An Ominous Thing!

No one is allowed to disturb the meetings of the Five Elders unless they are summoned by them.

If anything happens, we'll communicate by phone.

Because the content of their negotiations was all top secret.

Squeak.

Just as the Five Elders were filled with doubt and uncertainty, the door in front of them was suddenly pushed open.

When they saw the man walk in, they were all horrified and incredulous.

"I've been knocking for so long, why haven't you answered?"

"Are you saying I'm not welcome?"

The uninvited guest, with a smile on his face, spoke softly.

"The God Slayer!"

Saint Saturn's pupils contracted.

"I'm a guest... and I even knocked on the door very politely, and what's with all those expressions?" Long adjusted his hat with one hand and smiled.

Under his gaze, the light in the entire room instantly dimmed, and behind the Five Elders, it seemed as if five huge shadows emerged from the ground or walls, and the eyes of each of them instantly became full of murderous intent.

It was as if a stress response had occurred.

Even in the shadows of each person, it seemed as if a pair of bright red eyes were hanging.

"Don't look so gloomy... I haven't done anything yet..." Long teased, waving her hand.

"..."

The Five Elders remained silent.

The atmosphere at the scene was extremely oppressive.

How did you find this place?

After a moment, it was Nasujiro Sei who spoke first.

This is Mary Geoise, a heavily guarded holy city. Government agents and personnel are active throughout, including the Celestial Dragons' own trained forces... and there are numerous secret police units within the city. Even if Oboro could descend from the sky, she should have been noticed in such a densely populated area.

And also... the location of the five of them is deep within the heart of Mary Geoise, in the Pangaea Castle!

The entire Pangaea Castle is quite large, yet Long was able to find them with remarkable accuracy.

"Snort!"

Suddenly, the Legal Martial God Saint Warcury, glared angrily. "What a scheme... No wonder you weren't on Egghead; you came here specifically to stall us, didn't you?"

After he said that, the other four people also realized what was going on.

"You got it right!"

Oboro gestured with his hand as if it were a Pistol, pointed it at Saint Warcury, and said happily.

Then, glancing at Saint Mars beside him out of the corner of his eye, he said, "Don't use your senses to probe. I'm all alone."

Saint Mars clearly very cautious; he was using his Observation Haki to determine if any of God Slayer's other accomplices were lurking in the shadows.

"You're so arrogant! How dare you come up to us like this, courting death!" Saint Saturn slammed his staff down, his aura reaching its peak, while the shadow behind him grew larger.

It was incredibly oppressive.

"Let me briefly explain my demands..."

Ignoring Saint Saturn's apparent readiness to attack, Long continued, "It's like this, could you please turn a blind eye to what's happening on Egghead? I mean, if you don't interfere, I might consider letting you live a little longer..."

"..."

"Don't you understand? Well, you do..."

"Let me summarize again: destroying this world is no longer too difficult for me; I can almost see the end. However... to make this world collapse even more completely and become even more chaotic, my idea is that I personally kill you all, but the expected results might not be very good. It would be better for you to die at the hands of my crew... as One Piece. Of course, if you make a fool of yourselves... I don't mind taking action."

"..."

Silence.

The Five Elders looked at Long as if he were a madman spouting nonsense.

Absurd, utterly absurd! This is Mary Geoise, the territory of the Celestial Dragons.

Once they start fighting, all of the World Government's forces, including the Celestial Dragons' side such as the God's Knights, will become aware of it. At that time... Oboro will face the most powerful 'power group' in the world! And he will be all alone!

Admittedly, the Rusukaina incident made the Five Elders realize that Oboro's strength was quite terrifying... but to kill all five of them and face the entire Mary Geoise alone was, at least in their eyes, a pipe dream! Oboro remained unmoved.

Through 'Soul Observation', he discovered that although the Five Elders did not speak, they were 'secretly' communicating in response to his sudden appearance.

It is one of Saint Saturn's abilities: silent communication.

"By the way, with my current strength, if I really wanted to kill someone, killing one of the Yonko... let's take Shanks as an example, the time would be measured in seconds." Oboro's eyes gradually turned cold. "You'd better follow the script I wrote... that way, at least you'll have plenty of time to say goodbye to this world."

This is tantamount to playing your hand openly; it's a blatant warning.

The Celestial Dragons are merely a key link in the destruction of the world. What Oboro wants to destroy is the Will Tree of this world... Next, he needs to get everyone to unconditionally 'cooperate' with him, making the 'destruction' even more thorough! He must do everything possible to prevent the Will Tree from ever having a chance to rise from the ashes.

Oboro's warning was because... he found the Five Elders to be very tactless.

He could clearly hear the conversation between these people.

This was clearly something the other party hadn't anticipated.

"Don't let him escape! This is a perfect opportunity; he's delivered himself right to our doorstep!"

"If we can kill him here, things will be much easier afterward."

"I'll teleport to Egghead. You few stay here to deal with him... Make as much of a scene as possible, so that everyone else in the city will notice and come quickly. Although we're not entirely sure about his strength, we can definitely kill him by gathering everyone's strength!"

"This time, we absolutely cannot let him escape again!"

"You guys keep an eye on things. If you're sure you can suppress him, don't kill him yet... his body has a lot of value. If the situation becomes extreme, then kill him... but don't completely destroy his body. Even if he's dead, his corpse will still be very useful!"

The Five Elders were plotting something and didn't listen to what Oboro had said earlier at all.

Then, what seemed like a sudden attack was actually a tacit understanding between the five people, who had already communicated and were ready to act.

They wanted to strike first.

Saint Saturn's eyes suddenly flashed red, one of his abilities, the Evil Eye.

Even while maintaining human form, it can still be used.

Anyone who sees his true face will die from an explosion.

Almost at the same time that Saint Saturn made his move, the other four of the Five Elders also transformed their physical bodies... Saint Nasujuro had already drawn the Kitetsu, ready to cooperate with his companions to launch an attack on the God Slayer.

The dome, floor, and walls inside the room immediately began to crack and dusty due to the transformation of the people inside, and were on the verge of collapse.

But...

Even though they had been 'planning' for a while, trying to seize the 'first move' opportunity.

But it was still too slow.

Because Oboro had seen through their thoughts and intentions, and had already anticipated them.

Under his spiritual perception, these five people were as if they were shouting "I'm going to make my move" right in front of him.

Therefore, the truly fast one is Oboro.

Rather than the Five Elders.

"Why... don't you listen?"

With a murmured word.

Saint Saturn's expression changed drastically, because as soon as he activated his Evil Eye, Oboro appeared in front of him.

They beat him to it.

It also made them immune to interference from his abilities.

This was something Saint Saturn had never expected.

"Not good!"

Saint Saturn was startled and immediately prepared to transform.

But a large hand emitting billowing black smoke had already covered his face like an iron hook, obscuring his features.

Saint Saturn was surrounded by red lightning that seemed to explode.

It is a form of Haki self-defense.

Bang! Immediately, with a loud bang, Saint Saturn's head was smashed like a broken watermelon, blood and brain matter mixed together and all splattered on the wall that had not yet collapsed.

Only a headless corpse remained standing there, its Haki aura still lingering.

The Five Elders dilated.

Their movements froze.

Looking at the physical body of Saint Saturn ...

Thump.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Saint Saturn fell backward, lifeless.

This scene left the other four people completely blank.

They knew each other's abilities better than anyone else.

Even if their physical bodies suffer extreme injuries, they can recover through self-healing... Moreover, in terms of sheer Haki, each of them is among the most powerful on this sea, comparable to the Yonko. Besides, they also have the added advantage of being Mythical Zoan species, and their bodies have been modified.

How could... how could we not even withstand this move?

The four of them focused their attention on Oboro, who had killed Saint Saturn and was standing behind the corpse with his back to them.

A chill ran through me.

Then they saw that the black energy 'entwined' on Oboro's hand didn't seem to be just the 'Domination Entanglement' they understood; there was also a... more mysterious power.

It was also the key to killing Saint Saturn! The man slowly turned around, expressionless, without even a ripple in his eyes... looking at the four people who had become 'enormous'.

At this moment, the entire castle had begun to collapse, with rubble rolling down and dust rising.

However, both players on the field could clearly sense each other's opponents.

"I've already said it... killing you is easy. Since you won't listen... then experience it for yourself."

"Want to die... I'll grant your wish."

Beneath the black brim of his hat, those emotionless pupils and that scarred face sent chills down the spines of the Five Elders.

At this moment, Oboro unleashed his 'power' without reservation.

They finally realized... what kind of 'thing' they had messed with.

A very ominous... thing! In short... not human.

Because even though their power did not reach the level of the soul, the soul fluctuations released by Oboro were so powerful that even though their 'life dimension' was very low, they could clearly feel them.

The waves are endless, sweeping in all directions like a vast ocean.

Those who are deeply immersed in it are like a small boat, or a naked, weak individual who can only float up and down with the 'vast ocean'... This special 'feeling' makes them feel from the bottom of their hearts as insignificant as dust.

"Run!"

Nasu Shouro shouted wildly.