Chapter 43 Drums of Oppression
Imu wanted Ron as his knight because his growth was unnatural; his very existence was unnatural. He was an existence more free than Joy Boy.
Even Joy Boy was bound by fate and lost, yet Ron was something even destiny couldn't control. His every action forced the fate of everyone to change.
Imu suspected his existence might give birth to a new Mythical Zoan, maybe one on par with Nika or an even stronger existence defying the laws of the world, like Rain God Zaza.
The world needed to be under Mu's domination. No matter what.
"Mu won't allow the birth of a new god."
His red eyes narrowed as a demonic tail impaled Rocks.
"Wh-what—"
Rocks stared as a book appeared in Imu's hand.
"Mu shall grant you immortality in exchange for a small amount of your lifespan. Mu orders you to kill Ron—"
A pentagram formation appeared under Rocks. Just as he was about to transform, a flaming slash and Dragon's Breath slammed there as a loud explosion happened.
BOOOOOOM!!!
"Wororoororo! Now that was fun."
Kaido looked pleased. Ron breathed a sigh of relief. A few seconds later and Rocks would have been Domi Reversed.
"Ron!"
Imu shouted as the book in his hand opened and a demonic trident appeared in his hand.
"Tsk, you think you can take us down?" Kaido sneered.
Ron's mouth twitched.
"Oi, stop provoking him."
Mu was furious. The Gorosei were being beaten or stalled. If this continued, this was not going to end soon.
"Hey, how about we all go back and enjoy some rest?" Ron asked, looking at Imu.
Imu turned toward him.
"Are you really choosing this?"
His voice was cold with raging anger.
"You dare go against your creator, Project 991?"
Rocks and Kaido froze as their eyes shot toward Ron in disbelief.
Ron was unaffected.
"Tsk, so what? You think I care how I was born or created?"
Ron gritted his teeth in anger. He had expected to be born or be a body created by ROB, but every time Ron thought about everything, he wanted to curse the ROB.
He just wanted to have fun with all his favorite waifus. Was that too much to ask? He just wanted to have fun. Why was Imu making it so hard?
If he knew the reason Imu was after him, he might have fallen into confusion whether to be scared or curse Imu for his stupid yet accurate guess.
"I don't care what you call me. I'm Ragnar D. Ron. My existence has value. I have friends, enemies, and my own dreams."
Ron's Conqueror's Haki flared as he dove down toward Imu.
"You got a problem? Who cares if you do? I just wanna live my dream, so just leave me alone, damn it!"
Ron roared as Surtr burned golden-red with golden-red flames and Conqueror's Haki.
"Flame Commandments: Dawn!"
Ron swung his blade.
"Wororoorororo! Don't forget me!"
Kaido launched Dragon's Breath to attack Imu.
"Purgatory: Apocalypse!"
Rocks didn't react and just attacked Imu.
Imu's eyes burned with rage.
"You—"
The three attacks landed on possessed Saturn and Imu's shadowy silhouette as flames and Haki destroyed everything.
In Pangaea Castle, a shadow opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"RONNNN!!!"
An angry roar came out from the shadow.
On God Valley, the Gorosei fighting froze in disbelief.
"Saturn dead?"
The question echoed in their hearts.
"Gurararara! Looks like you cockroaches aren't truly immortal after all!"
Newgate laughed as he swung his naginata coated in Conqueror's infusion toward Topman Warcury.
{Lord Imu—}
The Gorosei froze mid-telepathy as Imu's voice came.
{Mu is furious. Mu shall personally take care of this mess.}
The Gorosei froze.
{Lord Imu, you can't—}
Nesturo started speaking before stopping.
{It's an order. You all can't even deal with some pirates. Mu shall clean up this mess personally.}
{But Lord—}
The Gorosei didn't have time as Imu started the teleportation.
"Woroororo, so we took care of him?" Kaido asked.
Ron and Rocks' faces were grim.
"Nope. We just provoked a damn demon," Ron muttered.
Just then, five pillars of black flames shot into the sky, forming a massive pentagram covering the entirety of God Valley and the ocean beyond.
"What the fuck is that?"
Roger, who had stopped fighting Nesturo, froze in horror as his Observation Haki screamed mortal danger.
Garp, clearing pirates, also stared at the sky in disbelief.
"Such a dark aura… who is it?"
A chill ran down his spine.
Newgate and the others also stared in horror as the Gorosei kneeled toward the magic formation.
The sound of drums started ringing as trees and destroyed buildings started shaking with the rhythm.
"DORORON! DORORON!!"
"DORORON! DORORON!!"
"DORORON! DORORON!!"
Ron's face was pale.
"Now this is what we call a disaster."
Trees and land turned demonic as they started dancing with the rhythm.
"You gotta be kidding me! What kind of ability is that?"
Roger, Kaido, and many others were dumbfounded.
In the middle of the magic formation stood a towering figure. He wiped the blood from his mouth.
His Conqueror's Haki flared, covering the entirety of God Valley.