The leftover bits of the evil spirit Mara contain its power, which can make people be taken over by Mara's dark power, eventually going crazy and becoming weapons of destruction.
The Mara Seed, on the other hand, can allow someone who has it planted inside of them to provide the land for it to grow, so that a Mara can be born who can control its own power and has reason. The meanings of these two are completely different.
First of all, whether or not it has reason is already the biggest difference. The power that someone with reason can use is much stronger than the power someone without reason can use.
Secondly, the leftover bits of Mara will only let people get some of Mara's power, while the Mara Seed can let Mara be reborn from within the body.
Genichi is now doing an experiment, and this kind of experiment needs test subjects. Kozuki Oden is a good choice.
He planted the leftover bits of Mara, which had Shikon Jewel pieces mixed in, into Oden's body, so that's why he was able to come back to life after being killed by Kenshin.
He wants to watch carefully and see what kind of person Kozuki Oden will become in the end.
Will it be a Mara rebirth with reason? Or a demon king without reason?
He thinks that if he doesn't use these leftover bits of Mara well, he'll just end up with a stronger person. But if he can turn it into a Mara Seed, maybe he can reach an even higher level among the ten million level character cards.
This time is a try for him. He doesn't really care if he fails, because even if it's just plain leftover bits of Mara, it should still give Kozuki Oden great power. Then he can still keep the show going.
Anyway, there's still plenty of time. He's not a scientist, so it's normal that he can't turn the leftover bits of Mara into a Mara Seed the first time.
If he can succeed, it'll be like getting another fighter with the power of Aatrox.
So this experiment is necessary.
He thought about the members of each group in Wano Country right now.
Wano Country locals, Marine Headquarters, The Black Order, Kaido...
And Roger has already learned about Wano Country through An. It's very likely that he will go to that country too.
"The groups are a little unbalanced."
He frowned. If that's the case, there's no way that Kozuki Oden's side can stop the rebels.
In his plan, Kozuki Oden will be affected by Mara's power and become 'dark and evil'. It won't make people suspect him too much if he does it, because he's already seen as a demon king in the hearts of the people of Wano Country. They won't notice Kozuki Oden changing.
So the power that Kozuki Oden has is currently the real military power of Wano Country: the Daimyo of each area, his own retainers, and the Oniwabanshu under the general, along with the power that Kozuki Oden himself is slowly getting from the leftover bits of Mara.
This kind of power can definitely crush the whole of Wano Country, even with Kenshin helping. But it's different if other groups join in. An and the Roger Pirates will definitely stand with the people, and that might make the war one-sided.
That won't work, because he needs time for the leftover bits of Mara to merge with Kozuki Oden. He needs to watch how Kozuki Oden acts. How can he watch if it fails too quickly?
It looks like he needs to give the Kozuki family some help...
Genichi thought about who would be a good choice...
Maybe...
He suddenly had an idea.
What if the Red Alert base camp was opened in Wano Country?
He has been looking for a good place to use as his base for a while now, but he hasn't found one yet, because he needs a place that has a lot of people and a lot of resources. Places like that already have normal countries.
But Wano Country is pretty good. Anyway, Wano Country is going to have a war in his plan. When that happens, he won't need any general or Daimyo. He can just take over the place and use it as his base.
Tunfo is in Wano Country right now, so he should have him find a good place first.
......
While Genichi was carrying out his plan, Roger was also thinking.
He has received information from An and knows that a demon lord might appear in Wano Country.
"Speaking of..."
Roger thought about the information about Wano Country and suddenly said to Rayleigh, "I remember that the samurai of Wano Country can read ancient writing, right?"
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Roger had gone to Lodestar Island a long time ago. It's the final island that's known to everyone, but Roger keenly saw that there's another place after Lodestar Island. That's the real end of the Grand Line.
And the way to get to that island is to collect all the Poneglyphs and find the final location by reading them.
But Roger can't read ancient writing, and no one on his ship can read ancient writing either.
"Is that just a rumor?" Rayleigh was a little surprised to see Roger suddenly come to him. He didn't know why Roger would suddenly ask this question.
"I was wondering if the demon might be related to that island?" Roger definitely can't tell Rayleigh that he got a message from the Marine Admiral saying that a demon lord is coming to Wano Country. He thinks that Rayleigh and the others will think he's crazy.
If Roger hadn't personally experienced the split and watched An split off from his body with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that he would have a Marine Admiral split from him. But that's how it is.
So Roger decided to use ancient writing as a cover to go to Wano Country.
"Why do you think that?" Rayleigh was surprised. He thought for a moment and said, "If anything, there might be information about the Missing Century in there, but the history of demons is already tens of thousands of years ago."
"I just suddenly had this idea." Roger didn't know how to explain it. He could only force it and say, "The demons have disappeared, but the believers of the demons haven't disappeared. And there are treasures left behind like the Shikon Jewel. That final island might not be unrelated to the demons, so I think we need to speed up."
"We're already trying to find that treasure." Rayleigh was still confused, but he also agreed with Roger's idea.
They really do need to speed up. After leaving Lodestar Island, they have been trying to find the final island. And now demons are appearing and changing the world. Even they might die in the demon's coming.
At least...
Let's get to that place before that day comes!
He knew that was Roger's long-cherished wish, so Rayleigh won't object.
"Are you saying that we're going to Wano Country?"
"That's right!" Roger said loudly, "Go to Wano Country, and then read the ancient writing to reach the final destination!"
Besides dealing with the demon lord that might be coming, this is also Roger's goal.
Find the Poneglyphs, solve his doubts, what does the D really stand for, and what is the Missing Century? Does it have some connection to the demons?
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