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

Before Helen could arrive, the CP0 man, knowing he couldn't escape, raised his right fist and extended his index finger towards his temple.

Covered in Armament Haki, he pointed his index finger hard at his temple, plunging it straight into his head like a bullet to the head. White fluid gushed out, and the CP0 man died instantly.

He would rather commit suicide than be captured alive by Moria, then enslaved and controlled by his shadow, ultimately allowing his Devil Fruit power to fall into Moria's hands.

His Devil Fruit power is the culmination of the World Government's accumulated resources; its use is a deterrent and a key factor in determining the outcome of battles.

In fact, if it weren't for Helen, the World Government would have already won.

All they could say was that after being frozen for a hundred years, Helen's strength and the intensity of her Devil Fruit ability development not only didn't weaken, but actually became stronger. Who could they complain to about this?

The World Government had considered the possibility of Helen's reappearance and was prepared for it. However, their strength and Helen's rise rather than fall a century ago led them to misjudge the situation, ultimately ruining a promising opportunity and suffering a complete defeat.

"stop!"

The portal vanished, and Moria sensed the death of the CP0 man in an instant. With a thought, he stopped the shadow sword.

"go!"

Moria manipulated the shadow sword to become a shadow, wrapped up the CP0 man, and then rushed towards Mitsuha and the others.

Helen and Clover followed behind Moria.

"Who are you?" Four-leaf and Five-leaf turned their heads to look at Helen, somewhat curious about the identity of this woman who was the same height as them in their normal form.

"My name is Helen," Helen smiled and briefly introduced herself, especially her identity as a member of the Movie Emperor Pirates.

Yotsuba and Gotsuba nodded in agreement, welcoming him to the Movie Emperor Pirates.

Helen smiled softly and expressed her gratitude.

She had finished her business and now had a much better smile on her face than when she first came out of Impel Down.

By the time Moria arrived at Mitsuha's side, the battle had already ended, and countless shadowy swords were suspended in the air.

Zefa was covered in blood, lying motionless on the ground, lifeless and completely dead.

Like that CP0 man, Zeff, knowing he was doomed, also chose suicide, giving up resistance and letting the shadow sword kill him, thus denying Moria the chance to enslave and control his mind.

"Pfft!"

Upon approaching, Moria shoved the CP0 man down, placing him and Zeff together, about a meter apart. Then, he stepped back a few paces and said to Mitsuha, who was standing nearby, "It's up to you now!"

Mitsuha nodded, stepped forward, and knelt down between the two, placing both hands on their chests simultaneously. The warm yellow light of inheritance on her hands began to flicker.

Zephyr and the others chose death to escape the Shadow Slave Control, which was a good idea.

But in reality, Moria no longer needs to enslave them with shadows.

For powerful individuals like Zephyr and CP0 members who are already at the peak of their strength, Moria would rather pass everything down to his women. Those with Devil Fruit abilities can directly inherit the developed abilities of the women, without worrying about losing any special Devil Fruit abilities.

The CP0 man never imagined that the Fruit of Inheritance could be used in this way.

"Moria!"

Helen approached Moria and glanced at Kizaru, who was wearing a yellow suit not far away. "There's another one over there."

Moria turned his head and saw Kizaru lying motionless on the ground, his face bearing the familiar black curse, clearly petrified by Helen's Curse-Curse Fruit power.

His life force is gradually weakening; if the petrification isn't lifted, Kizaru won't last long before he dies.

With a thought, Moria manipulated his shadow to bring Kizaru over and place him on the ground in front of him. He pondered how to deal with Kizaru.

The intention is to strip everything away and pass it on to women like Qiye who haven't yet received the inheritance.

It's still shadow slave control. After all, Kizaru isn't at his peak yet, he's not the future King of Light, the Marine Admiral Kizaru.

"Let's just use Shadow Slavery!"

Moria's mind raced, and he gave a cold smile. Suddenly remembering the Navy's surprise attack, he decided to enslave Kizaru, turning him into a tool of the Shadow Emperor Pirates, dedicated to diligently killing Navy personnel and causing destruction.

Without letting Helen break the petrification curse, Moria immediately began to enslave and modify Kizaru.

It went very smoothly, even more smoothly than Moria had imagined.

Almost instantly, the transformation and enslavement of Kizaru's shadow was successful.

"The petrification curse has this effect too!"

Moria glanced at Helen and realized that her Devil Fruit ability, combined with his Shadow Slave transformation, was quite something.

After being cursed with petrification, Kizaru's will and consciousness became rigid, as if he were in a state of chaotic birth, like a blank sheet of paper, making him particularly easy to control mentally.

Therefore, Moria enslaved Kizaru without encountering any resistance.

Moreover, this kind of shadow enslavement is similar to that of Mitsuha and the others; it is the kind of voluntary enslavement that even Tsuru's Wash-Wash Fruit ability cannot wash away.

That's so nice, Moria couldn't help but glance at Helen a few more times.

Little did Helen know that these few glances would cause her to misunderstand. She glanced down intentionally or unintentionally and said quietly, "Let me make this clear first, the captain is the captain. Don't overthink it, unless the captain wants to stay hard forever!"

Have you heard of the petrification curse? It's a cure for erectile dysfunction and a blessing for soft men.

But if you were as hard as a rock your whole life, without any feeling, that wouldn't be happiness, but a disaster.

After hearing this, Moria still felt a gaze like a sharp sword piercing his abdomen and below, and a chill ran down his spine. He couldn't help but slightly pull his legs together, gave an awkward laugh, and stopped looking at Helen, only saying softly, "Help Kizaru break the petrification curse!"

Helen smiled slightly, looked away, walked to Kizaru's side, drew her sword and slashed at his chest, then withdrew the black curse.

The instant Kizaru recovered, Moria channeled his life energy into him to help him heal from his injuries.

Once recovered, Kizaru stood up, called Moria "Captain," and stood beside him. The interaction was harmonious and without hesitation, as if being a pirate was the profession he truly wanted to pursue.

"From now on, he'll be our Movie Emperor Pirates' number one henchman!"

When Moria and July said something, no one thought it was unusual. They just felt that their boss was incredibly charming, and it was only natural that Kizaru would submit to her.

Helen returned to her original spot, remaining calm throughout. Having known Moria's abilities since Impel Down, she felt no fear whatsoever, nor did she speculate whether these women were being controlled by her captain; she was completely indifferent.

Soon, two orbs of inherited light appeared in Mitsuha's hands.

Perhaps because people died, this time it was really fast. In less than two minutes, everything about Zephyr and the CP0 man turned into a ball of light.

"How is it?" Moria asked, wanting to know the difference between the inheritance orb of the dead and the inheritance orb of the living, and how much of it could be passed down to the original owner.

Mitsuha spread her hands out, stood up, thought for a moment, and explained, "It's alright, but it seems that once a person dies, Conqueror's Haki can no longer be passed down!"

“It’s ready!” Moria smiled.

As long as Armament Haki and Observation Haki remain, losing one Conqueror's Haki will not significantly affect the inheritor's strength.

"Who should I give it to?" Mitsuha asked.

Moria glanced around. Apart from January who had gone to chase Kaido, all the other women were here, with Perona and Hera also gathered around.

Here, Hera and Perona are the most indifferent.

One reason is that they are still young and know that inheriting this tradition is not good for them.

This was something Moria had told Perona a long time ago. The little girl trusted Moria completely, and from then on, she never craved the Legacy Orb again.

One type has little ambition to improve their skills and is content with just getting by.

Hera's attention was entirely focused on medical research. She took her strength for granted and didn't care much about it, especially since her captain was so powerful. She devoted herself entirely to medical research and never looked back.

The others who had not received the inheritance, such as February, April, May, and June, as well as the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth leaves, all stared intently at the two inheritance orbs in Sanye's hand.

Both Zephyr's and that CP0 guy's are good.

The CP0 man's Devil Fruit ability, that spherical space gate, is practically an absolute defense, the kind that even Seastone can't break through.

Because the 360-degree, all-encompassing spatial gate is virtually useless when attacked with Seastone; it's like attacking thin air.

This ability is something that everyone except February, who is already a Zoan-type Ancient Zoan user in Titanoboa form, desperately wants to possess.

As a Marine Admiral, Zephyr's strength, even if not as great as Garp's, is not much weaker.

This is also very tempting.

February and the others looked at Moria, awaiting his decision.

"Zeff's April, not everyone can be a Devil Fruit user!"

"The CP0 man's will be given to May, and the others will be given out later when there's an opportunity!"

Moria made a decision: February will gain Devil Fruit powers, and her strength will increase, so there's no rush.

Let the others wait; we'll give them the inheritance of a strong person when the opportunity arises.

"Thanks, boss!"

"Thanks, boss!"

Overjoyed, April and May thanked Moria and quickly reached out to the sphere of inheritance. The moment they touched it, the sphere of inheritance automatically merged into their bodies.

The others who didn't receive the inheritance orb weren't jealous; they were sisters, and things were still very harmonious.

"What kind of fruit is this?" Helen, who had been watching from the side, asked curiously.

Moria briefly explained the power of the Inheritance Fruit.

"That's amazing!!"

Hearing that the Fruit of Inheritance could transfer everything about another person, even Conqueror's Haki, Helen couldn't help but marvel.

Helen thought to herself, "This inheritance fruit's power can create even stronger beings than my own curse fruit's power!"

Boom!

Boom!

At that moment, the roar of battle could be heard in the distance. Judging from the intensity of the sound, Kaido must have been stopped by Ichigatsu.

Momo's ability to move at 100x speed is unstoppable; the speed is too fast. It was predictable that Kaido couldn't escape Wano Country.

Otherwise, Moria wouldn't have sent January to chase after Kaido.

However, if we want to defeat Kaido quickly, Moria needs to lead a group of people.

"July, Helen, you two come with me to deal with Kaido. The rest of you, go and take care of the Beast Pirates. Those who can surrender, kill the rest."

After quickly giving a few instructions, Moria activated his six-meter standard form, Shadow Golden Body Mode, and flew towards the direction where Kaido and January were fighting, along with July, Helen, and the remaining Shadow Swords.

April and May were left to experience the familiar inheritance they had gained, while the others returned to the main battlefield. Those who surrendered were spared, while those who fled were caught and killed by Mitsuha and the others.

"why?"

Above the shore, Kaido in his dragon form clashed fiercely with January.