Shanks looked at the card that seemed to come alive, like a spirit, and was a little surprised.
He subconsciously reached out, but it was as if there was nothing there. His hand went directly through the spirit, and after feeling a touch, he realized it was just the Wind card.
Shanks couldn't help but rub his eyes, wondering what was going on.
Was it a hallucination?
Or was it that he couldn't awaken the spirit in the card yet?
Shanks sighed again as he thought about it. No matter what, his main goal hadn't been achieved.
Meanwhile, at Marine Headquarters, Zephyr and Sakazuki had just recovered from the news about the Twilight Hermit Society.
Sakazuki reached out, and the next moment, a ball of flame gathered in his hand.
"Controlling flames, huh..."
Sakazuki hadn't eaten the Magma Fruit yet, and hadn't become Akainu. Right now, he mainly fought with swords. He drew his sword and with a thought, flames immediately wrapped around it.
"It seems easier to control than Devil Fruit flames..."
Natural-type Devil Fruit users rarely wrap elements around their weapons, but the fire from the Fire card could. This made Sakazuki feel pretty good.
However, he didn't plan to use this ability openly.
Because he was a Marine. Before he had a good reason to use fire abilities, he couldn't use this ability. He wanted to hide his identity as a member of the Twilight Hermit Society if he could. The Marines wouldn't allow members of other groups to join secretly.
He put the Fire card in his pocket and fell into a deep sleep.
Zephyr was doing the same. He was currently playing with the Mirror card.
This was in his office. He made sure no one was around and used the Mirror card's ability.
The next moment, another version of himself appeared.
"So this is the Mirror card's ability, it can create a mirror image that looks exactly like me." Zephyr was slightly surprised.
The Zephyr that was the mirror image said, "But I can't perfectly copy your strength, and it's not just myself. The Mirror's magic can also be used on other objects, but a mirror image is still just a mirror image."
Zephyr was even more surprised, because his mirror image even had its own consciousness!
"I know what you're thinking." The mirror image Zephyr said calmly, "I can pretend to be you, and you... can do what you really want to do."
Zephyr's breathing became a little rapid.
What he wanted to do...
He wanted to kill those pirates!
Zephyr clenched his fist. From the day his whole family was killed by pirates, he had been living in pain. He had even offered to resign at the time, because there were too many constraints as a Marine Admiral.
As a Marine Admiral, he had to pay attention to the safety of the Celestial Dragons at all times, so Marine Headquarters had to maintain sufficient combat power.
Generally speaking, Marine Headquarters had to keep at least one Admiral to protect the Celestial Dragons. Under normal circumstances, there would be two Admirals, one to protect the Celestial Dragons and one to prepare for emergencies.
Most of the time, only one Marine Admiral would go out to sea to fight pirates. In recent years, the Admiral who went out to fight pirates was either Akainu or Aokiji.
In this situation, Zephyr had no way to kill pirates, so he wanted to resign.
But Kong refused, because Zephyr still had some hope for the Marines. But now, the Mirror card's arrival made Zephyr feel a surge of joy.
In this case, couldn't he let the mirror image stay at Marine Headquarters, while he himself could go out to sea and kill pirates?
In fact, Zephyr's main job at Marine Headquarters right now was to teach new recruits, to become their instructor. After all, there weren't that many pirates who dared to attack the Celestial Dragons. Such pirates usually ruled the roost in the New World.
So even if the mirror image couldn't copy his strength one hundred percent, it was still enough to handle the job.
However, he had to disguise himself well.
He didn't want to fall out with the Marines yet, and he didn't want to expose his identity as a member of the Twilight Hermit Society. Therefore, if he went out, he really had to do a good job of disguising himself.
"Well... my codename will be... Mirror Man."
Zephyr stood up and said softly, looking at a mirror in his office.
.........
Feeling that the three people he had chosen were almost ready, Genichi stopped paying attention.
For now, the Twilight Hermit Society only had these few people. They weren't anything in the world yet, but...
They needed time to grow.
He should also think about who would be suitable to join the Twilight Hermit Society later...
Who would it be?
He chose either people who were strong themselves, or people with high talent, and preferably people who were closely related to the story...
Actually, in terms of strength, Kaido was a good choice.
Kaido's talent was also very strong. As the strongest creature later on, his strength could be called world-class. It's just that Kaido didn't have Wano Country as his territory now, and was still drifting at sea.
"Forget it, I'll think about it later..."
Genichi's main energy was actually focused on Roger.
Right now, he was almost about to get his wish...
.........
"That's right."
Roger opened his eyes and couldn't help but laugh loudly.
The laughter shook the world, echoing continuously in the vast space.
"You succeeded?"
Rayleigh happened to be beside Roger. He looked at Roger, who was so excited, and asked.
"Yeah!"
The corners of Roger's mouth turned up. Even the possibility of dying soon couldn't make him feel down. At this moment, he couldn't suppress the joy that was rising up.
Because at this moment, he had finally entered a new world, a new hall. His Observation Haki had finally reached the level he had dreamed of.
"That's right, even without Wano Country's Kozuki clan, I can now read ancient texts."
Roger laughed loudly and said, "Let's go! From now on, let's head to the final island!"
"Yeah!"
Everyone on the ship, no matter what they were doing, no matter what their position, cheered when they heard Roger's words.
During this period of time, the thing they were most worried about wasn't Roger being cursed to death, but Roger not being able to find the final island before he was cursed to death.
For Roger, that was the biggest regret.
People always die. In all these years, has anyone ever lived forever?
Everyone will die, so of course he will die too. Roger had lived a great life for several decades. If he could find the final island before he died, then even if he died, he would face it with a smile.
The current world was like a series of data in front of Roger. The area covered by his Observation Haki had reached an extremely amazing level, and even in areas that weren't covered, he could hear the voices he wanted to hear.
"Let's go... to Skypiea!"
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