"So, all you really have to do is kill 99.9% of the lives in this world."
Gawain spoke softly to Imu.
As he spoke, he pursed his lips.
Was this body of mine actually created by Imu himself?
If it weren't for some unspeakable reason, the concept of the twenty Celestial Dragon families would indeed be somewhat unnecessary.
For any ruler, keeping Celestial Dragon as pets... is simply too ridiculous.
It turns out that the Celestial Dragon's bloodline represents one of the origins of humanity.
After the Moon People worked together to develop Uranus, they should indeed have taken precautions to Uranus this terrifying weapon.
At the very least, we must prevent Uranus from turning around and crashing down on his descendants.
However, there is one issue that Imu did not emphasize, which is...
It's highly unlikely that the Celestial Dragon and their twenty-one families are the ancestors of all humankind.
In Gawain's opinion, this statement should be changed to...
Ever since those twenty-one families worked together to develop Uranus...
Only these twenty-one families remain as the ancestors of humankind.
That's a more reasonable way to put it!
However, Gawain did not intend to delve into the story behind it.
After all, that was the ancient era of the pirate era, an era that had nothing to do with Gawain.
As for whether he was actually Imu's child, Gawain didn't care at all.
Is he really twenty-five years old, or is it that his identity in Mary Geoise, which suggests he has no past, proves he is actually only six?
Does this kind of thing have anything to do with him now?
Humans become adults through their will.
Willpower, memory, everything told Gawain which path he should take.
Since that's the case, what I'm about to do can't be stopped or persuaded by Imu's few words.
Thinking of this, Gawain gently shook his head.
"They vigorously promoted slavery, allowed the sea levels to rise year after year, nearly wiped out the Fish-Man, and raised the Celestial Dragon like piglets."
Imu, you are indeed the highest-ranking person in the world.
But your life... is really too boring.
Your plan is indeed feasible. At a time when the world is destined to be destroyed, the Celestial Dragon standing on the Red Line can indeed wipe out 99% of all life on Earth in one fell swoop.
Although the cost was high, this single action would prevent countless Affiliated Nation from becoming a problem for Mary Geoise, and even all the foreign races that were worth worrying about would disappear with the rising seawater.
Apart from the Fish-Man, but the Fish-Man can be dealt with at any time. Two hundred years ago, the Fish-Man Tribe were suppressed, enslaved, and slaughtered, leaving only the tiny Fish-Man Island.
Even if I loosen the reins on the Fish-Man a little, they're still probably easy prey in your eyes, even though they've been settled in the Sabaody Archipelago. They can't escape.
When only the Red Line remains as the last landmass, and the entire world truly becomes a world of water.
If all the Fish-Man are dealt with immediately, then humanity's only remaining enemy will be the Sea King.
And Sea King.
Even though they are enormous, they are still animals and are ultimately just prey for humans.
However, considering the variability of human nature, you don't intend to rely solely on Uranus and his army to control the future you desire.
Vegapunk's main research projects now are robots modeled after the Kuma and more controllable androids.
Therefore, once the oceans cover the entire globe, you, who possess the controllable power of artificial humans, will naturally be able to firmly grasp the ultimate ownership of humanity.
That kind of courage... is truly admirable. Not every leader can truly choose to sacrifice the lives of the vast majority of people when faced with a better option.
But I only have one sentence I want to say to you.
Imu, are you planning to work as a pig farmer in the future?
For the past 50,000 years, you have never had perfect control over your human descendants.
So in the future, even if you think you have fewer people under your control, will those people truly be as absolutely obedient to your orders as you believe?
You... you're just piling up problems, like the dumping grounds of the Goa Kingdom.
Now that you've accumulated enough trouble, you decide to burn everything down.
Then tell yourself that as long as all the trash is burned, the world will be completely clean.
But you simply don't have the ability to stop littering, nor the authority to prevent it from being dumped indiscriminately.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain drew his Shusui.
Noticing Gawain's knife, Imu snorted unhappily.
"The Famous Sword... Shusui."
That's Ryuma's sword.
He was a very skilled swordsman; for thousands of years, few people have been able to cause me any trouble.
Four hundred years ago, or three hundred years ago, anyway, back then.
I really want to destroy Wano Country, that place that disgusts me, all in one go.
But since Uranus couldn't be used easily, Ryuma actually managed to make me taste the pain of being injured again, all with just a stupid sword.
I thought that after his death, there would never be another swordsman as powerful as him to take up that blade.
Whether it's the Shiki or Mihawk.
Their strength is nowhere near the extraordinary talent of Ryuma.
But, heh heh, if Ryuma knew that the next person to challenge me with Shusui would not be one of the abandoned descendants of the Zambaron Family from Wano Country, but rather the offspring of Nefertari's egg and Gawain's sperm.
The ancestors of the Zambaron family would probably cry.
Anyway, when that kid Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, found out you used Shusui, Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro laughed, hehe."
At this point, Imu raised his right hand and then casually chopped it down.
Wow!
The wind whistled past in an instant, and Gawain dodged with his left foot. The breeze brushed past Gawain 'Gawain ear, bringing him a slight chill.
The next instant.
Click!
One crisp sound after another rang out.
Gawain looked to his right at the ground, where cracks were constantly appearing and then rapidly expanding.
Meanwhile, Mary Geoise.
Mihawk and Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, who were locked in a fierce battle, suddenly stopped what they were doing.
"Such sharp sword energy!"
Mihawk looked at Sabaody Castle in amazement, and his words made Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro spit out a cold glare.
"The sword energy is indeed sword energy, but there is not a trace of the essence of a sword in it."
Mihawk, you are perhaps the person who understands swordsmanship best in this era.
But it's obvious you don't understand women.
The source of that breath was clearly a fingernail, about four centimeters long!
As soon as he finished speaking, Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro looked at Sabaody Castle with a sullen face.
On one hand, there is his ancestor, the leader of the last vanguard of the Moon People, Lord Imu, whom the Celestial Dragon have always revered and served.
On the other hand, it is the future he is optimistic about, the most promising child in Mary Geoise, the youngest biological son of Lord Imu and the last continuation of the Gawain Family bloodline.
Regardless of who wins or loses this war, the Celestial Dragon to emerge victorious.
But as an elder, for an old man like him...
The feeling of having many younger generations left is completely different from having only one younger generation left!
So, where will the future ultimately lead...?
It tipped over to both sides!!!
In the distance, Aramaki stopped what he was doing and stared blankly at the Sabaody Castle that had been split in two by Meng Ran.
The Flower Room were not located in the center of Sabaody Castle, so after the castle split, the larger side crashed to the ground first.
Seeing the sudden collapse of Sabaody Castle, the Mary Geoise Celestial Dragon who were desperately drifting in their slave cars to grab parking spaces were completely dumbfounded.
They stared wide-eyed with all their might, their eyeballs almost popping out!
Since this is in animation, their eyeballs would probably look like ridiculous cones.
But they felt no amusement whatsoever; they only felt that... something inside them had collapsed along with Sabaody Castle!
Some of the older Celestial Dragon couldn't help but mutter to themselves.
"God Valley... God Valley!"
Well, for some Celestial Dragon, the current war immediately reminded them of the God Valley of that time.
After all, that was the place where they had come closest to death the last time.
However, in the last God Valley, Mary Geoise headquarters successfully defeated Rocks without sending out many people.
But now...
Some elders who knew the God's Knights knew that the entire God's Knights had been mobilized!
Even the Five Elders, those immortal old fogies, unleashed their Devil Fruit abilities and started fighting!
So, will today's disaster be even more severe than the God Valley?
So who exactly created all of this?
In an instant, all the Celestial Dragon who still had a brain were staring intently at the location of Sabaody Castle.
They knew that the person who started this war must be in Sabaody Castle at this very moment!
So... who exactly is it?
Are they damned inferiors and slaves?
Or perhaps it's the very person they've always been worried about... one of their own!
Feeling the wind brush past his ears, Gawain gently pressed down on the fluttering hem of his clothes, then smiled and gently slid his Shusui towards Imu.
Upon seeing this mark, Imu couldn't help but frown.
"When it comes to Observation Haki, even I am slightly inferior to you. The Rumble-Rumble Fruit actually has such an advantage? I always thought it was just a speed-type Devil Fruit that was inferior to the Pika Pika no Mi."
It turns out that even I had arrogantly underestimated the power of this era and every single Devil Fruit.
As they spoke, Imu's Observation Haki had already produced countless reactions to Gawain's sword strike.
But no matter how she reacted, she couldn't dodge Gawain's sword!
Gawain's Observation Haki now surpasses that of almost every creature on the sea, even Roger pales in comparison.
Gawain effortlessly dodged the attacks from the Five Elders and the God's Knights.
Gawain's seemingly simple sword swing left Imu with no chance to dodge.
Faced with this sword strike, Imu raised her right hand and then used her slender fingers to block the sword's energy.
"Clang!"
After a muffled thud, Imu's incredibly white fingers clamped tightly around Gawain's sword energy.
The next instant.
Boom!!!
A violent gust of air erupted from Imu's fingertips, instantly sweeping across Imu's body and splitting into two streams that spread across the collapsing wall Flower Room.
Buzz buzz buzz!
The remaining half of Sabaody Castle, which had not yet collapsed, trembled violently for a moment.
Immediately afterwards...
Kara!
Centered on Imu, a huge, cone-shaped hole suddenly appeared behind her.
The buildings that spread outwards from the Flower Room were completely reduced to dust at that moment!
Without even glancing at the scene behind him, Imu knew what had just happened.
She took a silent breath, then brought her perfectly smooth, white fingers, which had left no trace, to her lips.
"It hurts a little."
She grumbled under her breath as she dabbed her lips with her finger.
After tapping it twice, Imu raised both hands above his head and took off his hat.
Whoosh!
Her long, light blue hair cascaded down, plunging like a waterfall over Imu's shoulder.
Imu gently shook her head, and behind her appeared a pool of azure water, its surface shimmering even more brilliantly as it moved.
Before his hair could even settle, Imu raised his hand and pressed the buttons on his cloak.
He casually unfastened his enormous cloak, revealing a short, fitted desert-style outfit that hugged Imu's voluptuous and beautiful body, which appeared before Gawain.
Looking at Imu now, Gawain took a slight breath.
This woman looks so much like Nefertari Vivi as an adult!
No, no, no, you've got it backwards. It should be Vivi who resembles Imu more!
Meeting Gawain's deep gaze, Imu shook off his cloak and tossed it aside.
Then, Imu crossed his arms and gently straightened up.
"What are you looking at, child? Are you looking at the place where you were once nurtured?"
If I had known you would want my life, then I... then I...
Ah, perhaps I will still give birth to you.
After all, the ancient bloodline must be restored, Uranus cannot be without the key.
But if we can really see today...
Then I'm afraid I'll have to keep you by my side and raise you.
I've been foolish, my child, to worry only about so-called prophecies and ridiculous fates.
I forgot about you, and always regarded Nika, my destined enemy, as my only foe.
I never imagined that Nika, whom I defeated twice, was not worth my concern at all.
On the contrary, the offspring that I decided to have on a whim are more dangerous.
Nika's abilities are very strong; those seemingly minor abilities are a way of digesting the fear I can bring.
But as the loser, he should be more afraid of me!
And I... just as I've always been a winner.
Only my descendants might truly defeat me... the new generation of winners...
Just as I have always been others, all things, Eve, and even more so, the black dragon, a demon deeply feared by all of nature and the will of the world.
My descendants are the ones I should truly be wary of, and even fear as deeply as I do now!
Imu loosened his grip on himself and gently tugged at the gold chain that extended from his forearm to between his fingers.
A moment later, the broken chain suddenly lashed out like a blade. Although it was just a thin chain being swung at him, Gawain clearly saw a jet-black dragon tail whipping around violently!
Gawain then reached out, and his hand, covered in a dark aura, suddenly gripped the chain.
Boom!
Gawain's Gawain jerked, and then a bird, both visible and invisible, suddenly cried out behind him!
In a daze, Imu suddenly looked up at the sky behind Gawain.
With the continuous sounds of collapse echoing in his ears, Imu remained silent for a long while, then tilted his head in confusion.
"Ai?"
She uttered a strange sound.
"Why is it a bird that exudes such power?"
How come it's... just a bird?