Chapter 163 The players are crazy, Luo is an idiot...
As an agent skilled at stirring up trouble from the shadows, Stussy hadn't felt this lost and passive in a long time.
Stussy was no stranger to Violet, this "young and promising" Shichibukai. She had a thick stack of information about her abilities and various speculations about the Devil Fruits she had eaten, several times more than that of the other Shichibukai.
Before meeting the other person, Stussy's impression of him was that he was a guy with complex and varied abilities but little ambition.
But at this moment, Stussy had completely overturned his old impression of Violet. After experiencing a series of events, including being killed by Violet, being resurrected by Violet, and being kidnapped and threatened by Violet, Stussy felt that Violet was a madwoman, a madwoman who hid herself very well but was already mentally unstable!
With a soft "thud," a gleaming silver knife sliced through her collar, grazed her neck, and embedded itself in the wooden board behind her. As Stussy looked up warily, the dark-eyed brat with the spotted hat still held his throwing hand in a throwing motion, giving her a cold, warning glance.
"Don't make any underhanded moves."
This isn't a madman; this is a fool who knows Violet is a madman, yet still loyally follows her and joins her in angering the Emperor of the Sea!
Stussy: "...What exactly do you want to do?"
"Do you know that Charlotte Linlin detests betrayal and provocation the most? Once someone does these things, she will immediately gather her subordinates and use bloody and cruel methods to completely wipe out those who angered her on this sea."
And Stussy, who did nothing wrong, is considered an accomplice of Violet simply because she was stabbed in the chest by Violet on the spot but is still alive and kicking.
"Would the World Government allow a Sea Emperor to act so ostentatiously?" Violet walked over, took the grilled fish that Law had helped remove the small bones from, and popped a bite into her mouth. "Perhaps this is a good opportunity for the World Government, a good opportunity to test the power of their pacifist."
This is Violet's backup plan. If, after she demonstrates her strength, the World Government still insists on using her as a guinea pig for the pacifists, she will shift the blame to the other side, giving the World Government a reason to use the pacifists against the other party prematurely.
In this regard, Lingling was cooperative enough, even to the point that it surprised Violet.
The World Government would not allow Linlin to openly hunt down a Shichibukai across the entire ocean with her army.
Stussy looked at Vera's cheek, which was bulging from chewing fish, and was initially struck by a sense of absurdity and disbelief. He wanted to question her about whether all she had done was to obtain clues about the pacifists from her. But then, looking at her young face and her slightly thin shoulders and back due to rapid growth, he felt a sudden heaviness in his heart and a strong sense of fear.
At that moment, Stussy seemed to glimpse a game, a game with the entire world as the chessboard and all living beings as the pieces, and Violet was the only variable, the only player.
Her pupils constricted sharply at this thought, and her throat felt as if it were being held shut by an invisible hand, preventing her from taking in any air.
Her teeth chattered with fear, and Stussy murmured as she looked at Vera under Luo's strange gaze.
"You really are a madman."
She showed absolutely no respect or fear for the World Government! She treated the World Government as nothing more than background information, an NPC she could manipulate at will!
Even the Seven Warlords of the Sea, even the Emperors of the Sea, are extremely cautious when facing the World Government, a behemoth that has ruled the world for hundreds of years.
In Stussy's mind, there are only two people who would regard the World Government as something that must be conquered: the former World King Rocks and the Revolutionary Army leader Dragon!
CP's intelligence has consistently hinted that Violet's relationship with the Revolutionary Army leader is far closer than they realize, and that another person...
Stussy looked at Vera: "What is your relationship with Lox?"
Stussy suspects that Violet is a descendant of Lox who was lost to the world!
Although the World Government had captured Rocks' wife and children, and the time of Rocks' death did not match Wiel's age, Stussy, being a clone himself, knew too many ways to allow a person's bloodline to continue to be born after death.
Even cloning and resurrecting Rocks himself would not be a difficult technical challenge!
Unlike Doflamingo, who was arrogant and domineering, or Crocodile, who was cunning and shrewd, Violet did not even show the obvious hostility towards the World Government that the other Shichibukai and Emperors of the Sea did.
Stussy once thought that this was because of Violet's age and her past experiences, which gave her a basic sense of goodwill toward the World Government and made her respect the rules that had been passed down for hundreds of years and were to some extent regarded as ironclad laws.
But now it seems that all of this was just an illusion!
The Seven Warlords of the Sea and the Emperors of the Sea can create a territory that is separate from and not governed by the World Government, but Violet can imagine and accept a world where the World Government does not exist!
That's why she dares to manipulate the world government like this!
After the World Government spent hundreds of years imprinting its rule and the Celestial Dragons' status as descendants of gods into everyone's minds, a world "with the World Government and the Celestial Dragons" is like a house covered by a glass dome. Inside, they constantly fight and painfully taste the bitterness of losing their freedom, but dare not look out the window.
Because they naturally assume that the outside world is nothingness, a non-existent and incomprehensible void.
But a seedling grew in what should have been nothingness, and under the neglect of the World Government, it grew into a lush tree. The shadow it casts and the rustling of its leaves will eventually penetrate that window and enter everyone's eyes and ears.
By then, everyone will know that the World Government and the Celestial Dragons are not something that should be taken for granted, and that the world where they do not exist is the truly vast, free, and beautiful world.
Stussy twitched the corners of his mouth, slumped his shoulders, and looked at the vast sea in the distance: "I should have refused Lingling's invitation."
No, Lingling wouldn't allow anyone to refuse her invitation to the party, unless Stusi wanted a head as a gift.
Stussy: "I should have been dumber, slower."
Look at that guy with dark circles under his eyes. He's been following Vie for so many years, yet he hasn't realized the fundamental difference between himself and Vie.
In just a few minutes and a few words, she understood the biggest difference in Violet, the thing that terrified the World Government the most.
Stussy thought of the Pacifista created by Dr. Begabank, and the location where the Pacifista would first appear in the World Government's plan.
"What do you want to know?" Under Luo's surprised gaze, Stussy suddenly became incredibly cooperative. "Anything I know, I can tell you."
"There is only one condition: you must free Dr. Vegabank from the control of the World Government."
With Stussy's cooperation, Vera easily obtained information about the pacifists.
No one would easily believe an agent's sudden defection, but R'lyeh has Ginny, who is no less capable than Stussy, as well as Lucci and Kaku, who know the CP department very well. They can quickly verify whether what Stussy said is true or false.
Val asked Ginny to investigate the pattern on the rose, and the Revolutionary Army intelligence chief stared at the pacifist's photo for two seconds before nodding solemnly.
Meanwhile, Violet planned to take Luo to cut up and move the remaining three [mysterious marble statues].
The rose pattern on the pacifist's body had always given Violet a bad feeling. If that rose was indeed the same thing as the [Fragile Rose] in Violet's pocket and backpack, Violet worried that no matter what she did, the World Government would eventually target her and R'lyeh.
To protect her farmland and islanders, even if she didn't want to, Violet had no choice but to take action against the World Government, which had become a red-named entity.
But before that, Violet needs to clear up her previous tasks.
The [mysterious marble statue] on Big Mom's territory has been moved by Violet to a treasure chest in R'lyeh. As for the remaining three Sea Emperors, Shanks and Newgate are easy to deal with; Violet just needs to inform them in advance so she can take Law to visit them. Kaido is a bit more troublesome, but with Yamato and Hiyori acting as intermediaries, it won't be a problem for Violet to go there.
Katakuri, who was nominally imprisoned, looked at Violet with a somewhat dazed expression: "Are you... that familiar with the other Four Emperors?"
Previously, Katakuri only knew that Violet and the Whitebeard Pirates had always had a good personal relationship. The transport routes she controlled were often escorted by people from the Whitebeard Pirates, and more than half of the food and drinks in the Whitebeard Pirates were currently provided by Violet.
This is no secret; anyone with any knowledge of the various forces at sea knows it.
But the fact that Violet also had such a good relationship with the other Sea Emperors was a huge surprise to Katakuri.
As far as Katakuri knows, putting aside Shanks, the three people who were once on the same ship—his mother, Whitebeard, and Kaido—are wary and hostile towards each other.
If it weren't for his actions causing a rift between Violet and her mother, Violet would have been able to maintain good or better relationships with all four Sea Emperors. It has to be said that she has a natural talent for interpersonal communication.
Law, who had always been amazed by the island lord's talent in making friends, looked at Katakuri with empathy after hearing the bewilderment and surprise in his tone.
Violet: "Of course, I've managed to get friendly status with four of the Sea Emperor factions. No, now it's three, no, four?"
Violet looked at the [Friendly] sign behind the Big Mom Pirates with a bit of a blank expression.
To be honest, Big Mom isn't exactly known for her good temper. No, even if she were, she wouldn't be able to swallow her anger after all that commotion from Violet.
But why is the relationship between the Big Mom Pirates still [friendly]?
Is it because Katakuri is there? But can Katakuri alone have such a big impact on favorability?
It's worth noting that the girl named Brûlée, whom they encountered while escaping with Katakuri, was absolutely hostile towards her. Violet also believed that this basically represented the common attitude of the other Charlottes who knew that she had taken Katakuri away.
Katakuri alone cannot reverse this collective hatred unless there is another person of higher status who can better represent the Big Mom Pirates and whose attitude towards her is [friendly] or above.
With this qualifier added, the identity of the mysterious person became obvious, but Violet felt a strong sense of unreality about it.
Oh, really?
Big Mom's feelings for her are actually more than [friendly]?!
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Author's note: I was so tired after working overtime yesterday that I fell asleep as soon as I lay down on the bed. Fortunately, I've finally managed to catch up on yesterday's update.
Yeah, there will be another update tonight, then I won't be in debt anymore, haha [shy]
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