Since this was an experiment, they naturally had to make proper preparations first.
At a time like this, there was no way to continue the banquet properly. Everyone hurriedly filled their stomachs, and then the experiment officially began.
The two ships had already sailed far away. Uta had used her ability in advance to drag Shanks into the mental world she had created, while his body and the Red Hair Pirates moved far away.
Only Bright took Uta into the sky aboard a Flame Cloud.
With that, all the preparations were complete. Even if the Demon King returned as it had before, it would not be able to cause any trouble.
"We can begin."
Bright said.
"Mm."
Uta took a deep breath, then prepared to sing.
Far away, on the sea.
"Can that Demon King really be controlled?"
Queen Otohime asked worriedly.
Her Observation Haki was even stronger than Bright's when it came to perceiving people's hearts, so she could more clearly sense what sort of existence that Demon King truly was.
It was a monster formed entirely from humanity's negative emotions.
There was not the slightest trace of goodwill within it, only despair, fear, rage, and hatred.
Just hearing its voice made one's scalp go numb.
Mr. Gorden had said that the monster had been created by a previous Singing-Singing Fruit user who persecuted others. It was hard to imagine what that person had done to the people imprisoned in the mental world.
"No matter how terrifying it is, it is ultimately just a product of a Devil Fruit ability."
Tesoro said calmly, his arms folded across his chest.
No matter how powerful an ability was, it was ultimately controlled by a person. The user controlled the ability, not the ability controlling the user.
Even the rampages that might