"That's right! We can't be certain how this cave connecting the first and second halves of the Grand Line came to exist beneath the Red Line, but among all currently known information about the Red Line, this may be its only weakness."
By this point, Kuzan and Borsalino no longer doubted Ye Mu's words.
They were now certain that Ye Mu truly intended to destroy the Red Line above them.
If the Red Line could be destroyed, then the Holy Land Mary Geoise, where the Celestial Dragons lived atop it, would also become history.
Just then, Ye Mu spoke in an exceptionally relaxed tone.
"Even so, destroying it won't be easy. But it'll be different if we can make use of Fish-Man Island's unique Sunlight Tree Eve..."
"With the power of life, destroy the shackles pressing down on everyone's heads and liberate this world..."
"Don't you think that would be beautiful?"
For a moment, both Kuzan and Borsalino seemed able to picture that scene.
Sunlight Tree Eve, buried within the Red Line, would send branch after branch and vine after vine growing out of the earth, bringing about the Red Line's collapse.
But...
"A lot of people would die... There are also many people on the Red Line who don't deserve to die..."
Kuzan spoke slowly, only for Ye Mu to answer at once.
"That's why I told you all this..."
After saying that, he looked at the two Admirals before him—old friends, in a sense—with a smile.
"Now, whether you leave Fish-Man Island with the information I've told you, or stay behind to stop me and fight me here, is up to you..."
At that, Ye Mu looked toward the surrounding sea and raised his hands, as though sensing something.
"But you probably don't have much time left. I