The Beginning of Destruction

Oboro arrived in Mary Geoise as quickly as possible.

But he simply hovered above the Red Line, quietly overlooking the buildings standing on the earth.

At the same time, the fluctuations of the soul are completely contained within.

In this way, even if Imu possesses extraordinary perception, he cannot detect him.

Oboro was well aware of the Five Elders' strength... but Imu remained a mystery to him.

Their strength is unknown.

Having lived for at least a thousand years, one can imagine its level of skill.

However, in a one-on-one situation, Oboro doesn't think Imu can defeat him in his current form.

Although his strength has not yet recovered to its peak state on the Dark Continent, it should be enough to kill Imu. Although both are high-level worlds, the Dark Continent's power system is unique and complex, involving various power sources such as rules and the supernatural. This alone is something that One Piece, whose power systems are relatively simple, do not possess.

Unless... Imu possesses strength comparable to a 'Lord' in the Dark Continent, and his own life level has evolved to the 'Multidimensional' level.

Otherwise... they would be easily defeated.

Thinking of this, Oboro, standing on the dome with his hands in his pockets, had a cold gaze.

"Should we just kill Imu?"

A thought popped into his head.

The moment this awareness arose, he instantly perceived in his mind that the Will Tree of the One Piece world was trembling wildly, revealing panic and unease.

Luffy's death has already caused some branches and leaves on this great tree to wither...

Now Oboro understands that each branch of this materialized Will Tree represents a line of destiny for the world. It is the convergence of countless lines of destiny, that is, the 'trajectories of development' of the times, that forms the lush and leafy tree.

For the Will Tree to grow taller and more lush, its trunk and branches need to maintain their 'growth direction' and slowly multiply.

And those leaves might represent... perhaps enormous, pivotal figures who could drive the course of history.

From the original Joy Boy to the present, in every era, there have been Joy Boy, the users of the Gum-Gum Fruit, who failed to change and died... Therefore, Luffy's death did not have a significant impact on the Will Tree. It was just that it wanted to use Luffy in this era to break through its growth bottleneck and transform the One Piece world, making it more 'brilliant'.

This subtly promotes the elevation of the world's status.

Of course, this will be an extremely long process.

If Oboro were to 'destroy' this world, it would mean that the great tree would die, and a new world form would give birth to a completely new 'sapling,' but in some ways, it would be a different kind of 'will life,' no longer the great tree it is now.

It's the same principle as killing it.

The trees that Oboro wanted to nurture with his own hands would not be full of this 'vitality', but rather would be symbols of destruction, death, and chaos.

When the saplings grow into large trees, they will probably look twisted and evil.

On his journey to the Red Line, Oboro could constantly sense the world's will pleading with him... but he ignored it.

The thought of killing Imu caused the World Tree to tremble, indirectly indicating that Imu indeed lacked the strength to contend with him.

In other words, killing Imu... is no problem.

The probability of success is very high.

"However, what I want to destroy... is this world. Changing the shape of the world cannot be done by killing one person." A gentle breeze ruffled the hem of Oboro's black suit as he murmured to himself.

The impact of Imu's sudden death, or rather, the disappearance of Mary Geoise, was limited.

Ultimately, the light will shine only on him alone.

However, if a group of lawless One Piece were to destroy the Celestial Dragons and the World Government, the resulting changes would be revolutionary.

After all, he was destined to leave this world eventually.

"After all, destroying this world means that the resources I will obtain are the wealth of this entire world right now... not something that can be plundered all at once, so there's no rush." Long smiled.

The wealth of an entire world refers to... the entire power system of the One Piece world right now.

Devil Fruit, physical skills, Haki, swordsmanship, etc. will all be gathered into a vast ocean of resource cards, becoming part of the system.

Unlike Demon Slayer, Oboro essentially put the entire 'One Piece world' into a system.

As his soul grew stronger, the system's 'capacity' also increased explosively.

The strength or weakness of a system depends on its soul.

As for the future, what the new world will look like after he leaves, and what kind of world structure and power system will emerge... he doesn't care at all.

When he has this idea.

Everyone in the world, including even the members of the Hell Pirates.

At the same time, for no apparent reason... I felt a chill in my heart.

An unconscious sense of crisis flashed through my mind, but it quickly disappeared.

The group of 'shared destiny' members were all puzzled... not understanding why they had this feeling, but most of them did not delve into it, because this strange feeling was only fleeting.

Most people thought it was some kind of illusion.

"A desperate gamble?"

Looking at the rustling of the tree's branches, Oboro sneered, "Useless... there's so little you can do."

Looking back at Demon Slayer, although Oboro's actions were also 'evil', everything was based on cooperation with the will of the Demon Slayer world. In other words, he was helping the Will Tree of Demon Slayer.

The two were mutually beneficial; he gained resources and learned about something called 'world will'.

The Will Tree of Demon Slayer achieved a 'breakthrough,' transforming from a lower world to a higher world.

So, although his experience in Demon Slayer wasn't particularly exciting, Oboro was very grateful that he went to Demon Slayer... Without the resources in Demon Slayer, including his understanding of the 'Will Tree', he wouldn't have gotten to where he is today.

His entire plan was being implemented gradually, with resources from Demon Slayer being the core element.

"From the moment you wanted to kill me... you should have been prepared to die."

"I came here with this mindset all along."

"Long said softly."

Subsequently, it deliberately severed its connection with the will of the world.

Before Oboro arrived in Mary Geoise.

Rusukaina's story spread throughout the world the very next day.

The fall of Shanks of the Yonko.

The death of naval hero Garp.

Compared to these two, Boa Hancock and Luffy both appear 'dull'.

The whole world is in an uproar...

The public outcry was unprecedented, and everyone noticed one thing: the political landscape had changed. No matter how bizarre or significant the events that followed, it seemed no longer surprising... because everyone had become numb.

The murderer was none other than the God Slayer! Morgans even revealed the entire incident, recounting the cause and effect in great detail.

This is no secret... because most people on Amazon Lily can guess it.

Before the incident, Shanks contacted them, warning them not to send anyone to Rusukaina to look for Boa Hancock even if she didn't return, as it could lead to 'utter destruction'.

Not to mention that Rayleigh later brought the Empress's remains back to Amazon Lily.

For most people in this world, the Hell Pirates have been 'hidden' for a long time... They've been 'missing' for over a year, and no one expected that their reappearance would cause such a huge uproar.

The world... is about to change.