If Marine Hero Garp became a pirate, then forget Marine Headquarters—even if the news spread across the entire sea, probably no one would believe it.
After all, he was the Marines' spiritual symbol.
In the memories of everyone present, whether real or fake, whether fantasy or fleeting illusion, there absolutely should not have been a scene of Marine Hero Garp becoming a pirate.
Almost absolutely.
Because in Cain's mind, there happened to be one special memory like that.
It was the world from the One Piece special chapter, Romance Dawn.
There were no Four Emperors, no Pirate King, and no grand, turbulent Great Pirate Era.
The only world-famous great pirate was Garp!
Most likely, the two of them had fallen into that memory, which explained why Fleet Admiral Sengoku was so furious.
After all, he and old man Garp had worked together for so many years.
Then, out of nowhere, he learned that in another world, Garp had actually become a pirate…
It was basically the same as a brother you had known your entire life suddenly slapping his backside one day and telling you he was gay.
Disbelief, suspicion, and even a trace of fear were written all over Sengoku's face.
…
Now that everyone had walked out of the memory light spheres, Uta began trying to sense how to withdraw the domain inside the music space.
Sabo, Ace, Luffy, and the others had just begun greeting each other with smiles.
Before they could say more than a few words, Bonney, who had somehow dragged over a huge pile of food from who knew where, casually turned them into little children.
Then she immediately moved closer and anxiously asked about Kuma's whereabouts.
Fortunately, Sabo had already learned about Kuma's situation and location from Lilith.
Kuma was currently at the Sabaody Archipelago, protecting Luffy's Thousand Sunny.
Sabo also knew that Bonney was Kuma's daughter, so he quickly began explaining the details to her carefully.
Cain looked at his three brothers, now shrunken into little things, and excitement inevitably rose in his heart.
He wanted to go over and talk to them, but he still forced himself to suppress the thought.
After all, there were still two people waiting for him to deal with: Somers and Killingham.
Even though Cain knew Conqueror's Haki could restrain their immortal bodies, he had no intention of killing the two of them.
Once he truly killed them, it would be very easy to attract the attention of the World Government, and even Imu.
Cain had never been the type to actively invite trouble. If something could be avoided, he would avoid it.
He did not want his peaceful life to be pointlessly disrupted.
How did that saying go?
Don't start trouble, but don't fear trouble either.
As for killing God's Knights, he would leave that kind of thing to Luffy, Dragon, or someone like them.
Of course, Cain also could not possibly let them return safely to Mary Geoise like this.
He had to put some insurance in place.
He turned to Law, who was coldly watching from the side, and spoke directly.
"Law, can you take these two guys' brains out?"
The moment those words came out, everyone around them felt their hearts tighten, and a chill instinctively crawled up their spines.
Cain, however, did not care.
He clearly remembered Law's ability.
Even after a person's heart was removed, that heart could still remain connected to the body after leaving the torso, continuing to supply blood and function normally.
As long as they used the same method to remove these two men's brains, then inserted some strange objects into them so their brains were pressured and unable to think normally, it would work.
Even if the two of them looked no different from ordinary people on the outside, their skulls would already be empty, because their brains had long since been removed!
Even though they possessed extremely strong regenerative abilities, the essence of their bodies would still maintain a deep connection with the extracted brains.
Their regeneration would also subconsciously judge their bodies as complete.
In that case, their immortal bodies would only keep repairing the removed brains and would never grow new brains inside their skulls.
This was Cain's final plan.
When the time came, he would hand those two brains to Sabo and have Lilith study them.
Perhaps they could find a method to break that immortality without using Conqueror's Haki, or even discover a way to defeat Imu.
That way, matters like saving the world could be fully entrusted to the Revolutionary Army, and he would not need to worry about the rest.
After hearing Cain's words, Law, who had always been the type to help once he got involved, agreed.
After all, if not for what had happened here, he should have already entered the New World by now and would not have met Corazon again…
So Law accepted Cain's request and removed the two men's brains in front of him.
There was no imagined splatter of brain fluid.
They were all trapped inside transparent cube-shaped containers.
As for Killingham and Somers, diamond-shaped black holes appeared on their foreheads.
Those were the places meant for their brains to be put back in, and at this moment, they were slowly healing.
Seeing this, Cain hurriedly smashed their heads apart.
Looking closely, the insides were hollow.
Yet as their bodies recovered, the previous diamond-shaped black holes also healed.
Cain was still suspicious, so he smashed them apart again.
After confirming that the brains inside had still not regenerated, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
His guess had indeed worked.
Afterward, Cain hurried over to Rayleigh's side and casually swiped Rayleigh's wine bottle.
Then he poured the alcohol directly onto the two brains.
After all, once Uta canceled her ability, the alcohol that had originally numbed their brains would disappear.
Now they had to use real alcohol to anesthetize them.
Although Cain did not know exactly how they controlled their bodies, they did feel hunger and needed to eat.
All of that came from brain signals, which meant alcohol should still be able to affect their brains and create a numbing state.
Pouring alcohol directly into the brain would be far more intoxicating than injecting it into the bloodstream. It would be strange if they still had consciousness after that.
To be safe, Cain then swiped Rayleigh's sword as well. He aligned the sheath and the blade with the two extracted brains and stabbed them straight in.
Watching Cain casually swipe things from him one after another, Rayleigh could not help silently grumbling.
Why was this guy so skilled at it?
"All right. Once we get outside, just stab something random into their heads. Oh, right, Law, do you want to research them? This might even have something to do with your ability…"
Before Cain could finish speaking, an intense wave of exhaustion suddenly surged into his mind.
Only then did he realize that Uta had already withdrawn the Music Domain into her own body.
A heavy, crushing fatigue wrapped tightly around his body.
In the next second, he collapsed straight to the ground.
Seeing this, everyone hurriedly gathered around him to ask what had happened.
Law immediately stepped forward to examine him, while Rayleigh kept his eyes fixed on the two brains and his sword.
After confirming that the two God's Knights had completely lost consciousness, he stood guard nearby.
Even Garp, who had been wrestling with Sengoku, noticed what was happening and quickly rushed over.
Law soon made a diagnosis.
'Cain was overworked?'
But that was far too abnormal!
With the immense stamina of a Mythical Zoan, how could he be exhausted to this extent?
In truth, the answer was simple.
This was the price Cain had to pay for having his injuries healed by Uta while he was physically inside her Uta World.
All injuries would be converted into an equivalent amount of fatigue.
On the other side, Sengoku looked anxiously at the situation, but before long, the communication Den Den Mushi suddenly began ringing urgently.
He impatiently picked it up, only to hear his subordinate shouting anxiously from the other side.
"THIS IS BAD, FLEET ADMIRAL! WE JUST RECEIVED NEWS THAT THE NEW WORLD'S FOUR EMPERORS—KAIDO, BIG MOM, AND RED-HAIR—HAVE STARTED FIGHTING!"
"NANIIIIIIIIIIIII?!"
…
An unknown amount of time passed.
Cain slowly woke up and sensed that his body was being held tightly.
He could not help feeling puzzled, and when he carefully sensed further, he felt a large hand pressing against his lower abdomen.
That touch definitely did not belong to Uta.
It was clearly a man's hand!
In an instant, a chill rushed straight to the top of Cain's head, and he instinctively screamed.
"KYAA!"
The moment he cried out, Cain realized that the voice was familiar yet sharp.
Why was it a woman's voice?
He lowered his head and saw the soft curves of his chest. Instinctively, he reached out and grabbed it.
Then he turned his head to look beside him, only to see that the person sleeping there was none other than "himself."
'Tch.'
So he had swapped bodies with Uta again!
The moment the thought settled, the room door was suddenly pushed open.
The person who entered was Shakky.
In an instant, Cain's face flushed bright red with shame, and he wanted nothing more than to disappear into the floor.
Then that sharp voice rang out again.
"KYAAAAA!"