One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 290

Chapter 290: [290] : Fallen! A True Horror Paradise! Shodai Kitetsu!

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"MY SHADOW!"

"I CAN’T CONTROL MY SHADOW!" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Terrified screams erupted from the Marine officers.

Their shadows twisted and laughed, completely out of their control, a chilling sight to behold.

The Shadow-Shadow Fruit—even among Paramecia types—was a powerful ability. Especially when Awakened. Moria no longer needed a pair of scissors like in the original story—he could freely manipulate and steal the shadows of anything around him.

If one’s Haki couldn’t block the power of the Awakened Shadow-Shadow Fruit, their shadow had no protection.

It would be completely controlled by Moria, even twisting and laughing demonically at its owner, pushing the sense of eerie horror to its absolute limit.

And once the shadow’s owner felt fear, their spirit would be crushed, and their Haki would shatter along with it. After that, they would fall completely under the control of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit user.

The user could change the shape of the shadow to control the body’s movements. To the user of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, a shadow was, in a sense, another form of a soul.

Just like in the original story—Moria had controlled Oars’s shadow to make his Giant Body stretch and shrink freely—like the Nika Fruit.

And that was with an un-Awakened Fruit, where he could only control himself and the zombies created from stolen shadows. But with the fruit Awakened, the user could directly affect the shadows of their surroundings.

Once a person’s Haki was broken, the user just had to control their shadow to make them do their bidding.

And unlike the control of the String-String Fruit—controlling through a shadow was much more flexible. Just like with Oars, he could even distort the shadow’s shape to affect the physical form of the body—

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"M-My arm!"

A Vice Admiral stared at his arm in horror.

It was twisting grotesquely, like a pretzel.

His Haki wasn’t particularly outstanding among the Vice Admirals. It was just like at the Warlord meeting—when Doflamingo had used his String-String Fruit to break the Haki of two Vice Admirals and turn them into his puppets.

The Haki of an ordinary Vice Admiral stood little chance against the power of the Awakened Shadow-Shadow Fruit.

"Y-Your neck!"

"NO! NO! THIS IS A NIGHTMARE!"

Terrified screams echoed continuously.

The Marines whose shadows were being controlled by Moria were in a horrific state. Some had their necks twisted into knots.

Some had their eyeballs pop out of their sockets, the optic nerves clearly visible.

This area had become a true house of horrors, utterly terrifying and grotesque.

"KISHISHISHI! THIS IS TRUE HORROR! A TRUE PARADISE!"

Moria let out a demonic laugh.

Before, he had used his Shadow-Shadow Fruit to create a zombie army—building a horror paradise on the World’s largest pirate ship, Thriller Bark.

But that had relied more on the environment of the Florian Triangle and the zombies to create a spooky atmosphere.

But now, with his fruit Awakened, by freely twisting and controlling the shadows of those around him to change their physical forms...

He could create a true horror paradise that instilled terror deep within one’s soul.

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"WORORORO! THE SHADOW-SHADOW FRUIT IS FINALLY STARTING TO LOOK DECENT IN YOUR HANDS, MORIA."

Kaido, seeing this scene of a terror park, actually burst out laughing.

Back when he wasn’t yet an Emperor, fighting for territory in the New World, Moria had once challenged him. But Moria’s strength and forces were on a completely different level. He had been utterly defeated, and all his comrades were killed by him.

After that, he became a Warlord, a complete and utter loser.

But now... it seemed that dying once had finally made Moria look a little more respectable.

"Hmph. Kaido, I’m not just fighting for strength anymore,"

Moria glanced at Kaido. Then, looking at the scene of his terror park, he broke into an incredibly heartwarming smile.

This heartwarming smile, combined with Moria’s demonic appearance, sent a shiver down even Kaido’s spine.

"Perona... would probably like a scene like this—"

Moria smiled.

Perona had been adopted by him as a child. Whether it was her nature or his influence, she had always loved spooky and scary things.

"FATHER! YOU’RE SO COOL!!"

Perona’s excited voice came from a Transponder Snail in Moria’s pocket.

"KISHISHISHI!!"

Moria scratched his head, looking embarrassed but smiling with pure, radiant joy.

"Ugh... why is he so creepy to watch??"

Zoro’s eye twitched.

"Yeah. Yeah."

Luffy, Sanji, and Ace all nodded vigorously.

Even Kaido nodded seriously.

That expression was just too out of place on Moria’s demonic face.

"YOU BASTARDS! I’LL KILL YOU!" Moria shrieked, embarrassed and enraged.

"Hahahahaha! This look suits you much better," Luffy and the others burst out laughing.

Kaido was laughing so hard he was pounding Moria on the shoulder, tears streaming from his eyes.

Moria’s lip twitched furiously.

This bastard Kaido... He’s just jealous that I have a good relationship with my daughter, Perona!

Thinking of how Kaido’s own daughter—Yamato—treated him, Moria’s mood instantly improved!

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"DAMN IT! DISPEL YOUR DEVIL FRUIT ABILITY, MORIA!"

Akainu roared, looking at the tragic state on the Marines’ side, glaring at Moria.

"Dispel?? Alright," Moria said with a demonic grin.

"Shadows Asgard——!!!"

Moria’s piercing laughter echoed.

RIP! RIP!

As if torn by an invisible hand, the shadows of numerous Marine officers were violently ripped from their bodies.

They flowed like streams of darkness towards Moria.

And the Marines who had their shadows stolen—their eyes rolled back in their heads, and they collapsed into a temporary coma.

If it weren’t for the Five Elders’ arrival, which had blotted out the sky with dark clouds, if they were hit by direct sunlight.

These shadowless Marines would have been slowly vaporized.

"KISHISHISHISHI... SO THE NUMBER OF SHADOWS I CAN ABSORB WITHOUT LOSING MY SANITY IS 500?"

Moria’s body began to expand rapidly.

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Combined with the power of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit and his considerably strong Armament and Observation Haki—this Seraphim already possessed the combat power of a Yonko Commander.

And now, with the power boost from Shadows Asgard, and with Moria’s own spiritual power being even stronger than the original Seraphim’s, his Armament Haki had also reached a new level.

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BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

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