Chapter 24: Chapter 24 "The Great Glacier"
Finally, the group boarded the CP0-exclusive ship.
It seems that Dylan has been spending more time with Aokiji, and he also likes lying on the lounge chair and basking in the sun.
"I say, why are you always hanging around here? Are you investigating me?"
Looking at the familiar masked man, Dylan asked through the newspaper.
CP0 sat cross-legged on the bow: "It's normal to investigate you. The CP organization itself is responsible for monitoring the movements of the entire ocean, which of course includes the navy."
Tsk, you guy, what are you going to say next: If your navy can't solve the case, I, CP, can solve it; if your navy can't kill someone, I, CP, can kill him. In a word, I will take care of what the navy can take care of, and I will take even more care of what the navy can't take care of!
The imperial power granted special permission to kill first and report later. This is CP! !
Just thinking about it makes me drop my head!!
"The area I'm in charge of is the front section of the 'New World'... However, the target of my recent investigation is not you."
In fact, the investigation of Dylan has been taken over by other members, and his main task at present is to cooperate with Dylan's needs.
This sounds ridiculous. After all, CP is rated on the same level as the Navy. But as CP0, it is higher than the Navy in a sense. What's more, Dylan is only a vice admiral.
But he received such an order.
Due to the good qualities cultivated in him by the CP organization since childhood, he did not and dared not doubt too much.
"Your ship seems very special. The power system..."
Feeling the speed of the CP ship, Dylan "listened" for a while and then asked CP0 a question.
"It's the technology provided by Vegapunk."
Is it really that guy? Apart from his extraordinary intelligence, where does Vegapunk's background come from?
But speaking of it...why has CP become more and more talkative recently?
There's not even any talk like "You don't have the right to directly transfer CP members" anymore.
The Five Elders? Or... "Imu"?
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"He went to the 'Land of Flowers'."
"New World"——Red Hair Pirates.
Shanks stared at the blurry Den Den Mushi face and asked, "For what purpose?"
"We don't know for now. We speculate that your unusual reaction last time attracted his attention."
Shanks smiled bitterly. Not only was the Jesus cloth lost, but would the 'guidance' in the Great Glacier also be in danger of being exposed?
The Den Den Mushi on the other side fell silent, as if waiting for Shanks' decision.
"Hide?"
"If his goal is just the Eight Treasures Navy or their wealth, then we can completely abandon it. But if he investigates in depth... this alone may not be enough."
"Then... let's judge based on the actual situation. Once he reaches 'there', we must lure him away even if it means losing some 'flags'."
"Understood."
After saying that, Den Den Mushi closed his eyes.
Shanks looked towards the West Sea and covered his left chest with his right hand.
Last time at the border of the Kingdom of Flowers, he had borne most of the damage inflicted on the "Kui Niu", and to this day he still felt a dull pain in his left chest.
"Anlong...why would a man like you become our enemy..."
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The country of flowers.
Dylan stepped on the land,
Bellmère and Shiryu followed closely behind.
"Aren't you going home? Why are you following me all day?"
Dylan looked at CP0 who was holding the mask next to him.
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Do you really think I want to follow you? If it weren't for the order of the Five Elders...
"The Flower Kingdom seems to be involved in some strange events. The higher-ups know that I'm with you, so they stopped by to investigate."
"Don't be sneaky, don't hold me back! Also, don't have any bad intentions, otherwise I will kill you even if you are my partner."
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From the border all the way to the "Ice Continent", those bandit groups that originally gathered in the mountains and forests of the Flower Kingdom seemed to have disappeared.
"Has the itinerary been mastered?"
Dylan stroked his chin and looked at CP0: "It seems that your work ability needs to be improved."
CP0 can only turn a deaf ear to this.
That's what spy work is like. You are in me and I am in you.
However, this trip was arranged by myself, but it was still leaked so thoroughly.
Is there something wrong with cp0 or g5?
cp0 prefers the latter.
Yes! It must be like this!
"Eight Treasures Navy, tsk!"
Dylan carried Shura and didn't care much. After all, Green Pepper's head was flattened by Garp, and he had made no progress in more than 30 years. He no longer posed a threat.
The only thing to watch out for is whether the fate of this world will correct itself.
Dylan himself is also very conflicted. On the one hand, he does not want to be directly hostile to the Straw Hats in the future, so he interferes with the future trajectory of the Straw Hats in many ways.
Bellmère, Tom, the regime of Drum Island, even the dwarfs of Dressrosa and the current Babao Navy.
These are all people who will be part of the future "Straw Hat Grand Fleet" or have direct relationships with its core members.
But on the other hand, out of some underlying hope, he secretly expected the Straw Hats to grow up.
The two ideas collided with each other, but most of the time, Dylan still followed his own will.
This world doesn't need pirates! At least it doesn't need pirates to save it!
"We have arrived at the Ice Continent."
Shiryu still maintained the same dress habits as when he was working in Impel Down, except that he replaced the buttons with special "G5" words.
Last time around here, he slashed Laki Lu with a single blow, but was then severely injured by the red-haired man's slash.
If it weren't for the powerful vitality of the "Asura Fruit", Shiryu might have died on the spot.
but·······
Xiliu's hand was on the scabbard of "Thunderstorm".
It was also because of that battle that he vaguely felt something different.
Blood of Ashura...Challenge the strong?
Xiliu stood behind Dylan, looking at the man who was shorter than him.
As I became stronger, I felt more and more distant from him.
This distance is different from the intense sense of crisis when facing the red-haired guy. It is a completely different feeling.
If I have to describe it, it is that I am trapped in endless darkness and nothingness, and I have no way to struggle.
"Go break it."
Dylan's voice interrupted Shiryu's thoughts.
Beneath the ice continent, countless dazzling treasures are shining.
"Break it?" Bellmer was the first to ask, the ice must be at least several dozen meters thick, right? How could he break it?
Use your head?
Shiryu walked over Bellmère and drew out "Thunderstorm".
After measuring the thickness of the ice, Xiliu jumped up from the ice.
In mid-air, Xiliu held "Thunderstorm" in both hands and slashed towards the ice surface.
The moment the huge green slash hit the ice surface, it raised large pieces of broken ice and mist.
When the situation calmed down, everyone looked towards the place where the slash occurred.
"?"
"Is this the only power it has?"
A ravine about ten meters deep appeared in front of everyone.
Bellmère turned his head and looked at Shiryu.
With this guy's strength...this shouldn't happen.
"There's something wrong with the ice layer." Xiliu retracted the thunderstorm and didn't seem to intend to attack again.
Dylan walked up and tapped the ice.
Indeed, there is no such problem as global warming here. The ice layer of the Ice Continent has existed for countless years, and its hardness alone is comparable to that of metal.
After thinking for a while, Dylan turned around.
"Hey, you wanna go?"
"Of course not,"
Dylan covered his right hand with Armament Haki and said to Bellmère: "This is your training project for this period of time - the advanced use of Armament Haki - internal destruction."
"Um?"
Before anyone could understand what was happening, Dylan's right hand had already penetrated the ice like tofu. As the force was poured in, the originally natural ice surface began to make a crackling sound.
"drink!"
With a loud shout, the entire ice bed seemed to be torn apart by a huge hand, and a more than ten-meter-wide abyss extended from where Dylan was.
"Is this a monster…?"
Bellmaire muttered to himself.
"How can you talk like that?" Dylan stood up, clapped his hands, and pointed to the back: "I'll leave the rest to you."
Not only Bellmère, but also Shiryu and CP0 were looking at Dylan.
If it is really like what he said, this is just an advanced use of Armament Haki, then...
Dylan took out a blanket from the ring and sat on the ground, looking at the three people with burning eyes.
"Actually, that's not entirely true. Every power is very powerful when used to its full potential, and their specific functions are also different, so there is no distinction between high and low levels. For example, the conventional usage of armament color is hardening, entanglement, externalization, and this, which we call internal destruction."
"Internal destruction is just a more detailed grasp of the power of Armament Haki, and it does not mean it is more advanced. For example, even if Bell-mère mastered this power, he would still be no match for Tom's Armament Haki hardened cover."
"Hey, hey! Can you please stop saying such hurtful things as if nothing happened?" Bellmère protested loudly.
"Of course, at the same intensity, the destructive power of this force is considerable."
Dylan glanced at Bellmère: "Attack me with entangled domineering aura, and then feel it."
"Then you better be careful!"
Bellmère pressed his joints with excitement on his face, and the armament color was instantly covered.
"Lan Jiao·Zhou Duan!"
Just as Bellmère's heel was about to touch Dylan, Dylan raised his hand, his domineering aura flowing.
Bang!
In the snow in the distance, Bellmère looked confused.
He clearly didn't make any attacking moves...
Xiliu and CP0 next to them were also shocked.
They only saw the moment when Bellmère's heel touched Dylan's palm, it seemed to encounter some rebound force, and then flew out.
"Rebound is just a form of expression. The real power lies in its destructive power. The first thing you need to do is to let the domineering energy flow."
Bellmair returned to Dylan and raised his hand in confusion: "Flow?"
"flow!"
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Armament color covers and dissipates
Cover and dissipate.
"Damn it! How can this stuff flow!?"
With a thud, Bellmare punched the ice.
Dylan said as he rocked in the bearskin rocking chair next to him: "Your strength threshold limits you from becoming a monster like Tom, so you must spend more time on your skills. Relying purely on brute force is not a very wise choice."
Dylan shook his head and looked at the three people who were confused about the cause of the disease.
Xiliu and CP0 are also trying to master this power.
Three pairs of curious eyes looked at him.
Dylan stretched out his hand to welcome the falling snowflakes from the sky. When the snowflakes were about to fall into his palm, they seemed to encounter resistance and bounced off his palm one after another.
"Flow. Think about it, what does flow mean? Rivers, blood, breezes, they all flow, so how should domineering energy flow?"
Bellmère looked at Dylan's palm thoughtfully, and Shiliu and CP0 also seemed to have gained something.
Dylan lay back down, enjoying the sunlight on the ice field.