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

Moria flew ten meters into the air and then free-fell down.

"boom!"

"Crack!"

The rocky ground was cracked by Moria's smashing, and Moria's entire upper body was embedded in the rocky ground.

"The weight is at least twice as much as before!"

Moriah secretly wondered how heavy it was, but he didn't know.

However… with this weight, combined with his extremely fast speed, the power that is unleashed is absolutely terrifying.

"Whoosh...!"

Moria flew into the air, darting back and forth, adapting to his current Shadow Golden Body mode.

It's alright; the increase in weight didn't affect Moria's speed.

The little black ball hovered in mid-air and flew to Moria's side.

Looking at the small black ball, Moria glanced at the sky above the center of the island, where the first thundercloud had formed, but now there was no movement at all.

It seems that generating thunderclouds again will be even slower than last time!

Originally, I intended to let the little black ball stay and continue to devour the thunderclouds, but now that things are like this, I'll just take a sliver of it with me.

If it can devour thunderclouds, then when we encounter thunderclouds, we can just let the little black ball devour them.

"come over!"

Moria stretched out his hand and let the little black ball come into his hand.

After gripping the small black ball tightly, Moria activated supersonic flight mode and flew towards where Mitsuha and the others were.

Six hours later, when the full moon was high in the sky, Moria returned to the three-leaf ship.

As soon as it landed, Moria let go, and the little black ball flew out.

"So cute!!"

What is this?

"Boss!"

A group of people surrounded the small black ball next to Moria and asked questions.

Moria casually explained that it was a shadow life form of a thundercloud, like the thundercloud Zeus in Charlotte Linlin's hand.

"Can I touch it...?"

"Try discharging it..."

Mitsuha and the others circled around the little black ball. The little black ball wasn't shy at all; it knew these people were Moria's companions, which meant it was its own, and it cooperated well.

……

One week later.

morning.

Snowflakes drifted across the sky above Kuri in Wano Country, just like when Moria landed in Wano Country and fought Kaido.

Moria suffered a crushing defeat, with all his men wiped out.

Kaido was the one who won decisively.

Therefore, Kaido continued to choose Kuri as his battlefield against Moria.

At this moment, Kaido's army has been stationed on the snowy plains of Kuri for three days.

Three days ago, news came from the underworld that Beehive Island was deserted.

There has been no sign of the Movie Emperor Pirates on the high seas yet; they seem to have vanished completely.

It was this unusual disappearance that convinced everyone in the New World that the Shadow Emperor Pirates were already heading towards Wano Country.

I just don't know how they managed to perfectly avoid the navy's observation ships and the underworld's intelligence-gathering vessels.

Upon hearing this information, Kaido immediately rushed to Kuri to set up camp.

Besides wanting a better kitchen, Kaido also didn't want his old lair, Onigashima, to be destroyed as a battlefield.

For the next three days, Wano Country remained on high alert, with people and video Den Den Mushi monitoring various locations. If Moria was spotted, an alarm would be sounded.

Only the City of Flowers.

The place remained peaceful and prosperous, completely unaffected by the impending battle between the Beasts Pirates and the Shadow Emperor Pirates.

At this moment, in the tea room of the general's mansion, Kurotan Orochi was flanking two beautiful women in kimonos with their clothes becoming looser, while two white-haired old men sat on either side of him.

In front of the three people was a six-person song and dance performance, each of whom was a highly skilled female artist.

After taking a sip of the wine fed to him by the beautiful woman, Orochi asked with some doubt, "Shouldn't we send someone to help Kaido?"

"No, please don't!" Kurozumi Higurashi, who possesses the power of the Imitation Fruit, warned, "Orochi, you need to understand the relationship between us and Kaido!"

"What relationship?" Kurozumi Orochi asked, puzzled.

Kurozumi Higurashi explained, "Kaido is our backer, but he and we are essentially partners, and we are equals in terms of status. As a backer, Kaido can help us, but we cannot help him fight his enemies."

"Why?" Orochi was a little confused. They were collaborators, so wasn't it only right to help them? Otherwise, if Kaido was defeated, they wouldn't be in a good position either.

Kurozumi Musashi sneered and explained, "Kaido was defeated by the actor, so we'll find a new backer. Just remember, we can't rule Wano without you, otherwise the whole country will rebel."

At this point, Kurozumi Mujou said in a deep voice, "However, once we join Kaido's team, it's like dealing with the Shadow Emperor."

"If the actor wins, we'll definitely come to a bad end. If Kaido wins, our relationship will change, and Orochi will become Kaido's subordinate. Do you want that?"

"I definitely don't want to," Kurozumi Orochi shook his head repeatedly, saying that he had worked hard to become a general and didn't want to be anyone's subordinate, being ordered around by others.

"Then we can just wait and watch a great show!" Kurozumi Musashi said with a satisfied smile.

"Buzz... Oh... Buzz..."

Suddenly, urgent alarms sounded throughout Wano Country.

Kurozumi Orochi and the other two straightened their expressions and dismissed the singers and dancers.

Clang!

The tea room door was slashed open, and a subordinate quickly knelt down in front of Kurozumi Orochi to report.

"General, the Movie Emperor Pirates have appeared!"

"where?"

"Nine miles above the sky!"

"Above?"

"Yes, the Movie Emperor Pirates' ships are all floating in the air."

"A Devil Fruit!" Kurozumi Orochi guessed.

Kurozumi Hōchū speculated, "It should be an ability similar to Shiki's Float-Float Fruit!"

"Go back and continue observing; I need to know every step of the battle's progress!"

Orochi sent people out, and the battle between Kaido and the actor who played the role of the shadow king had a significant impact on Wano Country.

He and Kaido have been cooperating for a long time, and they understand each other well. Moreover, Kaido basically doesn't care about Wano Country and stays on Onigashima.

Orochi doesn't want to lose such a powerful backer.

Of course, even if the winner is the Best Actor, he still needs to keep an eye on his movements to avoid being unaware of impending doom.

……

Nine miles.

The Movie Emperor Pirates, a magnificent fleet of twenty-five pirate ships, pierced through the clouds and descended towards the area below Jiuli.

Moria made a sudden appearance in a way that was both familiar and unexpected to Kaido.

What he was familiar with was that he had seen this ability to control ships long ago from a man with a golden lion, and had even ridden in a ship controlled by that man when they were still on the same ship.

Surprisingly, isn't this ability to make so many ships float and fly supposed to be Shiki's? How come the Movie Emperor Pirates possess it? Could it be some other Devil Fruit ability with a similar effect?

But... none of that matters anymore, the war has already begun.

"My minions, fight to your heart's content!!"

Kaido laughed loudly, swung his spiked club forward with force, and pointed it at the Shadow Emperor Pirates' ship that was falling in the distance.

"Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!"

"Take down the Movie Emperor Pirates!!!"

"Kill them!!"

Thirteen thousand men, at Kaido's command, brandished their swords and charged frantically toward the direction where Moria and the others had landed.

"Mr. Kaido, let's go too!!"

Queen smiled, walked past Kaido, and led the Red Tumor Bullet Squad forward.

"call out!"

Without saying a word, Jin transformed into a pterosaur and flew towards the ship where the Movie Emperor Pirates had landed.

"How could we let you land so leisurely?!"

Jin sneered and flew straight toward Moria's ship at great speed.

Clearly, this man wanted to kick over the ship Moria was on, replicating the scene where he kicked Big Mom away in the future.

But could Moria allow this to happen?

They're not like Charlotte Linlin and her group who were forcibly immobilized; how could such a ridiculous situation possibly occur?

"Who of you will go!" Moria chuckled. It's just flying; he has no shortage of people who can fight in the air.

"I'll go!"

Liu Ye, holding Wang Zhi's greatsword, stepped forward and jumped, completing her full transformation to a height of twelve meters in mid-air. She gripped the greatsword, which had grown to match her size, and charged towards the flying Jin.

Peng!