One Piece: Get Stronger by Watching Battles

"Gagaji, trust Midorik's judgment!"

Zhou Ze smiled slightly. "Yes, Gion, I trust your judgment!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Tao Tu's eyes. Just as she was about to ask for details, Zhou Ze gestured for her not to ask any more questions and to continue.

After thinking for a long while, seemingly recalling every specific detail of the time, Momousagi said in a solemn voice, her expression grave.

"You know, the weather in Mary Geoise isn't as changeable as in the Grand Line. It's like spring all year round there. However, on the day the Celestial Dragons made their move, dark, thick clouds rolled across the sky in the heart of the Holy Land..."

"Midorek said it was a powerful energy reaction... strong and... primitive!"

original?

Zhou Ze's heart skipped a beat, and his face instantly turned extremely gloomy.

Seeing this, Momousagi stopped and cautiously asked a question.

"Zhou Ze, are you alright? Do you know what that is?"

Zhou Ze forced a smile and gently shook his head.

"No, I don't know. I wasn't there at the time, how could I know?"

Momousagi scrutinized Zhou Ze's face with a hint of suspicion before giving a soft "hmm."

Midorik's assessment was that "it" had awakened! Moreover, he believed that "it" possessed strength far exceeding that of an admiral!

"Oh, and also, Midorik believes 'it' is waiting for something!"

Before Momousagi could finish speaking, she sensed a violent fluctuation in Zhou Ze's aura, a reaction indicating intense emotional turmoil.

The fact that something could cause such emotional turmoil in a powerful figure like Zhou Ze clearly indicates that it is no ordinary object.

"Zhou Ze, you know what 'it' really is, right?"

From Zhou Ze's reaction, Momotaro was almost certain that Zhou Ze knew what that thing was, which was why he asked the question.

Zhou Ze lowered his head and remained silent for a long while before raising his head, looking directly into Momousagi's eyes with a sincere smile on his face.

"How could that be? I don't know what that is. I was just like that because I was frightened by what you called 'strength far exceeding that of an general'...!"

"If Admiral Midorik hadn't said that, I would have thought you were joking!"

Zhou Ze's smile and words made Momousagi indecisive again. She stared at Zhou Ze for a while.

"Really? You really think so?"

Zhou Ze's smile widened even more. "Of course it's real, more real than real gold!"

Momousagi was skeptical, and after a while, she finally looked away from Zhou Ze.

"This is the crux of our dilemma. Judging from the reactions of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government, they don't want the Navy to get involved, so..."

Seeing that Momotaro wasn't pressing the previous issue any further, Zhou Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After pondering for a moment, he finally spoke.

"Yes, you did a good job not to inform Sakazuki and Vice Admiral Tsuru rashly. Since Sakazuki took over as Fleet Admiral, the World Government and the Celestial Dragons have had many complaints about the Navy. It is indeed not the right time to start any more trouble..."

"You just need to pretend you know nothing about this. I will speak to the Navy Headquarters when the time is right!"

Momousagi paused for a moment, about to speak, when Zhou Ze waved his hand to interrupt her, saying seriously,

"Vice Admiral Gion, in my capacity as the Chief of Naval Staff, I request that you do as I say!"

Momousagi frowned, anger rising in her eyes.

"You bastard, putting on airs like a great advisor in front of me?"

Zhou Ze felt a headache coming on, scratched his head hard, and softened his tone.

"Gion, didn't you come here to hear my opinion? Since you're already here, please listen to me this once, okay?"

Zhou Ze's admission of defeat only made Momousagi more wary. A flash of clarity crossed her mind, and she realized something.

Her eyes were fixed on Zhou Ze, a mocking smile playing on her lips, yet her tone was alluring. She moved closer with graceful steps.

"Little Zhou Ze, do you know something? Tell me!"

Zhou Ze felt a chill run down his spine. With the system protecting him and divine skills protecting him, how could such mind-controlling tricks possibly work on him?

He nimbly jumped back, rubbing the goosebumps on his arms.

"Gion, speak properly! This trick of yours might work on seducing pirates, but using it on me will only bring you humiliation!"

Momousagi was furious.

"You little rascal, you tried to intimidate me with your status as the chief strategist, but I saw through you, and now you're trying to fool me with some nice words...!"

"You're being so pretentious, and you still dare to say you know nothing about 'it'? Do you really think I'm a fool?"

Chapter 425 Faith Shattered!

Faced with Momousagi's stern questioning, Zhou Ze seemed somewhat surprised; this woman wasn't stupid after all!

After a moment's hesitation, Zhou Ze asked first,

"Any details from that day that you'd like to add?"

Momousagi's pointed nostrils twitched, her voice laced with suppressed anger, "Now it's my turn to hear what you have to say...!"

Zhou Ze chuckled, shrugged, and interrupted Momousagi.

"I don't even know if you've finished speaking. Do you expect me to just make things up?"

Although Momousagi knew Zhou Ze was making excuses, if he didn't want to talk, even holding a knife to his neck wouldn't help.

Besides, she didn't have the strength to put a knife to Zhou Ze's neck!

"That's all I can remember. If you want to confirm anything, go ask them yourselves!"

Momousagi frowned and replied irritably.

Zhou Ze nodded. "So, Midorik sent you this time, right?"

A flicker of surprise crossed Momousagi's eyes, followed by even greater confusion.

"It was Midorik's suggestion, and Jiaji had no objections. Why are you asking about this...?"

Hearing Momousagi's answer, Zhou Ze understood.

It's definitely related to Green Bull.

As the absolute authority in the field of energy reaction, Green Bull couldn't possibly only know that little bit of information; he must know exactly what 'it' is.

Because Green Bull said it had woken up and was waiting!

This conclusion alone is enough to prove that Green Bull knows a lot.

Not to mention, that guy deliberately guided Momousagi to tell him about this.

But why did Green Bull do this?

That 'it' is clearly related to the secret Im hides in the secret garden, according to Momousagi's account.

Zhou Ze deliberately drew several conclusions very easily.

First of all, the number of Celestial Dragons who descended to the mortal realm clearly did not match the original number of 'disappeared' people, which immediately made Zhou Ze think of Crocodile's fate.

Old Crocodile said that he lost his flesh and blood, which activated something that gave him the power of the Sand-Sand Fruit.

Furthermore, Zhou Ze had previously deduced that the conditions for using Uranus would be extremely stringent, considering Im's intention in keeping the Celestial Dragons.

Zhou Ze felt that the "it" that Green Bull mentioned, which had already awakened, was very likely the product of combining the thing that Crocodile had seen back then with Uranus, the Heavenly King.

This is further evidenced by the dragon's experience in Mary Geoise.

The facts are clear: Im has indeed found a way to reactivate the 'Original Core'.

Moreover, unlike Crocodile who gained Devil Fruit powers by having his flesh and blood devoured, the Celestial Dragons who 'disappeared' were clearly not after Devil Fruit powers.

They became the fuel that awakened 'it'!

No, that's not right. It should be...momentum, that's more accurate!

Zhou Ze shook his head heavily, recalling the time he mixed the potent water and the deadly drug ES together, and the shape of the sun tree Eve in the silver pot that lacked the crown.

And, the 'energy storage' that Cobra mentioned!

Are the Celestial Dragons, who are high and mighty, really just a bunch of fuel that provides power?

How ironic and tragic!

Zhou Ze lowered his eyelids, pondered for a long time, sometimes shaking his head, sometimes smirking, which made Tao Tu's eyebrows twitch wildly.

If it weren't for giving Zhou Ze time to think, she would have already woken him up.

After an unknown amount of time, Momousagi let out a soft hum, put her hands on her hips, and walked up to Zhou Ze.

"Hey, Zhou Ze, have you finished thinking about it? Now, it's time to tell me, isn't it?"

Zhou Ze reached up and rubbed his face a few times, then rubbed his temples.

You mean that 'it'?

"Otherwise what? You're talking nonsense!" Momousagi's breathing became heavy, and her hand unconsciously pressed on the hilt of the Kinpira sword.

Zhou Ze glanced at Momotaro's actions, and his lips twitched.

"Hmm... I might know about that thing. I think it should be Uranus, one of the three ancient weapons!"

Momousagi's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief.

"You mean... the World Government has revived the Ancient Weapons?"

She could hardly believe that the threat posed by the three ancient weapons to world security was something that world governments had been emphasizing for years.

Twenty years ago, the reason for launching the Buster Call on Ohara was that those restless archaeologists were studying the Poneglyphs, which led the World Government to believe that they intended to revive the Ancient Weapons.

That is why, in the eyes of almost all the Navy, the destruction of Ohara was an absolutely righteous thing.

But now, Zhou Ze is saying that the World Government has revived one of the ancient weapons...

"This is impossible!"

Momousagi staggered back two steps, her expression agitated, her arm trembling as she pointed at Zhou Ze.

"Zhou Ze, you're making this up, aren't you? You weren't even in Mary Geoise, how could you possibly know that it was an ancient weapon..."