"Lord Imu, if this continues, the World Government will no longer be able to survive!" The Sword-Wielding Five Elder knelt respectfully before Imu.
Imu's indistinct face remained fixed on the old man before her. For a long time, she said nothing.
The longer her silence lasted, the lower the Sword-Wielding Five Elder bowed his head.
"What do you intend to do?" After a long while, a cool voice rang out.
"Perhaps we should send out God's Army and fight the cultists to the death!" The Sword-Wielding Five Elder abruptly raised his head to look at his deity.
"Then are you prepared to die?" the woman continued coldly.
"Can even Lord Imu not destroy those cultists?" The Sword-Wielding Five Elder stared at his ancestor in disbelief.
"If I could, Mary Geoise would never have been destroyed!"
At Imu's emotionless words, the Sword-Wielding Five Elder's eyes widened.
"Th-this... how could that be?"
"Leaving aside the strength the Holy Church has openly displayed, the being hidden in the void, altering this world's rules, is already beyond my ability to oppose."
"Do you know about Ohara Scholar Island?"
The Sword-Wielding Five Elder suppressed his panic, unsure why his ancestor had brought up that island of scholars. Bewildered, he shook his head.
"There is something wrong with time on that island! I sensed it back then. A greater being had altered Ohara Scholar Island's timeline! Do you understand now?"
"Lord Imu, are you saying this involves the Time Fruit?" the Sword-Wielding Five Elder asked uncertainly.
"Hmph! Fool! The Time Fruit itself falls within this world's rules. Can anyone directly distort the timeline with its power? If that were possible, could your World Government have lasted eight hundred years? You worthless descendants would have destroyed it long ago!" Imu rebuked him without sparing his dignity.
"Then...