Chapter 659: The Problem Created by the Heart of Eternity!
"Teach."
"Without Ace, the Whitebeard Pirates' strength drops again," Doc Q said as he stepped forward, wearing that wicked grin of his. "If we figure out what they're doing, things might get simpler for us."
After Ace left, Whitebeard and the others had also moved immediately.
They were definitely going to do something.
"You scum over there, get over here," Blackbeard barked, turning toward a group of pirates off to the side.
"Lord Blackbeard, what are your orders?" the pirate asked, trembling.
"Investigate what the Whitebeard Pirates are up to," Blackbeard said, his eyes cold.
"Given Pops' personality, he never acts in a crowd without a reason."
"We found those commanders too. It's been a long time since we last met them."
"Zihahahaha…"
Blackbeard's laughter rumbled across the deck.
…
Two days later.
"Blackbeard?"
"Alright, I understand."
"Yeah. You don't need to get involved, and you don't need to tell the Navy. I'll handle it myself."
"Okay."
"Hang up."
After Ryuunosuke finished speaking, he ended the call at once.
"Captain, what intelligence did Mr. Morgans pass on?" Najenda asked quickly.
Najenda stood beside Ryuunosuke like a secretary, posture straight, eyes sharp.
"Blackbeard is going to make a move against Whitebeard," Ryuunosuke said with a faint smile as he set the Den Den Mushi down.
"And at this time, Ace came to see me."
"It looks like Blackbeard only dares to do it because Ace is gone."
"He still has designs on the Tremor Tremor Fruit."
"Blackbeard?" Najenda's brows knitted.
"Why does he want the Tremor Tremor Fruit?"
"Besides, isn't he already a Devil Fruit user?"
"Even if it's the Cerberus Devil Fruit ability, hasn't he already taken the Mythical Zoan Hydra form too?"
Ryuunosuke shook his head.
"That's not the point anymore."
"I don't care about the special traits of his Devil Fruit."
"But Ace came to me."
"I won't let him lose his family and friends in the end, just because he came looking for me."
"Najenda, go make the arrangements."
"Understood, Captain." Najenda nodded, scribbled into her notebook, then left without wasting a second.
"Captain, we've already started the trial," a voice said urgently.
"There's a certain chance it works."
"But now a problem has appeared."
Merlin hurried up to Ryuunosuke and spoke fast, clearly under pressure.
"What problem?" Ryuunosuke asked immediately.
"We don't have enough energy," Merlin said, helplessness slipping into his tone.
"My energy is infinite magic."
"It's fine for attack and defense, or for using my abilities."
"But converting it into the energy of this world costs too much, and it can't be done quickly."
"Take me there," Ryuunosuke said. "I want to see it."
"Gaino."
The moment his words fell, the two of them vanished.
When their vision stabilized, they were standing in a place that looked like a laboratory.
"This is a semi finished product," Merlin said, gesturing ahead.
"But the crystal energy Gaino absorbed earlier is already exhausted."
"I'm using freeze magic to hold the flow of time around it steady, but it won't last long."
"If we can't find another source and finish it quickly, the energy will disperse."
At the center of the lab stood several purple crystals.
They were all Hearts of Eternity.
That's right.
Ryuunosuke and the others were now on the Ark of Eternity.
The Ark had arrived this morning.
Merlin had spent the entire morning and afternoon researching how to produce the Heart of Eternity.
The purple crystals taken from the bodies of those God Death Guards carried an aura extremely close to the Heart of Eternity.
From the moment Merlin noticed that, she had planned to recreate it.
After all, the rules and energy contained in this thing could not be replaced by ordinary power sources.
She had gained insights after a full day of research.
But the more she gained, the more problems appeared.
The biggest problem was simple.
The energy in the crystal was insufficient.
And Merlin's own energy clashed with the crystal's nature, making it impossible for her to keep supporting it.
That was why they had come to Ryuunosuke.
"I understand," Ryuunosuke said quietly.
He turned and looked at Gaino. "Can you draw on the energy of the Heart of Eternity?"
"I can," Gaino replied.
"But when I use the Heart of Eternity's energy, that energy can't be fed back into it."
"Worse, it steals from it."
"So it's useless."
His tone was helpless, but the conclusion was firm.
If Ryuunosuke could think of the Heart of Eternity, then Merlin obviously had too.
Using it did not help.
It only caused the crystal to lose even more.
"I see…" Ryuunosuke narrowed his eyes.
"Where are the Infinity Stones?"
As he spoke, he took out an Infinity Stone.
Hiss hiss hiss…
A strange hissing sound echoed.
In the blink of an eye, the energy inside Ryuunosuke's Infinity Stone was drained clean.
It was worth noting that Ryuunosuke had used the Infinity Stones on the ship before.
Nothing like this had ever happened.
"We tried that too," Merlin said, watching calmly.
"The moment an Infinity Stone is brought out, the Heart of Eternity steals its energy immediately."
"It's like they… don't want an Eternal Heart to be born."
After seeing the same result in Ryuunosuke's hand, Merlin actually laughed.
She had been cornered for hours.
But watching Ryuunosuke arrive at the same judgment she had, it felt like she was looking at herself from earlier.
For a moment, she found it strangely funny.
"Can we move this semi finished product?" Ryuunosuke asked.
"We can't," Merlin answered at once.
"Nowhere else has the conditions that exist on the Ark of Eternity."
"So we can only solve the energy source problem here."
He sounded exhausted.
The reason Merlin had been able to produce a semi finished Heart of Eternity so quickly was because the energy field here was stable.
On top of that, Gaino had perfect control over the Ark of Eternity, making sure Merlin's work was not disturbed in the slightest.
"I understand," Ryuunosuke said.
"Leave it for now. I'll think."
As he spoke, he sat down on the floor and began to sort through it.
The issue was that they could not solve the energy supply quickly.
And there were not many energy sources in the world powerful enough to match the Heart of Eternity's requirements.
Infinity Stones did not work.
The Heart of Eternity itself could not be used.
Merlin's infinite magic could not be converted fast enough.
Ryuunosuke lowered his gaze, thinking.
Then his eyes sharpened.
Because he suddenly realized something.
They did have a powerful energy source.
"Merlin," Ryuunosuke said slowly, voice turning thoughtful.
"Have you already guessed it?"