Chapter 517

The Devil Fruits of the Pirate World can already involve time (Time-Time Fruit, Return-Return Fruit),

space (Door-Door Fruit, Op-Op Fruit), and causality (Straw-Straw Fruit, Turn-Turn Fruit);

even in those High-Martial, Super-Martial, High-Magic, and Super-Magic worlds,

these are high-end powers that only supreme powerhouses can master,

so it's not entirely beyond imagination for there to be another Devil Fruit capable of brainwashing and implanting thought-imprints.

A Paramecia Devil Fruit that appeared before, the Pet-Pet Fruit, had a lot of meaning in this regard.

The user of the Pet-Pet Fruit can release green circular pet rings from their hands.

As long as this ring traps any creature (including humans,

Sea Kings, or giant creatures), that creature will instantly lose its autonomy.

The trapped creature will become an absolutely obedient "pet," or rather, a "puppet" manipulated at the user's will.

No matter how fierce or powerful the opponent originally was, they will obey the user's every word,

and can even be manipulated to attack each other (for example, once controlling Luffy to attack Law).

Although the Pet-Pet Fruit's control effect triggering and maintenance rely entirely on "hearing the user's voice,"

and as long as the controlled target cannot hear the user's instructions (e. g., wearing earplugs, being in a soundproof environment),

they will immediately regain their sanity and break free from the control, but Devil Fruits also have an awakened state;

Kuzan and Akainu, who awakened the Ice-Ice Fruit and Magma-Magma Fruit, could create long-lasting ice and fire islands during their battle,

and there are those strange animals and plants on the sea that don't conform to biological evolution at all,

such as those that grow delicious meat, cakes, or Baron Tamago who makes up the Stomach Islands,

it's not impossible that they were created by an awakened Devil Fruit user of that generation using their ability.

In this way, using the Pet-Pet Fruit, or other mental-type Devil Fruits, for long-term,

or even intergenerational mental control and thought-imprints, is also possible.

After all, humans themselves are a type of animal that can be raised as "pets"!

"I think not only are the people of Wano Country problematic, but the Kozuki family is also problematic."

One Zhang Jie stroked the blue-and-white porcelain teacup manifested from his mind and spoke.

Pirate Zhang Jie thought for a moment, and the information on the three generations of the Kozuki family floated into his mind.

The three generations of the Kozuki family are the grandfather Kozuki Sukiyaki, the son Kozuki Oden, and the grandson Kozuki Momonosuke.

Kozuki Oden's heaven-defying nature doesn't need to be mentioned; Kozuki Sukiyaki and Kozuki Momonosuke are no less so.

Kozuki Oden's status as the young shogun of Wano Country came from his father, Kozuki Sukiyaki,

so Kozuki Sukiyaki was naturally the shogun of Wano Country, the supreme ruler of Wano Country.

As a member of the Kozuki clan, this supreme ruler of Wano Country mastered the secret arts of carving and interpreting Poneglyphs.

At the same time, he was also a highly skilled swordsmith, the forger of the legendary swords "Ame no Habakiri" and "Sandai Kitetsu".

Yet, holding so many resources and abilities, he just watched as Kurozumi Orochi grew powerful,

colluded with Kaido, and was successfully placed under house arrest by Kurozumi Higurashi, who used the Clone-Clone Fruit's ability

to disguise herself as him.

Subsequently, Kaido and the others forged a will,

allowing Kurozumi Orochi to "act" as the manager of Wano Country while Oden was away, thereby officially becoming the new shogun.

That is to say, by the time Kozuki Oden returned to Wano Country from the sea,

the ruling power of Wano Country had already been lost from the hands of the Kozuki family;

as a supreme leader, Kozuki Sukiyaki was undoubtedly unqualified.

So what did this former shogun of Wano Country do after his son Oden returned?

The answer is he did nothing.

After escaping death, in order to avoid the pursuit of Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido,

he took the pseudonym Tenguyama Hitetsu, wore a tengu mask, and lived in seclusion in Amigasa Village.

There, he lived as a swordsmith and took in Tama, an orphan of factory slaves, raising her like a grandfather.

He kept instilling in Tama the hope that "samurai will return to eliminate the demons in the future,"

which was exactly the same as Oden's naivety, or rather, he and Oden were indeed father and son;

the foundation of their personalities was exactly the same.

After Kozuki Sukiyaki came Kozuki Momonosuke, known as the "last hope of Wano Country".

After Kozuki Oden wasted a pot of good oil for Kaido-sensei and became Oden-boiled,

Kozuki Momonosuke escaped twenty years into the future with the help of his mother Toki's Time-Time Fruit.

Although Momonosuke possessed the soul of an adult (actual age over 20), his appearance was that of an 8-year-old child.

He used this status to take advantage of Nami and Robin many times.

What was most repulsive was that after taking advantage, he would often show a smug, evil expression,

and even mock Sanji and Brook, saying, "You adults are so useless."

This behavior was simply "perverted" rather than just "lecherous,"

because it used the trust of Robin, Nami, and others (not being on guard against children) to commit improper acts.

For a long time, Momonosuke acted cowardly, tearful, and weak, wanting only to escape when encountering danger.

However, just because he was "Kozuki Oden's son," top-tier combatants like Luffy,

the Nine Red Scabbards, and others had to risk their lives to protect him and help him restore his country.

Compared to Sanji, Zoro, and others who earned respect through blood and sweat,

Momonosuke's position as "shogun" was inherited entirely through bloodline.

He was "forcibly elevated" many times in the plot, such as suddenly being able to drag Onigashima, suddenly being able to trade blows with Kaido;

this kind of plot arrangement was simply a "deus ex machina" and didn't deserve this honor at all.

Weakness at critical moments: at critical moments in the Onigashima battle (such as when Luffy fell),

Momonosuke once showed thoughts of wanting to surrender, which was in stark contrast to the Nine Red Scabbards'

determination that "even if I die, I must cut off Kaido's head," making one feel that he was not living up to expectations.

Momonosuke's behavior (lecherous, cowardly) was seriously inconsistent with his status (savior, shogun),

and he was disliked, even giving birth to a famous meme—you don't have to be the Pirate King, but Momonosuke must die!

"When we thought Kozuki Oden dancing naked for five years was already forbearing enough,

we didn't expect that Old Man Sukiyaki would immediately surpass his son;

when we thought Sukiyaki's history of forbearing by making wooden dolls in Amigasa Village for twenty years

was already forbearing enough, we didn't expect his grandson would immediately surpass him."

Thinking of the heaven-defying behavior of the three generations of the Kozuki family, Heavenly Dragon Zhang Jie sighed endlessly.

How did these three generations have the qualifications to rule Wano Country?

In such a large Wano Country, no one stood up to shout, "Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born with such status?",

but instead, very smoothly, after Wang Lufei defeated Kaido, they continued to worship Momonosuke as shogun, which is unbelievable.