Fruit Separation

"Finally, it worked!" In the pitch-black Kamui dimension, Yota looked at the Devil Fruit extracted into his hand and smiled.

"No, impossible! My Devil Fruit! The Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit, how could it…"

"Transform! My transformation ability, my eight lives! No! Give my Devil Fruit back!"

Kurozumi Orochi, with his oversized head and tiny body, wore an expression as though his parents had died when he saw Yota use the power extracted from his body to turn a fruit into a Devil Fruit.

Hearing Kurozumi Orochi’s words, Yota sneered and casually placed a hand on his head. "Mind Dive!"

No matter what, Kurozumi Orochi had been Wano Country’s shogun for many years. There had to be plenty of secrets in his head, at the very least things like hidden treasure vaults. Yota naturally would not let them slip away.

Kurozumi Orochi, who had still been sniveling moments earlier, immediately rolled his eyes back. A moment later, shit and piss poured from him, and he stopped breathing.

Disgusted, Yota spat the corpse out of Dark Space. It slightly spoiled his good mood.

But when he thought of what he had gained, Yota smiled again. "The Munch-Munch Fruit and the Dark-Dark Fruit really can extract Devil Fruits even from living people!"

This experiment was enormously significant to Yota. Though it would not be useful in battle against enemies, it meant he could freely replace his third Devil Fruit. Even after eating one, he could simply extract it.

He could also help others swap their Devil Fruits. If anyone was dissatisfied with the Devil Fruit they had eaten in the future, they could come to Yota and exchange it.

It had to be said, this ability was incredibly practical. As long as Yota spread the word, who knew how many subordinates would immediately come flocking to him.

After leaving Dark Space, Yota was in high spirits. It had taken nearly a month and cost Kurozumi Semimaru and Kurozumi Orochi several lives, but he had finally succeeded and obtained two high-quality Devil Fruits.

In particular, once he left Dark Space, Yota immediately ate the Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit. He had originally planned to seal his ninja abilities when attacking the Beasts Pirates.

He had been afraid that if he went to "learn" from Kaido and could not undo the seal, what if he really got killed?

Now, Yota no longer needed to worry about that. The Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit had further strengthened his physique. He was probably even tougher than Kaido and his immortal body now.

Besides, even if he was at a disadvantage in Haki and truly could not defeat Kaido, he would not fear being killed by him—Kaido could kill him once, but could he kill him eight times? With such a high margin for error, if Yota still did not dare to seal his Chakra and fight Kaido, then he might as well give up on training Haki for the rest of his life.

As for the fact that he did not think the Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit looked very cool—he could just replace it later. After all, he could now freely swap out his third Devil Fruit!

While he had been busy experimenting, Wano Country had undergone considerable changes. The remaining forces of the Kozuki Clan and some of Wano Country’s samurai had gradually recovered from the oppressive forced labor they had endured.

At the same time, however, the Beasts Pirates had gradually become wary of the changes in Wano Country. If Queen, who had always been responsible for intelligence here, had not been so utterly infatuated with Komurasaki, who was actually Kozuki Hiyori in disguise, things would likely have been exposed long ago.

But concealment had reached its limit. The Beasts Pirates were not fools. Key figures at several mines had disappeared, so they must have noticed that something was wrong.

"Then let’s start driving the Beasts Pirates out of Wano Country now!" After hearing the report from his Kurozumi Orochi clone, Yota immediately said.

"Great! I’ve been ready for this!" Yamato, that exceptionally filial daughter, was the first to jump out. Everyone present now knew Yamato’s identity, so the looks they gave her were rather strange.

Still, such things were not uncommon in the Pirate World. Fathers and children becoming enemies over their ideals might not be common, but neither were they rare. The samurai of Wano Country quickly withdrew their gazes.

"Wait. Since we’re already using Kurozumi Orochi’s identity, we might as well use it to the end. I’ll lead Kurozumi Orochi’s army in the first charge," Yota said, transforming directly into Kurozumi Orochi.

"Does Kurozumi Orochi’s army have the nerve to face the Beasts Pirates?" Denjiro frowned and asked the crucial question.

Yota snorted coldly. "I’ll place Cursed Seals on all the senior officers, and I’ve also prepared some medicine for the soldiers. When the time comes, I guarantee their morale will be through the roof!"

In the Naruto World, there were drugs dozens of times stronger than stimulants or adrenaline. Once ordinary soldiers took them, every one of them would become fearless and ferocious, turning into raging brutes capable of fighting three times as well as before.

Of course, this stuff was not very useful in the Shinobi World. Ninjas were all flesh and blood, after all. If they became too frenzied, they might easily get blasted to the heavens by some trap or Exploding Tag. Calm thinking was far more important, so such drugs were generally used on ordinary soldiers.

But in the world of pirates, who were collectively a bunch of reckless brutes, this powerful stimulant would be much more effective. In any case, Kurozumi Orochi’s soldiers were undisciplined trash. Yota felt no guilt whatsoever about drugging them and using them as cannon fodder.

"Then we’ll do it! Let’s move!" The one who spoke was the tall, hot-tempered Asura Doji. Even Kozuki Hiyori had needed to spend considerable effort persuading him to join them.

Asura Doji cared deeply about the twenty-year prophecy. If Kurozumi Orochi had not already been eliminated, which in a sense had gone beyond the prophecy’s influence, he might not have joined them at all.

But once he had decided to face the Beasts Pirates, he immediately cast aside all thoughts of retreat. In fact, he became the most enthusiastic among them.

The others nodded as well. No one said that this method was too despicable or cruel. It had to be admitted that after so many years of oppression, even those who had once been stubbornly old-fashioned had become complete pragmatists.

"Good. Then Queen will be our first target! He happens to still be in the Flower Capital. We’ll all move together and take him down directly," Yota decided.

Thus, Queen, who was still in Flower Street listening to Komurasaki sing, found himself in serious trouble. Although his subordinates had already noticed that something was wrong and reported it to him, he never imagined that even Kurozumi Orochi himself had been replaced. He thought Kurozumi Orochi was merely gathering some strength to guard against the Beasts Pirates, never expecting Wano Country to be ready to turn against them.