eurekapd Chapter 8 [The slaves, unwilling to accept their enslaved fate, prayed to the sun]
Chapter 8 [The slaves, unwilling to accept their enslaved fate, prayed to the sun]
Pure gold?
Arukemi?
Bazel was stunned for a while, and suddenly images of the theatrical film called Heart of Gold appeared deep in his mind.
No wonder that girl looked so familiar.
Mischina Olga!
Her father, Ashie, was the alchemist who created pure gold.
"Little Olga, it's me. Didn't we meet in Alukemi two hundred years ago? Your family treated me very well back then."
Amatsuki squatted down in front of Olga, pointed to himself, and excitedly introduced himself.
"Who are you……?"
Olga blinked, looking bewildered.
"What a strange woman, but her face seems so familiar. Hmm, I'd better think about how to escape first."
"This group of people must be poor, unremarkable pirates. They probably don't have any treasure or food either. Tsk."
boom--
Olga crouched down, clutching her head in defense: "Ouch! What are you doing, you bird-winged thing?!"
He sheathed his hand and said expressionlessly, "You've spoken your mind, you idiot."
"Oh, I see. I'm sorry."
After instinctively bowing and apologizing, Olga had a sudden inspiration.
Suddenly, he straightened up and looked at the moon.
"I remember now! It's you, Sister Shi! It's been so long!!"
"Hehehe~~~"
A strange laugh came from the girl's mouth.
As the two girls, one big and one small, embraced, Jhin walked over to Bazel.
"Mr. Kaido, he's someone we know. What should we do now?"
"What do you mean, 'what to do'? Join the Beasts Pirates, of course! Hehehe!!"
Kaido, soaring through the sky, laughed heartily.
"My pirate crew is in a period of great need of rebuilding, and we're desperately short of manpower right now!"
"Kaido,"
After a long silence, Bazel suddenly spoke up, mentioning the legendary item.
"I've heard of the legends of Arukemi and pure gold."
Pure gold...
"Ah, I actually know that legend too. That bastard Rocks once had his eye on pure gold."
Kaido lowered his flight altitude to prevent the low temperatures at high altitudes from freezing the only two women in his crew.
"What, Bazel, are you also interested in pure gold and infinite lifespan?"
"No, Kaido, I'm not interested in that kind of boring stuff."
"Endless lifespan is not happiness. For those with infinite lifespan, this sea and sky... are a prison of freedom."
Bazel sat down cross-legged, a playful smile on his face that Jhin couldn't decipher.
"Kaido, I remember you wanted to create a pirate crew made up of Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, right?"
The dragon head gently shook: "What does this have to do with pure gold?"
"The fact that that man was able to create pure gold, a treasure that only exists in legends, is enough to demonstrate his talent."
There's something I've never understood...
The conversation abruptly shifted to another topic, and Bazel paused for a moment before continuing.
"Kaido, you mentioned before that Rocks said Devil Fruits are treasures of desire that only exist in fantasy, right?"
Kaido agreed.
"Human desires give birth to demons, and the tides of time make demons a reality. If that's the case, can I understand that Devil Fruits are actually products of humanity's stubborn fantasies?"
"Legends of liberation fighters occasionally circulate in the New World..."
"I know this legend," King suddenly interrupted. "I believe Mr. Kaido must be the liberator who changed the world!"
Bazel didn't argue about whether the Liberation Warrior was Kaido, and continued to explain:
There are various versions of the story of the birth of the liberation fighters, but the version I heard---
[The slaves, unwilling to accept their enslaved fate, prayed to the sun, hoping a god would bring them joy and freedom. Thus, the liberation fighter Nika was born.]
"If this statement is true, it would indirectly indicate that Devil Fruits are actually an aggregation of most human desires."
"That is, what is called faith."
"When people's faith reaches a certain level, what they pray for will turn into a Devil Fruit, and then bring about changes to the sea."
Hearing that this had absolutely nothing to do with pure gold, Kaido couldn't help but ask in confusion:
"What do you mean by all this and pure gold?"
"Mischina Asiye, the alchemist who created pure gold, proved the existence of desire with facts."
"Ashi, you just told me about Asiya's purpose in creating pure gold, right?"
Amatsuki, who was holding Olga, was stunned. When did she mention this to Bazel? Why didn't she remember?
However, Kaido mistook this silence for tacit approval.
"With the scientific and technological knowledge of the time and a strong desire to cure his daughter's illness, Asiya created pure gold to suppress her condition."
"etc!"
Olga suddenly roared angrily:
"That man isn't my father, and that greedy guy wasn't doing this for me! I'm not sick!"
"Olga, that's not true. Ashie is a good father."
Tenzuki sighed, apologized to Kaido and King, and then carried Olga to the side.
"I know some of what happened back then, actually your father..."
……
After the two women had walked away, Bazel continued speaking:
"If he can create something like pure gold, I wonder if he can create a machine that collects human desires."
"Collecting human desires?"
Jin frowned deeply: "Bazel, what exactly do you want to do?"
"No, Abel, I understand."
A glint of light flashed in Kaido's twin dragon eyes, but more than that, it was excitement.
"Ooh-hoo-hoo..."
"Bazaar, you've got some nerve, you..."
"They actually want to seize some of the gods' authority?!"
Stealing God's,
authority?!
"etc!"
Jin's expression changed drastically. In this world, there are only two races that can be called... no, that already have the name of gods.
One is his race, the Moon People, the Lunaria.
The other one is the current Celestial Dragon!
"Eight years ago at God Valley, the Rocks Pirates were not simply trying to reclaim the treasure stolen by the World Government."
Kaido's voice grew increasingly low.
"Whether it's me, Lingling, or Newgate, we all know this."
"Lox didn't tell us the real reason, and he disappeared without a trace the moment we landed in God Valley."
"We don't know what he did, which led to the final collapse of the leaderless Rocks Pirates."
"We scattered and retreated, forming our own pirate crews to collect treasure."
"But I remember Lox once said something when he was drunk."
A memory flashed through Kaido's mind.
[Rocks (drunk): My men, One Piece is so boring! I'm going to become the King of the World!]
I will take everything from the king; I will become the ruler of this world!!!
[The Western Sea, the Valley of the Gods—everything I desire lies there. Let's set off; it's time to settle things with that so-called king!]
As soon as he finished speaking, Lox's eyes suddenly cleared up, and he quickly continued:
[They dared to steal pirate treasure! Let them see the power of the world's strongest pirate crew!]
[The Rocks Pirates cheered excitedly.]
【…】
The memories faded away.
"...Rocks knew that the King of the World was in God Valley eight years ago. We don't know the source or the veracity of this information, but the Rocks Pirates have been mobilized."
Seemingly worried that Bazel might have doubts, Kaido quickly added a statement affirming Rocks's character.
"Rocks is a member of the D. clan; he doesn't lie."
"We didn't see the so-called King of the World, but I saw the demon, and Lingling saw it too."
Recalling the old man he encountered when stealing the Azure Dragon Fruit, Kaido's eyes darkened.
One of the Five Elders, Jaigolusia Satan!
That demon who took Lingling's full-force attack head-on, yet recovered completely in the blink of an eye!
The monster that emerged from the dark magic circle inscribed with the number "5"!
"If that machine you mentioned, which can collect desires, really exists, and if that machine can successfully turn human desires into reality..."
Jin's eyes were wide open from shock.
"Hey, Mr. Kaido, if the World Government finds out about this, we'll definitely be surrounded and attacked by the world's strongest force, right?!"
Kaido flew in silence for a while before his unrestrained laughter rang out again.
"That's what makes it fun, Abel, hehehehe!!"
"Bazaar, go for it! I won't let anyone take you away!"
"It's time for a change in this ocean! What Rocks couldn't do, I'll do!!"