Arceus in One Piece - Chapter 48
That was the beauty of this new ship that Queen had chosen: steam engines with outboard dual power and control of furnace pressure and direction could be put into short unmanned service.
It’s no secret who owns the New World’s territory; it’s almost common knowledge, and it’s easy to find a map of their power in the Underworld.
This is especially true in the Gray Kingdom, where the Underworld’s intelligence agents sometimes receive information before the world government does.
It is even easier to find out where the big pirates are located. The situation in the New World is entirely different from the Four Emperors era many years later; five years ago, the Locus Pirates were the most vital force in the world without question.
Five years ago, the Rocks Pirates were the most potent force in the world, and now, after the disappearance of the Rocks Pirates, the captain of the Flying Pirates, and the governor of the Golden Lion Pirate Fleet, “Flying Pirate,” the Golden Lion, Ski, is in control of one of the largest groups of forces in the New World.
The power of the Drifting Fruit gives the Golden Lion’s fleet a massive advantage in naval battles, but he is only the largest, and in terms of strength, he is a bit inferior to Whitebeard, and his captains have yet to grow up.
However, Whitebeard was not plagued by injuries or illnesses, and the Whitebeard Pirates were also one of the top forces in the New World.
After that, there is the Roger Pirates, a group of pirates who sailed around in search of the Final Land, and these three are the three strongest pirates in the New World nowadays.
Charlotte Ling Ling, John, Silver Axe, and the remnants of the Locks formed the second echelon of the New World, and now that there is such a significant gap in power, when the news spreads, there will be countless pirates like sharks that smell blood.
However, with John and the others dead in this position, it will take a lot of time for the news to spread, and this is Kaido’s chance.
“Here it is then, but there is one more thing to do before we set out.”
Kaido looked at the sails on the mast. Although this ship was a steam outboard, it still retained the two main masts and sails, which were now blank, with no flag belonging to Kaido.
The pirates had always valued their flags, and destroying them meant declaring war, and the pirates relied on them to show their territory.
The previous small ships and the Marines’s patrol boats were fine, but now that this ship is truly a Kaiju ship, the vacant flag needs to be painted on it.
Then a new problem arose.
“Are any of you good at drawing?” Kaido had been in the army since he was ten years old, and although the military taught him how to read and write, he had to rely on his talent to draw, so it was a bit difficult for him to draw a regular pirate flag.
Arceus could have improved at this kind of thing, but after the four tablets, his overall power was significantly increased, not just using attribute skills.
After the four tablets were absorbed, the power of the Thousand Zeus Wrists was utterly activated, and he was able to manipulate a single element, such as water or fire, through the power of the tablets.
Invisible water could replace the arm in his hands, and it was far more convenient.
It’s not like he’s a Tutu dog; there are things that can’t be drawn just by thinking about them, or else the world wouldn’t have so many Bs who are driven insane.
As for Shaina and Ashes. Both of them were born to learn only one thing – survival, so almost all of them are black holes in painting.
They’ve seen how good Olga is at drawing, so they don’t even need to ask, and as for Asier, it’s too hard for him to draw the pirate flag.
So, in the end, it was left to the Queen.
“Recruitment, Kaido boss, we need to recruit people, even if they’re cannon fodder. At least let them do the chores!” Queen, with a paint bucket in hand, voiced his complaint.
Although Kaido had been talking about expanding the force, the people he had met over time were either too weak or unsuitable, so much so that he, Queen, was still at the bottom of the ship.
Olga and Asier can’t do the heavy lifting, and it would take hours for them to do what takes minutes.
A ghostly horned skull appears on their flag under Kaido’s sketches.
As the ship continued to sail towards the New World, Caddo and Queen began to take stock of the treasures, and what John had kept close to him was a treasure in the truest sense of the word, with several boxes in addition to artifacts that looked like they were worth a fortune.
“This stuff looks like a necklace that the Skrulls lost back in the day, doesn’t it? I remember it was quite a big deal back then.” Queen held up a magnifying glass to observe the object in his hand, also remembering the bloodbath that had been made a few years ago.
“Not surprisingly, more than one of the Skrulls fell into Lox’s hands, and it doesn’t look like they were able to retrieve everything from Lox. That John guy is still the same, specializing in collecting these valuable things.”
Less interested in the necklace, Cadeau turned to open another chest, this time with a much happier expression. A demonic fruit lay inside.
“Queen, where’s your chart? What kind of fruit is this?”
“This one is, well, it should be a Canine Fruit, but I need to figure out what kind it is. Brother Kaido, this is only a topography, and the original version doesn’t contain all the types. There’s only half a page about this fruit.”
“Doesn’t matter. It’s fine if it’s an animal species. It seems that little brat also has his own abilities.”
Meanwhile, Arceuss was making a new transformation attempt, but the target of the transformation was not Olga but Elizabeth.
After Shaina’s ability empowerment, Ashes’ fruit transformation, and Queen’s undirected mutation, Arceus has decided to carry out his fourth attempt, transforming animals other than humans.
There are many strange creatures in this world, and those that are intelligent enough to cultivate are equally powerful, such as the baboons on Eagle Eye Island and the kung fu manatees of Alabaster.
Elizabeth’s intelligence was similar to that of a human child, and based on its previous performance of sacrificing its life to deliver a message, it would not be a big deal to modify it.
“Snake monster lizard… Then this is fine.” The power of the water-drop tablet enveloped Elizabeth, and in a burst of white light, its arms began to lengthen, its spine began to stand upright, and its skin color changed from green to blue.
“Hmm, transforming animals is much less laborious than transforming humans. Is it because of the difference in body structure?”
Transforming an animal was even less labor intensive than simply changing a Demon Fruit, and if its ability to switch forms were removed, it would require even less power, which gave Arceus some new ideas.
However, it was rare that a species like Elizabeth had enough intelligence and was not too big in size.
Elizabeth seemed to be a bit confused, switching between her original form and her new form, as if she was feeling the changes in her body, and this also surprised Olga at the side.
“Lord Sacred Beast, this is a new power for Elizabeth.”
“A new power, now its race should be called – Thousand Faces of Evasion.”
Become a Patron to read chapters ahead of public release and support me 😉
30 chapters ahead are available on Patron!
