"Anyway... you two should get along well for now!" Sig said finally to the Prison Demon and the Thunder-Thunder Demon.
When Sieg opened his eyes, Sig found that Angel was not in the room, but there was breakfast on the table.
Using his Observation Haki slightly, Sig heard Angel's voice coming from downstairs, as he chatted with other clan trial participants.
Although he had performed somewhat "outstandingly" during the "Strength Trial," outside of the trial, especially with Angel about to become an elder, people paid more attention to Mutel.
Even without seeing it, Sig could imagine that Angel was handling the other clans' attempts to win him over with grace, and that he didn't need to worry about it.
Sig then raised his right wrist in front of his eyes and looked at the Seastone Handcuffs on it.
Then, Sig covered his left hand with Armament Haki and held onto the handcuffs. Then... his right hand transformed into a long, thin Inazuma, allowing the Seastone to be easily removed from his "hands".
However, Sig weighed the handcuffs in his hand, then sighed and put them back on—this time, his left hand transformed into a thinner ball of Inazuma, allowing the Seastone Handcuffs to pass through, and after being placed on his wrist, it turned back into a hand.
Indeed, high-purity Seastone imposes great limitations on ability users, but as long as one controls their Elementalization body and actively avoids Seastone, they can dodge Seastone attacks.
Especially Sig, even when he is handcuffed, his physical strength is not affected, and he can use Armament Haki to temporarily isolate himself from the effects of Seastone.
However, Sig doesn't usually dare to remove the Seastone Handcuffs...
Because when Sig loses consciousness, without the Seastone Handcuffs to restrain him, in his mind Sig can beat up the Devil Fruit Devil, but the power of the Devil Fruit Devil within his body will quickly go out of control!
If he were merely asleep, Sig could use self -Psychological Suggestion to maintain a minimum level of consciousness to avoid losing control of his body. But if he were to faint during combat, there was nothing he could do.
The reason he switched hands was purely for Sig —to make those who noticed the detail guess what changes had occurred in him.
The act of leaving people wanting to know but not being able to, or even giving them many Error guesses, is also part of the role played by the "Shadow Ascetic".
Just like Blackbeard's teeth in the original work!
At this point, Sig, through his role as the "Knowledge Keeper," gained a new understanding of the "Shadow Ascetic." If the "Knowledge Keeper" is about acquiring, Record, and disseminating knowledge, then the "Shadow Ascetic" is about hiding knowledge related to himself.
Similarly, concealment is not showing something, and it is also concealment if it is not known. However, causing significant errors in the dissemination of information is also a form of concealment.
After finishing the food on the table, Sig left the room and noticed that it was rather dark outside. Even though it was midday, it seemed... a bit overcast?
Sky Island also experiences cloudy skies and rain, and water is an essential resource for the Sky Island person.
Sig didn't know if it was just pure luck, or if it was because he had just absorbed the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, or because he had just had a "friendly exchange" with the Thunder-Thunder Demon and thus mastered some of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power, which attracted the thunderclouds.
In short, this was a good external condition for Sig, saving him a lot of effort. Otherwise, Sig was even planning to create artificial Yunlai enhance the power of "that move"!
"Seven, you're awake? Would you like something else to eat?" Angel asked after seeing Sig.
"No need, it's already eleven o'clock, let's go to the inner city." Sig realized that everyone was waiting for him.
Because they had rested well beforehand and the "Strength Trial" was very short, everyone else was still quite energetic.
Regarding Sig sleeping for so long, Angel guessed that using Conqueror's Haki must have been extremely taxing on his stamina. Others guessed that... perhaps Seven and Angel were also expending a lot of energy.
The Trial of God, the most important trials ever.
However, it has now become merely a formality...
After several revisions, the current trial rules are as follows: before 11:00 AM, 256 participants will enter the inner city of Bilca. For the following hour, they can hide freely, but are prohibited from entering residential areas...
The inner city has now been cleared out, and there are no unrelated people present.
After the clock strikes twelve, players can begin attacking each other. Leaving the inner city area, or fainting or breaking a diagnostic shell to admit defeat will result in elimination.
Ultimately, if a trial team eliminates all the other trial participants without losing any members of its own team, then those trial participants will become the new "gods".
However, since no one has wanted a "god" to appear for a long time, naturally no one can successfully complete the trial despite everyone's targeting.
In fact, to show that they don't want to become "gods," many powerful clans will deliberately have one member withdraw from the main team at the very beginning.
Gradually, this evolved into a situation where if a large clan with 30 or 40 members shortlisted didn't have a single member abstain from the competition from the start, they would be targeted by everyone!
The greatest significance of the "Trial of God" now is to demonstrate the strength of the various clans to all the Bilca people.
The entire city of Bilca is divided into an outer city without walls, an inner city surrounded by walls, and the central "Holy Land Arena".
Upon arriving at the east gate of the inner city, Angel glanced at the gloomy weather and said, "The weather is really not good today... Let's split up from here! Enel and I will go in this way."
Each team of four must enter through four different city gates.
"Angel," Sig suddenly called out to her.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Angel looked at Sig in confusion.
"You will become a goddess." Sig looked at her earnestly.
Angel blushed upon hearing this. "What nonsense are you talking about..." After saying that, Angel pulled Enel, who wanted to use "Spearman's Thrust," into the city.
Sig:???
Did I just say something sweet? Why am I blushing?
Sig and Great Wisdom arrived at the North Gate together. As they walked, Great Wisdom said, "Although there shouldn't be any problems normally, let's still see if anyone wants to become a 'god'."
I just held onto the idea that "I have little hope," but I also couldn't let someone else become a "god."
"Huh? No need to look... I am! To be precise, I'm here to make Angel a god!" Sig said matter-of-factly.
"Huh?" Great Wisdom looked at Sig in surprise.
He had initially thought that it was just Sig and Angel "flirting".
When you're just with yourself, there's no need for "flirting," right?
"Although your Conqueror's Haki is very strong, it's impossible. Even if we scare away 80% of the trial participants, the remaining 20% of elites will definitely gang up on us. No! Speaking of which, given the lesson from the previous 'Strength Trial,' I'm afraid quite a few people will be ganging up on us right now..." Great Wisdom thought with a headache.
Before Sig could say anything more, Great Wisdom urged, "Alright, let's hide first... Even though there's nothing wrong, it would be embarrassing to be eliminated first."
Sig glanced at the increasingly gloomy sky, then smiled slightly, "Alright, let's wait until midnight..."