Sea Calendar 1515.
New World, Vaflorode.
At the very center of the island stood a small town with a population of over two thousand. It had been established five years ago, and its houses were neatly arranged, their architectural outlines still looking very new.
The residents living in this town consisted of researchers, armed security personnel, and employees' families.
Due to Vaflorode's unique nature, in order to prevent leaks, local communications across the island were conducted using Wano Country's specialty snails. Only a few Den Den Mushi used for emergency contact could communicate with the outside world, while certain special supplies were regularly transported in through Sephiroth's spatial gate.
Thus, the World Government ships monitoring and patrolling the waters around Vaflorode Island had never realized that the Breath of the Gods they so desperately coveted had long since fallen under Sephiroth's control.
Near the Tower of Celestial Gaze, inside a white two-story villa, in the second-floor study.
Sephiroth sat in a chair before a desk, wearing only a white lab coat. Lim, her black hair falling to her shoulders, slowly sat on his lap and raised her pale, slender hands to gently wrap them around his neck.
"How has the research been progressing lately?" Sephiroth asked casually.
Lim gave a soft snort and adjusted her sitting position slightly before breathing softly:
"The analysis of the Breath of the Gods has been little more than negligible.
However, the development of an instrument based on its operating principles, one capable of altering weather conditions across a wide area, has been going very smoothly...
It is expected to be ready for use in another two or three years."
"An instrument that changes the weather? That sounds like something with great potential..."
"Indeed!
Although it cannot absorb special energy substances from the air like