The three people being watched by Cyrus first felt relieved after hearing his words, then became confused about what he wanted them to do.
Cyrus and the World Government were enemies.
As the World Government's claws, they were naturally his enemies as well.
But right now, all of them could feel that if they refused, they would die beneath his flames.
The faintly distorted air around them already explained everything.
"Blueno!"
The heavily injured Rob Lucci looked toward the bull-horned man Cyrus was holding, who had already fallen unconscious.
"Can we pretend this person never existed?"
Cyrus smiled when he heard that.
"Yes!"
The moment Cyrus finished speaking, Kalifa immediately covered Rob Lucci's mouth.
Right now, if they said even one wrong word, they would face the worst possible outcome.
Cyrus seemed to be letting them live because he wanted them to do something for him.
But if they tried to rely on that to do anything else, there was no chance it would work.
"Go to East Blue as soon as possible. After all, there isn't much time left before the exam begins."
After saying this, Cyrus turned around.
His figure shot into the sky, disappearing beyond the horizon together with Blueno in his hand.
Thud!
Kalifa's hand loosened, and the sound of Rob Lucci falling to the ground finally made the stagnant air begin flowing again.
"Why did that man capture Blueno?"
Kaku was truly confused now.
Why had Cyrus suddenly appeared here?
According to the information they had received earlier, Cyrus had gone from the New World to Impel Down.
"I don't know."
Kalifa collapsed onto the ground and instinctively shook her head when she heard that.
CP agent training gave them powerful mental endurance, but that depended on what kind of situation they encountered.
Before Cyrus, their fate was no longer in their own hands.
"Are we really going to East Blue?"
Kaku stopped mentioning Blueno and changed the topic.
After all, now that Blueno had been taken away by Cyrus, whatever happened next was not something they could interfere with.
"We go."
Rob Lucci, whose chest bones were shattered and whose internal organs were damaged, lay on the ground and spoke with difficulty.
"Right."
Kalifa nodded.
"This matter needs to be reported, but even if we report it, the higher-ups will most likely still make us go. After all, they will definitely want to figure out why Cyrus is doing this."
"So that's how it is."
Kaku suddenly understood.
"The mission here is temporarily suspended. Report what happened this time, I need to recover."
Rob Lucci spoke again, but the moment he finished, blood sprayed from his mouth.
The two of them hurriedly lifted Rob Lucci and left in a panic.
…
Above the sky, Cyrus carried the bull-horned man and flew at high speed.
Under the previous heavy blow, Blueno had already fallen unconscious.
Cyrus already had a plan for how to obtain the Door-Door Fruit.
After a Devil Fruit user died in this world, the power within their body would disperse over a short period of time before condensing again somewhere else.
The power of the Dark-Dark Fruit was enough to gather that scattered power together.
If there was a fruit within range, the trapped power would be reborn inside that fruit, changing its form until it became a Devil Fruit.
Of course, there was an even simpler method, which was to absorb that power directly into one's own body.
However, unless one's physical condition was special, it was impossible to violate the rule of Devil Fruits.
In other words, one person could only eat one fruit.
But Blackbeard had his own method of eating multiple fruits.
As for Cyrus himself, after the flaws of Devil Fruits had been removed from him, he had long since considered the possibility that he could eat even more fruits.
Cyrus had even imagined eating every Devil Fruit he found, gathering dozens or even hundreds of abilities into his body.
That was what cheating was.
If before cheating, he could only eat one fruit, and after cheating, he could still only eat one, then what was the point of cheating?
As a spatial ability, the Door-Door Fruit was something Cyrus valued highly.
After all, abilities related to time and space were top-tier powers in any world.
Boom!
On a small island in Paradise near Sabaody Archipelago, Cyrus descended from the sky.
The powerful impact struck the ground, and under that shock, Blueno, who was being held in Cyrus's hand, let out the sound of cracking neck bones.
Blueno groaned, his body twitching a few times before going still.
Then the darkness spreading from Cyrus's left hand swallowed Blueno's entire body.
A moment later, the darkness retracted into Cyrus's left hand, and Cyrus opened his eyes.
He raised his right hand and pulled at the space before him. A door opened, revealing a green space inside.
Without the slightest hesitation, Cyrus stepped inside.
After the door closed again, it vanished completely.
...
Back on Sabaody Archipelago, after finally getting rid of Caesar Clown's pestering, Crocodile resumed handling the files Cyrus had previously handed to him.
Those were the matters Crocodile had originally thought needed Cyrus's personal decision, only for Cyrus to hand all of them back to him.
Although it was tiring, Crocodile actually found it satisfying.
It was not that this crocodile was a masochist.
Rather, each time he handled a matter, he could feel the power he held being put into effect.
Every decision he made would have a major impact on this world.
That feeling was something Crocodile simply could not resist.
"You can contact your father now. Since the chairman has agreed, you can discuss the following arrangements with me. The Guild still needs a large number of artificial humans, but we don't need soldiers. Continue with the receptionist-type model." Crocodile spoke.
In this regard, Germa had helped him quite a lot. At the very least, in terms of manpower, they had saved him a great deal.
Expenses were secondary. The main issue was that personnel needed to be trained, and that took time.
Time was precisely what he lacked the most.
He needed to produce results quickly and show his value.
"Very well. I have already informed Father. He is preparing to come to Sabaody Archipelago personally to discuss this matter with you."
Reiju nodded when she heard this, though she did not raise her head, because there was also a pile of work in front of her that needed to be handled.
"Hm?"
Crocodile raised his head and looked at Reiju in surprise.
"The chairman will be making a major move soon. Headquarters may need to withdraw from Sabaody Archipelago at any time. This place is still too close to Mary Geoise and Marine Headquarters."
Cyrus had only mentioned this matter not long ago, so Crocodile naturally remembered it clearly.
"That's fine. He would have to come here sooner or later anyway. To Father, perhaps this will show enough sincerity."
Reiju also raised her head.
"Fine. If we need to withdraw when the time comes, notify your father in time."
Just as Crocodile finished speaking, a door suddenly appeared in the room.
The two of them instantly became guarded.
Sand coiled around Crocodile, while the wings behind Reiju had already spread open.
Then they saw Cyrus open the door and walk out from inside.
The two people on guard froze, staring blankly at Cyrus as he stepped through the door.
"The Door-Door Fruit?"
Crocodile blurted it out instinctively, his face immediately filled with shock.
Wasn't Cyrus a Flame-Flame Fruit user?
Or was the person using the Door-Door Fruit's ability not here?
"You have good knowledge, Crocodile."
Hearing the fruit ability directly named, Cyrus was somewhat surprised.
"Because the Guild needs to collect large numbers of fruits, I memorized the entire Devil Fruit Encyclopedia. The Door-Door Fruit's traits are very obvious. After all, there aren't many Paramecia fruits with special abilities like this."
After Crocodile explained, he still looked at the disappearing door in astonishment.
"This ability…"
"It's something I newly mastered. Not bad, right?"
Cyrus raised his hand and pulled, making another door appear.
"It's related to ability development and Haki. Observation Haki has a huge influence on its range. Fortunately, my Observation Haki can cover hundreds of nautical miles, so I can reach most places in this world within a short time."
Cyrus smiled as he spoke.
Gulp!
Observation Haki covering hundreds of nautical miles?
What the hell kind of Haki was that?
Reiju raised a hand to cover her small mouth, her eyes round with shock.
Seeing Reiju's expression, Cyrus suddenly thought of something.
"Right, I met a boy at Baratie in East Blue whose eyebrows looked exactly like yours. His name was Sanji."
The moment Cyrus said this, Reiju, who was still in shock, froze. Then she immediately realized who Cyrus was talking about.
Her younger brother who had escaped.
"Baratie? How is he doing?" Reiju asked without the slightest hesitation.
"He was doing pretty well when I last saw him. As for now, I'm not sure."
Cyrus thought for a moment before answering.
Since he already intended to drag Luffy into the exam, that curly-brow Sanji should stop staying in East Blue as well and come out to see the world!