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

Chapter 297 The Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit

The battle on the giant sea king was over. Afterwards, it was found that, apart from a few who surrendered, most of the pirates were still alive—the tenacious vitality of humans in the pirate world was once again demonstrated, not to mention that these top pirates of the New World were much stronger than ordinary people.

However, Uchiha Tou had no intention of keeping these pirates alive. He killed all the male pirates and extracted their Devil Fruit abilities.

As for the women, needless to say, they were all recruited by the Heavenly Demon Secret and became loyal subordinates of Uchiha Touyu. In fact, apart from Charlotte Brulee who escaped using the Mirror-Mirror Fruit, there were only three women in this group of pirates: Black Maria, Runty, and Charlotte Smoothie.

Black Maria and Runty are both standard beauties. Although Charlotte Smoothie is a subhuman of the Long-legged Tribe, she is actually quite sexy, at least pleasing to the eye.

What? You're saying Charlotte Linlin is a woman too? Uh, shouldn't this guy be classified as a tank?

Charlotte Linlin was indeed a great beauty when she was young, but now she can only be called the Mountain of Flesh Demon King. However, her Devil Fruit is quite good; it was the Devil Fruit that Uchiha Touma had his eye on back then.

Uchiha Touyu currently possesses three Devil Fruits: the Dark-Dark Fruit, the Buddha Fruit, and the Shadow-Shadow Fruit. Among them, the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Buddha Fruit are Devil Fruits with unlimited potential, and even now, they have not yet reached their full potential.

The Shadow-Shadow Fruit, while belonging to half of the Rule-type and half of the Extraordinary-type Devil Fruits and possessing enormous potential, ultimately cannot compare to the Dark-Dark Fruit, which represents the Black Hole, and the Great Buddha Fruit, which represents a pinnacle of the Myth-type. Its potential is almost exhausted.

Once the potential of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit is fully developed, it will directly merge into Uchiha Tou's body and no longer occupy a Devil Fruit slot. At that time, he will naturally be able to absorb the Soul-Soul Fruit.

About two or three hours after the pirate raid ended, the fully recovered women under Uchiha Touya began their conquest of the entire Wano Country.

The battle did not last long. With the leaders and core members of the three major Yonko pirate crews completely wiped out, not only did the allied pirates have no will to fight, but even the remaining Yonko crews were on the verge of collapse.

When Uchiha Tou followed the example of the Celestial Dragons, riding the four-legged Black Maria and leading Charlotte Smoothie and Rin in hand, they entered Wano Country. The last remaining pirates who were still putting up a fight completely lost their morale and surrendered.

However, Uchiha Tou wasn't the type to surrender and escape death. After the pirates surrendered, he immediately took out the Ghostly White Bone Banner and wiped out the remaining 5 pirates in one fell swoop. Amidst the mournful screams, these pirates were completely absorbed, body and soul, leaving only a clean ground.

In fact, at this point in the battle, Wano Country, which should have been awash in blood and littered with corpses, strangely had very few bodies. This was because the White Bone Banner's domain covered the entire Wano Country, and all the dead pirates had long since become nourishment for the White Bone Banner.

Of course... not all the pirates were killed. Among these nearly 10 pirates, several hundred young and beautiful female pirates were left behind and were considered as spoils of war for Uchiha Touyu.

……

The Land of Harmony, the Capital of Flowers.

"Damn Kaido! He actually summoned so many pirates from the outer seas! Does he even respect me, the Shogun of Wano Country?!"

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! He keeps pressuring me for supplies, even though he brought the enemy here himself! If you ask me, this guy should just be left to deal with those bastards out to sea. Does he even know his place?!"

In the central castle tower of the Flower Capital, on the very throne, sits a guy whose appearance is somewhat repulsive.

With a huge head and a nearly shrunken body and limbs in comparison, and wearing a crown that couldn't even cover his head, he gave off a sleazy, monkey-like impression.

This is none other than Kurozumi Orochi, the shogun of Wano Country and a collaborator with Kaido. Back then, it was with Kaido's help that Kurozumi Orochi killed Kozuki Oden and secured his position as shogun of Wano Country.

After successfully eliminating Kozuki Oden, Kurozumi Orochi appointed Kaido as the Protector of the Nation and built numerous armories and mines in Wano Country for the Beasts Pirates.

In fact, although Kaido was appointed as the Protector of the Nation by Kurozumi Orochi, the two were initially only in an alliance. Moreover, as time went on, Kaido, who had already taken the lead in the alliance, gradually and completely sidelined Kurozumi Orochi.

It's safe to say that in Wano Country right now, except for the Flower Capital, the Beast Pirates' words carry far more weight than those of General Kurozumi Orochi.

However, although Kurozumi Orochi is cunning and treacherous with no bottom line, he is not actually a smart or wise person. He still thinks that Kaido, whom he has appointed as the Protector of the Nation, should obey his orders!

Orochi wasn't very bright, and his subordinates weren't much better. Several of Orochi's ninjas knelt on the ground and said:

"My lord, should we go and warn Kaido? If this continues, even the Flower Capital might run out of food!"

Orochi trembled, his eyes revealing obvious fear. Although he considered Kaido a subordinate in his mind, he was actually terrified of him. He quickly shook his head.

"No, if we withhold the rations for Kaido now, what if the enemy from the outer sea attacks later?"

"Have you forgotten about those giant sea monsters from a few days ago?"

The Sea Kings that Shirahoshi controlled were all several thousand meters in size. Some of them surfaced on the sea surface and were even several hundred meters taller than Wano Country. Their enormous figures were clearly visible to everyone in Wano Country, which naturally brought them great fear.

At this time, even the people of Wano Country were more supportive of the so-called Protector King Kaido. Most importantly, after years of propaganda, all the common people of Wano Country were filled with fear of the outer seas, believing that the people of the outer seas wanted to enslave them.

...Although they were already under the enslavement of the Beasts Pirates and Orochi, how could being enslaved by their own country's shogun compare to being enslaved by people from the outer seas?

As for Kurozumi Orochi and his carnivorous subordinates, needless to say, if food is scarce, at most a few more peasants will starve to death, but if the foreigners come in, their status and lives may be in danger!

"Hey! I get it!"

The ninja under Orochi's command bowed their heads and responded, while Orochi, seated on his throne, waved his hand impatiently.

"Alright, you can go now! Tell Kaido the next supply shipment will arrive soon..."

With a loud bang, the roof of the castle tower was suddenly ripped open, revealing a huge dragon head.

At that time, it was a dragon that was very similar to Kaido of the Beasts, but at least two or three times larger. The only strange thing was that the original blue dragon scales now had a faint pink glow. It was Momousagi who had just eaten the genuine Blue Dragon Fruit and whose Devil Fruit power had greatly increased.

Perhaps due to Momousagi's own obsession, even the genuine Azure Dragon Fruit only made the pink hue of Momousagi's original dragon form a little lighter, giving it a white-pink texture, rather than turning it into the true color of an azure dragon. However, the genuine Azure Dragon Fruit caused Momousagi's dragon form to grow significantly larger, several times larger than Kaido just by looking at its size.

"Dragon... Dragon, dragon, dragon!! It's a dragon from the outer sea!!"

Orochi trembled with fear, almost collapsing onto his throne. He had received intelligence that the one fighting Kaido among the sea people was a pink dragon, and now that this dragon had appeared in his palace, it certainly couldn't be here to visit him!

Just as Kurozumi Orochi was still stammering, trying to say something, the guards hidden around him rushed out.

However, these ninja guards dared not attack the dragon. Instead, they grabbed the black charcoal serpent and tried to escape. Just then, a blood-red figure jumped down from the pink dragon's head. With a flash of light, the heads of the ninja guards flew into the sky.

Blood gushed from its neck, shooting straight up to the ceiling and slowly dripping down. The black charcoal serpent, soaked in blood, let out a scream like a little girl, collapsing to the ground and retreating backward.

"Y-you...who are you? Don't kill me!! I'll grant you any request..."

"That's great! My request is your Yamata no Orochi fruit."

With a mocking smile on his face, Uchiha Hiyu spoke, which immediately made Kurozumi Orochi's eyes widen. However, before Kurozumi Orochi could say anything, Uchiha Hiyu reached out and pressed his hand on his head.

The power of the Dark-Dark Fruit activated instantly. Kurozumi Orochi's eyes rolled back, and he made a gurgling sound like a chicken with its throat cut, foaming at the corners of his mouth. A moment later, Uchiha Hiyu withdrew his hand, casually picked up a fruit, and pressed it against the fruit. After a series of changes, the fruit transformed into the shape of the Yamata no Orochi Fruit.

As for Orochi, his eyes rolled back and his mouth twisted, looking like a mentally challenged person—in fact, he had indeed become a mentally challenged idiot. Uchiha Hiyu didn't carefully separate the Devil Fruit power in his soul, but rather very roughly cut off and tore off a large part of the soul along with the Devil Fruit power, directly turning this general of Wano Country into a brain-dead person.

The reason why we didn't absorb all of Orochi's blood and soul is that this guy is a disgrace to the Mythical Zoan species. Neither his blood nor his soul is anything to boast about, and he might not even be comparable to a pirate with a bounty of tens of millions.

And this guy is the shogun of Wano Country. Compared to the blood and soul obtained by draining him dry, his identity is more important.

The dragon in the sky transformed into human form, and Momousagi flashed by, grabbing a swordsman with an airplane-shaped haircut who was about to escape and pulling him over.

"Feiyu, there's still one fish that slipped through the net."

"Wait, wait a minute... I have nothing to do with Kurozumi Orochi!!! I am actually one of the Nine Red Scabbards. The reason I am with Kurozumi Orochi is simply because I am conducting an undercover operation!"

Kyoshiro, whose real identity is Denjiro, one of the Nine Red Scabbards, hurriedly tried to clarify his identity. Although his identity was highly secretive and should not have been revealed casually, times had changed. Now that Kaido was probably dead and Orochi had become an idiot, there was no point in him hiding his identity anymore.

"The Nine Red Scabbards? What are those?"

Momousagi blinked. Although her outfit and name made her seem like she was born in Wano Country, Momousagi actually had no connection to Wano Country.

There are countless countries of all kinds on the sea. Although Wano Country is a bit special, it is neither a member of the World Government nor does it have a closed-door policy. Naturally, outsiders do not know anything about the Nine Red Scabbards or Kozuki Oden.

However, seeing Denjiro's confident demeanor, Momousagi feared she had killed the wrong person. She glanced up at Uchiha Tou, only to see Tou's face beaming with joy as he carefully put away the Orochi Fruit and gave Denjiro a sidelong look.

"The Nine Red Scabbards... were subordinates of the previous leader of Wano Country, similar to Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido, all of whom were obstacles to our control of Wano Country."

Denjiro's eyes narrowed slightly, and he opened his mouth as if to say something, but Uchiha Touya was no longer interested. He waved his hand and conjured a huge white bone banner. With a gentle shake, black and red gas swept across, and after a moment, only Denjiro's clothes, weapons, and some dust remained on the ground.

In a broad sense, Denjiro should be considered a positive character. However, unfortunately, Uchiha Tou is not a positive character at all, so he naturally wouldn't be sympathetic to Denjiro and would simply send him to his death.

"Alright... Next, we should gather the residents of Wano Country and tell them that this country now belongs to us!"

Uchiha Touya retrieved the Ghost Bone Banner, said something indifferently, and as he spoke, he reached out and grabbed the now-brain-dead general Kurozumi Orochi, dragging him out.

"Don't worry, Lord Feiyu, things will be done quickly!"

Momousagi nodded with a smile. The Wano Country of today is no longer the samurai country it once was. She wondered if the entire country could even muster a few hundred samurai.

In fact, because the vast majority of the samurai class opposed Kurozumi Orochi, Kurozumi Orochi handed over almost all of the defense to Kaido. Once the Beasts Pirates were destroyed, Wano Country had no ability to resist.

(End of this chapter)