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Chapter 87: A Terrified Morgans
King's thought process was simple. He could accept Yumesaki's demand to leave Wano Country because they had lost. The defeated naturally had to pay a price, and being exiled from Wano was just part of the cost.
Even if his captain, Kaido, were to wake up now, King felt he had sufficient reason to persuade him. He was confident his captain wouldn't object to that much.
However, joining Yumesaki's faction and becoming his subordinate... this matter was too massive. It was so significant that he couldn't possibly make that decision on behalf of Kaido.
Yumesaki turned his head, looked at Hashirama, and spoke. "Go and bring Kaido here."
Hashirama nodded and clapped his hands together. In an instant, he created a ten-meter-tall Wood Golem. The wooden giant lifted the still-unconscious Kaido and dropped him in front of Yumesaki with a heavy thud.
The corner of King's eye twitched at the sight. That was his captain, one of the Four Emperors of the New World. He wasn't some mere object to be tossed around.
If this had been the past, King would have drawn his blade without hesitation. But now... considering their group had already been defeated, everyone's lives were in the hands of the opposition.
King ultimately held himself back. One who stands under another's roof must learn to bow their head. Even if he hadn't heard that specific proverb before, he understood the principle well enough.
"Wake him up," Yumesaki commanded.
Hashirama nodded, walked over, and placed both hands on Kaido's body. While he didn't know Medical Ninjutsu, he was a master of Yang Release. As he injected Yang Release Chakra into Kaido, the wounds on the Emperor's body began to heal at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Before long, Kaido stirred and woke from his unconscious state.
However, he was merely awake. If he wanted to continue fighting, it would be incredibly difficult. Hashirama had no intention of giving a helping hand to an enemy; once he confirmed Kaido was conscious, he decisively withdrew his hands and stepped aside.
Kaido opened his eyes, scanned his surroundings, and his gaze eventually landed on Yumesaki.
"It seems you are their leader."
Yumesaki gave a simple nod.
"So, how do you plan to handle me?"
Even though Kaido had just regained consciousness, he didn't have amnesia. He remembered everything perfectly clear up until the moment he blacked out. He was acutely aware that he was now a prisoner. Life or death—it was all up to the other side.
However, since they hadn't killed him yet, Kaido didn't mind negotiating terms.
Yumesaki spoke calmly, "The entire Beasts Pirates must join my faction and obey my orders. In exchange, I will not interfere with the internal affairs of your crew."
"You will remain in control of the Beasts Pirates, but you and your subordinates must be compliant."
Yumesaki had absolutely no interest in managing a pirate crew. After discussing it with Robin, he had reached this conclusion. As long as Kaido and his crew were obedient, that was enough. For anything else, Yumesaki wouldn't bother meddling.
Kaido couldn't help but burst into a boisterous laugh. "I see. So you want to subjugate me? But I have one question."
"Speak," Yumesaki replied, short and to the point.
Kaido stared at Yumesaki intensely and asked in a low voice, "What do you plan to do after conquering me? Dominate the New World? Or become the new Pirate King?"
Yumesaki turned his head and looked at Robin. Seeing the cue, Robin spoke up with a serene expression. "We have no interest in becoming the Pirate King. Our goal is only one... to topple the World Government!"
"With just a group like yours? You don't understand the foundations of the World Government at all."
Kaido looked at the others with doubt. Even though these people were strong, to go against the World Government that had ruled the world for eight hundred years... it didn't seem like enough.
"Imu... right?" Robin smiled thinly, uttering a name that caused Kaido's face to shift drastically with shock.
"How do you know that?" Kaido's expression turned dead serious.
"We don't just know about those things. We also know about the battle at God Valley thirty years ago. You, Garp, Roger, Charlotte Linlin, Whitebeard, and Rocks surrounded Imu."
"But the result was that Rocks ended up being controlled by Imu. After pushing the rest of you back, Garp and Roger teamed up to stop the controlled Rocks."
"Afterward, a dying Rocks was finished off by Saint Figarland Garling, who arrived on the scene. Roger and Garp were rescued by Silvers Rayleigh and Scopper Gaban, respectively."
"And the rest of you took that chance to flee God Valley, didn't you?"
As he listened to Robin's words, Kaido's expression grew darker and darker. Thirty years ago, Nico Robin hadn't even been born. How could she possibly know these secrets?
"Since you know about that mysterious figure, do you really have the confidence to overthrow the World Government?"
Robin countered with a question of her own: "Why wouldn't we be confident? Thirty years ago, there were only six of you. But now, we have far more than six."
"Aside from yourself, we now have Hawkeye Mihawk, Shimotsuki Ryuma, and Hashirama Senju."
"Moving forward, we can also recruit Shiki the Golden Lion, Garp, Zephyr, Aokiji, Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, Dragon from the Revolutionary Army, Bartholomew Kuma, Gild Tesoro, and others."
"Furthermore, we are currently cracking the secret of Devil Fruits."
"It won't be long before we can mass-produce Devil Fruits."
"At that time, we can build a massive army of powerful ability users. No matter how strong the World Government is, do you think they can match an army of ten thousand—even a hundred thousand—Devil Fruit users?"
King and Morgans, who were listening in, couldn't contain their immense shock.
If the opposition really cracked the secret of Devil Fruits and could mass-produce users, the World Government truly might not be their match. No matter how strong the God's Knights were, how great the Five Elders were, or how mysterious this 'Imu' person was... in the face of an overwhelming swarm of Devil Fruit users, they would be nothing.
Morgans was starting to feel a genuine sense of dread. One "Big News" was one thing, but so many earth-shattering secrets combined into one? That wasn't news anymore; it was a death sentence.
He was seriously considering whether he should side with Yumesaki. If he didn't, knowing this many secrets meant he would likely be silenced immediately.
He was starting to regret coming to Wano Country in person. This was truly a lethal situation.
At that moment, Kaido suddenly looked up, glanced at Yumesaki, and asked, "I want to know... what is the relationship between that man named Shimotsuki Ryuma and the Sword God of Wano?"
Before Yumesaki could speak, Shimotsuki Ryuma said calmly, "This old man is indeed Shimotsuki Ryuma, the Dragon-Slaying Samurai from hundreds of years ago."
King gasped in surprise. "Weren't you supposed to be dead?"
Ryuma replied, "Lord Yumesaki was the one who brought me back from the dead, allowing me to return to the world of the living."
"Resurrecting the dead?!"
Morgans shrieked, his wings flapping against his own face in disbelief. "Is such a thing even possible?"
In at least eight hundred years of history, Morgans had never heard of anything like it.
Robin used the power of the Hana Hana no Mi, locating a pirate who had been killed by Hashirama. Through her ability, she sprouted hands to bring the corpse before Yumesaki.
Yumesaki lightly tapped the pirate's body with his foot, and the power of the underworld erupted.
The reversal of Yin and Yang—life blooming from death!
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