the cards, his own strength also increased. After all, each card gave him one percent of the character's strength and abilities. By now, he was already somewhat of a strong fighter. And as he continued to grow, all his physical abilities improved as well.
At first, he had the Stand: Void Miasma. It's an ability that links his body to a dark space. As he got stronger, the range of the dark space inside him also grew. In the end, he discovered something surprising—his dark space and Void Miasma's dark space were actually the same one!
It was like Kakashi and Obito's Kamui spaces being connected. His dark space and Void Miasma's space were linked too, which shocked him because that meant…
Doesn't this basically give him a teleportation gate?
He was at the front part of the New World, while Dressrosa was farther back. Sailing between the two would take at least a week by ship. The reason Makima could move so quickly between these two sea areas was because of these connected dark spaces.
Since Toguro and Void Miasma were in the New World, Makima just needed to enter the dark space on Void Miasma's side and then exit from his dark space to make this long-distance move across the seas!
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