"Brother, Want a Wife?"

Sometimes, having different identities was precisely for moments like this, when he could shift the blame elsewhere.

His current identity was a member of the Church of Precepts, and his earlier descent to the earth had followed a clear chain of cause and effect.

As long as he remained on the ground and did nothing that broke from his identity as the Holy Son, then no matter what he did, it would all be traced back to the God of Precepts.

Any trouble would basically not come after him.

He had not investigated the Beast aura before because, without information from the Earth Saint, his identity should not have been able to detect anything amiss.

But the Moon God Cave did not pose that problem.

The other side had created something like this on the earth, and it had an extremely obvious landmark.

Naimus had been moving across the earth while "recovering from his injuries," discovered this place, became curious about the Sky Whale, and was then dragged into the surrounding conflict. That should be perfectly "normal," right?

With that thought, Naimus left the Moon God Cave.

After leaving, he no longer fully concealed himself and instead headed toward the area where the Earth God Fruit was located.

By ordinary logic, he had been severely wounded by the Hand of Calamity and was hiding in this region.

If he discovered an Earth God Fruit, then naturally he should use it to heal his injuries.

So all he had to do next was let the plot unfold as it should.

Thus, Naimus caught an unknown bird.

Then, using the Sword of Fortune, he hid one of his Swordsmanship moves inside its body.

Afterward, he sent the bird flying toward the area where those calamity creatures were gathered.

This bird, with its