It truly felt like two good friends chatting. Imu gave Ye Mu a thorough explanation of his doubts.
It also confirmed some of Ye Mu's previous speculations.
"Now I understand why the archaeologists of Rainbow Country discovered that Devil Fruits suddenly began appearing in great numbers across this sea after the God Valley Incident! But this also means that the Flame-Flame Fruit I possess awakened through my own power?"
"That's right! However, when I created them, I never expected these two Devil Fruits to be so compatible, or for you to obtain both of them and unleash power that surpassed the fruits' original limits."
"Then why did you create the Devil Fruits? Isn't possessing Uranus's power enough for you to control the world?"
Ye Mu's question was rather sharp, but Imu's answer still surprised him.
"When you came here, you should have spoken with the five of them. They should have told you that my interests aren't aligned with those of the Celestial Dragons. All of the Celestial Dragons' privileges are based solely on the contract Uranus signed with the kings of the Twenty Kingdoms back then. Regardless of how it began, the result was that the kings of the Twenty Kingdoms truly protected Uranus's existence. So, to protect them, I created those Devil Fruits and made the ability users who consumed them into guardian deities who would maintain their rule. They were the predecessors of CP0. I simply never expected those Devil Fruits to eventually remain scattered across the sea one by one. Their ancestors weren't like this before, but power corrupts people—let alone after eight hundred years."
"Is that so? But is it really all right to cancel a contract that has been upheld for eight hundred years so easily?"
"It's fine. Strictly speaking, the person who signed