After killing the God King Zeus, Jaden returned to Otto.
He felt that he had basically suppressed the West Faction, and now all he had to do was wait for a signal from Otto before he could go back to find Erina.
Jaden originally thought his business would end here.
But not long after his return, Otto came looking for him.
"What's wrong... Could it be that your Empire can't even handle the remaining scraps of the West Faction?"
Seeing Otto's hesitant look, Jaden immediately frowned.
And Otto quickly waved his hand after hearing Jaden's words.
"No, no... our Empire is a powerful nation, after all. As long as the Remnants are gone, the remaining West Faction is quite easy for us to handle. In fact, the West Faction is almost completely dealt with; we just need to wait for the execution unit to report back..."
Hearing Otto say this, Jaden reverted to his usual lazy demeanor.
"If that's the case, why did you come to find me?"
In response to Jaden's question, Otto chuckled awkwardly.
"It's mainly that after your battle with the Remnant ended, Lü Bu and Adam have been sent to Arkham for treatment as you instructed. That Edward Kure and the other Kure have been taken by the Kure Clan and the Kure Family for burial, but the strongest Remnant... the one who claimed to be the God King Zeus during his battle with you..."
Otto paused here, and then, knowing that Jaden hated people beating around the bush, he spoke plainly.
"Firstly, we discovered a Orb inside him... According to ancient legends, it seems to be a wishing stone called the Royal Orb. Since this is your war trophy, I specifically came to ask you about it."
"Secondly... although we have no intention of resurrecting that Zeus, his blood is different from any human blood we currently know, so we would like to..."
Otto's words were interrupted by Jaden at this point.
"I will take the Royal Orb later."
Although Jaden didn't feel the Royal Orb was particularly useful, he was royalty after all, and the Royal Orb was indeed his war trophy, so he would naturally take it.
As for Zeus's body...
Jaden knew what Otto was going to say without even having to think about it.
"Otto... you should bury that Zeus's body. Since you yourself said that the Era of Heroes is next, you should know what kind of treatment a hero's body deserves."
Hearing Jaden say this, Otto sighed.
He had no intention of resisting Jaden, which was why he came to ask, and now that Jaden had spoken, they naturally wouldn't...
Just as Otto was thinking this, Jaden spoke up once more.
"Take a little blood for research and be done with it. But remember to bury the body."
Hm!?
Otto, who had been a little disappointed, suddenly widened his eyes.
Then, looking at the expressionless Jaden, a question rose in his heart.
He had already asked Jaden several audacious questions today.
Before coming, he was even prepared for Jaden to tear off his head halfway through the questioning.
But some questions he absolutely had to ask!
Although he was afraid, this was the courage he had to muster as the head of the Empire!
He was not a hero of this Era of Heroes, so he had to show courage for the Empire's true head in the coming Era of Heroes!
Nor could he allow Jaden to settle scores later.
If anyone had to die, it should only be the people from his faction, which would minimize the impact on the Empire!
This was his courage, and this was his resolve.
It was with this resolve that Otto couldn't understand Jaden's current actions.
If his previous questions were a test for the future of the Empire, then this current question had nothing to do with the Empire; it was simply his own confusion.
"Mr. Yuki... Aren't you afraid that we might actually research something from that guy's blood?"
Otto knew he shouldn't ask this question, but he did anyway.
And Jaden, upon hearing this question, was also slightly stunned, and then couldn't help himself...
Pfft... Hahaha, hahahahaha!
He was amused by Otto.
Jaden's laughter made Otto even more puzzled, but he said nothing, waiting until Jaden had mostly stopped laughing before asking again:
"Did I say something particularly funny?"
Seeing Otto's serious face, Jaden suppressed his laughter and slowly shook his head.
"Not particularly funny... but it's the funniest joke I've ever heard!"
Jaden said this, then looked at Otto with a smile.
"Otto, let me ask you-if you happened to step on a large ant one day, and then the other small ants told you that they might be able to use the body of this large ant to create another large ant that might pose a threat to you, what would you think?"
Ah, this...
Otto was stunned for a moment, and Jaden stood up.
"You'd think they were ignorant, wouldn't you? Yes, that's exactly what I think now."
"Afraid you'll research something? No, I'm afraid you won't research anything at all!"
"That lunatic who called himself Zeus was only that good... If you can research something even more formidable from his blood, that would be wonderful~"
"That way, the future me might not feel so bored."
Leaving these words behind, Jaden walked toward the door.
He was going to retrieve the Royal Orb.
As for the Empire's research... it didn't matter~
That Zeus... only his speed was noteworthy, but with Jaden's Observation Haki, which could predict the future, that guy's speed was practically negligible.
His strength was simply not enough to shatter the combination of Iron Body, the reduction technique, and Armament Haki.
His speed couldn't surpass his Observation Haki...
The preparation Jaden made when he was getting ready to face Izuru Kaminashi-he hadn't even had to use it yet... If that Zeus had been ten times faster, he might have been able to use the technique that was perfected after studying Kaku Kaioh, and which became even stronger after his Observation Haki could see the future-the technique he now called Gear Third!
If Zeus's power hadn't completely relied on his speed, Jaden might have been able to use the combination of his Demon Back and Dragon Form!
In the fight with Zeus, he didn't even push Gear Second to its limit; it was barely at the stage of just activating the Emperor Engine.
Gear Third was unused, the combination of Demon Back and Dragon Form was unused, the Flowing Armament Haki was unused, the Armament Haki internal destruction was unused, and he didn't even fully utilize his Curse or the Six Powers...
Moreover.
-After integrating Garp's panel, he also mastered Life Return!
It's safe to say that he didn't even use half of his power in the fight with Zeus!
Although he barely escaped the realm of "playing"... it was only just a warm-up.
Thinking this, Jaden looked at the Special Mission on Garp's panel.
A full-power battle?
Heh heh... I can't possibly go find the old man and ask him to fight the God Giant with me, can I?
This Special Mission on Garp's panel... let's just treat it as a joke for now.