Chapter 311: Lei De Hair? White Hair?

New World, the Donghai Dihuang.

With the wind gentle and the sky clear, Saint Saint Saiwen lay comfortably on a deck chair, basking in the sun.

The deck had long been bustling; led by Yamato, Perona, and Hancock, the Inazuma Kindergarten was chattering nonstop.

Riding the wind and breaking the waves was indeed what Saint Saint Saiwen longed for, but occasionally one could stop to rest a while and empty the mind.

Constant tension easily leads to trouble, and such comfortable days would not be many in the future.

After all, calculating the time, whether half a year or a full year, Imu should soon summon him to sign the Deep Sea Contract.

Compared to the Shallow Sea Contract, which is effective only within a specific radius and allows partial freedom upon leaving that area, or even breaking an arm to escape its control,

but after signing the Deep Sea Contract,

Imu will possess complete control over the signatory across the entire globe; no matter where they are in the world, Imu can possess them at any time.

Even if limbs are severed or escape is attempted, the contract's binding force persists.

This is because the Deep Sea Contract and the Abyss Contract grant the signatory an immortal body, power surpassing humans, and the ability of pentagram long-distance teleportation.

Once the Deep Sea Contract is signed, even lost arms will regenerate, making it impossible to escape control through physical means.

However, this applies only to everyone else.

Saint Saint Saiwen not only possesses the Universal Sealing Scroll but has already manifested the power of the Devil Fruit as the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type: Satan Form.

To the Five Elders and the God's Knights, a contract of soul binding is, in Saint Saint Saiwen's eyes, a supreme tonic comparable to a miraculous elixir.

It is worth more than several Somaz.

In short, on the day the Deep Sea Contract is signed, Saint Saint Saiwen can choose whether to flip the table.

If possible, Saint Saint Saiwen hopes to skip the Deep Sea Contract and sign the Abyss Contract directly with Imu.

Then, while Imu is signing the Abyss Contract, seizing the golden opportunity to expend Devil Fruit power, Saint Saint Saiwen would throw every possible means at Imu all at once.

Such as—

If Saint Saint Saiwen's guess is correct and Imu is indeed the devil within the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit of Satan Form, then attempt to use the Universal Sealing Scroll to seal the devil inside Saint Saint Saiwen's fingernail.

If not,

then use the Year-Year Fruit to simulate the Time-Time Fruit's ability and send Imu nineteen years into the future.

With nineteen years, Saint Saint Saiwen would have ample time to transform the Pirate World into the ideal form.

Moreover, even by selling just one pure gold ring per year, Saint Saint Saiwen could accumulate seventeen million points; by then, perhaps Saint Saint Saiwen could even ascend to immortality.

Eliminating Imu would be nothing but easy.

Of course, if all these assumptions fail.

It would simply be a direct clash with Imu.

What's there to fear?

The reason Saint Saint Saiwen wishes to seal Imu or send them nineteen years into the future is simply that Saint Saint Saiwen does not wish to see companions die in war; ultimately, there is no sure guarantee of victory nor any means to resurrect the dead.

If there were a means to resurrect the dead right now,

Saint Saint Saiwen would certainly resurrect Captain Luo Jie first, then resurrect both Rocks and Joy Boy.

The mere sight of them would scare Imu to death.

However, for now, these can only be thoughts; perhaps on some future day, when Saint Saint Saiwen is so wealthy that points mean nothing, the System Shangcheng will update with new items.

Glancing at the ten pure gold rings consigned on the trading platform, Saint Saint Saiwen changed position and continued lying down.

Ten consignment opportunities per month... it is not that few... but no one buys them.

"This generation of transmigrators is truly useless."

The first half of the Grand Line, the Lei De Force.

After departing from the East Blue and taking two months, the Lei De Hair Pirates' ship finally arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago for coating.

Compared to when they first departed the East Blue, the Lei De Force now carried a tiny infant who had just learned to roll over.

A month ago, the Lei De Hair Pirates passed through a town invaded by other pirates and seized countless spoils of war from another pirate crew.

Just as Luo Jie discovered Shanks in a treasure chest many years ago, the Lei De Hair Pirates, while tallying their loot, unexpectedly found a pink-cheeked little Uta in a treasure chest.

Upon seeing little Uta, whose hair was half white and half red, Benn Beckman couldn't help but remark,

"This child is half like you."

Shanks' gaze was so tender it seemed to melt; he paid no mind to who the other half of Uta resembled, simply humming a clumsy, unfamiliar nursery rhyme to make little Uta smile.

This journey to the New World,

the Lei De Hair Pirates originally intended to send Yasopp's wife and child to Inazuma to settle, but due to little Uta's arrival, Shanks was deeply conflicted.

Fate had brought him and little Uta together, so naturally he could not bear to settle little Uta in Inazuma as well.

Yet the Lei De Hair Pirates are at a critical stage of growth and expansion; in the future, they will not only encounter other pirate crews but also face pursuit by the Marines.

If Uta is brought aboard the ship, safety becomes an issue, and she cannot receive proper care; a ship full of grown men all lack experience in childcare.

Yasopp's wife, Binz, is present, after all.

But if Binz is left behind, Yasopp's son Usopp would certainly have to be left behind as well.

In that case, the Lei De Force would have two infants and a helpless Binz; should a skirmish with other pirate crews occur in the future, someone must be left behind to protect their safety.

While the ship was docked at the coating drydock, Shanks held little Uta.

"Beckman, I..."

Beckman, with an unlit cigarette in his mouth, said, "We respect your decision, Captain."

The crew, having witnessed the moments between Shanks and little Uta over these days, all expressed,

"Yes, Captain."

"Leave little Uta here; we will absolutely protect the two little ones."

The crew's reasonableness made Shanks smile with relief: "We will stay in Inazuma a bit longer and make the decision then."

Beckman understood; from the moment Shanks decided to continue toward Inazuma rather than turn the ship around, he had already made his decision.

As pirates, especially a crew like the Lei De Hair Pirates with such an unremarkable reputation, wanting to grow and eventually become the Pirate King.

The road ahead could be said to be strewn with thorns,

and a single misstep would mean death and the end of the Dao, let alone bringing along two infants.

Even Kaido only selects youths of outstanding talent.

Infants need a stable and peaceful environment for growth; a prosperous and tranquil Inazuma was undoubtedly the best choice.

Moreover, Saint Saint Saiwen Saint and Shanks are good brothers; he would certainly take excellent care of little Uta. Besides, Mr. Lei Li and Ms. Xia Qi are both in Inazuma.

Inazuma has so many of Shanks' relatives, and they will also become little Uta's relatives.

Two days later, the coated Lei De Force set sail once more.

Shanks suddenly panicked.

"Beckman, is it safe to dive to ten thousand meters below the sea? Those two little ones are so small..."

"Rest assured," Beckman explained specifically.

"During the coating process, I, Benn, and Jozu supervised the entire time; safety is absolutely no problem."

With Beckman's reassurance, Shanks breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly remembered something that had happened before.

"I finally understand now why Saint Saint Saiwen was so unwilling to dive to Fish-Man Island back then; the deep-sea areas truly offer no sense of security."

After letting out two bitter laughs, Shanks reminded them.

"Beckman and I will go see Uncle Sanbell first; everyone, don't forget to recruit people at Fish-Man Island."

Although the Lei De Hair Pirates have no Devil Fruit users, the Fish-Men are the ocean's darlings; even the Navy now recruits Fish-Men, so the Lei De Hair Pirates naturally won't miss out.

"Captain, even if you have to tie us up, tie up at least two of us."

Kaido's behavior of kidnapping people in the East Blue seemed to unblock the Ren and Du meridians for other aspiring pirate crews; their minds were full of recruiting, recruiting, recruiting.

Being a bit younger is no problem either.