Sierra Leone (Makeni District)
Holding a paper bag in his hands, containing the groceries he had just run, a man walked towards his car. Wearing a beret on his head and sunglasses, he had made some effort to hide his face. After all, he was famous in this country. Who would not recognize a prisoner accused of crimes against humanity, who had just been released from prison?
But honestly, the man paid little attention to these details. Compared to European or American countries, it was much easier for men like him to go unnoticed in Sierra Leone, settling down than in another city.
Everything that was called technological and media progress was still developing in a country like this. Therefore, even though he was accused of being a criminal, the man was certain that few people would recognize him here.
However, as he stood in front of his car, Allieu Kondewa was surprised to see a magic circle appear under his feet.
" Huh ? "
Then he suddenly disappeared.
Sierra Leone (Freetown) A few hours later
A crowd of people had formed around a horror scene. Hanging from the feet, the naked body of a man was visible, while horrible wounds were visible on him. And under the body, placed on a wooden box, was the Allieu Kondewa's decapitated head.
The man known to have been imprisoned for 15 years, for murders, inhuman and cruel acts against women and humans, and crimes against humanity, had died, just five days after his release.
And near his head, a sheet of paper had been laid. And on that sheet was a strange symbol, along with three words "Ainz Ooal Gown."
Nazarick
Passing in front of a homunculus which bowed before her, Galadriel ended up locking herself in her room, inside Nazarick. Once the door closed behind her, the young empress cast a magic spell, to ensure that the soundproofing of the room was at its maximum. Once certain no one in the hallway could hear her, Galadriel slammed into a wall, creating a crater around her fist.
No longer able to hide her anger, Galadriel punched the wall again and again. How could the situation have escaped her so much? Normally, her plan to invade North Korea should have been perfect. It should have been her first big victory in this world. The first march leading her to world dominance. And yet, it had only been a defeat. A very humiliating defeat for her.
"Kaido..." She roared, hitting the wall again. "Bitch! How dare you humiliate me so much?"
Much like Demiurge, Galadriel cursed her own stupidity. She knew that the country's behavior was abnormal, while it remained silent, while the rest of the world accused it of an attempted international nuclear attack. How could she have been so blind? Besides, she should have been in Nazarick at the time. Instead of having fun fighting Luffy, she should have been in Nazarick, so that Demiurge could immediately contact her, if there was any trouble.
"I was stupid." She roared.
Eventually, Galadriel turned and leaned back against the wall, before dropping onto her buttocks. Then folding her legs against her chest, she rested her head on her knees, before thinking.
"From what I know, Kaido's crew is overpowered! Even more powerful than Mugiwara's! And on top of that, he's with Big Mom."
Recalling all of Orochi's memories, as well as what Luffy had told her about the two Yonkos, Galadriel began to moan.
"It really wasn't the time for them to appear! Luffy and his crew give me enough trouble to deal with already! I really don't need another enemy to appear."
Trying to sort through her head, she affirmed.
"Before fighting Kaido, capturing Luffy has become a priority! If Kaido really managed to defeat him, he and his crew must join the army of Nazarick to help me defeat Kaido."
However, knowing Luffy's character, she complained.
"Convincing him to join me isn't going to be easy."
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.
"My lady? May I come in?"
Startled, Galadriel immediately rose to her feet, before creating a magic circle towards the damaged wall. Doing her best to completely rebuild it in a second, Galadriel hid her frustration and put on a stoic face again.
" Come in. "
Opening the door, Albedo entered Galadriel's room.
"Excuse me for disturbing you, my Lady! I… I just wanted to ask you a question.
"I'm listening." Galadriel affirmed, heading for the small desk in her bedroom.
Nevertheless, the question of the succubus froze her.
"Galadriel-sama... are you planning to abandon us?"
"Hey, Mouse-guy! How are Zoro and the others?"
Nearly having a heart attack, Nezu saw his office door shattered, while Luffy suddenly entered his office. Behind the pirate was Sanji, Franky and Jinbe, along with Brook and Nami who were wearing bandages.
However, the other four pirates didn't seem to be with them. Indeed, because of their multiple injuries, Usopp, Chopper, Robin and even Zoro had been taken to the hospital, leaving the rest of their friends without news of them for a few hours.
"Calm down." Nezu advised. "I just got some information from the hospital! Don't worry, your friends are fine."
" Really ? "
"Yes! In order to help the doctors, Recovery Girl went to the hospital and her Qurik had good results on your friends! Nico Robin's wounds are now only scars and she is fit for walk! As for Chopper and Usopp, they now only need to rest one night in the hospital, to be able to get out of it."
"What a relief." Nami rejoiced.
However, staring at Nezu, who looked somewhat distressed, Sanji questioned him.
" And Mosshead ? "
Not knowing how to find his words, Nezu assured.
"He's Out of Danger...Nevertheless..."
Standing on the roof of the hospital, with a bottle of sake next to him, Zoro stared at the full moon that was high in the sky. With only a few bandages on his face, nothing could tell that he had just fought a tough battle against a guardian of Nazarick. And yet, his left arm showed the opposite...
Entirely covered in bandages, Zoro's arm was in a splint. Seeing the man like that, anyone would think that his arm was injured and it would be worth waiting several days before Zoro could use it again. Unfortunately, the truth was much worse than that.
Showing a stoic face, Zoro knew perfectly well that hoping would be useless. He no longer felt anything in his arm. Even moving any of his fingers was impossible for him. During his fight, Cocytus had managed to damage all the networks of nerves that were inside his arm.
And without his nerves, Zoro's brain was unable to give the slightest command to his arm. Zoro therefore knew that he had become unusable. However, the man looked more saddened, as he lifted his left arm, to look at his broken Kitetsu.
Often displaying an evil aura around it, the saber now seemed in a sorry state, with only a quarter of the blade remaining. The rest were gathered in front of Zoro, as he picked up every bit of his saber, before leaving Hosu.
Zoro wondered why he had done that. Just like his arm, it was impossible to fix Kitetsu. And even if an excellent smith managed to rebuild the whole blade, it was obvious that his Kitetsu could never achieve the same solidity as before.
No matter who he was going to fight, Zoro was certain that even fixing his Kitetsu was going to be broken again in his next fight.
Finally gritting his teeth, Zoro remembered the last action of his fight. He remembered when he and Cocytus had rushed at each other, pointing their weapons at their enemy.
During this action, Zoro had glimpsed a tiny opening in Cocytus' defense. Indeed, while the monster was running with four weapons in his hands, Cocytus was forced to slightly raise his hand which held his combat spear, so that the weapon did not interfere with him during his run.
Seeing this, Zoro covered his blades with his haki, before aiming them at Cocytus' combat spear. Seeing this, his opponent tried to block the attack. Unfortunately, being slightly too high, his hand was in a bad position to allow him to effectively block the attack.
Hitting the weapon, Enma and Kittsu had managed to break it. Then, finding himself defenseless, Cocytus' abdomen found himself in the path of Zoro's weapons which managed to hit him with force.
Then, having hit his target, Zoro moved to the left of Cocytus, in order to find himself behind him. However, while his defenses were shattered, Cocytus used his magic to momentarily allow his body to remain intact. Then, as Zoro passed by him, it was his turn to see a tiny opening in his defense.
Noticing that he was still able to fight, Zoro widened his eyes, while Cocytus pointed his adamantine sword in his direction. Having made a quick movement with his hips, Zoro struck the sword using Enma.
The shock had been brutal, but Zoro seemed to have managed to damage Cocytus' weapon. Unfortunately, while the two opponents seemed to be frozen, Zoro had seen his opponent's gigantic saber and his halberd heading towards him.
Trying to react in time, a new noise of impact was heard, while Kitetsu had found himself in front of the trajectory of the halberd, in order to stop it. Unfortunately, despite the haki covering it, a tiny crack had appeared on Kitetsu's blade. And before Zoro could react, Cocytus' sword then slashed his arm, seriously injuring him.
And it was only the next second that the two adversaries
Still staring at Kitetsu, Zoro only sighed, before putting it back without its scabbard.
"Kitetsu...I believe our journey ends here."
Staring at the pirates, as he had just told them the truth about the condition of Zoro's arm, Nezu was surprised to hear Luffy heave a sigh of relief.
"Zoro is fine! That's great."
"Huh...yes! But, aren't you afraid he can't handle being unable to use his left arm? He won't be able to be a swordsman anymore."
Don't worry about that. ' Sanji retorted, lighting a cigarette.
Blowing smoke, he declared.
"Mosshead is one of the dumbest guys I know! Nevertheless, his willpower should not be underestimated! Even if his sword is broken and his arm is useless, you will see that he will find a way to practice Santoryu , Like nothing ever happened. "
"No one needs to worry about him." Nami assured. "Besides, he hates it."
" Zoro will always manage to get stronger and stronger. " Franky adds.
Hearing them, the mouse nodded his head slightly, while again having the impression of facing a bunch of degenerates. Then he tried to regain his seriousness.
"Now that you've heard from your friends, I think it's time to talk about what happened yesterday."
Staring at the pirates, they asked them.
"Have you had anything to do with this invasion?"
"If that was the case, do you think we would have fought against those guys?" Jinbe asked.
"Do you have any idea who is responsible for this chaos?"
"It's All For One." Franky assured. "I saw Kurogiri help the enemies I was fighting! It must be All For One."
"Besides, the monsters that attacked the city looked like Nomus." Nami assured.
Already knowing that answer, Nezu looked thoughtful nonetheless.
"What's the matter ?" Luffy questioned him.
"Nothing...it's just...it's about this demon: Darkness! According to the latest information we have from him, All For One should have similar power to All Might! And yet, All Might was easily defeated by Darkness."
" It was sure he couldn't win against her. " Luffy affirmed. "Even in Gear Second, she had the edge over me! In fact, even the Dragon Man and Fire Demon I fought were much stronger than All Might! To defeat them, I would have been compelled to use all my power."
Staring at him for a few moments, Nezu looked nervous, as a bead of sweat ran down his forehead to his chin.
"Mugiwara... is your power really superior to All Might's?"
"Of course." Assured the pirate.
Again, Nezu looked anxious. And for good reason, he had received orders from the government. Orders telling him that Mugiwara's crew had to be captured. After the Hosu fiasco and the fact that the heroes were defeated, the Japanese government wanted at all costs to announce the capture of those responsible for this chaos.
And what better than to take advantage of their wounds and capture the pirates while claiming that they were responsible. However, Nezu didn't like this. He knew perfectly well that it would be useless. what would be the point of capturing Luffy, when All For One could attack another city tonight?
On the contrary, if Luffy was as powerful as he said he was, what could be better than harnessing this strength to defeat their common enemy.
"Mugiwara...if I asked you, would you be okay with defeating All For One?"
Thinking for a few seconds on this question, Luffy declared.
"It's not that I refuse but...even though he's mean, All For One can't move! I wouldn't be comfortable kicking his ass! On the other hand... . "
Clapping his fists together, he assured.
"I want to fight Darkness! And this time I will win."
Nodding his head again, Nezu thought again. Then he says.
"Mugiwara...as you know you were seen by many civilians in Hosu, who saw you fighting Nomu they know you and your friends were there during the battle."
" And ... ? "
"And we also know that two of your friends assaulted two heroes." Nezu assured, staring at Jinbe and Franky.
" They started it. " The cyborg retorted. "If they dare to call us terrorists I want a lawyer."
" We'll do things differently. " Nezu affirmed. "Mugiwara... during this battle, we must admit that our heroes failed to face this invasion! For the Japanese government, it is your fault because you fought some of our heroes! But , it is obvious that if the civilians have been saved, it is "thanks to you! In fact, from what I know, you even saved the lives of some heroes.
"So what?" Luffy asked. "Does your country hate us or like us?"
"That will be up to you! Mugiwara...the Japanese people need to be reassured! And we must admit that admitting the fact that they were saved by a group of pirates is not very glorious for our reputation! Because of this, we would need you to cover up the truth."
"Huh?" Luffy wondered.
"He wants us to lie and claim that the heroes are those who managed to repel the invasion." Nami understood.
"Indeed." Nezu agreed. "Since many people know you were there, your testimony will be taken very seriously! Especially if you praise the actions of our heroes."
"I didn't like lying." Luffy retorted, crossing his arms.
"Besides, what if All For One attacks another town?" Brook asked. "If Darkness returns, she might kill All Might."
"For now, we'll fix the problems we can fix." Nezu affirmed. "And if you still want to be able to enjoy your freedom within Japan, I advise you to follow my advice! Moreover..."
Opening a drawer, he took out a huge pad of papers, which he put on his desk.
"Maybe this will make you make the right decision."
"What is it?" Luffy questioned him.
"The list of damage related to the invasion of Hosu! No matter how much damage he does, a hero does not have to pay any reparations, if these actions are justified by the arrest of a criminal! However, for people not being heroes, it's not the same thing! Since you've caused so much damage, I think I should present the bill to you! It's the number written on the last page."
Picking up the pad of paper, Luffy went straight to the last page and read the number at the bottom.
"300 yen? That's not much."
"No! 300 is the page number! The invoice is the number above."
Looking at the number, Luffy remained silent for a few seconds. Then he turned to Nami.
"Nami, did you know that a number can have so many zeros?"
Picking up the sheets, Nami read the number and her hair stood on end. However, keeping a serene smile, she delicately put the sheets on Nezu's desk, while questioning him.
"Just one question, if we claim that All Might is the hero who saved Hosu, do we have your word that you will forget about this bill, as well as the fact that we had a little fight against some heroes?"
" Absolutely. "
" Luffy, we accept. "
Seeing that one of his problems was solved, Nezu knew that now he had to convince the government not to make Luffy their enemy. If the pirate decided to join forces with Darkness, the end of Japan could be announced.
Then he asked.
"By the way, are you aware that North Korea has a new president?"
Nazarick
"Abandon you?"
Startled, Galadriel saw Albedo lower her gaze as she said.
"We disappointed you, didn't we? Even if you claimed otherwise, I'm sure you were disappointed by our behavior."
Holding back a sob, the succubus declared.
"I have no excuse! You have every reason to be furious with us! We didn't listen to your orders and because of that, we..."
" Albedo ... "
Raising her head, Albedo was surprised to see Galadriel's hand right in front of her face. Then, Galadriel made a flick which struck the forehead of the succubus.
" Ouch. "
"What makes me furious is knowing that you are stupid enough to believe that I intend to abandon Nazarick."
"But Galadriel-sama...because of us..."
"Albedo...I said everything I had to say in the meeting! Yes, I'm pissed that Sebas interfered in my fight! Yes, I wish Demiurge had managed to take the fight North Korea! And I would also have appreciated if you had contacted me to tell me that you were in Hosu! Nevertheless, as I said, all your mistakes are correctable."
"But…but…I so wish I could do something to make amends! Galadriel-sama…I…I feel the guilt creeping over me and…"
Suddenly, Galadriel grabbed her arm and threw her onto her bed. And before the succubus could react, she felt the Empress' arms embrace her. Having her face against Albedo's breasts, Galadriel affirmed.
"Stay still and you'll be forgiven! Albedo...whether I'm angry or not...I'll never abandon my family! Because, if Nazarick were to disappear, I wouldn't have a reason to live. . "
Kansas (Topeka)
Surprised, while they were in full religious practice, about fifty people had seen a magic circle appear on the floor of the church. Then, appearing in turn, a huge cockroach began to slowly move its legs.
"Ouch!" Kyouhukou complained, hearing his paws crack a little. "I'm really not used to walking around! I wonder if I should ask Galadriel-sama for the right to walk Nazarick."
"AHHHHHHH! What is that thing?"
"A cockroach? It's huge."
"How did he appear here?"
Finishing stretching Kyouhukou introduced himself.
"Pleased to meet you, I introduce myself! I am Hyouhukou, staunch subordinate of Ainz Ooal Gown! May I ask you if I am inside Westboro Baptist Church?"
Being close to him, a man resembling a priest began to brandish a cross of Jesus in front of him.
"I don't know what you want from us! But in the name of Christ, I command you to disappear, son of Antichrist."
Slowly turning a gaze in his direction, Kyouhukou looked relieved.
"Thank you for confirming my position! You see, I have very few opportunities to leave my hideout! So, I must admit that teleporting her is definitely not my specialty! Luckily Aureole-san is here to help me. "
" DISAPPEARS !" The priest ordered him, taking a step back.
Nevertheless, hearing a crunch under his foot, he was surprised to see that dozens of cockroaches were on the ground.
" That ... ? "
"And I also want to thank you for another reason."
Looking at the people around him, he declared.
"You are 59 people present here! Know that 56 of you will serve as food for my offspring! Thank you for that!"
And before anyone could say anything, dozens of magic circles appeared. Then, a strange black mass poured inside the church. Screaming, people disappeared under the black mass, before feeling hundreds of bites.
It was only then that they noticed that they were covered with cockroaches, which already began to eat them alive.
Standing still, Kyouhukou heard cries of agony. Again and again. But after three minutes, silence returned. Having nothing left to eat, the offspring of the giant cockroach finally left and disappeared while returning inside the magic circles.
For his part, Kyouhukou only stared at the numerous skeletons lining the ground, while all traces of flesh had completely disappeared. Hearing the sound of sobbing, however, the cockroach turned towards the back of the church, where there were three children, terrified, who could not help crying with terror.
Being the three people that Kyouhukou deliberately spared, the children saw him walking towards them.
"In her great generosity, my lady has decided to forgive your young age and give you a second chance so that your mentality can change! And also..."
Three sheets of paper with the symbol of Ainz Ooal Gown appeared in front of the three children.
"When you say what happened here, be sure to say that the justice of Ainz Ooal Gown is responsible for this carnage."
Then, the cockroach turned around and moved towards a magic circle. However, turning his gaze to the side, he could see a banner that read "GOD HATES FAGS". Not really knowing what that meant, the insect eventually entered the magic circle and disappeared.