Dragon’s Thoughts

Just like a ghost suddenly appearing behind him, Dragon turned around and saw the cold face of Sōsuke Aizen.

It was like a dead person, without any emotional fluctuations.

But then again, being the descendant of a Shinigami, it's not like they were originally living beings, right?

A strange thought suddenly appeared in Dragon's mind.

"What are those murals?" Dragon couldn't help but ask.

"...It's none of your concern," Aizen calmly said. "Coming here again, you're not here to build a tomb for your father, are you?"

He said this to Cobra.

He didn't shy away from such vocabulary; in his presence, there was no distinction between life and death. Therefore, building a tomb and building a house were the same.

"Yes, I came with another request this time," Cobra said nervously, explaining the situation regarding Aatrox.

In front of Aizen, even a prince was somewhat restrained because Aizen exuded a noble aura that even the king found somewhat lacking.

"Sealing the Demon Lord..."

When Aizen heard that they wanted to seal Aatrox, there was a slight emotional fluctuation in him, and then his figure disappeared.

"If you can do that, then I will naturally make a move at the end."

He vanished without a trace. This time, Dragon was observing attentively, but still couldn't see how Aizen left.

And then the ground beneath them seemed to ripple, and in the next moment, they appeared outside the pyramid.

The entire pyramid was a Hōgyoku created by Machi Machi, and the ground carrying them away was a basic operation for her.

Aizen floated above, and after they disappeared, a green pyramid appeared in his hand.

Aizen was indeed very powerful, but saying that he could instantly kill Dragon was a bit of a stretch. However, with this pyramid, he could easily accomplish that.

This was a portable pyramid extracted from the million-level items he got earlier. It could directly stimulate a person's potential. Aizen had incorporated it into his soul, allowing him to reach an extremely powerful state.

This portable pyramid's potential stimulation varied from person to person. Obviously, Aizen was a Shinigami with great potential. After returning from the Soul King Palace, he directly underwent a significant upgrade. The improvement brought by this pyramid might even surpass the wave of upgrades at the Soul King Palace.

That's why it was called a million-level gacha after advanced shopping. Items were much stronger than characters at the same level. In a situation of the same level, items were much stronger than characters, and this portable pyramid's effects were even expected to surpass the limits of this world. In other words, it might be stronger than Aatrox, who was currently within the world's limit.

The problem was that the pyramid could only amplify one aspect, which meant it only amplified what was needed at the moment, not the overall strength and certainly not a constant boost. Even so, Aizen was already quite satisfied.

He was in this dark pyramid, quietly waiting for the impending battle.

Now that Source One had developed well enough, after this, there was no need to rush for emotional values with various urgent matters. It was only necessary to proceed step by step.

Outside the pyramid, compared to the dark and oppressive world inside, the outside world was where humans should live.

However, Dragon was now silent because he had been thinking about the murals. He didn't know why, but he felt that the various records in those murals were interesting, especially the changes in society depicted inside. It made him feel like this was a kind of truth!

Yes, the world shouldn't be like this!

He shook his head quickly, temporarily getting rid of these miscellaneous thoughts. It wasn't the time to think about these things. It was better to seal Aatrox first, remove the threat of the demon from this world, and then think about it.

In the face of demons, regardless of internal differences among humans, at least they were still humans.

Just like his old man, Cap, who was now joining forces with pirates to deal with Aatrox. Although it should have been the work of the Blackbeard Pirates...

But everyone knew that Aatrox was a threat to humanity. In this situation, letting only the Blackbeard Pirates handle it would be a foolish idea. Humans shouldn't engage in meaningless internal conflicts when facing demons.

Of course, this was just his opinion.

In reality, there were still some who wanted to use demons to do things advantageous to themselves.

And while Dragon was lost in his thoughts, time passed bit by bit.

The Marine reinforcements arrived...

Among them was only one admiral, Aokiji. Along with him were Machi Machi and Raijin from the Blackbeard Pirates, and the majority of the World Government's forces gathered here.