Chapter 262: The Reappearing Group
In the depths of the New World, the sky over Hachinosu was covered in dark clouds. Thunder was mixed with the torrential rain, making the entire world incomparably clamorous.
On a giant floating island, the Golden Lion, dressed in a golden kimono, stood with his arms crossed, his bearing that of a ruthless tyrant. He held a cigar in his mouth, his gaze fixed on the distance.
"Tch. With that kind of strength and power, he's actually bothering with those useless fish-men? As I thought, that brat Louis is still too young. He doesn't know how great the temptation of conquering the world and becoming its king is!"
Behind him, a tall, thin scientist with fluffy blue hair and a face painted white, wearing a white lab coat, handed a blank document to the Golden Lion. "Admiral, these are the technical difficulties and the required funds I've summarized after you proposed that plan. Please take a look."
However, Shiki didn't even turn his head. "A document? Who can understand that!" he replied casually. "Just tell me if it's possible to start or not!"
"It's possible to start," Dr. Indigo replied very directly, and then took the blank document back. He had known from the beginning that Shiki wouldn't look at this stuff, so he hadn't prepared any data at all, just grabbing two blank pieces of paper to fool him.
"Can it be done to the same extent as those offspring of that guy Louis?" Shiki turned his head and asked with great interest. "If it's too poor, it won't be of any help to me!"
To this, Dr. Indigo raised a hand and scratched his head, looking troubled. "That's hard to say. Your talent is indeed very strong, Admiral, but in terms of bloodline, you're still just an ordinary human. Even with scientific screening, it's quite difficult to create a satisfactory product using an ordinary human bloodline—"
To this, Shiki didn't even wait for him to finish. He waved his large hand, cutting him off. "Then just add the bloodline of a special race!"
"A special race?" Dr. Indigo was a little confused. "The Buccaneer race? Or the Lunarian race?"
"..."
"Exclude the Lunarians," Shiki said with a blank expression, a cigar in his mouth. "My relationship with Louis isn't bad. There's no need to fall out with him over this!"
"Then there are no other sufficiently powerful races in the world," Dr. Indigo replied tactfully.
Shiki gave him a cool glance. "Then just combine the bloodlines of several special races. Ancient Giant, Buccaneer, Oni." Then, as if he had suddenly thought of something, he winked. "Oh, right! Remember to add the bloodline of the lion Mink tribe too!"
"..."
Dr. Indigo's eyes widened. He crossed his hands in front of his chest and complained loudly, "I refuse! A single bloodline and a combination of several are completely different concepts! You can't do it even if you kill me!!"
To this, Shiki, as if he had long known he would say this, snorted coldly. "Tch. Sixty percent of the Flying Pirates' funds will be allocated to you."
Hearing this, Dr. Indigo's face changed instantly. "Hmm... we can give it a try."
Then, he quickly packed his things and fled, afraid that Shiki would change his mind.
When Dr. Indigo reached the door, Shiki suddenly asked, "By the way, where did that guy Ochoku go? I haven't seen him at all recently."
At the door, Dr. Indigo lowered the foot he had left hanging in the air. He lowered his head and said thoughtfully, "Ochoku? He seems to have taken a few people and gone to sea. It's said that he saw a supernova that interested him—"
"..."
Meanwhile, somewhere in the New World.
Ochoku stood on a flame-wreathed, shattered battlefield, holding his double-edged sword in front of an exhausted, black-haired young man. He looked nonchalantly at the giant Brachiosaurus and Mammoth in front of him.
"Kaido's subordinates? This person belongs to me. Just go back and tell Kaido that!"
The giant Brachiosaurus transformed into its hybrid-beast form. He held a large sword and said fiercely, "Ochoku, a man like you... isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to interfere in our affairs? This brat behind you hit our man, and his whereabouts are still unknown!"
Beside the Brachiosaurus, the giant Mammoth roared and charged. "Brother Queen! What's the point of talking so much nonsense with this guy? Who does he think we are?! We are the strongest, the Beasts—"
With the sound of a blade cutting through the air, a sharp slash was sent out from the blade. It tore through the earth along the way and slashed directly onto the Mammoth's body.
The giant Mammoth's eyes rolled back. Along with a spray of crimson blood, it collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
It wasn't until the Mammoth had fallen to the ground with a dull thud that the man known as Queen realized what had happened. He couldn't help but look at the Mammoth, which was gradually changing back to its human form, and the corner of his mouth twitched repeatedly.
In the distant forest, a man with a head like a pineapple and a large, dark-skinned fatty with a few missing teeth saw this, silently retracted the foot they had stepped out, and pulled their hoods lower. Then, they disappeared, carrying the medicine they had bought at a high price.
Ochoku glanced at the distant forest and then said with a blank expression, "On Kaido's account, I've spared this brat's life. Now, just scram!"
"..."
Queen saw this, raised a hand to his forehead, and then, with a dark face, stepped forward, grabbed the unconscious blond young man, and turned to leave.
A dozen or so minutes later, Ochoku sat beside a bonfire, silently looking at the newspaper and bounty posters in his hands, a strange light in his eyes.
Terra, on the castle of the Treasure Tree Adam.
Louis casually put down the newspaper and bounty posters in his hand, lowered his eyes, and looked at the two burly men who had been brought before him by Baby-5: Bartholomew Kuma, and the former commander of the Sanbao Navy, Jin Wu.
Louis's gaze fell on the wooden box that Kuma was carrying. He then sized up the two, who were completely unharmed. "It looks like you completed your objective smoothly—"
Kuma heard him and nodded. He directly placed the wooden box on the table, opened it, and revealed an aged, bloody head, displaying it for Louis.
"He was a member of the God's Knights who appeared at God Valley back then. After a year of searching, we found his trace on Elbaf. We rushed there, killed him, and brought him over."
Then, a look of hope appeared in Kuma's eyes. He looked straight at Louis and requested earnestly, "Lord Archangel, I have met your condition. I implore you to treat Bonney."
"I can." Louis nodded very directly. He glanced at the head in front of him, its eyes wide with terror, and said, "When night comes, bring her to me or Judge. Either of us can cure her."
His words instantly made Kuma's burly body tremble, and his eyes turned red. "Thank you so much—"
Ever since Bonney had been diagnosed with the Sapphire Scale Disease, he had been terrified that he would lose her, just as he had lost Ginny. Therefore, he had spent years of his life and an immeasurable amount of energy searching for a doctor who could possibly cure it. And today, after so many years, his efforts had finally paid off.
Bonney was about to be cured, to become a normal child, to live under the sun.
Although he had long been prepared, at this moment, he still had the urge to cry. But he knew who was in front of him, and that it would be extremely impolite to cry. Therefore, he quickly suppressed his feelings and tried his best to calm down.
Louis glanced at the head, which was frozen in the box, and asked with great interest, "How did you kill him?"
The strength of the members of the God's Knights was not weak. In his opinion, if bounties represented a person's strength, then they were in the 1.8 billion to 2.5 billion Berri range, a top-tier fighter of the first echelon. And Shamrock and Garling were, through and through, top-tier fighters.
Their formidable combat power, coupled with their immortal bodies from Imu... their strength was nothing short of terrifying. Therefore, Louis was quite curious as to how Kuma and Jin Wu, who was even weaker than Dong Yi, had managed to break through his immortal body and kill him without being injured.
Hearing this, a strange expression instantly appeared on Jin Wu's face, as if he were recalling something quite interesting.
And Kuma, after some thought, readily explained. "With just the two of us, it would have been very difficult to track the God's Knights. Therefore, I requested the help of the Revolutionary Army. After a year of searching, we learned that a member was active in Elbaf. After learning this, we rushed there at once. And my comrades from the Revolutionary Army also chose to come along to help us."
"So Dragon took him out?" Louis asked, looking thoughtfully at the terrified expression on the head.
However, in mentioning this, even Kuma had a hard time controlling his strange expression. "It was Dragon... but not just Dragon."
"..."
"Who else?" Hearing this, Louis couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, his interest growing.
Soon, Kuma gave the answer. "Dragon, Scopper Gaban of the Roger Pirates, Dorry the Blue Ogre, Brogy the Red Ogre, and Charlotte Katakuri, who had unexpectedly entered the country."
In fact, apart from them, there was also the entire Giant Warrior Pirates crew, and many powerful executives of the Revolutionary Army.
Kuma's words made Jin Wu, who had been watching the whole time, once again recall that scene. The despair and terror on that God's Knight's face was still vivid in his mind.
Faced with such a formidable lineup, even a member of the God's Knights had no room to fight back. His proud and powerful strength had not been displayed at all. Even his immortal body, which he relied on for survival, was something that Gaban, Dragon, and Katakuri knew how to crack.
Therefore, this member of the God's Knights, in Elbaf, was like a stone sunk in the sea, unable to even make a splash.
Louis: "..."
After hearing this lineup, even Louis, who had always been rather serious, had a strange change in his expression.
That member of the God's Knights... was really unlucky.
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