The Replica Magic Starting from Black Four

Chapter 357 Robin, we are enemies now! Kuma appears!

Shadow-Shadow Fruit!

Mogi carefully recalled the abilities of this Devil Fruit.

Manipulating shadows to launch attacks?

It holds absolutely no appeal for him!
The only truly remarkable aspect is the Devil Fruit's ability to cut off the shadows of any living being, with each shadow containing the shadow's owner's "personality" and "combat prowess."

Putting everything else aside, the preservation of her "personality" trait is something that impressed Yuki even more than her so-called "combat ability."

He recalled that Moriah seemed to have mentioned the idea that "shadows are the second soul of a living being."

Judging from the abilities of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, this statement is not without some merit.

just.

The weakness is equally undeniable: a person without a shadow will die upon exposure to sunlight. And the death of the person who casts the shadow will also cause the shadow to disappear.

In the ruins below.

The pirates whose shadows had been cut off by Moria shouted excitedly, "Wake Moria up and make him give us back our shadows!"

"The sun is about to rise."

"That's right, we must get our shadows back before the sun rises!"

Excited voices rang out one after another.

This brought the Straw Hat crew, who had just defeated Moria, back to their senses after their initial excitement.

Suddenly.

"Don't bother waking me up!"

An angry, weak voice rang out from Oz the Demon.

next moment.

Everyone looked up in disbelief at Moria, who had risen from Oz's body.

Many pirates looked terrified and instinctively took a few steps back. They hadn't expected Moria to be able to stand up after suffering such a series of attacks.

This monster!

"Straw Hat."

"How dare you destroy my Thriller Bark like this!"

"Companions are something you can lose as long as you're alive. If you're a dead zombie from the start, then there's nothing to lose!"

Moria roared, his eyes turning crimson, and activated the power of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit:
"The Gathering Place of Shadows!"

In an instant, a large number of black shadows, like snakes, surged out from under Moria's feet and rushed towards all the zombies that had been infused with shadows.

Shadows were forcibly pulled out of the zombie's body!

"He plans to absorb all the shadows on the island into his body!" Nami was the first to notice this, and a scream of alarm rang out.

"Straw Hat Kid, there were probably about 100 shadows stuffed into your body just now!"

"Then I'll go for 100!"

"200!"

"300!"

"…………!"

Moriah's face contorted with rage as he shouted with excitement.

The sudden change plunged everyone into despair.

From the rooftop stands in the distance.

Upon seeing this, Mogi shook his head slightly: "To be able to escape from Kaido's clutches and return, one's strength has actually weakened to such a level."

"They don't even know the limits of their own Devil Fruit abilities. How boring."

As soon as the word "boring" was uttered, Marianne immediately understood, and in a flash, she leaped off the rooftop and rushed towards Moria's direction.

"Big Bear?" Mumu's gaze didn't linger on the battle below, but instead focused on another direction.

Mimu patted his forehead with a hint of helplessness.

I had completely forgotten about it, and only now, sensing the presence of the bear here, did I suddenly remember.

During this period, Kuma was acting on orders from the World Government to inform Moria of the new candidates for the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Ace has indeed been captured.

The natural choice for the new Shichibukai is Blackbeard.

"Perona should have been sent flying by the bear, which is a troublesome thing."

"The last time I saw Big Bear, I forgot to leave a mark on him, otherwise I would have been able to pinpoint Vegabank's location much sooner."

The yew tree shook.

To be honest, it's not surprising that he didn't think of it.

Back when they were in the Little Garden, their research on Devil Fruits hadn't progressed to that point, so naturally they hadn't thought of using Vegapunk's "green blood" to collect Devil Fruit abilities.

Below!

As Moria devoured more and more shadows, his size rapidly began to swell, and he was laughing triumphantly when...

"As one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, to be beaten like this by a rookie pirate crew, how shameful!"

A sudden sound.

It instantly attracted the attention of everyone present, and countless eyes turned to look at it.

While the others were still somewhat bewildered upon seeing Marianu plummeting rapidly from the sky, the expressions on Luffy, Zoro, and the others' faces changed instantly.

"It's the one with Usopp!!" Nami and Chopper exclaimed.

Having just suffered a great loss at the hands of Luffy and his crew, Moria, already furious, turned even angrier upon hearing these words, his face turning black with rage.

"Who did this bastard come from? Die!"

Moria's body, which had swelled rapidly from absorbing a large amount of shadows, showed no clumsiness whatsoever, and he directly swung his arm and slapped it into the air.

boom!
As Marianne faced the enormous, imposing hand, colorful ink suddenly poured out from the canvas behind her, transforming into a pair of wings in mid-air.

The rapidly descending figure paused as wings appeared, easily dodging Moria's attack.

Next!

Marianne's colorful wings fluttered slightly, and Charlotte's figure suddenly accelerated, appearing above Moria's head in the blink of an eye.

hum-

Black Armament Haki covered his arms.

"Lie down!" Marian shouted, delivering a heavy punch to Moria's head.

Bang!
The impact was incredibly powerful, producing a heavy, muffled sound.

"Ah! You..."

Moria cried out in pain as his absorption of the shadows was forcibly interrupted. The impact of his Haki blasted all the shadows he had sucked into his stomach out.

boom--

Moria's body quickly returned to its original size, and he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

Because of the activation of the "Shadow Gathering Ground" technique, Moria extracted all the shadows he had injected into the zombies, and was suddenly knocked down.
Without Moria's control, the extracted shadows hovered in mid-air, paused briefly, and then quickly flew back towards their respective masters.

"The shadow is back!!"

"Great, my shadow!"

"We can no longer hide in the shadows."

"Moria has been defeated!"

"........."

As their shadows returned, the many pirates present wept with joy.

"It's nice to see you all again, Straw Hat Pirates."

Mariannu landed on Moria's body as she descended from the sky, staring expressionlessly at Luffy and the others not far away.

"It's you!"

Luffy then recognized Marianu and glared angrily at her, shouting, "Where's Usopp?!"

Zoro and Sanji quickly came to Luffy's side, looking wary.

“Usopp? He’s probably forgotten all about you by now.” Marianu spoke slowly, a thoughtful look on her face, then smiled slightly.
"The captain told me to take you back, Robin." These words were spoken.

Nami and Chopper, who were standing next to Robin, suddenly stared at Robin with wide eyes, their faces showing expressions of doubt and disbelief.

Franky, who had just joined the Straw Hat Pirates, looked completely bewildered and hadn't figured out what was going on.

"What are you talking about?!"

"Robin is one of my crew members, and—give Usopp back! This time you won't escape again!"

Luffy roared, not believing what Marianu said at all, and squatted down heavily with his legs spread apart.

The next moment, Luffy's legs bulged up as if pumped air, causing his skin to turn crimson quickly, and a white steam emanated from his body.

Watching the changes in Luffy's body.

Marianne wasn't surprised. She had already seen it on the terrace. It was true that it had become stronger since the time on the Sky Island, but that was all.

"escape?"

Marianne's voice was calm, but her tone carried a deep chill.

She didn't care about Luffy and the others' angry insults, but she wouldn't allow anyone to insult the Demon Eye Pirates.

"Last time we just couldn't be bothered with weaklings like you, but now we don't mind sending you on your way!"

Marianne took out her paintbrush and spoke coldly.

Some things that were unclear before became clear to Mariannu after learning that Robin was also a member of their Magic Eye Pirates.

She knew very well that her captain possessed the ability to extract Devil Fruits.

Robin's purpose in following the Straw Hat Pirates was probably to gather information on those with powerful Devil Fruit abilities along the way, and now that the captain has recalled Robin...

Then.

In Mariannu's opinion, the Straw Hat Pirates are no longer useful.

"Three-wheeled Flower - Rope!"

Just then, Robin's voice rang out.

Suddenly, three arms grew out of Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and the others, binding their legs and hands.

“Robin, you…” Nami fell to the ground, looked up at Robin, both shocked and angry.

"Miss Robin."

Sanji's face was filled with disbelief.

The steam that had enveloped Luffy dissipated, and his gaze became slightly dazed.

"Sorry, everyone."

"I have disregarded your trust; I am indeed a member of the Demon Eye Pirates."

Robin, facing the angry gazes of Nami and the others, expressionlessly dusted herself off and walked towards Marianu.

The numerous pirates around them stared in astonishment at what was happening, but they also realized that the Straw Hat crew had clearly fallen into internal strife.

Marianne frowned slightly as she watched Robin, who was walking over with a backpack and a calm demeanor, flipping her paintbrush between her fingers.

"Let's go." Robin's dark blue eyes looked calmly at Mariannu.

"Are you planning to save them, Robin?"

"You didn't develop feelings for this pirate crew after spending some time with them, did you? That doesn't seem like the personality of someone like you who likes to 'betray' others."

Marianne's lips curled slightly, her two dark red ponytails swayed gently, and she tilted her head to look at Robin.

"You could think so."

Unexpectedly, Robin didn't object at all. Instead, she nodded and said, "So, you're going to kill me?"

“You!” Mariannu stared at Robin with wide eyes.

Mariannou and Robin looked at each other, one with an angry expression and the other with a calm and composed demeanor.

"Robin!!"

Suddenly, Luffy's loud shout came from behind.

Robin paused, then sighed softly.

"Tell us! You were forced into this, weren't you!"

Luffy stared straight at him, his tone devoid of any emotion, but filled with seriousness.

"Feel sorry."

Robin spoke.

Luffy lowered his head slightly, then raised it again, steam rising from his body, his skin turning red again, and with a forceful effort, he broke free from the restraints of the arms Robin had created.

boom!boom!
Zoro and Sanji also broke free one after another.

They were naturally aware of Robin's abilities.

A wave of pain washed over me!
Robin groaned and clutched his arms.

"From this moment on, you are no longer on my crew; we are enemies!"

Luffy tightened his straw hat and shouted.

Stop being so self-righteous!

"You think you can be enemies with our Demon Eye Pirates!" Marianu's eyes turned cold, and the paintbrush in her hand emitted a purple light.

"Painting Magic - Roar of the Illusionary Dragon Viviel!"

This is an extremely powerful spell; it took her a very long time to fully master it.
Besides wanting to wipe out this group of guys in one fell swoop, he also wanted to show the captain how hard he had worked.

Roar!
A half-dragon with enormous purple and white wings and a female appearance appeared above Marianne, flicking its long tail.

A powerful magical aura instantly spread out!

This caused Marianne's entire body to radiate purple magical light, resembling flames.

An invisible wind pressure spread rapidly, directly overturning and blowing away some of the weaker pirates in the vicinity.

"What is this?"

Cold sweat appeared on Sanji's forehead.

click!
Zoro quickly gripped his swords with both hands, and even bit one of them into his mouth, staring intently ahead.

“Go.” Mariannu’s eyes widened.

"Roar!"

With a roar, a terrifying and dazzling white-purple energy beam shot out from the mouth of the phantom dragon Viviel.

Wherever the powerful energy passed, everything on the ground was destroyed and pulverized.

Sensing this power, despair appeared on the faces of all the pirates present.

"asshole!"

Luffy gritted his teeth.

Having already exhausted their strength after the battle with Moria, they now faced such a terrifying attack. Even with Luffy's strong will, he knew he couldn't withstand it.

suddenly!

Just then, a black figure appeared out of thin air in the center of the battle.

It was none other than the "tyrant" Big Bear, who had been hiding in the shadows all along!
Faced with the impact of the purple-white energy beam, Big Bear raised his left hand, which had already been glove removed, and slapped it against the incoming energy beam.

hum-

With a soft hum, the terrifying energy surge vanished instantly, leaving most of the people present feeling a blur before their eyes and utterly bewildered.

"Disappeared?"

Luffy was stunned.

He only saw the person suddenly appear, raise his palm and press forward, and then the astonishing energy surge disappeared.

For a while.

The atmosphere in the air became strangely quiet.

The series of events that occurred one after another left everyone speechless, even though they had finally managed to wrest their shadows back from Moria.

However, the current situation...

But it gave everyone the feeling that they could die here at any moment.

(End of this chapter)