"Let them make a fuss."
Rosse smiled indifferently, "We can't openly help the Revolutionary Army. With Figarland stepping in, that's actually a good thing. And since they want to be the early bird, let's give them the chance."
["The last matter."]
When Sora spoke of the final thing, her voice paused slightly.
Obviously, this seemed more important than everything else before.
"Go ahead," Rosse narrowed his eyes slightly.
["Saint Saturn was summoned alone by that one half a month ago. That one only said one sentence,"] Sora said solemnly.
"That one…", Rosse sneered.
Naturally, "that one" referred to Imu, seated at the highest throne. It seemed that the events of recent years had even made her a bit uneasy.
"What message did she pass to me?", It certainly wasn't meant for Saturn. Rosse wanted to know what kind of attitude she truly held.
Others didn't know the real situation behind the Holy Land incident, but with Imu's ability, if she really wanted to, she could figure out who was behind it.
That was also why Rosse was so desperate to keep strengthening himself.
At the very least, with his current power, even if Imu wanted to flip the table, it wouldn't be so simple anymore.
Of course, if Imu still had no clue what had happened, then Rosse would only laugh even harder at her.
["'That's enough.'"]
["That was the only sentence she left."]
The words weren't many, just four simple characters.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
But when he heard it, Rosse laughed wildly, even more unrestrained than before.
"That's it?"
It wasn't that Rosse looked down on Imu, but the subtext of that reply already explained everything.
"That's enough" wasn't a measure taken against him. In his eyes, it was nothing but a retreat.
When Imu sensed his danger, she still thought of negotiating in ways other than force. In his view, that was complete failure.
He didn't even need more time to grow.
With just one retreat like this, next time Imu would back off again. Until the day she couldn't stand it anymore, she would suddenly realize he was fully grown, already able to crush her completely.
["Perhaps she thinks Your Highness is one of her own, and your strength is enough for her to take seriously, so she gave such an answer,"] Sora analyzed simply.
How Imu thought wasn't important. How her mind had tangled over it wasn't important. What mattered was, her step back could be infinitely magnified.
"If she doesn't want to handle things, then let's just keep worshiping her up high," Rosse chuckled softly.
His power and influence would only keep snowballing bigger and bigger.
Right now, the S-class fighters he could fully command, aside from himself, numbered only four.
But give it another twenty years, and that number would be far different.
After hanging up, Rosse walked out into the courtyard.
There, Kaido lay with eyes closed, bored, lazily basking in the sun.
Neither resisting, nor submitting.
He was a man who knew how to read the times. If he wanted to escape, it wasn't now. At the very least, he had to wait until Rosse was away.
"Master."
As soon as Rosse stepped outside, Black Maria came gracefully toward him. She wore a meticulously tailored luxurious maid outfit, fitted just right, further accentuating her tall figure. Though still young, her three-meter height already made her appear statuesque, elegant, and full of charm.
"Black Maria…", Rosse smiled, lightly pinching her cheek, making her gaze turn faintly hazy, with a touch of sickly obsession.
Ever since that day in the Flower Capital, Black Maria's heart had only held Rosse.
Whatever Rosse wanted her to do, she would do to the best of her ability.
He had already become her everything.
"Tch! When are we leaving Wano?"
From the side, Kaido opened his eyes, glancing at the playboy-like Rosse.
If he hadn't personally tested this guy's strength, he wouldn't have believed someone so frivolous could actually be that powerful.
"There's one more matter undone. When Gion returns, you'll come along this time too. What you want, we've already found it," Rosse said with a smile.
"Heh! And what are you looking for those things for?", Kaido narrowed his eyes, sat upright with arms crossed, staring at Rosse.
Before coming to Wano, he hadn't studied its history, just thought its terrain was great for development.
Only after arriving did he learn from Kurozumi Orochi about Wano's past and Joy Boy's deeds.
In his eyes, if there truly was a reincarnation of Joy Boy, it had to be himself.
Only he was worthy of that title.
And hidden in Wano were two priceless treasures.
One was a Road Poneglyph that pointed the way to Laugh Tale. The other was the ancient weapon Pluton, stored in Wano 800 years ago.
Kaido had never found the ancient weapon. Now, hearing the news spread by Dragon, he was even more doubtful.
According to Dragon, the three ancient weapons might not be literal weapons, but instead referred to three people beneath the supreme god.
Surely not, surely Kozuki Oden's laughable thing wasn't supposed to be a descendant of Pluton?
The very thought almost made Kaido laugh.
But every time he saw Oden's daughter Hiyori, carefully cared for by Rosse's women, he couldn't quite laugh.
What if?
What if the Kozuki bloodline really was Pluton?
Otherwise, how could it make sense that after Oden's disappearance, Rosse still carefully raised Hiyori?
"You're looking for it for one reason, then for us, it's the same reason," Rosse smiled.
"Heh, you're also interested in Roger's treasure?"
Kaido's face clearly showed disbelief. No matter how valuable Roger's treasure was, it couldn't possibly compare to the World Government's 800 years of hoarding.
"You believe that's his treasure?", Rosse asked back.
"Hahahaha!"
Kaido stared at Rosse for a long time, then finally burst out laughing.
"Once, I did believe it, and so I had no interest. But after coming to Wano, I learned it was Joy Boy's legacy."
He wasn't worried at all.
These past days together, he realized Rosse was a very interesting man.
This man's reason for living wasn't as simple as becoming supreme above all. What he pursued was amusement.
As long as he found it fun, even if someone committed heinous crimes, Rosse wouldn't kill them immediately. Instead, he would play with them until their final collapse, then destroy them. An indulgence in pure twisted pleasure.
At the same time, if your performance pleased this man, he would grant you what you wanted. Even the honor of dying gloriously in battle against him.
Kaido was more curious to see just how far Rosse, with his overwhelming strength and schemes, could twist this rotten world into his game.
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