Chapter 104: Modifying Memories to Counter the Undercover Agent, the Dark Gate Is Completed

Even if we kill Drake now and block the news, if he goes a long time without contacting Marine Headquarters—at most two months, or even less—the Marines will notice something is wrong and will resend an undercover agent to investigate.

Bulin's Memory Fruit ability not only lets her view an opponent's memories, but also allows her to freely modify memories.

This is where her ability is truly bugged—this ability is really terrifying.

"You mean let this little girl modify his memories and turn him into one of us?" Kaido's eyes also lit up, and he spoke excitedly.

This idea isn't bad; this kid's strength is still decent—at the very least he's reached the level of the Flying Six, and he's even one of the stronger ones among them.

If we could use memory modification to make this kid work for the Beasts Pirates, that would indeed be a good idea.

Upon hearing this, X Drake instantly wanted to struggle, but being restrained simultaneously by Jack, Luode, and Sylvanas, his struggle was futile.

"Sorry, Lord Luode, my memory modification can only alter recent memories—just a few days. If it's any longer, I really can't change them!" Bulin lowered her head, looking timidly at Luode as she spoke.

"Come on, her Fruit ability can indeed modify memories, but do you think it's without limits? I can only modify a few days' worth, and even when she first got this Fruit, she could only view memories."

Moreover, at first she could only view memories from a few days ago, and only later could she view memories from several years ago.

Only this year did she awaken the ability to modify others' memories, and perhaps with further development, this modification period will be extended.

For example, modifying memories from several years ago, or even more than a decade ago, or completely erasing a person's memories—but she still can't do that now.

Damn it! I failed to help Lord Luode; in the future I must demonstrate my worth.

"Really? It's fine, Bulin. Your strength is still too weak now—just develop your Fruit ability well, and in the future you'll definitely be able to do many things." Luode reached out and rubbed Bulin's head as he spoke.

All right! I was overthinking things. If she could really modify memories from years ago, her ability would have already been exploited by Big Mom.

But it doesn't matter; as her strength grows, her ability will also grow, and sooner or later she'll reach that level.

"Thank you, Lord Luode, but although I can't completely modify his memories, I can, however, alter everything he saw today." Bulin said.

She has now figured out the situation: this guy is a Navy-planted undercover agent, and her Fruit ability has indeed exposed him.

But as long as we delete everything related to this from today, he won't feel exposed.

"That's a good idea, then let's decide this, Bulin: you will delete from his mind everything we discovered about him being an undercover agent today."

"Then we'll modify his memory so that he passed the Beasts Pirates' trial and became a high-ranking elite of the Beasts Pirates." Luode said.

"Why keep this guy? Wouldn't it be better to just kill him and take his Fruit ability?" Kaido said, slightly impatient.

"Please, Father-in-Law, think carefully. In the coming period, we have many things to do, and we haven't yet raised our strength to its peak!"

"At this time, we should steadily develop our own strength; it's not yet time for an all-out war with the World Government or the Marines, so we keep this kid and make him believe he hasn't been exposed."

"Occasionally sending some information to the World Government, acting as a counter-spy to steal their intel for us, is the best approach." Luode said.

"Oh! You mean we use this girl's ability every so often to check his memories, then delete the parts we probed, right?" Kaido asked.

"Exactly, that's it. Bulin, you can currently modify at most a few days' worth of memories." Luode asked.

"Lord Luode, I can currently modify up to seven days of memories; I can freely alter any memories within that seven-day window, and I can view any memories within the past ten years." Bulin said.

"Then that's easy to handle—just to be safe, every seven days we'll have Bulin use her ability on him once, view all his memories, and then make some modifications and embellishments to those seven days." Luode said.

This way we can ensure foolproofness: all memories within the seven days can be freely viewed and then modified.

"That's a good solution, but I don't have time to watch this kid—who do you think would be convenient to put him under?" Kaido asked.

"I can't do it myself—there are too many secrets here. Send him to stay beside a Sweet Commander, so a Sweet Commander can keep an eye on him at all times."

"Every seven days we'll bring him here once, then we'll subdue him and have Bulin activate her ability to modify his memories."

"After all our plans are completed, we'll no longer need to worry about the Marines or the World Government."

"Then we'll kill this kid, take his Fruit ability—Father-in-Law, what do you think?" Luode asked.

Doing this is the steadiest way, ensuring foolproofness. "Hmm! This kid's strength is not bad; we can't let him leave Wano Country. Since that's the case, let's hand him over to Jin." Kaido said.

As the strongest among the three Sweet Commanders, Flame Disaster Jin's strength is enough to subdue this kid, and Jin's mind is extremely meticulous, so he can usually deceive this kid as well.

And even if he can't be deceived, that's fine—they still have the means to modify memories, so anything he sees within seven days can be freely altered.

The other few Sky Sons, together with Luode and the others, nodded as well.

"Alright, that's decided. Jack, in a moment you'll take this kid over there, then tell him everything and make sure to instruct Jin well."

"Be sure to watch this kid; normally treat him as a member of our Beasts Pirates, but every seven days, Jack, you'll also go over there, and the two of you will subdue him together and then bring him to Luode for brainwashing." Kaido said.

Only this group of high-ranking officials knows the kid's undercover identity; the remaining grunts will only think the pirate crew has gained a strong fighter and won't notice anything amiss.

Jack nodded, indicating he understood.

Luode's side then instructed Bulin to perform the final memory modification on X Drake; everything in this hall is just the Beasts Pirates' welcome reception for him, and incidentally let him get to know the Beasts Pirates' high-ranking members.

Soon Bulin finished the memory modification, then silently retreated to Luode's side.

After Drake woke up, he felt nothing abnormal; in his memory, after entering this hall,

he exchanged a few words with Kaido, was allowed to join the Beasts Pirates, and immediately afterward got to know the various high-ranking members of the Beasts Pirates.

Why do I keep feeling sore? Could it be from days of nonstop travel making me fatigued? "Drake, from now on you are a true elite of our Beasts Pirates. You've just joined, so you can't be given too high a rank. Starting today, you'll follow Jin, one of the three Sweet Commanders; Jack, bring this new companion over to meet Jin." Kaido said.

"Thanks, Boss Kaido." Drake said.

"Come with me, Drake—I'll take you to see Brother Jin!" Jack, over eight meters tall, arrived before Drake and spoke expressionlessly.

Drake nodded, rose, and followed Jack away.

"You guys also be careful, pay attention normally, and don't let him notice any abnormalities." Kaido said.

"Don't worry, Boss—we know. Don't forget I used to be a World Government agent; hiding things is my specialty." Fos·F and the other few Sky Sons also nodded; with such an undercover agent, they definitely wouldn't have much contact with him in daily life.

After finishing everything, Luode took Sylvanas and Bulin back to his residence, and incidentally made the little flying carpet run a few more trips to bring Bulin's dessert shop over.

In the following days, everything remained calm. Luode still went about his daily routine: studying dark magic with his teacher, sparring with Queen Yamato, and then training his stamina at night.

For the stamina training, Bulin said she wanted to join too, but Luode refused, saying she's too young—what a joke, the girl is only fourteen! Time just flowed on slowly.

"Lord Luode, this is the heart-shaped black chocolate cake I made—please try it and tell me how it tastes." Bulin's eyes sparkled with stars as she brought over a plate of the cake she had just baked and spoke.

"Hmm! The taste is not bad; you did a great job." Luode laughed and spoke.

This girl's talent for baking cakes is still not bad.

"Thank you for the praise, Lord Luode!" Bulin said.

First, I need to win Lord Luode over with food.

Damn it! Lord Luode actually thinks she's too young, and won't let her join their adult game.

At noon that day, Rettesen came to Luode, bringing him good news.

"Luode, the Dark Gate has already been completed." Rettesen said.

Tens of thousands of laborers were mobilized, as well as those hulking barbarians.

Everyone worked overtime, operating around the clock, and finally the Dark Gate was completed on schedule.

Now we just wait for Lord Luode to go to the Azeroth world, then both sides can open the Dark Gate together.

The portal on the Azeroth side should also have been taken care of by the Forsaken and old Horde members.

(End of chapter)