Chapter 362: The Mysterious Death Disaster? Rabbit's Plan!
What Yamato said was undoubtedly something Roy hadn't expected.
After Kaido formed an alliance with the World Government, he obtained a "weapon" given by the Government—while Roy was surprised by this point, he could also understand it.
After all, he knew Kaido's ambition very well. This Four Emperor aspired to trigger the "greatest war" that would sweep the sea, but he himself was not someone who would actively bow down to the World Government.
For the two to reach an alliance, the World Government must have shown immense sincerity.
Therefore, what truly made Roy curious was...
"What is the 'weapon' you mentioned?"
He asked seriously.
Clearly—for a weapon provided by the World Government to make Kaido choose to cooperate, it must be extremely special.
Roy hoped to get some related clues from Yamato.
But unfortunately, Yamato shook her head: "I don't know."
"However..."
She frowned, trying hard to recall—although she had been controlled by the "Deep Sea Contract" while previously on Onigashima, her memories were still preserved.
She could clearly remember Kaido's excited expression when he was on Onigashima not long ago.
"The guys from the Government, although they are trash... they really do have some interesting things in their hands, worororo!"
"In that case, let's test it out—if you tear up the alliance treaty, I will annihilate you first before dragging the world into the flames of war!"
Shortly after that, Kaido made her the newly appointed Three Disaster and dispatched her from Onigashima to Wano Country.
Therefore...
"Weapon factories."
Yamato said in a deep voice: "The things produced by the weapon factories in Wano Country recently should be parts of that weapon."
As her words fell, Rabbit frowned.
"Parts of a weapon?"
He recalled those special "accessories" he saw in the weapon factories in Kuri not long ago.
"That's right. That kind of weapon should require a special 'core' to drive it. That core is directly provided by the World Government to Kaido." Yamato's expression was solemn.
"And what is produced in Wano Country are the other parts of that weapon besides the core... They will be sent to Onigashima for assembly."
These words made the thoughts in Rabbit's heart even more complex.
A weapon capable of moving Kaido, making him believe he could achieve his ambition with it, and one that even the weapon manufacturing technology of Wano Country, which was almost unrivaled on the sea, couldn't manufacture directly?
"Is it something related to the Source Energy of Lineage Factor? Ancient technology?"
This was almost the only answer he could think of.
But this matter wasn't crucial right now.
The truly important point was...
"Are you saying the place Kaido chose to 'test' this weapon is Totto Land?"
He looked at Yamato.
"Mm."
Yamato nodded: "Currently, the 'quantity' of that weapon produced seems to be insufficient, and Onigashima is still working overtime to make them. Kaido believes that directly declaring war on 'Whitebeard' or 'Red Hair' now might not yield a quick victory."
"Relatively speaking, although Totto Land still retains quite strong power, it has lost 'Big Mom' after all. It would be the best choice."
Her words weren't hard to understand.
As a Four Emperor, the number of people Kaido could call opponents on the sea was only so many—if the faction was too weak, Kaido wouldn't even have the chance to use his newly acquired weapon, as most people would choose to surrender immediately upon encountering the Beasts Pirates.
But if he directly went to war with the other two Four Emperors, it would be too radical from the perspective of merely testing the weapon.
And Totto Land, the former Four Emperor crew and the current Charlotte Pirates, which still retained quite a bit of combat strength, was clearly the best choice.
But Rabbit understood in his heart that this matter was probably not that simple.
On the sea today, most people only knew that The Zodiac were the ones who destroyed Totto Land and defeated Big Mom—so naturally, the vast majority of people would think Totto Land and The Zodiac were enemies.
Only a very small number of people knew—Big Mom didn't completely die, but reverted to the former Charlotte Linlin and lived on Neverland.
The current Charlotte Pirates, practically speaking, could be seen roughly as a "subordinate pirate crew" of The Zodiac.
Although all of this was secret enough, Kaido suddenly declaring war on Totto Land after allying with the World Government this time...
"Is it a coincidence?"
Beneath the Rabbit mask, Roy pondered secretly in his heart.
He didn't ask directly—because it was obvious Yamato didn't know the connection either.
Therefore...
"Regarding that 'Death Disaster'—do you know his identity?"
Roy asked softly.
This was undoubtedly another question he cared very much about.
According to Yamato, Kaido wasn't currently on Onigashima. In order to test the power of that "weapon", he left Onigashima and headed near Totto Land.
He entrusted the management of the entire Onigashima, and even the entire Beasts Pirates, to that "Death Disaster".
Roy was naturally extremely curious about the identity of that newly appointed Three Disaster.
But Yamato's next words were something Roy didn't expect.
"I haven't seen 'Death Disaster', he... no, they—besides Kaido, no one has truly seen their appearance."
"I only know they are all people from the Government, who came here through the teleportation array Kaido had people carve on Onigashima, and... they are very strong." Yamato said with a solemn expression.
"'They'?"
Roy naturally realized the crux of this sentence: "'Death Disaster' is not one person?"
"No, they are at least two people."
Yamato explained softly.
"One of them is an extremely tall person—Kaido specifically had the fourth floor of the main building on Onigashima knocked through for him, creating a sufficiently massive room. Every appearance of his is accompanied by thick fog. He is responsible for handling all matters on Onigashima that require combat..."
Speaking to this point, Yamato's expression gradually turned solemn. It was clear these people didn't give her a very good feeling.
"I once saw him go to subjugate several ships that seemed to be intelligence ships under the 'Red Hair Pirates'. He struck from within the thick fog, and with just one blow, he shattered those ships, even slicing the sea in half."
"When he is out fighting, the work of the 'Death Disaster' is handed over to the other person... I haven't seen his appearance, but I know his ability—he can transmit messages through something like 'telepathy', and seems to be able to see through other people's inner voices and true thoughts, catching many moles inside Onigashima through this."
These words made Roy frown deeply.
Undoubtedly, the amount of information in Yamato's words was quite astonishing.
"Huge size, a Number? No... able to slice the sea with one blow... that's a very strong guy."
Although Yamato's own ability was not as good as a Four Emperor's, she was at least a top-tier powerhouse right beneath the Four Emperors—her judgment of the other party's strength was naturally trustworthy.
"The other person has a 'mental' type fruit ability, able to transmit messages and see through others' thoughts... Have I seen this ability somewhere before?"
Roy thought about it again and again, and always felt he had seen or heard of this ability somewhere before, but he just couldn't remember it at the moment.
"Could it be that some two God's Knights were sent by Imu to become Kaido's helpers?"
He thought like this in his heart.
But he wouldn't get an answer just by thinking about it.
Unable to dwell on this matter too much, he could only let himself think while shifting the topic forward.
"Miss Yamato, you said just now that you are willing to fight your way to Onigashima with us and overthrow Kaido's rule over this country, right?"
"That's right."
After hearing Rabbit's question, Yamato showed absolutely no hesitation.
"I can promise you—after a while, we will fight our way to Onigashima."
Rabbit said softly.
"After a while?"
Yamato was somewhat puzzled: "Why? Now is the best time—Kaido is not on the island right now..."
But before she could finish, Rabbit directly interrupted her: "Kaido is not the enemy we care about the most."
"The biggest enemy of this Wano Country you want to protect is also not Kaido—if you have read Kozuki Oden's diary and know the truth of the world, you should understand this."
As these words came out, Yamato looked startled, and then fell silent.
Yes.
Of course she understood.
In the eyes of the vast majority of samurai and people in Wano Country today, Wano Country's biggest enemies were Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi, those two scoundrels colluding together.
But for her, who had read Kozuki Oden's diary and knew about the "great war" that was bound to come in the future, she understood... the true biggest enemy and threat to Wano Country was this "world" itself.
After a long silence, Yamato struggled to ask.
"What do you need me to do?"
"Nothing at all."
Seeing that Yamato had made her decision.
Rabbit smiled and waved his hand, then pointed at Yamato herself: "We only need you to continue serving as this 'Ice Disaster', manufacturing the kind of 'weapon' Kaido needs for him as usual, ensuring that Onigashima and Kaido don't discover any anomalies for the time being."
"However, as for Mr. Ace, I do have some missions I need to entrust them to complete."
"How is that possible!?"
Hearing this, even Yamato, who was already mentally prepared, frowned, and then immediately shook her head.
"Firstly, my contract has already been severed by you. The guy behind the Government is highly likely to discover this."
"Not to mention, regarding weapon manufacturing... I will not harm this country and its people again for the ambition of that guy Kaido!"
She said firmly.
Ace beside her also frowned deeply—having stayed in Amigasa Village for quite some time, he naturally knew what kind of harm and pollution the so-called "weapon manufacturing" of Wano Country's weapon factories would bring to this country.
But Rabbit didn't mind their attitudes at this moment.
"Regarding the contract, you don't need to worry—in this world, no one understands the contracts of the 'Abyss' better than we of The Zodiac."
While speaking, he gently raised his hand and beckoned.
The next moment, Yamato saw a familiar severed arm fly out from beside Rabbit.
Yamato: "..."
"The power of the Deep Sea Contract is stored through the mark—but the farther away from Imu, the fuzzier Imu's perception of the contract becomes, only able to roughly sense whether it still exists."
Yes.
As his mastery of the Source Energy of Lineage Factor became increasingly proficient, even able to engrave his own "Star Marks".
Roy's understanding of Imu's "contracts" also became clearer; the two were essentially the same thing.
And through the experiments of the three God's Knights in Dressrosa, combined with his conversation with Shanks, he could be even more certain of this point—among Imu's contracts, only the holders of the "Abyssal Sea Contract", which carried a portion of Imu's essence, would be under Imu's jurisdiction anywhere in the world. Otherwise, the closer they were to the "Abyssal Magic Circle", the stronger Imu's influence on the contracted person would be.
But if what the contracted person had engraved was not the "Abyssal Sea Contract", and they weren't close enough to the Abyssal Magic Circle, Imu could not exert absolute control over His contracted person—He might only be able to roughly sense whether His contract still existed.
In the past, Shanks successfully escaped from the Holy Land and lifted the "contract" on his body precisely through this method.
"Therefore..."
While speaking, Rabbit gently raised his hand.
Then, Yamato saw an unbelievable sight.
On that severed arm of hers, outside the "Deep Sea Contract" belonging to Imu, a larger mark surfaced out of thin air.
That was a mark resembling stars.
"As long as we ensure the Deep Sea Contract still 'exists', but simultaneously prevent it from affecting you, we can deceive Imu's perception."
While speaking softly, Rabbit threw that renewed arm towards Yamato.
The next moment, as the flames of the Phoenix Fruit raged.
That arm returned to Yamato's body—amidst the burning flames, it rapidly regrew, and in just a moment, it became as if it had never been severed.
"!!!"
Yamato's first reaction was panic, but immediately after, she discovered... her consciousness was still clear, and she hadn't developed thoughts of absolute loyalty towards Kaido and the World Government as she did in the past.
Her gaze turned towards Rabbit in disbelief.
At this moment, she understood why the World Government currently regarded "The Zodiac" as their biggest enemy—just the understanding of the Abyss that Rabbit had shown was almost more than everything recorded in Kozuki Oden's diary combined!
But Rabbit's face showed no sign of smugness; he remained gentle and calm.
Looking at Yamato and Ace, he continued: "As for the weapons, you also don't need to worry that the weapon factories will impact Wano Country's environment or anything like that..."
A burst of laughter seemed to come from beneath his mask.
"We indeed need to provide Kaido and Onigashima with the 'weapons' he wants, but I never said... those weapons actually need to be produced by the weapon factories."
His smile carried a hint of mischief, but his tone was very brisk.
"A colleague of mine will provide these weapon materials for Mr. Kaido. It's just that... he might add a few harmless little trinkets, that's all."
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