Thinking about this, Genichi couldn't help but recall the plot of "Jackie Chan Adventures," and a final scene flashed in his mind.
"That's right, when the Shendu statue was destroyed, not all of the split talisman power returned to Shendu's body. Instead, it returned to the animal bodies that symbolized each power. Only the Dragon Talisman's power returned to him because he was the only dragon in the world."
Could it be… related to this?
That's the only guess he can make right now.
It's a bit of a shame. There were originally many powerful talismans among the twelve talismans, but the Sheep Talisman is still a pretty good item.
At first, he thought the Sheep Talisman was not as good as items that could directly increase strength, but now that he doesn't lack strength, he thinks this kind of functional item is also very good.
While thinking this, he had already taken out the Sheep Talisman. After throwing it to Little Demon Dragon, he opened the gate to the sub-dimensional miasma.
Little Demon Dragon walked into the dark gate and then walked out from The Black Order headquarters in the New World.
Makima was in front of the dark spiral. Taking advantage of this time, she handed the Snow-Snow Fruit and an animal-type devil fruit to Genichi.
Makima took the Sheep Talisman, and Little Demon Dragon left through a secret passage specially left by Makima, heading towards the depths of the New World, preparing to start the next phase of the plan.
Little Demon Dragon had practiced telekinesis and teleportation in the superpower training box for a year, but it usually takes three years of practice to fully master these abilities.
One year is not enough to become skilled. Using teleportation also consumes a lot of energy, so he won't use teleportation unless it's necessary.
Makima also left the Marine headquarters with the Sheep Talisman, but she didn't go to the New World. Instead, she crossed the Red Line and headed to Mary Geoise, the headquarters of the World Government.
The distance from Mary Geoise to the Marine headquarters is enough for her to use the power of the Sheep Talisman on Sengoku.
Makima not only has a completely legal identity, but also has the ability to cross very long distances, like her super-long-range listening that can almost cross an entire continent.
She can control living things, even memories, so controlling a dream is not a difficult problem at all. With the existence of the Sheep Talisman, she only needs to be in Mary Geoise to control Sengoku's dream in the Marine headquarters.
But before that, she also needs to see the Five Elders again to find a good reason for her arrival this time.
So, in the holy land of Mary Geoise, in the Power Chamber of Pangaea Castle, Makima met the Five Elders again after a year.
"For you to personally come here, it must be no small matter, right?"
In fact, the Five Elders were also quite surprised because they had just sent CP0 to see Makima, but she didn't choose to tell CP0. Instead, she reported that she wanted to see them.
So obviously, she thought the things she was about to say weren't something that people of CP0's level could hear.
Therefore, they agreed to Makima's request to come and saw this person in the Power Chamber again…
The Black Order's Marshal who has eyes similar to Lord Imu!
"That's right." Makima said softly, then held out her hand, and a mass of green skin tissue appeared in her palm.
"I'm here to talk to you five about 'Zero'."
In the battle a year ago, the Marines obtained half of 'Zero's' body.
Although this is likely not the real Zero, after all, he was smiling and saying goodbye to Roger before he died, but it still made the World Government spend a lot of money to study it.
That half of the body is now in a laboratory prepared by the World Government, undergoing various experiments. They found that the structure of this half of the body is not much different from that of humans.
But the body contains a strange power, especially the brain, which seems to have a different structure than ordinary people.
Although they haven't figured out anything specific yet, it has allowed them to discover a new world.
However, the samples are too few and incomplete, so half a year ago, they specially sent some skin structure to The Black Order, hoping they could get more clues from this skin structure.
And now, Makima is standing in front of the Five Elders with these cells.
"We have discovered the location of those related to Zero. Please send a Marine admiral to eliminate them."
One of the Five Elders frowned and said, "Dealing with demons has always been The Black Order's task. Is it necessary for the World Government to send a Marine admiral?"
In fact, they really want to catch them themselves. After all, if they can get more of these experimental subjects, their experimental progress should speed up a lot.
But they have to keep up appearances, because the reason they are cooperating with Makima is for her to deal with demons. Now, they want them to send out the Marines, which itself violates the rules.
"That's right, The Black Order is indeed supposed to deal with demons." Makima said softly, saying something that shocked the Five Elders.
"But those related to Zero are not demons, but humans!" Makima said in a deep voice, "The Black Order is only responsible for dealing with demons, monsters, magical beings, or half-demons. Dealing with humans is not within our business."
Those related to Zero are humans?
It could even be said that Zero himself is likely a human?
Judging from the half of Zero's body they obtained before, the body structure is not much different from humans. The slight differences are completely acceptable, because humans themselves include many races.
Even giants exist, so there's no problem with the existence of this strange new human.
However, monsters and demons shouldn't have this kind of life form. According to Makima, they are formed from the darkness of this world. Although they have bodies, they shouldn't be so close to humans.
Comparatively speaking, demonized Toguro and Little Demon Dragon are closer to the image of demons than this experimental subject.
So they had been suspecting this ever since they had the experimental results, and now Makima's statement can be said to have answered a question for them.
"..." The Five Elders were silent for a moment. Finally, the Five Elder with the sword said in a deep voice, "What clues have you found?"
"Some humans communicated with demons in hell and learned about the Shikon Jewel, which is why the series of events happened before."
The piece of green skin in Makima's hand slowly floated up. Makima put her hands behind her back and said,
"Those humans obtained some of the power of a demon lord from hell and want to free them from hell, so the corpse of Zero that you caught is actually meaningless. As long as there are still humans who believe in him, he can have as many of these bodies as he wants."
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