Get Yourself a Summoning Cheat, Oda? Imu Will Remember That.

"Lord Imu, Mars and Sumer successfully found the Pluton blueprints in Water 7."

Flower Room.

Saint Saturn, Saint Warcury, Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter had come together to report the good news to Saint Nerona Imu.

"Very good."

With his back to the four of them, Saint Nerona Imu wore a chilling smile on his oppressive face.

Poseidon's whereabouts were known.

The location of the original body of the first Pluton was known as well, and now the blueprints had been found.

There were fewer and fewer things left that could threaten his rule.

In an instant.

His voice appeared beside Sumer and Saint Mars, filled with praise.

"That guy really didn't lie to us?"

Manmayer Gunko, who had been attending Saint Nerona Imu in the Flower Room, was first startled, then fell silent with a sinister expression.

"Sumer, you have already initially proven yourself. Finding the Pluton blueprints is an even greater achievement."

"What reward do you want?"

Saint Nerona Imu was in an exceptionally good mood.

For eight hundred years, the World Government had been searching for the ancient weapons.

Whether the things Sumer had said before were true or false, at least the Pluton blueprints were real now.

Merit deserved reward!

Conversely.

Failure to perform one's duties deserved punishment.

"Lord Imu, you have already granted me a surname and the noble status of a Celestial Dragon, and you even bestowed the Deepest-Sea Contract upon me. That is already an immense reward."

The moment Saint Nerona Imu's voice rang out, Sumer immediately sat upright with a solemn expression.

After all, Saint Marcus Mars was still beside him. He had to show the proper attitude.

"If Imu tells you to speak, then speak."

Saint Nerona Imu's tone allowed no doubt.

If he wished to reward someone, no one could refuse.

If he wished to punish someone, no one could escape.

"Lord Imu, please grant me a pentagram magic circle capable of long-distance teleportation—"

Seeing Saint Nerona Imu's firm tone, Sumer immediately replied respectfully.

He had had his eye on this cheat for a long time.

That was right.

In Sumer's eyes, the Teleportation Magic Circle that could summon God's Knights and the Five Elders was a cheat.

A summoning cheat, at that.

Once he obtained this ability, he would essentially become a summoner.

From then on, whenever he traveled the seas and encountered danger, he could summon members of God's Knights or the Five Elders.

It would be equivalent to having bodyguards at his side at all times.

And those bodyguards would all be descendants of gods. The prestige would be off the charts.

"Granted."

Sumer had thought Saint Nerona Imu would hesitate, but he had not expected him to agree so easily.

As expected of the king of the world.

He really was generous.

Crackle—

The next second.

Black lightning and black flames began crackling across Sumer's body, followed by a bizarre and intricate pentagram magic circle appearing beneath his feet.

In the end, it all disappeared into Sumer's body.

From an immense distance away, Saint Nerona Imu had bestowed upon Sumer the ability to summon a Teleportation Magic Circle.

"Thank you profoundly for Lord Imu's grace."

"Saint Germain Sumer will be forever loyal to you and will brave fire and water for you!!!"

Sumer looked excitedly at the glowing Deepest-Sea Contract mark on his arm, where another stroke had appeared.

More importantly, countless silhouettes had appeared in his mind.

Unfortunately, there were only silhouettes of members of God's Knights. The five Five Elders, including Saint Saturn, and the commander of God's Knights, Saint Figarland Garling, were not among them.

This meant he could only summon members of God's Knights, not the Five Elders or Saint Figarland Garling directly.

After giving it some thought, Sumer understood why Saint Nerona Imu had not simply rewarded him with a Teleportation Magic Circle capable of summoning everyone.

Because he would still need to earn further merit later.

Or perhaps the Five Elders and the commander of God's Knights were ultimately different from ordinary members of God's Knights.

Both their strength and status were higher.

They were equivalent to senior employees, so Saint Nerona Imu had to show them some measure of respect.

And within a vast organization, ranks and hierarchy had to exist.

At the same time, Sumer naturally understood the core mechanics of the Teleportation Magic Circle.

There were four points.

1. Mandatory and irresistible: As long as a target bears the Teleportation Magic Circle mark, they can be summoned unconditionally by another person without needing to consent, and can even be teleported directly while asleep.

2. Usage requirements: Only those whose bodies have been granted a special mark may use it.

3. Distance limit: It ignores spatial distance and can achieve point-to-point instantaneous movement anywhere in the world.

4. Two-way connection: Those bearing the Teleportation Magic Circle mark can summon one another.

"Grow stronger as quickly as possible and find a way to return to Earth. Imu wants to meet the author of the One Piece manga personally."

"What is he called!?"

Saint Nerona Imu suddenly remembered that he had never asked Sumer for the name of One Piece's author.

"Yes!"

"The author of the One Piece manga is called Oda."

"Oda? Imu will remember that."

Saint Nerona Imu's tone was cold. After saying that, he cut off the remote communication.

For a moment.

The air fell silent.

Only Saint Marcus Mars and Sumer remained, staring at each other.

"Saint Mars, would you like to go out for a walk?"

Sumer suppressed the urge to summon that underwear-flashing pervert, Manmayer Gunko.

He did not mean anything else by it. He just wanted to disgust her.

But when he considered that she might be attending Saint Nerona Imu at the moment, he gave up on the idea.

"You go ahead."

Saint Marcus Mars lowered his head and continued studying the Pluton blueprints. He had long expected that Sumer would be rewarded by Lord Imu this time.

After all, these were blueprints for an ancient weapon.

What he had not expected was that Lord Imu would let Sumer choose what kind of reward he wanted.

That degree of favor and importance had surprised him somewhat.

What surprised him even more was that Sumer had chosen the Teleportation Magic Circle, and Lord Imu had actually agreed.

This showed that Sumer held an even more important position in Lord Imu's heart.

"Fine, then!"

Sumer stretched and left the room, preparing to properly explore Water 7.

For now, he finally no longer needed to live in constant fear.

Everything was still developing in a good direction.

Next.

He only needed to gain Saint Nerona Imu's trust and treat him as a "resource cheat" while gradually achieving his own goals.

"Lord Saint Sumer!!!"

Outside.

The sun was bright.

The weather was as beautiful as his current mood.

Doll, Rob Lucci, Califa, and Kaku had been waiting all along, while Bruno had also been called over.

There were also quite a few marines around.

An entire street had been placed under control.

"Where's Franky?"

Sumer glanced at the hulking Bruno, who had a two-horn hairstyle and wore a black formal suit.

Then he looked at Rob Lucci.

"Kaku already threw that guy into the sea."

"You didn't finish him off?"

Sumer rubbed his chin. He had forgotten to give instructions earlier: when dealing with protagonists and important supporting characters, they had to be ground to ashes.

Otherwise, they were very hard to kill.

"Finish him off?"

The five people present were initially stunned. Then Kaku adjusted his cap and respectfully said,

"Lord Saint Sumer, Lucci tore out that guy's entire stomach. When I threw him away, he was already barely breathing. He definitely couldn't have survived."

"Barely breathing? So he wasn't completely dead yet?"

"Forget it. If he's alive, he's alive! He can be used as a sacrifice later to awaken the protagonist's potential—"

Sumer made a blind guess. Franky was definitely still alive, most likely saved by the Franky Family.

He would definitely still join the Straw Hat crew in the future.

At present.

Sumer already had a complete plan. He wanted to become the hidden mastermind and control everything from behind the scenes.

In short: the snipe and clam fight while the fisherman profits plan.

As long as he found a way to make Straw Hat, Blackbeard, and Saint Nerona Imu fight and kill each other, he could reap the benefits in the end.

Because of him.

Saint Nerona Imu now knew most of the plot and might even obtain Pluton and Poseidon in the future.

And since Uranus might also be in Saint Nerona Imu's hands, that would make all three ancient weapons.

For Straw Hat and Blackbeard, the difficulty of this instance had instantly been raised to hell mode.

Under such circumstances, if Straw Hat and Blackbeard wanted to contend against Saint Nerona Imu, they would have to take the cheat route of "sacrifice your companions and your power becomes boundless"!

Only then could their potential be awakened.

But that path did not seem particularly effective for Blackbeard, so he could only take the "threat of death" route.

"Ah..."

Heaven destroys those who do not look out for themselves!

Better a dead friend than a dead me!

Sumer sighed. If he wanted to live well himself, it seemed he could only make others suffer.