Chapter 13 Alice
When the subordinate whom Omi ordered to reply to GSS left, a coin-sized hole in the corner of his office wall also disappeared.
After a while, the hole appeared near the door of Sen Ou's office, and a piece of paper was thrown out of the hole.
This is also a respect for Moriguwai. If you drive too close to Moriguwai's seats, it would be a bit unpleasant.
Mori Ou picked up the note that fell to the ground and asked Ace: [What does it say? ]
Ace looked at it carefully, [Leader, um... Omi... from GSS... to contact... weapons...] He half translated and half guessed and reassembled it: [Um... did Omi contact GSS to get weapons? ]
Mori Ogai: “…Yeah, about the same.”
It's not bad to be able to understand the general meaning even if it's just a little bit of guesswork in such a short time. Although GSS can understand it because he has a basic knowledge of English, he probably recognizes Omi because he has seen this name more often during this period.
"The Omi family has finally lost their patience."
But this was also within his calculations.
Originally, the shortcoming of Mori Guwai's organization was that most of the organization's funding chain was in the hands of others. Miyamura controlled more than 20% of the funding sources of the port mafia, and now all of it fell into Mori Guwai's hands. Of course, Omi began to worry.
Funds, personnel, weapons, high-end combat power psychics, these are the most important components of the Port Mafia, and Moriou has at least two of them that are better than his.
With the will of the previous leader, even if there are rumors that Sen Ou Wai killed the previous leader and usurped the throne, he is now the legitimate leader. The middle and lower level members with the largest base will naturally choose to obey Sen Ou Wai's orders.
In terms of weapons, the colonel who controls weapons management will choose Mori Ogai, who is the leader. Omi also has sufficient sources of weapons through cooperation with GSS, so neither side has any advantage in this regard.
In terms of funds, the total output value of the capital chain controlled by Mori Ogai is not as much as that of Omi, who has been controlling most of the financial income of the organization. After Mori Ogai brought down Miyamura, the ratio between the two was almost four to six, with Mori Ogai having four and Omi having six, and the rest being in the hands of the neutral faction.
However, there is a problem here - the weapons and equipment of Mori Oo are from within the organization, so they can just use the inventory, but as for Omi...if the colonel wants his weapons, then he can only get his weapons and equipment from GSS.
But GSS originally sold weapons, how could they just give away their products? Even if it was a collaboration, they still had to recover the cost, and they couldn't really sell it to you at cost, at most they would be a few percent below the market price. After all, they weren't fools, if they didn't spend money to support you, wouldn't their products be wasted if you failed?
Weapons expenditure is a big part of Omi's expenditure, which accounts for a large part of Omi's expenditure, so that Mori Ougai has a tendency to have an advantage in terms of funds.
As for the users with special abilities, the Colonel, Ozaki Kouyo, and Randou are all very powerful users with special abilities, not to mention that there are many weaker ones or supporting ones below them.
On his side, the only strong offensive psychics were Karen, a former subordinate of his, and the one who made the petal bomb. There was a non-psychic among the newcomers who had been sent by the previous leader to assassinate the Sheep King but failed and came back alive, but he obviously couldn't be relied upon to fight against multiple strong offensive psychics.
Originally at a disadvantage, Mori Ogai has gradually gained the upper hand, so Omi is certainly anxious. He is afraid that the longer the time goes, the stronger the control Mori Ogai, who has the advantage of being the leader, will have over the organization, and then he will really have no ability to fight back.
Although it seems that it is more advantageous for Mori Gugai to prolong the battle, he does not want to waste so much time. The longer the time, the more advantages he has in fighting against Omi, but in the final analysis, the one who suffers from his fight with Omi is the strength of the port mafia. If he wants to deal with the various forces on the beach at that time, he will be powerless without a few years of rest and recuperation.
"Looks like it's time to take a drastic measure." Sen Ou said to himself.
Ace had no idea how many times Moriogai's mind had been twisting and turning in such a short time. When he suddenly said this, he was still a little confused: [What kind of strong medicine? Um...are you going to poison that Omi? ]
Mori Owl: "..."
[Be good, don't use your brain here.] It doesn't make any difference whether you use it or not. [If you are bored, think about what you learned the night before and yesterday, and I will give you dictation in the evening.]
Yes, after running in for nearly half a month, Mori Ogai had confirmed that the two people would take turns controlling the body once a day. The time of the exchange was at dusk.
Ace: [……]
Ah this...baldness.JPG
Just when Ace was preparing to recall the words he had learned earlier in order to prepare for Mori Ougai's inspection in the evening, he suddenly found that Mori Ougai started to change his clothes.
[Mr. Ouwai, are you going out? ]
[Yes.] Mori Ougai responded while tying his tie.
He is going to give some people some drastic measures :)
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The underground clinic outside Mori Ou was reminded of a certain sound that made people want to call the police.
"Ah~ah, it's so cute! My Alice-chan——" Mori Owl made the sound of a perverted uncle staring at a little loli.
If Ace had not seen this little girl appear from Mori Ougai's body with his own eyes, and if Ace had not been still inside Mori Ougai's body and unable to get out, he might have punched Mori Ougai in the face by now.
The truth is, adults who assault children shouldn't be alive!
A girl with long blond hair and blue eyes stood in the clinic. She was wearing a red Lolita dress and her pupils were empty, like a porcelain doll without a soul.
Ace watched the little girl's eyes light up quickly, and her first words were: "Stupid Rintaro!"
Ace: […This should be your special ability? ]
【yes.】
Ace's mind was filled with confusion: [Why does your ability call you an idiot? ]
This ability is so rebellious.
[But don’t you think Alice is cute like this? ]
The one named Alice by Mori Ogai turned into strips of light with words on them and disappeared. Ace had also seen this phenomenon on Randou, which was exactly what happened when the supernatural power disappeared.
[She's cute, but your hobby is really special.] Ace sighed. Superpowers are controlled by their owners, and Alice's behavior was obviously set by Mori Ogai himself.
[No matter how I look at it, your abilities are so magical. I have never seen an ability that can transform into a human.]
The Devil Fruit users he had seen, whether they were elemental, superhuman or animal, all transformed themselves. The elemental ones could use natural elements to mold a human figure, but in the end, it was still the elements that made up the human figure, just like he molded a fireball, the shape was different. But Mori Ooga was different, she had a real human appearance and could speak!
Speaking of abilities, Mori Ogai has a question he wanted to ask for a long time, but he always forgets it when he is talking about it. He asked: [What is the Devil Fruit? ]
Thinking that this is another world, there might not be such a thing as a devil fruit, so Ace answered: [It is a fruit with a strange appearance, which can give you special abilities after eating it. But it tastes really bad. I have never eaten anything so bad in my life. It tastes just like a rag covered with grease that has been soaked in a swill bucket overnight and then left in the toilet to ferment for three days.]
Mori Owl: "..."
Actually, you don't have to describe the taste in such detail, and that's not what I'm concerned about.
He was speechless for a moment, then began to envy, "How wonderful! There are still such things in your world."
Isn't this the perfect thing for creating people with special abilities? Even if the quantity is limited and it cannot be mass-produced, he can still make one to conduct research and see if it can be artificially created, and then mass-produce a large army of people with special abilities. How great is that?
[That's all. In your world, there are people who have superpowers without eating that kind of thing.] Ace's reaction was normal. Although he was somewhat dependent on the power of the Devil Fruit, he was already famous before he became "Fire Fist Ace". The power of the Devil Fruit was just like adding wings to a tiger. Although the power of the fruit was very strong, it could not cover up the fact that he was very strong.
What's more, it doesn't mean that those who don't have the ability of fruit can't become strong. Whether it's the Pirate King Gol D. Roger or Red-haired Shanks, one of the Four Emperors, they are not the users of the Devil Fruit ability.
The Devil Fruit user has a fatal flaw: they are afraid of seawater. Even sea stones that smell like seawater can make the user weak once they come into contact with them.
For pirates who spend almost their entire lives drifting on the sea, this is simply fatal, because once they fall into the water, if there is no one around to rescue them, they will not even float up by themselves, but will sink like a stone and drown. Therefore, every user of the Devil Fruit ability is a landlubber.
For some people who already possess powerful strength far beyond that of ordinary people, eating the devil fruit is simply creating a fatal weakness for themselves.
Mori Ogai did not discuss this topic with him. Superpowers are innate, and under special circumstances, they can be passed down, but this situation is uncontrollable. Before the superpower user uses the superpower, he has no idea who will have the superpower. But if he can mass-produce the superpower army himself, what does it matter if there are some weaknesses? At worst, he can just continue to produce them.
[But by the way, Mr. Ogai, is the name of your special ability Alice? It's similar to my name, so you didn't name it after me, did you?]
Mori Owl: "..."
He smirked: "Shut up."
Such a cute name, but when it comes out of your mouth, it suddenly doesn’t feel so cute anymore :)