After dealing with Blueno and the others who were preparing to support CP0, Vic continued to use his Observation Haki to sense Mary Geoise. He was taking advantage of this opportunity to conduct reconnaissance. He needed to understand the powerful enemies he would face in the future beforehand, as this was a crucial opportunity for Vic's future plans.
Vic quickly completed his sensing. Apart from a few stronger CP0 members near the previous shelter, there were only two other places where powerful auras were gathered. The rest of the places had only scattered auras. Vic knew that these were CP0 members scattered throughout Mary Geoise to deal with emergencies.
Don't be fooled by CP0's mysterious and powerful appearance, always appearing in high-level matches, making you think there aren't many people like them. In fact, this organization has quite a few people, but they are usually too scattered.
However, since it was the Celestial Dragons ' holy land and the Reverie was taking place, most of CP0 agents came to Mary Geoise. As for the weaker CP Agent, they were probably only fit to be guides in the holy land!
Vic evaded the CP Agent along the way, heading towards areas where the aura of powerful individuals was more concentrated, because he recognized the aura there.
"Hmm? This place looks familiar! Have I been here before?"
Looking at the tall, solitary building in front of him, Vic felt it looked very familiar, but he knew he had never been here before.
This is a hybrid of various European architectural styles. The top is a circular dome, and there are no extra buildings supporting it below. It descends directly from the dome, forming a separate vertical space.
However, the building's walls are interspersed with bright glass windows on all sides, along with various European-style decorations, making it look noble, elegant, simple, and independent. The entire building here gives off a sense of dominance.
However, the lush greenery reflected in the glass windows and the colorful butterflies fluttering around inside seem somewhat out of place with this building that stands alone here.
"There are so many guards here; it must be a very important place!"
Looking at the guards dressed in full European plate armor surrounding the building, Vic knew that this must be a very important place, or at least its owner considered it important.
"These guards look exactly alike! The Vinsmoke Family's Colon technology? If the World Government wanted this technology, Judge probably wouldn't dare refuse. This building must hold a huge secret!"
As Vic observed more closely, he discovered that the guards looked exactly the same, as if they were mass-produced. Only Sanji's father was truly skilled in this kind of Colon technology.
The Colon this technology have no emotions and obey commands completely. They wouldn't even flinch if ordered to die, and they can be mass-produced without limit. This technology is perfect for situations where secrecy is crucial!
Seeing those identical faces triggered a lot of thoughts in Vic. Apart from the guards outside, there was no sign of human presence inside the building. Coupled with the familiarity the building gave him, Vic decided to go inside and take a look!
Mass-produced Colon are destined to be weak; Vic easily entered the building simply by using elemental transformation.
The space inside the building is quite large, about half the size of a football field, with green vines climbing and entwining the walls—this is the greenery Vic had seen before.
The ground is a world of green grass and flowers, thousands of butterflies frolick among the blossoms, and sunlight streams through the windows, illuminating everything!
This place doesn't resemble an indoor room at all; it's more like a meticulously maintained outdoor garden, quite out of place in Mary Geoise, a place filled with blood and evil. Vic finally realized where he was!
"So this is Imu's Flower Room. No wonder it felt so familiar. No wonder it's deserted. At this time, Imu must be inspecting his territory and ascending the Empty Throne!"
Before, when he was outside, Vic only felt that the place was somewhat familiar, but now that he was inside, he finally realized that this was the Flower Room where Imu often stayed.
In his previous life, Vic had only seen parts of the Flower Room in comics. The reason he felt familiar with the exterior was that his brain had automatically filled in the overall shape of the building through the internal scenes when he watched the anime in his previous life. That's why Vic felt somewhat familiar when he saw the building's exterior. The spatial layout inside is fixed, so the shape he imagined wouldn't be too far off.
Vic used his Observation Haki to carefully investigate, but found nothing special. It was just ordinary vines, grass, and bouquets. However, the beauty of the place gave him an uncomfortable feeling and made him want to leave as soon as possible.
Vic was still somewhat unconvinced; could the places Imu frequented really be ordinary?
He walked across the grass, searching around, but didn't find much. In the middle of the grass, he saw a few torn bounty posters and photos, and a dagger stuck in the grass through one of the posters. Vic walked over and discovered that it was his own bounty poster.
"Tsk tsk tsk! The level of importance they place on me is no less than that on Ancient Weapon! Is Lord Imu really praising me, or looking down on me?"
So, does that mean I've always been Imu and the Five Elders ' target for Cleansing? Looks like I didn't kill enough Celestial Dragons! It seems I haven't fully collected the interest yet!
The wanted poster and photo on the ground differed from the comics Vic had read in his previous life. The dagger pierced through Vic's wanted poster and Shirahoshi's photo, with Shirahoshi's photo hidden underneath Vic's wanted poster, only four corners visible.
This suggests that in Imu's mind, Vic is comparable to the Ancient Weapon Shirahoshi, and he may even value Vic more, given that Vic's bounty is still on his head.
Scattered nearby were the bounty posters of Blackbeard and Luffy, slashed open by sharp blades. In terms of murderous intent, Vic felt Imu harbored a stronger desire to kill Blackbeard and Luffy. After all, his and Shirahoshi's photos were only pierced, while Luffy and Blackbeard's photos were cut into several pieces – wasn't that a symbol of destruction?
Imu understands Luffy's murderous intent Koby. The giant Straw Hat and Luffy's Devil Fruit ability are the original sins. The Five Elders may not recognize that Luffy's Devil Fruit ability is Joy Boy's ability, but Imu, who has fought Joy Boy, can definitely tell!
The reason Luffy wasn't eliminated beforehand might be that the Five Elders hadn't reported Luffy's information to Imu. After all, in the past, Luffy was just a Lami in the eyes of the Five Elders, not even worth a glance from Imu.
However, after the Whole Cake Island incident, Luffy's bounty increased significantly, and he might have come into Imu's sights at this stage. Then, when Imu saw the familiar Straw Hat on Luffy's head, his murderous intent surged!
Blackbeard isn't even Four Emperors yet, but he's on Imu's list, which is rather strange. Vic can only guess that it's related to the Dark-Dark Fruit!
Compared to Blackbeard in the original manga, only Blackbeard himself and his Dark-Dark Fruit are still the original pairing!
Blackbeard is indeed a very strange person, but Imu is so high and mighty that he couldn't possibly notice these things. So it can only be that the Dark-Dark Fruit made Imu remember Blackbeard!
If that's the case, then it means the Dark-Dark Fruit might be a God Level Devil Fruit comparable to Nika's!
Thinking about this, Vic became even more concerned about Blackbeard. After the Mary Geoise incident was resolved, he was determined to find Blackbeard's whereabouts, otherwise he would definitely become a major threat in the future!