The turtle advanced through the dark, cold seabed.
Unknown depth, no light, only pitch black.
Twelve hours had passed since the dive began, and the turtle had preyed nonstop for those twelve hours, devouring countless deep-sea creatures drawn by the green light.
When the turtle stopped preying, the green light on its shell gradually faded, and the seabed it disturbed calmed.
It seemed only during hunting did the turtle make its shell emit green light.
Law's group was in the wooden room inside the shell. Even with Light Algae as a source, it barely illuminated the room, not even reaching the lowest level of a searchlight.
The room was absolutely sealed. Air circulation inside was maintained by Oxygen Algae. Standing there, they felt no water flow outside, heard no sound.
Deep, dark, deathly still...
This was their environment… a claustrophobic space enough to drive ordinary people insane.
At the turtle's speed, reaching the imaginary continent would take about a month, while the B.W. needed at least two months.
During this time, Law's group could stay in the wooden room or go to Knov's Hide-and-Seek.
But if given a choice, Tonpa and the others would never choose the Hide-and-Seek because the turtle's deep-sea hunting spectacle never got old.
Nonetheless, the silent, still voyage was extremely dull, making one's sense of time crawl slowly.
So, Law took a mahjong table from Kuro's space for Tonpa and the others to play, passing the dull time.
As for Law, he wouldn't participate. He directly had Biscuit summon Cookie, then went with Cookie to a separate room, beginning diligent training.
Currently, he couldn't determine when the Zetsu state would completely end… maybe a year, maybe half a year, or shorter.
Even if not resolved within a year, in his current state, Law could still use Nen Abilities, but limited by the small amount of Manifested Aura. So whether Nen Abilities or applications like Ken and Ko, actual effectiveness was less than 50% of before.
To unlock sooner, Law couldn't waste a single second.
In the not-spacious room, Law sat cross-legged on a wooden bed, eyes closed, right hand naturally resting on his knee, entering a meditative state.
Nen like steamy white smoke flowed steadily over his body's surface. Currently, his Aura Nodes were still semi-closed.
Using Ten was no longer stressful, but using Ken was more difficult.
Cookie sat quietly on a nearby chair, watching Law. Her task was to wait until Law was exhausted, then massage him for half an hour.
After Law woke up, she'd wait again until he collapsed, then continue massaging for half an hour, repeating until the turtle reached the imaginary continent.
Cookie had long been accustomed to this work.
"Fifteen minutes left."
Cookie watched sweat beads continuously falling from Law's face, silently calculating the time until he stopped training.
She wanted to take a handkerchief to wipe his sweat but knew doing so would disrupt his training state, so she could only watch.
Fifteen minutes passed.
Cookie watched as the Aura around Law gradually withdrew into his body. Just as she calculated, Law was nearing his limit.
Next was her work time.
She stood, approaching the wooden bed.
Law opened his eyes, looking at Cookie, smiling. "Troubling you again."
Cookie gave Law a beautiful smile, saying nothing, kneeling on the bed.
Law was also accustomed to Cookie's silence, immediately cooperating by lying face down.
Soon, Cookie's magical, slender hands landed on his back. The massage began, and Nen seeped into Law's body like water.
Those hands moved across his back, as if playing an exceptionally effective lullaby.
Within seconds, Law closed his eyes and fell asleep, his body in an extremely relaxed state.
In a lifetime, the most comfortable moment is deep sleep with complete relaxation.
Half an hour later, Cookie withdrew her hands.
Law opened his eyes precisely on time, fully rejuvenated.
"Thanks for the hard work."
Law habitually said. Cookie smiled, retreating to sit on the chair again.
Then, Law immediately resumed training, like a training maniac.
Outside the room, compared to Law's diligence, Biscuit and the others seemed much more leisurely, gathered around a mahjong table playing mahjong, others playing poker.
Days passed uneventfully. The calendar seemed to flip forward a month in a blink.
That day, Law woke again from Cookie's massage.
Knock knock.
The wooden door sounded with knocking.
Before Law responded, the knocker directly pushed the door open… Biscuit.
"The turtle is surfacing. Probably nearing the destination."
"Is that so? Let's check."
Law thought time passed quickly. He stood, walking toward Biscuit.
His wooden room had a ceiling cover, unlike the outer living area with a panoramic skylight allowing clear view outside through the semi-transparent shell.
In his focused training state, he had no sense of time's passage, never expecting to be near the destination so soon.
Law exited the wooden room, and Biscuit recalled Cookie.
In the living area, everyone was present, looking up at the floating light source like a glowing sphere above.
That was sunlight on the sea surface, converging into beams piercing the seabed.
Snowflake-like fish schools swirled upward around the beams. The water currents stirred by the turtle's surfacing startled the fish.
Instantly, the fish schools scattered like bursting fireworks. The light sources became chaotic.
Different from the deep-sea scenery, Law's group finally felt some vitality, unlike the lifeless stillness deep below.
Soon, the turtle's body surfaced. Sunlight poured freely onto its shell, brightening the entire wooden room.
About three hundred meters ahead, towering cliffs and clusters of rocks below came into view.
"That's the imaginary continent," Tonpa said.
During the first journey to the Dark Continent, to avoid the V5's warning line, Law detoured many times, so before reaching the Dark Waters, they never encountered such a large uninhabited continent.
This time, with the turtle's help, they came here openly.
A continent not yet 'ravaged' by humans was an extremely precious resource for any country.
Of course, areas on the continent with magical area or secret area still posed considerable difficulty for human development.
"Let's land."
Law used his ability to cut an exit, leading everyone outside, standing in a row looking at the imaginary continent's coastline.
Sea breeze gently arrived, carrying a hint of restlessness.
Click!
Bruna floated behind everyone, using tentacles to control a camera, taking a photo of their backs.
Tonpa sensitively turned back, looking at the camera in Bruna's tentacles, seriously saying, "Little Nana, remember to make my body look slimmer later."
"Understood, Mr. Tonpa."
Bruna replied cutely.
At that moment, she became the team's embedded journalist.