From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 290 The bosses’ summary of intelligence on Im.

In the battleship's cabin.

Bane was discussing some issues with Sakaski and others, and Sabo of the Revolutionary Army was also involved.

"Teacher Zephyr has gradually surrounded G-1, and has not made any plans to attack yet. It seems that Kuzan, the teacher, and Mr. Garp are all a little soft-hearted," Bane smacked his lips and sighed.

Borsalino said calmly, "Apart from the Marijoa loyalists, we still have at least 30,000 ordinary naval soldiers. They are just drifting with the tide and have no choice. They are obviously innocent. If we can defeat them without fighting, that would be the best."

They were all former colleagues. Perhaps due to various reasons such as strength, ability, and combat quality, these ordinary navy officers did not meet the so-called "elite" standards and were not sent by Sakaski to participate in the New World War.

But at their level, they are not exposed to the darkness of the world's government, and most people still have a passion for justice.

As Borsalino said, they were just innocently drifting with the flow. In such a major event, they had no choice.

In this situation, it is understandable that Mr. Zefa and others would be soft-hearted and unwilling to commit murder.

"I just wonder if Huangmu and the others will fight to the death? Tsk," Bane muttered.

Without going into the topic too much, Bane soon looked at Sakaski and said, "Come to think of it, you have been a marshal for so long, but you know nothing about the so-called 'Lord Im' on Mary Geoise?"

Sakaski immediately shook his head and said, "I don't know. I have never heard of it. Like Mr. Zhan Guo, I always thought that the Five Elders were the highest level."

"Didn't the Revolutionary Army witness Im? Do you have any relevant information?" Borsalino looked at Sabo and asked.

Sabo said with some regret, "No, although Mr. Dragon had seen the Five Elders kneeling before Im at the Void Throne and discussing some matters of the World Conference, he was unable to see Im's appearance clearly from beginning to end, and he did not get any information about him."

But after a brief pause, Sabo continued, "But we then consulted a large amount of ancient information and were almost certain that the so-called 'Lord Im' was Narona Im, one of the twenty kings eight hundred years ago. With this as an anchor, we searched for a lot of information about the twenty kings. However, the information related to the twenty kings is almost all top-secret intelligence blocked by the world government, and we don't know much. Not long ago, we got some clues from the Nefertari clan in Alabasta."

"The Nefertari clan is the descendant of twenty kings, so it's not surprising that we have some clues." Sakaski thought for a while and said.

"What did the Nefertari say?" Borsalino asked curiously.

"What is certain is that among the twenty kings, Saint Narona Im was the last one to be 'recorded dead'. He was the youngest of the twenty kings back then. At the same time, there are records of seven people with special abilities among the twenty kings, and Narona Im was one of them. If there is no problem with his identity, then it is almost certain that this 'Lord Im' is a person with special abilities, but there is no record of what his specific abilities are. However, judging from some ancient royal documents that have been passed down from Alabasta to this day, he is most likely a mythical beast of the animal system," Sabo said.

"He has lived for more than 800 years. Is there any relevant information about his long life?" Bane asked.

"Our Revolutionary Army's speculation is that it's the Operation Fruit," Sabo replied immediately. "There are many rumors in this sea that can give people the so-called 'immortality' power, such as the Fountain of Youth, the Wine of Eternal Life, pure gold, etc., which seem to be able to create a legend that will never die."

"But in fact, except for the pure gold from more than two hundred years ago, the rest has not been truly confirmed so far." Sakaski said softly.

There are often rumors on the sea that some treasure here and there has the power to grant eternal life, or that someone has drunk the fountain of youth.

In fact, the Celestial Dragons are very concerned about these legends. Whenever such a story happens, they will immediately send the Navy and CP agencies to investigate. In the hundreds of years of inheritance of the Navy, there are quite a few related files. Except for the alchemists who made pure gold more than 200 years ago, which was confirmed by the data to exist, the rest have been solved and are all fake.

The Celestial Dragons also sent a navy to seize the pure gold, but due to a series of reasons, they failed.

Bane knew this, so he didn't say much.

"Apart from pure gold, the Operation Fruit is the only one that can almost confirm the possibility of giving people the power of immortality. The World Government has been trying every means to find this fruit for many years, but has so far failed. Considering the difference between it and other rumors, the World Government is quite obsessed with the Operation Fruit. We speculate that this matter should have been confirmed by them a long time ago, and that Narona Imsheng, one of the twenty kings, is very likely to have enjoyed the immortality of the Operation Fruit. Since then, he faked his death and escaped, and for hundreds of years, he has been ruling the World Government as a behind-the-scenes mastermind." Sabo said.

"When we ambushed Satan in Egghead, we obtained at least one useful intelligence, that is, the reason why the Five Elders can maintain their current 'immortal' state is because they can continuously obtain the huge vitality transmitted by Im. This surging vitality is indeed the only one I have ever seen in my life. Kaido, as the top powerhouse among the animal-type mythical beasts, already has a strong vitality, but compared with Satan's performance at the time, it is still several levels behind. These are just the Five Elders who are parasitic on Im's ability. Im himself may be more difficult to deal with, or even... He may truly possess the characteristics of 'immortality'." Bane raised his eyebrows and analyzed.

"Isn't that possible?" Sakaski said with a surprised expression: "I also know the secret of the Operation Fruit. It may bring people the power of 'eternal life', but this is completely different from 'immortality'!"

What does it mean to have eternal life?
It is generally believed that as long as one is not killed by external forces, one can live forever. This is probably the concept. But what is immortality? Immortality means that there is almost no way to kill this person, not even time.

It's more terrifying than eternal life!
It would be terrifying if the surgery fruit could turn a person from immortal to 'immortal'!

Borsalino said at this time: "In the first six hundred years after the establishment of the World Government, the existence of the Five Elders was replaced normally. This is public information recorded by the World Government, and it has even been compiled into books to praise their greatness. The Five Elders before were traceable, and from about a hundred years ago, the existence of the Five Elders has undergone significant changes. For example, Satan and others were already Five Elders when I was young, and the relevant information was also uniformly erased. There has been no replacement for nearly a hundred years. So can we infer from this detail that Yimu was not able to achieve the current level in the first six hundred years or so, and only had the power of 'eternal life'?"

"You mean, it's only in the last two hundred years that he has mastered the power to give people tremendous vitality and gradually achieve 'immortality'?" Sakaski said with his eyes shining.

If you think about it carefully, Borsalino's approach is really very practical!
In the past, the Five Elder Stars were subject to the normal cycle of birth, aging, illness and death. It was not until more than a hundred years ago that the characteristic of 'permanence' appeared.

"If you think about it this way, it is very likely that Im has mastered this power in the last two hundred years, but what is the source?" Borsalino frowned and murmured in confusion.

"Devil Fruit?" Bane thought for a moment and said, "Is it possible that his mythical beast ability has been awakened?"

"Come to think of it, I actually saw the awakening of the mythical beast species for the first time in Egghead. Wasn't it rumored in the past that the mythical beast species had no possibility of awakening at all? It's almost the same as our natural system." Borsalino spoke as soon as he heard this. Even after such a long time, his tone still sounded a little surprised.

The awakening of the Animal type is generally considered to be the easiest, followed by the Superhuman type, and finally the Natural type.

So far, no one has ever recorded the awakening of a natural-type ability user. Many relevant devil fruit scholars believe that perhaps the natural-type has been in an awakened state from the beginning, so it can possess a powerful power far exceeding that of other devil fruits.

In addition to the natural system, there is another hot topic of discussion, which is whether the abilities of the mythical beasts can be awakened?
Anyway, in the available records, there seems to have never been an example of a mythical beast-type ability user awakening!

Borsalino, as an admiral of the navy, had never seen such a thing.

As a representative figure of the abilities of the mythical beasts, Kaido was previously recognized as the king of single combat, the strongest creature, etc. However, even with Kaido's talent and strength, he had not developed his abilities to the awakening state before his death.

In fact, precisely because the strongest Kaido has not done it, many people on the sea believe that the mythical beasts are the same as the natural type, because they have powerful strength far exceeding other devil fruits from the beginning, so there is no awakening, or the difficulty of awakening is extremely high.

As a result, in Egghead, Borsalino witnessed with his own eyes that Satan had transformed into a user of the mythical beast type, and there were ribbons floating on his body, a characteristic that only appears after an animal-type user has awakened!
He was shocked at the time, but what happened later was even more incredible, so his attention was diverted.

Thinking of this at this moment, Borsalino felt quite emotional and puzzled.

But for Bane, the awakening of mythical beasts is not "without precedent", it's just that it has been blocked by the world government.

The Rubber Fruit is also known as Nika. More than 800 years ago, Joy Boy had developed it to awakening. It is even very likely that he was the first person to awaken the mythical beast species.

In the following hundreds of years, the Rubber Fruit has appeared many times, but according to the Five Elder Stars, no one has been able to develop it to the point of awakening and show Nika's true form in hundreds of years.

Until Luffy showed up.

This at least proves that there is indeed a possibility for the mythical beasts to awaken, but the probability is extremely low and quite difficult.

Kaido had the power of the Blue Dragon for decades but was unable to develop it. It took Im more than 600 years to develop it before he finally mastered it 200 years ago.

And his mythical beast species, after awakening, is likely to have an incredible vitality, which is the so-called "immortality". Since then, through controlling the lifespans of the Five Elder Stars, his dominance over the world government has been unprecedentedly improved! ?
The reason why he is so afraid of the awakening of the Nika Fruit and Joyboy is because, as an awakener of the mythical beast species, he knows how terrifying this power is?
As for the awakening of the Five Elders, if we follow this line of thought, I'm afraid they were also trained by Im, right? There is even the possibility of "fake".

For example, the ribbons on their bodies are actually like their life force, continuing Im's control over them?

On the surface, it seems that they have awakened the mythical beast species, but in fact, it is just a manifestation of Im's ability?
Or was it forced?
Of course, it is not ruled out that during this long period of time, the Five Elder Stars were gifted with extraordinary talents, and with Im's training, they all awakened the possibility of mythical beasts.

(End of this chapter)