The Journey of Freedom After the Awakening of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit

The ability of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, which allows Moria to switch places with his shadow, was key to his escape.

All the preparations and hard work we're putting in now are for the sake of seizing that one last chance to escape in the future.

Time is for those who are prepared!

That morning, Moria, who had lost track of how much time had passed, sensed something was amiss.

The quarry was much less guarded. Quinn, a guard chief, and several squad leaders who possessed Haki were all gone, leaving only a dozen or so henchmen.

Moriah and the other mining prisoners were not released to continue mining.

At the same time, Moria sensed the ground shaking and two powerful auras.

"If we calculate the timeline, and the plot hasn't changed, this should be the time when Kozuki Oden led the Nine Red Scabbards in a major battle against Kaido!"

"Now is the perfect time to escape!"

Without thinking, Moria's eyes flashed with a cold light. He raised his hands to look at the handcuffs, hardened his heart, and lowered his head to bite the flesh on his wrists.

Chapter 02 Fruit Awakening: Escape from Danger

Pooh!

Zizi!

Pooh!

In the dimly lit corner, Moria, pale-faced, bit off the last piece of flesh from his wrist and spat it out to the side.

There was a pile of bloody, red bits of flesh on the ground, all bitten off from his own wrists.

Moria had bitten off most of the flesh from his wrist, leaving only some wispy red flesh wrapped around the bone. His wrist had shrunk considerably, making the handcuffs look much bigger.

"It should work, right?" Moria gasped, his tone uncertain.

Generally speaking, as long as the Seastone doesn't touch the body, but is only used for aura, one can still use Devil Fruit abilities.

Moria's idea was to remove all the flesh from his wrists, leaving only bone, so that the sea stone handcuffs wouldn't touch the bone. In that case, he could use his ability to switch bodies with his shadow and escape in that instant.

Everything is ready now, let's see if it works.

call!

Taking a deep breath, Moria straightened up and raised his hands to the ground.

Then he suddenly squatted down, placing both hands flat downwards at the same time, so that the speed at which his hands fell was consistent with the speed at which the handcuffs fell, and he was in a relatively still state.

In this way, there is a space between the round-hole handcuff and the wrist bone, preventing them from coming into contact with each other.

"It's done!" Moria was overjoyed. The instant before the sea stone handcuffs touched his wrist bones, he sensed that he could use his Devil Fruit powers.

Without hesitation, Moria's mind raced, and the shadow beneath his feet swiftly detached from his body, forming a black shadowy human figure beside him. He then activated his ability, instantly swapping the positions of his body and shadow.

Clang!

Clang!

The crisp sound of handcuffs hitting the ground rang out, and the henchman standing outside Moriah's cell immediately snapped to attention, his expression changing as he walked towards Moriah with an iron whip in hand.

"Moria, you're looking for someone again?" The henchman who had just stepped outside the prison door suddenly changed his expression, and cold sweat immediately poured down his back.

Looking at Moria's blood-stained lips, his unhandcuffed hands, and the white bones wrapped in flesh at his wrists, and then at the seastone handcuffs lying on the ground, the little minion guessed what was going on. He subconsciously swallowed and said tremblingly, "You Moria, Lord Quinn is guarding you here. You'd better put the seastone handcuffs back on."

"Also, Lord Kaido is nearby, so don't do anything reckless!" the henchman said as he slowly backed away.

Don't be fooled by his habit of whipping Moria all the time; it's because he knows that Moria can't do anything to him due to the suppression of the Seastone, which is why he dares to act so recklessly.

Now, without the suppression of Seastone, Moria is a monster who can withstand Kaido's "Thunder Bagua" attack without dying, and he is also a ruthless person who can bite off his own flesh without changing his expression. The little minions don't even have the slightest intention to fight back.

At that moment, all he wanted to do was escape!

Seeing that Moria was just standing there ignoring him, the little minion immediately turned around and ran away.

Hahaha!!

"What a pleasant surprise!" Moria suddenly burst into laughter.

He didn't expect that frantically communicating with Devil Fruit abilities would be so useful when he was suppressed by Seastone.

Now that he's free from the suppression of the Seastone, his Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability has actually awakened.

"Trying to run away!!!" Noticing the henchman running away, Moria's expression immediately turned ferocious, and he stretched out his hand, pointing at the henchman.

The shadow beneath him came to life as if it were a physical entity, transforming into a sharp shadow spear that pierced through the prison door and shot straight at the back of the little lackey.

puff!

The sound of a sharp object piercing flesh rang out, and the running figure of the little lackey immediately stopped. He stared blankly down at the shadow spear that had pierced through his heart. The little lackey coughed up blood and closed his eyes without saying a word.

Noisy!

thump!

Moria withdrew his Shadow Spear, and the little minions fell to the ground.

The other henchmen who remained outside the cell saw Moria's iron-whip henchman fall to the ground, their expressions changed, and they all ran over.

In the cell, Moria walked out of the cell door, as naturally as an invisible shadow passing through the cell door.

After awakening his Shadow-Shadow Fruit powers, Moria was granted the same unique elemental transformation ability as Katakuri, allowing his body to transform into shadows.

If Moria's Observation Haki could reach the level of Katakuri's ability to see the future, then he could also achieve immunity to attacks like a Logia-type user.

After leaving the prison, Moria approached the Iron Whip henchman, and the other henchmen also came to him.

"Moria, you...you actually broke free of the sea stone handcuffs! How did you do that?!" a henchman asked in horror, looking at Moria's hands.

"Look!" Another henchman pointed to the white bone on Moria's wrist and said, "That guy had to remove all the flesh to break free of the sea stone handcuffs."

"How ruthless!" The group of henchmen felt a chill in their hearts, all staring warily at Moria, not daring to make a move.

"really!"

"Anime is all lies. There aren't that many idiots who knowingly throw themselves into battle when they're no match for the enemy."

"Only the future Fifth Emperor is so lacking in prestige that anyone would dare to challenge him."

Looking at these lackeys who were staring at him with wary eyes, Moria grinned menacingly. "If you won't make a move, then I won't be so polite."

With a thought, the shadow beneath him split into more than a dozen sharp shadow spears that shot straight at the henchmen.

Zizizi!

As expected, the sharp shadow spears that sped through the air instantly pierced the heads of all the henchmen who didn't have time to react, and they all died immediately.

Moria then withdrew his shadow, and the minions collapsed to the ground.

"Next, let's look at the other ability that has been awakened!"

Looking at the little whip under his feet, Moria had a thought, and his shadow, like a black, devouring python, slithered into the little whip's shadow.

Next, Moria's shadow seemed to pull something out of the shadow of the little minions, and the giant python-like shadow body was like bowling balls being stuffed into Moria's shadow.

At the same time, the Iron Whip Squad's body began to dry up, resembling a mummy, and finally it weathered away and disappeared.

Moria withdrew his power, and the shadow returned to its normal form.

Standing still and sensing with his eyes closed, Moria opened his eyes, a flash of understanding crossing his mind.

"So that's how it is!" Moria raised his hands, looking at the white bones on his wrists, and mobilized the special energy that the shadow had just devoured.

Then, within a minute, flesh regrowed from both wrists at a speed visible to the naked eye, restoring them to their original state.

Hahaha!

Moria laughed heartily, feeling exhilarated. After awakening the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, in addition to gaining combat skills and instincts by absorbing the shadows of others, he could also transform all the power of others into life energy and absorb it. This life energy could strengthen the body and also quickly heal injuries.

This means that Moria, who lacks combat skills, can acquire them by consuming the shadows of those with superior combat skills.

They can also obtain life energy to strengthen their physical body by devouring shadows.

However, this absorption is not unlimited; if too much is consumed at once, the body cannot withstand it and will collapse and die.

Even so, the terrifying ability displayed by this ability to devour shadows is still stronger than the ability to merge with shadows before the Shadow-Shadow Fruit was awakened.

After all, absorbing shadows permanently enhances your strength, while merging with them is merely borrowing them; once time passes, you'll revert to your original state.

Next, sensing that his body could still devour shadows, Moria also devoured the shadows of those dozen or so minions.

The life energy he absorbed did not immediately strengthen his body; Moria stored it in his shadow, intending to use it when needed.

This is also a small benefit of awakening one's abilities.

The reason he hasn't immediately strengthened his body is because he hasn't completely left Wano Country yet. If he wants to use the Shadow-Shadow Fruit's ability to leave from the sky, he'll have to keep using the ability, which consumes a lot of stamina.

The life energy stored in the shadows could replenish his stamina, allowing him to continue using his abilities and leave Wano Country completely.

"Good for Moriah!"

At this moment, the people in the several cells around the quarry started making a ruckus after seeing Moria kill those lackeys.

"Hey! Moria, come and let us out!"

"I'll make you Captain Fukushima, and we'll go together to take down that bastard Kaido, how about that?"

"Release me too, Moria! I'm very strong, the kind that can take on ten at once!"

"Let me out, Moria, I'll be your concubine!"

Everyone looked toward the cell where the person who was to be a concubine was located.

"Little brother!" The voice came from the cell again.

cut!

Everyone started telling Moriah to let them out again.

Moria didn't even bother to look at those fools who couldn't see reality and still wanted to be his underlings.

As for the guy who wanted to be his lackey, Moria couldn't be bothered with him.

It's best to leave now, lest Kaido comes back and corners us, which would be troublesome.

So Moria ignored the babbling of the guys in the cell, controlled his shadow to transform into the Iron Throne, sat on it, and then slowly flew into the sky.

"Don't go, you bastard!" The people below were still yelling wildly, while Moria had already reached a height of two hundred meters in the air.

Chapter 03 Black Knife Autumn Water Swallowed It