Chapter 596: Uta World

By the coast.

Karl looked at the bustling concert scene and couldn't help but sigh. Who would have thought that everything here was just people's mental world?

"It's time to wake up."

Reality, the Aion.

At this moment, Karl was lying comfortably on a lounge chair, fast asleep. Ain and Hancock stood on his left and right, and next to them were Navy soldiers wearing high-tech ear muffs.

"It's about time. We should let Karl wake up."

Ain nodded, took out a Holy Healing Shell and a Sleepless Mushroom, first stuffed the Sleepless Mushroom into Karl's mouth, and then placed the Holy Healing Shell on Karl's chest and opened it.

Soon, golden light began to permeate Karl's entire body.

After a few breaths, Karl opened his eyes, smacked his lips to swallow the Sleepless Mushroom, and stretched.

"Ooh~ that was a really comfortable sleep!"

Ain said helplessly: "How is the situation over there?"

"Uta has already started executing her plan. By the way, have the reinforcements arrived?"

"Look, they're in the sky."

Karl rubbed his neck and took out a Den Den Mushi: "This is Karl. All units, listen up: immediately head to Elegia Island and capture Uta!"

"Received!"

Warships descended from the sky, surrounding Elegia Island. Navy soldiers swarmed out, searching everywhere for traces of Uta.

"Armed Reconnaissance Team 1 reports: no sign of the enemy. All spectators are in a coma and cannot be awakened no matter what."

"This is Armed Reconnaissance Team 2, this area..."

Kizaru scratched his head: "What a terrifying ability~ to be able to pull people into a fantasy world through singing. How exactly did you wake up?"

Karl, standing in the middle, smiled faintly: "Nothing much, I just believe in my ability. My ability can catalyze the effect of the Sleepless Mushroom to achieve a forced awakening."

"The situation is very tricky! We don't have many Sleepless Mushrooms. It seems we have to take down this diva to restore everything to normal," Fujitora added from the side. According to his original intention, he didn't want to fight Uta.

Karl sighed: "What other choice is there? Sigh, that bastard Shanks, the mess he made 12 years ago still needs the Navy to clean up. If he really dares to come, I'll definitely make him pay."

Subsequently, Karl picked up the Den Den Mushi: "Please pay attention, everyone, please pay attention: gather at the port immediately and form a defensive line."

Kizaru asked somewhat strangely: "What is this for?"

Karl scratched his head: "I strongly suspect that Uta can control people who have fallen into a deep sleep. Better safe than sorry!"

"You really know a lot, Admiral Karl." Uta appeared from the shadows, looking at Karl with interest.

"Everyone, put on your ear muffs immediately!"

Uta licked her lips: "Even if you all know, so what? You can't stop me."

Looking at the surrounding alert Navy, Uta smiled faintly: "If you kill me, everyone's consciousness will never come back. Does that not matter to you either?"

"Miss Uta, stop now! We know you hate pirates, but there's no need to drag everyone down with you."

Uta's mouth turned up slightly: "You don't know anything. Forget it, anyway, it won't be long before I disappear from this world too."

Then, Uta took a Sleepless Mushroom from her basket and took a small bite.

Sniff sniff~ Fujitora said seriously: "This smell, are you eating a Sleepless Mushroom?"

Uta gave a thumbs up.

"Absurd, do you really want everyone to die with you?" Momonga, who was closest to Uta, shouted loudly.

Uta turned her head to look: "For people, what's important isn't the physical body, but the spirit!"

"By doing this, I can let everyone's spirit achieve eternal life in the New Era."

Clang~

Fujitora drew his cane sword: "If at all possible, I don't want to cause any bloodshed, so, can you please stop? Little girl?"

"Stop this plan to overturn the world!"

"Huh? What do you mean? I just want everyone to be happy."

Karl and Kizaru walked out of the crowd together. Kizaru was sizing up Uta, and Karl spoke directly.

"Forget it, no need to say so much to her. It's just a Sleepless Mushroom, right!"

Karl reached out his hand and condensed a ball of Holy Light: "Purify!"

The golden ball of light instantly merged into Uta's body, eliminating the Sleepless Mushroom buff she had eaten.

Uta's eyes widened instantly: "You, what did you do to me?"

Karl grinned: "Nothing. Just treated your insomnia. This way, you will feel drowsy due to the rapid decline in your physical strength. Once you fall asleep, everything will return to normal, right?"

Uta's gaze froze. After the effect of the Sleepless Mushroom disappeared, overwhelming drowsiness and sleepiness swept over her, and her eyelids began to fight.

"Hahaha, did everyone see that? Keep it quiet for me! It won't be good if you disturb her sleep!"

"You, despicable!" Uta seemed to have thought of something, quickly picked up a Sleepless Mushroom, swallowed it whole, and suppressed the sleepiness.

"Why do you want to stop me!"

"Because your dream is somewhat unrealistic. This method cannot make the world a better place."

Uta shouted with a ferocious expression: "It won't! In the Uta World, people will be far away from war and death, far away from hunger and pain..."

"That's why it's impossible to achieve. Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the laws of this world. Escaping cannot solve all problems."

"Miss Uta, stop now, it's not too late."

After a long silence, Uta raised her head and looked at Karl: "The New Era has already begun, no one can stop it!"

Having said that, Uta raised her right hand high and started the King of Karaoke...

At the same time, in the Uta World, the Straw Hat crew was also actively looking for a way to escape the Uta World, and Luffy was confronting Uta.

"Uta, didn't you love the Red Hair Pirates the most? Didn't you love Shanks the most? Why do you hate pirates so much now?"

Uta held Shanks' straw hat in one hand and roared in grief: "It's all because of Shanks!!!"

"At that time... I really treated him as a father..."

She treated everyone on the Red Hair Pirates ship as family, but what about them? They just treated her as a tool for plundering.

Her favorite music kingdom, Elegia, was destroyed by the hands of the Red Hair Pirates.

"Shanks couldn't have done that, you should be very clear about that!"

"Then what have these 12 years been for me? Luffy, in Shanks' eyes, you are nothing but a tool too!"

Luffy took a deep breath: "Shanks will definitely come!"

"To save you?"

"No! He will come to save you!!!"

Uta said disdainfully: "Save me? Why?"

"If his own daughter does something like this, he definitely won't sit idly by!"

Uta's eyes flickered, and she sighed: "He abandoned me back then, he couldn't possibly come..." ===== CHAPTER 598 =====