novelonline Chapter 454: The Ability to Resurrect from the Dead
Chapter 454: The Ability to Resurrect from the Dead
Under the dual surveillance of the Navy and the World Government, the team led by Kizaru and Danzo rested for a night in the Sabaody Archipelago.
The next morning, Kizaru did not leave with Danzo's fleet, but stayed in the bar.
According to Kizaru's estimation, the negotiations between Danzo and the fish-men would not proceed too quickly, and if he followed them in the early stages, there would be a high probability that he would be doing nothing.
The Fishmen are an awkward race. On the one hand, they believe themselves to be stronger than ordinary humans, but on the other hand, they are often robbed by pirates and oppressed by the World Government.
This makes a considerable number of fishmen extremely hostile to humans, but with their strength, let alone facing the World Government, even the Four Emperors and even the powerful Seven Warlords of the Sea can cause great harm to them.
Facing such a race, simply showing goodwill is useless. What they need is a certain degree of deterrence, and then a friendly release.
Kizaru left the initial deterrence to Danzo. As for the goodwill in the later period, it depends on whether the fishmen can withstand Danzo's threat. If they kneel down directly, the goodwill in the later period will naturally decrease.
In Xia Qi's bar, after seeing Danzo off, Kizaru started drinking with Rayleigh at the counter early in the morning. After each of them finished a bottle of whiskey, they started to talk about business.
"How soon do we leave?" Rayleigh asked.
Kizaru turned his head and looked at the dazzling sunlight outside the bar, "Then let's do it now!"
After saying that, Kizaru smiled at Rayleigh and Xia Qi and continued, "You two, are you ready?"
"Are we setting off now? Is your ship ready?" Xia Qi asked curiously.
"No need for a ship, I will teleport you there directly." Kizaru answered directly without hiding anything.
After saying that, he pointed at the door of the bar and reminded: "I suggest you lock the door of the bar now."
At Kizaru's reminder, Xia Qi walked out of the counter, locked the door, and closed the windows.
After doing all this, the interior of the bar became dim. Xia Qi and Rayleigh both looked at Kizaru, curious about the legend that Kizaru mentioned.
Under the gaze of the two, Kizaru did not waste any more time. He smiled and snapped his fingers.
The next second, the space inside the bar began to distort, and before Rayleigh and Xia Qi could react, they and Kizaru disappeared out of thin air.
In the East China Sea, on the deserted island where Hashirama and his companions were training, a space crack appeared out of nowhere. All the people who were training stopped and looked at the space gap at the edge of the open space.
A ripple appeared in space, and Kizaru stepped across the crack and appeared first, followed by Rayleigh and Xia Qi landing out of thin air.
The two people who were experiencing the space legend for the first time were obviously not used to it. After landing, Rayleigh's body was shaking as if he was about to fall down at any time, and Xia Qi fell directly to the ground and sat on it.
"Are you two okay?" Kizaru walked up to Xia Qi, stretched out his right hand very gentlemanly, and helped Xia Qi up.
Rayleigh next to him had also almost recovered and was recalling the legendary experience.
Xia Qi stood up with the help of Kizaru, and looked around. She saw Hashirama and others who were practicing Haki, and also saw the dense and tall trees around them.
"Have we reached the East China Sea yet?" Xia Qi said in disbelief.
"Of course, welcome to the East China Sea, to the Land of Light." Kizaru said with a smile.
"It's an incredible ability to be able to do this over such a long distance," Rayleigh said with emotion.
"Kizaru!" At this time, Hashirama also took the initiative to step forward, his eyes swept over Rayleigh and Xia Qi, and finally looked at Kizaru.
"This is Hashirama Senju, my elder and one of the founders of the Land of Light." Kizaru took the initiative to introduce him to the two.
After introducing Hashirama, Kizaru introduced Rayleigh and Shachi to Hashirama, briefly explaining their identities.
Hearing that Rayleigh was the former deputy of the Pirate King and the new domineering teacher, Hashirama welcomed him warmly: "You two, the Kingdom of Light welcomes you. I'll trouble you in the rest of the world."
"I'll do my best," Rayleigh replied.
Xia Qi looked around at Hashirama and Kizaru. Hashirama was resurrected by Kizaru and looked very young, with no difference compared to Kizaru. However, Kizaru said that Hashirama was his elder, which made Xia Qi, who was used to collecting and analyzing intelligence, more curious.
Kizaru noticed Xia Qi's actions. He was ready to show the power of the Kingdom of Light, so he said directly: "Senju Hashirama-senpai is my wife's grandfather. Don't look at him so young. If you count by the date of birth, he is already over a hundred years old."
"Hahaha! My situation is rather special." Hashirama explained quickly.
Hashirama's explanation was of no use. After hearing Kizaru's introduction, Rayleigh and Xia Qi looked at him with some surprise.
Over a hundred years old? With a youthful appearance similar to Kizaru, you say he is over a hundred years old?
Facing the surprised looks of the two, Hashirama looked at Kizaru, asking for his opinion.
When his younger brother is not around, Hashirama usually asks Kizaru for his opinion out of habit. On the one hand, it is a sign of support and respect for his juniors, and on the other hand, it is also a sign of self-knowledge.
Hashirama is not stupid, but he is not good at scheming too much. Usually when encountering such diplomatic affairs, he chooses to leave the responsibility of thinking to Kizaru or Tobirama.
Kizaru nodded slightly, indicating that there was no problem. After receiving the information, Hashirama began to explain in detail.
"I also died once, but was resurrected by Kizaru. This situation is quite rare in the Land of Light."
Hearing that Hashirama was the one who came back from the dead, the surprise in Rayleigh and Xiaqi's eyes turned into shock. They looked at Hashirama, seeing his honest expression, and couldn't help but look at Kizaru.
"The dead can be resurrected? Is this also your unique ability?" Rayleigh couldn't help but ask.
Kizaru replied: "In the Land of Light, after a person dies, their souls still exist and they go to a place of rest. Through some special ninjutsu, we can temporarily recall the souls of the dead. As for resurrection, this requires more advanced abilities, and even if I perform it, it is still a big burden."
Rayleigh derived two meanings from Kizaru's words. The first was that as long as the soul was still there, the Land of Light had the ability to resurrect people. The second was that resurrection had a price, but Kizaru could afford it.
Something as miraculous as resurrection from the dead can be achieved by just paying a price?
Rayleigh didn't know whether to marvel at Kizaru's power or the magic of the ninjutsu that Kizaru mentioned.
At this moment, Rayleigh couldn't help but think of Roger, but soon his reason suppressed the thoughts that arose in his mind.
Given Roger's personality, he probably doesn't want to be resurrected. His life has been exciting enough already.
"If this ability spreads to the sea, I wonder how many people will go crazy because of it." Rayleigh seemed to sigh, and also seemed to be giving a reminder.
"The chance to bring a person back to life is an extremely precious opportunity even in our Kingdom of Light. If the forces and figures on the sea want to try it, they need to pay enough." Kizaru said with a smile.
Rayleigh nodded, but did not continue the topic. His life was already exciting enough, and the only thing he missed was Captain Roger. But he also knew that Roger would not be happy to be resurrected.
"I won't leak a single word of what happened today." Rayleigh promised, and Xia Qi beside him nodded.
Kizaru shook his head nonchalantly, "This kind of information is not a secret to the Kingdom of Light, so you don't have to worry about it. I am the only one in the entire Kingdom of Light who can afford the cost of resurrection, and no one on this sea can threaten me."
After planting a small seed in Rayleigh's heart, Kizaru took the initiative to end the discussion of this topic and took the two of them to the location where the Third Raikage and others were gathered in the center of the open space.
Kizaru stopped in front of the crowd and introduced Rayleigh's identity to everyone, and then briefly introduced the identities of these "students" to Rayleigh.
After introducing each other, Kizaru handed the stage to Rayleigh, and asked Hashirama-senpai and Fujitora to help, while he himself quietly stepped aside.
At the same time, at the Navy Headquarters, in the office of the Navy Admiral, Akainu was staring at the Den Den Mushi placed on the table.
The Den Den Mushi was given to him by Borsalino when he returned to the Navy Headquarters last night.
At the same time, Akainu also learned from his good friend Borsalino the reason why Kizaru and others appeared in the Sabaody Archipelago.
Win over Pluto Rayleigh and form an alliance with the merfolk.
Either of these two things is a provocation to the navy and even the world government.
Rayleigh was once the deputy of the Pirate King and is very likely to have information about the truth of history. Although the fish-men pose no threat to the navy, the act of winning over a race is a provocation to the government.
In the past, the navy would have taken action on its own to eliminate such threats without the World Government's orders.
But unfortunately, the navy cannot do this now, or does not have the ability to do so.
Akainu looked up at Borsalino who was sitting in the chair in front of him and said, "Salino, how do you think we should treat Kizaru and his Kingdom of Light?"
Borsalino did not make any analysis on this issue. He just stated a fact directly, "The current navy is no match for them. Kizaru alone can destroy the entire navy headquarters."
Akainu slammed his fist on the table in anger, then stood up and said unwillingly: "It's still a question of strength. If you want to uphold justice, the navy must have the strongest strength."
Borsalino knew what Akainu was angry about, and he once again stated the bloody fact, "The World Government will not agree to your military expansion plan."
Yes, after Akainu took the position of marshal, in order to avenge his previous shame, he directly proposed a military expansion plan to the Five Elders by increasing military spending.
He proposed to further increase the navy's manpower and invest more resources in training the younger generation of navy.
These plans for the navy were all rejected by the Five Elders.
After losing the entire East China Sea, the World Government's income had already declined significantly. At the urging of Lord Im, they had to invest more funds and resources in Vegapunk's experiment.
With one reduction and one increase, the World Government has no money left to support the Navy. They are able to maintain the current military expenditure without reducing it, which is already a support for Akainu under the threat of the Kingdom of Light. (End of this chapter)