Chapter 62

The illusory virtual space

Leno opened his eyes.

Here is Elegia, which was once never destroyed.

The magnificent city and the deserted streets surprised Buggy and the sinners who were pulled in.

"Eh?"

"Where is this place?"

"Looks like it's Elegia!"

Kuina, who was training with a sword, also looked around in surprise.

Uta's singing voice still echoed.

"A sincere collision between two hearts!"

"Such a joy!"

Everyone turned their eyes, and a stage was raised in the center of the city.

Little Uta stood at the center of the stage.

"Makes me laugh out loud!"

"Seal away the pain of tears!"

"Flying high and high with the wind!"

Notes appeared out of nowhere, surrounding her in a strange and beautiful, illusory scene, extraordinarily real.

Her singing voice didn't seem to belong to this dimension, making everyone feel happy involuntarily.

Bringing joy!

Leno sat on the ground, folded his arms, and listened to the singing.

The fruit of singing could mobilize people's emotions through the transmission of singing, similar to the talent of Infection.

"The troublesome one is that Tot Musica!"

Leno pondered.

How should I solve this?

At present, he wasn't sure of winning. At least two Four Emperors-level battle forces must be assembled and coordinated at the same time.

Tot Musica wasn't powerful, but it was strange.

During the battle, Vice Admiral could also cause damage to it, but it was ineffective.

The only way was to let it transform from nothingness to reality and then attack the same position at the same time from the two levels of nothingness and reality.

Here's how Shanks and Luffy solved it.

It can be seen from this that if it weren't for this weirdness, the level of Tot Musica would be slightly stronger than the Four Emperors.

If it were truly invincible, it would not be sealed.

"By the way, there is another fruit that can restrain it. The Calm-Calm Fruit!"

"It's just that after Rosinante died, the fruit disappeared."

"You can find it slowly!"

Leno wasn't actually in a hurry.

That demon was still sealed.

As long as Uta didn't touch that piece of music, it wouldn't be released.

The Song Song Fruit was a link.

Uta was the anchor.

That song was the key.

Only when the three conditions were met could Tot Musica break the seal and come to reality.

"However, Uta's fruit ability is indeed extraordinarily powerful. It seems to be more perverse than awakening."

"Could it be that this Devil Fruit has been in a super-awakened state?"

"It's just that it's the demon that awakens, not Uta."

"If you can kill Tot Musica, can Uta get all the force?"

"Forget it, there's really no need to take risks at the moment. Uta's mentality is immature, a problem left by Shanks!"

Leno couldn't help shaking his head. The choice Shanks made at the time could not be wrong or right, it could only be said to be a helpless move.

"How does it feel, I'm rubbing Shanks..."

Leno looked up at Uta.

In the past two days, his mood had improved considerably.

In the original plot, Uta's going to extremes had something to do with her being "abandoned" and her lonely heart.

Too much contact with fans also made her fall into the "trap" she created for herself, without a more correct understanding of the world.

Now, with Leno and more people, it might not be impossible for her character to change.

Well, children still need to be taught.

Although Gordon was good, he was too spoiled and did not pass on correct values to Uta.

Actually, wasn't Kuina the same?

Leno glanced at Kuina.

She was also listening to Uta's singing.

Buggy had already started dancing. Although there were no dance steps, the atmosphere was quite joyful.

"Why did you give up looking for it!"

"Why do you keep fighting alone!"

"Hey! What kind of future do you realize!"

"The dream is already in your hands!"

Uta didn't finish singing and fell into a coma.

In reality, Leno opened his eyes.

He immediately reached out and hugged Uta, who had fallen asleep because of being too tired.

Using the Devil Fruit ability.

The physical consumption will be increased.

Therefore, Uta couldn't sing songs for too long, usually after two or three songs, she would fall asleep.

This time, she pulled everyone into the a virtual space called "Uta World", so the loss was even greater. It was only half a song, and it ended directly.

"Ah? Why did I fall asleep?"

"Strange!"

"It seems to be a dream! But, the dream is so real!"

"Eh? Did you do that too? Me too!"

Leno let them continue to work, took Uta, went to the palace, handed her to Gordon, put her on her bed, and covered her with a quilt.

Out of the bedroom.

Leno said, "Gordon, just in case, let me keep that!"

Gordon thought Leno and Shanks were friends and had no doubts that he could know these secrets.

"Shanks can tell this kind of secret to Leno, the two must be very good friends," thought Gordon.

"Shanks trusted Leno so much to take care of Uta, I should trust him too."

With this in mind,

Gordon took a deep breath and said, "Okay! Come with me!"

Gordon took Leno to the underground of the palace, through the complicated passageways, "like a huge music box."

The sound insulation here was pretty good.

After walking in, all sounds from outside were completely isolated.

The two came to a closed library.

The bookshelves were full of books, most of which were related to music.

In Rogge's logbook, there was a description of this place.

He praised it as the world's largest music treasure house, with every bookshelf recording the history of music.

"Those are?"

Leno saw a tall stone statue standing in the corridor of the library, with a rough shape and very strange.

Gordon said, "The guardian statues are said to be sleeping demon servants, and some say they are guards guarding the demons."

Leno walked to the stone statue. He seemed to hear a voice whispering in the dark.

Very strange.

He raised his hand, pressed it on the stone statue, exhaled, calmed down, and listened slowly with Observation Haki.

Leno had recently dived into the sea, not only to hunt the Sea Kings but also to train himself, especially Haki.

His Observation Haki had shown the most growth, reaching the limit of A-level and seemed almost to S-level.

"The devil... the devil... the devil...."

Leno vaguely heard a few words.

Demon?

What was it?

Was the statue talking?

What were they trying to tell him?

What message was it conveying, related to the devil?

Leno was curious.

Tot Musica was so powerful, who sealed it here?

According to Gordon, Elegia has a history of thousands of years, and the seal of the devil existed thousands of years ago.

Leno calmed down again.

This time, he released Conqueror's Haki, and Observation Haki intertwined and slowly merged together.

Haki Fusion!

This is the power Leno discovered when he awakened Observation Haki.

The essence of the fusion of Conqueror's and Observation Haki to form a special band that interferes with the opponent.

However, very few people can achieve this, it requires exceptional talent.

With the fusion of Conqueror's Haki, traces of crimson light overflowed from Leno's body, lingering around.

Suddenly.

He got it.

"Devils are born out of sorrow, become strong in anger, and kill in despair!"

"Devils die of happiness, and die of happiness, and be safe!"

Two short words were repeated continuously, as if it were a curse.

Then.

In an instant.

In the darkness of Ultimate, something seemed to open its eyes, looking towards Leno, exuding an aura of sadness, anger, and despair.

Boom!

A strong sense of oppression, invisible, suppressed Leno's will and sought to pollute his spirit.

Those sad, angry, and desperate songs, like the whispers of a devil, kept reaching him.

Leno squinted slightly.

He confronted unknown beings in the darkness.

The Conqueror's Haki wrapped around him like a crimson flame, burning away the incoming presence.

Devil of Songs?!

Leno's mind raced.

How did it come out?

Leno suddenly remembered that the reason Uta destroyed Elegia was that Tot Musica gave her the song.

This was the place where it was sealed, and the opponent could infiltrate its power without going through Uta!

Careless!

Leno calmed down quickly, regretting was useless now.

He stared into the darkness, facing a pair of blood-red eyes full of sadness, despair, and anger, with his own eyes remaining calm.

Negative songs flooded around him, constantly trying to infect him.

Only.

Leno's [Infection] talent also shone, releasing power, and Conqueror's Haki formed a defensive layer.

"A demon? Is this all you can do?"

Leno's words echoed in the darkness.

"Although it can transmit part of the power, it cannot affect or interfere with reality, only infusing the spirit?"

"Through the immersion of the spirit through the song, you try to assimilate others."

No response.

Only the endless songs of despair, anger, and sadness could be heard.

"Is there no consciousness? Just a collection of negative songs? No, it should be a consciousness of pure sadness, anger, and despair."

"Negative songs, which contain the creator's extremely negative emotions, are listened to by sad, angry, and desperate people..."

Leno suddenly understood the meaning of the two sentences the stone statue conveyed to him.

In other words, it was not conveyed by the stone statues.

It was the person who sealed the Tot Musica, leaving it as a reminder to future generations.

Songs to kill people also appeared in Leno's world, and some death songs were widely spread.

The Tot Musica might have been an awakened person who once ate the Devil Fruit of Uta Uta no Mi.

In extreme sadness, anger, and despair, he created the tune and endowed it with soul and consciousness.

"What if the new Song Devil Fruit eater is always happy, peaceful, and can appease Tot Musica?"

It's an idea, it could be tried."

There are still many songs in Leno's memory, and his [Photographic Memory] talent is very useful.

Leno's thoughts converged.

He looked at the Tot Musica who was sealed and had nothing to do with him except to crazily indoctrinate negative songs.

"You infect me, come and go without being rude, let you try my [Infection]!"

Leno slowly pulled out the demon sword [Muramasa].

Bloody Backblade.

In this darkness, it was extraordinarily bright, blooming faintly.

Leno rarely used it.

But at this time, it was very suitable to use it.

Leno held [Muramasa] with both hands, staring at the darkness, Observation Haki spread, sensing the opponent's existence.

In the illusion, the Tot Musica seemed to be elementalized.

Leno's arms were wrapped around Armament Haki, [Muramasa] hardened, and the blood-colored blade presented a strange dark red.

Like dried blood.

But it emitted a flowing Haki light.

"One Sword, Demon Sword, Song of Sin!"

Leno swung the sword.

Swoosh!

The light of the sword was like thousands of blood-black silk threads that suddenly burst out, piercing the darkness from [Muramasa] in an instant.

The singing voice that permeated the ear suddenly dissipated.

The darkness that shrouded the eyes instantly shattered.

Leno opened his eyes.

His hand was still on the stone statue.

He was still in the underground library, as if nothing had happened.

`My soul, being pulled into its space?'

Leno withdrew his hand.

[Ding! You took the opponent out of the way, and the talent was scanned: Music (SSS level)]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for duplicating talent: Music!]

[Talent Introduction: You will acquire world-class pitch, rhythm, rhythm, and perception of music!]

The system prompt let Leno know that he had indeed fought against Tot Musica and repelled it just now.

"A trick? Remember that time with Shanks, it was also a trick. The system judged it as a bug, right?"

"That's why only one talent was scanned."

"The talent of the Tot Musica is related to singing. There must be talents in voice, musicality, art, and musical understanding."

"Don't be too greedy, a world-class [Music] is enough to guide Uta." Leno thought to himself.

"Mr. Leno? Leno?"

Hearing Gordon's call, Leno turned his head and found Gordon beside him anxiously, and said, "I'm fine."

Gordon breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Just now you stood still, thinking..."

"Well, I faced it!" Leno said.

"Ok!"

Gordon nodded, reacted, his eyes widened, and said, "Ah? You, you and that..."

Leno said, "Well, it tried to infect my consciousness, and I cut it with a sword."

"What?!"

Gordon was dumbfounded.

At his level, it was difficult to understand Leno's words.

"Mr. Leno confronted Tot Musica and slashed it? Isn't this too powerful?"

Gordon pondered.

"No wonder Shanks will let Mr. Leno come to Elegia, he is definitely Elegia's savior!"

As King Elegia, Gordon had witnessed Tot Musica massacre his own people and destroy his town.

How could there be no hatred in his heart?

It's just that he was weak and powerless.

Now Leno's decisive words gave him great hope.

"Mr. Leno, this is Tot Musica, the score that summons it." Gordon said.

"Ok!"

Leno took the sheet music, glanced at it, and felt a surge of sadness, anger, and despair jump off the paper.

Whether it is the music, lyrics, or handwriting, it is full of the creator's emotions.

"Who wrote the song?" Leno asked curiously.

"Don't know."

"In the records, some say it's the creator of Elegia, and some say it's the creation of Tot Musica."

Leno put away the tune and placed it into the handle of Muramasa.

Muramasa's knife handle is half empty.

Muramasa was intentionally designed so that when the sword is swung, the airflow would flow through the small holes in the handle, creating a strange sound.

"Gordon, I'm suddenly interested in music, do you want to teach me?" Leno said as he walked out of the library.

"Eh?"

Surprised, Gordon said happily, "Of course!"

The two quickly went to the music classroom.

Then, Gordon asked Leno to improvise and see how he did.

Gordon is not only a king but also a world-class pianist. He can tell whether Leno has singing talent or not.

After some trial, Gordon gave it an average rating.

Leno coughed and said hastily, "Well, I think my Music is much better than my voice."

"Well, let's try it."

Starting from the intonation, Leno's performance amazed Gordon, he could accurately judge every note.

Then there was rhythm, rhythm, etc.

"Genius, Mr. Leno, you are a genius in the Music field, and you will be a great composer!"

Gordon shouted, as excited as if he had found a hidden treasure.

Then, in addition to daytime exercises, Leno trained and studied music theory with Gordon in his spare time.

With his Photographic Memory talent, his progress was extremely fast.

This day.

The craftsmen and supplies supported by the Kingdom of Oikot arrived in Elegia after a ten-day voyage.

The designers from Glass Ball Island came with the boat.

The reconstruction of Elegia has officially started, and there are busy construction sites everywhere.

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