The Red Butterfly!
Nearly a month has passed, and it is now early April of the year 1500 in the Marine Calendar.
Imu remained on Paradis Island in the Giant World. As previously mentioned, according to the requirements of the 'Star Luck' function, he had to stay in a world for three years before he could completely control everything in it.
However, he recently discovered an interesting phenomenon: the 'Enma Blade' is ineffective in this world.
This means that he cannot enter the 'Enma Hell' of the Sea Star World from the Giant World, nor can he enter the Underworld Hell of this world.
Imu guessed that this was directly related to the fact that he hadn't sent the soul of this world to 'King Enma'.
If the 'King Enma' conquers the Underworld of the Giant World, the 'Enma Blade' should then be able to activate its function.
To confirm this.
A few days ago, Imu even used his personal little Star Gate to travel alone to the Demon Slayer World, and then used the 'Enma Blade' again in a secluded place.
Sure enough, he successfully entered the Underworld of Demon Slayer World Hell.
Compared to the Sea Star Hell, that Hell didn't have as much of a sulfurous smell, and the temperature wasn't sweltering; instead, it was rather chilly. However, its most distinctive feature was the abundance of red butterflies and red Other Shore that could be seen everywhere.
Based on his careful observation, the red butterfly is essentially a spiritual being imbued with the emotion of fear.
Imu even tried absorbing one, but found that while it had a certain nourishing effect on the soul, it also affected his mind with feelings of fear.
This is what is known as spiritual pollution.
However, he also saw some blue butterflies. Those butterflies didn't seem to show any fear, but he saw many familiar black-robed skeletons using a black insect net to collect these blue butterflies.
Through a simple spiritual exchange, Imu was told that these blue butterflies were the souls of normal people who had died in the Demon Slayer World, and they were there to take them back to the newly built ghost town.
As for its uses after being taken back, there are too many to list.
In short, it's telling him that these blue butterflies are what the 'King Enma' needs, and he'd better not touch them!
This greatly displeased Imu at the time, but he was not an impulsive brute.
However, this also made him even more curious about what level of existence the 'King Enma' was, because only in this way could he understand the extent of the gap between the two.
Unfortunately, he currently has no way to access this information.
At last.
Just as Imu was about to leave Demon Slayer Hell with a heavy heart, the purple soul fire in the black-robed skull's eyes suddenly intensified, and then the hoarse voice of 'King Enma' appeared in his ears.
"Send over here as soon as possible the ruler of the human world, the third soul from Otherworld."
Clearly, the other side had learned about the war World Government and the Giant World through the souls of those who died on the Sea Star Homeworld.
This incident also led Imu to decide to temporarily stop using the 'Enma Blade' and reconsider after the fourth Star Gate opens. In any case, he didn't want to give the other party the Hell Underworld the 'Giant World'.
At the same time.
In the Giant World, the Three Armies forces have basically completed their combat missions.
Sakazuki, Borsalino, and others are leading their respective subordinates and troops back to the Sea Star Homeworld.
Because the location of the Star Gate has completely changed, they need to first travel to the 'Canberra Continent / Australia' on various types of warships, and then enter the 'Korean Peninsula' of the Demon Slayer World through the 'Medium Star Gate' there.
They then transferred to warships prepared for them by Kuzan and headed back to the 'Second Special Zone /Original Japan Island Nation', before returning to the Red Line of the Sea Star Homeworld through the 'Small Star Gate' there.
This caused Borsalino to grumble and mutter to himself every now and then along the way.
Sakazuki, Bullet, Crocodile, and others greatly admired the World Government's operation of the Star Gate, recognizing its immense benefits.
Using two Otherworld as the strategic depth of the Sea Star —what an extravagant and ambitious plan!
However, it will take a considerable amount of time to completely withdraw this large force of hundreds of thousands of people, since the Star Gate of the Demon Slayer World is still a 'small' one.
Of course, Admiral Vice Admiral like Sakazuki were among the first to return, so they had already returned to the Sea Star Homeworld.
As for Charlotte Linlin, she returned on her own a little over ten days ago because she was bored, since she discovered that the desserts in the Giant World weren't as good as those in the Demon Slayer World.
Just as they were saying goodbye to each other at the gate of the 'Demon Slayer Star Gate Base' in area RL1557 and preparing to return to their respective headquarters, a civilian colonel from the High Command headquarters ran over.
"Reporting to Admiral Akainu, Admiral Kizaru, and Admiral Azure Dragon!"
"The Minister Kong orders all Admiral and Vice Admiral to assemble immediately in the main hall of the High Command!"
Sakazuki, Borsalino, Kaido exchanged glances, while behind them, Shiryu, King, Marco Vista, Onigumo, Doberman, Oven, Daifuku, and others also looked at each other in bewilderment.
Although they were completely confused, the military order had been given, so they had no choice but to abandon their idea of returning to Three Armies Headquarters.
Riding in specially made large black sedans, escorted by dozens of Heavy Motorcycle soldiers in front and on both sides, they headed towards RL1550 Area, where the headquarters of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces was located, amidst billowing red smoke.
Because it was only six zones away, the convoy arrived at the foot of the High Command building in less than two hours.
"Wow, so many people! What are they doing here?"
Borsalino got out of the car, put his hands in his pockets, and looked in surprise at the bustling main gate, where high-ranking officers in various Coat of Justice were coming and going.
Apart from a few colonels and lieutenant colonels who came out to greet them, the rest were all Vice Admiral from the Three Armies of the armed forces. I didn't see Admiral; they were probably already inside.
"You'll see once you go in. In this day and age, I wouldn't be surprised if a major event happened every day."
After Sakazuki finished speaking, he walked past Borsalino on the left.
"Worororo~~"
"I completely agree with that!"
Kaido laughed and walked past on the right. Borsalino shrugged indifferently and followed after him with his long legs.
An hour later, in the more than 500-square-meter hall, all the Admiral and most of the Vice Admiral were divided into three major regions according to their respective military branches: the army, navy, and air force.
In the very front row sat Navy Admiral Garp, Navy Admiral Kuzan, Army General Sakazuki, Honorary Admiral Edward Newgate, Air Force Admiral Borsalino, Air Force Admiral Kaido, and Honorary Admiral Charlotte Linlin.
Behind them were Army Admiral Candidate Douglas Bullet and Army Admiral Candidate Crocodile.
Yes.
There were only the two of them in the second row.
The third row behind them contains Marco, Jhin, Oven, Onigumo, and others.
On the stage were Minister Kong, Minister Zephyr, Minister Tsuru, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, and Fleet Admiral Raymond. Minister Kong coughed twice and then got straight to the point without any preamble.
"There are three important things I need to announce that I have gathered you all here today."
"The first thing is that Fleet Admiral Raymond will no longer concurrently serve as Air Force Marshal; instead, Minister Zephyr of the Military Affairs Department will concurrently serve as Air Force Marshal."
After hearing this, Garp and the others in the audience focused their attention on the calm-looking Zephyr, but no one raised any objections, since Zephyr's strength and experience were beyond question.
Only Borsalino pursed his lips in slight annoyance.
He could already imagine the nagging and lecturing he would receive next. Ugh, it was a bit annoying.