Several months later, Gawain made a regretful discovery.
I'm afraid I really won't live to see Saitama remove the limiter.
According to the original storyline, Saitama will probably unlock his limiter after a year and a half of training, officially becoming the One-Punch Man who only needs Serious Punch defeat anyone!
But in a year and a half...
This world... is a rather powerful world, so much so that the damage the power of this world inflicted on the terracotta figures in Gawain's heart far surpasses that of any other world before.
So far, Gawain has only stayed for about five months, and a large group of people, including Whitebeard and Kaido, have already given up.
So, although he was still quite eager to witness Saitama's power, Gawain was ultimately forced to make the decision to leave.
And so, in the world of One-Punch Man... the S-class No. 1 who stood above everyone in the world finally disappeared from the world.
Of course, Gawain gave a reason before leaving: he said his superpower, electromagnetism, sensed a threat from the universe, and he had to deal with it.
As for the consequences of his absence...
With Tatsumaki and mysterious Blast as a backup, this world can at least hold out until Saitama Awakening.
Compared to him, who suddenly barged in and had his limiter unlocked by the world's choice, Saitama is the hero the world's will has been waiting for... out of pure interest.
In this way, although Gawain is leaving, it will not have a significant impact on the world.
It's just another mysterious legend in the world.
In a daze, Gawain returned to his own world and sat once again on the Golden Throne of Mary Geoise.
After six months of development, Mary Geoise's metal signal network has connected eighty percent of the islands along the Grand Line.
At the same time, Akainu officially took over the reins of the Fleet Admiral, and began to prepare for war, ready to set out for the New World at any time.
In addition, over the past six months, Nami pleaded for mercy and finally, with the help of Rayleigh, Zephyr, and others, they managed to capture the Gild Tesoro located in the New World!
There's nothing we can do; the Gild Tesoro is just too rich!
Gawain was already craving this big piece of meat, and as for Nami, someone who loves money as much as she does, she was even more eager.
In short, after acquiring the wealth of the Gild Tesoro, Nami invested the vast majority of it into various projects, allowing the already rapidly progressing Dark Bird Alliance to develop at a speed far exceeding anyone's imagination.
Meanwhile, during this period of about six months, the kings of various countries around the world finally arrived in Mary Geoise.
Although Gawain wasn't in charge, the good thing was that the kings weren't very bright either.
After the Five Elders made their guarantee, the series of kings who had been pre-selected by Gawain and his group happily handed over their countries.
They were overjoyed until they were sent to Mary Geoise, because they genuinely believed they had become Celestial Dragon.
Result...
When they arrived in Mary Geoise with their families, they didn't even have a single slave; they even had to gather their own food to feed themselves...
This is not the Celestial Dragon' life they imagined, much less the Celestial Dragon' life they wanted.
But this is indeed how the Celestial Dragon live now...
Mary Geoise had long been isolated from the outside world; no news from within could possibly get to the outside.
After initially repairing Gawain's palace, Mary Geoise left the remaining repair work entirely to the Celestial Dragon.
Their slaves were confiscated by Gawain and divided into different departments according to their strength.
So, apart from some former subordinates who are willing to work for the Celestial Dragon.
If the Celestial Dragon want to eat, they must do a sufficient amount of work.
Whether they're doing manual labor or anything else, Gawain doesn't tolerate them.
If it weren't for the need to use their names to facilitate the rule of the seas, the Celestial Dragon would probably have had even their last name abolished.
This has drawn the ire of countless Celestial Dragons, including the former God's Knights and the current Royal Guard, all of whom are dissatisfied.
Unfortunately, once Imu agrees to Gawain's decision, no one can resist.
And Imu...
This mom has truly become an ordinary mom now.
At least that's how it appears.
Once the Celestial Dragon became docile, Gawain's subordinates immediately began to rule over the dozen or so newly acquired great powers.
After successively removing a certain number of nobles, the ruling operation continued to expand in an orderly manner.
Gawain's side could not start a new war until this period of rule was completely over, so Akainu could only grit his teeth and continue to endure.
However, he's not in a hurry anymore; he has already achieved his goal of gaining final control of the army.
As for Kuzan's police force.
Snort!
Do the police want to meddle in military affairs?
In short, Akainu knew that he and the pirates would have a battle sooner or later, and that battle probably wouldn't be too far off.
All that Gawain's subordinates to sort out the internal affairs of the newly acquired kingdom and prepare the supplies for war.
Then I must lead the navy to completely defeat the pirates, and only then can I launch a war against the remaining countries that do not obey Gawain's rule in a world without pirates!
My dream is about to come true!
Since a full-blown war wouldn't break out anytime soon, Gawain didn't focus too much on the Pirate World.
The development of the Dark Bird Ship is proceeding smoothly, and the crew has even prepared to establish a nation. They are just waiting for the internal affairs to be sorted out and for Akainu to win a victory so that they can establish a new country called Great Qin, appoint Gawain as king, and thus promote the process of unifying the Pirate World.
Meanwhile, developments in the pirate sector were also part of Gawain's plans.
While Red-Haired Shanks and Blackbeard were locked in a power struggle, the Revolutionary Army also joined the New World, creating a three-way standoff with the two Emperors of the Sea.
Of course, while they appear to be in a tripartite balance of power, they are actually banding together for mutual support.
While Shanks has reasons to support unification, she will absolutely not submit to Gawain's ideas.
After all, having inherited Roger's will, he could never accept a future where Gawain would rule the entire world.
Dragon felt the same way; dictatorship was far too dangerous in their eyes, and they didn't want to entrust the future of the world to Shanks 'Gawain self-control.
Blackbeard, on the other hand, had even less reason to surrender.
He doesn't care about dictatorship or anything like that; all he cares about is that he's not the one in charge of dictatorship!
Under these circumstances, the three powers that are divided in the New World are all actively recruiting members, expanding the size of their pirate crews, and desperately trying to absorb power from the outside world.
The Revolutionary Army's four branches—east, west, north, and south—expanded their forces, with Blackbeard absorbing the vast majority of the remaining pirate crew.
Even Shanks, who adheres to the concept of elitism, is now actively recruiting Grand Fleet.
In the midst of this silent stalemate, Gawain, who had briefly regained Gawain, summoned Garp, Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, and Mihawk, and delivered a shocking punch to the three strongest men in the world!
After gaining a deeper understanding of the power to unlock the limiters, Gawain continued to teach the officers a range of knowledge, including chakra and breathing techniques.
Afterwards, Gawain returned to the Golden Throne and silently sat down.
In Mary Geoise, on the training ground, while the Celestial Dragon around him were laboriously moving stones, Mihawk sat on the ground, looking completely bewildered.
Not far away, old man Garp was practicing boxing with all his might.
As for Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, he glanced at Mihawk not far away and muttered to himself.
"Isn't Gawain a little strange?"
I had no idea he knew anything about chakra or breathing techniques!
Most importantly, he seems to grow stronger every time he goes into a deep sleep, especially this time—this time he's just too strong!
Even without Armament Haki, neither my sword nor yours could scratch his skin. What kind of ability is this?
Neither I, nor you, nor even Garp could withstand a single punch from him?!
Damn it!"
Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro couldn't help but swear.
"Could he really be the reincarnation of a god, and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit is the true, yet undiscovered, divine Devil Fruit?"
Compared to Gawain's inexplicable power, even if Garp's Sun Tzu's Nika Fruit was developed to its fullest potential, it wouldn't compare, right?
At this point, Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro shook his head sheepishly.
He had always believed that Gawain had Gawain won the war against Imu.
In hindsight, it was clearly the son who was saving face for his mother!
You have to understand, the three of them— Garp, Mihawk, and himself—wouldn't stand a Gawain's three punches!
Even if Imu is invincible, he probably couldn't withstand three punches from Gawain, right?
Leaving aside the shock of the punch that Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro and the others received.
After opening the New World, Gawain was surprised to find that he had returned to a familiar world.
This time, perhaps it was because he broke the monitor.
In short, he didn't fall from the universe like a shooting star, but instead appeared directly on a street in a flash.
The moment he appeared here, Gawain had already spotted a landmark building in the distance!
There were four enormous human heads, and the appearance of those four heads...
Damn it, those four portraits are actually the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Hokage!
So, this is the ninja world, and time here has already jumped from the Otsutsuki era a thousand years ago to the present ninja village era???
After a brief moment of thought, Gawain vanished from Konoha Village in an instant.
A moment later, several ninjas appeared in the spot where Gawain had been standing, nervously looking around.
"There's absolutely no sign of any ninjas ever being there; even the ninja dogs couldn't detect any scent."
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have been able to imagine that someone had suddenly appeared here!"
"Go and report this to the Hokage immediately!"
"A very special ninja has infiltrated our village!"
"We can't possibly be hallucinating together. Even with sophisticated illusion magic, there's no need for us to only see some random shadow!"
"That's right!"
After the Anbu ninjas paired up, they hurried to the Hokage Tower and met the elderly Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen didn't take the report from the Anbu to heart.
The Fourth Shinobi World War ended a long time ago, and for the time being, the environment in the Shinobi World has become more peaceful. Even if those were spies sent by other shinobi villages, there is nothing worth investigating in Konoha Village now.
While thinking, Hiruzen Sarutobi his hand to dismiss the Anbu.
After the Anbu left, Hiruzen sat in a chair, picked up his pipe and lit it, looking melancholy.
To this day, I have served as Hokage for a full fifty years.
At the age of eighteen, he was appointed to take over the heavy responsibility of Hokage from his teacher in a time of crisis.
Now, I am exactly sixty-nine years old...
Fifty-one years have passed. Since my teacher was killed in a surprise attack by the Kumogakure, I have experienced three major Shinobi World wars.
First Shinobi World War, he faced pressure from various clans within the village while also bearing the responsibility of fighting against external threats. With the help of his fellow disciples, including Danzo and Koharu Utatane, he finally won the First Shinobi World War.
After that, he finally managed to secure his position as Hokage, becoming Konoha Village's... most solid pillar to date.
Unfortunately, even with my best efforts, I can't reach the level of the first and second generation masters.
In terms of strength, he was far inferior to the first generation, who could suppress four countries single-handedly and prevent anyone in the world from acting recklessly.
In terms of strategy and wisdom, he was far inferior to his master, whose Senju surname and authority, which had been passed down since the Sengoku period, made him far inferior to him.
As a result, policies that Tobirama could easily implement were hampered by various factors when it came to me. Even with the strong support of Danzo, Homura Mitokado, Koharu, and others, I could only barely get them through.
After losing the First Hokage and his teacher, Konoha no longer had the authority to suppress Konoha Five Great Nations.
Even if he exerted all his strength to forge alliances and maneuver, he could only guarantee Konoha Village's ultimate victory in the Third Shinobi World War.
And the Third Shinobi World War...
Those achievements now seem to have become part of his qualifications, after all, he had consistently led Konoha to victory.
But from my own perspective...
If I possess the power of the first generation and the wisdom of the second generation.
Those Third Shinobi World War probably won't happen, or at most only one will occur: the First Shinobi World War, which would be triggered by the death of the First Hokage and the other four nations' eagerness to test Konoha's strength.
After ruling Konoha for so many years, he lost his wife, his son, his disciple, and even his disciple's disciple.
Aside from the useless Asuma and the even more useless Konohamaru, he West City.
Everything's gone...
Fifty-one years after his teacher's death, he served as Hokage for a full fifty years.
But now... now I have nothing left but regret...
Jiraiya is such a free spirit, it's truly enviable.
Whether it's his life or his comical hobby of frequently watching women's bathhouses, haha, I really wish I could live like that.
If the Second Hokage hadn't died back then, perhaps Danzo would be the Danzo now, and I'd probably be living the life of a carefree wanderer like Jiraiya.
Or perhaps, like Orochimaru in the past, he would focus his energy on research and development, which would make his title of Doctor even more worthy of his name.
But unfortunately...
Why...
If Jiraiya and the other two were in their positions as he and Danzo then, Jiraiya would definitely be the first to suggest covering the retreat.
But he can refuse to be alive.
How could she possibly refuse the death of the second-generation patriarch?