Holy Land Mary Geoise:
Just as the other four Gorosei were busy preparing to rescue Gorosei Mars, they suddenly stopped in unison, their expressions utterly dark, a mixture of shock and fear.
"How is this possible? How could Gorosei Mars die in such a short amount of time!"
The four Gorosei were extremely shocked. From the moment they teleported back until now, it had only been about three seconds. In such a short time, Gorosei Mars was actually killed. This was simply too unbelievable for them!
That was Gorosei Mars! As a Gorosei, he possessed the Mythical Zoan form of Itsunade, which had even developed to the Awakening level. His vitality was incredibly tenacious, and he had an immortal body.
With such a top-tier configuration, he was actually killed by Nox in less than three seconds!
In other words, if the four of them were to fall into Nox's hands, they could also be killed within three seconds.
Thinking of this, their fear of Nox escalated. They had already made up their minds that before Nox died, they would definitely not descend the Red Line. No, they would definitely not leave the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
Only with the protection of that esteemed individual could their inner fear be alleviated.
"Hmm?"
Inside the newly rebuilt Pangea Castle, in the center of the Holy Land Mary Geoise, the sleeping Imu suddenly opened his eyes.
"Gorosei Mars is dead? Who could have possibly killed him?"
After Imu woke up, a black shadow completely enveloped him, making it impossible to see the expression on his face.
"The master is summoning us, let's go quickly!"
After Imu awoke, Saint Saturn and the other four quickly received Imu's summons. They all knew that this matter had alarmed their master, so they dared not delay and immediately rushed over.
"Master!"
After the four Saints arrived before Imu, they showed none of the previous arrogance of being Gorosei. All that remained was deep humility and fear.
"How did Gorosei Mars die?"
Imu asked directly and clearly.
"Master, Gorosei Mars died at the hands of Nox, the current Captain of the Limitless Pirates. The specific details are..."
Saint Saturn and the others dared not hide anything and recounted the entire process word for word.
"The Limitless Pirates from the New World? Another Rocks? But he is not a D, so he won't inherit that person's will."
After listening to the answers from Saint Saturn and the others, Imu couldn't help but ponder.
"The opponent used the power of Sea Stone to suppress Gorosei Mars's power, which is why he was able to kill Gorosei Mars!"
"Also, choose a new person to be a Gorosei. Four people are not enough!"
"Leave the matter of that Pirate and the newly selected Gorosei to you. Don't disturb me unless necessary!"
Imu said after a moment of contemplation.
What he cared about was the inheritance of Joy Boy's will. Since Nox was not a D, he was not within his scope of concern, and thus he had no interest in Nox.
After all, over the past eight hundred years, there had been powerful Pirates similar to Nox who killed Gorosei, but ultimately they couldn't even reach the Holy Land Mary Geoise and were not worth his attention at all.
Over the past eight hundred years, most of Imu's emotions had been worn away. Only matters concerning the former Joy Boy could stir his heart. For everything else, he was indifferent.
"Yes, Master!"
Hearing Imu's words, Saint Saturn and the others breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed Imu did not intend to punish them, and their hanging hearts finally settled.
As Imu continued to fall into slumber, the four Gorosei felt relieved and withdrew, returning to their offices to continue their meeting.
"The new Environment God should be elected from the Celestial Dragons families according to the previous method of electing Gorosei. There shouldn't be any problem with this."
Scientific Defense Warrior God Saturn Saint said.
"Adding a new Environment God is not a problem. The current problem is how to suppress the Limitless Pirates. After this confrontation, Nox has shown overwhelming power, just like Rocks back then. Almost no one is his match in a one-on-one fight. Even top-tier combatants like us could potentially be killed by him in a very short time!"
"Previously, news from the Marine indicated that the Limitless Pirates had infiltrated a large amount of their forces into our Four Seas and destroyed many Marine bases in the Four Seas."
"Coupled with the news of Gorosei Mars's death at Nox's hands spreading, the Limitless Pirates' prestige will rise significantly, leading to a large number of Pirates defecting to them, increasing their overall strength."
"The current Limitless Pirates already have the Prototype (rudimentary form) of the original Rocks Pirates!"
Peter Saint, God of Agriculture said.
"Regarding the Limitless Pirates, I think we should temporarily avoid confrontation on the surface. After all, our CP combat power has suffered too many losses, and the Marine's strength is too weak!"
"We need to get more white gloves. Anyway, the Four Seas are already chaotic enough. As long as it doesn't affect our Allied Nations, we don't mind it being more chaotic. Only through chaos can we reap more benefits and recover our economy faster, thereby restoring our overall strength!"
Finance War God Nasujuro Saint said.
To put it bluntly, it meant cultivating some white gloves to plunder the wealth of non-Allied Nations and nobles in the Four Seas to fill the World Government's financial deficit.
They had already been doing this before, but it was done very discreetly and on a small scale, yet it brought them considerable wealth.
Now they needed to take bigger actions to restore the economy in the shortest possible time.
However, doing so would make the already turbulent Sea even more turbulent.
By now, they were no longer afraid of the Sea becoming more violent. After all, the World Government had been pushed to such an extent, what else couldn't they do!
"Temporarily avoid confrontation on the surface, but secretly we must merge the Army and the CP, allowing some powerful combatants from the Army to form the combat department of the CP, specifically responsible for combat and cooperating with the CP intelligence department to clear out the Limitless Pirates' personnel in the Four Seas."
"And after those white gloves obtain wealth, it must be quickly invested in the Marine, Army, and CP combat departments. We have too few powerful combatants now, and we must Training new top-tier combat power!"
Saint Warcury said.
"Seconded!"
"Seconded!"
"Seconded!"
"..."
Limitless Pirates:
"Morgans, did you see the photo I sent you?"
After returning to the Limitless Pirates, Nox immediately sent the photo to Morgans.
It was a photo of Nox holding the Seven Star Sword and piercing Gorosei Mars through the chest from behind, which Nox had specifically asked Kyle, who was hidden nearby, to take.
"Mr. Nox, the old man in this photo, he couldn't be Gorosei Mars, could he?"
Morgans asked in shock.
"Hahahahaha, that's right, it is Gorosei Mars, who stands at the pinnacle of power in this World. He has been killed by me, and the photo in your hand is the evidence. You should know how to write tomorrow's news report, right!"
Nox laughed.
"It's really Gorosei Mars?"
Hearing Nox's words, Morgans asked again in disbelief.
"Hahahahaha, Morgans, you didn't mishear, it's Gorosei Mars. I hope to see this photo on the front page of the newspaper tomorrow, understand?"
Nox said.
"Mr. Nox, don't worry, I guarantee you will see the content you want in the newspaper tomorrow!"
After calming down, Morgans began to laugh excitedly again.
This was big news, huge news!
It was big news he hadn't seen since he was born!
Gorosei, those were the Gorosei who held the power of the World Government, and they were actually killed by Nox. Such shocking news, once released, would completely ignite the World!
As a professional journalist with integrity, he had been blackening the World Government for so many years anyway, so he didn't mind doing it again. No, he had never blackened the World Government, he had always reported the most truthful news based on facts!
"Then I look forward to tomorrow's arrival!"
After getting Morgans' reply, Nox hung up the phone with satisfaction.
Although releasing that photo would expose the fact that Nox had eaten a Devil Fruit, this was something that the Gorosei would expose even if Nox didn't.
After all, Saint Saturn already knew about Nox transforming into his human-beast form. Instead of letting the Gorosei announce it, it was better to admit it himself.
Moreover, exposing the Devil Fruit while being able to kill a Gorosei was well worth it. In the future, he just needed to be careful not to be ambushed by people using Sea Stone and the Sea.
After arranging things with Morgans, Nox came to the Blood Pool.
"Seven Star Sword, this is for you, eat!"
Nox gently called out, and the Seven Star Sword transformed into a pool of fresh blood and flew out of his body. Then the fresh blood condensed back into the form of the Seven Star Sword itself.
"Buzz!!!"
The Seven Star Sword did not immediately go down to the Blood Pool to devour the fresh blood. Instead, its blade trembled slightly and flew around Nox three times, like a kids showing affection to their father before going to eat in the Blood Pool.