"Doctor, can I look around here?"
After getting the data, Makima and the others went back to The Black Order. Pandora Island is directly controlled by the World Government, but it's closer to The Black Order.
An should have gone back to Marine Headquarters too, but after hearing from Roger, she wants to see if she can find any clues on Pandora Island.
"Um... actually, Makima Fleet Admiral used to be in charge of Pandora Island, but you should be fine to look around as long as you don't go into the areas that are marked as special," Vegapunk said after thinking about it.
"Okay, I'm just taking a look around."
An agreed. She's curious about Pandora Island, but she isn't supposed to snoop around. She's a soldier, and if she follows the rules, she'll see everything through official channels eventually. There's no need to take risks to snoop.
That's something pirates do. She could have Mumei bring Roger to Pandora Island secretly, but the security on Pandora Island is strong, and it's too close to The Black Order. It would be troublesome if they were found out.
Mumei's teleportation does make things easier, but she doesn't think Makima has no way to stop it. It seems like that kind of power is common among demons. If demon hunters had no way to stop teleportation, they'd be at a big disadvantage when fighting them.
Thinking about this, she said goodbye to Vegapunk and got ready to look around Pandora Island.
Rayleigh only looked at a few books here and found the Dead Sea Scrolls, so Makima didn't think it was that important.
But there are a few other possibilities.
For example, Makima might not have cared about the Dead Sea Scrolls at first, and only decided to do the plan in the scrolls later.
There's even a chance that she wanted Rayleigh to see the Dead Sea Scrolls. It could be part of her plan.
But no matter what, she has to test it first.
Pandora Island is a department built with a lot of research power from the World Government. Besides research about demons, there's a lot of other research, like robotic skeletons, robots, and modified humans.
But those aren't her main goal. She wants to find places where books are kept. Rayleigh said he was locked in a secret room, so she's going to go towards the area where people are locked up.
And there really is an area like that on Pandora Island, but it's marked in dark red on the map. That means it's dangerous, but not as off-limits as the central Pandora room.
She's not afraid of danger. Now that she has the strengthened Shadow Cut, she doesn't think there are many people in the world who could make her feel danger.
If she went back to Wano Country now, she wouldn't be so helpless when facing Kozuki Oden and Toguro in a fight.
She walked towards the prison. There were two guards at the entrance. They weren't Marines or CP agents, they were from The Black Order.
It's easy to tell them apart. Marines wear white uniforms, and The Black Order wears black coats. When they saw An, they stopped her.
"This is dangerous. No one allowed in."
An smiled softly. "I'm a Marine Admiral. What you call dangerous is for people like you, not me."
"Marine Admiral?" The guard was confused. He put his hand down, but still asked, "This is the main area of Pandora Island. You need permission from the Fleet Admiral or the Five Elders to enter."
An frowned. It takes this much trouble just to enter a prison?
Being an Admiral isn't as good as being a Fleet Admiral. Fleet Admirals are the real leaders of the World Government and know a lot of secrets.
She wasn't going to force her way in. She just wanted to try to find it. If she found it, great, but if she didn't...
It didn't matter.
But as she was about to leave, a wild roar suddenly came from inside!
Roar!
The whole lab seemed to shake. One of the guards' face changed. "Oh no, he's going crazy again!"
"It's okay, he'll be fine in two minutes," the other guard said, like this had happened many times before.
An sensed the forceful Conqueror's Haki that came with the roar. She was a little surprised because the Haki was very strong, maybe as strong as her own. Someone like that is being held in there?
Who is it?
Did The Black Order caught someone else?
She doesn't know about Barrett because it's a top secret in the World Government. Barrett was the host of Aatrox, which is shocking. Makima wants him to be the third Admiral of The Black Order, so they have to hide his identity.
Only Garp, Sengoku, and Ah Xing know about this. It's easy to keep them from saying anything.
When Roger arrived, he saw the complete Aatrox. Aatrox had already defeated the Marines, so he didn't know about Barrett.
Now An is curious about who's being held inside. Since the guards are from The Black Order, she thinks the person inside is a demon.
Makima and the World Government are raising a powerful demon on Pandora Island?
An thought about it and left. She felt like Pandora Island was dark and gloomy, like it wasn't a place for humans, it was a...
Island of Demons!
She wants to see the main Pandora room, but then she left Pandora Island.
There will be more chances in the future. As long as she's a Marine Admiral, she'll have a chance to come here.
So she went back to Marine Headquarters.
The world seems calm on the outside, but there are big changes happening in secret.
Then, in the blink of an eye, another year passed.
During the year, An continued to do her job as a Marine Admiral.
After learning about the curse on him, Roger started to quickly find historical texts so he could go to the final island. He seemed to forget about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
And in Wano Country, after over a year, Kozuki Oden will finally be ready.
The Super Soldier Serum purified his heart, making the darkness and twisted parts of Kozuki Oden's heart become extreme. Now...
It's time for him to go to the next stage.
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