Demon Believers

Genichi couldn't help but recall Jackie Chan Adventures' plot and finally remembered something relevant.

"After Shendu's statue form was blasted into smithereens, not all of the Twelve Talismans returned to Shendu's body. Instead, it returned to the animal that represented each Talisman. Only the power of the Dragon Talisman returned to Shendu's body because he was the only dragon in the world.

Could it be... related to this?

That was the only thing that came to mind.

It was a pity as there were many powerful Talismans among the Twelve Talismans, but the Sheep Talisman was a relatively good one.

At first, Genichi thought that the Sheep Talisman was not as good as Items that boosted his strength directly, but now that he was not lacking in strength, he felt that a utility-type time like Sheep Talisman was also very good.

He had already taken out the Sheep Talisman as he thought about it. After throwing the Sheep Talisman to Drago, Genichi immediately opened Cream's portal.

Drago walked into the Dark Dimension and then reappeared in Black Order's headquarters.

Makima was right in front of the portal. She made use of this opportunity to deliver Snow-Snow Fruit and a Zoan Devil Fruit to Genichi.

Makima took the Sheep Talisman as Drago left through the secret passage that Makima had specifically left behind, heading towards the depths of the New World to start the next phase of the plan.

Drago have been learning Telekinesis and the Teleportation through E.S.P Training Box for a year, but he still had to continue the training for another two years.

With only one year of training, his Teleportation wasn't that efficient and it consumed too much stamina, so he would not use Teleportation unless it was an emergency.

Makima then used the Marine headquarters with the Sheep Talisman's power, but she didn't go to the New World. Instead, she crossed Red Line and went to Mary Geoise.

Once she was in Mary Geoise, she should be able to use the Sheep Talisman on Sengoku.

Not only could Makima legally enter, even her ability could nearly cover a whole continent.

She could manipulate every living being that considered themselves inferior to her, including their memories, so it was not difficult to manipulate one's dream. In addition, she got the Sheep Talisman, so she could manipulate Sengoku's dream even though she was in Mary Geoise, while Sengoku was in the Marine headquarters.

However, before that, she also wanted to see Five Elders and made up a good reason for her coming this time.

Therefore, Makima met Five Elders again in Pangea Castle again after a year.

"Since you come in person, this must be a big deal, right?"

In fact, Five Elders were also surprised because they had just sent a CP0 agent to Makima, and that CP0 agent didn't say anything about Makima's coming.

Because of that, the Five Elders came to think that Makima's business here was so important that she didn't want a CP0 agent know about this.

Therefore, they agreed to see Makima here in Pangea Castle. 

"That's right." Makima said softly, then she showed a sample of greenish skin tissue in her hand.

"I came here to talk to about Zero."

In the battle a year ago, the Marine got half of Zero's body.

Although there was a high probability that it was not the real Zero as he smiled and said goodbye to Roger before he died, the World Government did everything they could to study that corpse.

Zero's corpse was now in the laboratory prepared by the World Government for various experiments. They found that the structure of the body was not much different from that of humans.

However, the body contained a strange power, especially the brain, which seemed to have a more complex structure than ordinary people.

Although they had not figured out anything specific about it, they had made some discoveries.

It was just that the sample was too little and incomplete, so half a year ago, they specifically sent a bit of skin sample to Black Order, hoping that they could get more clues from this sample.

And now, Makima came to the Five Elders with that skin.

"We have discovered the location of the people related to Zero. Please send the Admiral to deal with them."

One of the Five Elders frowned and said, "Dealing with the demons should be Black Order's task. Why do we have to send the Admiral?"

Despite what he said, he actually welcomed Makima's suggestion. After all, they could get more experiment subjects that way, and then their experiment should progress a lot faster. However, they clearly had to make sure to keep up their appearances, because they've made a deal with Makima, and she was supposed to deal with the demons, but now she said to dispatch the Marine instead, which was not in line with their deal.

"Yes, Black Order is indeed going to deal with the demon." Makima said softly, a sentence that shocked the Five Elders.

"But those that are related to Zero are not demons, but humans! Black Order is only responsible for dealing with demons, monsters, devils or half-demons! Dealing with humans is outside of our jurisdiction!" Makima said in a low voice.

What Makima said obviously surprised the Five Elders. Was there a possibility that Zero himself was a human?

Judging from Zero's corpse that they had obtained before, the body structure was indeed not much different from that of humans. That difference was also completely within the acceptable range.

If even a race like giants existed, then this strange newly discovered species shouldn't be surprising.

However, monsters and demons should not be that kind of creature. According to what Makima said, they were created from the darkness of this world. Although they had physical bodies, they should not be this similar to humans.

In comparison, Toguro and Drago were closer to the image of a demon than Zero's corpse that they obtained.

Therefore, they had been skeptical since they got the results of the experiment, and now their suspicion was confirmed with Makima's words just now.

The Five Elders were silent for a moment. Eventually, the Five Elders with the katana asked in a deep voice, "What clues have you got?"

"Some humans got in contact with the demons in hell and learned about Jewel of Four Souls, which is the reason we're in this situation."

The green skin on Makima's hand slowly floated up. Makima put his hands behind his back and said, "Those humans obtained a fraction of a demon lord's power in exchange for freeing them from hell. Therefore, the body of Zero that you captured is actually meaningless. As long as those humans that worship the demons still exist, they can have as many vessel as they want."