Et didn't want to beco Caelan's enemy, but Joy Boy's knot held great aning for him.
He had been sleeping peacefully when Caelan suddenly destroyed the treasured knot and knocked him to the ground.
If he backed down now, he wouldn't be able to swallow the humiliation.
Finally, Et looked at Caelan and said hesitantly, "I don't want to be your enemy, but you destroyed the gift that Joy Boy left for ."
Caelan smiled and said, "If I call Joy Boy out to talk to you, will you still care about this little knot?"
"If I could see Joy Boy again, I wouldn't be angry anymore."
Although Et didn't fully understand what Caelan ant, he answered honestly.
The knot was a gift from Joy Boy. It held more sentintal than practical value.
If he could see Joy Boy again, the keepsake would no longer matter.
"All right then. I'll call Joy Boy out to talk to you."
Caelan wasn't surprised by Et's response.
"Huh? Are you kidding , Et?" Et looked at Caelan with disbelief. "Joy Boy's been dead for eight hundred years, and Nika hasn't awakened yet. How can you make him talk to ?"
"Don't get impatient. Just watch."
Caelan extended his hand toward Et.
As magic energy surged, a massive hand ford and took hold of the knot, now split in two.
As the vessel for Joy Boy's Conqueror's Haki, and his final gift to Et, the knot was deeply connected to him and perfect for summoning a Heroic Spirit.
"Roar!"
Et yelled at Caelan, trying to take the knot back.
"Quiet."
Caelan shot a glance at Et, releasing a Haki shockwave infused with black and red lightning.
Boom!
Et was struck again and crashed clumsily into the sand.
His expression was filled with frustration. Even though this was the second ti enduring it, he still couldn't take it.
That Haki, far beyond Joy Boy's, was simply too overwhelming.
Before he could get up, he once again attempted to attack Caelan.
But then he saw it.
A massive human figure slowly condensed in front of Caelan, transforming from a silhouette into sothing real.
"Joy Boy!"
Et cried out.
Even though the figure was still only partially ford, there was no mistaking the aura.
After eight hundred years, that presence remained clearly etched into his mory.
But how? How could Joy Boy, who died eight hundred years ago, appear again in this era?
Could the man in front of him really make Joy Boy talk to him?
Et quieted down, watching the silhouette form with eager anticipation.
It had been eight hundred years. His best friend... could they finally et again?
Vegapunk, Kizaru, and the others watched just as nervously.
As ti passed, the giant figure beca increasingly solid.
He wore a large straw hat, shorts, and a vest. His aura matched exactly with the Conqueror's Haki previously released from the knot.
Compared to the usual speed at which Caelan summoned Heroic Spirits, this ti was clearly slower.
After all, unlike other Heroic Spirits, this Joy Boy was a giant. A powerful giant whose strength exceeded that of the Yonko.
Summoning him required more than twice the energy of all other Heroic Spirits combined.
Even with Caelan's limitless regenerative magic, it would still take ti to recharge enough.
Still, Joy Boy's spirit had already shown signs of life. He would be fully present soon.
Vegapunk stared, speechless. "What the hell... what's going on?"
He had studied the Void Century through the research left by the scholars of Ohara, so he knew exactly how significant Joy Boy's na was.
Yet now, could this legendary figure, clearly dead for eight hundred years, really be returning to life?
Stussy focused on sothing else. She turned to Vegapunk. "Doctor, do you know the principle behind resurrection?"
"I don't." Vegapunk shook his head honestly. "If it's reviving soone who faked their death, I've got experience. But reviving a soul from eight hundred years ago? That's beyond ."
"With one more ability, Lord Caelan is becoming more and more mysterious." Stussy looked at Caelan and licked her red lips with the tip of her tongue. "It seems we can serve him with peace of mind. Even if we die, he can bring us back."
He's so powerful and mysterious, joining him is more than worth it.
"Ah, you're right," Vegapunk nodded, then turned and asked, "By the way, how did you get him to co save ?"
"Your intelligence," Stussy said with a bright smile, "and myself."
"Huh?"
Vegapunk stuck out his long tongue, then awkwardly turned his head to watch the resurrecting Joy Boy.
He felt a little conflicted, considering Stussy was his clone, essentially his daughter.
He had actually relied on his daughter offering herself up for help. How pathetic.
At this mont, Garling, whose spirit had been shattered, couldn't help but look toward the figure being resurrected.
Of course he recognized that giant. The old enemy Lord Imu had never forgotten for eight centuries.
Even though he had died long ago, the Nika Fruit passed down from him had kept the World Governnt fearful for all that ti.
And it was Joy Boy's Conqueror's Haki that had first sealed his immortality. A power second only to Caelan's, in a class of its own.
Was this terrifying Joy Boy really about to return?
Lord Imu... what kind of enemy are we facing? They can even bring the dead back from eight hundred years ago!
And Garling was certain Caelan had ways to control the resurrected.
Even if nothing else, the overwhelming Haki Caelan had just shown was more than enough to dominate any will.
To face both Joy Boy and the man who summoned him... the World Governnt truly had no chance of winning.
No... it went deeper than that.
If Caelan could resurrect Joy Boy, had he already revived others?
Roger, Whitebeard, Rocks... what if they were gathered too?
Garling lay trembling in the yellow sand.
Caelan had already stopped releasing his Haki. At this mont, Garling was no longer being suppressed, and the immortality granted by Imu flowed freely through his body.
But he remained motionless on the ground, because his rebellious spirit had been shattered along with his Haki.
He wasn't dead, but he might as well be. Just like the World Governnt today.
At that mont, Joy Boy fully returned.
"Imu!"
A roar that had waited eight hundred years erupted the mont he awakened.
Black and red lightning exploded outward with terrifying force, overwhelming montum, majesty, and rage.
But then another Haki of the sa color flashed by.
Joy Boy's Conqueror's Haki didn't even last a second. As soon as it surged from his body, it was completely forced back.
"Calm down, Joy Boy."
Caelan raised his head and looked at him with a steady gaze.
"…"
Joy Boy trembled and slowly ca to his senses.
(To be continued.)
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