Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 238 The Arrival of the Straw Hat Pirates

However, this transfer also gave Uchiha Tou some inspiration, and he vaguely understood the reason for the aftereffects.

The Devil Fruit abilities stolen from Devil Fruit users are not the original Devil Fruits, but rather abilities that have already been developed to a certain extent.

After being directly transferred into another person's body, the other person essentially inherits the original Devil Fruit user's development progress. However, their own physical body and mind have not kept up with this development progress, which is why strange things like hair loss, fire on the head, and sand secretion from the hair occur.

Ultimately, it's similar to those Jailer Beasts that failed to awaken their Zoan-type Devil Fruits; the power of the Devil Fruit overwhelmed the strength of their own bodies and minds, leading to a power outage.

Fortunately, none of the Devil Fruit users who transferred Uchiha Touya's Devil Fruit abilities reached the point of awakening; otherwise, the consequences would have been far more severe.

At best, their abilities will go berserk and become uncontrollable; at worst, their minds and bodies will be twisted by the power of the Devil Fruit, turning them into complete monsters.

Eliminating these aftereffects is quite simple: just continuously hone your abilities and ensure your mind and body match the level of development of the Devil Fruit, and the aftereffects will naturally disappear.

For example, Usopp is a perfect match for the Wax Wax Fruit. In addition, he has a certain level of scientific literacy and handicraft skills, and he has a lot of ideas. He has made rapid progress in developing Paramecia-type Devil Fruits, and the flames on his head have become much smaller than before.

Then there's Leigh, who obtained the Zoan-type Vulture Fruit power. As a ferocious animal himself, it was relatively easy for Leigh to develop the power of this bird of prey. In addition, he liked to fly in the form of a griffin, and gradually began to master the power of the Devil Fruit. Some fine downy hairs have already grown on his neck.

Uchiha Touyu only noticed this change after carefully observing the two of them and estimating the specific reason.

However, it will be difficult for Icarus to control the aftereffects of his Devil Fruit ability. Shacroft is not comparable to the Vulture Fruit user or Mr. 3. The Sand-Sand Fruit in his hands has been developed to the point where it is only one step away from awakening.

Logia-type Devil Fruits are inherently very difficult to develop, and Shacroft Far surpasses Icarus in both talent and ambition. Given Icarus's abilities, this aftereffect will likely follow him for life.

After obtaining this research result, Uchiha Touyu was relieved. There was no problem with the transfer of his Devil Fruit ability. He then prepared to start researching how to remove the aftereffects of the Devil Fruit.

If the aftereffects of Devil Fruits could be completely eliminated, Uchiha Touyu wouldn't mind eating one. After all, Haki and the demonic arts he cultivates are too similar, and the abilities of some Devil Fruits can better unleash the power of demonic arts.

……

For some time afterward, although Crocodile had been defeated, King Cobra had revealed his plot, and even the Navy and the World Government had revoked his status as a Shichibukai, the uprising in Alabasta did not subside.

Just as Uchiha Tou had predicted, without the fortuitous events of the original story, the Alabasta uprising could not have ended so abruptly, and the battle between the two sides remained in a stalemate.

In reality, it was also because the Alabasta royal family, or more directly Princess Vivi and her father, couldn't bear to carry out a massacre. Otherwise, with Icarum's current strength, plus the weapons that Baroque Works had already prepared and accumulated, along with those elite agents, the rebels would have been bloodily suppressed long ago.

Logia-type Devil Fruits are so overpowered that without a master who knows Haki, even a large number of ordinary soldiers would be helpless against them. Not to mention that the rebel army was poor and had no Seastone weapons. Facing Logia-type powerhouses, they would only be slaughtered.

"But chaos is good too... Otherwise, where would I gather the resources for progress?"

With a scream, the burly man's body withered rapidly, and wisps of blood energy seeped into the Third Generation Kitetsu in Uchiha Hiyu's hand. At the same time, a trace of blood nerve magic regenerated within him, beginning to transform his physical body.

Although no massacre of the rebels was carried out, Princess Vivi and Cobra could not stand by and watch the rebels attack cities at will. Therefore, Uchiha Tou became a firefighter, rushing over to "defend and counterattack" wherever a battle broke out.

In just over half a month, Uchiha Tou had already made a name for himself throughout Alabasta: the Slaughterer, the Feather of Destruction, the Cold-Blooded Killer...

A whole host of terrifying titles were bestowed upon Uchiha Touyu. There was no way around it; compared to the mercy of Princess Vivi and Cobra, Uchiha Touyu showed no mercy when it came to killing in order to improve his own cultivation techniques and collect more sacrifices.

Any rebel forces that dared to attack the city would be slaughtered without exception by Uchiha Hiyu. In just over half a month, he had already killed tens of thousands of people. With the help of a large amount of blood and lives, his strength improved significantly, and even the Sandai Kitetsu in his hand was about to evolve into a black sword.

It was precisely because of Uchiha Hiyu's massacre that the originally burgeoning uprising was doused with cold water, and eventually gradually moved towards peaceful negotiations.

There was no other way; they simply couldn't win! The rebels had considered setting a trap for Uchiha Tou, but the result was that they were slaughtered by Uchiha Tou, adding thousands more souls to the progress of the Third Generation Kitetsu.

At first, Princess Vivi and King Cobra had some reservations about Uchiha Tou's actions, but since each of Uchiha Tou's actions could be described as a "defensive counterattack" siege, they didn't have much to say.

However, after Uchiha Hiyu ruthlessly killed his enemies and the rebels began to show interest in peace talks, these people understood Uchiha Hiyu's "good intentions" and believed that he was better to suffer a short pain than a long one, thus reducing the casualties of this turmoil.

Uchiha Touyu: ? ? ? ...Ah, right, right, that's what I was thinking! Damn it! How could these scoundrels be so sensible? Isn't this cutting off my shortcut to continuing my training?

……

In Alabasta, at the port of Rapeseed Flower, a dilapidated-looking naval warship sailed by. Strangely, however, the warship was flying a pirate flag.

Besides the common skull pattern, the pirate flag also features a strange straw hat on the skull's head.

"Why does that guy with the smoke keep following us? If it weren't for him, we wouldn't be lost..."

On the ship's deck, a long head drooped to the ground, and a rubber boy wearing a straw hat was muttering to himself with a bored expression.

"Hmph, I told you from the beginning we shouldn't have gone this way, otherwise we should have..."

"You should have sunk to the bottom of the sea long ago! You should know your own terrible sense of direction! Damn green algae head!"

Before the three-sword style swordsman could finish speaking, the blond chef couldn't help but complain. The curly-browed blond chef looked exhausted. Heaven knows how terrible it was to go out to sea with his idiot captain and this directionally challenged bastard.

These three are naturally the three main forces of the Straw Hat Pirates: the idiot Luffy, the directionally challenged Zoro, and the womanizing Sanji.

Although the main force is still intact, the navigator Nami was poached by Uchiha Tou beforehand, and the all-around substitute Usopp, who handled almost all the odd jobs on the ship, was also directly captured by Uchiha Tou. As a result, only these three problem children were left on the ship. You can imagine how "colorful" their journey was.

Sanji is somewhat better off; as long as he doesn't see beautiful women, he won't have a chance to have a seizure. However, Luffy's lack of common sense, coupled with Zoro's inability to find his way, is really going to cause a lot of trouble on the sea. Without Nami, the Straw Hat crew's invisible captain, to handle the overall situation, and without Usopp to fill in the gaps, this group of people almost perished on the Grand Line.

If they hadn't been lucky enough to meet a "benefactor" later on, they would probably be feeding fish at the bottom of the sea by now.

"Finally ashore!! Straw hat brat!! Green hair brat!! Curly eyebrow brat!! I never want to see you guys again!"

A somewhat manic voice rang out, followed by a pirate dressed as a clown with a red nose, who emerged from the cabin with a look of relief on his face. He turned to look at the three members of the Straw Hat Pirates and shouted:

"From now on, let's go our separate ways!! From here on, I, the great one, will rebuild my Buggy Pirates..."

Yes, the so-called benefactor encountered on the Grand Line was none other than Buggy the Clown.

As a fellow pirate being hunted by Smoker, Buggy also suffered heavy losses in Loguetown. He barely managed to escape on a ship, only to run into Smoker, who was chasing the Straw Hat Pirates. His ship was sunk, and after all that trouble, he was eventually rescued by the Straw Hat Pirates.

Although Buggy the Clown is a pirate with a greedy, cruel, and cunning personality, he did sail with Roger's pirate crew back in the day, so he can't be called despicable and shameless. Naturally, he wouldn't do something like repaying kindness with enmity.

In addition, with Smoker hot on their heels, Buggy the Clown eventually made peace with Straw Hat Luffy on his own, saying that they could share the same fate while they were on the same ship, and that he would help them get into the Grand Line. He added that once they had shaken off Smoker, they would settle the score between the two of them.

Although Straw Hat Luffy didn't understand at all, he just thought it was cool that a circus clown had joined the pirate crew...

Of course, Buggy the Clown is actually doing quite well in the Straw Hat Pirates. Apart from being a bit tired of cleaning up Luffy's messes and acting as his babysitter on the seas, he's also vaguely feeling more like he used to be in the Roger Pirates.

After all, Luffy's personal charm is quite good. After being on the same ship for so long, Buggy the Clown no longer hates Luffy. However, he is still obsessed with finding treasure and is unwilling to sail with Luffy.

"Hey!? Zoro, look, look at that ship, isn't that our Going Merry?!"

Before Buggy the Clown could finish speaking, Luffy had already shifted his attention, pointed a finger at a sheep-headed sailboat, and said with a look of surprise on his face.

"So it really is the Going Merry... which means those guys are here too!"

Zoro reached out and touched his three swords, a bloodthirsty smile spreading across his face:

"They tricked us so badly, and even kidnapped Long Nose... We absolutely can't let those guys get away with this!"

"Let's go! Let's take our ship back first!"

The current Straw Hat crew is much weaker than the original in other aspects, but in terms of combat power, the three main fighters are still intact. Each of them is bolder than the last, and without saying a word, they charged aggressively towards the Going Merry.

"What do you guys think you're doing? Are you looking for death?! Don't you know this is an Alabasta royal ship?!"

Just as the three arrived at the Going Merry and were about to board the ship, a group of port guards rushed out and surrounded them. They glared angrily at the three, their swords, spears, and halberds pointed at them.

"Huh!? A ship belonging to the Alabasta royal family? Could we have mistaken the ship for something else?"

Luffy scratched his head, looking a bit goofy, and asked, while Sanji took a puff of his cigarette and frowned:

"How would I know? I've never been on this ship... But judging from its appearance, it should be the same ship you took to the seaside restaurant."

"This is the Going Merry! I can't mistake it!"

Zoro looked the Going Merry up and down and nodded:

"Look at the deck on the port side of the ship; there are some footprints there where I used to train."

Among the Straw Hat Pirates, Zoro is arguably the most hardworking. Compared to Luffy, who only improves in battle, and Sanji, who loves cooking more than fighting, Zoro has never given up the opportunity to train himself. Every day, he practices swinging his sword thousands or even tens of thousands of times with a giant barbell.

Over time, footprints were left in the places where he frequently trained, which became evidence for him to identify the ship.

"What the heck? This is clearly our Going Merry! Did that Uchiha Tou sell this ship to Alabasta?"

Luffy scratched his head, finally deciding to stop thinking, and shouted loudly at the guard in front of him:

"Get out of my way right now, or I'll beat you all to a pulp!"

"This guy actually dared to address the King's Consort that way..."

"Arrest them! They must be part of the rebels! They must be pirates summoned by the rebels!"

Luffy's words had a rather intense effect, and soldiers came to support him with guns and swords, quickly surrounding the entire Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy shook his fist, preparing to make a move, when suddenly Zoro patted his shoulder.

"Calm down... there's no point in talking to these soldiers. Let's go gather some intelligence first!"

(End of this chapter)