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

There's no need for ordinary people to intervene unless Moria is determined to achieve a specific goal.

Ten more days passed, and Moria finished exploring the North Sea and went to the West Sea.

The significant changes caused by Moria's actions in the East and North Seas have severely damaged the credibility and deterrent power of the World Government.

During this time, the World Government did try to stop Moria.

Just as they had feared before, their mobility was too poor, and they couldn't catch up with Moria at all.

Moreover, even if they caught up, they would only be easy prey. Even the three of them, Kong, Garp, and Sengoku, fought Moria for three days and three nights, but in the end, it was the three of them who couldn't hold on, while Moria was alive and kicking the whole time.

How can we stop this?!

And so, after Moria had also cleared out the naval base in the Western Sea.

The World Government decided to arrange one last assassination attempt against Moria in the South China Sea.

This assassination attempt completely disillusioned the World Government and the Five Elders.

When Moria arrived in the South China Sea, he went straight to the South China Sea Naval Division headquarters base. After a fierce attack, the naval base was completely destroyed.

Moria remained in his Shadow Mode, flying in mid-air, preparing to leave.

At that moment, two figures suddenly appeared in front of and behind Moria, seemingly waiting there all along. They were concealed by some kind of ability, so much so that even Moria's Observation Haki couldn't detect them.

The moment they appeared, the two rushed towards Moria, moving so fast that Moria had no time to react before their attacks struck him.

One of them, carrying a Seastone knuckle duster that Garp once carried, pressed it against Moria's chest.

One person was empty-handed, so he must be a Devil Fruit user. He placed his palms on Moria's back.

The two attacks struck Moria almost simultaneously.

Then, just when they thought they had succeeded, two shadowy tentacles sprang from Moria's body and wrapped around the two of them.

At this moment, the two were horrified to discover that the seastone had no effect on Moria.

The Devil Fruit user who was about to deliver the fatal blow also found that he instantly lost his powers after touching Moria's body, let alone his Devil Fruit ability to unleash a fatal attack.

Then... before Moria could use Shadow Slave on the two attackers, their bodies turned red, as if they had ingested a potion to dissolve corpses, and they turned into a pool of blood and died.

They didn't even give Moria a chance to become a shadow servant.

After the two died, a black bat flew toward Moria, carrying a roll of paper in its mouth.

Moria knew this was a letter from the World Government, so he reached out and took it, wanting to see what the World Government was going to do.

He unfolded the paper; there was no signature on it, but Moria knew that this was what the Five Elders wanted to say to him.

The letter was simple: Moria should stop, and the World Government would no longer target him.

Otherwise, it will just be a matter of you killing yours and me killing mine.

The letter's meaning was clear: if Moria continued his killing spree, the World Government would also intervene and attack those around Moria.

At that point, it will truly be a fight to the death.

"What a nuisance!!!" Moria frowned inwardly. If he had just arrived in this world, he would have killed them all first. The people around him were just shadow slaves.

Unfortunately, not to mention Perona, just looking at Mitsuha and the others, it's hard to imagine that deep feelings could develop over time. Even though he has already removed the shadow enslavement transformation he had on Mitsuha and the others, there's still a little bit of affection left in his heart.

Not to mention Helen's life-saving grace, Moria would feel guilty if something really happened to him because of him.

"Forget it, this is enough revenge. It's good to be able to enjoy life in peace!"

"Moreover! Now is definitely not the right time to fight the World Government to the death!"

Thinking about the conjecture about a massive war he had seen in his previous life, Moria could vaguely sense that the World Government had a lot of hidden power, and that the current World Government seemed to have been deliberately weakened.

Putting everything else aside, the lineup and bizarre Devil Fruit abilities they deployed to counter his threat were more than enough to deal with Whitebeard.

At least in Whitebeard's situation, Moria didn't think Whitebeard could have survived, and even if it weren't for Helen, he wouldn't have survived in the end.

Therefore, the World Government... may be tightening its grip on power, preparing for a potential massive war in the future.

“Then let’s go and see the Holy Land, Mary Geoise!” Moria’s eyes flashed, and he turned and flew towards the Sabaody Archipelago.

The Five Elders said something very interesting at the end of the letter.

"Our enemy is the same person. If you don't believe me, you can go to the holy site and see for yourself!"

Moria was baffled by this statement, but he instantly understood it.

The reason Wano Country closed its borders was for a certain person. Oden, after returning from Laugh Tale, opened Wano Country to welcome that person.

That person is none other than "Joy Boy," a figure who has been a part of eight hundred years of history.

This person is undoubtedly an enemy of the World Government, and Moria, who occupied Wano Country, naturally also has this person as an enemy.

Therefore, the last sentence in the letter, which mentions a common enemy, is "Joy Boy".

Amazingly, Moria understood all of this in an instant.

Of course, he understood this instantly because he had memories of his past life.

This was very strange, so Moriah wanted to go to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise to take a look.

Even though he could only observe from a distance, Moria was still quite wary of the legendary Im, despite never mentioning him.

After all, the unknown is the most unpredictable thing.

Chapter 201 Return to Wano Country (Two Chapters Combined)

That noon.

The sun was shining brightly, just like in Mary Geoise at this time of year.

This city, situated on the Red Line, is not only the residence of the Celestial Dragons but also the seat of the World Government.

Standing here, it feels as if the whole world is under your feet.

Moriah arrived here, but did not go in; he simply stood high in the sky directly opposite the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

Looking at Mary Geoise in the distance, Moria felt a heavy weight in his heart.

"Danger!"

"Very dangerous!"

This was the most direct feeling that Mary Geoise gave Moria: like being stared into an abyss. Once he entered Mary Geoise, it was like entering a bottomless abyss from which he could never escape.

"This is a blatant threat!"

"This is really annoying!"

Moria pursed his lips, gave Mary Geoise one last look, and turned to leave.

He understood that the danger in Mary Geoise was something the Five Elders or Im had deliberately revealed to him.

It's like saying, "You're a great actor, but we're confident we can deal with you, or even take you down."

But we are unwilling to do so; we want to save it for dealing with an even greater enemy.

At the same time, it also serves as a reminder to Moria that their common enemy is very powerful, so powerful that even the World Government has to hide its enormous strength to deal with them. You, the actor, should stop hurting each other and everyone should just live peacefully from now on.

What can Moria do about this?

Of course, he can only go back and continue to improve his strength. Since he can't beat them now, he should continue to improve. One day, his strength will be enough for him to ignore everything.

I'll be back soon, no need to fly.

By simply swapping places with one of the Shadow Servant Dragonflies, Moria returned to Kuri in Wano Country.

Helen also returned, bringing her younger brother, a quiet little boy.

His name is Kai. He is ten years old in physical age, but shorter than Perona. He is also only five or six years old in mental age.

Now he follows Perona around all day, looking just like a lackey.

Helen didn't seem to mind; she seemed quite happy having Perona, a child, to take care of her younger brother.

There's no need to worry about danger; Wano Country is very safe right now.

It's safer now that Moria is back.

"Go, scatter among the shadows throughout Wano Country!"

Moria traveled throughout Wano Country, releasing the seventy to eighty thousand shadow servants he had obtained from Impel Down from their shadows, then scattering them so that they would each merge into the shadows of objects.

There are big trees, mountains, bridges, and houses.

All the shadow servants lurk in the shadow space of these objects, observing and monitoring everything in Wano Country.

Afterwards, Moria arrived at the seaside, where the Shadow Servant Sea King and Shadow Servant Bluegri had arrived a week earlier in the waters surrounding Wano Country.

"Go find the lanternfish, kill it, turn it into a shadow servant, and bring it back!"

This is Moria's order to the Shadow Servant Sea King and the Shadow Servant Brugli.

Moria certainly wouldn't miss the pure gold on the lanternfish, a metal that can slow down or even stop cell aging, thus achieving near-immortality.

Before we find the fruits of surgery, let's use pure gold to slow down the aging process.

Now that we have the Shadow Servant Sea Kings, finding lanternfish should be easy.

As long as it's in the New World, it won't be too hard to find.

After these Shadow Servant Sea Kings leave, they will kill other Sea Kings and turn their corpses into Shadow Servant bodies, increasing the number of Shadow Servant Sea Kings.

When all the seas of the New World are teeming with Shadow Servant Sea Kings, the Lanternfish will naturally be found.

And this won't take too long.

night.

After finishing their meal, Moria, Mitsuha, and the others went to a floating island 10,000 meters above Kuri, where they leisurely enjoyed the moon.

There are three floating islands in total, the largest of which is about ten kilometers in circumference. They were moved here by July using the power of the Float-Float Fruit.

Of these three floating islands, one was given to Hera for experimental research.

One of them was used by Moria to train and develop his abilities.

One is an island where people usually come to live.

These three islands serve as secret bases, where they will stay temporarily until the palace below is completed.

Onigashima was returned to Kaido and his subordinates.