229. Chapter 228: Shocking! Two Daring People!
2024-08-07
Chapter 228: Shocking! Two Daring People!
Moria looked at Crocodile in front of him suspiciously, “What do you mean?”
He and Crocodile are also old acquaintances.
They had met in Rogue Town when Roger was executed.
After that, they fought many times when they were on their own in the Grand Line, not to mention that after becoming Shichibukai, they would occasionally meet at the Shichibukai Conference.
However, he never thought of having anything to do with this guy.
The reason is very simple. In the past, Moria only believed in his companions. After the battle in Wano Country, after being burned by the golden flame, Moria felt that the dead were more reliable than the living.
“Look at you now. I’m afraid you will never be able to take revenge on Kaido and Ian in your lifetime.” Crocodile said bluntly.
The current Moria is far inferior to him back then. What right does he have to compete with the strongest beasts pirates in the world at this time? ”Crocodile!!”
Moria’s pale face, like a piece of white paper, suddenly flushed. His hand holding the scissors was shaking. “What nonsense are you talking about! As long as I find a strong enough shadow! As long as I revive that! What Kaido, what Ian, I will crush them into pieces!”
As long as Oz can be resurrected.
As long as the power of Oz, the country-stealing demon, can be used by him, the beasts pirates will no longer be out of reach!
”Really?”
Crocodile raised his eyebrows slightly. Could it be that Moria really mastered something incredible? So confident?
But.
“You mean the shadow?”
Crocodile remembered something, “You won’t put your hope on those meaningless zombies of yours, right?”
“What do you know?”
Moria sneered, “Zombies are much more useful than living people!”
Zombies will never betray him, nor will they let him feel the pain of losing.
Are there any better subordinates in the world than zombies?
”Tsk.”
Crocodile was shocked again.
I thought there was some great secret, but it turned out to be just this? He began to wonder if he came to the wrong place.
How could Moria still have the ambition he had when he fought in Rogue Town?
He is completely a useless person.
Or else go find Mihawk.
Although that bastard is a loner, he is at least more decent than Moria.
However.
Since I’m here.
Crocodile took a deep breath, “No matter how powerful your secret weapon is, Kaido and Ian are only two people, not to mention that they have many masters under their command.”
Even——
Hmm? Who was killed in Dressrosa?
Forget it, it doesn’t matter.
Crocodile said seriously, “It’s never a bad thing to have someone to help you. Just answer me directly, Moria, what is your answer to my proposal for cooperation?”
”Why should I cooperate with you?”
Moria sneered, “You bastard, you have nothing in common with Kaido and that kid.”
”Ian, that bastard, took away something I had planned for many years.”
Crocodile briefly introduced his grievances with Ian, “That is something I am unwilling to give up no matter what.”
”Oh?”
Moria looked at Crocodile carefully, and seeing that this guy did not look like a fake, he couldn’t help but smile.
Is this guy also the victim of that brat? I can relate to him.
In that case, it’s not that there is no basis for cooperation.
Crocodile is right. The Beasts Pirates are too strong. Even if Oz has unrivaled power, he is definitely not strong enough to deal with Ian and Kaido at the same time.
”Then, how do you want to cooperate?”
Moriah was a little more serious.
Crocodile raised his mouth.
Look, if you want to talk about cooperation, you still have to find someone with a bad brain.
Learn something——
Well, who do you want to mock?
”Want to bring down Kaido and Ian,”
Crocodile raised two fingers, “I think we should start from two aspects.”
”Strengthen ourselves.””Weaken them both.”
Moria looked at him like an idiot.
Isn’t this nonsense?
”Since we want to strengthen ourselves,”
Crocodile looked at Moria carefully, especially at Moria’s big belly, “How long do you plan to maintain this disgusting appearance? Have you forgotten what you looked like in the past?”
Moria was a little embarrassed.
He has indeed been too lazy over the years.
”Then, we have to recruit more people.”
Crocodile said, “The powerful Beasts Pirates are not just Ian and Kaido.”
”That’s easy to say,”
Moria sneered, “How many guys in the world dare to be enemies with the Beasts Pirates? Apart from those idiots who don’t know the height of the world, where can we find people?”
We can’t go to the navy to recruit people, right? There are indeed guys who dare to be enemies with the Beasts Pirates everywhere.
“Yes, there is a place.”
Crocodile’s eyes flashed with dangerous light, “By the way, we can also carry out the second action to weaken the Beasts Pirates.”
Moria frowned deeply, “What do you mean?”
”The battle for hegemony in the New World is over,”
Crocodile raised the corner of his mouth, “The emperors’ territory has been stabilized, and basically they will not easily start a war.”
”But if some other powerful guys go in, it will be different!”
”So Crocodile, what do you want to say?”
”Don’t you understand? Idiot! Next, we will go to a place to recruit people, and by the way, release some monsters back to the sea! Don’t you want shadows? There are as many powerful shadows as you want there!”
”Really? There are really powerful shadows?”
”Is the focus on shadows? Forget it, but before that, we have to make a preparation first.”
”What preparation?”
”Don’t prepare to be a Shichibukai!”
Beehive Island
Ian and a little girl stared at each other.
The little girl didn’t stare at him after all, and lowered her head cautiously.
Sugar was scared.
How could she not be scared?
She hadn’t forgotten the air bullet that had brushed past her ear before, and the merciless lightning strike in Dressrosa.
”You are not allowed to remove your ability without my permission in the future.”
Ian warned.
”Yes, yes, Lord Ian.”
Sugar’s body trembled, and she spoke hurriedly.
Ian took a plate of plump grapes from the side and handed it to her, “You’ve worked hard, go play.”
Sugar hesitated for a moment, then took the grapes and ran away relieved.
Ian looked at her back.
What an interesting ability.
During this period, he has been asking Sugar to cooperate with him to experiment with the ability of the Childlike Fruit.
Some questions have been answered.
After becoming a doll, the body’s functions will be greatly weakened, even the domineering will be the same. It can be said that it is very difficult to use domineering to remove the ability.
If Sugar makes a contract that does not allow the use of domineering, there will be no possibility of breaking free.
The injuries of the doll will not be completely returned to the main body. Although there is some impact, it is not big.
Unless it is killed.
If it is killed in the doll state, the ability will be removed because the main body is also dead.
In addition, the ability of the Childlike Fruit is not absolute.
If someone is turned into a doll, then everyone in the world’s memory of him will be erased.
But it is only a memory, and the text related to the data will remain.
For example, the Don Quixote family still knew from past newspapers that their original leader was Don Quixote Doflamingo.
It was just that they couldn’t remember what had happened between them and this man.
It was like watching someone else’s story, all the emotions had been erased.
That was why Ian specifically told Sugar not to remove the ability without authorization.
But even so, this ability was already perverted enough.
As long as Ian wanted, he could easily make someone disappear without a trace.
Sugar ran to a corner of the square with Grapes in her arms, still a little frightened. ”Sugar!”
Her sister was waiting for her here, and when she saw her sister coming, Monet rushed over anxiously, grabbed her sister and checked carefully, “Ian – did that adult do anything to you?”
“It’s okay, sister.”
The little girl shook her head and handed the grapes in her hand to Monet, “Eat grapes.”
”You eat it.”
Monet was relieved, and then smiled and rubbed her sister’s head.
”I told you it will be fine.”
A female voice came from the side, “How could Ian make things difficult for a little girl? Everyone in the world doesn’t know that Ian is magnanimous and kind.”
Monet turned her head away.
A tall woman with red hair was lying on a lounge chair on the side, basking in the sun.
Her name was Baccarat, and she was the person sent by Mr. Tezoro to take the Don Quixote family to familiarize themselves with the island.
“Just put aside your worries, Monet,”
Bakara said leisurely, “Lord Ian is famous for being very good to his subordinates.”
The beautiful woman stretched her body and stretched her legs, which were longer than her life. “You will soon know how happy it is to work under Lord Ian.”
Monet pursed her lips and said nothing.
”Look, isn’t that girl adapting very well?”
Bakara pointed to the sky on one side.
Monet looked over.
A plane was flying in the sky.
No, that was not a plane.
It was.
”Hahahaha! This move is called Bomber Girl!”
There was a cute little face on the front of the plane, laughing at this time, “Lord Ian! Look! I did it!!”
She hovered above Ian’s head, with the sound of whistling wind.
The other bomber Homies flying in the sky thought they had seen their companions, and they all came over to play with her.
”Wow! Don’t get close to me!”
Baby-5, the airplane girl, was frightened by these Homies and screamed. Her ability was instantly released, and she fell from the sky and squatted on her buttocks.
Looking at Baby-5 who was holding her buttocks and screaming in pain, but obviously not seriously injured and had turned over, Ian couldn’t help but look at Kuina who was sparring with Zoro in a corner of the square.
So, how high is the staircase? ”How about it! Lord Ian!”
Baby-5 has already jumped over, “I can become a bomber!”
This girl has no resistance to the current situation.
No wonder, she can’t refuse any request from others.
“Very good.”
Ian nodded his approval, “You did a good job.”
”Great!”
Baby-5 jumped up happily and turned around twice.
Weapon Fruit, it is really a very powerful devil fruit.
Theoretically, it can be transformed into any weapon.
Whether it is a cold weapon or a hot weapon.
You can change it if you want to.
Of course, the specific power depends on the ability user.
”I will work harder in the future!”
Baby-5 vowed, “Lord Ian, I will never let you down!”
Ian shook his head helplessly.
This girl’s loyalty to him at this time is unquestionable.
But the trouble is that with just one word, her loyalty will become someone else’s.
Education needs to be strengthened.
Just at this time.
Bulu Bulu Bulu.
The Den Den Mushi suddenly rang.
Ian picked up the Den Den Mushi with some surprise and answered it.
”Big news! Ian! Big news!”
Let’s not talk about whether it’s big news or not, Morgans, what did I do wrong to make you disrespect me so much?
Didn’t you even call me Sir Ian? But the next second, Ian knew that it was indeed big news.
”Impulse City was breached!”
Oh.
Ian blinked.
If I remember correctly, Luffy should still be the leader of the children in the Navy Headquarters? Whose hero did this?
”Tell me in detail.”
Now I have to understand it well! Time goes back to a little while ago.
Somewhere in the Calm Belt, this is the world’s largest prison, the location of Impel Down, the fortress known as Hell.
From the outside, the city of Impel Down looks like an ordinary sea fortress, not very large.
But anyone who knows a little bit knows that.
Most of the city of Impel Down is under the sea..
This is a huge tower-shaped building located on the deep seabed.
The special geographical location and special structure make this prison an iron wall. Since its construction, only Golden Lion has successfully escaped from prison.
But on this day, this iron wall ushered in a new challenger.
Because of its special location and the doldrums, the government and the navy have to pass through the huge circulation behind the Gate of Justice to go to the city.
But it does not mean that they can only come through the huge circulation.
A small boat finally approached the fortress with the help of two men rowing hard.
“Hehehehe!”
Moria looked at the Impel Down in the distance and couldn’t help laughing. “Crocodile is so bold! He actually came to Impel Down to recruit people!”
“Is there a more suitable place than this?”
Crocodile stood up, his body had turned into yellow sand, “Hurry up and move, don’t be discovered.”
His body dispersed directly, and the yellow sand became extremely scattered, flying in the air and almost invisible to the naked eye.
”Then you just wait and see.”
Moria sneered, and the shadow under his feet suddenly broke away and flew forward along the sea.
Crocodile chuckled, and the yellow sand flew forward.
Soon, he had already arrived above Impel Down, and the navy patrolling the nearby waters did not find him at all.
Crocodile landed on the outer wall of Impel Down, silently condensed his body, and then used the power of erosion to drill a hole in the wall and went all the way down.
Many cells in the Push Castle are made of seastone.
But it doesn’t mean that the entire building is made of seastone. Crocodile’s infiltration can be said to be silent.
When he sneaked into the cave, a shadow had already sneaked in with him from the hole.
Down and down.
Crocodile confirmed which floor he had reached through his observation Haki.
His goal was the hidden sixth floor in the Push Castle, where the powerful guys were imprisoned.
He counted silently.
Underground floor, underground floor, underground floor, fourth floor, fifth floor.
This is the sixth floor——
Huh? Crocodile was stunned.
Why is there another floor below?
He didn’t know that a long time ago, someone dug out another space between the fifth and sixth floors.
Crocodile was not bothered, because he sensed that there was no one in the upper space, and the space below was filled with powerful auras that could not be concealed at all.
Continue to go down.
After reaching a similar position, drill into the middle.
Soon, Crocodile penetrated the solid wall and went out of the hole.
He condensed his body.
Da.
This was the sound of leather shoes stepping on the ground.
Then, the shadow condensed into the shape of Moria beside him, and then.
”Hehehe! Did you get in so easily?”
The shadow turned into Moria, and he laughed loudly.
Heavy breathing sounds suddenly rang out in the dark sixth floor.
Crocodile raised his lips slightly and stepped forward. “Hey, you stray dogs!”
He shouted, “Want to go out?”
…I will make up for the chapter I owe tomorrow orz. (End of this chapter)
