Chapter 332

"Prophet? Who is it? Since this news flowed out from inside the Spades... it seems he should be imprisoned by the Spades' people now." Lord Lord Sima Di asked.

"We don't know this mysterious prophet either... but speaking of this matter, we also feel it's very strange."

"How come?"

"Master Bruce was initially supposed to be sent to the Marine to work as an undercover agent with me. I was discovered and trained by CP9 as an ordinary person with considerable combat talent, while Master Bruce was subsequently mixed into a Marine base to do clerical work, and waited for an opportunity to obtain information..."

"A clerical worker ended up becoming a Spade person?"

"The point is here. Master Bruce was secretly arrested on the third day of mixing into the Marine, and the charge was stealing classified documents... but actually, Master Bruce hadn't done anything at the time. On the day Master Bruce was to be secretly executed, a ghost broke into the Marine base and rescued Master Bruce."

"That ghost... is a Spade person?"

"With our means, it's not enough to create communication signals covering the entire Grand Line, but small cameras, Gulna's ability can still make them... Master Bruce once used a simple camera to take a picture of his appearance, perhaps you should recognize him." Saying this, Murasaki Busho moved the mouse and pulled up a somewhat blurry photo.

But the degree of blurriness was not enough to stop Lord Lord Sima Di from recognizing the person in the photo.

"The Ninth Generation Spade, Wine-Red Gentleman Lu Hai. He is also my recommender." Lord Lord Sima Di said the name without hesitation, "Why did he rescue Master Bruce? And... what on earth is going on with the Marine side?"

"There can be a Madam Shirley on a small Fish-Man Island, so how can the Marine, which rules and manages the entire Grand Line, not have some background?"

Murasaki Busho pulled up another photo; this photo was much clearer than Lu Hai's.

"The Marine's exclusive prophet, possessor of transcendent Observation Haki — Mechar..."

The person in the photo was an elderly man.

He had a head of enviable wine-red wavy long hair and deep, charming emerald pupils, but there were deep nasolabial folds on his face, and a few crow's feet at the corners of his eyes; he looked to be about forty years old, wearing white sacrificial robes, his expression solemn and serious. And the scene of the photo should be one of his speeches to the public... or rather, brainwashing.

Lord Lord Sima Di thought, if this guy loved to laugh, then he would be the best candidate in Lord Lord Sima Di's heart to play Esmeralda.

"So you mean this Mechar prophesied that Bruce would steal a certain important document?"

"That's right, but it's unknown what document was stolen. Then..." Murasaki Busho pulled up Lu Hai's photo and placed it side-by-side with Mechar's, "This Ninth Generation Spade, I don't know under whose instruction, rescued Bruce and sent Master Bruce to Lucas's side to be an inexplicable cargo escort."

"As far as I know, Lu Hai has never liked the Spades' way of handling things. After becoming a Spade, he only hosted three Death Games, and then committed suicide in front of me, throwing the remaining mess to me."

"So we can infer three pieces of information... Of course, these pieces of information might have omissions, so I'll trouble Heart to supplement them." Murasaki Busho straightened his collar and sat upright.

Lord Lord Sima Di had seen such a Murasaki Busho through surveillance cameras; generally, when he looked like this, it meant Murasaki Busho's reasoning mode was TURN ON.

"Your Watson is in place, please start reasoning, Mr. Sherlock Holmes." Lord Lord Sima Di said with a smile.

Murasaki Busho cleared his throat and said: "First, there is a Devil Fruit ability user in the Spades who has the ability to resurrect souls, and this person is very likely a living Spade, or their Holy Envoy... You know about Holy Envoys, right? Just like your little follower."

Mentioning this little follower, Lord Lord Sima Di was full of displeasure.

"I know, they are all the same stuff as the Spades, and also candidates for the new generation of Spades."

"It seems you really don't like that sissy..." Murasaki Busho said, "So, the Ninth Generation Wine-Red Gentleman can be excluded."

"Supplement! This person is not the Third Generation Lucas that Zoro saw, nor is it the Seventh Generation Orta and his assistant Machinaga that I already killed. And the Eighth Generation Evelyn is still alive, so he has a certain possibility."

"You killed the Seventh Generation?" Murasaki Busho's tone rose, carrying astonishment.

"Accurately speaking, it was just Machinaga; Orta at that time should have just been a soul stuffed into a Czech doll... And as it seems now, Machinaga might be living in a soul state. However... I don't think the fruit possessor has enough ability to control the souls of past generations of Spades."

"Deeply agree." Murasaki Busho organized this part of the information slightly and entered it into the computer, "Please don't mind, this part of the information is to be made into a report and handed to my boss... although it's his assistant who reads these things."

"The Revolutionary Army also pays attention to reports, I thought it was freer..."

"Without rules, there's no square; and the reason those Marines started to rot into this state is that they only applied rules to outsiders, while ignoring themselves. Those ridiculous Celestial Dragons pretend to be aliens all day; wait until one day when someone gives them a UFO, they'll be happy... Let's not talk about this, let's talk about the second point." Murasaki Busho changed the subject, "Second, there is a prophet in the Spades whose strength is similar to Mechar's, it could be a fruit ability, or it could be transcendent Observation Haki. But this prophet is in an adversarial relationship with the Spades, and I think his current situation should be close to your conjecture, perhaps imprisoned in some corner by the Spade organization."

"No... supplement." Lord Lord Sima Di hesitated slightly and then said.

Actually, at this moment, Lord Lord Sima Di already had a conjecture in her heart, but that conjecture was too immature, and saying it would only make people worry more.

Murasaki Busho didn't notice Lord Lord Sima Di's abnormality; he was completely immersed in his own reasoning.

"Third, the Ninth Generation Wine-Red Gentleman is very likely an existence the same as you, and follows the arrangements of that mysterious prophet. That's why he rescued Bruce and arranged for Master Bruce to work as a cargo escort under the Third Generation Murder King. To pave the way for Bruce to steal the documents later."

"The reason Lu Hai is called the Wine-Red Gentleman is not without reason. The first eight generations were all malicious criminals; by comparison, Lu Hai is much better. Although his methods are extreme and I don't personally advocate them, at least the starting point is good. He rescued as many people trapped in life's despair as he killed."

"I have also paid attention to those incidents; the Wine-Red Gentleman is more like a dark version of Sanji. He respects and sympathizes with people, he rescued many people who were helpless under domestic violence, including quite a few 'tongqi' (wives of gay men). And I agree with your statement... his methods of saving people are a bit too extreme."

"According to your inference now... I think this dark version of Sanji of ours should have been punished by the Spade organization; although I don't know what the punishment is, I can determine two points." Lord Lord Sima Di extended two fingers.

Murasaki Busho nodded and continued Lord Lord Sima Di's words, "First, it's not fatal. The Spades are currently too short of manpower, they won't let go of any usable resources. Second, this punishment is absolutely not easy to bear."

"Yeah... it is..." Lord Lord Sima Di's gaze was somewhat worried.

He also said before that the other eight were all malicious criminals, and the methods of crime were even more bizarre, so the methods of torturing people were naturally endless.

"By the way, do you want to keep a copy of this prophecy?" Murasaki Busho asked.

"Is it okay for me to keep a copy?"

"Of course it's okay... We are dying for the whole world to see this destruction prophecy aimed at the Spades; as long as one person can understand it, we are victorious." Murasaki Busho said while manually copying a copy for Lord Lord Sima Di.

"That's true... Then what's next, what are your plans?"

"Besides these uninterpretable languages in this USB drive, there is a string of numbers, isn't there? Those are the keys to open the second basement level of the Tower of Justice."

"Second basement level? Is it one level deeper than where Luffy went?"

"Luffy and the others went to the first basement level of the Tower of Justice, which is the underwater passage leading to the Bridge of Hesitation. And there is a second basement level in the Tower of Justice... Heart, I think you should know about 'Emotion' (Inmore)."

"Converting human emotions into special energy. The utilization efficiency of this thing is higher than any energy source currently known. And besides serving as ordinary energy, it can also be used for some purposes."

"Do you know those purposes?"

Lord Lord Sima Di thought for a moment and shook her head.

Murasaki Busho sighed and said, "I think you don't know, because these purposes are afraid that they cannot be realized in that world."

"For example?"

"Artificial Devil Fruit, one of the raw materials for SMILE."

"What! SMILE! This thing is a raw material for SMILE!"

Lord Lord Sima Di was shocked and jumped up directly.

"Hey, my ancestor... keep it down, although they are fighting, they aren't deaf." Murasaki Busho quickly covered Lord Lord Sima Di's mouth.

"Hmm... hmm hmm..." Lord Lord Sima Di signaled with her eyes that he didn't need to cover her mouth, she would keep it down.

"Although I plan to go to the Revolutionary Army after the Enies Lobby incident, some things still cannot be known by CP9... This Enies Lobby has always been used as a transit point for Emotion until a few days ago, when they planned to abandon this place. And they temporarily stored the Emotion in Water 7. If there's still time, maybe I can get there and help destroy a batch of goods."

"As for that batch of goods... I think it's not necessary. Because I have already sent that place, including the three cargo escorts, to heaven. Consider it as taking revenge for Master Bruce." Lord Lord Sima Di took a test tube out of her inner pocket, which contained a pink liquid, "This is the last one of that batch of goods, I kept it, I just feel that one day it will be useful. I think your Revolutionary Army shouldn't mind me keeping a private stash."

"H-type Emotion, derived from Happiness..." Murasaki Busho recognized the type of Emotion, his face carrying a faint smile, "Why talk about minding or not minding, as long as you don't return to the Spades, that's the greatest help to us, not to mention you are now on the same front as me... Also, thank you for taking revenge for Master Bruce."

"Thank you is not worth mentioning, besides, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have fallen into this kind of place." Lord Lord Sima Di's face carried guilt.

"Don't think like that, at the very least I have no complaints about this place, and I'm very excited. Coming to the pirate world, how many people dream of this? Besides, meeting that guy Gulna and becoming best friends is not a bad thing." Murasaki Busho said, "Now let's go check that second basement level, there should still be quite a bit of stock that hasn't been shipped to Spade Island."

Murasaki Busho put away the USB drive, then put on his brass knuckles.

"So our goal now is to destroy all the potions..."

"Maybe there will be unexpected gains."

Murasaki Busho put away the USB drive, then put on his brass knuckles.

Boom—

Murasaki Busho punched it solidly, destroying this homemade laptop completely.

Murasaki Busho glanced and saw the word "heartache" written on Lord Lord Sima Di's face.

"Just to be safe. Although this thing is not easy to make, it's not difficult either, don't underestimate that kid Gulna."

"Ow—"

Murasaki Busho and Lord Lord Sima Di arrived at the second basement level and heard such a howl.

Immediately followed by a violent shaking.

"It seems Chopper has gone berserk..." Murasaki Busho looked up, watching the debris falling down.

Lord Lord Sima Di didn't answer, her gaze somewhat dim.

Murasaki Busho saw Lord Lord Sima Di like this and patted her on the shoulder.

"This doesn't look like the Heart who used to boss people around... Don't worry, this is the necessary path for Chopper's growth. If you go to help him, you will only make Chopper's time stay on Drum Island forever."

"Hmm... I understand..." Lord Lord Sima Di smiled reluctantly.

When exactly did she turn from a simple spectator into what she is now...

Who knows...

The two walked to the heavily sealed door.

The material the door was made of was very similar to the external equipment for transporting Emotion; it wasn't something that could be opened just by saying so, even a superhuman with a Doriki of over 500 would be useless. Unless the other party intended to break the load-bearing wall of this floor and perish together with the things inside.

Murasaki Busho entered the password, unlocked the first door, and then took out an ID card he had obtained long ago to pass the second door.