Chapter 293: A King’s Retrospective and Perspective

Chapter 293: A King’s Retrospective and Perspective

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The mind of a king was always a complex one, even more so the mind of the being that ruled the whole world.

IMU had been the king and queen of the world for all of recorded history.

He had ruled the world with an indifferent gaze, only interfering whenever he felt that balance could be skewed in any direction.

He had done that for many years, and he had bested many incarnations of Joyboy, alongside the other 2 gods.

Hell, most hadn't even awakened. Previous incarnations had not even managed to reach him, dying along the way.

Still, IMU had sought their devil fruits ever since that fateful battle. He wanted to get rid of any possibility of them being reborn into the world.

But even with the wide and expansive range of influence of the World Government, they were unable to completely control every corner of the world.

There were many blind spots, including many Sky Islands, the many parts of the Grand Line and even parts of the expansive Red Line.

This lack of control was what ultimately led to their failure in getting their hands on those 'God Fruits'.

It was a frustrating matter.

In every generation, every time they even came close to getting those devil fruits, someone would interfere, and it would end up in the hands of the next god incarnation. R/ê/Ad lateSt ch/a/pters at nô(v)e(l)bin/.c/o//m Only

Shanks had been one to do such a thing in their current generation.

But Xebec had his moment as well, killing an entire marine fleet that was escorting one of the God Fruits.

It was a good thing that they had transported it carefully, alongside 9 other more common devil fruits, and Xebec was unable to realize its value. Only later in his life did the notorious pirate start looking for the God Fruits, but it was too late.

That fruit which was once in his possession had already been eaten by a child... And that child happened to be none other than Aramaki.

He was a little side project for IMU. After all, it was interesting for him to brainwash one of his old archnemesis into doing his bidding.

But Aramaki turned out to be a waste of time in IMU's eyes. He was unable to awaken after decades of training, and so IMU had completely abandoned the matter, sending him to just work as a marine.

All that mattered was that Balance was maintained. That was all the ruler of the world cared about.

Balance meant that he was the one in charge. After all, maintaining the status quo was necessary.

It was for the good of everybody. Under IMU at least major wars between countries were all but extinct.

His descendants becoming the world's royalty was also only fitting.

The oldest among the 5 Elders were really the oldest children that IMU had ever spawned.

The Elders had proved themselves useful, but his descendants had otherwise devolved into lower lifeforms that IMU didn't care for at all.

It all went well, some incidents here and there, troublesome criminals looking to disrupt the balance, but their attempts were ultimately futile.

All until Enel stepped into the picture.

His appearance signalled a shift in balance, and that shift had spiralled...

The thin line that IMU had maintained for so long had bent and twisted, twirling around violently and eventually breaking the scale altogether.

It was... Jarring.

Seeing his carefully built empire on the verge of collapsing in such a short span of time.

IMU had not thought much of Enel at first, especially since he was unawakened. After all, no one had really been able to awaken Raijin's full power in the past.

But the Sky King had proven himself a lot more capable than his predecessors.

"Here I was hoping you wouldn't take my words as an insult.

But how else am I supposed to see you, when I know nothing about you?

You've been nothing more than an elusive ruler, benefiting from his position for centuries whilst barely providing anything in return to the world."

Enel seemed wholly unconcerned with IMU now, any trepidation or anxiety that he might've had at the beginning of the battle had vanished completely.

He was now calm. He was in control.

"You know not what you are talking about, you brat." IMU finally responded verbally, after realizing that attacking Enel was easier said than done.

'He seems awfully chatty now... I guess he's waiting for Nika to recover, but I can also take this time to recover some of the humidity around...'

Therefore, the personification of the sea spoke out, vocalizing his thoughts.

"These animals would have burned the world 10 times over were it not for me and the balance I established.

This world, and its many races, require a ruler. Those 3 idiotic gods from before also failed to realize that."

Enel raised an eyebrow when hearing IMU finally talk properly. The Sea God's voice was still constantly changing, but it seemed to linger more on the feminine one for now.

"I guess you were never told, but the world during the Void Century was on the verge of ruining itself, wars broke out in every corner of the world.

It was I, that decided to take a step to rectify things, to unite all major kingdoms and form the World Government, to stop that madness!

And it was the three gods that tried to stop me from achieving my goal..."

Enel blinked a few times, the history of the Void Century was still something that was very much not documented.

But this was the first time that he heard of events from IMU's perspective.

'Wait... Doesn't that mean that IMU was technically his era's hero?...'

A noble goal, the means to achieve it, and with fate on his side... IMU was clearly favoured by the world, and destined for greatness.

"Do you have any semblance of an idea of how many wars have been avoided thanks to my efforts?" The Sea God ended his tirade with a pointed question, which Enel answered without skipping a beat.

"Wars here, wars there... But wars aren't the only bad thing in this world." Enel scowled at IMU's insinuation.

"What's the point of stopping wars, if the world under you is ravaged by corruption constantly, and its casualties are just as horrid as any war?"

Enel's scowl twisted even further, and he pointed his palm towards IMU, clearly no longer willing to indulge him in conversation.

"El Thor"

A blackened flash of lightning turned into a pillar which rushed towards IMU.

The Sea God's body moved in anticipation, twisting to the side and managing to take at least half of his body out of harm's way.

"Well well well... Seems you're no longer able to just tank hits, huh?" Seeing that scene, Enel smiled deviously as the wheel on his back turned violently.

'Heh, at this rate, Luffy might not even return in time to see IMU's death...'

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