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

However, the plan has changed. He wants a spot to rotate guards at Impel Down in six months.

So he has to stay in the East Blue for another six months, and he can't kill any more pirates. He'll wait until almost six months are up before killing any more, as a pledge to the Navy, so he can smoothly join the Navy and become a Marine rotating through Impel Down.

"I'll use these six months to see how charming I am. If it doesn't work, I'll have to force it!"

Having made up his mind, Moria met the mermaid's pleading gaze and said, "Okay, let's go!"

"Thank you"

Before she could finish speaking, the mermaid watched in astonishment as a shadow attacked from beneath Moria, quickly coiled itself in mid-air, and followed Moria outwards.

"This ability is a shadow!!"

The mermaid pondered for a moment, then her pupils contracted as she looked at Moria walking ahead, her heart filled with shock.

"Why is Gecko Moria, the actor with a bounty of 1.02 billion Berries, here in the East Blue?"

"And he even saved me??"

"And why does the real person look different from the photo on the wanted poster?"

The mermaid had many doubts and questions in her heart until she got on the back of the giant eagle.

Chapter 39 Someone's Trying to Steal My Meal Ticket (Polite Request Three Times)

"In other words, Lord Moria came to the East Blue because of Perona!"

On the back of the giant eagle flying towards Fantawild Island, the mermaid looked at Perona, who was already asleep in the arms of the shadow servant.

A hint of heartache flickered in her eyes as she looked at the girl who had experienced the same or even worse things than herself.

From the conversation, she learned that Perona was captured and enslaved by human traffickers when she was only about two years old.

If Moria hadn't saved them, their future would have been unimaginable.

It was absolutely worse than death!

With that thought in mind, the mermaid looked at Moria with no more wariness in her eyes.

"This is a trustworthy and good person!"

The Little Mermaid secretly gave Moria a "friend zone" card.

"It seems like my favorability rating has increased quite a bit!"

Glancing at the mermaid's eyes, Moria seemed to have misunderstood something. He had a feeling that this woman was about to be conquered by him.

"That's right!"

Moria explained with a smile, "Perona is too young, and it would be dangerous for her to stay with me. I came to the East Blue this time to find a family to adopt Perona."

That's true! The mermaid nodded inwardly upon hearing this.

Thinking of the newspaper reports about Moria, whose enemies were terrifyingly powerful figures like naval heroes and admirals.

Perona was able to be well protected by Moria under these circumstances, and in the end, for her safety, she was even sent to the East Blue to settle down.

"Indeed, he's a trustworthy and good person!" The mermaid secretly gave Moria another "good person" card.

Moria, who was confused, smiled at the mermaid and suddenly remembered, "Oh right, my name now is Mopa. This is my nickname. I was very timid when I was a child, so I gave myself this nickname."

"Neither the Navy nor the World Government know this, so you can call me that from now on. My current identity is not easily exposed."

The mermaid nodded in understanding, then looked at Moria's face and asked, "Sir, you look different from the photo on the wanted poster. If it weren't for your unique Devil Fruit ability, I wouldn't have been able to recognize you."

"This one?"

Moria thought for a moment, realizing that his original appearance was somewhat unsatisfactory and not helpful to the strategy, so he smiled and said, "This is my true appearance. The appearance in the Navy's bounty photo is a disguise, mainly to live a peaceful life."

Then Moria instructed the mermaid, "I hope you won't tell anyone this secret!"

"Don't worry!" The mermaid's heart tightened, and she quickly nodded, "I won't tell anyone, Lord Mopa!"

Ah!

Moria smiled and then asked the mermaid what her name was and how she came to the East Sea.

"what!!"

The mermaid then realized that she hadn't introduced herself yet, and her face immediately turned red with embarrassment.

"My name is Hera, and I come from Mermaid Island. Six years ago..."

As Hera, the mermaid, slowly recounted her story, Moria learned of the mermaid's tragic experiences and lofty ideals.

Having studied medicine on Mermaid Island since childhood, she thought that one day, if mermaids came to live on land, their bodies would definitely change, and they would get some diseases that humans get, or even some diseases that humans don't know about.

Therefore, in order to prevent and treat these possible diseases in advance, she chose to leave Mermaid Island and come to the human world to study medicine.

Then, through his own life in the human world, he personally experienced the changes in his body and the diseases he contracted, and wrote a medical book on the treatment of mermaids after they came to land.

In short, like the protagonists in all stories, the grander their initial ideals, the more tragic their subsequent fates.

No sooner had Hera left Mermaid Island than she was tricked by human traffickers and captured to be enslaved.

Of course, like other main characters, Hera was rescued by her brother at a crucial moment.

Then came the siblings, who killed someone while escaping from human traffickers and were subsequently wanted with a bounty on their heads.

They can't go back to Mermaid Island, and Hera herself doesn't want to go back either.

The siblings wandered along the first half of the Grand Line until the pursuit by the Navy and human traffickers became increasingly intense.

Left with no other choice, the siblings went into seclusion in the East China Sea from the Twin Gorges, finally finding some peace.

He was captured by human traffickers again, but was rescued by Moria once more.

"It seems my previous assessment was correct. She's not just a pretty face; she's had quite a lot of experiences and many twists and turns."

Moria glanced at Hera as she calmly recounted her past, and thought to himself.

Although she didn't go into details, it's easy to imagine that she endured a lot of hardship.

Afterwards, the two chatted in detail along the way, and Hera's fondness for Moria increased rapidly.

Moriah himself came from a model youth in a harmonious society, and the equality he showed in his words and actions made Hera feel overjoyed.

Shortly after Moria took Hera away, an uninvited guest, eight meters tall, arrived on the merchant ship.

"Just one move!"

Standing outside the cabin door, the tall man next to the general manager of the Beauty Chamber of Commerce looked at the humans lying on the deck, cut in half, and wondered what was going on.

"Very strong, must be a sword master!" The tall man's body, soaking wet, was now burning hot, and his eyes gleamed with excitement.

Clang!

The tall man opened the door and entered the room where Hera had been.

The tall man frowned slightly as he glanced at the two guards lying on the ground at the door and at the room where there were no signs of a struggle.

"Judging from the situation, either my sister was powerless to resist, or she willingly went with that powerful swordsman," the tall man thought to himself.

His sister was no weak or helpless woman; her strength was such that no one from the East Sea could defeat her in a single blow.

There were no signs of a struggle, which suggests that the older sister was either restrained and unable to resist, or that she was acting voluntarily.

"Whichever it is, they shouldn't have gone far!"

The tall man, Hera's brother, guessed, thinking of the blood that hadn't completely congealed on the splint.

So he immediately left the merchant ship and went out to sea, searching around the merchant ship.

"If it's my sister's choice, she will definitely rush back to Klin Village."

With this possibility in mind, Hera's brother decided to search until dawn, and if he still couldn't find any trace of his sister, he would go back to Klin Village to check.

quickly!

The night passed, and the sun rose.

Neither Moria nor the mermaid Hera were weaklings; having not slept all night, they were still in good spirits.

On the contrary, Perona, who had slept all night, was not in good spirits when she woke up.

"What should I do? Someone's trying to steal my meal ticket!"

Looking at Hera standing next to Moria, Perona muttered to herself, glaring with her fierce, cute eyes, trying to scare Hera away.

"hehe!"

"What an adorable child!"

Hera was charmed by Perona, her lips curled up, and a soft laugh rang out.

But to Perona, it sounded so irritating and unpleasant.

"As expected, this woman is here to steal my meal ticket!"

"How to do?"

"This woman is too big. I wonder how much she eats at once. Will Lord Moria give her my share too?"

Perona, who was full of inner monologues, couldn't sit still after thinking about this and felt that she should take action.

"Lord Mopa, I'm hungry, I want to eat!"

Didn't I just infuse you with life energy?

"I still want to eat."

"No, your body can't handle too much life energy. We'll find you something to eat when we get to Klin Village."

really!

Upon hearing this, Perona pouted and glared fiercely at Hera: Lord Moria must have given you, you wretched woman, my share. You owe me my meal ticket.

Moria neither knew nor cared about Perona's thoughts.

The giant eagle was still very fast, and under the guidance of one of its navigator shadow servants, it arrived at Klin Village at around nine o'clock in the morning.

Chapter 40 Zoan-type Honey Badger Fruit, Honey Badger Form (Polite Request)

In the air!

Moria lifted Hera off the giant eagle's back in a princess carry, while Perona lay on Hera's stomach, clutching the hem of her clothes with a reluctant expression.

Hera is now wearing a white shirt that Moria used to dress people who are five meters tall, and because of her size, it reveals a voluptuous waist.