One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 284 Roy: The Knight of God and the Five Elders? Just monsters!
Looking at the life card in his hand.

Roy sat back in his office chair, with a plaque reading "Justice Above the Stars" hanging high behind him.

His expression showed a thoughtful look.

As written on the Vivre Card—this Vivre Card belongs to 'Red-Haired' Shanks.

As for the origin of this Life Card, it's quite simple.

Two weeks ago, after the fighting on Instein Island ended.

Snake returned to Neverland with Bear, and Hawkeye also returned with them.

Roy had no grudge against this most powerful swordsman, and besides, the other party was no longer a Shichibukai, but a 'pirate' who was at odds with the World Government.

From both a moral and logical standpoint, Roy had no reason to let the other party die on Instein Island.

And that's where the coincidence lies.

After Hawkeye woke up, the great swordsman immediately chose to leave.

I owe you my life.

"Once my injuries have healed, I will come to find you—I can do something for you twelve constellations in the future."

He didn't hesitate to express his gratitude to the snake for saving his life.

Of course, Hawkeye's sharp gaze when he spoke made Snake very suspicious—the other party simply wanted to find an excuse to duel.

In addition, Hawkeye gave him this life card before leaving.

"This is what Shanks gave me in exchange for my help."

Hawkeye's words were very casual.

“He asked me to give this to him if I ever see the twelve constellations in the future.”

Upon hearing these words, the Snake was not surprised.

After returning to Marine Headquarters, Roy naturally heard that Hawkeye was able to go to Instein Island to participate in the sword duel because 'Red Hair' intercepted Aokiji on the way.

However, Snake did not expect that, in exchange for intercepting Aokiji, Shanks would make such a request to Hawkeye.

"He said that if you have time, he hopes you can meet with him, as he has something to say to you."

This is what Hawkeye conveyed, and it's also the reason why Roy is pondering this moment.

Shanks

He murmured the name softly.

A former Celestial Dragon and Knight of God, Nika's mentor in the present day, the adopted son of the Pirate King, and seemingly privy to many of the World Government's secrets—to be honest, Roy is indeed very curious about him.

The other party's initiative to extend an invitation this time gave Roy a strong sense of déjà vu.

Including Whitebeard, this is the second Yonko to extend a 'meeting invitation' to him.

but
"I wouldn't mind meeting him, but he probably doesn't have much time lately."

Roy muttered to himself.

As far as he knew, the battle between Aokiji and the Red-Haired Pirates was extremely intense, leaving the entire sea area in ruins.

Aokiji was injured in the battle, and even Kizaru, who was originally stationed at Marineford, was mobilized.

Although Shanks chose to retreat before Kizaru arrived, it is said that many of his men were injured.

Under these circumstances, Roy estimated that Shanks wouldn't have much time to see him in the near future.

This made him feel somewhat regretful.

after all
"After all, the red-haired guy was a knight of the gods before, so he might know where to get enough bloodline factor source energy."

This is what's truly bothering Roy right now.

Yes.

[Current Bloodline Factor Energy: 450 points / 1 point can be exchanged for every 10 billion Berries]

At this moment, Roy could see such information in the Fruit Encyclopedia in his eyes.

"I have quite a few Berries on hand. If I exchange them all, I should be able to make about four more Star Fruits, but that still won't be enough."

Roy muttered to himself. Yes.

After the battle on Instein Island, he had already determined the path he needed to take next.

He only needs to collect wishes, and the 'Star Fruit' he creates with the power of his bloodline factor is a creation that transcends the constraints of the world—theoretically, as long as he has enough Star Fruits, he can grow to the point where he can stand shoulder to shoulder with Im.

Having learned from the experience of the Snake, Roy already had a plan on how to collect wishes.

The key issue now is the source energy of bloodline factors!

"Whether it's using the power of the Star Contract or creating the Star Fruit, every part of the upcoming plan will require the source energy of the bloodline factor."

"Even without considering the problems of others, it would take at least 2000 points of bloodline factor energy to make a Star Fruit for each of the twelve constellations."

"To truly confront Im and the World Government, we would need countless bloodline factor energy sources."

"If all of it were exchanged for in Pelés, it would be an astronomical figure."

This is the crux of the matter.

Even for Roy now, it would be almost impossible to acquire that many Pele in a short period of time.

Of course, Roy originally had a backup plan.

Those are the 'Knight of God' and the 'Five Elders'.

Following the battles in Dressrosa and Instein Island, Roy has come to regard these Im contractors as the best way to obtain the source energy of the bloodline factor.

"Currently, it appears that a single deep-sea contract contains at least 200 units of bloodline factor source energy."

"There are more than 400 Abyss Contracts."

"The key is that the God Knight and the Five Elders are actually quite weak after their 'immortality' is removed; they are practically the best wild monsters."

But it's a pity.

Lloyd has already caught wind of the World Government's recent actions—Im has clearly also noticed this and has already taken action.

He intends to use the 'Star Hunting Force' to confront the twelve constellations directly, while the Knights of God seem to have been 'shelved'.

Of course, under normal circumstances, Roy wouldn't be in a hurry.

With his current power, if he slowly collects Bailey, he can naturally gather enough bloodline factor energy in a few years.

After all, according to the original work, the era Luffy lived in was undoubtedly the 'promised day' that Joy Boy and Davy Jones were waiting for.

That should be about four years from now.

In that era, the sea will engulf everything in the world, and the final battle will begin.

But, ironically, Roy knew very well.

"The original storyline is no longer believable."

“Because of my appearance, the world situation has changed a lot—Im will not just sit idly by and watch me ‘catch up with Him’.”

"He will definitely try to either kill me or free himself from this predicament as soon as possible."

Because he understood this, Roy didn't intend to wait.

so.
"While maintaining the acquisition of Bailey, I need to find other ways to obtain a large amount of bloodline factor source energy to ensure that the constellations obtain the 'Star Fruit' as soon as possible."

With this goal clearly defined, Roy naturally had some ideas in mind.

“I have a fruit encyclopedia and can convert Bailey into bloodline factor source energy—this is an abnormal situation.”

“Normally, all the bloodline factors in this world should originate from the ‘Pillar of the World’.”

"So, what I'm looking for now is clues and information related to the 'Pillar of the World'."

no doubt.

There are not many stories in the world about that ancient Tree of Creation.

Coincidentally, Roy did know of two places that were closely related to the 'Pillars of the World'.

but
Before going to those two places, he had a meeting that had been arranged long ago.

(End of this chapter)