Pirate: Hades! ( One Piece)

Chapter 296: Mysterious Manuscripts and God Creation

Many people didn't notice, but a certain creature was spread throughout the Kronos Kingdom and even the various Islands of the Pluto Pirates.

This was a mysterious giant, possessing characteristics of numerous dragon-type beings.

In some carvings, this giant sat upon a throne, surrounded by the Nine-Headed Dragon, with the sun and moon shining together.

Within the Territory of the Pluto Pirates, in the Port of every Island, or important locations similar to Plazas, including within the Sky Arena, 'its' figure was present.

Furthermore, 'its' existence was gradually spreading and becoming increasingly conspicuous within the Pluto Sea Area.

It was actually quite obvious, a combination of a mysterious giant and the Tartaros Royal Family's family crest.

It allowed anyone who saw it to guess that the Pluto Pirates were related to the Kronos Kingdom.

In fact, Hades had already made it clear.

The World Government knew, the Marines knew, the Member Nations knew, and some Great Pirates also knew.

But so what?

This originated from a diary.

Over the years, the Kronos Kingdom had secretly acquired the vast majority of the book collection from the entirety of Ohara.

However, they were not the originals, but copies.

Hades naturally understood the importance of knowledge.

Ohara possessed the World's largest book collection.

Although it had only existed for four hundred years, its book collection included the history of this world for a thousand years, or even several thousand years.

The recorded history of the entire World exceeded a thousand years, and Ohara recorded the vast majority of it.

The reason the Void Century was blank was certainly because a piece was missing from the long history books.

It was covered up by the World Government through various means, but it was impossible to bury everything.

In Ohara, there were also some fragmented materials about the Void Century.

Knowledge was a precious wealth, and many secrets were hidden within it.

They were very important to the Kronos Kingdom and might bring some astonishing gain.

Hades' wife, Metis, who was also an important official of the Kingdom, was a Paramecia Type Ability User of the Book-Book Fruit.

That's right, just like the Mirror-Mirror Fruit, it was originally an Ability belonging to the Big Mom Pirates in the future.

During the Rocks Era, Metis secretly went to Ohara.

Without disturbing the scholars there, she used the Book-Book Fruit's Ability to replicate the entire book collection of Ohara's Tree of Knowledge.

Hades sent scholars to organize them and report anything valuable.

Sleeping Ancient Town was one such finding.

And this special diary immediately alarmed Hades, becoming the origin of this special plan.

According to the research of the Kingdom's scholars, this diary existed a thousand years ago.

This was a history even older than the World Government's eight hundred years.

Unexpectedly, it was mostly complete and had been passed down to the present.

Many other ancient books were tattered, or the writing was too blurry to read clearly.

And this diary was written by a scholar.

"Devil Fruits on the Great Sea are increasing.

The World is developing, and new Devil Fruits about new things are constantly being born.

However, what is their origin?

Devil Fruits have existed since history began.

Some people have already noticed that the overall number of Devil Fruits is increasing.

"So, where do mythical creatures like Mythical Zoan come from?

Do they really originate from our imagination?"

"I collected a large amount of information and confirmed the feasibility of this idea of mine.

There was once a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, the Thunder Bear, on the Great Sea.

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"This Devil Fruit first appeared in an Ancient Kingdom on the Grand Line.

During the tribal period before the Kingdom was established, the Thunder Bear was their totem.

"

"This news excited me.

"

"If I create a creature, will it really be born?"

"I want to try!"

"If it really succeeds, this idea will definitely shock the entire World, no, change the entire World."

"With this idea, I immediately took action.

My inner feelings are indescribable.

I want to create a mythical creature, a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit that is even rarer than Logia Type in legend."

"What creature should I create?

After researching the information on many legendary creatures, I like owls, so I'll use it as a blueprint."

"It needs to have powerful strength and extraordinary ability."

"I invested all my passion, learned painting and sculpting, and sought help from others.

However, I didn't tell them my idea.

It took me a whole year to create it."

"This is an Oni-Masked Owl, with a terrifying appearance and extraordinary special power."

"Soon I realized that just doing this was not enough to create a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit."

"Can it be created solely by one person's imagination?"

"No, it's not that simple."

"Next, I searched for those ancient and primitive Islands on the Great Sea, looking for Islands with natives who maintained a primitive way of life."

"The Great Sea is too vast, but I still didn't give up."

"It took me a full fifteen years to finally find evidence.

On a primitive Island, there was a group of uncivilized natives who worshipped a strange creature with a lion head, snake tail, and goat body, which I called the Chimera."

"On that ancient Altar, a mysterious Devil Fruit grew.

This was their sacred object, worshipped by these natives.

I speculated that this was the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, the Chimera Fruit."

"If my guess is correct, then it is the Chimera Fruit.

However, the only way to confirm its authenticity is to eat it."

"Later, I used a diversion to trick these natives away.

But these natives reacted quickly.

When I arrived at the Altar, they had already surrounded me."

"Now I have no way out.With over ten years of effort, I have staked everything.I ate this Devil Fruit."

"I succeeded.Feeling the endless strength within my body, I transformed into the Chimera.Facing me, these foolish natives knelt on the ground as if they had seen a deity."

"I finally confirmed that this Devil Fruit was created by these natives."

"After asking about the time from these natives' faith in the Chimera to the birth of this Devil Fruit, the information I received made me extremely disappointed."

"Five hundred years.How could I wait that long?Perhaps it's related to the number of people.If the number of people is larger, the time for the Devil Fruit to be born will be shortened."

"After spending so much time, I couldn't possibly give up."

"Soon, I subdued a group of natives, disguised myself as an Envoy of God, manifesting before people, building statues of the Oni-Masked Owl, an Altar, and guiding these natives to have faith in the Oni-Masked Owl."

"In the blink of an eye, thirty years passed.I stayed on this Island for thirty years and ruled this Island for thirty years.During this time, I also constantly tried every means to acquire more population and make more people have faith in the Oni-Masked Owl."

"Another thirty years passed.I was already close to despair.My body was incredibly aged.How many thirty years can one have in life?Thanks to the powerful vitality granted by the Mythical Zoan, I was ninety-six years old.How many years did I have left to live?"

"This turned into my obsession.Almost every day, I monitored the Altar.Was my conjecture a failure?I was unwilling to accept it."

"Another five years went by.

I felt my life was nearing its end, and my inner feelings gradually became calm.

During this time, I planted a tree next to the Altar.

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"The sapling grew into a large tree.

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"My lifespan was running out.

One day, walking out the door as usual, I glanced at the Altar.

I suddenly saw a black Devil Fruit growing among the dense bushes."

"I succeeded!I spent my whole life creating it!"

"I know very well that this news cannot be spread, otherwise, it will definitely bring a terrible disaster."

"But this is also my lifelong dedication, and I don't want it to just disappear like this."

"I hid this Devil Fruit five meters under the tree and hid my diary and the map of this Island between the pages of a book."

"From now on, let fate decide.

I don't have much time left.

Leaving this Island where I spent most of my life, I quietly placed this book in a corner of the library."

"Perhaps someone will discover it, perhaps never."

(end of chapter)