Chapter 388: The Voice of All Things
Brett froze completely.
He'd heard the elephant's voice.
Zunesha's roar shook heaven and earth. Anyone within dozens, even hundreds of miles couldn't help but hear it.
But normally, people could only hear the loud roar itself.
Zunesha possessed intelligence surpassing even ordinary humans. His furious bellowing wasn't meaningless anger—he was saying something.
Yet this was precisely what people couldn't understand.
Brett couldn't understand either previously. Even though his unique Observation Haki allowed communication with Sea Kings, Zunesha wasn't a Sea King. He wasn't bound by Poseidon's control. Brett could only vaguely sense his emotions, but couldn't communicate with him.
But now—different.
Brett heard it crystal clear.
He heard the elephant's roar, and understood its content.
"Joy Boy, when should I fulfill my mission?"
Brett heard distinctly. The elephant roared toward the skies, crying out these words.
"Hey, what's wrong, Brett?"
Brett's daze left Tesoro confused. Surely this guy wasn't frightened by Zunesha?
This wasn't their first encounter. If he'd be scared, wouldn't that have happened already?
"I actually was frightened."
Brett said.
"Hm?"
Tesoro froze, then said with disgust, "That's seriously creepy—your bastard Observation Haki!"
He knew Brett's Observation Haki possessed the ability to glimpse into hearts.
But hadn't this guy said he only sensed emotions?
Just now—did he only sense my internal emotions?
"So what frightened you?"
Tesoro asked with interest.
"I have a hypothesis to verify."
Brett stood, stepping on clouds as he rapidly approached the distant elephant.
A hypothesis?
What's this guy up to now?
Tesoro pursed his lips. Brett always did incomprehensible things. He'd grown accustomed to it.
Brett rode clouds, quickly approaching the elephant strolling across the sea.
The elephant's pupil casually glanced at them, then immediately withdrew—treating them as nonexistent while continuing forward.
For centuries, he'd continuously walked across the ocean without rest, never stopping. Atonement for crimes committed in distant history.
But Brett had no intention of letting Zunesha simply leave.
He inhaled deeply, then shouted, "Zunesha! Can you hear my voice?"
His voice wasn't small, but compared to Zunesha naturally resembled buzzing fly wings—genuinely concerning whether the sound could successfully reach the elephant's ears.
"Huh? Brett, what are you doing?"
Tesoro tilted his head curiously.
What was this guy playing at now?
Planning to communicate with Zunesha?
This was an elephant. Though oversized, ultimately just an animal.
Really couldn't understand what Brett was going crazy about.
But immediately, something left Tesoro dumbstruck.
Initially unmoved, perpetually walking—the giant elephant suddenly halted his steps.
The monster whose back towered into clouds simply stood motionless at the ocean's center, like an eternal mountain range.
"FUOOOOO!!"
Then the elephant suddenly turned around. While roaring loudly, the pupils hidden beneath decayed eyelids locked onto this small cloud patch—or rather, onto Brett.
The elephant was simply too massive. Just one roar stirred violent winds in the sky, making Brett's flame clouds flutter.
"What? He's targeting us?"
Tesoro braced against the wind, blinking in shock as he looked between Zunesha ahead and Brett beside him.
No way, right?
Zunesha reacting like this?
No way! Really—did he understand?
Did this elephant truly understand Brett's words?
Even Kaido—playing dead behind them—couldn't help laboriously raising his head.
Could Brett really converse with Zunesha?
Indeed—communication with Zunesha was possible.
Brett confirmed this.
Because the roar meaningless to Tesoro and Kaido's ears held meaning for him.
He clearly heard Zunesha saying:
"Who are you?"
Really the Voice of All Things?
Brett marveled internally.
In the original work, only four people could hear Zunesha's voice: Roger, Luffy, and the Kozuki father-son. Setting aside the Kozuki family's deep entanglement with Zunesha, both Roger and Luffy were genuine Voice of All Things possessors.
Joy Boy's message at Laugh Tale also said communicating with Zunesha required the power to hear all things.
His Observation Haki had evolved.
Brett realized this the instant he achieved future-sight Observation Haki.
Not just future sight—the ability to sense others' internal emotions had simultaneously evolved.
He could now truly glimpse into hearts.
Brett was certain of this.
He could hear the voices in others' hearts.
Genuine mind-reading—even Kaido couldn't escape it.
The voices from various inanimate objects also grew clearer—he could even hear rocks and earth narrate their past stories.
After activating Observation Haki, Brett even felt the illusion of merging with the world.
He'd thought this was the full extent of his Observation Haki's evolution.
Until Zunesha's appearance made him realize—his Observation Haki's evolution was more remarkable than imagined.
Now it was truly the Voice of All Things—possibly even stronger than Roger's.
Brett didn't believe Roger could hear rocks tell stories.
"My name is Brett."
Brett met Zunesha's gaze. Fortunately, this world didn't require immediate battle upon eye contact. He said gravely, "I'm someone who will change this world."
"..."
Zunesha fell silent. He said nothing, did nothing, but Brett could feel a massive will observing him.
This guy wasn't just a simple elephant.
Brett remembered clearly—this guy could converse with Momonosuke across half of Wano.
Zunesha said, "You are not Joy Boy's successor."
"Of course not."
Brett chuckled softly. "Didn't I say? I'm no one's successor. I'm just Brett. But the one who will change the world next is definitely me."
"I've already been there. I already know—about Birka."
"..."
Zunesha froze completely. Then his massive body began trembling violently. "You actually—"
"Already found what Joy Boy left behind?"
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