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

"The Steel Hand Witch Pirates have several strong members like you, so why do you still submit to that guy Moria and be so loyal to him?"

While fighting, Kaido tried to find a way to escape, using words to entice Ichigatsu.

In fact, Kaido really couldn't understand why Ichigami, who was already so strong and possessed Conqueror's Haki, was still so devoted to Moria.

The way Rocks died was because he was watched to death by powerful crew members like the Golden Lion.

why?

Strength is something! Although you, Rocks, are very strong, we are not weak either.

If you don't die, how can we become captains?

At that time, Whitebeard Shiki and others all had this ambition and ability.

Therefore, Kaido couldn't understand why Ichigawa, who clearly possessed the strength to directly confront Moria, would willingly submit to a woman like Moria.

"Why don't you kill Moria, become captains yourselves, and become the Pirate King?!"

"Why should I risk my life for that Moria guy!"

Kaido continued to tempt Ichigatsu, trying to make him hesitate so that he could escape.

Unfortunately, Kaido, unaware of the Shadow Slaves' abilities, wouldn't understand that January and the others were quite willing to be under Moria.

So when he heard Kaido's words, Ichigatsu remained unmoved, and even became more focused, his attacks becoming heavier and heavier, making it difficult for Kaido to defend himself. Ichigatsu punched him back onto the island, far away from the shore.

"bump!"

"Boom!"

When Moria arrived with his men, Kaido was just about to be punched by Ichigetsu and sent flying right in front of him, creating a huge crater.

Kaido lay in the crater, raised his eyes, and saw Moria, July, and Helen standing in the air, as well as countless shadowy swords higher up.

Despair welled up in my heart.

Kaido struggled to his feet, glanced at Ichigami who had surrounded him, and Moria and the other two in the air, and said nothing, but his eyes said it all.

It's impossible for him to surrender, and it's even more impossible for him to die in battle.

"kill!"

Moria looked down at him calmly, raising his right hand and flicking his index finger downwards.

In an instant, countless shadowy swords rained down like a storm, shooting towards Kaido.

Meanwhile, Helen and the other two women, January, July, and October, followed suit and attacked Kaido.

"Moria!!!"

Faced with attacks from all sides, a desperate Kaido roared and unleashed unprecedented power, gripping his spiked club tightly and delivering his final blow, "Thunder Bagua".

then

One minute later.

Kaido was unconscious, his body covered in black curses, and the ground around him was also covered in blood.

Kaido, who managed to hold out against Moria, Shiki, and Shanks, was quickly defeated after the Shadow Sword restricted his speed.

Shadow enslavement and transformation, inputting life energy.

This has become the standard procedure for Moria's Shadow Slave conversion service.

Similarly, Kaido, cursed with petrification, offered no resistance and became Moria's shadow slave.

One day in the future, if Tsuru uses her mind cleansing on Kaido and discovers that Kaido is still loyal to Moria, she will be very surprised.

At that time, the crane's expression must have been very pleasing.

"Boss!!"

Like Kizaru, Kaido, after recovering from his injuries and waking up, calmly greeted Moria and then stood behind him.

There's absolutely no sense of complexity; it's so natural that it makes you feel like Kaido has always been Moria's underling.

"Let's go back!"

Moria smiled, retrieved all his shadow swords, transformed them back into shadows beneath his feet, and then flew towards the direction where Mitsuha and the others were.

January and the others followed behind Kaido.

After returning.

The battle is over.

Those who surrendered have already surrendered, and those who didn't surrender and tried to escape have all been caught up with and dealt with by Mitsuha and the others.

"Boss!"

Five leaves and six leaves brought Ash and Queen to Moria.

Both of them were still unconscious and had not woken up.

"Do you want their legacy?" Moria asked.

"No!" Seven Leaves and the other women who hadn't yet inherited the legacy shook their heads. They looked down on Quinn and Jin's inheritance, since their strength wasn't much greater than theirs.

This time, Moria didn't force him. He let Helen cooperate with him to petrify Quinn and Jhin, and then he enslaved the two of them.

Thus ended the great battle between the Beasts Pirates and the Shadow Emperor Pirates.

The victors were the Shadow Emperor Pirates. The defeated Beast Pirates' captain Kaido, along with his subordinates Queen and King, and some other surrendered pirates, joined the Shadow Emperor Pirates as their subordinate pirate crew.

"Kaido, Queen, and King have all submitted to the Movie Emperor!"

Seeing Kaido return following Moria, and then Queen and King joining in, the Beast Pirates who had surrendered felt much better.

Even a monster like Kaido has submitted to the actor.

So their surrender seems to have become glorious!

Just thinking about the future Movie Emperor Pirates, with Kaido, Queen, and King joining, plus those terrifyingly strong women...

Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, all of you, get out of the way.

The future Pirate King can only be their captain, the actor, and the boss.

The future world can only be ruled by their Movie Emperor Pirate Crew.

Thinking of all this, everyone looked intently at Moria.

"Best Actor!"

"Best Actor!"

"Best Actor! Best Actor! Best Actor!"

Everyone—the surrendered pirates and the pirates who were originally under the Shadow Emperor Pirates—began to cheer. In the end, the name "Shadow Emperor" resounded throughout Kuri and spread to even more distant places.

Chapter 193 The Great Serpent Submits and Devours the Seastone Shadow (Two Chapters Combined)

City of Flowers

Moria, along with Kaido, January, July, and three others—all of whom were at the Emperor level—arrived at the Shogun's mansion in the capital.

In the spacious hall, Moria looked at the three people standing in front of him: Kurozumi Orochi and two white-haired old men.

I forgot Moria's name, I only know that he was one of the two Devil Fruit users.

Moria was particularly interested in one of the people's Barrier-Barrier Fruits.

Another thing I remember from the manga was that there was an old woman, I think she was the one with the Imitation Fruit ability, who used her ability to impersonate Momonosuke to interfere with Kaido and Oden's battle, and was eventually killed by Kaido, right?

How come they're still alive and well?

Could it be the butterfly effect?

Forget it, why bother worrying about it? I'm going to be killed by him anyway.

It's just a mimicry fruit; Moria wouldn't even consider it.

"Best Actor, from now on, you'll be my co-star!"

Orochi spoke with such confidence and nonchalance that, if it weren't for his constantly trembling legs, one might have thought he wasn't afraid of Moria.

But how could I not be afraid!

The navy launched a surprise attack, then suffered an instant defeat, and in the end even Kaido was defeated and joined the Shadow Emperor Pirates.

When he heard the battle report, Orochi was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, his legs and arms going weak, and he couldn't get up even after several attempts.

Orochi didn't think a man who could even subdue Kaido would cooperate with him as an equal.

But he really didn't want to be subservient, and he didn't want to bow down to others anymore, so he had to muster up the courage to speak his mind.

"You guys don't actually think you're on equal footing with Kaido, do you?!"

Moria found it somewhat amusing, glancing at Kaido beside him before watching Orochi and the two old men trying to portray their relationship as that of equal partners, as if he were watching clowns.

In this world, without strength, one cannot even achieve equality of status, let alone in a harmonious society, let alone in the world of One Piece where the strong are respected.

Kaido simply felt that keeping Kurozumi Orochi alive would be somewhat helpful in his rule over Wano Country.

Who knows, maybe one day when he's in a bad mood, or when he no longer needs Kurozumi Orochi, he'll kill him.

Wanting equality? How naive!

"After all, I am the shogun of Wano Country, the rightful shogun!"

As Orochi continued to emphasize his role, Moria shook his head inwardly.

"ridiculous!"

Ignoring Orochi, Moria turned his attention to the old man with the Barrier-Barrier Fruit ability.

"I've heard that the Barrier-Barrier Fruit's barrier can defend against everything!"

After saying that, Moria leaned forward and instantly sprang out, raising his fist to deliver a punch to the stunned Orochi.

"Barrier Technique!"

In an instant, a hemispherical barrier enveloped the three, including Orochi.

"Clang!"

"bump!"