Chapter 456: Confronting Uta

Chapter 456: Confronting Uta

Before the Red Hair Pirates arrive, Leo is already trying to stop Uta from executing her plan. She already told Leo what she wanted to do after she knew that Leo is a Pirate now. Uta wants Leo to stop being a Pirate and help her create world peace instead.

Obviously, Leo refuses because what Uta wants isn't a real world peace. No, it isn't even the real world because she wants to make everyone live in the dream world she created. He tried to put some sense into her brain, but she still doesn't change.

Uta tried to convince Leo by pulling him into her fake world through a song. The world she created through the song is certainly beautiful and Leo admits it. However, it doesn't change that it is a fake world and Leo prefers living in the real world.

"So, what will you do after you bring everyone here? Your power will disappear if you fall asleep, isn't it? Then will you stay awake forever?"

"That was the plan, but somehow I kept falling asleep every day even after I ate wake-shrooms."

"Wake-shrooms? What's that?"

"It's a kind of mushroom that allows me to stay awake. But I don't know why it doesn't work even after I increased the dose I consume."

Leo grits his teeth and slaps her in the virtual world before grabbing her collar.

"YOU IDIOT! WHY THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO CONSUME SUCH A DANGEROUS THING? A MUSHROOM THAT CAN MAKE YOU AWAKE ALL THE TIME MUST HAVE A SEVERE SIDE EFFECT. AND YOU EVEN INCREASED ITS DOSE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN YOU SHOULD JUST STOP. WHAT IF IT KILLS YOU BECAUSE OF OVERDOSE? A MUSHROOM THAT CAN MAKE YOU AWAKE ALL THE TIME IS NO DIFFERENT THAN DRUGS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF DRUGS?"

"If I die, then so be it."

"What?"

"If I die, then so be it. Everyone will live in my world if I die after pulling them all here."

Leo widens his eyes in disbelief and he gets very angry.

"Then what's the point of creating world peace if you die yourself? Furthermore, that world you created isn't even real. You do know that only their spirits can live here while their bodies are left outside, right? How long do you think their bodies will survive without any nutrients in the real world? 3 days? A week? I can't even stand a day without eating. So what will happen next? What will happen to those poor souls after their bodies died?"

"Their souls will live happily forever here, what's the problem?"

"Really? Fucking hell, you are really crazy."

Leo can't convince her at all at that time. He knows he needs more information as to why Uta does all of this. There must be a reason, a trigger that made Uta so sure that she needs to do this. He knows her since childhood and she was a very selfish person.

So he finds it strange that Uta would care about other people this much. There must be a reason why she changed so much. Although he still can see her selfishness in her method to achieve her goal of world peace.

Eventually, Uta releases Leo from her virtual world because she starts to feel sleepy. Without wake-shrooms, she can't maintain her world for a long time. Leo leaves Uta without saying a word because he knows it's pointless to keep talking to her now.

At night, Leo visits the former King of Elegia, Gordon, who is also Uta's current adoptive father. He wants to know what happened to Uta these past years that could make her do all of this. Leo sneaked into Gordon's room to talk with the old man.

He thought it would be difficult to ask this matter to Gordon. But the old man tells Leo everything easily because he also opposes to Uta's plan. He really loves his adoptive daughter, so obviously, he doesn't want her to do something that will endanger herself.

"Damn, that means as long as Sing Sing Fruit still exists, then that Tot bastard will still exist too. The worst thing is, devil fruit will never disappear. They will keep reincarnating after their users died."

Leo holds his head while gritting his teeth because he can't think of a solution.

"Actually, even though I don't know how to kill Tot Musica, I do know how to defeat it."

"Hmm? Explain!"

"When the user summoned it, Tot Musica will exist both in the real world and the virtual world. If we defeat it in both worlds, then it will get sealed again and won't affect the user for a long time. You could say it gets injured too much that it will fall asleep. Though that is still my theory because I never tried it myself. But the simplest way is to prevent the user from playing the music that will summon Tot Musica."

"How about we take Uta away from this island? That thing is sealed here and the music sheet is here too, right? If she left, then it won't affect her anymore."

"I'm not sure about that. Tot Musica is connected to the Sing Sing Fruit itself. So I'm afraid it will follow its user anywhere."

"Tsk, so troublesome."

"But I think there's nothing wrong with trying that method. If we sealed the music sheet here and Uta is not here, then Tot Musica will have a harder time making its music sheet reach her."

"Hmm, you're right. The problem is how to convince her to leave this island. Damn, it's back to how we can change her mind. Should I just beat her up until she gets back to her sense?"

Leo's little joke stuns Gordon who thinks that Leo will really do it. After all, Leo already has a fight with Uta sometime after he arrived here just because they have different opinions about music.

"Can you not use violence?"

"Well, violence isn't always the answer, but it is the easiest way to solve things sometime. Anyway, I'll think of a solution. Old man, you need to make sure that the music sheet will never appear in front of Uta or it's you who'll get beaten up to death by me."

Leo leaves Gordon's room after making sure the old man will cooperate with him after he made his plan. He walks into the dark corridor and takes out a snail shell from his pocket.

"Let's see if you still can't be rational after hearing all of this, you bratty woman."

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