I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Seeing the cold yet angry gazes of the other four Five Elders, a thousand thoughts flashed through the man with the mustache's mind.

Now that things have come to this, it's probably impossible for him to clear his name as a traitor.

More importantly, his outburst just now has seriously shaken morale, even causing CP0 agents, who have been trained since childhood and have a firm mind, to waver.

Even if he were clean, given the negative impact he brought, the person behind the Five Elders would probably never tolerate him...

Sig! It was all Sig's conspiracy!

This bizarre ability still baffles the Five Old Stars with the mustache. He took a deep breath and squeezed his way to Sieg.

As the world government's apparent leader, he certainly possesses remarkable courage and skill, and made a decision in a very short time.

"The World Government has betrayed its original intentions! The Void Throne has always had a master, and Im truly exists!" The Five Elders, sweating profusely, resolutely raised their arms and shouted:

"Now is the time to set things right and act on behalf of Heaven!"

The words fell.

The chaotic battlefield was suddenly thrown into an uproar.

It's now confirmed that one of the Five Elders is an undercover agent!

A traitor has infiltrated the highest leadership of the World Government!

While everyone was in shock, the Five Old Stars with the Mustache were not idle. He took the opportunity to jog through the crowd and came to Sig's back.

“Sieg, as an undercover agent, I have obtained extremely important and crucial intelligence,” the five old men with the mustache said quickly.

"Speak." Sig glanced at him, his eyes showing surprise.

"The World Government obtained a portion of the legacy of an ancient kingdom from 800 years ago, which included some Devil Fruits with bizarre and powerful abilities."

"And for the past eight hundred years, the World Government has been searching for fruits... Im's fruit is the most top-tier and the most powerful among them."

“Just state your abilities,” Sieg urged.

"Her first ability is called the Evolution Fruit," the five-year-old man with the mustache explained rapidly.

"Users of the Evolution Fruit can rapidly adapt to external environmental stimuli and undergo spontaneous evolution and modification."

"Being hit by a bullet makes the skin tougher, and being burned by fire strengthens the body's heat resistance."

"This is the second Devil Fruit, besides the ultimate Devil Fruit—the Op-Op Fruit, that theoretically has the potential to create immortal beings."

"There's another crucial piece of information," the Five Elders with the mustache said quickly.

“Each time you manipulate Uranus to fire a cannon, it consumes a huge amount of life force.”

"Im, being an immortal being, has an endless lifespan and will not die because of it, but will enter a period of weakness."

"Uranus is a national treasure and should not be used lightly. However, for Im, his body changes every time he uses Uranus, and the period of weakness is shortened each time."

In other words...

"What doesn't kill her makes her stronger."

Chapter 1280 Im

Evolution Fruit, huh...

In Sig’s memory, Lyca, who participated in the war to wipe out the ancient kingdoms eight hundred years ago, was not actually a power user.

This is why she was able to avoid the effects of the seastone particles that filled the air of the new world after the catastrophe and enter the new world.

As for the evolution fruit she ate, that must have happened later.

"So Im hasn't shown up yet because she's in a weakened state. She needs you to clean up the mess after the Heavenly King's bombardment, or buy her some time?" Sig asked.

“Not bad.” The old man with the mustache nodded.

“There’s one more thing. You just said that the Evolution Fruit was Im’s first fruit, so does that mean she has the ability of a second fruit?” Sig asked.

When he asked the question, Sieg already had the answer in his heart.

The World Government, as a behemoth that rules the globe, controls most of the world's resources and wealth, and is the sole master of the vast and sparsely populated Red Earth.

The so-called secret treasure of the mountains, the Angel Fruit, originates from the Red Line Continent. Therefore, given the World Government's power, it's not surprising that they could obtain an Angel Fruit.

“Indeed, Im’s second fruit is also very crucial…” the Five Old Stars with the mustache said halfway through his sentence.

A tiny crescent-shaped shockwave pierced through the air from afar, shooting straight toward the back of the Five Old Stars with the Eight-Character Mustache.

This small shockwave was very subtle and tiny, yet it was incredibly fast. Even Aokiji, the Stand behind Sieg, only had time to utter the first "wryyyy" sound!

In the blink of an eye.

"Is it a finger-throwing gun?"

Sieg narrowed his eyes and pointed his finger like a gun at the crescent-shaped shockwave. With a loud bang, the Five Old Stars with the mustache next to him were blown away by the strong wind and almost flew out of the air.

Sieg grabbed the collar of the Five Old Stars with the mustache and was about to continue questioning when he heard a sharp, piercing sound.

He subconsciously flicked his wrist, and the second tiny crescent-shaped shockwave barely grazed the blue and white cat's spherical cage.

But with just this one swipe, the high-strength cage made of Walpole-made glass in Sieg's hand crumbled and shattered into a pile of glass shards in an instant.

The blue and white cat trembled in fright and clung tightly to Sig's sleeve with its paws.

It was stunned for a while before it realized that it had escaped from Sig's spherical enclosure.

"That old scoundrel, Sig!"

It had just begun to bare its teeth when, unexpectedly, Sieg reacted even faster.

"It's not safe here anymore, you should leave! Don't worry about me!"

Sieg recited lines that would make people dig their toes into the villa with a righteous and awe-inspiring expression, while stuffing the blue and white cat into the arms of the bald man behind him with a heroic expression of going to his death, frantically implying that he should send the blue and white cat back to a safe place on the ship.

The spherical backpack made of specially crafted glass is Sieg's protective shield.

The blue and white cat with Namika's powers might be able to beat Sigurd into a pulp right now, but the blue and white cat itself doesn't know that.

So before it could react, Sieg decisively let it leave to avoid a rollover.

Anyway, Sieg decisively gave up the idea of ​​finding another container to put the blue and white cat back in.

"Understood." The bald man nodded, reached into his robes, took out a sketchbook, and gently touched a picture of a fire dragon.

Instantly, the fire dragon phantom created by the Phantom Fruit flew out, roared, and lifted the blue and white cat with its giant claws, flapping its wings and flying towards the Dushan giant ship.

The Phantom Fruit, the Copy Fruit, the Raccoon Fruit... these powerful fruits all possess the ability to mimic other Devil Fruits.

The Phantom Fruit can recreate the phantom of the user in a photograph or drawing, the Bake-tanuki Fruit can materialize memories, and the Copy-Copy Fruit can copy the abilities of others simply by touching them with both hands.

After doing all this, Sieg turned his head and looked in the direction of the Mary Geoise building.

In the surging crowd, he saw a pair of indifferent eyes with double-rimmed pupils, and a tall, slender figure shrouded in a white robe.

"Gol D. Roger, Monkey D. Garp, Monkey D. Dragon, Portgas D. Ace..."

The man in white robes uttered one name after another, his voice carrying a hint of vicissitude.

"The so-called Will of D, the natural enemy of the God race, was originally just a rumor, spread through misinformation. It was precisely because I knew the truth that I never paid any attention to it."

"But what I didn't expect was that, 800 years later, this absurd rumor actually came true. The so-called D clan became an ally of the demons and invaded this holy land."

The slight nostalgia in Im's eyes quickly cooled, and his gaze returned to calm.

"Unfortunately, you're too late."

"Mountain."

Im lowered his hood and stared at Sig across the distant crowd, his face expressionless.

After eight hundred years apart, neither side had any intention of reminiscing.

The two consecutive attacks just now, seemingly aimed at the Five Elders with the mustache, were actually intended to break the blue and white cat backpack in Sieg's hand, and she did succeed.

The blue and white cat's influence was enough to ensnare even the Five Elders, but it had no effect on Im, who was of the same sex.

"It really is her, Im..." The five old men with the mustache instantly broke out in a cold sweat, falling silent in fear.

Im's attack just now clearly targeted him as well; this serves as a warning.

Although he had already gone down a path with no turning back, when he truly stood between Sig and Im, the mere silence between the two sides made him feel a little breathless.

"It's Im! Im has really appeared!"

An uproar erupted on the battlefield, and Akainu, Aokiji, and the others turned to look.

At this moment, the master of the Void Throne finally appeared, and the Five Elders with the mustache knew what this meant:

Im's period of weakness has passed, and there is no longer any need to hide her identity.

At worst, we can just have another catastrophe and restart civilization.

'wryyyyyyyyy---'

The silence was broken by a scream from Aokiji, Sieg's Stand, who had rushed towards Im ahead of him.

"Wood big wood big wood big----"

Heavy fist shadows ripped through the air, and in an instant, hundreds of fists enveloped Im's surroundings.

In this parallel world, Aokiji is not a Logia-type Devil Fruit user. His fighting style is quite different from Aokiji's; he is known for his speed and uses the Wood-Big Fruit for close-quarters combat.

In the blink of an eye, the overlapping fist shadows completely enveloped the ground around where Im was, and the earth thudded with muffled thuds.

A single punch creates a shallow crater, followed by numerous cracks.

"Hmm? Strange ability." Im initially tried to exchange punches with the Stand Aokiji, but quickly noticed something was amiss.

call out---

His palm flashed like lightning, piercing straight through the chest of the Stand Aokiji with his palm as a blade. Amidst the splattered blood, the Stand Aokiji's body dissipated into a puff of smoke.

The Stand Aokiji's ability focuses on speech speed and hand speed; as long as both are fast enough, it can block attacks.

But if they encounter an attack that's faster than their speech or hand speed, they're completely helpless.

A leaf appeared where Aokiji was, fluttering in the wind, and was caught by Im.

She frowned at the leaf in her hand, a look of realization dawning on her face, and looked up at Sieg:

"This is a shape-shifting leaf created by a user of the Mythical Zoan-type Tanuki-no-Mae Fruit? I see, Yama, this is the secret of your ability."