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Chapter 224: Pure Evil
Chapter 224: Pure Evil
As Kuro stepped out of the palace, he cast a glance behind and sighed, “This place isn’t worth keeping. Consider this a parting souvenir.”
With a flip of his palm, the island that had been cleaved and sunk into the ocean rose again, flipping upright. The town was already deserted—when their powers vanished, everyone had turned to ash, just like Lais.
He raised a finger, and several islands soared into the sky.
Stockpile +1.
“There’s still one loose end to tie up.”
Closing his eyes, his Observation Haki spread outward. Without the madness aura interfering, tracking someone down was now child’s play.
“Fast runner, huh? Made it past the kingdom’s borders already?”
Kuro’s lips curled as he vanished from the spot, his figure rippling like a wave.
On the mainland beyond Tada Kingdom’s borders, a girl sprinted forward, glancing back repeatedly. She gasped as entire chunks of land, complete with towering city walls, soared into the sky. Sweat beaded her brow.
“Yoohoo, I knew escaping was the right call! Even that guy’s power isn’t enough to stop this one! Pity—he was an entertaining fellow, kept me amused for ages!”
Whoosh!
Two dark, broadshort swords—Sakujū and Kigō—pierced the air, landing one after the other around her. The blades sank halfway into the ground, quivering faintly.
“You wretched woman,” Kuro’s voice called from above. “Where do you think you’re running to?”
Appearing in the sky, cigar clenched between his teeth, he stared down at the black-haired girl.
Sipatia.
“Yoohoo, hunting me down to the bitter end, Navy officer? I’m not a pirate, you know.” She giggled.
Kuro exhaled a plume of smoke. “Does it matter?”
“Such cruelty! Won’t you spare me?”
Sipatia widened her eyes, feigning innocence. “I’m just a poor girl who got used by others!”
“Be my guest,” Kuro said flatly. “Run another few kilometers. Let’s see whose speed’s faster—your legs or my blades.”
A storm of weapons rained from the sky, encircling him. Cold gleams danced along their edges, chilling the air.
Sipatia’s eyes flickered. “Yoohoo, I did say I can teleport. Why bother with pointless effort?”
“Negation of negation—truth revealed.”
At his words, her smile faltered.
Kuro pressed on, “A double-negative ability’s not bad. That power of yours gutted plenty—Gurgas and the like.”
“But you’re different from Lais. He became a monster, but still had a soul. You?”
His gaze sharpened, killing intent surging. “The more I look, the more I see—a human skin’s all you wear.”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Weapons rained down, obliterating the space where she stood, cratering the ground.
As the smoke cleared, Sipatia lay bloodied in the rubble.
Unlike before, this time she couldn’t dodge. The onslaught pierced her body outright.
“Haha… blood,” she rasped. Her blood-smeared face contorted, reaching for him. “To think I’ll never taste your blood… what a loss.”
“Still fixated on that in your final moments? You make Kaido look tame.”
“Kaido? One of the Four Emperors? Yoohoo! Sounds like a formidable one. I don’t regret losing—but you didn’t win either.”
She lifted her head, eyes fixed on the sea where Tada Kingdom once floated.
“After all, Tada Kingdom’s already turned to ash! Watching a nation’s destruction… feeling its despair… it’s magnificent!”
Her legs twisted grotesquely, a sickening sound escaping her. Her face flushed crimson.
“So it was you behind those unmarked corpses.” Kuro’s voice chilled.
“Bingo!” Sipatia’s grin turned feral. “I’m the ‘Reverse-Human’—the one who eats the Reverse-Reverse Devil Fruit. When I lie, and others deny it, the lie becomes truth.”
“That gatekeeper Gurgas, and the other elites inside the kingdom? Their original mission was to kill the cursed monsters—protect the innocent.”
“Such fools. What kind of revenge is that? So I kindly helped them… with my power, they attacked without discrimination. Yoohoo!”
Kuro’s expression darkened as he listened.
This was his first encounter with true chaos—evil that craved destruction, wallowed in despair, bathed in blood. No ulterior motive. No twisted rationale. Just pure, unadulterated malice.
Lais, Absolon, Gurgas—all mere playthings. This woman’s sole purpose was to revel in chaos.
Compared to her, even the fiercest pirates were amateurs.
“I won’t die.” Sipatia’s grin widened, voice rising to a shriek. “Even if you kill me now, I’ll return! As long as despair exists, I’ll live forever!”
“Slash Wave.”
A golden arc of light erupted from Kuro’s hand, consuming her. She became ash.
“Still trying to trap me in your dying moments? Think I’m that stupid?” Kuro scoffed.
Imprisoning her in Impel Down would’ve been ideal. But her nature was too volatile. If circumstances shifted, even the worst pirates wouldn’t compare to the carnage she’d unleash.
In the Grand Line, Devil Fruits set the stage—but it was the wielder’s personality that determined how far that power would go.
This woman? She couldn’t be left alive.
With Sipatia gone, Kuro returned to his warship.
“Kuro, done?” Lida asked as he landed.
Kuro nodded, spotting the old man on deck—alternately sobbing and laughing.
“His mind snapped from the start,” the Lieutenant explained.
“Snapped?”
Kuro strode over and backhanded Nilo. The force sent him flying across the deck.
The slap left Nilo momentarily lucid. Before he could speak, Kuro’s words struck like a blade:
“Lais is dead.”
Nilo froze. His lips trembled. “Lais…”
Memories surfaced—of a young man full of hope for the outside world… and his return, cloaked in darkness.
Nilo turned his head, staring at where Tada Kingdom once stood. The land was gone—only the central palace remained.
“Gone… everything’s gone! It’s our fault! All our fault!”
He collapsed, tears flooding the deck, wailing like a broken man.
Nilo—former Grand Bishop of the Saint Healing Church. The one who burned Lisa alive on the Pope’s orders. The guilt-ridden soul who survived them all.
Whether by fate or sincere repentance, the old man’s body had grown impervious to all ailments.
Even with Lais dead, his power lingered.
Kuro gazed at the distant palace. “Write a book about my time as your deputy on the other side. I’d gladly read it. You were a decent man.”
(End of Chapter)
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