One Piece: Who still has dreams?

"Hahaha, haha..."

Once Garin was fully recovered, he sat there bound by chains. He knew he couldn't escape the white-haired pirate brat, and with his hands tied, it was inconvenient for him to create a magic circle. He was too lazy to bother, so he simply waited it out. "I am immortal, why should I be afraid of wasting time with him?"

He laughed wildly, tears streaming down his face. "How are you going to kill me? No matter how many tricks you have, they pose absolutely no threat to me! Hehehe, you wouldn't be thinking of threatening me with those trashy navy soldiers, forcing me to die for them, would you? Hahahaha, that's the limit of my imagination, hahahaha... Sorry, that's too funny..."

"After thinking it over, I've come to the conclusion that I, in my current state, am indeed incapable of killing you."

As Redio spoke, he took a gold coin out of his pocket, “But ‘he’ can.”

Ding……

The gold coin, featuring an orange tree and robin on the obverse and flowers and a snake on the reverse, bounces high and spins rapidly.

"As the gold coins fell..."

The spell's fusion has been restored. Redio formed a hand seal, his sapphire-like eyes shining brightly, like two blue full moons hanging high in the night sky, gazing down at the bewildered Garin. His grand voice slowly chanted...

"...You will telepathically tell Im that you will reveal Im's secret to the whole world, reveal Nika's secret, and make everything public..."

The realm expands, boundless emptiness!

A world resembling an endless starry sky swept over them in an instant, engulfing the terrified Garin.

His terrified expression quickly turned blank...

The captain of the Knights of God's vacant eyes reflected the white-haired, blue-eyed pirate, and the seductive voice echoed in his ears: "When the gold coins fall, you will telepathically tell Im that you will reveal Im's secret to the whole world, reveal Nika's secret, and expose everything... When the gold coins fall, you will telepathically tell Im that you will reveal Im's secret to the whole world... When the gold coins fall, you will telepathically tell Im... When the gold coins fall, you will telepathically tell Im... When the gold coins fall, you will telepathically tell Im..."

Those blue eyes seemed like a deep-sea whirlpool, drawing people in.

The spinning gold coin seemed to be forever flipping between two sides.

The hypnotic voice seemed to echo forever, endlessly flooding into Garin's mind, eternally impacting his spirit and self for what seemed like an infinite amount of time...

Chapter 96 God's Curse

A massive pillar of fire shot into the sky from the deck of the wrecked World Government ship, transforming into a six-eyed, four-armed skull high in the air, watching over the East China Sea branch warships approaching from all sides...

"Hehe, not bad." Zoro was lying there covered in bandages, which made it easy to see him. His smile aggravated his wounds, causing him to wince in pain.

Nami was speechless and looked at the "black ball" floating on the deck.

As Redio flicked the coins, he used the same move on Garin for the second time, but it was even more miraculous than the first time. The black sphere, which was originally more than ten meters in diameter, suddenly shrank to the size of a toy ball with a maximum diameter of 20 centimeters.

Redio and Garin, two people condensed into such a small ball?

Gertz looked on with great concern, but Nami comforted him, "It's alright, have you forgotten 'Bulma's Room'? It should be based on a similar principle!"

She was referring, of course, to the Black Flash's gravity chamber, whose interior space far exceeded its apparent size from the outside. If Redio were here, he'd probably say something like, "Space, isn't it amazing?"

Gertz chuckled softly: "That's right."

Nami looked at her lost left eye and right arm, feeling saddened. Then she noticed the marks on her neck from where the slave collar had been. Suddenly, her ears twitched.

"I'll be right back." Nami headed towards the cabin.

Because of her actions, Vice Admiral Storoberry, who was covered in blood from Garin's indiscriminate slashing and trapped inside the wooden walls of the ship's cabin, woke up.

The spotted dog general opened his eyes and had just stood up when a fist-sized pillar of fire blasted a charred, burning hole in the deck in front of him.

Ace was still unleashing a wave of fire into the sky with one hand, while pointing the other at the standing Dalmatian admiral, and said coldly, "My captain said not to move."

This momentum...

The Dalmatian General gritted his teeth and said, "'Conqueror's Haki'! How could someone with that kind of spirit be willing to be subservient to others?!"

"Rayleigh, Jabba, Katakuri, Kozuki Oden..."

A voice came from the "black sphere." A few minutes later, the black sphere disintegrated, and Redio, with his white hair, stood there, counting names one by one with his fingers. "There are plenty of people who possess Conqueror's Haki but aren't the team leader. The so-called 'King's Qualification' is a bit too cliché. Perhaps it's just self-comfort from small fry stunned by Conqueror's Haki. What do you think? The name 'Conqueror' is indeed intimidating, but frankly, it's just a type of Haki energy."

You're strong, so you're right!

The spotted dog looked at Ace, then at Redio, and remained silent.

But Garin wanted to say something.

He was brainwashed for five minutes by the hypnotic technique of the Boundless Void, which was condensed to the size of a basketball and amplified in power. When the domain dissipated, Garin's eyes were glazed over, and he was unaware that he was drooling and sniffling. It was as if his consciousness had fallen into a huge illusion, and he was muttering incoherently to himself. But at this moment, the voice in his mind was incredibly clear.

Fuck Im!

Fuck you, Nika!

Garin felt an unprecedented sense of freedom, a wonderful feeling. He genuinely wanted to shout something to the "King of the World," so, using the Deep Sea Contract bestowed upon him by the King of the World, he telepathically roared in his mind:

"Nerona Im! I will proclaim your secret to the whole world! I will proclaim to the whole world Nika, the sun god and nemesis of God! The whole world..."

"Shut up, Garin!!" A sinister voice, filled with rage, resounded and echoed in Garin's mind like thunder. "Do you know what you're saying?!"

Garin seemed deaf, his eyes bloodshot, chuckling incoherently as he transmitted his thoughts without pause: "The whole world will know that Mary Geoise is home to a hidden World King! And what the World King fears most every day is the previous Nika Joy Bo..."

"Shut up! Shut up!! I want you to shut up!!!" The King of the World's voice was filled with unprecedented anger and bone-chilling hatred.

"What's wrong with him?" Gertz asked, puzzled. He looked at Garin, who had been kneeling on the deck, drooling and muttering something, motionless, after disappearing from the black ball.

“You’ll find out soon,” Redio said.

Before he could finish speaking, Garin let out a shrill scream, his dazed eyes gradually clearing. "Lord Im... I..." His already aged face suddenly looked even older.

His hair became as disheveled as withered grass, falling out in clumps; wrinkles on his face increased rapidly, and his decaying teeth kept falling out; it was as if most of his flesh and blood had evaporated in an instant, and in the blink of an eye he became an ordinary, withered old man...

The once imposing and imposing uniform of the Knights of God was now loose and baggy, hanging down like a cloak over Garin's trembling and hunched body.

"What's wrong with him?!"

The Dalmatian was horrified when he saw this turn of events.

"Are you sure you want to know?" Redio glanced at the two surviving vice admirals. He could sense that the Strombey, whose head had been chopped off, had also awakened.

Even "knowing" is dangerous?! The Dalmatian general quickly shook his head.

“The Knights of God…” Strawberry, covered in blood, struggled to crawl out, but was knocked away by the slaves who rushed out of the cabin one after another. He coughed up blood and crashed heavily against the railing, his life hanging in the balance.

There were about thirty slaves, men and women, all dressed in tattered clothes, their collars removed. They rushed onto the deck in tears, weeping and shouting at the blue sky and the sun.

Some of them were afraid of the horrifying scene on the deck, and were terrified of the giantess Gertz. They dared not approach Redio and the others, and instead turned around and jumped off the ship.

Some of them, upon seeing the thin, frail old man Garin, screamed and pounced on him, filled with boundless hatred. They took turns biting and tearing at him, tearing off his ears and bones, surrounding him and literally trying to devour him alive...

"I really don't know what these Celestial Dragons have done."

Nami finally emerged from the cabin, casually tossing a bunch of keys into the sea. She saw the branch warships that were now very close by, as well as the two warships burning in flames nearby, with marines swimming away in the surrounding area...

She sighed silently, walked over to Gertz's legs and leaned against him, watching the freed slaves devour Garin alive in a frenzy of rage, leaving only a pile of blood-stained uniforms on the deck. They were covered in blood, their faces streaked with tears and mouthfuls of blood.

They knew their status as runaway Celestial Dragon slaves would only bring trouble, so none of them took the initiative to talk to Nami and the others. Instead, they all bowed to Nami, Redio, and the others, spat blood at Spotted Dog and the others, and jumped into the sea.

The slaves who have survived to this day are all physically strong. They have managed to find a way to survive in the East China Sea on their own.

In truth, Karin, having lost his heart, died soon after his contract with Im was broken remotely, thus losing his immortality...

Redio glanced at Garin's blood-stained uniform, the only thing remaining on the deck, then focused his gaze on the system panel's notification: [Gojo Satoru Mode Remaining: 33 minutes 42 seconds]

He glanced at the branch ships around him, so close that he could clearly see the faces of the naval officers standing on the deck, and said, "Time is running out, prepare to set sail."

"it is good!"

Ace laughed loudly, and his entire body transformed into flames that shot into the sky.

……

"Mr. Smoker!"

Tashigi screamed, pointed at something, and looked on with disbelief.

Smoker watched as the pillar of fire shot into the sky from the dilapidated government ship ahead, repeatedly transforming into a six-eyed, four-armed skull and a giant middle finger...

Upon hearing this, he turned his head and saw that the steel heart that had been placed on the wooden box had somehow transformed into a living, breathing heart of flesh and blood! It was gushing blood and twitching a few times before slowly ceasing to move.

“It seems to be the power of some kind of Devil Fruit.” Smoker chewed on two cigars. “I would be more surprised if it had nothing to do with the ship in front of us…” As he spoke, his lower body turned into smoke, and thick smoke billowed into the sky. Ignoring the other warships rushing to the same government ship, he flew ahead of them.

But halfway there, from the middle finger of the huge flames that shot up from the deck of the government ship, a black-haired young man flew out, his lower body also spewing flames, and rushed towards him.

Is it also a Logia-type? Smoker accelerated, spewing smoke as he crashed into it.

Ace's face emerged from the flames, and the fireballs collided violently with the oncoming smoke in mid-air. Waves of fire and thick smoke shot out in all directions, and the firepower behind Ace surged rapidly with each bang! Bang! Bang!

“When it comes to propulsion, how can ‘smoke’ compare to ‘fire’?” Ace retorted with a laugh.

A massive fireball, billowing with thick smoke, crashed like a meteorite onto the warship where Tashigi and her crew were, shouting and yelling at the other stunned ordinary marines to disperse...

boom!!

The warship exploded in flames and thick smoke. In the distance, Zoro leaped high into the air, raising his twin swords, and slashed at another branch warship...

Nami stepped on the bow of another small warship, causing its stern to bounce high into the air...

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Mary Geoise, the “Holy Land”

The throne, which should have been empty and suspended high, now had a figure hidden in the shadows sitting on it, pressing on the armrests and breathing heavily.

"Lord Im..."

The five Celestial Dragons, the five elders known to the world as the pinnacle of power, knelt respectfully before the throne.

"Karin is dead..." High on the throne, Im, hidden in the shadows, his eerie, ring-shaped eyes filled with anger and confusion, spoke in a cold voice, "Karin..."