Another important point is the need for resources. Many buildings require a lot of gold or money to build. Relying on pirate looting or embezzling funds from The Black Order is clearly not enough to support a country's development.
So, he needs to find a place with abundant resources and that can attract a large population.
He thought of several places, but he'd rather wait and observe later. He's not in a hurry right now.
After that, he did his fourth card draw.
"Get Rid of Card: From the Cardcaptor Sakura world, it is one of the Clow Cards. It has the magic to erase people and things, symbolizing the stagnation of luck and a warning to wait. (When drawing cards, holding a Clow Card can increase the probability of drawing other Clow Cards)"
A card appeared in Genichi's hand, and he was slightly lost in thought.
This thing…
Isn't it a prop from an anime he watched when he was a kid?
The Get Rid of Card has a very strange power. It can directly make people and objects disappear from this world, and it can also make the disappeared people reappear. The people who disappear will forget their memories after disappearing.
In comparison, there is a similar 'Nothing Card' in these Clow Cards, but the power of the Get Rid of Card is far inferior to the Nothing Card, because Nothing is used to control the other fifty-two Clow Cards, and its magic is the strongest, capable of turning everything into nothing.
The Get Rid of Card is somewhat similar in ability, but its essence and magic are far inferior.
If the Get Rid of Card is worth a million item cards, then the Nothing Card would definitely be worth ten million item cards.
However, these cards, like the Shikon Jewel, have some self-awareness.
But now in Genichi's hands, that self-awareness is very weak.
Only cards at the ten million level will have slightly more obvious self-awareness.
"Now, I am very perfect."
Genichi looked at the four items he had gained this time and couldn't help but feel emotional.
Item cards are indeed more powerful than character cards...
He actually has a piece of Mara's remains in his hand, but he doesn't really want to use it right now, because simply containing Mara's remains will only turn him into a violent monster. It's far better to create a Mara Seed to create a powerful and controlled Mara.
Forget it, he'll see if he can find a way to create a Mara Seed first. Anyway, he's not in a hurry right now.
Genichi thought to himself.
He's really not in a hurry right now. As he said before, after a series of major events, both he and this world need some time to calm down.
Just let the other clones slowly develop.
Makima continues to be a spy in the World Government, Ah Xing dutifully serves as a Marine Admiral, Toguro reappears on the sea searching for Shikon Jewel fragments, Kuchiki Byakuya continues to act as a mysterious Soul Reaper descendant for the rulers to constantly pursue, and Aatrox waits in the pyramid for his next appearance.
As for the others, the World Government has increased its support for the Marines, because of the false propaganda that 'the Marines defeated Aatrox', a large number of people have been attracted to the Marines and joined them.
The new generation of Marine power has become unprecedentedly strong, and the third Marine Admiral is already being selected.
The most important thing is the large number of talented people who have joined, which can ensure that the Marines will have sufficient power to dominate the sea for the next few decades.
The Black Order has also attracted many people to join, but because the World Government doesn't promote it much, the number of people is far less than that of the Marines.
And Roger...
He is still unconscious.
Several months have passed from the time Aatrox was sealed to when Genichi drew the card. During this time, Roger has been in a coma. If his heartbeat didn't still have ups and downs, they would have thought Roger was dead!
Roger suffered too many injuries. He was already injured in the initial battle with Aatrox, and then continued to fight Aatrox forcefully, was infected by Aatrox's will, was drained of his potential by the portable pyramid to fight, and was even forcibly dominated by Makima to overdraw his physical strength.
Combining these injuries, even relying on the Shikon Jewel, he cannot recover in a short time.
Roger's pirate crew was prepared for this, but they didn't expect that this coma would last for several months, which made them extremely worried.
Because even after several months, Roger's condition still hasn't changed much.
Perhaps, he will sleep like this forever?
Moreover, during Roger's coma, they were hiding everywhere, because the World Government was too afraid of Roger's current power. They also knew that they must take advantage of Roger's serious injuries to eliminate him, otherwise he would become a huge disaster that they cannot contain.
Fortunately, Mumei's instant movement ability allowed them to constantly evade the World Government's pursuers.
And more than a month passed after Genichi drew the card. On this day, Roger, who had been in a coma, suddenly moved.
?!
Rayleigh, who was constantly observing Roger's condition, was instantly shocked and ran over, but Roger still kept his eyes closed.
However, this sudden movement was enough to pluck at Rayleigh's heartstrings, because Roger hadn't made any movements before.
Does this mean that Roger is about to recover?
But what he didn't know was what Roger was experiencing at this moment.
In the darkness, he seemed to have entered a void world.
The sky was filled with white sand, and the sky was always dim. No sun appeared in the sky no matter how long it had been. Only a moon hung in the sky.
The surrounding world was a monotonous desert, a white desert, with only a few withered trees appearing occasionally.
He had been walking in this world for an unknown amount of time.
This world had many strange beings. They wore masks on their faces, had large holes in their chests, and exuded ominous malice and depravity, devouring each other wantonly.
Roger fought them as he walked, but they were endless, and they would still appear no matter how long he killed them.
And at this time, he finally saw a person.
A person different from those strange life forms, a person similar to himself, the person he had seen in Alabasta.
When he had only a little bit of memory left, he saw this person appear from the pyramid, wrap the key to hell in cherry blossoms, and take Aatrox away.
This is…
The descendant of the Soul Reaper?
"Who... are you?"
Roger asked warily.
"Kuchiki Byakuya."
Kuchiki Byakuya said plainly.
After saying his name, he looked at Roger with cold eyes and slowly said,
"Your life in the living world has ended, Gol D. Roger."
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