When Barnett arrived at Vic's meditation room, he saw Vic still sitting cross-legged on the floor, eyes closed and a calm expression on his face. He was completely immersed in his own world of meditation, oblivious to the cries, screams, and wails outside!
Barnett immediately reached out and gave Vic a push on the shoulder, and only after Vic slowly opened his eyes did he speak those heavy words with concern.
He had already discerned the true nature of these agents. This incident was extremely serious. They had previously killed members of the Communist Party to save many civilians, but that was when few people knew the truth, and it was all about silencing witnesses. But this time, there were too many people, and so many civilians were eyewitnesses. This matter was going to be difficult!
"Walk!"
Vic only came to his senses after hearing Barnett's words. He immediately released a powerful Observation Haki, covering the entire island. His brows furrowed instantly.
The tragedies on the island unfolded in Vic's mind. World Government agents were massacring civilians everywhere, from the outer perimeter of the island inwards, from the center outwards, and even shootings at sea. Every single one of these events tugged at Vic's heartstrings.
The rage in his heart seemed to materialize; his hair fluttered without wind, and the murderous intent in his eyes was as cold as ice. Barnett was standing nearby, could feel the scorching heat.
But when he saw Vic's eyes, he couldn't help but shudder. Vic had never shown such a terrifying look before! Two opposing yet not contradictory qualities appeared on Vic at the same time, making Barnett feel so unfamiliar with him.
Vic felt all the anger surging through his brain, and each scene he saw made his anger rise even higher.
After imprinting all the cruelty on the island into his mind, he felt as if his mind was about to explode from the shock of anger. His cold eyes turned blood red, and his body swayed as he stood up, which made Barnett worry. Vic simply uttered a single word and strode away, swaying as he went!
At this moment, a powerful figure on the island is massacring civilians. With each strike, many people die. The other agents surrounding the island are currently focused on driving them away, preventing those who are terrified from escaping. It seems their goal is simply to let the person on the island have their fill of killing.
But there's a ferocious, humanoid beast on the island, indiscriminately killing people! How can ordinary people not be afraid? Are they just going to wait to die if they don't escape? Charging through the encirclement might offer a sliver of hope, but once that humanoid beast arrives, there will truly be no way out but death!
"Get out of my way! Don't block my way!"
After Vic stepped out of the cabin and onto the deck, he kicked the masked man who was trying to approach him to say something, sending him flying.
After spitting out a mouthful of blood, the masked man crashed into another warship, snapping its mainmast in two.
Vic had used his Observation Haki earlier, but he only saw this guy shooting civilians in the sea with his Flying Finger Pistol. The reason he didn't kill him on the spot was because Vic was in a hurry.
After that, Vic ignored Rebecca and Wendy, who wanted to say something, and disappeared on the deck in Inazuma!
"Who are you? Why are you slaughtering civilians?"
Vic instantly appeared in front of Renka, drew his Blood Wither sword, and blocked Renka's blade as he was about to strike a civilian. He then loudly questioned Lunka. Although Vic did not know that the person in front of him was Celestial Dragons, he knew from the surrounding scene that this person's identity was not simple.
" Dark Dragon! How dare you! Watch your attitude! This is Saint Lunka! He is a descendant of the Creator, and you have no right to question him!"
These civilians may have learned about Ancient Weapon that could threaten the world, so even if we kill the wrong people, we can't let them go. You shouldn't stop Saint Lunka; you should join in."
Another CP0 member, not far from the two, spoke seriously to Vic. He had been standing near Renka the whole time, receiving Renka's orders immediately. Faced with Vic's questioning, he immediately reprimanded Vic, possibly also to avenge the humiliation Vic had caused him earlier.
"I am Donquixote Renka, a member of the Holy Knights and the person in charge of this mission. You may not know the specifics of this mission."
I can tell you definitively that this island harbors a group of historians researching Ancient Weapon. This is a very serious crime. Do you know about the Ohara Incident?
This is another Ohara. Everyone on this island may know the secrets of the Ancient Weapon, so everyone on this island must die. Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free! Everyone, listen to my command! From now on, you can kill without restraint, leave no one alive!
At first, Renka was just explaining the mission to Vic, but later a cruel and bloodthirsty smile appeared on his face, as if the hundreds of thousands of civilians on the island were nothing but weeds, and killing them all would not affect his mind in the slightest!
As if to provoke Vic into a fight, as soon as Renka finished speaking, the surrounding agents began shooting at the civilians who were fleeing everywhere.
They had been very restrained before, leaving the kills to Renka. Now that Renka had had his fill of killing and had finally met his match, he gave the order directly. The agents nearby who heard the order no longer held back and started killing anyone they saw, regardless of their original identities!
"It should be about time by now. They should have arrived in Dabo Haisita by now. I wonder if Renka and Vic have started fighting yet."
" Room of Authority of Mary Geoise," the blonde Five Elders said, glancing at the clock on the wall.
"The original plan was to have Vic come to the Holy Land and then Holy Knights take action, but unexpectedly, before the Reverie, the remnants of Ohara showed up!"
The Five Elders, with their large beards, bald heads, and big knives, seemed to regret that Vic hadn't come to Mary Geoise to personally experience the sacredness of the Creator.
"This is also a good option; while giving them a warning, we can also test Vic's attitude towards our government's orders."
The resurgence of the Ohara remnants presents a good opportunity to test him. Didn't the Ohara Incident already test Sakazuki and Kuzan?
Although Kuzan changed somewhat after that incident, he never hesitated to obey government orders, and that was enough.
The Five Elders with long beards said that they had always wanted to give Vic a test about whether loyalty or justice came first, but they had never had a suitable mission.
However, the emergence of the survivors of Ohara is the best opportunity to test Vic, because for the World Government, anything related to Ohara must be wiped out!
Those islands where the survivors of Ohara lived together must also be spared; everyone on them must be silenced. In the eyes of the World Government, Marine Admiral may have his own sense of justice, but justice can only come second!
The order of the World Government must take precedence. Only in the face of a major event like the destruction of an island can we see whether justice or the order of the World Government takes precedence.
This is also the most important step in the Five Elders ' selection of the Marine Admiral. Back then, the Buster Call on Ohara was personally issued by Sengoku, which shows Sengoku's attitude.
Aokiji released Robin very discreetly back then, but the end result was that almost everyone on Ohara was wiped out. In the eyes of the Five Elders, that was enough, and it was also a sign of obedience.