Although Uya did not completely annihilate the Big Mom Pirates, he single-handedly defeated them, displaying a strength that silenced not only Big Mom Pirates Admiral Sengoku but also the Five Elders, the highest authority in the World Government.
Almost like Kaido of the Beasts, a monster who enjoys taking on other Four Emperors pirate crews and even the Marines single-handedly, and who is virtually indestructible, he is difficult to deal with. Even the Five Elders were unsure how to proceed with Uya, as treating Uya as an ordinary Marine Vice Admiral was clearly out of the question.
Considering that Uya might clash with the other three emperors next, the Five Elders of the World Government ultimately decided to continue to observe the situation.
As Uya's ship continued its voyage, Ain learned that Big Mom was not dead, and that many members of Big Mom Pirates were still alive and fighting the Navy, and were losing badly. So she came over to ask Uya for his opinion.
Hearing Uya say that he wasn't going to pay any attention to the Big Mom Pirates and would instead find some work for the Navy made Ain smile.
"Yes, I'll do whatever you say."
Compared to dealing with the remnants of the Big Mom Pirates, dealing with the next Four Emperors is undoubtedly more important!
That's what Ain was thinking.
Uya single-handedly and utterly crushed the Big Mom Pirates. Ain even felt a sense of reverence for Uya, almost comparable to her reverence for her teacher, Zephyr.
"Then, let's proceed according to plan and continue sailing to the next Four Emperors territory."
"Um!"
Ain nodded slightly.
However, as she nodded, she seemed to remember something, and a hint of fear flashed in her eyes.
Although it was only a fleeting moment, it seemed that Ain had a genuine fear of the next Four Emperors.
Uya had no idea what Ain was thinking. At that moment, he was pondering and studying the abilities used by the Four Emperors, Big Mom.
If we're talking about eternal life, it seems to truly exist in this world: the ultimate ability of the Op-Op Fruit, the Perennial Youth Operation.
Besides, it seems that no time-based ability can prevent death, including Ain's Return-Return Fruit.
After witnessing BIGMOM's abilities, Uya suddenly felt that his research direction had been somewhat off from the very beginning.
Soul, lifespan, time, space... Paramecia, Zoan, Logia...
Although the powers of Devil Fruit in this world are chaotic, Uya discovered that these powers seem to lean more towards regularity.
If Princess Kaguya's power leans towards Dōjutsu and is based on the will of the soul, then Uya's power leans towards matter and is based on absolute power.
The forces in this world, such as the Gum-Gum Fruit, the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, and the Soul-Soul Fruit, are more like a kind of rule-based force that is different from soul matter and exists independently of it.
Because, like the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, which can turn anyone it touches into a toy, it's almost impossible to explain how this process works. This is also true of Big Mom's Soul-Soul Fruit, which Uya had witnessed.
There's no process, only the result; it's like forcibly adding a rule.
Uya was actually no stranger to this kind of rule power. When he created a space and evolved it into a small world, he had shaped the rules for it.
However, the entire process was mainly based on natural evolution, and Uya only observed the formation of the rules but was unable to control them.
"It leans more towards the power of rules... If my body hadn't reached the level of 'ever-changing,' perhaps the various abilities of this world would also be effective against me."
Uya sat there lost in thought, muttering to himself.
Since Ain's Return-Return Fruit can shrink his body, the Hobby-Hobby Fruit can most likely turn him into a toy as well. However, even if he becomes a toy, Uya can restore him to his original size with a single thought.
Ain's Devil Fruit ability remains the subject of Uya's research. However, even after thoroughly studying her abilities and body, he still finds the nature of that power of rules completely unclear, like looking at flowers through a fog.
Uya felt that if he were in his prime, he should be able to forcefully shatter this kind of rule power with his strength. In other words, he might be able to make things like Ain no longer afraid of seawater.
However, destroying and controlling are two different things. Even if Uya wanted to destroy this world, it wasn't impossible for him, but controlling it wouldn't be so easy.
The Grand Line, the New World.
This is the territory of the Beasts Pirates. The sea is calm and boundless, with waves rising and falling.
But, in the next instant, a dark shadow suddenly appeared on the distant sea.
As the dark shape drew closer, its form became clearly visible—it was indeed a medium-sized warship!
This warship, without a doubt, is the very warship that Uya is aboard!
After defeating the Big Mom Pirates, the warship that Uya was on sailed in the direction of the Beasts Pirates, which were under the command of Kaido of the Beasts, one of the Four Emperors!
The Setsuna the warship appeared, all forces under the Beasts Pirates were shaken, and messages were quickly relayed throughout the Beasts Pirates.
"Finally... is it here?!"
"That Marine who defeated the Big Mom Pirates."
The subordinate forces under the Beasts Pirates watched the medium-sized warship from afar, none of them stepping forward to stop it, but all showing a hint of fear.
Some people even had cold sweat pouring from their foreheads. Countless people watched the warships sail in from afar, all standing aside to observe, as if they had all received orders and dared not step forward to stop them.
Not only the forces under the Beasts Pirates, but at this moment, almost all the major forces in the world are watching the Beasts Pirates and the warship that Uya is on!
If no one paid much attention to Uya before he defeated the Big Mom Pirates, now, the warship Uya is on has practically become the center of the world.
Even the war between the Navy and the heavily damaged Big Mom Pirates was less noteworthy, like the difference between Fire Fly and the bright moon compared to Uya's impending clash with Kaido of the Beasts.
"Having defeated the Big Mom Pirates, can they really defeat the Beasts Pirates?!"
" The Beasts Pirates almost entirely composed of monsters. Not to mention Kaido of the Beasts, that invincible monster, even his Three All-Stars are all monstrous!"
"Compared to a jumble of abilities, the Beasts Pirates focus more on pure power; almost all of them are Zoan Devil Fruit users. Such characters might not seem like much in the first half of the journey, but in the latter half of the Grand Line, they become the most troublesome monsters." (To be continued.)