Chapter 297: Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit

The battle on the giant Sea King had ended. Upon counting the aftermath, aside from those who surrendered, the remaining pirates were basically all alive—the tenacious vitality of humans in the One Piece World was once again demonstrated, not to mention that these top-tier pirates of the New World were far stronger in physique than ordinary people.

However, Uchiha Feiyu had no intention of keeping these pirates; all male pirates were finished off by him, and their Devil Fruit Abilities were extracted.

As for the women, it goes without saying; they were all handled by the Heavenly Demon Secret and became loyal subordinates of Uchiha Feiyu—in fact, apart from Charlotte Brulee who escaped using the Mirror-Mirror Fruit, there were only three women among this group of pirates: Black Maria, Ulti, and Charlotte Smoothie.

Black Maria and Ulti were both standard beauties, and although Charlotte Smoothie was a sub-human of the Longleg Tribe, her appearance was actually quite sexy, at least pleasing to the eye.

What? You say Charlotte Linlin is also a woman? Uh, shouldn't this creature be classified as a tank?

Charlotte Linlin in her youth could indeed be considered a great beauty, but unfortunately, now she can only be called the Meat Mountain Great Demon King. However, this creature's Devil Fruit is actually quite good; it was a Devil Fruit that Uchiha Feiyu had taken a fancy to back then.

Uchiha Feiyu now possesses three Devil Fruits: the Dark-Dark Fruit, the Buddha Fruit, and the Shadow-Shadow Fruit. Among them, the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Buddha Fruit both have infinite potential, and even with the development so far, they have not yet reached their limits.

As for the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, although it also belongs to a half-rule-type, half-transcendent-type Devil Fruit and possesses vast potential, it ultimately cannot compare to the Dark-Dark Fruit, which represents black holes, and the Buddha Fruit, which represents a pinnacle of the Mythical-type; its potential is almost fully developed.

Once the potential of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit is fully developed, it will directly merge into Uchiha Feiyu's body and no longer occupy a Devil Fruit slot; at that time, he will naturally be able to absorb the Soul-Soul Fruit.

About two or three hours after this pirate ambush battle ended, the women under Uchiha Feiyu who had fully recovered began to occupy the entire Wano Country.

The battle did not last very long. Now that the leaders and key members of the three Four Emperors pirate crews had been completely wiped out, not only did those allied pirates have no intention of fighting, but even the remaining pirates of the Four Emperors' crews collapsed at the first touch.

And when Uchiha Feiyu learned from those Celestial Dragons, riding on the quadrupedal Black Maria while holding Charlotte Smoothie and Ulti by the hand as he stepped into Wano Country, the last few pirates still resisting completely lost their morale and all surrendered.

However, Uchiha Feiyu was not the type to spare those who surrendered. After this group of pirates surrendered, he immediately took out the Ghost Bone Banner and wiped out the remaining 50,000 pirates in one fell swoop. Amidst shrill screams, these pirates had both their bodies and souls completely absorbed, leaving only a clean ground behind.

In fact, by now, Wano Country, which should have been flowing with blood and littered with corpses, strangely did not have many corpses present, simply because the domain of the White Bone Banner covered the entire Wano Country, and all the dead pirates had long since become nutrients for the White Bone Banner.

Of course... not all pirates were finished off. Among these nearly 100,000 pirates, a few hundred young and beautiful female pirates were left behind, counting as Uchiha Feiyu's spoils of war.

Wano Country, Flower Capital.

"Damn Kaido, to think he called in so many pirates from the outer seas! Does he still have me, the Shogun of Wano Country, in his eyes at all!!"

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! Constantly urging me for supplies, when the enemies were clearly brought in by him! If you ask me, he should be the one to deal with those bastards from the outer seas himself. Has he even figured out his own position?!!"

In the Ten-shukaku at the center of the Flower Capital, on the central throne, sat a creature that looked somewhat nauseating.

With a huge head and a body and limbs that were nearly atrophied in comparison, wearing a crown on his head that couldn't even cover it, the whole person gave off a sleazy feeling of a monkey dressed up in human clothes.

This was none other than the Shogun of Wano Country, Kurozumi Orochi, who was also Kaido's collaborator. Back then, it was precisely with Kaido's power that this Kurozumi Orochi finished off Kozuki Oden and secured his position as the Shogun of Wano Country.

After successfully finishing off Kozuki Oden, Kurozumi Orochi appointed Kaido as the Protector Myo-o and even built a large number of armories and mines in Wano Country for the Beasts Pirates.

In fact, although Kaido was appointed as the Protector Myo-o by Kurozumi Orochi, in reality, at the beginning, the two could only be considered an alliance. Even as time passed, Kaido, who had originally occupied the dominant position in the alliance, had gradually and completely hollowed out Kurozumi Orochi.

It can be said that in the current Wano Country, everywhere except for the Flower Capital, the words of the Beasts Pirates are absolutely much more effective than the words of Kurozumi Orochi, the Shogun.

However, although Kurozumi Orochi is sinister and cunning with no bottom line, he is actually not a person of intelligence. He still felt that Kaido, whom he had appointed as the Protector Myo-o, should listen to his instructions! Kurozumi Orochi had no brains, and his subordinates were naturally not very smart either. Several ninjas under Orochi knelt on the ground and said: "My Lord, should we go and warn Kaido! If this continues, I'm afraid even the food in the Flower Capital will not be supplied!"

Kurozumi Orochi's body trembled, and a look of obvious cowardice appeared in his eyes. Although he regarded Kaido as a subordinate in his mind, in reality, he was still as terrified of Kaido as a tiger. He hurriedly shook his head:

"No, if we withhold the military rations for Kaido now, what if the enemies from the outer seas attack?"

"Have you forgotten those giant Sea Kings from a few days ago?"

The Sea Kings controlled by Shirahoshi back then were each thousands of meters in size. Some Sea Kings surfaced on the sea, even hundreds of meters higher than Wano Country. That massive figure was seen clearly by everyone in Wano Country, naturally bringing them great fear.

At this time, even the people of Wano Country supported that so-called Protector Myo-o Kaido more. Most importantly, after years of propaganda, all the commoners of Wano Country were filled with fear of the outer seas, believing that people from the outer seas just wanted to come and enslave them.

... Although they were already under the enslavement of the Beasts Pirates and Kurozumi Orochi, how could being enslaved by their own country's Shogun compare to being enslaved by people from the outer seas? As for Kurozumi Orochi and his group of meat-eaters, it goes without saying; if there is less food, at most a few more peasants will starve to death, but if people from the outer seas come in, their status and lives might not be guaranteed!

"Hai-ro! I understand!"

The ninja under Orochi lowered his head and agreed. Kurozumi Orochi, sitting on the throne, waved his hand impatiently: "Alright, you may go! Tell Kaido that the next batch of supplies will be delivered immediately..." With a loud boom, the roof of the Ten-shukaku was suddenly ripped open, and a huge dragon head appeared from the roof.

It was a giant dragon that looked very similar to Beasts Kaido, but at least two or three times larger. The only thing slightly strange was that the originally cyan dragon scales were now glowing with a faint pink light. It was Momousagi, who had just eaten the authentic Azure Dragon Fruit and whose Devil Fruit Ability had grown significantly.

Perhaps because of Momousagi's own obsession, even the authentic Azure Dragon Fruit only made the pink hue of Momousagi's giant dragon form become lighter, having a white-with-a-hint-of-pink texture, rather than turning into the true color of an Azure Dragon. However, the authentic Azure Dragon Fruit allowed Momousagi's body size to increase significantly after transforming into a giant dragon; just looking at the size, it was several times larger than Kaido.

"Dragon... Dragon dragon dragon!! It's a dragon from the outer seas!!"

Kurozumi Orochi was so scared that his whole body trembled, and he almost collapsed on the throne. He had also received intelligence and knew that the guy among those outer-sea people who fought Kaido was a pink giant dragon. And now that this dragon appeared in his palace, it certainly couldn't be here to visit him! Just as Kurozumi Orochi was still stuttering and wanting to say something, the guards hidden around Kurozumi Orochi had already rushed out.

However, these ninja guards did not dare to attack the giant dragon, but instead grabbed Kurozumi Orochi and wanted to run away directly. Just then, a blood-colored figure jumped down from the pink dragon's head. With a flash of light, the heads of those ninja guards flew into the sky.

The blood spraying from their necks went straight to the ceiling and slowly sprinkled down. Kurozumi Orochi, drenched in blood, let out a scream like a little girl, collapsed on the ground, and kept retreating:

"You you you... who are you? Don't kill me!! Whatever you ask for, I will agree to..."

"That would be great. My request is that Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit of yours."

Uchiha Feiyu said with a playful smile on his face, which immediately made Kurozumi Orochi's eyes widen. However, before Kurozumi Orochi could continue to say anything, Uchiha Feiyu reached out and pressed his hand onto his head.

The power of the Dark-Dark Fruit was activated instantly. Kurozumi Orochi's eyes rolled back, and he made a gurgling sound like a chicken with its throat slit, with white foam spitting from the corners of his mouth. A moment later, Uchiha Feiyu withdrew his hand, casually found a piece of fruit, and pressed it onto it. After a change, the entire fruit turned into the appearance of the Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit.

As for Kurozumi Orochi, his eyes were rolled back and the corners of his mouth were crooked, looking like a mentally disabled person—in fact, he had indeed become a mentally disabled idiot. Uchiha Feiyu did not carefully separate the Devil Fruit power from his soul, but very crudely cut and dragged the Devil Fruit power away along with a large piece of his soul, directly turning this Shogun of Wano Country into a brain-damaged person.

He did not absorb all of Kurozumi Orochi's Qi and Blood and soul, also because this guy could be called the shame of the Mythical Zoan; neither his Qi and Blood nor his soul had anything worth mentioning, and might not even be comparable to a pirate with a bounty of ten million.

And this guy's identity was the Shogun of Wano Country; compared to the little bit of Qi and Blood and soul obtained by draining him into a dried corpse, his identity was more important.

The giant dragon in the sky transformed into a human form. Momousagi's figure flashed, and she casually grabbed a pompadour swordsman who was about to flee and dragged him over.

"Feiyu, there's a fish that slipped through the net here."

"Wait, wait a minute... I have nothing to do with Kurozumi Orochi!!! I am actually one of the Nine Red Scabbards. The reason I stayed by Kurozumi Orochi's side was just to carry out an undercover operation!"

The swordsman, known as Sleepy Kyoshiro, whose true identity was Denjiro of the Nine Red Scabbards, hurriedly spoke to clear his identity—although his identity was very secret and theoretically should not be easily revealed, times had changed. Now that Kaido was likely finished and Kurozumi Orochi had become an idiot, there was no point in him hiding his identity anymore.

"Nine Red Scabbards? What is that thing?"

Momousagi blinked. Although her attire and name looked very much like she was born in Wano Country, Momousagi indeed had nothing to do with Wano Country.

There were countless countries on the sea. Although Wano Country was a bit special, it was neither a member of the World Government nor did it implement a policy of isolation, so naturally, outsiders did not know about things like the Nine Red Scabbards or Kozuki Oden.

However, seeing Denjiro's confident look, Momousagi was also afraid of killing the wrong person. She looked up at Uchiha Feiyu, only to see Uchiha Feiyu with a look of joy on his face, putting away the Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit, and glancing at Denjiro:

"Nine Red Scabbards, huh... they are the subordinates of the previous leader of Wano Country. Just like Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido, they are all obstacles to our control of Wano Country."

Denjiro's eyes shrank slightly, and he opened his mouth wanting to say something more, but Uchiha Feiyu was no longer interested. He waved his hand to conjure a huge White Bone Banner and shook it gently. Black-red gas swept through, and a moment later, only Denjiro's clothes, weapons, and some dust were left on the ground.

In a broad sense, Denjiro should belong to the positive characters. However, it is a pity that Uchiha Feiyu is not a positive character, so naturally, he would not sympathize with him; sending him to his death directly is the most normal approach.

"Alright... next, it's time to gather the residents of Wano Country and tell them that this country now belongs to us!"

Uchiha Feiyu withdrew the Ghost Bone Banner and said indifferently. While speaking, he reached out and picked up the now brain-damaged Shogun Kurozumi Orochi and dragged him out directly.

"Rest assured, Lord Feiyu, the matter will be completed very soon!"

Momousagi nodded with a smile on her face; the Wano Country of today was no longer the land of samurai it once was, and it was doubtful whether even a few hundred samurai could be gathered in the entire nation.

In fact, because the vast majority of the samurai class opposed Kurozumi Orochi, Kurozumi Orochi had handed almost all national defense over to Kaido; once the Beasts Pirates were wiped out, Wano Country no longer had any ability to resist.

(End of this chapter)