Beside him, Garp's expression was grave. The speed at which the Phantom Organization was expanding was accelerating rapidly. If all three ruling-level officers acted simultaneously, he didn't know what forces on the world could stop them.
Perhaps only the Holy Land would have a slight chance of safety...
Moreover, the Phantom Organization wasn't just composed of the three main ruling officers. It also included various members with bizarre abilities, as well as the unseen vice-captain, and Captain Vladimir, who had easily annihilated the Big Mom Pirates.
"Truly... the evil faction is already so powerful, and in the future, this situation might become even worse. This is much more troublesome than Whitebeard's Pirates or Roger's Pirates!"
...
The entire world plunged into darkness as night descended.
Since these regions were already nighttime, it wasn't a big deal—what caused panic was that places which were originally early morning or broad daylight suddenly turned to night.
Of course, Vladimir couldn't see these panics. He was busy studying the changes in the Three-Star Shadow Fiend.
First, a new ability called "Black Sky" was added.
Previously, Shadow Fiend had a major flaw: it couldn't be used during the daytime. To be precise, it could only last a few minutes in daylight. But with this new "Black Sky," the entire world was turned into night. It could be said that Shadow Fiend could now be used anytime and anywhere.
"Is this transformation, which isn't combat-focused, meant to make up for its shortcomings?"
Vladimir thought to himself. "It shouldn't be just that. Black Sky can turn the entire world into night. Besides making Shadow Fiend easier to use, does it have any other effects?"
Thinking carefully, making the whole world fall into night might seem superficial, and if it's just that, it's not very useful.
"Let's try other transformations instead."
With that thought, Vladimir immediately closed his eyes.
Suddenly, the "Star Map" appeared. Not only that, this time, the star map was twice as large as before.
In the past, the edges of the star map would suddenly lose their brightness, as if cut off abruptly. But this time, all the stars were normal, as if encompassing all of humanity.
Among these countless stars, Vladimir easily spotted "Sengoku" and "Big Mom."
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Vladimir emitted a soft "huh."
He focused his consciousness on the stars representing Sengoku and surprisingly "saw" what Sengoku was doing.
The other was holding a Den Den Mushi, sitting in the captain's quarters, talking with the World Government.
"Is the whole world in darkness?" Sengoku's face was full of shock.
From the phone, came the voice of Steel Bone Kong: "That's right. I've received reports from all over the world. Five minutes ago, almost simultaneously, the entire world turned into night!"
Taking a deep breath, Sengoku said with awe, "The characters appearing this time..."
He hesitated, "They're probably not the big ruling-level officers I guessed before!"
It might be an even more terrifying figure.
"Still can't confirm if this was caused by the Phantom Organization!"
Steel Bone Kong interrupted, "Don't panic! We've been too lazy before. From today, we must take certain measures against the Phantom Organization. Since we can't simply destroy them, first, we need to gather intelligence on them!"
"Understood..."
Sengoku nodded blankly.
"What's wrong?" Steel Bone Kong asked, frowning, noticing Sengoku's abnormality.
"Nothing, just... I feel like there's an eye watching me," Sengoku shook his head. "It's probably just my illusion. My Observation Haki didn't detect anything unusual."
Hearing this, Vladimir withdrew his gaze.
He muttered to himself in surprise, "Such a powerful ability—so this is Black Sky? It feels like viewing the target from the perspective of God."
The previous Shadow Fiend couldn't do this.
Thinking this, Vladimir again tried to look at Big Mom, but the existence of the Dream Realm still blocked his probing.
"Looks like other space isn't accessible for such probing,"
Vladimir understood.
Next, he tested the other stars and quickly gained a simple understanding.
Under the cover of night, he could not only travel through space but also observe targets from a god's-eye view.
There are two situations.
First, if Vladimir knows nothing about the target, such as someone in the East Sea whose name he can't even recall, he can't probe for long—at most a few seconds—then the connection is cut.
Second, if the target is someone he's chosen—like Sengoku or the bald man—he knows their names and has some understanding of them. In that case, from the god's-eye perspective, he can see everything clearly and maintain the view for a long time, at least five minutes without issue.
"Such a unique three-star ability!"
Vladimir couldn't help but murmur in amazement: "Like the Sea King or Angel, increasing star levels should strengthen combat power. But Shadow Fiend is completely different—its abilities have become even more bizarre!"
However, this was good for him. Combat strength was easy to handle and currently sufficient, but this kind of special ability was extremely rare.
Thinking of this, Vladimir prepared to try space teleportation.
Just as he selected a target and was about to jump, a series of voices suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Shadow Fiend!"
"Master Shadow Fiend!"
"Shadow Fiend Savior!"
Male voices, female voices, old men, children—countless calls echoed from all directions, coming from the stars in the star map.
"What's this?"
Vladimir paused, then immediately shut down these chaotic voices. "What's going on? Someone's calling me?"
He calmed himself and activated the voice reception. Soon, he distinguished the source of these voices.
All these calls were from people who knew his name. Maybe they regarded Shadow Fiend as a savior, or worshipers, or perhaps just at this moment, they were whispering his name.
"Oh, I see. They're calling out 'Shadow Fiend,' so I can sense it? It's like being summoned."
A flicker of interest appeared in Vladimir's eyes. "I didn't expect the fame of this transformation, Shadow Fiend, to be so great. Since that's the case, I want to see who exactly is whispering my name!"
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