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

The new Shadow Servant, not having merged with Moria's shadow, cannot transform the shadow of a corpse into a Shadow Servant.

This is awkward. If every time a shadow servant appears, he has to actively integrate part of his own shadow, then what's the difference between him and directly controlling his shadow to become a shadow servant?

"Let's try setting up a mini-program!"

With a thought, Moria added an instinct to the shadow servant that had merged with part of his shadow: when turning a corpse into a shadow servant, he would also separate half of the part of his shadow that had merged with him and merge it into the new shadow servant's body.

This cycle repeats itself. With each additional shadow servant that Moria incorporates, his own shadow diminishes, but his will remains the same. He does not lose his self-control simply because fewer shadow servants are incorporated.

In this way, each shadow servant can transform a corpse into a shadow servant.

Next, Moria ordered the newly configured Shadow Servant to transform the corpse into a Shadow Servant.

Ten seconds later.

Another new Shadow Servant has been created.

"It's done!"

Moria chuckled. He could sense that his own shadow had been incorporated into the newly created shadow servants, and that they could also be used to create shadow servants for other corpses.

It's like a virus. Shadow servants kill people, then turn the corpses into shadow servants, then kill people again, then turn into shadow servants again, and so on. In the future, if you want to attack any faction or country, one shadow servant can destroy an entire country.

It's like if a zombie appears in a country, and it's not killed immediately, eventually the entire country's population will become zombies.

The current Shadow Servants can also turn the entire population of a country into Shadow Servants, thereby destroying the nation.

Afterwards, Moria infused the shadow servant who hadn't yet merged with his own shadow with a portion of his own shadow, and then had him also turn the remaining corpses into shadow servants.

While Moria waited for the Shadow Servant to transform the corpse into a Shadow Servant, alarms blared throughout the city.

Impel Down has been invaded again.

"Who is it?!"

Magellan, now acting prison warden, pushed open the door to the new warden's office on the fourth floor and asked the soldier who came to report as he walked toward the elevator.

"It's the movie star, Chief!" the soldier replied, sweating profusely.

The shadow cast by the Best Actor on Impel Down hasn't even passed yet, and now he's back again.

"What! It's that bastard again!!" Magellan was shocked and quickly asked, "The communications room is having problems again."

The soldier replied, "No, this time the actor started his infiltration from the outer gate and is still outside the gate."

"Then let's contact the Navy Headquarters immediately and send someone to provide...reinforcements!"

Magellan sighed helplessly. He had seen the newspaper this morning and knew that there was little hope of getting support from the Navy Headquarters. Even if they came, they wouldn't make it in time. He had no choice but to take the lead himself.

"The director at the time probably thought the same thing!" Magellan thought to himself as he stepped into the elevator.

"Don't follow them. Find a place to hide. There's no need to make unnecessary sacrifices!"

Magellan drove the soldiers out of the elevator and made the same choice he had made as the warden, deciding to face Moria alone.

"Chief!!"

The soldiers looked guilty, but they obeyed and didn't get into the elevator, because they knew that if they went, they would only become a burden to Magellan.

They would never run away from anything that could help in any way.

……

Naval Headquarters.

In the Marshal's office, upon receiving the message from Impel Down requesting reinforcements, Steelbone remained silent for a moment.

Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru also remained silent.

After a long silence, Garp said gravely, "That guy's revenge started from Impel Down!"

No one answered Garp, and no one even bothered to investigate why Moria, who was in Wano Country yesterday or this morning, was now in Impel Down.

Was it because the Shadow Servant Dragonflies and the like weren't completely eliminated? Or did they have other methods or abilities? They no longer wanted to think about it.

The only thing to consider now is how to deal with Moria's retaliation.

"I'll go!" Garp turned to leave. If he didn't go, not a single soldier in Impel Down might survive, and he couldn't bear to do that.

Kong called out to Garp, "Don't go. I'll have them retreat on their own. Let the Actor kill prisoners if he wants to. I'll even give him a few thousand or tens of thousands of Shadow Servants."

Steel Bone Kong said solemnly, "The Navy Headquarters is currently at its weakest point. We cannot disperse and give the actor the opportunity to destroy this place."

Akainu and Aokiji are still in the hospital, their injuries haven't fully healed, and besides, their strength is still a bit lacking.

It wouldn't be very useful in the battle against Moria, and might even be dangerous.

To deal with Moria now, it would take the help of those with high-strength Armament Haki hardening and strong defense.

and…

"As expected, Zephyr and Salino..." Steelbone Kong said heavily, "have probably become Shadow Servants or Shadow Slaves!"

Upon hearing this, Sengoku, Garp, and the other two froze, their anger beyond words.

They simply couldn't imagine what it would be like for Zephyr to become Moria's shadow slave and then turn around and fight them to the death.

"Are we just going to let the movie star do whatever he wants?" Sengoku couldn't help but loudly question Steel Bone Sky.

Steel Bone remained silent until Sengoku calmed down, then said, "The plan has failed, and we will inevitably suffer the backlash. All we can do is try to minimize the impact of the backlash."

“In short,” Kong said in a deep voice, “Marineford, as the center of justice, absolutely cannot be destroyed by a pirate, especially in this great pirate era!”

The three of them remained silent, some wanting to retort, but unable to find the words to say.

In reality, they all knew that supporting Impel Down was not necessary. They were angry because they couldn't find a way to stop Moria's retaliation and were angry at their own powerlessness.

"Brother Kong, what did the higher-ups say?" He suddenly asked.

The current situation is beyond the capacity of the Navy Headquarters alone; it depends on how the World Government's higher-ups arrange things.

After all, this operation targeting the movie star was directly approved and arranged by the Five Elders.

Presumably, they were prepared for the actor's revenge after their defeat. That's what He thought.

Kong shook his head and said, "There's still no news from the Holy Land. I don't know the specifics of what to do. Our only task right now is to guard the Marine Headquarters."

"We'll wait for further instructions on everything else!"

Hearing Kong's last words, Garp and the other two sensed Kong's helplessness, so they said nothing more and went back to their respective offices.

As for Impel Down's request for support, they'll have to figure out how to escape and avoid the actor's revenge themselves.

Chapter 197 Invitation to Shiryu of the Rain

"bump!"

Moria smashed through the gates of Impel Down with a single punch and walked inside.

"Halt, movie star! You're surrounded!"

Inside the gate, in the passageway, hundreds of Impel Down soldiers raised their guns, aiming at Moria, but no one dared to fire the first shot.

All the soldiers trembled uncontrollably, as if facing a ferocious beast, their bodies dripping with cold sweat, their hands shaking, unable to fire, or rather, their hands were no longer under their control, only maintaining the position of raising their guns and aiming, unable to do anything else.

After Moria awakened Conqueror's Haki, the aura he inadvertently exuded, along with his reputation, had already put immense pressure on these soldiers.

If these soldiers don't fire, Moria won't just stand idly by.

"Buzz...!"

Moria narrowed his eyes and a burst of Conqueror's Haki erupted from him, sweeping across the soldiers with guns in front of him like a whirlwind, and then across the entire ground floor area.

thump!

thump!

...!

The soldiers rolled their eyes and collapsed to the ground.

Conqueror's Haki truly lives up to its reputation as a cool skill; when it comes to clearing out mobs, Moria would call it the strongest.

"It was pretty fun!"

Moria laughed and walked towards the stairwell leading to the underground prison. As he did so, he manipulated his shadow to kill the hundreds of soldiers, turning them into shadow servants, and then merging them into a part of his own shadow.

Relying solely on the eight shadow servants converted outside the gate is too time-consuming. We need to increase the number of shadow servants first, and then things will be faster.

After all, there's a big difference between eight people at a time and a hundred people at a time.

Impel Down is on the ground floor, not a prison, but an office area. Of course, it's just a regular office area; the warden's office and the like are on several underground floors.

Moria handed over the soldiers on the ground floor to his Shadowstalker and went down the stairs to the underground floor, which is known as the first level of Impel Down prison.

Impel Down is a cylindrical building with a prison in the center, surrounded by a circular passageway. On both sides of the passageway are offices, canteens, dormitories, and other activity areas for the Impel Down soldiers.

The elevator entrance is located next to the circular passageway.

Upon arriving at the first level of the prison, Moria killed soldiers and prisoners alike with the ten shadow needles.

Moria strolled leisurely, manipulating his shadow to transform the corpse into shadow servants.

Once he had gathered two hundred shadow servants who had merged with his shadow, he stopped interfering and let these shadow servants kill on their own, and then he would turn the corpses into shadow servants himself.

In the stairwell between the first and second floors, Moriah encounters Magellan, who comes to stop him.

This was Moriah's first time seeing Magellan. He was very tall, even taller than Moriah, and Moriah was curious whether the wings on his back were real.

"Poison Dragon!"

Upon seeing Moria, Magellan didn't waste any time and immediately launched into battle, sending a venomous dragon charging towards Moria.

In this narrow passage, Magellan's venomous dragon almost completely enveloped the passage.

Moria had nowhere to avoid it, nor did he need to hide. With a thought, he unleashed his Ryuo Haki over his entire body.

"Whoosh...!"

"Pfft pfft...!"

When the Poison Dragon was blocked by the Ryuo Haki and could not get close to Moria, the ten Shadow Needles that had been floating beside Moria passed through the Poison Dragon like lightning, and then through Magellan's internal organs.

thump!

Magellan knelt on both knees, supporting himself with his hands on the ground, and struggled to look up at Moria who was approaching.

How can it be!