One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me

Chapter 363 A Mysterious Calamity? Rabbit's Plan!

What Yamato said was undoubtedly something Roy hadn't expected.

After Kaido cooperated with the World Government, he received "weapons" from the government. Although Roy was surprised by this, he could understand it.

After all, he was well aware of Kaido's ambitions. This Yonko aimed to start the "greatest war" that would sweep across the seas, but he was not the kind of person who would willingly bow down to the World Government.

The fact that the two were able to reach a cooperation agreement must be due to the great sincerity shown by the world government.

Therefore, what truly intrigued Roy was...

"What kind of 'weapon' are you referring to?"

He asked seriously.

It's obvious that if the World Government could persuade Kaido to cooperate with them, the weapon they provided must be extremely special.

Roy hoped to get some relevant clues from Yamato.

Unfortunately, Yamato shook his head: "I don't know."

"but"

She frowned, trying hard to recall—when she was on Ghost Island, although she had been controlled by the "Deep Sea Contract," her memories were still preserved.

She could clearly remember Kaido's excited expression when he was on Onigashima not long ago.

"Those government guys, they're trash... but they actually have a lot of interesting stuff on their hands, hoorayhoo!"

"Since that's the case, then let's give it a try—if you break the alliance, I'll wipe you out before dragging the world into war!"

Shortly after that, Kaido made her the new Three Disasters and sent her from Onigashima to Wano Country.

So

"Weapons factory".

Yamato said in a deep voice, "The weapons factories in Wano Country that have been producing recently should be part of that kind of weapon."

As she finished speaking, Mao Tu frowned.

"Part of the weapon?"

He recalled the special "accessories" he had seen at the weapons factory in Jiuli not long ago.

"That's right, that kind of weapon should require a special 'core' to operate, and that core is provided directly to Kaido by the World Government." Yamato's expression was solemn.

"And what's produced in Wano Country are the parts of that weapon other than the core... They'll be sent to Onigashima for assembly." These words made Usagi's thoughts even more complicated.

A weapon that would tempt Kaido, making him believe he could use it to achieve his ambitions, and one that even Wano Country's almost unparalleled weapon-making technology could not directly manufacture.

"Is it related to bloodline factor energy? Ancient technology?"

This was practically the only answer he could think of.

But this matter is not important at the moment.

The really important point is...

"You mean, Kaido chose Totto Land as the place to 'experiment' with this weapon?"

He looked at Yamato.

"Um."

Yamato nodded: "The current 'quantity' of those weapons seems insufficient. Onigashima is still working overtime to produce them. Kaido believes that declaring war directly on 'Whitebeard' or 'Red-Haired Shanks' now may not lead to a quick victory."

"Comparatively speaking, although Tottoland still retains considerable strength, it has lost 'BIGMOM' after all, so this would be the best choice." Her words were not hard to understand.

As one of the Four Emperors, Kaido has only a handful of people on the sea who can be considered his rivals. If the forces are too weak, Kaido won't even have a chance to use his newly acquired weapons. Most people would choose to surrender the moment they encounter the Beasts Pirates.

However, directly engaging in war with the other two Emperors would be too radical, merely from the perspective of testing weapons.

As a former Yonko pirate crew, the Charlotte Pirates, which still retains a considerable amount of fighting power, Totto Land is clearly the best choice.

But Rabbit knew in its heart that this matter was probably not that simple.

On the high seas today, most people only know that the Twelve Constellations are the ones who destroyed the world and defeated BIG MOM—so naturally, most people would assume that Totto Land and the Twelve Constellations are enemies.

Only a very small number of people know that Big Mom did not die completely, but instead returned to her former self, Charlotte Linlin, and lives on Neverland. The current Charlotte Pirates can be roughly regarded as a "subordinate pirate chart" of the twelve constellations.

Although all of this was done in secrecy, Kaido suddenly declared war on Totto Land after cooperating with the World Government this time.

"Is it a coincidence?"

Beneath the rabbit-head mask, Roy pondered to himself.

He didn't ask directly because it was obvious that Yamato didn't know the connection either.

So

Do you know who that "Calamity" is?

"Loy asked softly."

This is undoubtedly another issue that he cares about very much.

According to Yamato, Kaido is not currently on Onigashima. Instead, he left Onigashima to test the power of that "weapon" and went to the vicinity of Totto Land.

He entrusted the management of the entire Onigashima Island and even the entire Beasts Pirates to that "Calamity".

Roy was naturally extremely curious about the identity of the new Three Calamities.

But what Yamato said next was something Roy hadn't expected.

"I've never seen the 'Disaster of Death.' He... no, none of them—except Kaido, have ever truly seen their appearance." "I only know that they are all government agents who came here through the teleportation array that Kaido had carved on Onigashima, and... they are very powerful," Yamato said solemnly.

"them"?"

Roy naturally recognized the key point in that statement: "The 'Death Calamity' isn't a single person?"

"No, there are at least two of them."

Yamato explained softly.

"One of them is an extremely tall man—Kaido specially opened up the four-story main building of Onigashima for him, thereby creating a room that is big enough. Every time he appears, he is accompanied by thick fog and is responsible for handling all matters that require fighting on Onigashima." As she said this, Yamato's expression gradually became serious. It was clear that these people gave her a bad feeling.

"I once saw him attack several ships that seemed to be intelligence ships under the command of the 'Red-Haired Pirates'. He made his move in the thick fog and shattered those ships with a single blow, even splitting the sea in two."

"When he goes out to fight, the work of 'Death' is handed over to someone else. I have never seen his appearance, but I know his ability—he can transmit information in a way similar to 'telepathy,' and he seems to be able to see through other people's thoughts and true ideas, thereby catching many traitors on Oni Island."

These words made Roy frown.

There is no doubt that the amount of information contained in the Yamato dialect is quite astonishing.

"It's huge, a tyrant? No. It can cut the ocean in half with one blow... It's a very strong guy."

Although Yamato's own abilities are not as good as the Four Emperors, she is at least one of the strongest below the Four Emperors—her judgment of the opponent's strength is naturally trustworthy.

"The other person has a 'mind-type' Devil Fruit ability, which allows them to transmit information and read other people's thoughts... I feel like I've seen this ability somewhere before?"

Loy thought and thought, feeling that he had seen or heard of this ability somewhere, but he couldn't remember where.

"Could it be that two of the God Knights were sent by Im to become Kaido's allies?"

That's what he was thinking.

But you can't find the answer to this by just thinking about it.

There was no way to dwell on this matter any longer, so I could only let myself think about it while shifting the topic to the next point.

"Miss Yamato, you just said you were willing to join us in storming Onigashima and overthrowing Kaido's rule over this country, right?" "That's right."

Upon hearing the question from the rabbit, Yamato did not hesitate at all.

"I can promise you—we will storm Ghost Island in a while."

"It's a rabbit," said the rabbit softly.

"After some time?"

Rabbit was somewhat puzzled: "Why? Now is the best time—Kaido isn't on the island right now."

But before she could finish speaking, Usagi interrupted her, saying, "Kaido is not our most pressing enemy."

"The greatest enemy of Wano Country that you want to protect is not Kaido—if you had read Kozuki Oden's diary and knew the truth of the world, you would understand this."

Upon hearing this, Yamato was startled and then fell silent.

Yes.

She understood, of course.

In the eyes of most samurai and people of Wano Country today, Wano Country's greatest enemy is Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi, these two treacherous foes.

However, having read Kozuki Oden's diary and knowing about the inevitable "great war" of the future, she understood that... Wano Country's greatest enemy and threat was the "world" itself.

After a long silence, Yamato finally managed to ask.

"What do you need me to do?"

"Nothing is needed."

Seeing that Yamato had already made a decision.

Usagi smiled and waved her hand, then pointed to Yamato herself: "All we need is for you to continue serving as the 'Ice Disaster,' and to continue making the kind of 'weapons' that Kaido needs, ensuring that Onigashima and Kaido do not notice anything unusual for the time being."

"But Mr. Ace, I have some tasks for them to complete."

"How is this possible!?"

Upon hearing this, even Yamato, who was somewhat prepared, frowned and immediately shook his head.

"First of all, my contract has been severed by you, and the guy behind the government will likely find out about that."

"Not to mention, weapons manufacturing... I wouldn't harm this country and its people again for Kaido's ambitions!"

She said firmly.

Ace, standing to the side, also frowned deeply. Having spent quite some time in Amigasa Village, he naturally knew the kind of damage and pollution that the so-called "weapon manufacturing" at the Wano Country weapons factory would bring to the country.

But at this moment, the Rabbit didn't care about the two people's attitudes.

"Regarding the contract, you don't need to worry. In this world, no one understands the 'Abyss' contract better than us twelve constellations." As he spoke, he also raised his hand and gently gestured.

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 Im, the more blurred Im's perception of the contract becomes, and it can only roughly sense whether it still exists."

Yes.

As Roy's mastery of the bloodline factor energy became more and more refined, even to the point of being able to inscribe his own "Star Mark," his understanding of Im's "contract" became clearer: the two were essentially the same thing.

Through the attempts of the three God Knights in Dressrosa, and his conversation with Shanks, he was even more certain of this: among the contracts of Im, only the holder of the "Abyss Contract," which embodies a part of Im's essence, will be subject to Im's jurisdiction anywhere in the world. In addition, the closer one is to the "Abyss Magic Circle," the stronger Im's influence on the contracted person will be.

However, if the contractor's inscription is not the "Abyss Contract" and the distance to the Abyss Magic Array is not close enough, Im cannot have absolute control over his contractor—he may only be able to roughly sense whether his contract still exists.

In the past, Shanks used this method to successfully escape the Holy Land and break the "contract" binding him.

"so"

As he spoke, Mao Tu gently raised his hand.

Then, Yamato saw something incredible.

On her severed arm, around the outer edge of Im's "Deep Sea Contract," a larger mark appeared out of thin air.

Those were marks like stars.

"As long as we ensure that the Deep Sea Contract still 'exists,' but at the same time don't let it affect you, we can keep it from Im's sight." As Rabbit spoke softly, he threw the newly revamped arm toward Yamato.

The next moment, the flames of the Phoenix Fruit roared.

The arm returned to Yamato's body—as the flames burned, it quickly regenerated, becoming as if it had never been severed in a matter of moments.

"ⅠⅠ"

Yamato's first reaction was panic, but she quickly realized that... her mind was still clear, and she did not have the same idea of ​​absolute loyalty to Kaido and the World Government as in the past.

Her gaze incredulously shifted to the Rabbit.

At this moment, she understood why the World Government regarded the "Twelve Constellations" as its greatest enemy—the knowledge of the Abyss shown by the Rabbit alone almost surpassed everything recorded in Kozuki Oden's diary!

But there was no hint of pride on Mao Tu's face; he remained gentle and calm.

Looking at Yamato and Ace, he continued, "As for the weapons, you don't need to worry about the weapons factory affecting the environment of Wano Country."

A sound of laughter seemed to come from beneath his mask.

"We are indeed going to provide Kaido and Onigashima with the 'weapons' he wants, but I never said that those weapons need to be actually made in a weapons factory."

His smile held a hint of malice, but his tone was quite lighthearted.

"One of my colleagues will provide these weapon materials to Mr. Kaido, but... he might add a few minor, insignificant accessories."