"This is provocation!"
Mary Geoise, the highest seat of power—the Five Elders' council chamber.
One of them roared, "First, the Nine-Tails declared war. And now, they actually pulled something like this in the Holy Land!"
"From the surveillance, the enemy seems to have space-penetrating powers. That's a real problem." Another Elder spoke in a low tone. "If that's true, they're basically telling us they can come and go anywhere they want, and destroy any place they choose."
"They only blasted us this time, but maybe tomorrow—or the day after—those beams will be aimed straight at us."
"But judging from the energy difference between these two attacks, even if the Nine-Tails wasn't killed, it must be seriously hurt. Otherwise, the damage today wouldn't be this low."
If it had been like during the Sabaody incident, when a single shot could wipe out an island, then two shots today could have destroyed most of Mary Geoise.
"Then we capture them before they recover their strength! Send the Marines, CP, and all allied nations to hunt them down!"
"Agreed."
"Seconded."
"And to be safe…" The first Elder spoke again after seeing everyone else agree. "In the next three days, bring in every single person who has visited Mary Geoise—except Marines, CP agents, and World Government officials. If anyone resists, kill them on the spot."
He made a cold proposal. The Holy Land was the dividing point between the first and second halves of the Grand Line, with countless people passing through every day. Yet he suggested capturing everyone within three days?
What was even more shocking was that the other four actually thought about it seriously, and some even agreed.
"Marines, CP, World Government officials aren't necessarily clean either. It's not hard to become a Marine below admiral rank. We can just find a reason or an excuse to catch them too—or even kill them."
This is the World Government…
This is the arrogance of the Celestial Dragons!
Just because of a possibility, they would allow such a large-scale slaughter!
"Especially those who passed through that spatial rift—they need special attention."
Another Celestial Dragon threw a few photos on the table.
"These are the people who passed through that area in the last few days. Pay extra attention to these individuals."
Among the photos, one was Toguro!
"Hm? What about them?"
"They didn't just pass through the rift. They even took the time to look at the newly destroyed district. I think we should bring them in as soon as possible."
"Hmph, isn't Fleet Admiral Sengoku here? And that Garp who refuses to take the promotion—let them bring these guys back quickly."
"Good point."
"Agreed."
"Seconded."
These ridiculous proposals were approved in no time, leaving people stunned. Genichi probably didn't expect that just because Toguro passed by the area and glanced at the ruins of a new district, he would be marked by the Five Elders—and they even wanted an admiral to take action.
Of course, it's not like he had no clue by now.
After all, he had Garp as an insider!
Through the Nine-Tails power in Garp, he could sense what was happening there. He could also judge people's states by the "emotion value" notifications in his head. So when the Five Elders' orders reached Garp, Genichi noticed the emotion surge from Garp and Sengoku and paid close attention.
"What a pain… looks like I'll have to deal with an admiral soon."
Genichi muttered quietly. He decided that he should get off the ship at the next island and stop sticking with Toguro. Better to avoid getting caught in one sweep.
The main reason was that he didn't know what kind of tricks the Celestial Dragons had. If they had someone who could block or destroy spatial passages, then even hiding in the dark space wouldn't be safe. So it was better to sell out Toguro in the end. He never planned to stay with him forever anyway.
He could make clones—why should he do everything himself?
Whatever he wanted done, a clone could handle it.
But losing a clone like this? No way. He wasn't willing to let that happen. So during this time, he wanted Toguro to train his Haki well—and before parting, he planned to give him a gift.
Two days had passed since the Mary Geoise bombing. At least for now, Garp and Sengoku hadn't tracked him down. After all, the Five Elders had too many people on the wanted list, and Genichi left immediately after the attack while the Marines stayed at Mary Geoise for a while. So they couldn't find him that fast.
"Positive emotion points:"
"Negative emotion points:"
In these two days, his emotion points grew rapidly. The positive points especially shot up compared to before. At first, he didn't know why—but later, he figured it out.
Most people who hated the Celestial Dragons were poor, ordinary civilians, and they were the slowest to get news. The stuff regular folks learned quickly took a long time to reach them.
So as time passed and the news spread, more and more people learned what the Nine-Tails had done at Sabaody Archipelago—especially…
Of course, a good number of civilians also felt fear of the Nine-Tails' power, which added a lot of negative emotion points. This made the ratio of negative to positive points pretty wild. It might take a long time before the truly poor people's positive emotions came in.
Still, with 100,000 positive points now, it was enough. To deal with Sengoku or Garp, he needed a strong item—something like the Ox and Rabbit talismans he thought of before. If he couldn't draw that, he'd have to hide for a while or do another million-level character summon.
"Shikon Jewel Shards ×5: From the Inuyasha world. These fragments came from the Shikon Jewel after it shattered. They can boost the user's power—the more shards, the greater the abilities. A complete Shikon Jewel can grant wishes."
When the merchant ship docked at an island to resupply, Genichi finally parted ways with Toguro. Before leaving, he gave Toguro the five shards.
The Shikon Jewel was a great treasure!
Even the shards were useful to him now. He needed something to boost his strength, and these shards could enhance physical abilities and demonic energy. Toguro wasn't a demon from Inuyasha's world, but since the shards could be drawn, they should work for him too!