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

Currently, most of Moria's pirate crews have been sent out to guard various islands, with few remaining in Wano Country.

The only pirate crew that remained was the Black Rose Pirates, but they only stayed because of Moria's recent needs. They will go out to guard a region or expand their territory later.

"Boss, this kind of life is great!"

On the flat grass, Mitsuba sat sideways, her head resting on Moria's shoulder, gazing at the full moon in the sky and sighing.

As she spoke, she tightly embraced Moria's right hand and pressed it hard against her chest, as if only in this way could she express her satisfaction with the life Moria had given her.

July rested her head on Moria's lap, smiled at Moria's somewhat sharp chin, and exclaimed, "Boss, it's so good to have you!"

Moria smiled, said nothing, and placed his left hand on January's head, stroking her hair, enjoying this rare moment of peace.

Not far away, Perona and Helen's younger brother Kay were chasing a glowing butterfly, their laughter echoing all around, making those who heard it smile and feel relaxed.

Hera, March, and others are preparing a late-night barbecue.

On the barbecue grill, the sizzling sound of the meat is like the chirping of cicadas, accompanied by the aroma of meat, making people look forward to the delicious food to be tasted later.

Helen sat cross-legged alone, a long sword resting on her lap, as if she were cultivating, but her open eyes were always focused on her younger brother, Kai.

Seeing the smile on her younger brother's face, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

In the quiet night, the full moon hangs high, and on the green grass, there are the sounds of children playing and adults whispering.

Everyone does their own thing and doesn't interfere with each other.

As night falls, there's barbecue, fine wine, juice, and beautiful women to keep you company.

Moria had never truly experienced such carefree days since he came into this world, until this very moment.

After one night.

Moria, who had just reached some kind of reconciliation with the World Government, is once again trending on social media.

His bounty has been updated.

With a bounty of 5.325 billion Berries, it is second only to Roger's bounty.

The world was in an uproar. This was a reward amount that would keep people up at night and make their mouths water just hearing about it.

In the era after Roger's death, Moria had the highest bounty.

Everyone wanted to take Moriah's head and claim the bounty that everyone dreamed of.

For a time, pirates came one after another to challenge Moria on the high seas.

Of course, quite a few people also sought refuge with them.

Moria ignored all of this; during the day, except for mealtimes, he focused on developing his abilities.

His Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability has reached its limit.

By modifying the barrier of the shadow space to achieve the ability to control the mind, some additional techniques can be developed.

But that's not a new ability, just an enhancement, and it won't significantly increase Moria's strength.

The previously envisioned shadow space barrier corresponds to the human mind, so there must be something similar to the shadow space barrier that corresponds to a person's physical talent.

If this thing is found, it will greatly enhance Moria's physical body.

Moria envisioned this thing as something similar to a limiter. He would find the shadow of the corresponding human limiter, and then manipulate the shadow to open the human limiter, thereby enhancing physical strength.

This could be considered a development direction that could greatly enhance Moria's strength.

Secondly, as previously speculated, there should be a special space outside the shadow space.

If Moria could penetrate the barrier of the shadow space and perceive this special space, he would be able to connect to the shadow space of all objects and creatures in the world without the need for shadow servants to locate him.

This is also a development direction that can greatly enhance capabilities.

Currently, both development directions require a deep understanding of one's own shadow and a deeper understanding of what lies beneath it in order to achieve this.

So, during the day, Moria deeply perceived his own shadow. At night, naturally, there was endless singing, and red waves rolled one after another.

Time passed slowly.

Half a year later.

That evening, Moria brought Mitsuha and the others to the shore of Kuri Beach.

A dark shadow emerged from the sea, but before its head even broke the surface, a glittering golden sphere appeared on the surface first.

It was a Shadow Servant Lanternfish. It was found a week ago, then besieged by seven or eight Shadow Servant Sea Kings and over a hundred Shadow Servant Brugris, and eventually died and became a Shadow Servant.

"Is that pure gold? Its radiance is so comforting!" Mitsuha murmured to herself, opening her arms to welcome the pure gold's radiance.

January and the others looked on with anticipation. Pure gold! With this, they could be with Mitsuha and the boss forever.

"I never imagined there were such amazing metals in the world!"

Helen sighed and turned to look at her younger brother who had followed her.

If I had had pure gold back then, my younger brother wouldn't have been sealed away for a hundred years, resulting in his mental degeneration and making him look only five or six years old.

"But this is not bad either!"

Helen glanced up at Moria, who was flying towards the Shadow Servant Lanternfish, and thought to herself, "At least I've met such an interesting captain and have such a new home. It's pretty good!"

How exactly does pure gold, which can sustain life, achieve this?

Hera looked at the pure gold inside the fleshy ball on the lanternfish, her eyes revealing a look only a mad scientist would have.

She couldn't wait to experiment on a white mouse wearing pure gold.

"So beautiful!!" The two youngest children, Perona and Kai, stared in amazement at the pure gold ball.

Under the cover of night, even through the fleshy membrane, pure gold still emitted a gentle golden glow, as warm as the winter sun.

Moria flew to the giant, fleshy ball wrapped in pure gold, depicted by a lantern.

Without Moria giving the order, the Shadow Servant Lanternfish controlled the fleshy ball to split open, revealing the pure gold inside.

Suddenly, the golden light intensified tenfold, and the entire Wano Country could see that golden hue on the horizon.

Fortunately, the bright light was only for a moment, and then it turned into a gentle light that was no longer so dazzling.

"Metals that can emit their own light are really rare!"

Moria sighed, then manipulated his shadow to transform into a blade and cut out a piece of pure gold the size of a water vat, placing the rest directly into his shadow space.

That way, no one can steal pure gold from him.

"Go!"

Moria dismissed the Lanternfish Shadow Servant and hid in the waters surrounding Wano Country with the other Sea King Shadow Servant.

Back on shore, a group of people gathered around, all staring intently at Moria.

"Wait a minute!"

Moria smiled and manipulated his shadow to cut the pure gold in half, giving each person a piece.

Each piece incorporates a portion of Moria's image, creating a pure gold life form that can grow larger, smaller, and change shape.

"Here, one for each of you. You're given the permissions. Just tell it the shape you want!"

Moria distributed the pure gold to Mitsuba and the others, excluding Perona and Kai, and told them how to control the pure gold lifeform transformation.

"Me too, Lord Momo!!" Perona quickly flew to Moria, grabbed his index finger and shook it, her big eyes full of grievance.

Moria smiled and explained, "You and Kai are still young. We'll give it to you when you're older. Do you want to stay this small forever?"

Faced with Moria's final question, Perona looked at her own tiny body, then at the others.

Apart from her little follower Kai, they are all six meters tall.

"Then I'll choose to grow up!" Perona pouted, put down Moria's index finger, and flew back to the side.

Kai's little follower, always trailing behind Perona, was so carefree that he had no idea how precious pure gold was.

"You try it first!!" Mitsuha and the others looked at Moria.

“Alright!” Moria nodded, and said to the pure gold life form in his hand, “Turn it into a ring!”

"Yes, Master!" Pure Gold suddenly grew a face and said, then transformed into a golden ring, which automatically put on Moria's middle finger.

"ring!!"

Mitsuha and the others' eyes lit up, and they followed suit, turning the pure gold life force in their hands into a ring, which they wore on their middle fingers just like Moria.

Only Helen transformed pure gold into a wristband that she wore close to her body.

"Let's go back!!"

Moria was delighted. With a wave of his hand, he took the three-leaf Hera, the four-leaf and five-leaf Hera, and the January and July Hera and flew towards the island in the sky.

Tonight he will fight six opponents single-handedly, and the battle will not stop until he has used up the life energy of three people.

Time passed slowly.

After Moria returned to Wano Country, he disappeared from the world's sight like a retired pirate.

But even though I'm no longer in the martial arts world, my legend lives on everywhere.

In reality, the Movie Emperor Pirates have already reduced their forces significantly.

Powerful figures like Mitsuba Helen no longer leave Wano Country.

Currently, the one upholding the reputation of the "Actor Pirates" is Kaido, followed by Syndra, who has risen rapidly to the point of being able to go toe-to-toe with a Marine Admiral, and then Ike, Black, Queen, King, and Mazelon, among others.

These are the people who kept all the pirates who wanted to challenge Moria out of Wano Country. Not one of them was able to land in Wano Country, or even get close.

The ubiquitous Shadow Servant Sea Kings and Shadow Servant Sea Beasts are now present in all the seas and territories of the Shadow Emperor Pirates. Basically, if any island is attacked, it will be known immediately.

Of course, under normal circumstances, these pirates who challenge the Shadow Emperor Pirates do not need to be attacked by the Shadow Kings, but by Moria's pirate crew. This can also serve as training and eliminating weaker opponents.

In short, although Moria no longer appears before the world, his fame has not diminished much.

On the contrary, the more pirates challenged him, the greater his fame grew.

Wano Country has now become a formidable obstacle in the eyes of pirates in the New World.

"Don't even think about becoming the Pirate King until you defeat the mountain that is the Movie Emperor."

It's unclear when exactly, but strange titles like "World's Strongest Pirate Crew," "World's Strongest Man," "Man Closest to the Pirate King," and "Gatekeeper of the Pirate King" started circulating and quickly became popular throughout the world.

The pirates all aim to defeat the "Movie King" because they believe that by defeating the "Movie King," the man closest to becoming the Pirate King, they can become the Pirate King themselves.