One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

The main hall of the General's Mansion.

This building, which once symbolized the highest power in the Land of Peace, is now in ruins.

The carved wooden beams were covered in dust, and the gold leaf on the walls had mostly peeled off, leaving only a few fragments that made a faint clattering sound in the wind.

The furnishings inside the hall had long been removed, leaving only the general's chair in the very center standing there forlornly, the chrysanthemum emblem on the back of the chair completely obscured by knife marks.

Roy stood in the center of the hall, his eyes closed, his mental energy silently seeping downwards.

Kaido paced back and forth at the palace entrance, each heavy step cracking the floor tiles.

He didn't have much patience to begin with, and after waiting for so long, he was even more irritable.

"Roy! Did you find it or not?!"

Roy ignored him.

The telekinetic energy penetrated the soil, rocks, and underground water veins, outlining a huge hollow deep underground.

The shape of the cavity was too regular to be naturally formed.

He opened his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"It's right down here."

Kaido rushed over in three strides, staring down at the stone pavement beneath his feet.

"Down there? How do we get down? Dig up the ground?"

"There's no need to go through all that trouble."

Roy raised his right hand, his fingers slightly bent, and waved it gently.

The mental force acted like an invisible giant shovel, lifting the general's chair in the center of the hall, along with the stone seat beneath it, and sending it flying.

The chair tumbled several times in the air before crashing into the courtyard outside the hall, shattering into a pile of wood chips and stones.

Then, Roy pressed his finger down.

The ground beneath the general's chair was completely lifted up, and the stone slabs, soil, and rammed earth were all grabbed by telekinesis and flung to a corner of the main hall.

A huge underground entrance was revealed.

The entrance was square, with sides measuring five or six meters. The edges were made of whole pieces of bluestone, and the gaps between the stones were filled with dried glutinous rice mortar.

A stone staircase extends downwards from the entrance, disappearing into the pitch-black darkness.

A cold wind carrying the salty smell of seawater rushed out of the cave entrance, blowing dust all over the place.

Kaido approached the cave entrance, his eyes wide with excitement, his expression shifting from annoyance to ecstasy.

"Hehehe! I never knew such a secret was hidden here!"

His laughter made the entire hall tremble, and his voice echoed through the underground palace.

Jhin stood beside Roy, his glasses obscuring his eyes, but Roy still caught a glimpse of the light that flashed in his eyes.

It's an instinctive desire to explore the unknown.

"Let's go down and take a look."

Roy took three portable spotlights out of his storage bag and gave one to each of them.

The beam of the searchlight pierced the darkness and shone on the stone steps at the cave entrance.

The stone steps were covered with slippery moss, and the edges were riddled with tiny pits from water droplets, indicating that no one had been here for a very long time.

Roy took the lead and walked down the stone steps.

Kaido followed behind him, his massive body squeezed into the narrow passageway, his shoulders scraping against the stone walls on either side, scraping off layer after layer of moss.

He grumbled and complained about how narrow the passage was, but his pace didn't slow down at all.

Jin walked at the back, his hand on the hilt of his sword, each step he took was silent.

Three beams of light swayed and moved downwards in the darkness.

Meanwhile, in Mary Geoise.

Deep within Pangu City, in the Five Elders Conference Room.

On the long table lay a piece of intelligence that had just been sent back from Wano Country. It was a thin sheet of paper with only a few lines of text, yet it silenced the five elderly men who stood at the pinnacle of world power.

The candlelight on the wall flickered gently, casting the shadows of the five people on the wall, sometimes long and sometimes short.

In the end, it was Saturn Satan who spoke first.

He leaned back in his chair, his hands clasped on the table, his voice low.

"Tell me about it."

"What are your thoughts on the information that has been sent back from Wano Country this time?"

The Legal Martial God, Vochuli Saint, put down the intelligence in his hand and raised his hand to rub his forehead.

His head was bald except for a few white hairs, and age spots spread from his temples to his cheekbones. At this moment, his brows were furrowed, and the wrinkles on his forehead were so deep that they could hold a cigarette.

"This news is amazing."

"Even our world government has searched for eight hundred years but has not found Hades' whereabouts."

"But now two pirates have found us, this is simply—"

"Now is not the time to talk about these things."

Financial God of War Nassshurou interrupted him.

The old man, dressed in a kimono and with the legendary demon sword Kitetsu beside him, spoke in a colder tone than usual.

"The appearance of Hades was indeed unexpected, but it must not fall into the hands of pirates."

"Especially Roy from Beehive Island."

He paused, then tapped the scabbard of the Onikiri sword twice with his fingers.

"The development of Beehive Island in recent years has exceeded our expectations."

"Back then, they obtained pure gold, and time was never an issue for them."

Furthermore, according to news from Doflamingo's side, a user with the Op-Op Fruit ability is also under Roy's command.

You all know the ultimate power of the Op-Op Fruit, don't you?

The moment the words "pure gold" were mentioned, the face of Satan Saint, the God of Scientific Defense, darkened instantly.

The World Government suffered heavy casualties with the Knights of God in retrieving that piece of pure gold.

It was sent to Vegapunk for analysis, and the final conclusion almost made the Five Elders collectively vomit blood—

That fragment was just a piece of ordinary metal coated with radioactive material.

That brat Roy used a fake to fool all the forces in the world.

World Government, Navy, Whitebeard, Big Mom, Golden Lion—

Everyone was completely manipulated.

The real pure gold has always been in the hands of Beehive Island.

Damn it.

Satan cursed under his breath, but quickly suppressed his emotions and steered the conversation back on track.

"The most important thing now is Hades."

"According to intelligence, Roy and Kaido have obtained the exact location of Pluton."

We must not let Hades fall into the hands of pirates.

Another silence followed.

Nasujiro looked around at the other four people present and slowly began to speak.

"Pluto appeared in Wano Country, which is Kaido's stronghold."

It's clearly impossible for us to seize Hades.

The question now is-

We cannot allow Pluto to fall into the hands of pirates.

"Therefore, I propose,"

"First, secretly dispatch high-level naval forces to Wano Country."

At the same time, he leaked the news of Pluto's appearance to Leo, Whitebeard, Big Mom, and others.

Given the ambitions of pirates, they would never let Pluto go.

Let them fight Roy and Kaido first to buy time.

When the time is right, the naval high command will launch a surprise attack and destroy the Pluto battleship directly.

He raised his eyes and his gaze swept across the faces of the other four people.

"How about this suggestion?"

After a brief silence, four replies rang out almost simultaneously.

"agree."

"agree."

"agree."

"agree."