"You don't want to continue?", After watching with interest for about ten minutes, Rosse finally saw Kozuki Toki get up again.
Seeing the slight change in Toki's eyes, Rosse couldn't help but feel curious.
He really wanted to see what kind of brilliance Toki could show.
"I don't. Crying doesn't solve anything."
Toki lightly bit her teeth, her words carrying a hint of self-destruction.
"In that case, what do you plan to do?"
Rosse's interest grew even stronger, 'From the sound of it, is Toki planning to solve the problem?'
"I'll satisfy your twisted taste, but you agree to my condition," Toki lifted her head, stubbornly staring at Rosse.
"Mm? A condition?", Rosse leaned forward slightly, smiling faintly as he looked at her, "What do you have to make me agree to your condition?"
He didn't mind agreeing to some of her terms, but he needed a reason. Some reason why, when he held every advantage, he should agree to Toki's request.
"I have two trump cards. They may not affect you at all, but they're enough to resolve the current trouble," Toki felt a little uneasy inside, but since she had been forced to this point, she had already resolved herself.
At worst, it was only death.
"The Toki Toki no Mi, and holding a blade to your own neck to show your determination?", Rosse thought for a second, then immediately guessed Toki's so-called trump cards.
Call them trump cards? They were nothing but her ways of refusing to play along.
"You know about my Devil Fruit ability?", Toki's face changed slightly, and the look she gave Rosse even carried a trace of fear.
But then she thought of Kanjuro being an undercover agent for Kurozumi Orochi, and Rosse being so well-informed, and suddenly it didn't feel surprising anymore.
The Kozuki family was probably already riddled with spies like a sieve. In such a situation, what secrets could they possibly have?
"We were too careless," Toki laughed at herself.
But although there were no secrets, it didn't really change the value of her trump cards.
Toki stared fixedly at Rosse, waiting for his response.
She was very curious. If she wholeheartedly chose death, or used her fruit power to escape into the future, what would Rosse do?
After all, she was the protagonist of this play.
If she quit acting, Rosse's show would be gone.
"Why do you think that's your trump card?", Rosse suddenly laughed, the mockery in his laughter making Toki feel slightly uncomfortable.
"Isn't it? I can't resist your will, but I can die with dignity," Toki said through clenched teeth.
In her eyes, Rosse just assumed she wouldn't dare kill myself.
But in reality, choosing death was always easier than being toyed with.
Besides, they had no chance of winning.
"Why are you arrogantly assuming I only want to watch a farce?"
"No matter how the protagonist plays it, whether the ending is comedy or tragedy, it's still a story called REALITY. What I want to see is your STRUGGLE under all kinds of circumstances."
"DESPERATION, ESCAPE, SUI*IDE, SURRENDER, COMPLIANCE, HUMILIATION, INDULGENCE, SELF-DESTRUCTION… Whatever the choice, it's an ending I'm willing to accept," Rosse smiled lightly, his gaze falling on Toki, speaking unhurriedly, "If you choose to use the Toki Toki no Mi's power and jump to a later timeline, I'd feel a little regret, but only regret that you chose to escape in the end, not that the ending wasn't exciting enough."
"The only question is, how much longer can you still travel with your fruit ability…"
"My total limit is 1,000 years."
Toki didn't mind that her greatest secret was revealed. What Rosse had just said had already stunned her.
She could feel it. When Rosse said that, there wasn't a shred of hesitation. And the way he seemed to hold everything in his grasp didn't look fake at all.
But if Rosse was telling the truth, then these two so-called trump cards of hers really didn't count as trump cards.
"Two hundred years left, huh. If you're going to use the fruit to escape, I'd suggest using the full two hundred. That way you won't have to leave behind any lingering thoughts."
Rosse chuckled, "At that time, the Kozuki family will surely no longer exist. I'm not sure whether I or the World Government will still be around, but Hiyori's descendants definitely will. They'll be in Wano waiting for you, to tell you what happened during that time."
"Why?", Toki looked at the man before her in confusion. She didn't understand why Rosse would say something so strange.
And stranger still, this supremely confident man wasn't the least bit evasive about the idea of himself or the World Government being destroyed. He said it as if it were the most ordinary thing.
"What do you mean, why?"
Rosse laughed softly, "Are you doubting my will, or your own wavering heart?"
"Oh, or do you mean, why do I think the World Government will be destroyed?"
"You should know about the prophecy, right? Joy Boy's reincarnation will appear in 20 years. Do you want to know more details?"
"About eight years from now, the Gomu Gomu no Mi, the Nika Fruit, will appear in the East Blue. It'll be obtained by a pirate. As for which pirate, I won't spoil it."
"After that pirate gets the fruit, it will follow destiny and find Joy Boy's reincarnation, and he'll eat it by chance, setting him on the path of a pirate."
"If nothing unexpected happens, he'll reach Wano 20 years from now, and in the same year, wage war against the World Government."
Rosse didn't mind revealing any of this at all.
Now, there were only two things in the sea that could still make him wary.
One was the fate represented by Nika, the other was Imu, seated upon the supreme throne.
But even those two only made him slightly wary. They weren't qualified to make him feel fear.
He could do and say whatever he wanted, with no need for restraint.
But for Toki hearing all this, it was a completely different story.
She was utterly stunned by Rosse's words.
Up until now, she could proudly say that her knowledge of prophecy surpassed anyone of this era.
Because she was from that time. She was present when the prophecy appeared.
She had truly seen Joy Boy, had witnessed the glory of that brilliant age. That was why she knew how unbelievable certain powers really were.
She also firmly believed that 20 years later, the World Government would indeed reach the destruction foretold by prophecy.
After traveling this sea in this era, Toki had only grown more certain of it.
Because this era had no heroes like that era.
Even Whitebeard and Roger, compared to Joy Boy, or even the leaders of Wano back then, were still somewhat lacking.
But right now, in this moment, Toki felt lost.
This Rosse before her, she couldn't see through him at all.
Clearly an unspeakably vile bastard, yet he carried a grandeur that looked down upon the whole sea.
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