Pirates on Top of the War: I Will Stand In the Sky

   Chapter 586 The Guessed Truth

   Facing Corazon's repeated complaints, Ion did not speak, but kept a gentle smile at Corazon.

   After a while, Corazon said weakly.

   "I can't guarantee it within half a year. Within a year, I can try my best through some special methods."

   "Then I'll trouble you." Ion nodded.

   "Tsk~"

   Corazon pouted in disapproval, then lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, then asked.

"Speaking of which, Yann, why do you want so many artificial devil fruits? In addition to the strong side effects and the high probability of not getting the ability, the eater of the artificial devil fruit is not only able to get the ability, but also some Incomplete zoology ability."

   After a pause, Corazon continued. "Even in terms of simply mass-producing combat power, artificial devil fruits are far less effective in mass-producing combat power than the research project Luo is developing now."

  Ion pondered for a while, stared at Corazon for a moment, and said.

   "Perhaps there are some things I should explain to you. Take me to the artificial devil fruit that will be delivered to Wano this month."

   Corazon was stunned for a moment, then opened a secret passage directly in the office and led Yon towards the secret passage.

   Soon, boxes of artificial devil fruits with uniform shapes appeared in front of Ion.

   Corazon said. "This batch is the artificial devil fruit that was just delivered to Wano country not long ago. It is also the output of the last three months, with a total of more than 2,000 pieces."

"Um……"

  Yon responded, and slowly pulled out the Soul Chopping Sword from his waist, and then the brilliant light of the sword continued to light up in this hidden secret room.

   In Corazon's surprised eyes, the artificial devil fruits were cut open by the Soul Chopping Knife in Ion's hand, but they turned into wisps of black smoke and disappeared into the air.

  No...it seems to be absorbed by Ion...

   In less than a moment, the artificial devil fruit that originally filled this secret room completely disappeared.

   On the contrary, a white light ball that Corazon was very familiar with appeared in Ion's hands. The white light ball that led him to the "Lord of the Void" and obtained the ability of "Holy Crying Mantis" back then.

   "This... is it?!" Corazon's eyes widened and he said in shock.

   "That's right..."

  Ion nodded, and he was ready to confess some things to Corazon.

  After all, Ion needs to truly build the "virtual circle" organization into an organization that can "destroy the world", so there are many things that can't be completely hidden from Corazon.

   And Corazon said in shock. "Sure enough, the master of the virtual circle did not exist in this sea from the beginning, everything is you..."

   "That's right..." Ion nodded in response.

"so……"

   Corazon swallowed his saliva and said. "Just now those are the things that are needed to be sacrificed to the Lord of the Void Circle in exchange for power... sacrifices?"

  ? ? ?

  Ion.

  Ion stared blankly at Corazon.

   "Why are you looking at me like this?"

  Colason pouted and said. "Yon, don't you really think I didn't notice at all?"

   "What... did you notice?" Ion asked twitchingly at the corner of his mouth.

   Corazon took two steps forward and counted them, and said.

"Almost all the members of the 'Virtual Circle' organization have something to do with you. The way you led me to meet the 'The Lord of the False Circle', when you usually talked about the 'The Lord of the False Circle', was unintentional. The tone that is revealed, and you have been collecting a large number of Devil Fruits for more than ten years, but there is no corresponding ability..."

   "To sum up the above, maybe outsiders don't know, but I have long had doubts..."

   Having said that, Corazon looked at Ion and said. "All the devil fruits you have collected over the years have actually been sacrificed by you to the 'Lord of the Void'?"

   "Overall, it doesn't seem to be wrong..." Ion replied with a little guilty conscience.

   "Tsk, I knew it."

   Corazon said in a positive tone.

   "So, the members of the 'Void Circle' organization that have appeared over the years are actually cultivated by the power you acquired through trading with the 'Master of the Void Circle'?"

   "No... that's right."

  Ion gradually calmed down and his tone became a lot smoother as he asked. "Corazon, you have guessed such an unimaginable truth? How did you do it?"

   Corazon smiled and said confidently.

"At the beginning, I didn't understand it at all, until I accidentally learned about the legend of black magic circulating in 'Namakula Island': as long as the right sacrifice is offered in the right way, then you can communicate with the gods in exchange for corresponding power."

"Although in the verifiable history of 'Namakula Island', no one has really succeeded in obtaining power from black magic, but your actions, Ion, are quite similar to that 'black magic', plus The sea area where the old man met you last year was near Namakura Island, so it seems no surprise that you know about the black magic of Namakura Island."

   (PS: Namakula Island, that is, the island that fell after being shot by a bear in the Bubble Islands Brook, and was mistaken by local residents as "Satan Devil".)

   "Poor...about the same..."

  Ion's thoughts moved, and he simply followed Corazon's words.

   "I also tried to use this kind of magic after a chance, and accidentally communicated with the 'Lord of the Void' using the devil fruit as a sacrifice."

"As for the stalwart 'Lord of the Void Circle', the only thing he is interested in is the Devil Fruit. As long as he sacrifices the Devil Fruit, he can give me a gift that allows others to communicate with the "Lord of the Void Circle" and get some strange things. The key to power..."

   After a pause, Ion added.

   "It's just that with the continuous sacrifice of Devil Fruits, the number of Devil Fruits demanded by the Lord of the Void Circle is also increasing."

"I see……"

   Hearing this, Cora nodded understandingly. "In this case, everything can be explained, but why did you try such a dangerous thing in the first place?"

   "I was weak back then, was there any other choice?"

  Ion explained. "And as it turns out, I succeeded."

   "Just, wouldn't it be too dangerous, would that 'Master of the Void'... affect you?" Corazon asked.

   "Don't worry, if it's dangerous, the existence of Devil Fruits is much more dangerous than black magic..."

   (end of this chapter)