Luo Chen walked on the clean bluestone street and smiled. "I didn't get much stronger, just a little."
"It's enough to deal with the World Government."
Robin revealed a smile.
She knew clearly that Luo Chen wasn't the type to brag.
On the contrary, he was a bit humble.
Since he said that, it proved that the World Government was truly no longer to be feared.
Robin smiled. "Then shall we go meet Marine Admiral Aokiji first? He's been waiting for you for over ten days."
She had a shadow of trauma and fear regarding Aokiji in her heart.
But staying by Luo Chen's side, this fear had become faint.
Last time, Aokiji was captured alive by Luo Chen.
This time, Luo Chen had come out of seclusion, and his strength had further increased.
She was even less worried.
Luo Chen raised his hand and created a wood dragon. He took Robin onto it, and they soared into the sky.
Aokiji was on an outer island of the Totto Land waters.
Traveling by ship was too slow.
...
After some time, Luo Chen and Robin met Aokiji on an island under construction.
This Marine Admiral wore a dark green casual coat and was unshaven.
If not for his height of three meters, ordinary people would have thought he was a construction worker.
Seeing Luo Chen, Aokiji's expression was somewhat complex.
He went straight to the point, stating his purpose.
"Who exactly is Imu?"
Hearing this, Luo Chen retorted in his heart: How would I know who Imu is? Oda hasn't finished drawing it yet.
Robin also cast an inquiring gaze.
She had heard Luo Chen mention Imu.
It seemed to be a mysterious existence above the Five Elders.
But Robin didn't know exactly who Imu was.
The books she had read in the past and the Poneglyphs she had seen had never mentioned this figure.
Luo Chen spoke slowly, "You can view Imu as the God of the Celestial Dragons."
"The Five Elders and the God's Knights are all puppets controlled by Imu."
"The true ruler of this world is, without a doubt, Imu."
Seeing Aokiji deep in thought, he added, "You felt it last time at Mary Geoise, right? Imu's Conqueror's Haki."
"That kind of Haki is simply not something a human can possess."
To this, Aokiji agreed.
The Conqueror's Haki that erupted from the depths of Mary Geoise still made him feel palpitations even now.
Aokiji suspected that in front of that Conqueror's Haki, he wouldn't even be able to use his Devil Fruit ability normally.
It was a pressure originating from the soul level.
Will and thoughts would be awed, and the mind would go blank.
Fighting under those circumstances would be very forced, and defeat would be certain.
Aokiji was now deeply convinced of Imu's existence.
He was silent for a long time before asking, "Do you know Imu's goal?"
Luo Chen shook his head. "I don't know the specifics, but Imu's current goal must be to maintain His own rule and His supreme power."
"You should have realized that the World Government has been established for eight hundred years."
"With the Celestial Dragons at the head and the Marines as accomplices, they have oppressed the people of the world for eight hundred years."
"Over such a long time, the spirit of resistance in people's hearts has grown stronger, and forces seeking to overthrow the World Government and the Celestial Dragons have emerged endlessly."
"No matter how Imu and the Celestial Dragons try to obliterate them, there will always be someone rising to resist."
"Today, this resistance, after accumulating for eight hundred years, has reached its peak."
"For Imu, His rule has reached its most critical moment."
"His current goal must be to eliminate all resistance forces and flatten this wave of rebellion."
Joy Boy, Rocks, Pirate King Roger.
They were all representative figures of the resistance waves over the past eight hundred years.
Unfortunately, they failed to succeed.
Realizing he couldn't succeed, Roger started the Great Pirate Era.
Pinning the hope of overthrowing Imu and the Celestial Dragons' rule on the future.
If Luo Chen hadn't appeared, the key to Roger's layout would obviously have been Straw Hat Luffy.
As the protagonist, he would lead the people of the world to overthrow Imu's rule.
But Luo Chen's arrival turned the plot upside down.
Two years early, he made Imu feel the crisis.
Perhaps before King Luffy could grow up, the final decisive battle would erupt between Luo Chen and Imu.
After listening to Luo Chen's explanation, Aokiji stared at him tightly.
"Does this wave of resistance refer to you?"
Luo Chen smiled without speaking, tacitly agreeing.
From beginning to end, he had no intention of actively making an enemy of Imu.
But fate played tricks on people.
Time and again, it forced him onto the path of hostility against the World Government and Imu.
Now, before Luffy's rise, he had become the resistance force that stepped onto the stage first.
The threat of the Revolutionary Army and the Four Emperors was far lower than his.
Having received part of the answer, Aokiji asked in a deep voice, "And what is your goal? To seize the world?"
Luo Chen said with emotion:
"If others do not offend me, I will not offend them."
"In the beginning, I had no intention of being enemies with anyone."
"It was you Marines, the World Government, and Imu who wanted to kill me first."
"With things developing to this point, I must destroy Imu and destroy the Celestial Dragons."
"Otherwise, there will never be peace."
Since they were enemies, he had to cut the weeds and dig up the roots.
Especially the Celestial Dragons and Imu.
Even if the other party feared him later and dared not attack again, Luo Chen would take the initiative to attack and kill them all.
Seeing his fearlessness, Aokiji couldn't help narrowing his eyes and asking:
"Are you that confident you can destroy the World Government that has lasted for nearly a thousand years?"
"It all depends on human effort." Luo Chen smiled. "Not long ago, no one thought I could reach this step, right?"
"If Sengoku had known beforehand, he wouldn't have ended up hanging himself."
The confidence in his words moved Aokiji.
Luo Chen had witnessed Imu's power and knew Imu's mystery, yet he remained fearless.
What exactly was his foundation?
He knew Luo Chen was strong enough.
But against the Five Elders and the God's Knights, hadn't he fallen into a disadvantage multiple times?
The Imu behind the scenes had never even personally taken the field.
Was Luo Chen really not afraid?
Aokiji couldn't quite understand Luo Chen anymore.
"Right now, how Imu and I are doing isn't important." Luo Chen sat on the sofa in the room.
He looked at Aokiji with a slight smile in his eyes.
"The ones who need to make a choice are you people—who aren't very strong but have some power and use."
"Choose your stance as soon as possible."
"If you choose wrong, there won't be a corpse left."
Aokiji's face changed slightly, looking a bit ugly.
What did Luo Chen mean by this?
Not very strong?
Looking down on him?
Threatening him with no corpse left?
Aokiji said in a deep voice, "Are you forcing me to choose a side? You want me to defect to you?"
This wasn't the first time Luo Chen had tried to recruit him.
As early as Water 7, after successfully capturing Luo Chen, the other party had expressed an intention to recruit.
"I am saving you." Luo Chen smiled faintly.
"The World Government's desire to destroy me hasn't died. If you three Admirals and the Five Elders besiege me, it will be impossible for me to show mercy."
His impression of Aokiji was decent.
Plus, now was the time when he needed people.
That was why Luo Chen was willing to say a few more words.
Otherwise, once the great battle started, he couldn't hold back.
Perhaps Aokiji would only be able to live on through Impure World Reincarnation.
Aokiji shook his head. "I don't know where your confidence comes from."
Luo Chen wore a smile, but the amusement in his eyes had long since disappeared.
His gaze became sharp, filled with indifferent dominance, and violent Conqueror's Haki poured out.
The four walls of the entire room exploded instantly.
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