Making Kuchiki Byakuya a noble was not just a sudden idea from Genichi.
Even without Kuchiki Byakuya, he would eventually need to create a ruler for this world.
Because he set up the demons and demon hunters thousands of years ago, and though they were sealed due to the Shikon Jewel, there should always be some survivors. It can't always be that 'news' or 'information' comes only from these 'newcomers' like them.
There really should be some intelligence coming from people in this world who have true historical roots.
A noble who specially watches 'hell' fits perfectly with the setup for spreading such news, and now that Kuchiki Byakuya has appeared, it just happens to match Genichi's idea exactly.
Of course, before he truly appears, this noble's family head, Kuchiki Byakuya, must have extremely strong power.
The current Kuchiki Byakuya is strong, but he hasn't reached the top level of this world yet, so he still needs to train for a while.
He observed Kuchiki Byakuya's power for a bit longer, and so these three hours passed.
On Pandora Island around The Black Order, Sengoku, who was training his superpowers, finally got through these tough three hours.
In these three hours, he felt like he had fallen into hell, with countless fierce ghosts roaring at him, and the will of demons madly attacking his brain, trying to make him violent and insane.
The demon drawings on the walls around him seemed to come alive at that time, each showing their fierce faces, their outlines swelling vaguely, with demons dancing wildly.
Right now, he was covered in cold sweat, but he finally made it through.
"This is... the power of demon thoughts?"
Though he couldn't use it yet, Sengoku could indeed sense that another kind of power had appeared in him, different from Haki!
It was just very weak, and hard to control, but it really existed.
"It looks like you succeeded."
Makima's voice came from behind. Sengoku turned around and nodded. "Though I can gain power, if I'm constantly influenced by the demon's will over time, even if I get strong power, I might just become a slave to the demons."
This first day was still okay, but just thinking about having to keep it up for years made Sengoku feel the terror in it.
Sudden temptations aren't scary, but the scary part is when that temptation lasts and slowly changes you without you noticing.
Makima looked at Sengoku, not really thinking much about his words.
"Let's go. It's time for the government people to come in."
Makima said. Sengoku could only nod helplessly and follow her out.
Next were the people selected by the government with strong will and good mental strength. They were really the first true batch.
Actually, Sengoku really didn't want this experiment to continue. The World Government picking people without any scruples, even possibly doing things like cheating, tricking, kidnapping, and human trafficking, was just one reason. The most important was that he thought borrowing power from demons would eventually cause big trouble.
Sengoku's position was still basically on the World Government's side. He knew about the human trafficking, and though he had some dissatisfaction, he was too lazy to deal with it.
What he cared more about was people turning into demons. Even if someone had strong willpower and could resist for a while, what about over a long time?
Who could guarantee that Pandora Island wouldn't turn into a second Jaltzburg Duchy?
Back then, those demon followers were tricked by demons and summoned Aatrox. The others weren't much, but Aatrox really left a shadow on Sengoku. He was truly worried that Pandora Island would repeat Jaltzburg Duchy and produce another demon lord.
Sadly, this was the World Government's decision, and he couldn't stop it.
Most of these people would become direct subordinates of the World Government. Some might be assigned to the Marines, CP, Impel Down, or The Black Order. He could only hope they wouldn't go out of control.
Sengoku followed Makima out of the room and personally watched that batch of people go in.
"Back to the church headquarters. Like the Marines, The Black Order needs to always keep an Admiral at the headquarters to protect Mary Geoise from attacks." Makima said to Sengoku.
Sengoku nodded. He was already used to this in the Marines.
Before, the Marines were located under the first half of the Grand Line at the Red Line, at the closest distance to Mary Geoise to guard the holy land. Now there was another The Black Order, located under the second half of the Grand Line at the Red Line, naturally also at the closest distance to Mary Geoise.
This was of course to protect Mary Geoise. It was one of the conditions for establishing The Black Order, and also part of the contract Makima signed with the World Government.
Makima watched Sengoku leave. She stayed here to continue. There were many research projects on Pandora Island, and the Pandora's Box was just one of them. He still needed to check out the others.
The monster cells and the flesh of artificial humans were all under study. Barrett was also locked up here for research. This island was like a condensed version of the essence of Jaltzburg Duchy.
Sengoku's talent for thought power wasn't clear yet, after all, he had only trained for one day. He wasn't in a hurry, because there was still plenty of time. He had lots of time to grow.
But today, besides being the day Pandora Island was completed and its facilities started running, there was another thing worth paying attention to.
Aatrox was under attack.
........
In the Edgelord sea area of the New World, Aatrox used his great sword to smash a pirate into meat paste, then under the effect of blood magic, he took that guy's flesh and merged it into his own body.
This was already Aatrox's daily routine. After falling into the New World, Aatrox relied on his damaged body to start a killing spree, and soon stitched back a complete body.
But without Barrett, his body would rot quickly, so he could only keep creating killings to restore his body.
This pirate crew was just one of the less notable ones in the past half year or so.
However, just as he was about to leave and pick the next one, the area around him was already full of pirate ships.
Aatrox looked out and saw at least hundreds of ships, maybe more, densely packed, basically surrounding the whole sea area.
And leading them was the great pirate Edward Newgate, with a large number of remnants from the Rocks crew, like famous strong fighters such as Wang Zhi and John.
Even the future Four Emperors member Big Mom, the current Charlotte Linlin, was there...
It seemed the pirates had reached their limit with what Aatrox was doing.
But...
They actually had no idea what kind of enemy they were facing!
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