The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

"If you bunch of useless trash weren't completely incompetent, I would have captured the Golden Lion long ago."

"I will tell the Five Elders about your incompetence, and you can see what they will choose."

As he spoke, John exerted force, and with Garin struggling to hold the hilt, he managed to bend the sword.

"A bunch of useless trash, how dare they live?"

John loosened the bent blade and swaggered into the cabin.

No one dared to stop them!

Garin and the others were all frightened.

In John's words, they were reduced to dust, as if they should never have been born, and their parents were the greatest sinners.

They wanted to refute it, but in the face of an absolute power imbalance, everything they did seemed so pale and powerless.

Mary Geoise, Pangaea, Between Powers.

As the saying goes, the wicked accuse first, and John's voice echoed through the empty room via Den Den Mushi.

"Do you know what I went through? I took a few goblin babies on a school trip."

As the words were spoken, the Den Den Mushi even mimicked John's exaggerated expression of disgust on the other end.

"Fuck! The Knights of God? They're a complete mess..."

"Alright, John Saint, calm down!"

Seeing John getting more and more into his rant, Piet Saint could no longer stand it and spoke up to stop him.

"What exactly happened during the operation to arrest the Golden Lion?"

"Of course it's those few goblins who keep ruining my plans. I really suspect they might be spies hired by the Golden Lion!"

John then embellished the whole story.

In his description, Garin and his companions were portrayed as incredibly weak and helpless when faced with the immense power of the Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit, causing the World Government to lose face.

His voice was so loud that even Im, hiding among the flowers, could hear it using his Observation Haki.

Meanwhile, on the deck of the returning ship.

Brubru

Garin tried to call and complain, but found that the Den Den Mushi (a type of telephone phone) in the Five Elders' Office was always busy.

Even a fool could tell that someone must have made the call first.

Combined with John's mouth, which was even more powerful than his fists, he could already imagine that the Five Elders and even the Grand Master (Im) already knew how pathetic they were.

"Damn bastard!"

Garin was so angry that he gritted his teeth and quickly reassigned the allocation to Satan Saint.

The call connected quickly, followed by John's voice.

"For the sake of the World Government's reputation, I strongly suggest the formation of a God King Knight Order, with myself as its supreme commander. I will show you the difference between me and that piece of trash, Garin!"

"You bastard! What are you saying?!"

In a fit of rage, Garin yelled into the microphone.

"If you hadn't stopped me from launching a sneak attack, the Golden Lion would have been killed by now!"

"Hey! You sissy goblin, you think you're right to steal my credit? Want to have a go at it?"

"..."

Upon hearing about the sparring match, Garin fell silent.

If he could have thought John wasn't anything special before, after witnessing the monster's power in this battle, he was truly afraid.

Garin's silence caused the Five Elders to exchange glances, each finding a point of responsibility for the operation.

But this is ultimately an internal matter for the Celestial Dragons, unlike the situation with the Navy where they can be questioned at will.

Furthermore, putting ourselves in their shoes, if they were to fail in a mission one day, wouldn't they also be held accountable?

Therefore, we must not open the door to accountability!

Finally, Piet Saint spoke, bringing an end to this debate over shirking responsibility.

"Alright, let's talk about it when we get back. We need to discuss it."

Garin wanted to say something more, but the call to Satan had already been disconnected.

Between Power

“It seems that John Saint’s strength has exceeded our expectations, but his personality…” Sacred Vochuli shook his head as he sat on the sofa.

He had never seen anyone so aggressive, treating even his fellow Celestial Dragons like ants, showing them no respect whatsoever.

Maz Saint, standing to the side with his hands in his pockets, hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"But since the Rocks Pirates disbanded, Whitebeard, Big Mom and other executives have developed considerable power."

"If even one Golden Lion is this difficult to deal with, then Whitebeard, who wields the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, is even more formidable."

"To eliminate these pirates, we need more power!"

After these words were spoken, the other stars fell silent.

The World Government is not powerless to eliminate these pirates, but this "power" is not something they can control, nor do they dare to let this "power" leave the Holy Land to take risks.

Lord Im's safety is tied to the lives of all the immortals.

If Lord Im is in danger, these immortal beings, who are able to live for hundreds of years because of their power, will perish in an instant.

However, if Lord Im doesn't take action, it will be difficult for them to eliminate those pirates on their own.

"Everyone."

Nasujiro Sei's voice came from the window sill as he swept his demon sword across the stars.

"Even the most powerful beings in the lower realm will disappear with time. We only need to guard the blank hundred years and watch them grow old and die."

Chapter 121 Let's get married, Junzi!

I second that!

The other four stars nodded in agreement.

Their greatest advantage is not strength, but time.

For hundreds of years, as the World Government stood at the pinnacle, countless brilliant new stars rose, but all turned into piles of bones with the passage of time.

Whitebeard, Shiki, and others are now in their thirties. The World Government only needs to wait another thirty or forty years to easily eliminate these pitiful old and frail monsters.

"So what are the arrangements for John Saint?"

"His personality is still too sharp, let's wait and see."

"..."

Into the night

At the bow of the ship, Junzi leaned against the gunwale and gazed at the distant horizon. The bright moon and countless stars adorned the night sky with unparalleled splendor.

Her long blue hair fluttered in the sea breeze, and she wore headphones that played marching pop-rock music that seemed completely out of place with the picturesque scenery before her.

For some reason, the style of music felt strangely familiar to Junzi, and a faint sadness appeared in his blue and red heterochromatic eyes.

She seemed to have lost something extremely important, but she couldn't remember what it was.

"I didn't expect you to like this style of music."

Suddenly, a teasing voice came through the earphones, startling Junzi, who then realized that someone had been standing next to him.

It is St. John!

"I thought someone with your aloof and beautiful appearance would like some elegant and serene music like 'Moonlight Sonata'."

John rested his right elbow on the gunwale, his hand supporting his chin, and the cigarette dangling from his mouth sent wisps of smoke curling in the sea breeze.

Because of her instinctive aversion to smoke, Junzi took a step back from John before turning to look at the melancholy-looking man.

She was puzzled as to how the man's voice could be coming through the headphones.

"Are you a Devil Fruit user?"

Upon hearing this, John smiled without saying a word.

But the music in Junzi's headphones suddenly changed, turning into distorted and manic dark electronic music.

"You offer your bodies to me and sacrifice your souls to me; your desire to serve me pushes me toward totalitarianism!"

"Use a piece of my heart to fill the emptiness in your hearts, and let me give you meaning on your path to decline!"

The voice was hoarse like a devil's whisper, the drumbeats were heavy and electrifying, and the lyrics were full of boundless ambition.

Junzi's heterochromatic eyes flashed with surprise, which meant that John's actions had shown her that this man was indeed a Devil Fruit user.

What is the purpose of this man hiding his abilities?

What do you want to achieve by telling her now?

"My words during the day were a bit harsh, but they weren't directed at you."

John flicked away his cigarette and stepped closer to Junzi.

"Can you keep this a secret for me? It's a secret between the two of us."

His eyes were so sincere that Junzi was taken aback and subconsciously nodded.

Seeing this, John smiled faintly, a glint of something sinister flashing in his eyes.

He no longer intends to hide the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit; he wants to increase his stakes and raise his value with the Five Elders and Im.

However, before revealing his true power, he wanted to test whether Junzi had lost his memory or was being dominated by the second personality "controlled by the Black Transformation".

John also wanted to know the World Government's purpose in attacking the Kingdom of Esperia, Junko's homeland.

Like Elegia, Esperia is a land of music. Does it also hide a forbidden melody that summons the "Demon King" Totemjika?

Otherwise, there's no way to explain why the World Government would mobilize such a large force against Esperia just for the sake of a single soldier.