Chapter 234: Chapter 234: The Broken Balanced
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On this day, too many earth-shattering events unfolded.
The newly appointed Marine Admiral, Byakuya, publicly revealed his true identity to the world—he was none other than Night, the leader of the mysterious Night Organization.
The entire Marine G-5 branch, along with former Marine Admiral and current Marine Instructor Zephyr, announced their resignation from the Marines and their allegiance to the Night Organization.
The once-feared Three Emperor-level Pirate Crews—the Beast Pirates, Big Mom Pirates, and the universally recognized strongest of them all, the Whitebeard Pirates—were annihilated by Byakuya's hands.
With the fall of these three pirate crews, only the Red-Haired Pirates remained missing, marking the undeniable end of the Four Emperors Era.
Byakuya's overwhelming power truly sent shivers down the spines of all who witnessed it. It was now clear to everyone.
From this moment forward, this era belonged to the Night Organization. It belonged to Byakuya.
Days later, another shocking announcement was made as the world was still reeling from the battle between the Night Organization and the Four Emperors.
The Night Organization would completely control the New World.
From now on, any force attempting to enter the New World without the Night Organization's permission would be treated as an act of invasion and met with overwhelming force.
The announcement sent shockwaves across the seas. All eyes turned toward the World Government and Marine Headquarters.
After all, among the remaining factions, only these two held the power to challenge the Night Organization.
Despite revealing his true identity, Byakuya did not relocate everyone to Skypiea.
Instead, he established the G-5 Marine base as the new headquarters of the Night Organization.
Given G-5's proximity to the New World's entrance, Byakuya stationed himself there personally.
As for the conquered territories of the Four Emperors were divided among his top commanders—Fujitora, Sonic, Tatsumaki, Lucci, and Enel, each taking control of different regions.
Zephyr, unwilling to remain idle, volunteered to persuade the remaining Marine forces stationed in the New World to surrender.
Those willing to join the Night Organization were welcomed. Those who refused were given a set period to leave the New World—no coercion, no exceptions.
Everything was falling into place and moving forward with meticulous order.
Meanwhile, Byakuya sat comfortably in his office, grinning from ear to ear as he counted his World Source Energy gains.
[Congratulations! Host has achieved the prestige milestone: World-Famous. Reward: 50,000 World Source Energy]
[Congratulations! Host has successfully altered major storylines: Wano Arc… Marineford War Arc… etc. Reward: 150,000 World Source Energy]
Adding the 20,000+ points gained from completely wiping out the Three Emperor-level pirate crews…
His total haul came to approximately 230,000 points of World Source Energy! As expected—great rewards come from great efforts.
[World Source Energy: 295,000 points]
At this point, Byakuya nearly burst out laughing. This amount was enough to push his Fusion Rate to 100%.
A dream he had chased for years… was finally within reach. Though it had only been about three years, it felt like a lifetime.
Without hesitation, Byakuya chose to upgrade his Fusion Rate. When it reached 90%, he still had 210,000 points remaining.
Ignoring system prompts, he continued pouring everything into the upgrade just as he had predicted.
With excitement gleaming in his eyes, Byakuya watched as his Fusion Rate climbed…
Until it suddenly stopped at 96%.
"…What?"
"Did the system just crash?"
Confused, he opened the system panel—only for his face to instantly turn pale.
[World Source Energy: 0 points]
Gone?
All 210,000 points—completely gone?!
After a day of relentless battle, all the effort he had put into his hard-earned World Source Energy vanished without even reaching 100%.
Being stuck just four per cent away from completion felt like torture as a perfectionist.
However, all was not lost.
With the entire New World under his control, Byakuya could freely plunder its resources—especially Devil Fruits.
And, just as planned, his deal with Dragon had officially begun.
Following Byakuya's advice, Dragon seized the opportunity amid the world's chaos and gathered the full force of the Revolutionary Army in the East Blue.
The East Blue was transformed into the Revolutionary Army's base of operations, with Loguetown as its stronghold, guarding the only known entrance into the region.
This development caused immense frustration for the World Government. It seemed as though the seas had entered an era of territorial division.
The East Blue belonged to the Revolutionary Army.
The other three seas and the first half of the Grand Line remained under the control of the World Government.
The New World was now fully under the dominion of the Night Organization.
Among these factions, the Night Organization and the World Government were undoubtedly the strongest, while the Revolutionary Army was merely an opportunist, having seized the East Blue while the two dominant powers were in conflict.
For now, the seas appeared to have settled into a fragile balance.
But in reality, all three factions were quietly preparing for their next move.
-East Blue, Loguetown-
At this moment, Dragon had come to understand just how powerful the abilities of the Heart of Justice truly were.
An ordinary, one-armed man had consumed the one Byakuya had gifted him long ago.
Not only did it completely regenerate his lost arm, but when he activated the Heart of Justice, the power he unleashed was no weaker than that of a seasoned Marine Rear Admiral.
Aside from the limitation Byakuya had mentioned—where the user's strength could not improve further—there appeared to be no drawbacks.
Seeing the results firsthand, Dragon was overjoyed.
If even an ordinary, disabled soldier could reach this power level, what would happen if a battle-hardened Revolutionary Army warrior consumed one?
Wouldn't that mean he could quickly build an army of warriors, each at least Rear Admiral-level or higher?
With such forces, the Revolutionary Army could take control of the remaining three seas.
Even if the World Government sent the Marines to intervene, they must consider whether the Night Organization might take advantage of the situation.
Thus, the Night Organization and the Revolutionary Army searched for Devil Fruits at all costs.
As a result, the number of Devil Fruits across the Grand Line began to dwindle rapidly.
After all, once Byakuya absorbed a Devil Fruit, it would never reappear in the sea.
This meant that, in Byakuya's hands, Devil Fruits had become a finite resource.
Perhaps, in a few years, Devil Fruits would vanish entirely from the world—relegated to mere legends found only in ancient texts.
But this was exactly the future Byakuya envisioned for the world.
Once Devil Fruits disappeared, ordinary people would no longer gain overwhelming power overnight.
And with that, crime and chaos would be drastically reduced.
The stability of the entire world would reach unprecedented levels.
Of course, this was only the first step in Byakuya's grand plan.
The second step would begin once the New World was fully under his control:
A large-scale hunt for all Devil Fruit users outside of the Night Organization.
Systematic collection and absorption of all remaining Devil Fruits.
This method would allow him to deplete the world's Devil Fruit supply at the fastest possible rate.
And in doing so, his World Source Energy would increase significantly.
While the Night Organization and Revolutionary Army were expanding their influence in an orderly and methodical manner, the World Government and Marine Headquarters convened an unprecedented meeting.
All Marine Vice Admirals and above attended the conference, but the real shock was that all five Elders of the Gorosei personally participated.
In the past, only one of the Gorosei would attend such meetings. But this time, all five were present.
This alone showed the immense pressure that the Night Organization—no, more accurately, Byakuya—had placed upon the World Government.
Among those present, the one with the biggest headache was Fleet Admiral Sengoku.
After all, he had personally advocated for Byakuya's promotion to Marine Admiral. He had even hoped to groom him as the next Fleet Admiral.
But who could have imagined—
Byakuya had been hiding his true self all along.
Not only had he openly questioned him about the difference between Marine Justice and the Celestial Dragons' Justice,
but behind the scenes, he had built an incredibly powerful organization and now ruled the New World.
In a single move, he had wiped out three Emperor-level pirate crews. Now, the New World belonged solely to him. Sengoku couldn't help but sigh.
"Zephyr sure raised an amazing disciple."
Who would have thought—
Zephyr's teaching abilities had surpassed even Garp's ability to raise a grandson.
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