Konoha's Mission Master

The surrounding crimson color intensified, and Garp could clearly feel the oppressive force exerted on him becoming even more terrifying.

"Don't break out, don't break out."

Before leaving, Yakumo told Garp that he had done everything he could to be perfect, and as for the outcome... he left it to fate.

When he returned to the platform, the group was saying goodbye to Machi, who insisted on her decision to stay on the deserted island to guard Kap.

Before leaving, Yakumo provided Machi with several healing orbs and taught her how to manipulate the wood-style creations around her, though she could only perform some simple manipulations.

Simply put, Yakumo left some of his own chakra in her body and manipulated it through this shared energy.

May you all have great military success!

Maggie bowed slightly as she gazed at the dark green flying boat.

Everyone returned the greeting in turn.

The dark green flying boat slowly set sail, heading towards the blue sky and white clouds.

Parting is inevitable, I only hope that when we meet again, my old friends will still be there.

When the dark green airship ascended to an altitude of 10,000 meters, everyone could no longer see Maggie and could only return to their cabins to rest.

"The Revolutionary Army Headquarters is located in the middle of the Grand Line in the New World."

"Areas near the doldrums."

Yakumo took out the sea chart left by Ryu and the permanent pointer pointing to the Revolutionary Army headquarters to calculate the best route of action.

The revolutionary army's headquarters had changed locations several times, and the route needed to be reconsidered for the sake of bypassing Mary Geoise.

Yakumo quickly determined the specific route.

They pulled away from the doldrums, bypassing the red earth continent.

"The new world...we're here!"

On that day, the World Economic Herald rushed to print tens of thousands of copies.

The front page headline, naturally, is about Yakumo's incident.

At the same moment, the theft of the Heavenly Gold ignited the ocean.

After more than ten days, the name of the Thousand-Faced Demon Emperor has once again reached the top.

Although there have been incidents of Celestial Gold being stolen in the past, most of them only involved a portion of the Celestial Gold, and the World Government would eventually reclaim it through various means.

The others' scramble for the Celestial Gold is more like a way to gain leverage in negotiations with the World Government, thereby acquiring various benefits through those negotiations.

However, Yakumo's relationship with the World Government is irreconcilable, and it is highly likely that the Celestial Gold stolen this time will not be recovered by the World Government.

This incident dealt another blow to the Celestial Dragons' rule.

Faced with such a challenge, the Five Elders behaved strangely, neither speaking out nor making any arrangements regarding the matter.

Like... the calm before the storm.

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Chapter 361 Proof of Hegemony: The End of an Era

Under a clear blue sky and sea, a dark green flying boat glides through the air.

This flight wasn't fast; it felt more like a vacation.

While a massive earthquake struck the outside world due to the theft of the Heavenly Gold, Yakumo and his companions were sorting through their haul in the ship's cabin—a haul of immense value.

In the wooden box containing the heavenly gold, the worst items are... neatly arranged large gold bricks, followed by all kinds of gold jewelry, and then various exquisite antiques or very rare equipment and props.

Among these heavenly golds, Yakumo and his companions also found a weapon ranked among the twenty-one Great Grade Swords, as well as more than a dozen Devil Fruits.

Using the Eternal Sleep Mist test, Yakumo discovered that most of the fruits were Zoan-type, with only three being Paramecia or Logia-type.

In addition, there are ancient books made entirely of gold, inscribed with complex and difficult-to-understand special scripts. These ancient books are placed in a more secure steel box, clearly the VIP area.

The Celestial Dragons consciously collected ancient books, attempting to completely erase the Void Century and make the world lose its memory of that time.

Besides these, there were some special items whose purpose Yakumo couldn't discern, including several pieces of rather hard metal, which were probably very rare materials.

In addition, there are gemstones of various colors, the smallest of which are about the size of a pigeon egg, and the largest ones are as big as basketballs. They reflect dazzling light in the sunlight, showing their nobility and extraordinary nature.

Calculations show that the weight of the gold alone in this batch of celestial gold is close to eighty tons, which is only the Celestial Dragons' annual income.

Of course, this does not include other valuable resources.

Yakumo found it difficult to ascertain the specific value of those rare historical books and gems based on his own experience.

But at the very least... this harvest should be several hundred billion pegories.

Unfortunately, all these gains need to be distributed by the revolutionary army to support countries in need in order to complete their mission.

Yakumo and the others are only temporary custodians.

After categorizing and storing the items, the group began to rest.

Yakumo leaned against the cabin, next to Mori Masako. He could smell a faint fragrance, not perfume, but a body scent that only he could smell, representing the selection of his own genes.

Taking this opportunity, Yakumo closed his eyes to rest.

After all, yesterday's battle had taken a heavy toll on his spirit, and the speed he unleashed on his return had left him deeply exhausted. Now that he had nothing to do, it was the perfect time to rest.

He soon fell asleep.

Under the control of the shadow clone, the emerald green flying boat officially entered the new world according to the predetermined route.

Unfortunately... this journey was destined to be anything but smooth sailing.

On the sea, vicious pirates attacked merchant ships with cannonballs. Most of these pirates held sharp weapons and had ferocious killing intent on their faces. When they looked at the cargo on the merchant ships, they revealed a greed that seemed to be real.

They are bloodthirsty, plundering...

The merchant ships continued to be injured, and their cries of pain alerted the dark green flying boats in the sky and also woke up Yakumo from his sleep.

A flash of golden light, and Yakumo descended from the sky.

Black energy gathered and formed words before Yakumo's eyes. These pirates generally had a sin value of around 500, with a few having a sin value of over 1,000, and the highest being close to 2,000... Their names were completely blood red.

In that case, he wouldn't need to hold back at all.

These pirates are only of average strength. Although they possess Haki, they are not very proficient in it. The strongest among them is barely comparable to a vice admiral.

Yakumo didn't even need to use the Flying Thunder God Technique; he quickly defeated all the enemies using only his physical strength.

Countless pirate corpses fell into the sea like dumplings, transforming from plunderers into kneeling and begging for mercy.

But they received no pity.

After realizing that there were no innocent people on the pirate ship, Yakumo casually swung his sword and destroyed the pirate ship, the golden blade energy slicing through everything around him.

The golden, gleaming blade energy stirred up waves, forming a massive whirlpool that sent the fragments of the pirate ship into the depths of the sea.

This way... all the sins can be considered buried at sea.

The merchant ship's consul wanted to express his gratitude, but Yakumo had already turned into golden light and disappeared from the spot. The whirlpool had already swallowed the pirate ship, and only the bloodstains on the side of the ship could prove the existence of those pirates.

"He is the Thousand-Faced Demon Emperor, Jing Yayun!"

The merchant consul suddenly remembered the identity of the man from earlier, and the headline of the World Economic Daily naturally came to mind: the Navy was offering a bounty of 1000 million Berries for the location of the Thousand-Faced Demon Emperor.

No other intelligence is needed, just a general location.

If I can report the coordinates, I'll get a reward...

Greed took hold and overwhelmed gratitude in my heart.

If the Navy captures Yakumo because of his intelligence…

He seemed to have already seen the bright future ahead.

With a flash of golden light, Yakumo reappeared.

Everyone on the merchant ship stopped what they were doing and looked up in fear at the returning peerless expert.

“I sensed malice towards me from you.”

"Oh, and greed."

The caravan consul opened his mouth, attempting to explain.

"I...I didn't...I...didn't..."

With a flash of light, Yakumo disappeared again. In his sight, his sin value had not changed despite killing the caravan leader.

Clearly, the game system is very flexible in judging sin value; killing such an ungrateful person will not affect the game system.

On their journey, Yakumo released shadow clones to continue eliminating pirates with high sin values ​​in the New World. Nearly 90% of the pirates who were able to reach the New World were burdened with sins.

Most of these pirate officers possessed Haki, but they were completely defeated by Yakumo's shadow clones without any power to resist.

Throughout the day, Yakumo slaughtered numerous pirates. Regardless of which emperor they belonged to, as long as their sin value was above seventy points, they would be killed without any emotion.

This road, which should have been traversed in a day, was delayed by Yakumo for two whole days before he finally approached the Revolutionary Army headquarters.

In the past two days, Yakumo destroyed nearly a hundred pirate crews and completely offended several Yonko-level powers that rule the New World.

At the same time, it also revealed its own location.

He only cared about the level of guilt, completely disregarding the forces behind those pirates. In doing so, he not only angered the World Government, but also provoked all the pirate forces in the New World.

There were even rumors that Yakumo intended to exterminate all pirates. This rumor corroborated his actions, and many people actually believed that Yakumo planned to kill all pirates.

Now, Yakumo has become a public enemy of the world.

The headquarters of the Revolutionary Army did not occupy a large area. The entire area was a plain covered by forests. To conceal themselves, the Revolutionary Army's buildings were designed to blend in with the environment.

This is actually the fifth headquarters that the Revolutionary Army has moved to.

On this island, Yakumo sensed the presence of fewer than a hundred people, nearly half of whom were children preparing to become cadres, and the rest were the teachers who trained these children.

Most of these teachers were retired revolutionary army cadres, and they were very old, with a full head of white hair, or missing limbs.

In the recent period, the Revolutionary Army was besieged several times and almost disintegrated several times. In the end, Long split the Revolutionary Army into two organizations, which prevented the safety of the Judgment Group from being affected.

This keeps the sword of Damocles, which threatens the world government, always sharp and ever-present, causing many member states to tremble with fear.