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

"I wonder who is stronger now, me or Luffy during his time as the Fifth Emperor?" Moria suddenly asked with some curiosity.

But then Moria shook his head inwardly.

Comparing strength with Luffy is the worst approach; in the movie, Luffy easily defeats everyone.

Luffy's strength after entering the New World remains a mystery.

I remember when I watched the anime, Moria thought Luffy couldn't beat Doflamingo, but then Doflamingo got killed.

Finally, just when he thought Luffy couldn't beat Katakuri again...

Luffy won again, and while still fighting, he raised his Observation Haki to the point where he could see the future.

In short, it's difficult to definitively say whether someone can compare their strength to that of the protagonist, Luffy.

"If we're talking about strength, we'll have to find Whitebeard."

Thinking of this, Moria suddenly paused, "By the way, what's Whitebeard's bounty now?"

“Hera!” Moria called out.

Hera in the sea heard Moria call her and turned to look at him.

"Do you know how much Whitebeard's bounty is?" Moria shouted.

“I don’t know.” Hera shook her head and said, “Ask Sidorro, he should know.”

"OK!" Moria made a gesture to indicate that he understood.

However, he didn't intend to ask Sidoro. It was just a spur-of-the-moment thing, and since Hera didn't know, he wasn't interested.

Lying on the deck chair, Moria continued to drink while pondering his next move.

"First of all, the general direction remains unchanged, but our strength must continue to improve, so we need to continue to find people to fight."

As for who to turn to, Moria already had the answer.

While Whitebeard is still at his peak with his blond hair, I need to find him and have a good fight.

"Secondly, there's the matter of infiltrating Impel Down a few months later."

"That's easy to handle now. We can find an opportunity to directly enslave Major General Elon and let him do some manipulation. We can solve it by going through some back door."

"Then in the end, it all comes down to what to do with Hera and the others."

"Now that we've already formed a pirate crew, the next step is definitely to find our own pirate ship."

After some thought, Moria made a decision.

First, find a ship. Once you have a ship, the rooms on the ship can provide him with a secluded place to switch places with the Shadow Servant.

This way, it will be much easier for him to go to the New World and come back.

Moria then told Hera and the others about his decision.

None of them objected. Sidoro even suggested that once they had a ship, they should set sail for the Grand Line, as he couldn't wait to begin a new challenge.

Moria agreed, feeling that there was no need to stay in the East Blue and that going to the Grand Line was a better option.

The next morning, Moria and his group set off.

The destination was Five Star Island, the largest shipyard in the East Blue, where pirate ships could actually be customized. Moria was quite astonished when he heard this.

It can only be said that wherever there is demand, there will be buying and selling.

A week later, Moria and his companions arrived at Five Star Island.

Five Star Island, like a five-pointed star, has five extending port terminals, and is also home to a shipyard.

After Moria and his men arrived at Five Star Island, they moored their ship in the harbor.

Hera and her siblings didn't surface; they remained in the sea. Moria, Perona, and Gormir then landed on the island.

"You go and gather some supplies, I'll go see if there are any skilled boatmen who can haul them onto the boat."

At the intersection of the port street, Moria spoke with Gunmir and Perona.

“No problem.” Steelmir said, and he and Perona headed to the island’s central town to start shopping.

Moria, on the other hand, walked towards the shipyards.

After visiting five shipyards and talking with the people there, Moria felt a little sad.

Not only did he fail to find a skilled boatman, he was also looked down upon.

Here’s what happened: Moria was chatting with the shipwrights, talking about how exciting it was to sail the seas in the ships he had built, and then asking if anyone wanted to go out to sea.

After hearing this, the shipwrights asked Moria with surprise, "Are you going to be a pirate?"

Upon seeing Moria nod, the boatmen immediately showed expressions of disdain.

Why become a pirate?

"I'm a shipwright now, I earn a good salary, and I have a beautiful wife at home. Why would I waste my time going out to sea to be a pirate? Wouldn't it be better to stay home and sleep with my beautiful wife?"

"Only losers would become pirates, enduring hardships, being wanted and hunted by the Navy, and being chased by bounty hunters."

"Isn't a peaceful and stable life good enough? I really don't understand why those people want to become pirates?"

"Is it because he can't find a wife?"

Moriah was dumbfounded after hearing the boatmen's theories; he couldn't find any words to refute them.

In the end, Moriah slunk away, and the shipwright was nowhere to be found.

After leaving the shipyard, Moria went into town to find Perona and Gunmir.

Moria stopped as he passed a shop.

Moriah looked at the signboard above the shop entrance with a thoughtful expression.

"Donghai Communications Flagship Store!"

Moria murmured, "That's the name of the shop in front of us. They sell Den Den Mushi (snail phone blocks)."

"I wonder if Den Den Mushi can be transformed into Shadow Soldiers, and if they can still communicate after being transformed into Shadow Soldiers." Moria was a little curious, so he went into the shop to buy some Den Den Mushi to try it out.

"Looks like you're not short of business!"

Moria saw that there was only one owner in the 100-square-meter shop. When he came in, the owner just glanced at him and seemed very aloof.

"Boss, how many Berries for one Den Den Mushi?" Moria asked.

"Fifty thousand Berries a pair, we don't sell single Den Den Mushi," the shopkeeper said aloofly.

"Give me five pairs, the small ones, not the big ones, the big ones are hard to store," Moria said as he walked up to the shelf displaying various Den Den Mushi.

"Small one!"

Seemingly realizing that Moria wanted to sell, the shopkeeper finally stopped being aloof, walked to Moria's side, and said calmly, "The smaller ones are more expensive, 100,000 a pair."

“Okay, pack it up for me!” Moria said casually.

He robbed many pirate crews before, so he has a lot of money. Five hundred thousand is nothing to him.

"Wait a moment." The shopkeeper nodded and went to find a square woven cage to hold the Den Den Mushi.

Moria then took the opportunity to pull out 500,000 Berries from the shadows.

"Here's your Den Den Mushi, sir!" The shopkeeper handed the phone to Moria after setting it up.

Moria took the money, handed the 500,000 to the shop owner, and then walked out of the store.

After finding Steelmir and Perona at the city's wholesale market, the three of them, carrying large and small bags, headed towards where the boat was moored.

Chapter 71 The One-Punch Pirates Officially Debut

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Moria and his two companions returned to the ship and dumped three large bags of meat, vegetables, and other supplies onto it.

The ship suddenly sank, and Hera and her brother, seeing the commotion, emerged from the sea beside the ship and looked at Moria and the others who had returned to the ship.

Hera asked, "Have we placed an order for our ship?"

Upon hearing this, the other three looked at Moria, who was sitting on the ship. He had previously said that he would be responsible for contacting the shipyard to build their pirate ship.

Looking at Hera, who looked like a beauty emerging from a bath, Moria was stunned for a moment before saying, "We couldn't find a skilled shipwright, so we're not placing an order."

Unable to find a shipwright to board his ship, Moria has no intention of commissioning his own pirate vessel.

I was thinking of just using any ship for now, and then building a pirate ship that everyone would like once I found a shipwright.

"Then..." Hera was puzzled and wanted to ask what to do now.

But before she and the others could ask, Moria smiled and said, "We're pirates, why would we place an order? We'll circle the island later, and if we see a ship we like, we'll just sail away."

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Hera and the others were momentarily stunned. They opened their mouths, but in the end, they didn't say anything, which was considered an admission of Moria's statement. They didn't object because they were pirates after all.

"Ha ha!"

“Let’s go, let’s start looking at our ship!” Moria laughed.

"it is good!"

Sidoro chuckled in response, then lowered himself to pull the chain, and began to circumnavigate Five Star Island in the sea.

Moria, Grimril, and Hera, who had just emerged, were looking at the ships docked at the shipyard harbor, commenting on them and searching for a vessel that satisfied them.

"How about this one?" Moria asked, looking at a ship that resembled Luffy's Sunny.

"No, it's too small!" Hera shook her head, feeling that the ship wasn't big enough and that it would be difficult for them to move around on it.

"And what about this one?"

"It's so ugly!"

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After asking about five or six ships, Moria decisively shut up, feeling like he was shopping with his girlfriend, wondering which one wouldn't do and which one was too ugly.

Let Hera choose; he doesn't care anyway.