'Aren't you his subordinate?'
'Didn't Indra order you to get back the Buddha Palm and Shikon Jewel pieces?'
He had said this sentence when facing Tunfo a few days ago, and it was the sentence he cared about most so far.
Although he didn't pay much attention to this sentence at the time, he always wanted to get to the bottom of it later.
His coming here had nothing to do with Indra. It was the World Government's order that brought him to Jaltzburg, which meant Tunfo was already wrong on that point.
Now, he had come to this 'cursed' city of ice and snow, and was sitting in an ice palace with another demon, Sakaki. In his hand, he held a cup of hot black tea, suggesting this was a demon with manners.
Sengoku asked while taking a sip of the black tea. The warm tea entered his body, helping to drive away some of the cold.
Sakaki, as the one who created this cold, naturally felt nothing. After hearing Sengoku's words, he chuckled and said, "I don't know, but they are indeed enemies. Tunfo is a subordinate of The Destroyer, so it's not surprising that he can sense Indra's presence on you."
Sengoku nodded thoughtfully, not continuing the question, and instead gathering the information he had obtained in his mind.
His conversation with Sakaki had made him understand quite a few things. Even if he gained nothing else on this island, these words alone should count as a significant contribution.
Sakaki seemed to be waiting for Sengoku to organize the information in his mind. After some time, he said, "The Destroyer has two major subordinates: Tunfo of Fire and Pardon of Thunder. Both are demons related to Buddha, and they definitely won't let you off."
"...Although I have nothing to do with Indra, if they appear, I won't let them cause destruction either."
Sengoku didn't tell Sakaki about the dream connection he had with Indra. Their alliance was very fragile. The reason they were cooperating was purely to deal with another demon.
So, he didn't reveal too much information. Sakaki said so much because they were the weaker party in the cooperation. Although they held a Shikon Jewel piece, this piece didn't threaten his side. Most importantly, no matter what chips they held, in the end their relative strength would determine their cooperation.
Currently, the Marine side held the advantage in strength. If the other side wanted to cooperate, they had to offer some information. This was an unspoken agreement between the two.
Even without Sakaki and his group, Sengoku could simply request more forces from the Five Elders, or even join hands with The Black Order. The World Government would gather more forces here and still be able to handle Tunfo and his group.
"So, let's talk business," Sengoku said, no longer thinking about Indra. After all, this wasn't the most important thing right now. Regardless of what relationship Indra and The Destroyer had, one only existed in dreams and the other was still in hell. Neither was something they directly faced.
"Which demon lord is Zero? What are his abilities? What are Number Three and the others doing? Or rather... how much time do we have left?!"
Sengoku gently placed the black tea cup on the table in front of him. This was the real business between the two sides. Everything before was just a prelude.
"Who Zero is isn't important, because no matter who he is, as long as he doesn't appear in this world, there won't be any problem. Directly asking about his weaknesses or abilities will only make me think that your side lacks confidence in our cooperation."
Sakaki smiled and said, "They don't have the Shikon Jewel piece that corresponds to Zero, so they can only use special methods to summon a lord from hell. Such a ritual should be very complex."
"They're using the Shikon Jewel piece corresponding to Lord Shendu and Little Dragon as sacrifices to open the hell gate corresponding to Lord Shendu."
"Then, they'll use that hell gate leading to Lord Shendu to guide Zero's appearance. They need a landmark in the present world that can both receive Zero's signal and transmit a signal to hell."
"In addition to that, they also need to use a special ritual to enhance this landmark's ability to receive and transmit signals, and they have now found the right person."
"Barrett?" Sengoku said directly.
When Garp told him about it, he also noticed the phrase 'a qualified body', which meant Barrett was suitable to become the landmark and transmitter Sakaki was talking about?
Sakaki also answered affirmatively, "That's right. They have already obtained Douglas Barrett, which means they have reached the final stage of their plan. All that's left is to obtain Little Dragon."
"Their next move is to capture Little Demon Dragon," Sengoku thought for a moment, then said, "So, do you mean we should protect him?"
As long as they protect Little Demon Dragon, then the other side will always be stuck on this last step. If it were Sengoku, that's what he would choose to do, but he clearly underestimated the demons' madness.
The corners of Sakaki's mouth turned up as he said disdainfully, "Don't use your human thinking to judge us. What kind of offspring of Shendu would passively wait for humans to protect them?"
Seeing Sengoku's surprised expression, Sakaki continued, "I have the Shikon Jewel piece that Tunfo needs, the same Shikon Jewel piece that you people related to Indra need. If you can obtain its power, you can become stronger."
"Once you have fully mastered the new power, Little Dragon will actively act as bait, luring out all of the enemy's forces. Then, we will carry out a battle of annihilation!"
Use bait to lure them out?
Sengoku immediately nodded in agreement and said, "We can cooperate with your actions on our side, but you must first hand over that Shikon Jewel piece."
"This thing is useless to me anyway." The Shikon Jewel piece appeared in Sakaki's hand. He casually tossed it towards Sengoku.
Sengoku opened his hand and caught the Shikon Jewel piece. He had also felt a piece of Shikon Jewel from Garp's hand before, so he knew this was genuine, a piece that truly possessed special power.
After all, over the years, there had been people trying to use fake Shikon Jewel pieces to impersonate real ones and claim rewards, and many times, the Marines below couldn't tell the difference between real and fake.
But Sakaki was clearly not that kind of person. Sengoku looked at the Shikon Jewel piece in his hand, and was about to put it away, but suddenly saw the piece begin to tremble violently. The next moment...
It actually turned into a beam of light, directly escaping from Sengoku's palm and rushing towards the door!
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