Mastering the methods to deal with the so-called ancient demon king isn't too difficult for Sage.
After hitting and making Tot Musica's arm explode with one blow, the latter clearly began to panic consciously. The eyes on the brim of the hat released red light, and rays shot from its mouth, heading straight for Sage.
Whoosh!
Boom!!
Just as the ray was emitted, two yellow lights shot out as well, colliding with the rays and causing an explosion in the air.
Kizaru, with one hand in his pocket and the other stretched out with two fingers, smiled at the enormous Tot Musica, "That won't do, you see, compared to those nasty Pirates, it's the world-destroying demon king that's the priority. Well, it's also what the higher-ups instructed."
After that, he looked at Sage and said, "Although you seem like you don't need this old man's help."
"Of course!"
Sage stretched his shoulder and without moving, extended one finger with his single hand, gathering a black and red spiral light.
"Tenmago Fluctuation!!"
Boom!!
Compressed to the extreme and transformed into a spiral Haki Wave, it pierced through Tot Musica's other arm, and though an explosion occurred again, it felt different. While the explosion penetrated through, the fallen arm gave a sensation as if cut by a knife.
"Oh... this feeling, it's Hawkeye at work."
After the hit landed, Sage chuckled, adjusted his finger slightly, paused for maybe a second, and continued firing Spiral Light Beam, piercing and shattering Tot Musica's head.
This time, it showed signs of disintegration and scattering.
Crocodile...
Then he shot another beam straight at the center of Tot Musica's upper body, amidst its black-cloud-formed figure, striking the center, where spiderweb-like cracks appeared at the core, bursting out scarlet light. The light shattered Tot Musica completely, utterly erasing it.
Swoosh!
In the distant sea, a silver brilliance shone in the cloudy sky, rapidly reaching a fragmentary island. The silver light swept to the side, the sea wind howling, lifting a head of dazzling golden curls.
Sage turned back and smiled at her, "You did the last bit, right, Lily?"
"Nothing special."
Lily said blandly, "Tot Musica seems powerful, but it's quite fragile, its defenses are somewhat weak."
"Hahaha, it already has the power that combines illusion and reality to break through. As a demon, that's strong enough. If its defense was also impressive, it wouldn't have been destroyed before. Given that it was destroyed once, there will certainly be countless more times."
This was within his expectations.
This demon's destructive power is strong, but what should be stronger is the summoning ability. Once the Sing-Sing Fruit continues singing, really wiping out 80% of the world, then summoning the demon to consume these lives, it would become unimaginably strong.
But it wouldn't reach this step, killed upon emergence.
Sage raised his hand now, and unlike before, he wore a watch on his other hand. Upon opening, it revealed a small Radio Snail. After dialing a number and waiting for it to connect, he asked, "Collected?"
A small Radio Snail was also attached to his shirt collar, it had been on since Sage arrived at the island.
"The image data has been collected, mechanisms roughly understood, preliminary collection work completed," a voice from the Radio Snail sounded.
"Then hang it up. Wearing these things is bothersome; I only love treasure," Sage's wrist shook, and both the small Radio Snail and the broadcasting Radio Snail were shattered.
In dealing with Tot Musica, he was only responsible for eliminating it, but substantial preparatory work had been done.
To gather data and analyze this creature's existence, Vegapunk had specially arranged a team to use Radio Snail-connected headphones to listen to Uta's song, ensuring entry into the hypnotic Spiritual World.
Then machines were used to analyze it.
Devil Fruits for Vegapunk, actually, lack clues only regarding Logia-type ones; he has the ability to recreate Zoan-type and Paramecia-type.
Sing-Sing Fruit is Paramecia-type; though it can't be seen physically, its analytical power and origin aren't that hard to decipher.
Even when Uta started summoning Tot Musica, the ancient musical chant without hypnosis was heard personally by Vegapunk, recording melody notes.
Once these collection tasks were completed, the next step was gradual analysis.
This is also why Sage was always patient, awaiting Tot Musica's complete form.
Now that it's done, then next...
Sage's gaze landed on the Red Fos docked nearby, where, coincidentally or not, Uta landed on the deck surrounded by the Red Hair Pirates after Tot Musica's erasure.
Her life aura had reached a critical point.
Sage shook his head, "Forget it, this awkward fellow, singing well means nothing; just let it be, this ending suits her. An awkward, adolescent girl, paying an awkward price due to awkward values and circumstances."
Though singing well is a scarce resource, Sage does not want to recruit such an awkward person; if she suddenly had strange ideas, many people could suffer, affecting his prosperity.