Next, he needed to confirm the Third Ghost God’s life form, then design its appearance — commonly known as character creation.
“Let me think.
The Third Ghost God’s abilities are very similar to ‘Tainted Plegrim’ from DNF.
Might as well just model it after the game design.”
Kane was about to start when a flash of inspiration struck him.
Drawing from DNF was good — it helped with Devil Fruit development.
But the Ghost Knight class had a fixed number of Ghost Gods.
If he only borrowed from DNF, he’d be boxing himself in.
The right approach was self-creation, plus borrowing from DNF, plus borrowing from other games or anime characters.
And the One Piece world just happened to have a powerful figure he could draw inspiration from.
A corresponding image appeared in Kane’s mind, walking toward him from the distance, stopping right in front of him.
Standing before him was: the natural-born destroyer, the evil god of the world, mother of a hundred children, the Iron Balloon, master of souls, creator of Homies, a natural-born monster, former Rocks crew member, commander of thirty-four ministers, head of the Charlotte Family, ruler of Whole Cake Island, the strongest woman in the world, captain of the Big Mom Pirates, the uncrowned Empress of the New World, Queen of Totto Land, sovereign of all nations, an Emperor of the Sea — Big Mom, Charlotte Linlin!
Charlotte Linlin was the Soul-Soul Fruit user.
The Homies she created could serve as an excellent reference for Kane.
Homies were life forms created by Big Mom by injecting human souls into inanimate objects — entities with physical form.
They came in many varieties.
The highest-tier ones included a miniature sun, a hat, and thunderclouds.
Below them were trees, crocodiles, rabbits, pirate ships, chess-piece soldiers, and more.
However, in the anime, there were no Homies that looked like ordinary humans.
That wasn’t because Big Mom couldn’t create them — it was a difference in developmental direction.
Looking closely, most of her Homies leaned toward cartoonish designs, reflecting the childlike innocence buried beneath Big Mom’s savage nature.
In other words, if she wanted to, she could create human-shaped Homies.
Kane could also learn to create Ghost Gods with physical forms.
The advantages were obvious: they could serve as powerful high-ranking officers, lead a ship of pirates, garrison key islands, carry out special missions, solve the problem of being stretched too thin, and so on.
“Wait — stretched too thin…
splitting forces…
operating on multiple fronts…”
Kane was having a burst of inspiration today.
Ideas kept flooding in.
“Suppose I let my Ghost Gods build forces all over the place without revealing our connection — wouldn’t I be able to develop a massive organization right under the World Government’s nose?” This chapter was taken from novelping dot com without permission.
The more Kane thought, the brighter his eyes became.
This had potential!
In his view, the One Piece world had a special “execution line.”
Not the kind where ordinary people starved or were killed by criminals.
Nor the kind where Marines, pirates, or national armies fought and died.
Nor natural disasters or man-made calamities.
This was a line unique to the World Government — more specifically, unique to Imu.
Using threat level to Imu as data, with a rough quantification of 100 points total: if you hit 80 points, you’d qualify for Imu’s personal execution line.
That could mean God’s Knights and the Five Elders mobilizing, Imu activating the Ancient Weapon Uranus, or even Imu leaving the Flower Room to take action personally.
For comparison: threats at 100 points might include Joy Boy and Davy D.
Jones.
Objects at 100 points might include the Nika Fruit and the Ancient Weapons.
Organizations at 100 points might include the legendary Great Kingdom that once existed.
The truth of the Void Century — eight hundred years ago — was probably around 80 to 100 points, right at the edge of triggering the special execution line.
But an incomplete truth wouldn’t touch it.
Ten years ago, the scholars of Ohara had vaguely touched upon the truth and formed theories.
Their threat level exceeded 60 points, but not 80 — they couldn’t see the true face of Imu’s execution line.
They only faced a Buster Call.
The Revolutionary Army’s threat to the World Government and the Five Elders was close to maximum, but in Imu’s eyes, it wasn’t that important — maybe just over 75, approaching 80.
So the Five Elders saw the Revolutionary Army as the greatest threat, and the World Government suppressed it at the highest standard in normal situations.
The Revolutionary Army’s development was difficult, but they didn’t face an overwhelming strike on the scale of Uranus.
The Emperors of the Sea — the most famous pirate captains in the world.
Their crews ruled the second half of the Grand Line.
Both their personal strength and their vast organizations pushed their threat scores higher and higher — roughly around 60 to 70 points.
One important point: even with similar threat scores, that didn’t mean two entities could be treated the same.
Take the Ohara scholars and Whitebeard as an example.
Both had scores exceeding 60 — both were likely candidates for a Buster Call.
But a Buster Call was an absolute execution for the Ohara scholars, while for Whitebeard, it was nothing.
The key difference: the Ohara scholars had no power to protect themselves, while Whitebeard not only had the power to laugh off a Buster Call — his strength was so great it could even serve as a deterrent to the Marines and the World Government.
The Emperors’ 60-to-70-point scores weren’t fixed.
As the captain grew stronger, their executives more formidable, and their organization larger, the score would naturally keep climbing.
Take the Rocks Pirates of old — their score was infinitely close to maximum.
The root cause, however, was the captain: Rocks D.
Xebec.
That day, the audacious Rocks stormed the Holy Land, killed a Marine Admiral, forced his way into the Flower Room, and met Imu — making Imu see a shadow of Davy Jones in him.
The moment Imu recalled Davy Jones through Rocks, Rocks’s threat score maxed out instantly.
That indirectly led to Imu’s intervention in the God Valley incident.
With Imu pulling the strings, the Rocks Pirates fell apart.
A weakened Rocks was finished off by Garling — and a legendary figure met his end.
More examples: the Underworld Emperors — around 30 to 40 points.
They held vast wealth and influence, but lacked personal strength.
The Seven Warlords of the Sea — around 40 to 50 points.
They were one of the three great powers of the Grand Line, with immense individual strength — some on par with the Emperors — but they operated independently, and their organizations were comparatively limited.
In summary: Kane wanted to overthrow the World Government — that meant building power.
But building power would inevitably lead to an awkward moment: when the Ghost Hand Pirates developed to a certain point — enough to influence the world but not yet enough to overthrow the World Government or defeat Imu — the threat score would break past 80.
When that day came, Kane would face Imu’s personal execution line.
His organization would be devastated.
And without building power and growing stronger, how could he overthrow the World Government?
It was an unsolvable paradox.
But now, there was an opportunity.
The unique nature of the Ghost Gods gave Kane a glimmer of hope.
He could strengthen the Ghost Hand Pirates openly, while having his Ghost Gods build different organizations in different places — with no one knowing of their connection.
That way, he could develop a massive organization without triggering the special execution line.
“Consider it decided!”
Kane confirmed the Third Ghost God’s life form as humanoid, and began the fun part — character creation.
“Height doesn’t need to be too exaggerated.
Green hair, to match the ability — and in the One Piece world, green-haired people tend to be pretty strong…”
“Alright — welcome.
Third Ghost God: Evil Eye Plegrim.”