The main hall of the General's Mansion.
This building, which once symbolized the highest power in Wano Country, is now in ruins.
The carved wooden beams were covered in dust, and the gold leaf on the walls had mostly peeled off, leaving only a few fragments that made a faint clattering sound in the wind.
The furnishings inside the hall had long been removed, leaving only the general's chair in the very center, its chrysanthemum emblem on the back of the chair completely obscured by knife marks.
Roy stood in the center of the hall, his eyes closed, his Telekinesis silently seeping downwards.
Kaido paced back and forth at the palace entrance, each heavy step cracking the floor tiles.
He was already short of patience, and after waiting for so long, he became even more irritable.
" Roy! Did you find it or not?!"
Roy ignored him.
The Telekinesis penetrated the soil, rocks, and underground water veins, outlining a huge hollow deep underground.
The shape of the cavity was too regular to be naturally formed.
He opened his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"It's right down here."
Kaido rushed over in three strides, staring down at the stone pavement beneath his feet.
"Down there? How do we get down? Do we dig the ground up?"
"There's no need for that."
Roy raised his right hand, his fingers slightly curled, and flicked it gently.
The Telekinesis acted like an invisible giant shovel, lifting the general's chair in the very center of the hall, along with its stone base, flying away.
The chair tumbled several times in the air before crashing into the courtyard outside the hall, shattering into a pile of wood chips and stones.
Immediately afterwards, Roy pressed his finger down.
The ground beneath the general's chair was completely lifted up, and the stone slabs, soil, and rammed earth were all grabbed by Telekinesis and flung to a corner of the main hall.
A huge underground entrance was revealed.
The entrance was square, with sides measuring five or six meters. Its edges were made of whole pieces of bluestone, with dried glutinous rice mortar filling the gaps between the stones.
A stone staircase extends downwards from the entrance, disappearing into the pitch-black darkness.
A cold wind carrying the salty smell of seawater rushed out of the cave entrance, blowing dust all over the place.
Kaido approached the cave entrance, his eyes wide with excitement, his expression shifting from annoyance to ecstasy.
"Hehehe! I never knew such a secret was hidden here!"
His laughter made the entire hall tremble, and his voice echoed through the underground palace.
Jhin stood beside Roy, his glasses obscuring his eyes, but Roy still caught a glint in his eyes.
It's an instinctive desire to explore the unknown.
"Let's go down and take a look."
Roy took three portable searchlights out of his storage bag and threw one at each of them.
The beam of the searchlight pierced the darkness and shone on the stone steps at the cave entrance.
The stone steps were covered with slippery moss, and the edges were riddled with tiny pits from water droplets, indicating that no one had been here for a very long time.
Roy took the lead and walked down the stone steps.
Kaido followed behind him, his massive body squeezed into the narrow passageway, his shoulders scraping against the stone walls on either side, scraping off layer after layer of moss.
He grumbled and complained about how narrow the passage was, but his pace didn't slow down at all.
Jin walked at the back, his hand on the hilt of his sword, each step he took was silent.
Three beams of light swayed and moved downwards in the darkness.
Meanwhile, in Mary Geoise.
Deep within Pangaea Castle, in the Five Elders Conference Room.
On the long table lay a piece of intelligence that had just been sent back from Wano Country. It was a thin sheet of paper with only a few lines of text, yet it silenced the five elderly men who stood at the pinnacle of world power.
The candlelight on the wall flickered gently, casting the shadows of the five people on the wall, sometimes long and sometimes short.
In the end, it was Saturn Saint Saturn who spoke first.
He leaned back in his chair, his hands clasped on the table, his voice low.
Tell me about it.
"What are your thoughts on the information that was sent back from Wano Country this time?"
The Warrior God of Justice, Saint Warcury, put down the intelligence in his hand and raised his hand to rub his forehead.
His head was bald except for a few white hairs, and age spots spread from his temples to his cheekbones. At this moment, his brows were furrowed, and the wrinkles on his forehead were so deep that they could hold a cigarette.
"This news is amazing."
"Even our World Government has searched for eight hundred years, but we still haven't found Pluton ' whereabouts."
"Now that two pirates have found us, this is simply—"
"Now is not the time to talk about these things."
Warrior God of Finance Saint Nusjuro interrupted him.
The old man, dressed in a kimono and with the legendary Kitetsu beside him, spoke in a colder tone than usual.
"The appearance of Pluton was indeed unexpected, but it must not fall into the hands of pirates."
"Especially Roy from Hachinosu."
He paused, then tapped the scabbard of the Kitetsu sword twice with his fingers.
"The development of Hachinosu in recent years has exceeded our expectations."
"Back then, they obtained Pure Gold; time was never an issue for them."
Furthermore, according to news from Doflamingo's side, a user with the Op-Op Fruit ability is also under Roy's command.
You all know the ultimate power of the Op-Op Fruit, right?
The moment the words " Pure Gold " were mentioned, the face of Saint Saturn, the Warrior God of Science and Defense, darkened instantly.
The World Government suffered heavy casualties with the Holy Knights in retrieving that piece of Pure Gold.
It was sent to Vegapunk for analysis, and the final conclusion almost made the Five Elders collectively vomit blood.
That fragment was just a piece of ordinary metal coated with radioactive material.
That brat Roy used a fake to fool all the powers in the world.
World Government, Navy, Whitebeard, Big Mom, Golden Lion --
Everyone was completely manipulated.
The real Pure Gold has always been in the hands of Hachinosu.
Damn it.
Saint Saturn cursed under his breath, but quickly suppressed his emotions and steered the conversation back on track.
"The most important thing now is Pluton."
"According to intelligence, Roy and Kaido have obtained the exact location of Pluton."
We must not let Pluton fall into the hands of pirates.
Another silence fell.
Saint Nusjuro looked around at the other four people present and slowly began to speak.
" Pluton appeared in Wano Country, which is Kaido's stronghold."
It's clearly impossible for us to seize Pluton.
The problem now is--
We cannot allow Pluton to fall under the control of pirates.
"Therefore, I propose,"
"First, secretly dispatch high-level naval forces to Wano Country."
At the same time, he leaked the news of Pluton's appearance to Golden Lion, Whitebeard, Big Mom, and others.
Given the ambitions of pirates, they would never let Pluton go.
Let them fight Roy and Kaido first to buy time.
When the time is right, the naval high command will launch a surprise attack and directly destroy the Pluton Battleship.
He raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the faces of the other four people.
How about this proposal?
After a brief silence, four replies rang out almost simultaneously.
"Agree."
"Agree."
"Agree."
"Agree."