Who told him to become the Pirate King!

Chapter 264 The Five Elders' "Sincerity"!

The New World, Rischiride Island.

A strange man dressed in a white suit, with a face resembling a white mask and one eye black and one white, was sitting cross-legged on an open space on the island.

Guernica, a CP0 intelligence member known as "the Celestial Dragons' strongest shield"!

On the ground in front of Guernica, a plain-colored leather suitcase sat quietly, seemingly containing some extremely important items. Guernica's gaze remained fixed on the suitcase.

Guernica recalled the instructions given by the Five Elders.

"You must personally deliver this suitcase to the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Haku!"

Guernica sat quietly like a statue on the island of Riscied.

A short while later, he suddenly moved and looked up at the sky.

A majestic and imposing blue-eyed white dragon was flying from the depths of the New World to the island of Rischiled, and its reflection was magnified in Guernica's pupils.

White Dragon, here we come!

Guernica stood up, picked up the rather large leather suitcase, and quietly awaited the arrival of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

at the same time.

From the blue-eyed white dragon in the sky, Storm looked down at the island of Rischirid below.

The island, which is entirely reddish-brown, is almost unchanged from when he last visited.

If I had to point out a "difference"...

Perhaps the pirate atmosphere on Rischiled Island has decreased significantly.

The red light in Storm's eyes faded.

He had just used his Observation Haki to observe the situation on Rischiled Island in advance, but he didn't find anything unusual.

A small warship was anchored off the coast of Rischiled Island, and there was no sign of any living creature on board.

On the island of Lischiled, only one aura of such strength caught Storm's eye.

If we categorize them according to the intensity of their aura...

The strength of the owner of this aura is roughly equivalent to that of Donquixote Doflamingo.

Its strength is comparable to that of an ordinary Shichibukai!

As for the other auras on Rischiled Island, their strengths varied, but they could generally be equated with "minions".

Storm could roughly identify the owner of that aura, whose intensity rivaled that of a flamingo—

This should be the "CP member" mentioned by the Five Elders, Nasujuro Sei.

If Storm's prediction is correct.

This "CP agent" on Rischiled Island must be from CP0!

After all, there probably aren't any experts this strong in other CP departments...

However, the fact that there was only one "CP0" on Rischiled Island still puzzled Storm.

"Could it be... that the Five Elders are really willing to be taken advantage of?"

After thinking for a while, Storm stopped hesitating and directly steered the Blue-Eyes White Dragon to dive downwards.

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon's eyes, as blue as the sky, were fixed on the CP0 member on Rischiled Island. With astonishing speed and powerful impact, it descended from the sky and crashed heavily onto the land of the crimson island.

Guernica was already gazing up at the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in the sky when he noticed it rapidly swooping down. Without hesitation, he unleashed one of the Six Powers—

【shave】!

Guernica's figure vanished from the spot like a ghost.

The next instant.

boom!!

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon crashed directly into the land of Rischiled Island, instantly assimilating the entire land into soft, flowing clay.

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon resembled a water sphere falling from the sky, merging directly into the earth, "merely" creating a massive, towering wave of clay.

Storm stood atop the giant wave of clay, manipulating the surrounding clay as if it were an endless white sea. The giant wave of clay surged toward Guernica, who had just dodged away.

As an elite member of the CP0 organization, Guernica has a very high level of mastery of the Six Powers and a deep understanding of the [Shave] technique, which makes his burst speed extremely fast.

However, no matter how fast he is, he can't outrun the Clay-Clay Fruit, which has already been developed to the eighth level!

The clay wave surged forward at an unimaginable speed, striking Guernica's body directly like a fly swatter.

boom! !

With a deafening roar, Guernica was slammed into the depths of the earth by a giant wave of clay.

The ground of the entire island of Rischiled trembled violently from the impact, as if it had suddenly been struck by an earthquake.

However, under Storm's careful manipulation, the force of the clay wave was not as strong as expected.

Although Guernica was hit, she did not lose consciousness immediately as a result.

The clay waves surged up once again.

The disheveled CP0 agent was brought directly to Storm by the wave-like clay.

Storm sized up the CP0 agent's appearance and compared it with the information he had in his memory, instantly recognizing the agent's true identity.

Guernica, the unlucky CP0 agent who indirectly caused the Straw Hat's "awakening" during the Onigashima battle by trying to assassinate him!

Not only that, this guy also disrupted the battle and was eventually killed by Kaido of the Beasts with a single blow...

The death of one "Nika" brought about the rebirth of another "Nika"...

Storm manipulated the clay, grabbing Guernica and the suitcase in his hand.

"But you're called 'Nika'?"

"Ahem!"

Guernica's body was wrapped in clay, and he let out a violent coughing fit.

If he hadn't used [Iron Block] to defend in time, he probably would have been finished off by the White Dragon's attack...

A faint sense of relief flashed through Guernica's mind.

He had no idea that he hadn't just died, but that Storm didn't want him to die yet.

"White Dragon!"

Guernica coughed a few times, stared at Storm with his very distinctive black and white eyes, and spoke quickly.

"I am a CP0 agent sent by the Five Elders to make a deal with you!"

"I can tell."

Storm's eyes flashed with a blazing red light as he activated his Observation Haki, which allows him to read minds, and saw through Guernica's thoughts completely.

"But, just as I imagined, the Five Elders really don't have any 'sincerity' in making a deal!"

"What?!"

Guernica was startled, completely unaware of what the white dragon was trying to say.

But at that moment...

Storm's eyes narrowed, and a bolt of black and red lightning burst from his body, striking Guernica, who was standing right next to him.

[Conqueror's Haki]!

Guernica was struck by Storm's Conqueror's Haki, and as if struck by lightning, her distinctive black and white eyes turned into "white-white eyes" in that instant, and she instantly lost consciousness.

[Diamond Cup: CP0 Guernica]

[Tournament Rating: ★★★★★★]

Storm did not stop releasing Conqueror's Haki because of this.

His Conqueror's Haki spread out like a storm, instantly engulfing the entire Rischiled Island and stunning all the living people on the island, including the Den Den Mushi that were secretly moving around.

In a very short moment.

The island of Rischilede became an isolated island.

Storm temporarily ignored the unconscious Guernica.

He planned to arrest this CP0 member, who was of decent skill level, later.

On the one hand, it makes it easier to regularly harvest the other party's "Diamond Trophy".

On the other hand, it was because he wanted to find a suitable "sparring partner" for the members of the Storm Pirates.

But now.

Strom was more concerned about the suitcase that Guernica was carrying.

"Just as I predicted, the Five Elders have absolutely no sincerity in making a deal!"

Storm's eyes gleamed with a cold light.

He had just read Guernica's mind and had uncovered the CP0 agent's plans, as well as the Five Elders' schemes.

The key to the Five Elders' scheme lies in this suitcase!

Storm looked at the suitcase in front of him, and without any hesitation, reached out his right hand and grabbed the handle.

He immediately opened the suitcase.

The moment Storm opened the suitcase.

Suddenly, a circular air door, about the size of a normal person's palm, appeared at the lock of the suitcase.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from behind the air door, and in the palm of this hand was a pair of seemingly ordinary black shackles.

These black shackles are the Seastone shackles, which are deadly to all Devil Fruit users!

The black shackles were about to be fastened to Storm's wrists.

It's too late to say.

Storm swung his right hand even faster, pulling back on the wrist of the hand holding the sea stone shackles, and then pulled it outward sharply.

A black figure was pulled out of the small, invisible door by Storm.

The man was wearing a black suit and had a pair of black horns growing on either side of his head, which at first glance looked like buffalo horns.

If any members of CP9 were here, they would immediately be able to identify his true identity.

Bruno, a member of CP9 and a user of the Paramecia-type Door-Door Fruit!

Storm had just pulled Bruno out of the air door, before he could make his next move.

A dazzling golden flash shot out from the still-present air portal.

Flash rays!

Storm neither dodged nor evaded, but simply released Armament Haki, creating a small "defensive armor" on the surface of his body.

boom!

The flash ray struck Storm's Armament Haki but failed to break through the defense, merely pushing the latter a considerable distance away.

But that is precisely why.

Storm successfully dodged the giant magma fist that followed closely behind the "flash ray".

The giant magma fist missed its target and crashed onto the ground of Rischiled Island, scorching the earth with a sizzling sound.

"Kizaru! Akainu!"

Storm glanced indifferently at the two Navy Headquarters Admirals who emerged from the air door.

"The world government really 'values' me!"

(End of this chapter)