Chapter 1535 Divination and Bad News
As Juvia suddenly withdrew, the torrential rain, which had lost the power of her Devil Fruit, gradually subsided, leaving only a light drizzle that blurred the bloodstains and scorch marks on the battlefield.
Although they were soaked to the bone, Juvia's fearful warning before leaving lingered in everyone's hearts like a cold, venomous snake, bringing a chill more biting than the rain.
Just as the survivors on the island were still in shock and were rushing to other relatively safer sub-islands like a tide, a team went against the flow of people and cut into this chaotic area like a sharp sword.
Leading the group were several people dressed in pure white suits and wearing masks with strange patterns on their faces. They moved in unison, exuding a cold and murderous aura.
Those with a modicum of knowledge and power mingled in the crowd, upon seeing this distinctive attire, were all horrified and exclaimed in hushed tones: "C...CP0!"
Why would the highest intelligence agency directly under the World Government, whose power and strength surpass even CP9, be here?
The presence of CP0 in the Sabaody Archipelago is hardly a good thing. What's even stranger is that this group of dangerous CP0 agents surrounds a tall, elderly man dressed in a simple kimono like a star.
He wasn't wearing a mask, so his face was clearly visible, but his deep eyes seemed to contain endless majesty and the weight of time, making people afraid to look directly at him.
Some powerful and wealthy people felt a chill run down their spines just from catching a glimpse of the old man's profile. They didn't even have the courage to guess his identity. They hurriedly lowered their heads and quickened their pace to flee with their families.
"The rain just now came on strangely and stopped quickly; it must be due to some kind of Devil Fruit power," a CP0 member reported in a low voice, his tone muffled through his mask.
"The Rain-Rain Fruit leaked from the Grand Auction, but the Grand Auction blocked the client's files, so we couldn't find out who the buyer was. It's a pity about this precious Natural-type fruit," another person added.
The Rain-Rain Fruit created a Marine Admiral in the future. However, due to changes in reality, the Marines permanently lost this Admiral, which is actually a good thing for the World Government. A strong Marine is detrimental to both pirates and the World Government.
The masked man at the head of the group slightly raised his hand to stop the discussion. His sharp gaze swept across the messy street ahead: "Target found. Straw Hat, Kid, and Capone Bege are confronting each other in the downtown area. Our Lucci is also there with the CP9 team. Ada has fallen into the hands of pirates, and the King of Men is confirmed to be present."
Upon hearing this, the tall, elderly man surrounded by people remained expressionless, speaking calmly in a voice that, though not loud, carried the absolute authority to decide life and death: "We will seal off this island later and resolve all the troubles at once."
"yes" !
The CP0 members answered in unison, their figures dispersing like ghosts. Their mission was not to launch a major attack; in the upcoming battle, their strength was insufficient.
Blocking off retreat routes and forming an encirclement, even if it only delays the enemy for a minute, is a great achievement, and they are willing to die for the Celestial Dragons.
Meanwhile, amidst the ruins of the neighborhood, Lucci and Kaku stood on a dilapidated rooftop, rain dripping from their hair.
Kaku had already placed the seriously injured Bruno in a relatively safe place and entrusted him to Kalifa's care, while he himself quickly returned using Moonwalk.
Looking down at the pirates who outnumbered him, especially Luffy who was tightly protecting Ada, he asked in a deep voice, "Lucci, what do we do now? Should we give up?"
A struggle flickered in Lucci's eyes. He regarded other people's lives as worthless, but he cherished his comrades who fought alongside him. He was sentimental but not very useful to his own people.
Forcibly taking Ada from these fierce pirates could come at an extremely high price, and Lucci himself lacked confidence; Yamato's Thunder Bagua had left him with considerable psychological trauma.
He gritted his teeth and growled, "Try one more time...just one more time..."
Lucci was unwilling to accept defeat and even less willing to hand over Ada and her abilities to pirates, as that would be a huge hidden danger and could even lead to accountability from the World Government. If they were to leave the rule of the Celestial Dragons, who else could they turn to?
Inside Capone Becky's castle, Hawkins was idly fiddling with divination cards. For some reason, a strong sense of unease compelled him to perform a divination, to predict his chances of survival that day.
The moment the cards were revealed, Hawkins' face turned deathly pale. His chances of survival today were: 0%.
Undeterred, he performed another divination for Luffy and Kid:
Monkey D. Luffy's survival probability today: 1%
Eustass Kidd, survival probability today: 1%
Capone Becky's survival probability today: 0%
Undeterred, he consulted the oracle again, receiving the same result as before: Basil Hawkins, survival probability: 0%.
Seeing this despairing outcome, Hawkins leaned against the cold wall, a bitter smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. Perhaps this was fate.
The weak have no right to struggle in the face of a real storm; his ominous divination in the basement was about to come true.
“Becky, let me out,” Hawkins said, his voice trembling slightly.
When Hawkins appeared before everyone with a pale face, his distraught appearance caught Kidd's attention. "What did you see again? Don't scare yourself like that."
Hawkins lacked that kind of fearless courage. Knowing he was going to die, he could still pretend to be calm and laugh heartily. He knew he didn't have that kind of magnanimity and was destined to be just a grain of sand in the pirate world, not to be remembered by many people after his death.
Hawkins looked at Kidd, then at Luffy who was still rummaging through the ruins for food and eating meat without a care in the world, and said in a hoarse voice, "There is going to be a great battle that we can't even imagine. I hope you can survive."
His gaze held a sense of farewell; he knew his chances of survival were slim, and he only hoped that these two sparks of pirate energy, which could potentially change the times, would not be completely extinguished by the tides of history.
"Why are you the ones who survived, and not us?" Luffy asked innocently and bluntly, his mouth full of meat, unaware of the seriousness of the problem.
Kidd's signature arrogant smile gradually faded, and he slightly raised his remaining arm, his powerful electromagnetic induction scanning his surroundings like a radar.
Finally, he detected a biomagnetic field as large as a dormant volcano, restrained yet exuding a suffocating pressure, which had already landed on the island. Its biomagnetic field strength was the strongest he had ever seen in his life.
"Hey, Straw Hat Boy..."
Kidd's voice was more serious than ever before, and he stared intently in a certain direction, "Stop eating, the real trouble is coming..."
Since becoming stronger, Kidd has been desperately seeking a major battle to test his true strength; retreating or running away is not in his life's creed.
