Chapter 224: World Destroyer
Bondi Wald—Captain of the Wald Pirates, Momo Fruit Ability User, possesses the ability to multiply the volume and speed of objects.
Wald himself has a very brutal style, whether commoners, Navy, or pirates, anyone blocking his path will be mercilessly crushed.
Due to his lawless personality and that terrifying strength that seems capable of destroying everything, the World Government calls him the “World Destroyer”.
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Holy Land—Mary Geoise, in a certain spacious and bright large meeting room, five elegantly dressed elders were discussing the matter of the “World Destroyer”.
“According to the intelligence from CP, they have successfully induced Bondi Wald to destroy the Beasts Pirates’ transport ship.”
The elder wearing a black small hat and leaning on a cane spoke first, revealing a shocking piece of intelligence.
“In this way, if nothing unexpected happens, these two pirate crews will erupt into conflict in the near future.”
“Mm, those people from CP are still reliable in their work.”
Another elder with a long goatee beard nodded.
“Just in time, the Beasts side has been making big moves recently… forming an alliance with the Big Mom Pirates and such, which is not conducive to stability in the New World.”
“Speaking of which, it seems the Navy side also has its own arrangements?”
The bald elder hugging a long sword touched his chin and asked.
“Mm, according to the application submitted by Kong, he seems intent on having Sengoku and Garp deploy together to ambush Bondi Wald in the New World.”
The elder leaning on the cane nodded and continued describing the Navy’s arrangements.
“Moreover, the Navy seems to have incited a group of pirates in the New World this time, having them cooperate with the Navy in the operation.”
“Inciting pirates? Is this Sengoku’s doing?”
In the Navy, only the Admiral Sengoku, who bears the title of “Wise General”, could have such a bold approach.
“That’s right, it should be inspired by the God Valley Incident back then…”
“Navy and pirates joining forces—this trend is not good.”
The blond elder, who had been silent, interjected at this time.
“Indeed, if the Navy gets too close to pirates, it does not align with the World Government’s interests.”
The goatee elder also chimed in at this time.
“Then have Sengoku immediately hunt down that group of pirates after the incident ends. Such things can happen once or twice, but not a third time.”
“Mm, let’s do that then.”
“However, the primary goal this time is still Bondi Wald. This guy recently attacked a ship of the Jaygarcia Family again.”
“If we let him continue like this, the lower realm will lose their awe toward us Celestial Dragons.”
The last elder with a huge wild boar tusk-like beard spoke, and after speaking, he glanced at the cane-leaning elder.
The ‘Jaygarcia Family’ is one of the nineteen Celestial Dragon families currently residing in the Holy Land, and it is also the main family of the Science Defense Martial God Jaygarcia Saint Saturn right before their eyes.
To be honest, regarding those so-called ‘Sea Overlords’ pirates in the New World, the World Government’s attitude has never been to exterminate them completely.
In their view, the existence of pirates is necessary, a force beneficial for maintaining the balance of this world.
The World Government’s true purpose is to maintain the current power operation system centered on Celestial Dragons indefinitely.
When pirate power grows too strong, they suppress the pirates;
And when Navy power grows too strong, they similarly… prune it.
They are like an invisible hand high above, constantly controlling the balance on both ends of the scale.
Only when facing uncontrollable individuals like Bondi Wald, who even directly threaten their core interests, do they take the initiative to erase them.
“Very well, then follow Kong’s intentions: have Sengoku lead the Navy to the New World, and capture Bondi Wald when he and the Beasts are both wounded.”
“At the same time, notify the people on the CP side to prepare for both possibilities. This time, we absolutely cannot let the target escape.”
“As for Garp… don’t let him go. Now that Zephyr has retreated to the second line, the Holy Land needs sufficient combat power left behind.”
The cane-leaning Saint Saturn made the final arrangements.
Originally, he was not too keen on having Garp stay to guard the Holy Land; with that guy’s personality, who knows what slacking off he might do.
But this operation is quite important and requires on-site personnel with flexible command capabilities—this is something only Sengoku can do.
『Eh~ Sure enough, was that matter with Zephyr too hasty…』
The other elders nodded upon hearing this.
“I agree.”
“I agree.”
“I agree.”
“I agree.”
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Just as this topic was about to conclude and the elders were preparing to leave to handle their respective affairs, the ground beneath their feet suddenly shook slightly and noticeably.
Immediately after, the teacups on the table, the sofa beneath them, and the glass on the walls all began to tremble.
Splash~
Boom~
Finally, accompanied by a faint explosion-like sound from the extreme distance, everything returned to calm.
“An earthquake again?”
“Isn’t the frequency too high? It’s already happened dozens of times in the past few days, right?”
“If this continues, it might disturb Imu-sama.”
“Saint Máz, hasn’t the cause been identified yet?”
The other four all turned to look at the elder with the thick goatee beard.
As the 「Environmental Martial God」, this matter should fall under his jurisdiction.
“This… this hasn’t been determined yet.”
Because it involves the safety of the Holy Land and that 「Imu-sama」, even as one of the World Government’s highest visible authorities, this Saint Máz could not help but feel somewhat nervous.
“According to the reports from the investigation team I sent, these recent ‘earthquakes’ should have nothing to do with geological activity on the Red Line, and instead seem more like explosion-induced.”
“Explosion?!”*4
……
“Cough, cough cough!”
“Failed again~”
Sixty kilometers north of Holy Land Mary Geoise, from a cloud of smoke and dust, two small figures stumbled out in a sorry state.
“This is already the forty-sixth time, right?”
“We’ve already used nearly half of the cubes we brought, and it still hasn’t succeeded…”
Obei frowned, looking at Aoxi in front of her with eyes mixed with doubt and disappointment.
“Don’t, don’t look at me like that~ Even geniuses have times when they slip up.”
“But I remember when you learned Haki back then, you picked it up pretty fast? ‘Ding~’ and you got it.”
“Why isn’t it working this time?”
“This is different~ Back then Sister La taught it in a straightforward way, unlike you who only says stuff like ‘control frequency, adjust wavelength, deconstruct energy bonds’ that I can’t understand.”
“This thing is inherently tricky to handle, and you’re chattering on the side—I’m bound to fail.”
“Eh~”
Faced with Aoxi’s blame-shifting, Obei had no interest in retorting further.
After all, if this girl got upset and quit, the precious materials she wanted would be gone.
“Alright alright, next time I won’t say a word, just rely on your own intuition.”
For a intuition monster like Aoxi, maybe letting her fumble by feel is the fastest way.
“For now, let’s change locations first. We can’t keep doing it here; if we really crack something on the Red Line beneath our feet, that’ll be bad.”
Though called a continent, in Obei’s view, this place clearly resembles a mountain range more.
After all, which continent jumps straight from zero to ten thousand meters in elevation~
“True. But this place is really explosion-resistant. We’ve bombed it over forty times and it still looks perfectly fine.”
“It is a continent after all~ Not comparable to some small island or reef.”
Aoxi sighed while spreading her wings, revealing a mischievous smile.
“This time let’s go a bit south; I remember there’s a boss’s villa in that direction.”
“Building such a huge house in a place this high up—how much manpower and material resources must that take~ Probably another vampire scraping the people’s fat and blood.”
Aoxi thought of those luxurious villas in deep mountains from her previous world and immediately felt indignant.
“No, I must go harass them right now!”
“The experiment is priority; why bother provoking those troublemakers who look like trouble?”
“And scraping people’s fat and blood or whatever—we’re pirates now, aren’t we about the same as them?”
“How are we the same? At least I openly admit I’m a thief.”
“Alright alright, I’m not going to bomb right at their gate; just scare them from dozens of kilometers away.”
“Can’t you say something auspicious? We’re doing an experiment, not setting off firecrackers…”
Seeing Aoxi’s eager expression like kids setting off fireworks on New Year’s Eve, Obei helplessly covered her face.
“Auspicious words… since when do you believe in that metaphysical stuff?”
“Starting from your thirtieth failure…”
Rewatching the theatrical version 《3D2Y》 today was truly a mixed bag—one that needed Garp, Sengoku teaming up with pirates, and even the World Government deploying CP organization against a great pirate, yet he still didn’t win against Luffy who’s not proficient in Haki. No mention of his strength dropping either; he used Haki perfectly… can only say it’s a theatrical version… theatrical version~
By the way, the Momo Fruit ability must’ve been thought up with feet… amplifying kinetic energy of other objects is one thing, but it even works on the user’s own body.
