One Piece: From the God Valley Era

Red Earth, Mary Geoise.

The Five Elders—no, the Four Elders—have returned safely to Mary Geoise.

At this moment, the four of them and Junzi were in the conference room, holding an unconventional meeting.

And everyone looked unwell.

They suffered heavy losses this time, with many Celestial Dragons killed and many members of the Knights of God missing. Even one of the Five Elders was killed, which made the atmosphere very tense for everyone present.

Furthermore, Junzi does not represent himself, but rather Im.

Im possessed Junzi's body and held a meeting with the other five elders.

"Where is the Rocks Pirates?" Im, who was possessing Junzi's body, asked in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Satan, one of the Five Elders who was kneeling on the ground, spoke up: "Lord Im, according to intelligence from the Navy and CP, they have returned to the New World via the Calm Belt and returned to Beehive Island."

"but..."

"But what?"

"There are rumors that the Rocks Pirates are preparing to disband and are currently distributing their belongings," Satan continued.

Upon hearing this, Im's eyes widened, and he blurted out, "How is this possible!"

He didn't believe Rocks would disband his pirate crew at this time, and the crew's strength was truly terrifying; even Im himself was somewhat shocked.

Rocks, Whitebeard, Acnoya...

Especially Acnoa, who actually rendered his immortality ineffective, even frightened him.

This has never happened before; the only time it happened was in that battle eight hundred years ago.

Joy Boy did it. I never imagined that such a man would appear again after eight hundred years.

He was a little scared.

If he hadn't been afraid of Joy Boy, he wouldn't have remained hidden deep within the World Government.

Now that Joy Boy is gone, but Acnoya has appeared, when will these guys finally all die out?

Im couldn't help but shout in his heart.

"We don't believe it either," the Five Elders quickly replied. "That's why we're having people continue to gather information."

"We will send back any news as soon as we have it, so please rest assured, Lord Im."

"Relax? How can I relax?" Im was somewhat angry. "Besides keeping a close eye on the Rocks Pirates, there's also Acnoya; he's the one who most needs to be watched!"

Although Lox is a descendant of the David family, Acnoya is now a greater threat, so his priority has surpassed that of Lox.

He could only find peace when Acunoa was dead.

"Yes, Lord Im, I will adjust the monitoring intensity immediately," the Five Elders said hastily.

They were afraid of Im.

Their lives and deaths were entirely in Lord Im's hands.

"Hmph!" Im said, "Any information about Acnoa must be reported to me immediately."

"The next step is to find someone to fill the vacancy."

He didn't care about the members of the Knights of God at all; in his eyes, they were nothing more than high-level cannon fodder.

Only the Five Elders are worthy of his attention, but how much attention he should give them is hard to say.

After all, Acnoya demonstrated this when he killed the Five Elders.

"Lord Im, do you have someone in mind?"

The selection of the Five Elders was decided by Im, not by them.

And once they become one of the Five Elders, they will have eternal life; as long as they are not killed, they will not die.

But you will still die if you are killed.

This has been confirmed.

"Make the leader of the Knights of God a member of the Five Elders. Go and inform him immediately," Im said. "At the same time, begin a new selection of Knights of God, following the same rules as before."

The best members of the Knights of God can be immortal.

However, the strength of immortality varies, and this is related to the contract.

The contract has three strengths: Shallow Sea, Deep Sea, and Abyss Sea.

The further he progressed, the deeper the connection between the contractor and Im became. He could take over the other's body at any time, control his will, and do whatever he wanted.

Im did this a long time ago; he killed a father.

The man killed was Junzi's father.

Because of this incident, Junzi got a title: the princess who murdered her father.

There are not many holders of the Abyss Sea Contract at present; the Five Elders in front of us are, as is Junzi.

In the future, when Shanks infiltrates Mary Geoise, he will have the opportunity to obtain the Abyss Contract, but Shanks foresaw something and immediately ran away.

Then he gave the arm with the Shallow Sea Pact to the King of the Near Sea.

This is also the truth behind Shanks losing his arm.

"Yes, Lord Im."

"Well, let's not do these kinds of activities for a while," Im said after thinking for a moment.

This event caused him heavy losses, and since Acnoya, Lox, and others are still around, they might reappear if the event continues.

The Celestial Dragons were still somewhat useful to him, otherwise he wouldn't have kept them around.

Therefore... this event is not absolutely necessary.

Everything is subject to Im's will.

"We understand, Lord Im."

"And there's also close surveillance of the Navy's high command, especially Monkey D. Garp!"

He couldn't help but grit his teeth when he heard the name.

If it weren't for Garp, perhaps he wouldn't have suffered such a crushing defeat this time.

However, Garp still has some use, but he is not prepared to deal with it for the time being.

"Yes, Lord Im."

"Go down and get these things done. Don't let me down, or you'll end up like Maz!"

Acnoya can kill the Five Elders, and so can he.

If the Five Elders displease him, he will kill them and replace them with someone else.

The world government has been established for eight hundred years, and there are still many talented people.

In the original story, Satan was killed by Im because he did such a poor job, and his body was completely destroyed.

Immediately, the five elders left the conference room without saying a word.

After the Five Elders left, Junzi also left the conference room and eventually returned to the Flower Room.

The Flower Garden is where Im resides, deep within the World Government. No one except the Five Elders can enter this place unless summoned by Im.

At this moment, the Five Elders, having received their orders, immediately began to take action, and the massive World Government organization also began to operate rapidly.

One order after another was passed down in an orderly manner, with each person performing their duties.

......

The first half of the Grand Line, Marineford, the Navy Headquarters.

"Garp, you stay here for the time being. Don't go anywhere else, and don't go back to the East Blue."

The current admiral looked at the man sitting on the sofa and said in a deep voice.

He said that not for any other reason than to protect Garp.

Although the World Government is not prepared to hold Garp accountable, some of his statements are worth listening to, but not entirely to be believed.

As a marshal, Kong the Steel Bone was well aware of this, which is why he instructed Garp.

He watched Garp grow up, and he didn't want to see Garp die without a clear reason.

Furthermore, Garp is also an important combat force for the Navy, especially in this turbulent period, the Navy needs Garp's presence.

That's why the world government didn't pursue the matter.

"Brother Kong, I understand." Garp said, unusually serious.

"That's good. By the way, what about the dragon now...?"

"I don't know." Garp crossed his arms. "He might be dead, or he might be alive, but either way, he won't be returning to the Navy."

"He is very disappointed with the current navy."

Although Garp is unreliable, he still understands his son.

Upon hearing this, Steelbone sighed deeply and said nothing.