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“The weather here is terrible.”
Hancock leaned over the bow, watching the massive waves churned up by the fierce wind. Lightning flashed across the sky, and rain poured down in sheets.
The dark clouds overhead made it feel like the end of the world. But Hancock wasn’t afraid. With Shin by her side, she felt completely safe.
An invisible force protected the entire ship—blocking the torrential rain and shielding them from the violent winds and waves.
“This is the power of nature,” Olvia remarked with awe.
“Olvia, you ate a Logia-type Devil Fruit. In a way, Logia fruits represent the power of nature.”
Logia Devil Fruits could indeed unleash power comparable to natural disasters.
“Unfortunately, I haven’t developed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit enough.”
Olvia shook her head. She was still far from unleashing its full potential. A single Kirin could deplete her stamina. Of course, the Kirin she used was definitely more powerful than Sasuke Uchiha’s Lightning Release: Kirin.
But it also consumed more energy. Sasuke Uchiha had utilized natural energy, whereas Olvia had to create the storm clouds herself using the Rumble-Rumble Fruit‘s power.
“You’ve only had the Rumble-Rumble Fruit for a short time. Don’t be too ambitious.”
Shin placed a hand on Olvia’s head and gently patted it.
“We need to speed up, or we’ll never reach Wano.”
Shin used Yomotsu Hirasaka to open a spatial portal in front of the ship, then steered the vessel through it.
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Traveling this way was indeed fast.
They arrived in Wano Country not long after. Though Wano was isolationist—they probably didn’t have time to deal with outsiders now.
Kozuki Oden had already led his retainers into a full-scale war against Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi. The extent of the fighting was unclear.
Kurozumi Orochi was the current shogun of Wano Country, its supreme leader.
He had orchestrated the death of the previous shogun, Kozuki Sukiyaki, Oden’s father, and seized the position, then allied with Kaido to take complete control of Wano.
Originally, Kozuki Oden had a chance to reclaim everything, but for some unknown reason, he had made a deal with Orochi instead of fighting, even dancing naked in exchange for a few paltry coins, completely losing his dignity.
Perhaps it was out of concern for Wano. After all, Oden, having sailed the seas, had changed from someone who didn’t care about the people of Wano to someone who didn’t want to see them get hurt.
Whatever the agreement, after five years of playing the fool, Orochi still hadn’t honored the deal. And now, Oden was fighting Orochi again, but his past actions had cost him the people’s trust.
Only his loyal retainers still fought alongside him.
Though he had been pretending to be a fool, Shin felt Oden had become a real one.
To trust such a despicable person… it was the biggest joke in the world.
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Upon arriving in Wano, Shin inquired about the war.
It turned out he was a step too late. Kozuki Oden was already dead. He and his nine retainers had been executed by boiling.
“Looks like I’m late. The civil war in Wano is already over.”
Shin sighed. If he had known, he would have come earlier. Perhaps he could have met Kozuki Oden.
But Oden’s retainers, along with Kozuki Momonosuke and Kozuki Hiyori, should have been sent to the future by Toki.
Toki was Oden’s wife—a woman from 800 years ago, possessing the Time-Time Fruit ability, allowing her to travel to the future.
She had traveled from 800 years ago to the present era.
That’s what Shin had originally thought…
But after staying in Wano for a few days and learning more about the situation, Shin learned that Kozuki Oden’s retainers were dead, truly killed, not sent to the future.
As for why Shin knew this… it was because Kozuki Oden didn’t have a wife, and therefore no son or daughter. Toki Amatsuki didn’t exist.
Not all the retainers had died; a few had managed to escape.
“The plot has changed. Is it because of me?”
Shin’s eyes flickered slightly. He hadn’t even arrived in the One Piece world at that time. How could he have affected this world?
Even if he did affect this world, creating a butterfly effect, it shouldn’t have affected Wano.
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“What are you thinking about, Shin?”
Olvia, seeing Shin lost in thought, couldn’t help but ask.
“Nothing.”
Shin shook his head, not dwelling on it. Perhaps even a small event could change the course of the world, let alone a major event like his transmigration.
It was useless to think so much. He had originally wanted to meet the hero, Kozuki Oden, but he hadn’t even seen his body.
“We made a special trip to Wano, and it was a wasted trip. Let’s leave tomorrow.” Shin didn’t plan to stay in Wano any longer.
The change in Wano’s plot wouldn’t affect him in any way.
“The food here is different from other places,” Hancock said, hugging Shin’s arm.
Shin nodded. The food here was Japanese-style—similar to the food in the Naruto world. Seeing it now made him feel quite nostalgic.
Fortunately, if he ever felt truly nostalgic, he could go to the System Space and have Mikoto cook for him.
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As they were strolling down the street, Shin and his group were suddenly surrounded by a group of samurai, their eyes filled with hostility.
“You’re not from Wano, are you?”
“Oh, looks like we’ve run into trouble.” Shin smiled at them, not at all panicked.
He hadn’t encountered any trouble before—Shin had thought he wouldn’t. It seemed he had thought too much; there was still trouble to be found.
Wano was quite irritating. The people here were extremely xenophobic. And Shin and his group hadn’t changed their clothes—one look and you could tell they weren’t from Wano.
“These women are quite beautiful. Capture them. Perhaps the Shogun will like them, and maybe he’ll reward us.”
One of the samurai couldn’t help but say.
“Disgusting.” Hancock shouted delicately, using her Love-Love Fruit ability to turn the group of samurai into stone.
Others had their necks snapped by Robin using her Flower-Flower Fruit. Robin had also been participating in battles recently. After all, just training without real combat experience wouldn’t allow one to master their abilities.
“…” Shin’s eyes turned cold.
He had already sentenced Kurozumi Orochi to death.
Kurozumi Orochi is a Mythical Zoan-type, Eight-Headed Serpent Devil Fruit user, right? A rare Mythical Zoan…
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