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Chapter 98 Pluto, the King of the Underworld!

Kozuki Sukiyaki was in a terrible daze. He didn't know where Shiki came from, but he realized that this guy was the one who could kill him.

Sukiyaki didn't have Oden's backbone. His body went limp, and he was about to run away through the tunnel when his body suddenly became unresponsive.

The surrounding air seemed to come alive, dragging his body into the air and pulling him out to stand in front of Shiki.

His body was bound by an invisible force, forcing him to confront Shiki.

"What do you want to ask?"

Sukiyaki asked, "Ancient weapons, they're in Wano Country, right?"

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Sukiyaki's pupils dilated in that instant: "What did you say?!"

"Looks like I asked the right person." Shiki smiled. Sukiyaki's expression was practically screaming, "How did you know that?"

"Tell me where the ancient weapons are, and I will spare your life, your son will not die, and your people will not die."

"If you don't tell me—"

"What do you want with ancient weapons? They're not good things."

"Whether it's good or bad is none of your business, you old codger!" Shiki said coldly. "You only have one choice now, and that is to take me to Hades!"

"You can't always be so rough with your actions."

Beltz came down again and said, "Where do you think the successive shoguns of Wano Country would hide something as important as the Ancient Weapons?"

Upon hearing this, Shiki smiled again: "You mean, that thing is right here, right?"

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If it's been kept by generals for generations, then the safest place would naturally be the general's mansion where they reside.

Sukiyaki looked like he'd been seen through, his face grim. He was even more surprised that Oden had been defeated by this guy.

Could it be that the secret that Wano Country has guarded for eight hundred years is about to be revealed in his generation?

But his life, and the life of Wano Country, were in Shiki's hands, and he had no choice but to say: "I understand, I will take you there."

"Wouldn't it have been better to do this earlier?" Shiki finally released Sukiyaki, letting him fall back to the ground.

After regaining her footing, Sukiyaki first asked, "How is Oden?"

"Don't worry, he's fine. I just locked him up."

Shiki said, "If you can prove your worth, I might let him go."

"I hope you'll keep your word."

Sukiyaki sighed; in truth, he hadn't held out much hope.

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Wano Country is an impregnable fortress, one that even the World Government cannot breach, yet one day it was conquered by this blond man.

To be honest, the shoguns of Wano Country should all be highly skilled in martial arts, but in his generation, the previous shogun only had him as his son.

In this way, regardless of whether he was skilled in martial arts or not, he would still become a general. Therefore, he did not engage in rigorous training, but instead became very interested in forging puppets and knives.

He now regrets it; if he had trained hard since childhood, he wouldn't be so easily manipulated by Shiki.

But it's too late to say anything now. When Kozuki Oden was defeated by this man, Wano Country no longer had any armed forces capable of resisting Shiki.

So he led Shiki and Beltz to the secret passage of the general's mansion and began to descend.

"How long will it take to walk here?"

They continued downwards for a long time, and Shiki couldn't help but ask, "Are we going underground?"

"Exactly," Sukiyaki replied. "However, when we see it, it may not be as you think."

He sighed, "Because I've only heard that Hades is there, but I've never actually seen him."

"Oh?" Shiki was curious; it sounded like something more complicated than it seemed.

Finally, they arrived at the very bottom of Mount Fuji, where they saw—the ocean!

"seawater?"

"What is this?" Shiki asked. "How can there be a city in the sea?"

"This is Wano Country from eight hundred years ago," Sukiyaki explained. "Because it's been so long, I'm not entirely sure, but eight hundred years ago Wano Country wasn't on the mountain, it was at the foot of the mountain."

"But one day, as if to guard against something, the people of Wano Country built huge walls on both sides of Mount Fuji, and they moved to the top of the mountain, which is how Wano Country came to be."

"The Wano Country of eight hundred years ago was swallowed up by the continuous rain. It is said that the ancient weapon Pluto, the King of the Underworld, is sleeping here, but I have never seen it, let alone shown it to you."

"————" Shiki looked at the city in the sea, pondering something.

Sukiyaki glanced at Shiki's expression and, finding nothing amiss, tried again, saying, "To retrieve Pluton, we need to destroy the mountain walls surrounding Wano Country, but in doing so, the natural barrier protecting Wano Country will also disappear."

Once the mountain wall is destroyed, the water stored in Wano Country will flow out, allowing them to go down and find Hades.

We can't exactly go to the ancient Wano Country, which is full of seawater, to look for it now, can we?

However, the mountain wall is also a natural barrier for Wano Country. The country has been able to ensure its safety for hundreds of years thanks to the protection of this natural barrier.

It was only now that they encountered someone like Shiki, who could fly the entire ship through the air; otherwise, the pirates would never have been able to break through!

"This is indeed a bit troublesome."

Shiki said, "Even if I could extract the water, there's just too much water here."

Shiki's Float-Float Fruit has one of the most bizarre features: it allows him to control seawater.

This ability is practically invincible when dealing with pirates.

Especially effective against pirates who have eaten Devil Fruits.

But manipulating seawater is indeed more difficult than manipulating rocks.

Moreover, there is so much water underneath that draining all this seawater would probably not be something that can be done in a short time.

"The most important thing now is to determine the location of Pluto."

Beltz cautioned, "We're all people who ate Devil Fruits, so only those who haven't eaten Devil Fruits can go and find them."

"We need to find Hades first before we can make any further plans."

Upon hearing this, Shiki nodded and then asked, "What's your opinion on damaging the mountainside?"

"My view is that even if we find Pluto, there's no rush to start the process immediately."

Beltz replied, "If the mountain wall is destroyed, the World Government's army will have no way to move freely."

He was pleased that Shiki had asked that question, which proved that Shiki had taken his previous words to heart.

He had told Shiki before that the World Government was not as simple as it seemed.

Besides the Navy and the Celestial Dragons' own armed forces, there is a hidden "ultimate" force that even Rocks is no match for.

In the past, Shiki wouldn't have cared about these things; he would have been focused on breaking through the mountain wall and retrieving Pluto O.

Unfortunately, both of them had eaten Devil Fruits, so they couldn't personally verify Hades' location.

"That makes sense. Let's determine the location of Hades first."

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Shiki turned around and was about to leave.

Sukiyaki breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing their conversation.

Fortunately, these two people did not suggest immediately breaking through the mountain wall to unleash the ancient weapons.

That way, things might still turn around.

After returning to the surface through the secret passage of the general's mansion, Shiki immediately summoned his subordinates and selected a few trustworthy men who had not eaten Devil Fruits, were good swimmers, and were skilled in swimming to go down and search for Hades.

At the same time, he had Sukiyaki come forward and disperse the samurai who had come to protect their master because of the turmoil in the general's mansion.

Although Sukiyaki desperately wanted to cry for help, Kozuki Oden had already failed, so what could the other samurai do?

This group of people are clearly powerful pirates from outside the country, and Wano Country can't handle them.

Hopefully, these people will keep their word, find Hades, take him away, and then leave.

Shiki and Beltz led their men back to the bottom of the mountain. He sent those who were good swimmers to dive into the sea and search for traces of Hades in the ruins of the ancient Wano Country.

Have you considered another question?

While waiting, Beltz and Shiki sat on the steps, and he asked Shiki a question.

"What?"

Shiqi said, "Speak your mind."

"Since it's a weapon, is it possible that it might malfunction? After all, it's a weapon from eight hundred years ago, so it's inevitable that some problems will occur."

"————" Shiki was speechless. This guy hadn't even found Hades yet, and he was already thinking about these things.

"If there's a problem, then get it fixed."

"And the energy?" Beltz asked again. "As far as I know, Pluto is a warship that can destroy an island with just one shot."

"A warship like this would definitely require a huge amount of energy to operate."

"Is the remaining energy from eight hundred years ago still sufficient today?"

"What are you trying to say?" Shiki sensed something was off and asked bluntly, "I mean, there's no rush to retrieve Hades."

Beltz said, "Retrieving Pluton is telling the World Government that you have a weapon that threatens them, making them willing to do anything to destroy you."

"At that time, although you will have ancient weapons, you will not know how to use them, and those ancient weapons may also have many hidden dangers, which may be detrimental to us."

"Therefore, my view is to conduct thorough research first, and then retrieve Pluto when everything is in the right place."

"————" Shiki frowned slightly, carefully considering Beltz's words.

That makes perfect sense, but who knows how long it will take to make thorough preparations?

"Before that, let's use Wano Country as a base to expand our influence."

Beltz added, "Not to mention the World Government, there's still the Roger Pirates and the group of people from the Rocks Pirates after they disbanded on the high seas. They're not easy to deal with either."

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