The elders were restless, the world government was under pressure. The marines couldn't find peace.
All because of a single man: The Traveler.
Before, they saw him merely as a brave man with a death wish who dared to defy their laws, but the moment Kaido and the Beasts Pirates were defeated by him, everything changed.
They could no longer hope that a mere Vice-Admiral would defeat him.
The truth was, many doubted if even an Admiral would be able to beat him.
The thing was, not even with Rocks or Roger had something like this ever happened.
The pressure from the Elders was almost despairing, as if they had a sword on their necks that could cut off their heads at any moment if this man wasn't found.
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The people who received Zaydas' invitation were few, no more than two digits.
Among them were Boa Hancock, Toki, Yamato, Kuma — who was the first he invited — among others.
Of course, the invitation extended to their respective families.
Most of those he invited had their own people they wished to protect.
...
After a tiring session of 'physical exercises', lying in bed beside Zaydas, Grayfia with her head on his chest asked in a flirtatious tone: "How many do you think will accept your invitation?"
"If not all, then almost all." Zaydas replied without thinking much.
The advantages outweighed the uncertainties.
Sooner or later, they would understand that joining him was better than living in uncertainty.
Rely on the world government or the marines?
Haha, might as well not have them at all.
Even though they deal with pirates, how many contributed to the misery of many?
In fact, historically, many truly tragic situations were caused by them and not by pirates.
Like wiping out an entire island simply because they opposed their ideals.
It wasn't even a situation of "you're either with them or against them."
It was more like, "you're against them," or "you're with them, but at risk of being stabbed in the back later if something extremely profitable is involved."
Grayfia, who had her hand on Zaydas' chest, slowly slid it down to his belly and lower.
"Still not enough~?" In a flirtatious tone, her breathing grew faster as she moved her hand, her face flushing.
Holding his breath, Zaydas' voice was hoarse when he said: "How could I ever have enough of you?"
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The next day, near noon, Zaydas woke up feeling like he was in heaven.
After she swallowed, sitting between Zaydas' legs, her loose hair falling over her large, white breasts which were about to be full of milk, Grayfia said: "Good morning~"
"...Yes, good morning. And what a beautiful day~" Zaydas took a few seconds to respond.
He hadn't really seen it, but it must be an amazing day outside, right?
...
Those who had gone out had not yet returned. At lunchtime, only those who had stayed would gather.
"I'm back!"
The one who entered so cheerfully was none other than Shion.
She now wore a short, dark blue kimono with a black dragon drawn in the background. Her long legs stood out, but what drew the most attention was the enormous Odachi on her back, hanging behind her.
Although she could shrink its size, in her words: This way, doesn't it have less impact, making me less imposing?
However, Zaydas argued: But wouldn't it be even more impactful when a normal sword transforms into a great Odachi?
After hearing that, she began switching between Odachi and sword.
Sword, when she was sure she'd fight and would reveal the Odachi; Odachi, when she was sure she wouldn't fight.
"Came because of the smell?" Shuna joked.
"Seems like I really arrived at a good time." Shion said, placing the Odachi aside, then asked: "Where's the bathroom?"
It was a house she didn't recognize; after all, before she left, there was no such mansion. But being familiar with Zaydas' abilities, it was no surprise to her.
"In the hallway, first door on the left." It was Ravel who answered.
"Thank you." After thanking her, she marched toward the bathroom.
Minutes later, everyone was around the table and began eating.
"Shion," Shuna asked, "how was your outing?"
"Huh? Not bad." Shion finished chewing a piece of meat and said with a smile, "I met some interesting people in the Land of Wano."
"Oh, tell us more." Shuna was intrigued.
"It went like this..."
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Zaydas created a clone and then returned to his dimension.
Not even a minute later, he returned and, to his surprise — or rather, he had just confirmed what he already suspected — connected dimensions could maintain clones created by him.
That was just the beginning of his plan.
Then, he created a thousand clones.
Each clone had a monster core from Rimuru's dimension, TSSDK.
In moments, each one spread across the entire territory of Little Garden, which was even larger than the territory of Russia.
After that, each began creating runes while embedding B-Rank monster cores into the ground.
The cores would function as an energy source while Zaydas held a larger core in his hand near the Little Garden tree — a fusion of a thousand cores. A nearly S-Rank core.
When he drove the core into the ground, he linked it with the created runes.
Soon, like a laser beam — but in a milky white color — it shot into the sky, connecting to the center of all the runes.
Then, a semi-transparent 'sheet' began to encircle the entire territory.
At the same time, he removed the 'veil' that had hidden all of Little Garden. There was no longer any reason to remain concealed.
Everything was happening very quickly.
The inhabitants of Ohara were the first, besides Zaydas' group, to notice all of this.
On the other hand, when he removed the 'veil' that concealed Little Garden, it didn't take long for them to be noticed — especially by the five elders who lived in Mary Geoise.
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Marcus Mars, Warrior God of the Environment. Topman Warcury, Warrior God of Justice. Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, Warrior God of Finance. Figarland Garling, Warrior God of Science and Defense. Shepherd Ju Peter, Warrior God of Agriculture.
Each of them was looking at the gigantic tree that had suddenly appeared.
"...What the hell is that?" Shepherd murmured with wide eyes.
"Whatever it is, it's ours!" Jaygarcia exclaimed with desire.
Something so grand couldn't belong to anyone less than them.
Marcus agreed: "Yes, we need to send our people and take it, even if it's in the Calm Belt."
"Come to me."
Suddenly, they heard a voice.
At that moment, their expressions changed.
"Let's go, Imu-sama is calling us. Must be because of this tree." Topman said.
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At the same time, in Little Garden, Zaydas finished building a barrier strong enough not to be destroyed even by a nuclear bomb.
Then, he hovered in front of the Little Garden Tree.
In front of him, a Den Den Mushi floated.
Soon, the Den Den Mushi's eyes opened, and his image — with Little Garden as the background — was seen across all kinds of channels around the entire world.
The moment he appeared, Zaydas said: "Hello, you must be wondering what's going on and why I appeared before you like this. But, before that, let me introduce myself. My name is Zaydas, The Traveler."